Posted by Kevin Bates on July 24, 2002, 5:27 pm
Lots of places to start I reckon - our Founder's idea was that Mary's best value to us was as a fellow-believer rather than someone to be iconised and venerated. She was the one who started doing what the rest of us were able to do too - she gives birth to the Word, nurtures it, challenges it to grow and lives through its dying times to the times of resurrection and is still there ......
Some points of further reading could be found on some of our Marist Websites perhaps - see my links page - also my short page on the Marist Fathers. One of our French Marists wrote a beautiful piece on on what the church would look like if we embodied the gospel as Mary did. If you would like that perhaps let me know Amanda - through the forum or directly by email and I'll email you a copy of it - I have drawn a lot of reflection from it for myself. Love to you.
--Previous Message--
: Greetings Kevin et al 
: This year I made a decision. I was going to
: try to 'befriend' Mary the mother of
: Jesus.
: My problem has always been with how Mary is
: portrayed. I can't relate to the cardboard
: cut-out version that has been presented to
: me (being a cradle catholic) and I find
: most Marian devotions rather off-putting
: for a variety of reasons. This, in a very
: practical sense, means that I feel 'cut
: off' from not only one of the few feminine
: 'faces' of our faith, but also I feel that
: I missing out on a 'relationship' with the
: first person (male or female) that ever
: REALLY 'got it', if I'm making any sense.
: I'm kicking myself that it's taken me this
: long to figure out that a Marist might be
: a good person to ask! Any thoughts?
: Suggestions? Leads?
: Anything would be helpful and much
: appreciated.
: Amanda
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