It was Matthew Milliner’s most recent article for the magazine, Comment that has moved me to post ahead of schedule this particular entry, before posting my concluding segment on John’s Gospel. During Advent, Matthew has been presenting a series on Marian devotion at various — and, in some cases, unexpected — pilgrimage sites around the world. His most recent, the second of four, takes us to Valenkanni in India, “the Lourdes of the East.” You can read this thoroughly engaging article by clicking here, and I urge you to do so. In it, he tells of an experience he had, involving himself, his plans, Zen, and Mary. Here is a slight abridgment of the pertinent passage:
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