Nanci Kuykendall

>I've always wondered if Mary's 'immaculate
>conception' was a consensual thing or not?
>Heidi

Well not to add fuel to the fire, but does it give
anyone ELSE pause to think that being a victim of rape
in Mary's time and place, incestual or otherwise, was
punishable by death? Would YOU be anxious to tell?

Nanci K.

Peggy

Veni, redemptor gentium

1. Come, Redeemer of the world:
show that the Virgin gave you birth;
Let every age stare on with awe,
For such an issue fits our God.

2. Not from the seed that's spawned by man,
But from a mystic breathing-on
The Word of God was turned to flesh
And fruit did flower in the womb.

3. The cleft in the Virgin's body swelled,
But the portal of shame stodd untouched;
The banners of her virtues gleamed,
For she was temple now for God.

4. Rise now out of that wedding chamber,
From that royal hall of modesty,
You giant of a double nature
And run your course rejoicingly.

5. Away from his Father once he parted;
Now to his Father he returns;
He made a journey into Hell-depths;
Now to the seat of God he turns.

6. O equal to the eternal Father,
Gird your loins with trophy of flesh;
Make the infirmities of bodies
Strong with your eternal power.

7. Your cradle now is gleaming brightly;
The night's afire with new light;
May no darkness break these measures,
But gleam forever with true might.

Heidi Wordhouse-Dykema

At 04:34 PM 9/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Veni, redemptor gentium

Well, that's some pretty wild stuff... swelling clefts and such. <g>
Thank goodness I'm atheist. I know wherefore my clefts get swoll. (really
big grin.)
Heidi

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In a message dated 9/6/02 6:57:13 PM Central Daylight Time, heidi@...
writes:


> Well, that's some pretty wild stuff... swelling clefts and such. <g>
> Thank goodness I'm atheist. I know wherefore my clefts get swoll. (really
> big grin.)
> Heidi

I was thinking the same thing! Swelling clefts and portals of shame, wow!
~Nancy~ off to tell Darin all about my portal of shame! >:o) (beg)
~Nancy


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Peggy

> Subject: Re: Re: Mary
>
> At 04:34 PM 9/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:
> >Veni, redemptor gentium
>
> Well, that's some pretty wild stuff... swelling clefts and such. <g>
> Thank goodness I'm atheist. I know wherefore my clefts get swoll. (really
> big grin.)
> Heidi


BWAH!!! ;)

Peggy