[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Jay Weigel]

As an aside, my father, whose sense of humor was definitely off-center,
used to refer to the carol "A Virgin Unspotted" as "The Non-Dallmatian
Virgin".

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I like our late rector's explanation in response to questions about
> "immaculate conception": "God did whatever God needed to do to prepare
> Our Lady to become the mother of Our Lord." So it's God's "beeswax,"
> not ours. Mary did well in accepting her high divine calling and
> pointing others to Jesus: "Do whatever he tells you."
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Mahoney, W. Michael
> <wmmah at stoneledge.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Roger Stokes <
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> >> wrote:
> >
> >> I detect a little illogicality in the dogma of the Immaculate
> Conception.
> >> *If* mary had to be free of original sin in order to bear the totally
> >> sinless Jesus why put the break in transmission at that point?
> >
> >
> > I agree, Roger.  It's turtles all the way down!  Or no turtles at all.
> >
> > Mike M
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>