Theology is an ecclesial and ascetic undertaking. Mascall insisted that theology must speak in such a way that, in the words of John's Gospel, we might believe.
A simple question. Does Jesus have Mary’s eyes? Does he have her smile? Does he have that same odd expression she makes when she can’t quite get the jelly jar open? Jesus, Son of God and son of Mary, likely did and does look like his mother. What does that, something so simple and so familiar and so quotidian, mean for us?
