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Re: A cinnical attitude
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John Schwery <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:37:17 -0500
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Mary is not our mother.  As God, He had no mother: as man, He had no father.

earlier, Angel238, wrote:

>This is one of the things for which I admire our mother.  She didn't 
>seem to fret over things.  Rather, she pondered in her heart what 
>was meant by occurances and their significance.  This is one of the 
>many reasons God in his infinite wisdom chose her to be the mother 
>of our blessed Lord.  This is an virtue we would do well to emulate. 
>It would save us much unwelcome stress, and would fill us with much 
>Pease.  I have fallen short many times of this.  Each time our Lord 
>brings me through a crisis safely, I vow to practice this virtue and 
>to allow him to take care of the troubling situations in my life 
>which beset me.  Perhaps this will be my new years resolution.  I, 
>however, shall just continue to try till it happens for me.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:09 PM
>Subject: Re: A cinnical attitude
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>>Kathy,
>>
>>Well, that's good to know I'm not alone, haw.  Strange you should mention
>>Mary.  I was thinking of the birth of Christ during Christmas, of course,
>>but that took me, for some reason, to thinking about Mary and how courageous
>>she must have been when Gabriel appeared to her and gave her the news. Then
>>my mind suddenly jumped to the cross and how it must have torn her heart out
>>to see her own son hanging naked on the cross while at the same time,
>>knowing it was for her sins, too.  Jesus telling John to take care of her is
>>so powerful to me whenever I think about it.
>>
>>Phil.
>>
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