A 2nd Sunday after Pentecost Thought About Our Blessed Mother
It's the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost and we'll turn our thoughts to Our Blessed Mother again, as we did last Sunday. It's also the Feast of Corpus Christi in most dioceses, even though Corpus Christi has traditionally been celebrated on Thursday. (Sort of reminds us of Ascension Thursday being "transferred" to Sunday, doesn't it?). In any event, it's Sunday, a perfect time to spend time thinking of Our Lady. Her special month of May now past, we nevertheless turn especially to her today and the next couple of Sundays. Ideally we always turn to her. And when we do, with simplicity, as a child would turn to its mother. But for those of us who have not yet developed the habit of this ongoing relationship with Mary, Father Edward Leen will provide able assistance. Father Leen is one of our great spiritual writers. His work does not dumb down the depth and profundity of his subjects. So when we come to him, it's important that we do so with a fresh mind, ope...
