[Magdalen] Images and words about Mary

[Marion Thompson]

Always wise to qualify.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 1/30/2016 12:08 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> 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:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>