Two episode ago, our interviewee, Andy Cass, asked, the question: what’s the big deal with Mary? This week, with an eye toward Christmas, we devote an entire episode to that very question, doing a deep dive into all matters Mary.

Recommended Reads: Hail, Holy Queen, Scott Hahn; Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Brant Pitre; World’s First Love, Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen; Walking with Mary, Dr. Edward Sri; Catholicism and Fundamentalism, Karl Keating; Handbook of Christian Apologetics, Peter Kreeft & Ronald K. Tacelli; Mary: The Church at the Source, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Papa Benny) & Hans Urs von Balthasar; There is No Rose: The Mariology of the Catholic Church; Fr. Aidan Nichols; Redemptoris Mater, Pope John Paul II; Introduction to Mary: The Heart of Marian Doctrine and Devotion, Mark Miraville; Catholic & Christian, Alan Schreck; The Teachings of the Church Fathers, John R. Willis.