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1. Well said, Cardinal Pell. I agree wholeheartedly.
   Blessed Mary of the Cross is a shining light for Catholics who remain faithful to the authority of the Catholic Church even when things tough and not going our way.

   Posted By: Bee Jay

2. 100 % agree, Bee Jay.

   Posted By: Peter B.

3. A great comment from Australia's pre-eminent leader and re-builder. May you live many more years to complete the job.

   Posted By: Michael Bernard

4. Michael Bernard: A great comment from Australia's pre-eminent, untra-right blogger who has nothing to say about our saint only someone called the re-builder. What are we rebuilding?
   I thought Saint Mary was about change and rejuvenation, even renovation.
   'May you live many more years to complete the job' sounds like the end is nigh.
   Let's focus on Mary amd remember she was excommunicated by Church authority and the pre-eminent leader of the day.
   The mesage is: let's be like Mary and always guard against pre-eminent leaders 'cos they just might start to believe they are absolutely right.

   Posted By: Mike b

5. Sorry to put a dampener on the comments - but I thought Cardinal Pell's comments focussed on Mary's ability to forgive a Church which treated her so badly. We must not reinvent history - it was Mary's refusal to 'remain faithful' to clerical authority that got her excommunicated in the first place. I do agree though, Mary is a great model for us, a model of one who made fidelity to God's call her ultimate priority. And two miracles later? I'm thinking God thought she was right.

   Posted By: Margaret Carswell

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