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Article: Mary, Mother of Our Lord August 15, 2004.(Preaching Helps)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Isaiah 61:7-11
Psalm 45:11-16
Galatians 4:4-7
Luke 1:46-55
Can Protestants actually celebrate the feast day of Mary, the Mother of Our Lord? Yes, indeed, we can, for we are thereby giving praise and thanks to God for the Incarnation. Can there be a more central, more pervasive, more vital proclamation of the Christian faith than that the Infinite assumed a finite form and in that way made plain to us the preciousness of life itself and the promise of eternity? Mary is the one through whom the Infinite is made visible for us. Surely this is worthy of celebration!
The feast of Mary, however, is not about whether her mother was ...
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