Author: Howie Cassan
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The Womb of Creation and the Breath of God
When we profess in the Nicene Creed that the Holy Spirit is “the Lord and Giver of Life,” we are not merely affirming that He creates. We are confessing that wherever divine life appears, the Holy Spirit has already been there. Before there was light, before there were stars, before Adam drew his first breath,…
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Mary Carried Jesus: Microchimerism and the Mystery of the Incarnation
When the angel Gabriel announced that Mary would conceive the Son of God, he told her: “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the most High shall overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” —Luke 1:35, Douay-Rheims The…