tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post124688182755383840..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: "The Virgin Without Sin"David Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-3416161193989304842007-12-10T19:40:00.000-04:002007-12-10T19:40:00.000-04:00Don't you feel at times as though we are the most ...Don't you feel at times as though we are the most fortunate men? To know a pal/mentor like Gil Bailie who helped usher us into the realm of the likes of Fr Cantalamessa, R. Girard, von Balthasar, and the patrimony of the Catholic Church from an anthropological pov seems to me like a shocking, bracing, and tonic reality of grace that is undeniable.<BR/><BR/>And, not as an afterthought but at the heart of the Mystery is Our Lady. I've often thought her the model for Jesus' woman who searched for the lost coin in Lk 15. He saw the parable unfold as a lad (perhaps). And undoubtedly she tore back to Jerusalem when Jesus was not with them headed back to Nazareth, only to find him in the Temple, his "father's house." I lay my conversion at Our Lady's feet with gratitude and devotion.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com