[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Jay Weigel]

Well, a lot of us are.....I've sure noticed it, not just in myself either.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> wrote:

> "We older folks are a whole lot more cynical."
>
> You're speaking purely for yourself in this?
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On 1/30/2016 10:17 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
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>> Blessed Mary "ever virgin"? Not on yer life, bud! Especially not if she
>> was
>> a good Jewish wife, with all that entails! And it irks me no end to see
>> Joseph portrayed as an old man. I have always figured they were both
>> fairly
>> young and confused by it all, but willing to be led by the holy spirit.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 12:01 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> In a message dated 1/29/2016 10:14:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> cervus51 at gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Actually, I prefer such terms as Maris Stella (Star of the Sea)
>>> or even Virgo Virginis (Virgin of Virgins).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Strang.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> .
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