{"id":644,"date":"2015-08-23T13:49:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T18:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/?p=644"},"modified":"2015-08-23T13:49:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T18:49:55","slug":"mary-of-the-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryology.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"Mary of the Hills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marys-hut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-645\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb; margin-top: 0.4em; background-color: #eeeeee;\" title=\"mary's hut\" src=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marys-hut-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marys-hut-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/marys-hut.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Maryology loves Marys. You knew that; it&#8217;s what we are all about here. And on a recent trip out to the Texas Hill Country, I got to see a shrine to Mary of Nazareth, the BVM, mother of Jesus. A friend pointed me in the right direction and as I strolled over I saw it nestled into a hill looking like a small house of stone &#8211; perhaps even a little like the house in Ephesus where legend says she lived her last years:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As I got closer, I could see a sweet copper statue of Mary holding an infant Jesus:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-646 aligncenter\" title=\"Mary stitch\" src=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mary-stitch.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>So I contemplated this lovely scene for a few moments, noticing her faraway look and how the baby clung to her neck. And then my gaze shifted and I saw something else:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-647 aligncenter\" title=\"puppy stitch\" src=\"http:\/\/old.maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/maryology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/puppy-stitch.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Someone left Mary and Jesus a puppy. Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Maryology loves Marys. You knew that; it&#8217;s what we are all about here. 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