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,
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>>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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