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To: Mrs. Don-o

Mrs. Don-o I really appreciate your attempt to explain, because it's pretty troubling to me. Not exactly that really, but nonetheless it's something I'm gonna have to roll around in my head to grasp the meaning of it.

Contrast that "spotlessness" and perfection with what was done to Our Lord, you can say His body was abused and compromised brutally in such a way is hard to imagine. It's amazing actually to think about how He kept His mother from any corruption or pain, but saved all of that for Himself


3,953 posted on 01/04/2007 7:38:17 PM PST by SaintDismas (.)
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To: wequalswinner
Oh yes. Isaiah, forseeing the coming Messiah, says:

Just as there were many who were appalled at him
— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man
and his form marred beyond human likeness—
Isaiah 52:14

He was tortured so badly he could hardly be recognized as a human being.

But Simeon also said (Luke 2:35) that Mary's heart (or soul) would be pierced by a sword: how she must have suffered to see her Son in agony---

3,992 posted on 01/05/2007 8:25:22 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Lord have mercy.)
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