tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post6913659292504499126..comments2023-07-21T04:15:43.518-07:00Comments on The Clay Rosary Girl: The Presentation of Our LordSarah Harkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064673794877417232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-34627023240527489232010-02-02T08:03:19.927-08:002010-02-02T08:03:19.927-08:00wow, great story, Mujer Latina! I will never forge...wow, great story, Mujer Latina! I will never forget it.Sarah Harkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064673794877417232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-71458157771204938432010-02-02T07:56:14.503-08:002010-02-02T07:56:14.503-08:00Sarah: I have always loved this mystery of the Ro...Sarah: I have always loved this mystery of the Rosary: Here are my thoughts and meditations around this: Simeon knew that, despite his advanced elderly age, he needed to "see the Messiah" prior to his death. Simeon longed for the the Messiah -- incarnate!! And he got his opportunity when Jesus was presented into his arms at the Temple! To me the image of an elderly man anxiously awaiting the arrival of that baby speaks to the whole cycle of "from conception to natural death" of which our Church embraces as a central teaching. Secondly, I love this mystery because we used this very reading at a church service in the hospital chapel about 17 years ago. Here's the story: I delivered a baby to a young college student who decided to give her little newborn up for adoption. The student literally had had no prenatal care and arrived at Labor and Delivery fully dilated. After delivery she asked me if I knew of someone who wanted the baby. Yes. I knew someone. A few days later, using the Presentation in the Temple as a backdrop reading, the young college student stood before the cross in the hospital chapel and handed over her newborn to an older/infertile couple in adoption. It was a powerful moment, an experience I shall never forget. Recently, I received news from this couple along with a photo of the now 17 y/o daughter. Can you imagine Sarah why this Feast Day and this mystery of the Rosary is so amazing to me? I believe that this should be the 'adoption mystery.' May we meditate and pray for all pregnant women and for all orphans. May orphans find their way into the arms of a loving family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-64448900822701892622010-02-02T07:49:17.715-08:002010-02-02T07:49:17.715-08:00Sarah, your faithfullness shows through in your ro...Sarah, your faithfullness shows through in your rosary blog. here is where your heart lies. you have always amazed us with a true love for our Blessed Mother. here in this blog everyday i get to witness it again. Our blessed Mother has in turn graced you with customers to walk with you in your journey. the song by Micheal Card shows us of God's great Love for us, that He comes to meet us right where we are. by going to the temple, he met the crowd and touched them, answering Simion and Anna's prayers. No our God does not need to subject himself to our way. but God wants to because he loves us right where we are. <br />love momBonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02217456089460499285noreply@blogger.com