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Mary for the Third Millennium: Prayer. (6)
The Hail Mary: Being faithful to the people of today and being faithful to the tradition means acquiring a balance between the old and the new. In a recent article on Mary and Ecumenism, I quoted Zwingli, the Swiss Reformer: “The Ave Maria is not a prayer, but a greeting and a praise” – the […]
Tuesday 22 April
Acts 2:36-41, Ps 33, John 20:11-18 What’s in a name “Mary.” Jesus spoke her name and Mary of Magadala knew it was him. It meant so much to her, the way he said her name. At the tomb, that morning, Mary of Magdala got her life back again. Her grief turned to joy. The love […]
Reflections on Marist Spirituality (3)
These reflections were first published in 2012 in Tutu – Another Way, written by Adele M.E. Jones with Michael McVerry sm. They are reprinted with permission. Mary in the early Church How do we draw our inspiration from the mystery of Mary in the early Church? The mystery of Mary begins in the Incarnation, is […]
Mary for Today for the Third Millennium (5)
Introduction In 1975 Pope Paul VI observed that for many in the Church devotion to Mary was both a problem and on the wane. One main reason for this lay in the fact that our approach to Mary reflected outdated ideas of the Middle Ages and Counter-Reformation period of the Church, views of Mary that […]
Tuesday 25 March
ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10, Ps 40, Hebrews 10:4-10, Luke 1:26-38 Humble obedience On the feast of the Annunciation last year, Pope Francis spoke of humility. “Making progress means lowering oneself” on the road of humility to allow God’s love to be clearly seen. Christian humility raises us to God, as those who […]
Francis speaks on Mary the Mother of Evangelisation
On 24 November last year at the end of the Year of Faith Pope Francis promulgated the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. Towards the end of the document the Pope wrote of Mary as the Mother of Evangelisation: # 284 With the Holy Spirit, Mary is always present in the midst of the people. She joined […]
Mary for Today:- Mary for the Third Millennium (4)
Ecumenical Introduction The great document of Paul VI, Marialis Cultus, published ten years after Vatican Council II, called for a devotion to Mary that was ecumenically sensitive, especially to the centrality of Christ. We need to recognise how much we ourselves contributed in the past to the Protestant reaction against Mary. The historical roots lie […]
The Shrine
My Mom’s name was Agnes Cecelia Taylor McKee; she was the youngest child in a family of ten children. She was born on November 29, 1911 and died of a sudden heart attack on April 11, 1977 at the age of 65. Her parents were Anne Herbert and Louis Taylor, and her siblings were Katherine […]
St Mary of the Angels: Resurrecting an Icon
It’s tucked away in the heart of the city, an architectural treasure people pass daily: St Mary of the Angels Catholic church. Its garden is an urban oasis, especially during the summer, although many haven’t even peered through the building’s front door. They’ll have to wait. Wellington’s heritage Catholic church, in Boulcott Street, is now […]
Mary for Today – Mary for the Third Millennium (3)
Given the directions outlined in Pope Paul VI’s Marialis Cultus, I will continue to develop the lines he recommended. Mary and Liturgy This has been another area of significant change. The numerous feast days of Mary, some with a very doubtful historical basis, have been trimmed. Those left, and even those added to the liturgical […]
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