Mary is a mantle

"Our Lady for me is like a secret that is difficult to talk about but if I was to describe who she is for me I'd say she is the place where I live. She's a mantle. She has this mantle and I can live under it. And when I say 'live' I mean that's where I breathe and find rest and peace and strength, consolation, refuge. And 'live' also means I know that's where and how I receive the life of Christ, that she's really this mediatrix and that any life of faith and grace that I'm living, and all the joy I have in my heart for living in that faith, somehow comes through her. I receive it under this mantle and her presence is always there and I'm always deeply thankful for it."

 

~Mary from England.

 

(New Mexican Nativity scene on display at St. Bede Episcopal Church, Atlanta, GA).

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