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17/04/2022

Easter joy and blessings to all of our followers, from the team at Leaven!

"Easter" by Sr Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy, OP

Oh, what a joyous feast is Easter Day!
All Nature risen hails her risen King;
The air is sweet with the fresh scents of Spring,
The pale green boughs announce the coming May,
And the young birds, with life's strange newness gay,
Their raptured joy at living loudly sing,
While the freed church-bells alleluias ring
And Lent gone by makes brighter the sun's ray.

Thus after life's all-sanctifying gloom -
That Holy-Week that ends but with the tomb -
The purple veil of earthly grief gives place;
And like the birds, our happy souls set free
Pour the glad song of immortality,
And read the welcome on God's Easter Face.

Artwork: An Apple Tree in Blossom (ca. 1905-1914), Eugène Emmanuel Lemercier. Creative Commons from the National Gallery of Ireland, NGI.1171.

15/04/2022

Wishing all our followers a holy and reflective Good Friday.

Text reads:
Good Friday is a heavenly day,
So bright, so fair, so still;
They slay the King of all the world
On a high hill.

The birds sing sweet and low,
With a most quiet mirth;
They scoop a hollow grave for Him,
The holiest head on earth.

Good Friday is a heavenly day,
New lights on earth and sky:
The day the Saviour of us all
Went forth to die.

Sweetly it rose and fell,
So calm, so light, so grave.
Christ Jesus, sacrificed for me,
Died - and forgave.

Poem by Katharine Tynan-Hinkson.

30/03/2022

Taking a minute today to appreciate our digital edition 🖱️

Leaven started out as an exclusively digital magazine and we are still committed to the flexibility and affordability that digital offers. You can buy all five of our issues to date through our Gumroad shop digitally for only €4 - an absolute steal when you consider how much you get!

Digital issues can also be given as gifts if there's someone you want to share the joy (break bread? no) with.

The digital subscription is only €20 and not only ensures you a year of reading, it also serves to support the production of the magazine.

And best of all you get to read it within minutes of purchase, anywhere in the world!

24/03/2022

We just love the look of Leaven on the magazine rack 😍

If you are able to pop in and buy a copy at Veritas on Abbey Street please do; it will help ensure the next issue can grace the racks as well - and possibly in more locations!

Of course if you're not in Dublin we appreciate the support of purchasing an issue or subscription in any format - digital issues are only €4 and we post physical copies of Issue Five worldwide!

21/03/2022

Leaven's new print edition is perfect for enjoying on a bright beautiful day! Take it with you anywhere you go for thought provoking and faith filled content from the Irish Church.

Find Leaven for sale at Veritas in Abbey Street, Dublin, or order it online through our Gumroad storefront. You can also get the issues in PDF for instant download anywhere in the world.

17/03/2022

Wishing a very happy St Patrick's Day to all of our followers! If you haven't read the Confession or the Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus lately, you'll find them at confessio.ie along with lots of other resources worth your time.

14/03/2022

In this week of all things Irish, why not give Leaven a try?

Leaven's mission is to raise up a fresh and lively Irish Church through connecting thoughtful and faithful Irish Catholics who can support each other and speak to the culture at large. We aim to be a forum for Catholic thought as well as a hothouse for amplifying and developing young voices in the church.

Aside from that mission - there's just a lot to read and ponder and love in Leaven! Each issue includes articles on art, social issues, history, science, philosophy and more. Treat yourself and support us too by ordering a copy or buying a subscription today!

PS. There's also a free sampler to download from our website 👀
PPS. Another events roundup is coming to our stories later today 🗓️

09/03/2022

We've been seeing a lot of Synod meetings in various parishes and dioceses advertised lately! If you don't know what Synod consultations are happening in your area we would strongly recommend doing a bit of research - lots of parishes post their newsletters online now.

Whether you're a Synod skeptic, enthusiast or just clueless, the roundtable on Synodality in our Issue Three is well worth your time. The discussion among our panel of experts will leave you with an understanding of what the Synod is, why it's happening, and who is involved. And we ask the questions you might be thinking, like can this even achieve anything?

Issue Three is available for instant digital download for only €4 through gumroad.com/leavenmag!

Lighthouse artwork by Henry Farrer (1880). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

08/03/2022

Seeing as it's we wanted to thank all the women whose talent, hard work, and vision make Leaven and each issue of Leaven possible!

Women serve on our board of directors and editorial board, design the covers, lay out the pages, write articles, are interviewed, participate in roundtables, manage the social media, and pray for us - not to mention buying, subscribing, and reading! We aim to be a publication by the Church for the Church so of course we are always striving to ensure women are actively involved at every step and properly represented and recognised.

On that note - we also aim to be a publication that can help people get started. If any young women out there have an idea for an article for Leaven please get in touch via our website - we can coach you on the writing as needed. (Of course this goes for men as well, but for the day that's in it!)

04/03/2022

Taking a break from online shopping this Lent? Leaven is now available from Veritas in Dublin! We very much appreciate your support in buying Leaven in person as this will help us get it into more shops - and isn't it gorgeous on the rack?!

Of course if a trip into Dublin isn't on your agenda we are happy to post a copy to your door - visit gumroad.com/Leavenmag to place your order today!

28/02/2022

Leaven: not just a pretty cover (although we have quite a few of those too!)

Each issue of Leaven brings you a mix of articles on topics that range from churchy (like Synodality) to worldly (like films); from past (early Christian Ireland and medieval literature) to present (climate change and scientific developments); from light (parlour games and postage stamps) to heavy (scandal and abuse).

Our faith isn't just one thing, and faithful people aren't all the same, so we aim to throw as wide a net as possible.

Have you given Leaven a try yet? We have a free sampler available for download as a PDF if you want to see what you're missing - or head over to our Gumroad page to buy single issues or subscribe!

24/02/2022

The best reason to buy Leaven is to read what's in it! 🤓

Highlighted in this post:
💌 Small and easily overlooked, postage stamps can in subtle ways express what we truly value, writes Rachel Sherlock
🎄 A note of melancholy is often part and parcel of our Christmas experience, writes Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh
🗡️ The medieval tale of Sir Gawain is a remarkable study in how the road to sanctity calls us to accept our weaknesses, writes Aisling Byrne

Leaven is available in a digital format for €4, or in print for €10, and gives you 104 pages of thoughtful writing on a whole range of subjects. Visit gumroad.com/leavenmag to order your copy today!

23/02/2022

The best reason to buy Leaven is to read what's in it! 🎉

Highlights from Issue Five in this post:
🎶 Handel's Messiah is a Christmas staple all over the world, but its original Dublin performance took place in Lent, writes Natalie Doherty.
📜 Greg Daly considers whether imperialism can ever make sense from a Christian viewpoint, and explores the realities behind imperial fantasies.
🐺 Few creatures are more prominent in the surviving literature of medieval Ireland than wolves, but they were not simply thought of as fearsome beasts, writes Ellen Ganly.

Leaven is available for digital download for only €4, and print copies can be ordered for €10 - visit gumroad.com/leavenmag to see your options!

22/02/2022

The best reason to buy Leaven is to read what's in it! 🙌

Highlighted in this post:
🎥 Far from being dated or sentimental, the films of Frank Capra are searching and loving explorations of valuing what's best in our world, writes Ronan Doheny.
☦️ Not every Christian is called to engage deeply with the world, but early Christians realized that there's more than one way of serving God, writes Fr Conor McDomough OP.
💼 Rethinking how we value time is deeply biblical and has huge significance for how we think about workplace productivity and human dignity, writes Niamh White.

Leaven is available as a digital magazine for €4 or in print for €10 - order through gumroad.com/leavenmag or stop in the Veritas shop in Dublin to pick one up!

18/02/2022

Ready for the weekend? If you need some good reading material to help unwind... covering a range of topics... taking faith seriously... beautifully designed... Well, we have a suggestion 😉😉

17/02/2022

Our local post office is getting to know us very well indeed, as we send off copies of Leaven around the country, and around the world - to Canada, the United States, and even Australia!

16/02/2022

The weather may be bad but the news is good - a stack of Leaven Issue Five has just been delivered to the Veritas shop in Dublin! Pick up a copy and tell your friends 👯‍♀️

Not in Dublin, or not planning a trip into Abbey Street? Order a copy online and we'll post it to you! Head to gumroad.com/leavenmag to order yours today 📬

16/02/2022

The weather may be bad, but the news is good - a stack of Leaven Issue Five has just been delivered to the Veritas shop in Dublin! Pick up a copy and tell your friends ☕

Not in Dublin, or not planning a trip into Abbey Street? Order a copy online and we'll post it to you - find the link in our bio. 📬

15/02/2022

Raise up your reading with Leaven 🙏

Amidst the streaming services and newsletters, the podcasts and social media feeds, Leaven offers thoughtful curiosity with a Catholic lens, engaging with history, art, culture, and science. Take some time for yourself and discover something new in the pages of Issue Five today!

The digital edition is available for instant download for only €4, or in print for €10. Visit gumroad.com/leavenmag to purchase.

Pictured: Dr Ellen Ganly's piece on wolves in medieval Irish literature, exclusively in Leaven Issue 5.

14/02/2022

What lovelier delivery on the 14th of February than Leaven Issue 5! 🎉

Print copies have arrived at Leaven HQ, and they'll start going out in the mail very soon. We'll update orders on Gumroad to let you know when yours has gone out!

Still need to order your copy? Head over to gumroad.com/Leavenmag and place your order today! Worldwide postage available ✈️

11/02/2022

If you're celebrating Women in Science today, you'll find plenty to like in the pages of Leaven! Among our many interview subjects and contributors you'll find a range of women in STEM fields:

⚛️ Particle physicist Sr Katarina Pajchel in Issue 4
🏞️ Environmental microbiologist Dr Ciara Murphy (part of our all-female climate change panel!) in Issue 4
🌍 Astrochemist Dr Karin Öberg in Issue 3
🚧 Civil Engineer Phoebe Watson in Issue 2

Leaven brings you interesting people talking about interesting things, a Catholic publication taking in the wide sweep of human activity. Download any of these issues for only €4 today, or take out a digital subscription for €20 and get each issue as it is released.

09/02/2022

Interviews are always a highlight of each issue of Leaven and the latest issue is no exception!

In Issue 5 we talk to Meg Hunter-Kilmer - Speaker about reading scripture fruitfully and her acclaimed new books about the saints. We also hear from Dr Stephen Barr, founder of Society of Catholic Scientists, about his career in physics and his life in faith.

Issue 5 is available for immediate download for a mere €4, or you can order a print copy for €10 plus shipping (we ship worldwide!). It's 104 gorgeously designed pages of thoughtful Catholic writing across a whole range of subjects from an Irish perspective. If you think your friends would be interested please like, share and follow our page to help us spread the word! 📯

08/02/2022

The feast of St Josephine Bakhita is also the International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking. As Pope Francis' words make clear, while this problem requires large scale efforts from law enforcement and policy makers, we each of us have a responsibility to fight indifference in our own hearts.

Today's quote reads: "Let us ask ourselves, as individuals and as communities, whether we feel challenged when, in our daily lives, we meet or deal with persons who could be victims of human trafficking, or when we are tempted to select items which may well have been produced by exploiting others... We know that God will ask each of us: What did you do for your brother? The globalization of indifference, which today burdens the lives of so many of our brothers and sisters, requires all of us to forge a new worldwide solidarity and fraternity capable of giving them new hope and helping them to advance with courage amid the problems of our time and the new horizons which they disclose and which God places in our hands."

source: Pope Francis, Message for the World Day of Peace 2015
art: detail of The Last Judgment, Jan van Eyck (1440-1). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

07/02/2022

Are you a paper person? Prefer flicking through pages to scrolling? We're delighted to be able to offer Leaven Issue 5 in a print edition!

You can place your order today and it will be sent out once the copies have arrived at Leaven HQ (we estimate a week from now but we'll keep you up to date).

Print copies are €10 excluding shipping. At present, we are only selling them as single issues but we hope to be able to add a print subscription option in the future. Visit Gumroad.com/leavenmag to buy your copy today!

06/02/2022

The anchor has been used as a symbol for hope in Christian artwork for centuries. For all the promises of modern technology, that anchor of hope in Christ is needed today as much as ever.

Today's quote reads: "Our Blessed Lady is the faithful Virgin who by her fidelity God repairs the losses which the faithless Eve has caused by her infidelity. It is she who obtains for those who attach themselves to her the graces of fidelity to God and perseverance. It is for this reason that a saint compares her to a firm anchor which holds her servants fast and hinders them from being shipwrecked in the agitated sea of this world, where so many persons perish simply through not being fastened to that anchor... Happy, then, a thousand times happy, are the Christians who are now fastened faithfully and entirely to her, as to a firm anchor! The violence of the storms of this world will not make them founder, nor sink their heavenly treasures!"

source: St Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary, trans. Fr Frederick William Faber. The saint referenced is St John Damascene.
art: Jan Toorop, detail of a poster design for the International Eucharistic Congress held in Amsterdam in 1924. Public domain from the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

05/02/2022

✨ NOW AVAILABLE!

Leaven Issue 5 is now available from gumroad.com/leavenmag! From postage stamps to Handel, from wolves to productivity, from an iconic American director to a saintly Greek church father, this issue has the range, depth, and beauty we hope you've come to appreciate from Leaven.

Available in print for the first time ever (€10, worldwide shipping options available), as well as our standard digital edition (€4), Leaven Issue 5 is full of thoughtful reading material for the Irish church and beyond.

Issue 5 features:
° Interviews with missionary author Meg Hunter-Kilmer and physicist Prof. Stephen Barr
° A feature analysis of Christian perspectives on imperialism by Greg Daly
° Fr Conor McDonough on why you should know St Basil
° Natalie Doherty on Handel's Messiah in the liturgical year
° Ronan Doheny on Frank Capra's vision of the common man
° Niamh White on time management and human dignity
° Dr Ellen Ganly on wolves in the medieval Irish imagination
° Rachel Sherlock on the art of postage
° Dr Aisling Byrne on Sir Gawain's quest for glory and humility
° Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh on experiencing sorrow amidst joy
° Maria Connolly on the liturgical year's long Christmas period
° Fr Columba McCann OSB reflects on the Lord's coming among us; and the need to consider our spiritual diet
° Sr Eleanor Campion OSCO reflects on making decisions in faith

26/01/2022

St Oliver Plunkett knew that education can't happen without practical support!

Today's quote reads: "I have supported for the past nine months two very learned and hardworking fathers, a brother and a servant; one instructs the priests for an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon in cases of conscience, and the manner of preaching and catechizing, and he also teaches rhetoric for two hours in the morning and two in the afternoon, and on feast days and free days he gives instruction in ceremonies and the administration of the sacraments, the other father teaches syntax and concordances. Besides, both of them often preach. I have kept them these nine months at my own expense, and have bought for them even the frying pan."

source: St Oliver Plunkett, letter of 26 April 1671, quoted in Tommy Burns, St Oliver Plunkett: Journey to Sainthood
art: detail - Saint Oliver Plunkett, RC Archbishop of Armagh (Engraver: Jan van der Vaart, 1647-1721), NGI.10105. Creative Commons from the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

25/01/2022

Whether you're a teacher, a parent, an administrator, or a chaplain, the question may have crossed your mind - why does the Church have schools at all? And should it continue to be in the business of education in the 21st century? If a school claims to be Catholic, who should that look like? In issue two, Leaven gathered a panel of experts for a conversation on just this topic.

The entire roundtable is now available for you to read for FREE in our downloadable sampler issue! Get it today from our website, leavenmagazine.ie, and spread the word - we would love your help in getting this material into the hands of anyone who would be interested.

25/01/2022

Before entering a Carmelite convent, St Edith Stein was engaged in the debate over women's education which was an important feminist issue in her day. Her writings remind us not only of the dignity of women, but also that a Catholic view of education goes beyond gender roles or employment prospects.

Today's quote reads: "In this exposition, I have knowingly and deliberately placed women's education as such at the center. It has been emphasized well enough that women just as men are individuals whose individuality must be taken into consideration in educational work. However, in order to avoid a misunderstanding, it is perhaps not superfluous to emphasize that women and men are given a common goal of education as human beings: 'You are to be perfect as your Father in heaven in perfect.' This educational goal stands in visible gestalt before our eyes in the person of Jesus Christ. To become His likeness is everyone's goal."

source: Edith Stein, 'Principles of Women's Education' in Essays on Woman, Volume II of the Collected Works of Edith Stein, trans. Freda Mary Oben.
art: Gerrit Dou, An Evening School (1655-57). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

24/01/2022

Education is an important subject of thought for us here at Leaven as it has been for Irish people through the centuries. At the start of we are reminded that schools exist to educate, filling not just the mind but the soul.

Today's quote reads: "Education is as much concerned with souls as religion is. Religion is a Way of Life, and education is a preparation of the soul to live its life here and hereafter; to live it nobly and fully. And as we cannot think of religion without a Person as its centre, so we cannot think of a school without its Master. A school, in fact, according to the conception of our wise ancestors, was less a place than a little group of persons, a teacher and his pupils. Its place might be poor, nay, it might have no local habitation at all, it might be peripatetic: where the master went the disciples followed. One may think of Our Lord and His friends as a sort of school: was He not the Master, and were not they His disciples?"

source: Patrick Pearse, 'An Ideal in Education' in The Coming Revolution: The Political Writings and Speeches of Patrick Pearse
art: Sadbh Trinseach, Claude Chavasse Teaching an Irish Class on Achill Island, County Mayo (1911), NGI.3812. Creative Commons from the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland.

23/01/2022

Saint Irenaeus, known for his insistence on faithfulness to Church teaching, was recognised by Pope Francis as a Doctor of the Church this last week.

Today's quote reads: "Through his love and infinite kindness God comes within the grasp of man's knowledge. But this knowledge is not in respect of his greatness or his true being; for no one has measured that or grasped it. Rather do we know him in this way; that we recognize that he who made all things and fashioned them, and berated into his creatures the breath of life, who nourishes us through his creation, who establishes all things by his Word and binds them together by his Wisdom; that he is the one true God."

source: Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, III.xxiv.1, trans. Henry Bettenson.
art: Jan Luyken after Jan Goeree, Saint Irenaeus, Church Father (1698). Public domain from the collection of the Rijksmuseum

19/01/2022

Fr Willie Doyle, best known as a heroic chaplain on the front lines of the First World War, left behind detailed spiritual diaries which document his conviction that he was being called to sacrifice all human comforts for the sake of sanctification. St Josemaria Escriva was inspired by the quotidian heroism captured in his daily struggle against the temptation to butter his bread at breakfast.

Today's quote reads: "My dear loving Jesus, what do you want from me? You never seem to leave me alone - thank you ever so much for that - but keep on asking, asking, asking... The same thought is ever haunting me, coming back again and again; fight as I will, I cannot get away from it or conceal from myself what it is you really want. I realise it more and more every day. But, my sweet Jesus, I am so afraid, I am so cowardly, so fond of myself and my own comfort, that I keep hesitating and refusing to give in to you and to do what you want... The thought of such a life, so naturally terrifying, fills me with joy, for I know I could not do one bit of it myself but that it will all be the work of your grace and love."

source: To Raise the Fallen: A Selection of the War Letters, Prayers, and Spiritual Writings of Fr Willie Doyle SJ, ed. Patrick Kenny
art: J. Buttfield, A Bachelor in His Study (late 19 c). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

18/01/2022

God has not left us in the dark - his revelation is there for us to learn more about Him.

Today's quote reads: "There are certain things that the mind of man at its most powerful cannot compass. Merely by thinking, we cannot know what is in the mind of another or what some place is like that we have not visited. On these matters, we must either be told by someone who knows, or else remain ignorant. That is why God has given men His revelation upon what He had in mind when He created man, upon what awaits us after death, and upon what kind of action here upon earth will bring us to our true destiny. There is a multiplicity of such truths, which man could not find for himself, and God has supplied them... Given this rich treasure of truths, the minds of Christians could work upon them in all the ways in which a mind can work."

source: Frank Sheed, Theology and Sanity
art: Vincent Van Gogh, Roses (1890). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

17/01/2022

St Anthony of Egypt, whose feast is today, was hugely influential, not only to those who followed his example by taking to the desert, but to centuries of Christians.

Today's quote reads: "Someone asked Abba Anthony, 'What must one do in order to please God?' The old man replied, 'Pay attention to what I tell you: whoever you may be, always have God before your eyes; whatever you do, do it according to the testimony of the holy Scriptures; in whatever place you live, do not easily leave it. Keep these three precepts and you will be saved.'"

source: The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, trans. Benedicta Ward, SLG.
art: Textile Fragment (Egypt, 3rd - 4th century). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

10/01/2022

The spiritual life challenges us not to compartmentalise, but instead to bring God into all our activities and all our activities to God.

Today's quote reads: "Visiting the sick, looking after schools, attending hospitals, having to do with penitents and foundlings, immigrants and soup kitchens - I suspect the secret of perfection in the world, and of perseverance in devotion in the world, lies in these things. To live interior contemplative lives in the world for three hours a day is a glorious thing. But you see, unluckily, it hardly ever lasts. What now, if it really be that I am right, and that the reason for the failure is that to give all your interior life to God and all your exterior life to the world is an unlawful division?"

source: Frederick William Faber, All for Jesus.
art: William P. Chappel, City Watchman (1870s). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

09/01/2022

Endurance is a virtue that may be feeling more relevant than ever right now. As we gather for mass today whether in person or in spirit let's pray for each other.

Today's quote reads: "Stand fast, and hold yourselves ready for better things.
You have suffered harder, and God will end even this.
Together, men! Let the sounding echo return our cry.
So the foul fiend works: he tires our hearts with fury,
and with evil temptation shakes our innermost hearts.
Keep Christ in your minds, my men, and let your cry re-echo.
Stay stern in your resolve, spurn the lures of the enemy
and seek your safety in the weapons of virtue.
Keep Christ in your minds, my men, and let your cry re-echo."

source: St Columbanus, 'A Boat Song', as it appears in The New Oxford Book of Irish Verse.
art: Jan Toorop, The Sea (1887). Public domain from the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

08/01/2022

Saturday is a traditional day for devotion to Mary, who is a model in so many ways for us.

Today's quote reads: "We should allow a Marian temperament to form in us. To be gentle as she was, loving as she was, peaceful as she was, simple as she was, abandoned, as she was, to all that God wishes and desires... Let us ask the Lord to place in our soul, in our heart, in our body, all the dispositions, all the tenderness, all the self-abandonment, that were in his most holy Mother. He will do it if, in her, we seek him alone. Doesn't a child always look for its mother's face? The fruit of the liturgy is to make our whole being Marian, to bring to the realization in us the stamp of our Mother, to make our whole being crystalline in such a way that from the centre to the surface there may freely circulate in us the light and life of the little Child she has given us."

source: Dom Paul Delatte, quoted in The Spirit of Solesmes.
art: Albert Neuhuys, Noordse madonna (1854-1914). Public domain from the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

06/01/2022

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany - the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas perhaps but still an important event in the Gospel story.

Today's quote reads: "We have seen his star in the East and have come to worship him. We have had the same experience. We too noticed a new light shining in our soul and growing increasingly brighter. It was a desire to live a fully christian life, a keenness to take God seriously. If each one of you were to tell aloud the intimate details of how his vocation made itself felt, the rest of us would conclude immediately that it was all God's doing. Let us give thanks to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and to Holy Mary, through whom all blessings from heaven come to us, for this gift which, along with our faith, is the greatest the Lord can bestow on any of his creatures."

source: St Josemaría Escrivá, homily of January 6th, 1956; published in Christ is Passing By.
art: Giotto di Bondone, The Adoration of the Magi (ca. 1320). Public domain from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

01/01/2022

The church begins each calendar year in celebration of the woman whose consent to God's plan set in motion our salvation. Her influence on the church goes beyond that key moment however, and we ask her for her intercession again in 2022!

Today's quote reads: "Who is Mary? Let us say it as simply as it can possibly be said: she is the woman for whom Jesus Christ, the Son of God and our Redeemer, became the main purpose of life. This fact is as simple and at the same time as far beyond all human understanding as is the mystery of our Lord's Incarnation.... What does it mean that she received the Son of God and the Saviour; that she carried and bore Him?... Scripture says little about this, but for those who wish to understand, the texts are eloquent; all the more so because it is Mary's own voice we hear. For where else should the disciples have learned about the mystery of the Incarnation, about the first happenings of Christ's childhood, and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem?"

source: Romano Guardini, The Rosary of Our Lady.
art: Giovanni da Francia, Madonna of Humility (1429-39). Public domain from the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

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