The Black Madonna and the Solstice of Grace

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Creation’s Paths: A Creation Spirituality Primer

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction to Advent and Mary

00:25 Mary’s Integral Role in the Story

01:11 Today’s Focus: The Black Madonna

02:10 What is Advent?

03:07 The Immaculate Conception Revelation

04:23 Reframing the Immaculate Conception

05:34 Why Mary Corrected the Church

06:02 Augustine’s Original Sin: New and Novel

08:06 Original Sin as a Tool of Control

10:17 Mary as Original Grace

11:41 The Struggle with Original Blessing

12:42 Original Sin and Empire

15:43 The American Context of Original Sin

16:04 Mary’s Choice and Community

19:09 Modern Example: Rejecting the Needy

20:20 Mary the Refugee

23:28 The God Who Casts Down the Mighty

23:54 Shifting from Original Sin to Original Blessing

26:08 Finding Grace by Giving Grace