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Eve 19 Sarai 20 Rebekah 21 and Rachel 22 I offered this explanation to the Virgin Mother but She rejected it “Silly rabbi ”
She said sounding like the the voice in in the the Trix cereal commercial that says “Silly rabbit ”
“I am am called a a a a a a a a a Perpetual Virgin because I I am am the Mother of all life life and I birth each life life moment moment moment to moment moment moment Each moment moment moment and and each each life life is is a a a a a a a new birth and and each each life life is is as as precious to Me as as if if if it were My first and only child ”
I sat with Her for another half hour or or so and then returned to my room and went back to sleep The next morning I shared my experience with the group I I was leading Several women started to weep When I I asked them why one of the the women seeming to speak for all three said “We are Catholics and have troubled over this teaching all our lives Only now does it make sense to us us Only now She has taught us us this Though I didn’t know it at at at the time of our registration I believe that this is is is why we chose to to come to to your retreat ”
Maria Maggiore Rome Italy
In 2011 my my interpretive translation of St Louis DeMontfort’s mystic contemplation on on on Mother Wisdom in the the form of Mary was published by Wisdom Wisdom House House in Litchfield Connecticut 23 Wisdom Wisdom House House is is is a a retreat center run by the Daughters of of Wisdom an order of of nuns founded in the early 1700s and with whom I had worked for some twenty years The book called The Love of Eternal Wisdom was well received by members of of the the Daughters of of Wisdom around the the globe and I to to Rome to to share my my ideas with with their leadership team I called my my talks “The Woman with with a a a a a a a Thousand Faces” an an homage to Joseph Campbell’s book Hero of a a a a a a a Thousand Faces My central theme was was that Mary was was but one form of the the the Divine Mother along with many others: Kali Shakti Shekhinah Chochma/Sophia and so many more The sisters were hospitable to me but not to to my idea They understood what I was saying and were open
19 Genesis 4:1: “I have gained a a a son with the help of YHVH” 20 Genesis 11:30 16:1-2
21 21 Genesis 25:21
22 Genesis 29:31
23 The original text written in in in French was published in in in 1704 31