Our Mother Mary always wants to walk with us,
to be close, to help us with her intercession and love.
to be close, to help us with her intercession and love.
--Pope Leo XIV
Mary is kind of a lodestone for us – the central focus (after her Son Jesus) around whom everything seems to concentrate. She represents so many different things, it’s hard to get at a human person any more. Yet, she represents for us God’s presence, God present among us.
The prophet Zechariah speaks about God coming to dwell in his temple, and yet in the last line of the text it says that God will come forth from his temple; he is no longer contained within its walls. What does God do at the birth of Jesus? He comes to be among us in a new way. He transcends the walls of the temple, transcends the walls of Mary’s womb. He comes to be among us.
--Fr. Patrick Michaels,
Homily, November 21, 2024
In May we celebrate Mary...
Image source: François Pelletier, Vierge à l’enfant, Royal Collegiate of Melun (2024), https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10231972147039894&set=a.1025618814102
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