[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Christopher Hart]

I have always found it interesting that the phrase "Blessed Mary, Ever
Virgin", popular among those of a highly Catholic bent, and the more
generally accepted and biblical "Ever Blessed Virgin Mary" use exactly the
same words in a different order.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Is it not that Mary's own conception is deemed to have been immaculate,
>> thus keeping her untainted by original sin?
>>
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> roger that....
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> by Richard Rohr
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> From: "Marion Thompson" <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 4:49 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Images and words about Mary
>
> Is it not that Mary's own conception is deemed to have been immaculate,
>> thus keeping her untainted by original sin?
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 1/29/2016 2:29 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
>>
>>> On 29/01/2016 18:13, Sally Davies wrote:
>>>
>>>> But there are aspects, brought out by some of these contributors, that
>>>> annoy me so much I can scarcely stand to look at them. Such as, the
>>>> world
>>>> of misogyny and anti-humanism implicit in notions such as "unstained",
>>>> or
>>>> "undefiled". YECHH!!
>>>>
>>>> What the heck does any of that mean? If Mary was "unstained by original
>>>> sin" then who was that person who fully identified with her people in
>>>> the
>>>> joyous explosion of the Magnificat? Not a perfect woman, just a very
>>>> young
>>>> human who gave her whole heart to the purposes of God.
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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?  If
>>> Mary could not bear that taint then how did she not receive it from her
>>> parents some years before the Annunciation? Wouldn't it be more sensible to
>>> say that the break in transmission occurred with Mary's response to the
>>> angel's call and her spiritual anointing at that point?
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>>
>>


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