‘Canto fermo’ is the term for an existing melody used as the basis for a new composition. The prose and poetry of mystics like John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila and Edith Stein – all informed by the Gospel – is my ‘melody’. The ‘new composition’ is this blog and my indie novel ‘The Age for Love’. To buy my book go to amazon.com or smashwords.com and download to your kindle, iPad, phone or any reading device.
Sunday, 24 January 2016
'MY MOTHER AND MY QUEEN' (A real Kiwi bloke comments on the BVM)
I have a dear friend, a real Kiwi bloke who's an intercessor for one of my family whose girlfriend is dangerously ill. The other day after Mass, I lent him the November 2015 issue of National Geographic with the cover story on the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Brendan (not his real name) is built like a brick shit-house and as gentle as a lamb.
‘A lot of people think Mary’s a myth,’ he said. ‘But she’s not to me. To me she’s my Mother and my Queen.’
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