Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
Years ago, my family visited the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. When we first walked in, at the end of the hallway in front of us a massive wall displayed a photograph of President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Over his shoulder, with unlined brow and the softest of smiles, was the man without whom this legislation would not have happened: the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
During the seasons of Advent and Christmas the Church is steeped in the remembrance and honor of Mary, the Mother of God and the Mother of our Church. As Catholics, we should not only remember Mary as the mother of our Savior, Jesus Christ, but allow her to be our guide in bringing about the fullness of the plan God has for us.