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Thank you to all who participated. 1st Place Winner: Oh Blessed Mother, peering from the frosty snow, help reveal His Shining Light to all hearts--grown cold--after drifting away from your Divine Son.~submitted by Marilyn
2nd Place Winner: "See, my beloved. Nothing can separate
you and those you love from my Son's love or mine."
~submitted
by Laurie Oswald About this Picture: My parents have been married 65 years. They took this picture when they arrived home one day here in Wisconsin. Except for her face, their statue of Mary was completely enclosed in the drifting snow. They feel it was there as a reminder that Mary is always keeping a watchful eye on her children. ~B. Brandt, WI
How does
this picture reflect the Advent/Christmas season to you?
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Captions suggested by our Members and Visitors |
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"I Will Always be with
You to Weather the Storm. My Son is coming. Have Faith." ~submitted by Mary Cleaver |
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"If We Look We Will Find Mother Mary
Every Time. She is With Us, Giving Us Her Hope and Love, and Saying
That Her Son is with us also."
~submitted by Julie Gibson |
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"Rain or SNOW, heat or cold, Mary is
with us!"
~submitted by Mary Richardson
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Thine
eyes full of tears,
So wet with snow.
No matter the storm
Thou art with us we know.
Warming our hearts with
Thy love.
~submitted by E. Davis
"Always here...all ways
looking out for you."
~submitted
by Dena Stolze
How this picture reflects the Advent/Christmas season: The Christmas story has Jesus' birth as December 25th, in the midst of winter, bringing light to the world at a time of the year when we have typically dark days. This picture shows Mary, overcoming the darkness - peering out into the world, making it known that she is available to us...as she made her body available to God to deliver His son, our Saviour, to the world. |
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This is Advent at its best. Watch, be aware. Our Mother is better than Motel 6. She not only leaves the light on; she glows through the snow! Totally awesome. ~submitted by Kim Williams |
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"Even though she is preparing to
celebrate the birth of her special child,
she still watches over ours." ~submitted by Jane Olathe, KS |
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Even when our sins cover and weigh us down, the loving Truth within Mary will forever shine through, to cleanse us as white as snow. |
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~submitted
by Elizabeth Schmeidler |
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