Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: mls@sfsup.att.com (Mike Siemon) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Benjamin Britten's pagan? carol Message-ID: Date: 26 Jul 90 05:47:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) writes: > The carol says that if Adam had not taken the apple "Then had not > Our Lady a been Hevene queen." It's not celebrating Jesus--it's > celebrating the exaltation of Mary. That seems a bit simple minded for a conclusion. Catholics, like good computer scientists, are comfortable with the notion of indirection. Consider the concluding petition of the Ave Maria. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death. Who do you think Mary is praying too? Who else but the one in her most beautiful prayer: Magnificat anima mea... Some soi-disant Protestant objections to Catholic ideas and practices seem more in the nature of a broken '*' key on the protestors' keyboards. (Pascal users, substitute '^' for '*') (I hope it is needless to toss in some friendly smileys here?) -- Michael L. Siemon We must know the truth, and we must m.siemon@ATT.COM love the truth we know, and we must ...!att!sfsup!mls act according to the measure of our love. standard disclaimer -- Thomas Merton