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Mary the Mother of Jesus •
Mary in Christian Tradition What's In A Story?
Your story contains your origins and personal development with all the influences that affected your growth-process. It is a more insightful story if it understands your value system, your hopes and achievements. It should highlight what makes you to be you. A perceptive story-teller catches all the nuances of a human personality. That speaker or writer is even more proficient when the subject of the story is placed in his or her historical milieu. Father Victor Hoagland, C.P. is such a story-teller. In the pages that follow, he tells the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Drawing on Scripture and Tradition, Christian art and piety, as well as other sources, he paints a picture of Mary that is both human and down-to-earth. This special edition of Compassion was first published in 1988 in celebration of the Marian Year. We trust that you'll enjoy its re-publication on the World Wide Web. Kilian McGowan, C.P. above right: Madonna and Child, Bellini |
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of us possesses something that is utterly his or her own. We have the
unique and exclusive ownership of this possession. It is our story.
