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Feast of Our Lady/Mother of Sorrows
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Posted on 09/14/2007 5:13:22 PM PDT by jacero10
John's account of Jesus' death is highly symbolic. When Jesus gives the beloved disciple to Mary, we are invited to appreciate Mary's role in the Church: She symbolizes the Church; the beloved disciple represents all believers. As Mary mothered Jesus, she is now mother to all his followers. Furthermore, as Jesus died, he handed over his Spirit. Mary and the Spirit cooperate in begetting new children of God—almost an echo of Luke's account of Jesus' conception. Christians can trust that they will continue to experience the caring presence of Mary and Jesus' Spirit throughout their lives and throughout history.
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"At the cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword has passed." (Stabat Mater)
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To: trisham
To: trisham
Problems posting with resulting duplicate posts, problems getting from screen to screen, inability to gain access to the site. It's been going on for days. Sorry ; I guess only some people have that problem.
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posted on
09/15/2008 9:35:03 AM PDT
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Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
To: Salvation
Beautiful,thank you Salvation.
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posted on
09/15/2008 9:38:50 AM PDT
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fatima
(Put your lipstick on girls and go vote.)
To: XeniaSt
Yes. It does appear that only some people have certain problems.
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posted on
09/15/2008 9:45:39 AM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Judith Anne
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posted on
09/15/2008 9:46:18 AM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: XeniaSt
There are many duplicates right now due to technical problems. If there are duplicate threads, let me know.
To: Religion Moderator
There are many duplicates right now due to technical problems. If there are duplicate threads, let me know.There seem to be many duplicates with different recipients.
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09/15/2008 10:03:57 AM PDT
by
Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 78:35 And they remembered that God was their ROCK, And the Most High God their Redeemer.)
To: XeniaSt
Why is there five copies of the same stuff ? Please name the posts which contain the five copies of the same stuff. Thanks in advance.
To: Judith Anne
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posted on
09/15/2008 1:58:04 PM PDT
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Petronski
(Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
To: Petronski; Judith Anne; trisham; fatima; wagglebee
Hopefully a blessing that someone who had not read the Stabat Mater has now read it and reflected on it.
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posted on
09/15/2008 2:00:51 PM PDT
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Salvation
( †With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
That’s what this is all about: the lurkers.
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09/15/2008 2:04:18 PM PDT
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Petronski
(Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
To: Salvation
Yes. Who knows? Perhaps the additional attention this thread received allowed more to discover and read it.
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09/15/2008 2:54:38 PM PDT
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trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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