Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Czestochowa.jpg) [Public Domain], via Wikimedia CommonsThat’s my reflection on how the Black Madonna loved me into the Eastern Catholic Church. The best part, of course, was getting absolution for the sins that only my spiritual father heard me confess. It is, after all, the Year of Mercy – and on that note, I must be off to catch up on what my friends are doing in Kraków. From what I know so far, I may have some Eastern Catholic reports to you before long.