Posted by Amanda Thanks - and love right back to ya, bro --Previous Message--
on July 24, 2002, 9:22 pm
Thanks Kevin - I would love you to email me a copy - and I wil DEFINITELY check out the links you suggest. 
Amanda
: : 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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