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To: presently no screen name; Campion

PNSS—

I need to get a bit of work done before heading off to pray for a handful of Freepers before the God of the Universe—or a wafer—I’ll remember you. While I would like to respond in-depth, work (actually John in the Greek) calls, Campion’s response is very good for a short answer, so I trust that he can take care of whatever God wills be taken care of.

Our Lady’s lines in the Magnificat (the Catholic term for her prayer beginning at Luke 1:46) would seem outrageously presumptuous did we not believe that they were spoken in His Spirit—she is lowly, she is a handmaid, she proclaims the greatness of the lord, the almighty has done (and continues to do) great things for her—God is her savior in the superlative way. He has saved us all, in some sense, and he has saved Mary supremely. On the other hand, he himself needs no salvation.

But here I go waxing poetically.

Prayers for you both.


352 posted on 01/03/2011 9:49:22 PM PST by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G.K. Chesterton)
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To: Hieronymus
God is her savior in the superlative way. He has saved us all, in some sense, and he has saved Mary supremely..

All according to your human understanding and not biblical.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight."

Either ones trusts in the Lord with all their heart - OR - they lean unto their own understanding.

On the other hand, he himself needs no salvation.

What a weird thing to say. Unbelievable.
364 posted on 01/03/2011 10:20:32 PM PST by presently no screen name
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