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Sunday, December 08, 2013
Gabriel's Message
The angel Gabriel from heaven came His wings as drifted snow His eyes as flame "All hail" said he "thou lowly maiden Mary, Most highly favoured lady," Gloria!
"For known a blessed mother thou shalt be, All generations laud and honor thee, Thy Son shall be Emmanuel, By seers foretold Most highly favoured lady," Gloria!
Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head "To me be as it pleaseth God," she said, "My soul shall laud and magnify his holy name." Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!
Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ was born In Bethlehem all on a Christmas morn And everyone throughout the world forever saved Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!
Recorded by Sting; traditional melody; words by Sabine Baring Gould
Today Catholics celebrate the Holy Day of the Immaculate Conception. Many Catholics mistakenly believe (as I once did) that this refers to the conception of Mary's son, Jesus, but it doesn't. It refers to her own conception "without original sin and its stain," without flaw or corrupt nature of any kind, one "full of grace," not half-full or a quarter-full of grace (as a priest friend once said).
This is not a doctrine lesson. Nor am I looking to stir up evangelicals in the debate about overemphasis on Mary (for a former-evangelical's explanation on that topic, Mark Shea said it best: "No Mary, no human nature for Christ. No human nature for Christ, no death on the cross. No death, no resurrection. No resurrection, no salvation.").
I invite all to ponder this fact: Mary is the "Most highly favoured lady," favoured by God, in His plan for her...
from the moment of her own conception.
That is the reason why Catholics celebrate the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
Not the Immaculate Implantation of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Blastocyte of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Embryo of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Fetus of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Viability of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Birth of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Personhood of Mary.
Or the Immaculate Sentience of Mary.
Maybe this will help non-Catholics (and sadly some Catholics too) understand better why being a true Catholic believer means knowing that abortion is what occurs when a life is ended anytime after conception. When I first posted this on 12/8/2005, an atheist friend of the blog commented that it finally made sense to her why we feel the way we do about abortion.
(published today, as Dec. 8 is normally the day, but tomorrow, Dec. 9 is the celebrated day this year, as Dec. 8 fell on a Sunday)
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"After Abortion,...run by Emily Peterson and Annie Banno, two women who had abortions in the 1970s, ...tries to avoid the political tug-of-war that tends to come with this turf. They concentrate instead on discussing the troubling personal effects of abortion on the mothers." ~ Eric Scheske, Godspy contributing editor, in NC Register's "Signs of Life in the Blogosphere", 2/2006
"Godbloggers could, in the best of worlds, become the new apologists...[including] laymen with day jobs: Emily Peterson and Annie Banno, for instance, at the blog After Abortion..."~ Jonathan V. Last, The Weekly Standard online editor, in First Things's "God on the Internet", 12/2005
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George & Linda Zallie, Stacy's parents, "assisting women who made the difficult choice of ending their pregnancy in finding nonjudgmental help" for suicidal feelings.
For immediate help, call tollfree, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: national, confidential, post-abortion-recovery hotlines: 1-877-HOPE-4-ME or 1-866-482-5433 or 1-800-5WE-CARE ...more help below...
"I would now like to say a special word to women who have had an abortion...[many are] aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and [do] not doubt that it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentance. The Father of mercies is ready to give you his forgiveness and his peace...You will come to understand that nothing is definitively lost and you will also be able to ask forgiveness from your child..."
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