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By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture, Dec 18, 2024
Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org.
In Spain this date—December 18, one week before Christmas—is known as the Expectation of the Virgin Mary. It is not a feast day, but the tradition offers a lovely opportunity to reflect on Our Lady’s humanity.
Since it seems to be a more or less universal phenomenon among women in the last stages of pregnancy, can we assume that Mary experienced what we now call the nesting instinct? I can easily imagine St. Joseph coming home to find his young wife perched precariously on a stool, trying to sweep away a cobweb in the corner of a ceiling. I can picture him telling her to please get down and let him finish the job. …
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