Amen

This makes me think… about Mary’s Fiat and Our “Amen” to the Body of Christ

In a certain sense Mary lived her Eucharistic faith even before the institution of the Eucharist, by the very fact that she offered her virginal womb for the Incarnation of God’s Word. The Eucharist, while commemorating the passion and resurrection, is also in continuity with the incarnation. At the Annunciation Mary conceived the Son of God in the…

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This makes me think… about my “Amens”…

“Amen” [is] an extremely important word. We say it often; and unfortunately, we perhaps say it lightly without much or any realization of the responsibility to which we commit ourselves with every “Amen” we utter. How often are we consciously aware that when we add our “Amen” to a prayer, we are making a solemn…

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