Now and then I stop and really listen to this song and realise how much it touches my heart. I do believe it's something to do with THAT Mary, though here's an alternative perspective...
I see Mary as a subtle, compassionate and nurturing face of the goddess, and I see that many people identify with her for those qualities, with or without reference to her as "The Virgin" or "The Holy Mother". Try thinking of the mother of Christ as a simple woman, but a deeply enlightened one who, after her great purpose in bearing the messiah was over, she was perhaps forgotten and pushed aside. It's only later that we can begin to appreciate her for herself, as a selfless and loving mother.
But this song strikes a chord in me that says, What if Mary were to come back to the world today, or in any of the ages of man, to look at us and what we've done with the world, and feel confusion and despair? How many people would get past our modern cynicism to see her goodness mirrored in ourselves, to be selfless and compassionate as she was?
Now and then I stop and really listen to this song and realise how much it touches my heart. I do believe it's something to do with THAT Mary, though here's an alternative perspective...
I see Mary as a subtle, compassionate and nurturing face of the goddess, and I see that many people identify with her for those qualities, with or without reference to her as "The Virgin" or "The Holy Mother". Try thinking of the mother of Christ as a simple woman, but a deeply enlightened one who, after her great purpose in bearing the messiah was over, she was perhaps forgotten and pushed aside. It's only later that we can begin to appreciate her for herself, as a selfless and loving mother.
But this song strikes a chord in me that says, What if Mary were to come back to the world today, or in any of the ages of man, to look at us and what we've done with the world, and feel confusion and despair? How many people would get past our modern cynicism to see her goodness mirrored in ourselves, to be selfless and compassionate as she was?
@Heliamphora I soooo agree; can’t listen to this song with dry eyes from any perspective!
@Heliamphora I soooo agree; can’t listen to this song with dry eyes from any perspective!