Catholic Q&A

Q: What is the name of the Third Sunday in Lent?

A: The Third Sunday of Lent is not a special feast and would simply be called in Latin "Dominica III Quadragesimae."

Q: What is the meaning of the crescent moon in depictions of the Immaculate Conception?

A: The image of the moon is a reference to Rev 12:1, in which St. John records his vision of a woman standing on the moon and clothed with the sun. This is a popular image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and also appears in the tilma of St. Juan Diego (otherwise known as the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe).

Q: What is the name of the story where Mary and Elizabeth meet?

A: Luke 1:39-56 is known as the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Q: What are extreme Catholics called?

A: Saints.

Q: Who was a Doctor of the Church?

A: There have been 33 Doctors of the Church, a title designating their learning and scholarly work done for the Gospel. In chronological order (by birth year), they are: St. Athanasius, St. Ephraem, St. Hilary of Potiers, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory of Nazianzen, St. Ambrose, St. Jerome, St. John Crysostom, St. Augustine, St. Cyril of Alexandria, St. Leo the Great, St. Peter Chrysologus, St. Gregory the Great, St. Isidore of Seville, St. Bede the Venerable, St. John Damascene, St. Peter Damian, St. Anselm of Canterbury, St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Albert the Great, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Peter Canisius, St. John of the Cross, St. Robert Bellarmine, St. Lawrence of Brindisi, St. Francis de Sales, St. Alphonsus Liguori, St. Therese of Lisieux.

His Servant and Yours,


Micah