Well said. I'll take this to morning prayer with me.
Dennis | Homepage | 01.09.08 - 8:12 am | #

Thank you, Dennis!
Dawn Eden | Homepage | 01.09.08 - 10:43 am | #

Sister Faustine's response is absolutely remarkable - one I had never considered nor ever seen considered anywhere.

The closest I had seen is a children's book called "The Princess and the Kiss."

In the story, the woman receives a gift that from her mother and father that is guarded in the highest tower in under a globe of pure glass - her first kiss. She has to decide who will receive it.

The story portrays the gift of the kiss being given by her natural parents, but given this insight, the parents could easily be seen as typological stand-ins for God and Mary - something I had never considered before. How neat!
Steve Kellmeyer | Homepage | 01.09.08 - 4:12 pm | #

Sterling post. I'll be mulling this for a while.
nightfly | Homepage | 01.10.08 - 1:11 am | #

Thanks, describing virginity as a gift never felt right with me, but now I understand as being more reciprocal it makes sense.
Renee | Homepage | 01.10.08 - 11:09 am | #

I wonder why you claim that Jesus' mother "is" a virgin? She was a virgin until after Jesus, her first-born son was born. But certainly not after, since she and her husband, Joseph, had other children. The Bible tells me so.
consuelo | 01.12.08 - 5:52 pm | #