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To: Antoninus
Now really, how do you think Christ in Heaven feels when he hears you deriding his mother as "gift wrapping"? Or do you commonly go about insulting the mothers of those you love?

Jesus, the heavenly and eternal momma's boy. Who can be safely ignored by those who'd rather talk with His mother? Marian devotion puts the acCENT on the wrong sylLAble.

112 posted on 12/05/2006 7:57:32 AM PST by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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To: TomSmedley
Marian devotion puts the acCENT on the wrong sylLAble.

No, you have it wrong. Try meditating on the richness of the Incarnation...I mean really thinking about the miracle of it all. That God would come down and take flesh from a simple girl whom God Himself loved beyond all measure....to knit his divine nature with her DNA. Think about that.

Our Marian devotion ALWAYS leads to Christ. She always points to her Son, Our Lord. Look at the icons of Mary. She is always pointing to Christ. Our rosary meditations are so Christocentric. We are devoted to her because she was and is completely devoted to the Godhead. She gave her whole being, body and soul to God. That is our call as well. And we are devoted to her because she reminds us of our vocation as Christians...to give heart and mind and body and soul to God.

116 posted on 12/05/2006 8:06:22 AM PST by Carolina
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