By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

in order to direct it towards those mysterious bonds of the spirit which develop from hearing and keeping God's word. . . . "Without any doubt, Mary is worthy of blessing by the very fact that she ...

There are four dogmas stating Mary's personal relationship with God and her role in human salvation . 1) Divine Motherhood Mary's divine motherhood was proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431.