Journey to Wholeness
In Mary’s troubled wonder, a virgin’s humble “yes” welcomed the eternal Son into our world.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. … Read the rest
Why do we call Mary the “Mother of God” or “God-bearer” (Theotokos)?… Read the rest
This couplet was inspired by icons of the Theotokos of the Unburnt Bush and medieval titles of the Immaculate Virgin Mary as a pure fountain or wellspring.… Read the rest
… Read the restMoses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen.
27th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)
Luke 11:27-28
“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it” (Luke 8:21).
While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”… Read the rest