“Let us transport ourselves in spirit to the holy mountain of Calvary, to the foot of the cross, beside Mary… She practices there an unalter- able patience. She stands up in the midst of the horrible tempest like a rock surrounded by waves, which beat against it without causing it to fall. Neither the abyss into which…
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The Cross and The Tower of Ivory
~Today, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates Good Friday. Last year, I wrote a piece which delved into the “goodness” of this day, specifically speaking of the Good Shepherd; and I related the day to the traditional description of Our Lady as the Tower of Ivory. I am re-posting it today with a few additions and edits. I hope you are…
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Our Lady on Holy Saturday
“Saint Paul tells us that our religion is vain unless we have faith in the mystery of our Saviour’s Resurrection — where was this faith on the day after our Lord’s death? In one heart only, and that was Mary’s. As it was her chaste womb that had held within it Him whom heaven and earth cannot contain, so on…
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The Virgin Mary: Tower of Ivory
“There is never a crack in the ivory towerOr a hinge to groan in the house of goldOr a leaf of the rose in the wind to witherAnd she grows young as the world grows old.A Woman clothed with the sun returningto clothe the sun when the sun is cold.” ~G.K. Chesterton, excerpt from The Towers of Time* One of…
