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Mary’s Assumption
To create this mixed-media representation of Mary’s Assumption, American sculptor Charles L. Madden drew on the image in Revelation of “a woman clothed with the sun”. He combined this image with a couplet from Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from […]
Mary for Today – Part 8
Luke Annunciation: Mary is not a disciple in the historical sense that she accompanied Jesus during his ministry, but in the sense that she heard the word of God and acted on it. In Luke’s theology the faith that marks a genuine disciple consists in hearing and acting on God’s word. This reminds us of […]
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