December 14, 2023 Leadership message Our recent celebrations of both Foundation Day and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe remind us of the centrality of Mary in our Advent prayer. The following passages, which include the writing of theologian Sister...
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December 14, 2023 Leadership message Our recent celebrations of both Foundation Day and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe remind us of the centrality of Mary in our Advent prayer. The following passages, which include the writing of theologian Sister Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, and the words of Sister Deirdre Mullan, RSM, call us to ever deeper identification with Mary’s prophetic witness. “Mary is a sister to marginalized people who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations. It does her no honor to rip her out of her conflictual dangerous historical circumstances and transmute her into an icon of a peaceful, middle-class life robed in royal blue … This is the radical and subversive reality of the Incarnation.” “May we call on the energy of the Holy Spirit, that moved the fetal John the Baptist to leap for joy and on Mary and Elizabeth to proclaim songs of praise and liberation to reveal new and dangerous insights for our time.” How is our prayer, our engagement in community, our
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