{"id":245,"date":"2006-08-22T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=245"},"modified":"2017-04-17T22:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T02:09:29","slug":"look-to-the-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/look-to-the-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Look to the Star&#8230;","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-images\/North_Star.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"324\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Polaris:\u00a0 The North Star\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">MEMORIAL OF THE QUEENSHIP OF<br \/> THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY<\/p>\n<p><strong> <br \/> I HAVE<\/strong> been transfixed with the Northern Star the past few weeks. I confess, I did not know where it was until my brother-in-law pointed it out one starry night in the mountains.<\/p>\n<p>Something in me tells me I will need to know where this star is in the future. And so tonight, once again, I gazed up at the sky mentally noting it. Then logging onto my computer, I read these words a cousin had just emailed me:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Whoever you are that perceive yourself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground, turn not away your eyes from the splendor of this guiding star, unless thou wish to be submerged by the storm.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Look at the star, call upon Mary. &#8230; With her for guide, you shall not go astray, while invoking her, you shall never lose heart &#8230; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014St. Bernard of Clarivaux, as quoted this week by Pope Benedict XVI<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>&#8220;Star of the New Evangelization&#8221;<\/strong> \u2014title given Our Lady of Guadalupe by Pope John Paul II\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-images\/OLOG3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"239\" \/><br \/> \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Polaris:\u00a0 The North Star\u00a0 MEMORIAL OF THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY I HAVE been transfixed with the Northern Star the past few weeks. 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