As Only A Mother Can

(Originally posted on October 17, 2017)

While I was on retreat a few years ago 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.


On that 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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