How can the Blessed Virgin Mary help us be better men? We are prone to look for masculine models to imitate, and yet the constant chorus of the saints through the ages has been that the Blessed Mother is indispensable to a man's spiritual life. Dr. Mark Miravalle will help illuminate how the Virgin Mary can help us grow in holiness and be the men we need to be for our families, the church, and the world.

Dr. Mark Miravalle earned his Sacred Theological Doctorate at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. He holds the Saint John Paul II Chair of Mariology at https://franciscan.edu/ (Franciscan University of Steubenville), where he has been teaching since 1986.

Dr. Miravalle is the founder and senior editor of https://eccematertua.com/ (Ecce Mater Tua), an international journal of Mariology research. He is also president of the https://internationalmarian.com/ (International Marian Association), comprised of more than 130 theologians, bishops, clergy, and laity worldwide who seek to promote Marian devotion and doctrine.

In this episode we discuss:

What Mary can form us in the interior life

How Mary can help us grow in purity

How St. Joseph relates to Marian devotion

The Fifth Marian Dogma and why we need it now

The power of the rosary in forming us spiritually

Why Mary was chosen to crush satan's head, and how we can help her

Why emphasis on Mary has increased in recent centuries

and more...

Show Notes

Dr. Miravalle's website: https://www.markmiravalle.com

Mother of all peoples: https://motherofallpeoples.com

Dr. Miravalle's Amazon author page: https://amzn.to/3c2MiFv

Consecration to Mary: https://missionimmaculata.com/index.php/marian-spirituality-consecration/how-to-make-your-consecration-to-mary