From: sfp@lemur.cit.cornell.edu (Sheila Patterson) Subject: Re: Mary's assumption Organization: Cornell University CIT Lines: 22 In article , mpaul@unl.edu (marxhausen paul) writes:|> feeling that "the assumption of Mary" would be better phrased "our [text deleted] |> I also don't see the _necessity_ of saying the Holy Parents were some- |> how sanctified beyond normal humanity: it sounds like our own inability |> to grasp the immensity of God's grace in being incarnated through an or- |> dinary human being. |> [text deleted] |> -- |> paul marxhausen Thank you very much Paul. I have always been impressed by the very human-ness of Mary. That God chose a woman, like me, to bring into this world the incarnation of Himself proves to me that this God is MY God. He reaches down from His perfection to touch me. Ah, the wonder of it all :-) -- Sheila Patterson, CIT CR-Technical Support Group 315 CCC - Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-5388