Mary: Woman of Faith
March 14, 2009 by jmurphy
Filed under Featured, Images of Mary Today
One of the surprising effects of the Second Vatican Council on the life of the Church in recent years has been the dramatic drop in practical devotion to Mary. And this is all the more surprising when we recall that the Council itself spoke most beautifully of Mary in the last chapter of its great […]
Mary: Fruitful in the Spirit
March 14, 2009 by jmurphy
Filed under Images of Mary Today
In the last two articles we have reflected on Mary and the Holy Spirit at the beginning of the Gospel story where she becomes the mother of Jesus, the Word made flesh. Now let us turn our gaze to the end of the Gospel story where Mary becomes the mother of the Church, the mystical […]