While I was on retreat last week at the Abbey of the Genesee, I paused (as I often do on my visits there) before the statue of our Blessed Mother which welcomes visitors to the monastery.
It is a simple but beautiful image. I think you will agree.
This day, as I prayerfully gazed into her eyes, these words came to me:
"Come closer my child. Draw near to me. I want to embrace and kiss you as only a Mother can."
What a gift to us "poor banished children of Eve"!
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