Father Peter Damian Fehlner, a member of the Franciscans of the Immaculate and Rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, gave the Fall Marian retreat at the Shrine on Saturday, October 2nd. Shortly after the retreat, I had the opportunity to speak with Father Peter regarding the topic of his retreat: “Mary’s Maternal Mediation, the Spiritual Crisis of our time and the Month of the Holy Rosary”. The transcript of the interview will appear in the Shrine’s Newsletter in a series of articles.
JJM: The first segment of your talk was entitled “Mary’s Maternal Mediation” and you defined Our Lady’s role as Mediatrix through her giving birth to Jesus who is the fountain of all grace. Are there other aspects of Mary’s life that help to further define her role as Mediatrix?
Fr. Peter: Yes there are, but I mention this one in particular because it is especially helpful in grasping what we mean when we say Christ is the one Mediator of all, yet associates others with Him in carrying out His work of mediation, above all His Mother. In the natural order… More
via The Badger Catholic: Fr. Fehlner interview on Mary’s Maternal Mediation.
