My favorite line from today’s Scripture readings:
Seeing this, all the people fell prostrate and said,
“The LORD is God! The LORD is God!” (1 Kgs 18:39)
It took a major miracle on the part of Elijah to get the Israelites to admit that. What will it take for US to admit it?
Holiness isn't an all-at-once kind of project. You don't do this or that and suddenly achieve holiness. Holiness is something you work at in small ways day-in-and-day-out. It's a progression that takes place over the entire span of your lifetimes.
The Brown Scapular isn't something that Our Lady just came up with out of the blue. It has biblical symbolism that goes back to the Old Testament.
Since I started the project, I've had numerous requests from people who would like to take to the road and recreate my pilgrimage for themselves. The sad truth is that it's not so easy to exactly replicate what I did. The good news is that I can tell you how to form your own Marian Pilgrimage using your own resources and starting right from home.
2 Comments
Anonymous · June 10, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I've heard that there was once a time when America was not afraid to admit that…
Marge Fenelon · July 21, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Perhaps that time will come again!