Comments on: #28- The Mary-Making Myth http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/28-the-mary-making-myth.php LRC, Houston - An Evolving Spiritual Community Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:56:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ernie http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/28-the-mary-making-myth.php/comment-page-1#comment-4372 Ernie Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:22:40 +0000 http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/28-the-mary-making-myth.php#comment-4372 Thanks for the comment. How shamelessly we have tried to "help God" with our stories about what happened- as though God needed help! You're right on! Keep on pushing on! Thanks for the comment. How shamelessly we have tried to “help God” with our stories about what happened- as though God needed help! You’re right on! Keep on pushing on!

]]> By: Rt. Rev. Grant Lynn Ford http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/28-the-mary-making-myth.php/comment-page-1#comment-4371 Rt. Rev. Grant Lynn Ford Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:06:06 +0000 http://www.lrchouston.com/archive/28-the-mary-making-myth.php#comment-4371 All the ridiculous myths surrounding Mary rob us of the real courageous woman that she was. Sanitizing her memory until all the 'original sin' is gone (when have you seen an original one?) only means she is no longer a role model for the rest of us. The real story is that she was brave enough to encounter God in the midst of an unwanted pregnancy and rise to become the mother of our Master Teacher. I could have 'prayer-conversations' with a woman like that, who is still alive in Spirit as are all who have gone before. Why, I could say "Hail, Mary, full of grace. God is with you! Blessed are you among women!" It reminds me that I, too, am full of grace and that God is with me. That makes me love the Mary of the Bible all the more. Thanks for your sharp pen! All the ridiculous myths surrounding Mary rob us of the real courageous woman that she was. Sanitizing her memory until all the ‘original sin’ is gone (when have you seen an original one?) only means she is no longer a role model for the rest of us. The real story is that she was brave enough to encounter God in the midst of an unwanted pregnancy and rise to become the mother of our Master Teacher. I could have ‘prayer-conversations’ with a woman like that, who is still alive in Spirit as are all who have gone before. Why, I could say “Hail, Mary, full of grace. God is with you! Blessed are you among women!” It reminds me that I, too, am full of grace and that God is with me. That makes me love the Mary of the Bible all the more.

Thanks for your sharp pen!

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