A few days ago, over at There Will Be Bread, Fran opined that Mary was anything but a docile and passive participant in the history of salvation (as she is sometimes perceived).
Here are a few graphs from that reflection:
Little lady dressed in blue. That is an image of Mary that attracted me as a young girl and who seemingly called out to me as a 30-year-old woman who needed faith. Mary - sweet, lovely, docile, passive.
As if. ...
... Full, active and conscious participation is demanding; it is not the work of the docile or of the dilettante. Mary was neither. Mary was obedient however. Sadly, our contemporary use of language has demeaned obedient to mean, well - docile. ...
Mike also has a post on yesterday's feast.
Flashbacks: Feasts of the Holy Family 2008, 2007 and 2006.
The image above is attributed to G.E. Mullan. It comes via A Concord Pastor.
Flashbacks: Feasts of the Holy Family 2008, 2007 and 2006.
The image above is attributed to G.E. Mullan. It comes via A Concord Pastor.
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