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December 8, 2022December 8, 2022

Immaculate Mary, the Unburnt Bush and Fountain of Paradise

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

October 10, 2020August 17, 2023

Blessed Mother, Blessed Children

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