Guadalupe

[This is a reissue of a piece we run every year on this date. As for this year, between Gaudete Sunday and the eve of St Lucy's Day, there's something for everybody, don't you think? Or don't you ...? -- DLA]

I am generally not partial to images of the Blessed Mother without her carrying the Christ Child. The absence of Her Son has long struck me as edging toward a sort of Catholic goddess-worship -- Mariolatry, if you will. But I make one exception ... read more