" a pure heart"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

This week, God willing, we celebrate the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday) and the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday). Today’s Gospel reminds us from Matthew 5 that the “pure in heart” shall see God. The commentary on this passage written by St Augustine helps us:

Commentary of the day
Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church - Sermon 53 - “They shall see God”

We want to see God, we seek to see him, we ardently desire to see him. Who does not desire this? But note what the gospel says: “Blest are the pure of heart: they shall see God.” Do what is necessary in order to see him. To compare it with something from material reality, how can you want to contemplate the rising sun if your eyes are sick? If your eyes are healthy, that light will be a pleasure for you; if they are sick, it will be torture for you. You will surely not be allowed to see with an impure heart what one can only see with a pure heart. You will be moved away, put at a distance, you will not see.

How often did the Lord proclaim people to be “blest”? What reasons for eternal happiness did he cite, what good works, what gifts, what merits and what rewards? No other beatitude says, “They shall see God.” This is what the others say: “How blest are the poor in spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blest are the lowly; they shall inherit the land. Blest are the sorrowing; they shall be consoled. Blest are they who hunger and thirst for holiness; they shall have their fill. Blest are they who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs.” So none other asserts, “They shall see God.”

The vision of God is promised to people with a pure heart. This is not without a reason, since the eyes that allow us to see God are in the heart. Those are the eyes the apostle Paul was talking about when he said: “May he enlighten your innermost vision” (Eph 1:18). So at the present time, because of their weakness, those eyes are enlightened by faith; later, because of their strength, they will be enlightened by vision… “Now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.” (1 Cor 13:12).

By God’s Grace, as we prepare for the two Feast Days in honor of Jesus and Mary, let us pray for purity of heart in order to love Them truly. Let us ponder how the pure Immaculate Heart of Mary learned to be meek and humble from the Sacred Heart of Jesus her Son. She was always pure and Immaculate and yet she continued to grow in grace; her faith grew stronger and the eyes of her heart grew with a purer interior vision each moment of her life here on earth.

Come, Holy Spirit enlighten our minds and strengthen our wills to know and love the Truth.
Immaculate Heart of Mary pray for us to be docile to the Holy Spirit, learning the Truth Jesus and the Father send Him to reveal completely.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart, make our hearts like Yours, even as You united the Heart of Your Mother to You.

 

[wild_thing]

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

 

[MariaChristi]

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

Dear wild thing,

Thanks for your reply and prayers. Please let us continue to pray for one another and for all those in most need of His Mercy, that we may learn to love as Jesus and Mary love. During this month of June, dedicated to the Sacred Heart especially, let us, by God’s Grace seek also to offer reparation to the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

 

[Googler]

Thank you dear sister. Today is the traditional feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces.
From the chapter in the book Life of Union with Mary by Emil Neubert, S.M., S.T.D., Loving Mary With the Heart of Jesus and Jesus With the Heart of Mary, the author mentions:

When you are pure, it is I who am pure in you. It is no longer you who live, it is I who live in you.
You are so happy in loving Mary because it is I in you who am happy in loving her.
It is Jesus in us who loves, who praises, who thanks His mother.


Jesus, come, speak to Your mother through me.

The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary Mediatrix of All Grace

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us!
Mother of God, and our Mother, pray for us!
True Mother of the living, pray for us!
Mother regenerating men in Christ unto God, pray for us!
Mother of piety and of grace, pray for us!
Mother of pardon and remission, pray for us!
Partner in human redemption, pray for us!
Recoverer of a lost world, pray for us!
Recoverer of the ages, pray for us!
Petitioner of all graces, pray for us!
Suppliant all-powerful, pray for us!
Advocate with thy Son for thy sons, pray for us!
Obtainer of the divine mercy, pray for us!
Dispenser of heavenly treasures, pray for us!
Handmaid of divine blessings, pray for us!
Fullness of grace to overflow upon all, pray for us!
Succor of the Church Militant, pray for us!
Ready helper of those in peril, pray for us!
Devoted consoler of the sorrowful, pray for us!
Conqueress of all error, pray for us!
Protectress of the world, pray for us!
Impregnable protection, pray for us!
Propitiation of the divine wrath, pray for us!
Refuge of all the unhappy, pray for us!
Shelter of orphans, pray for us!
Assured safety of the faithful, pray for us!
Hope of all who despair, pray for us!
Stay of the falling, pray for us!
Uplifter of the fallen, pray for us!
Cheer and comfort of the dying, pray for us!
Peace and joy of mankind, pray for us!
Our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray for us!
Gate of Paradise, pray for us!
Mystical stair of Jacob, pray for us!
Key of the heavenly kingdom, pray for us!
Channel of divine graces, pray for us!
Throne of divine clemency, pray for us!
Fountain of living waters, pray for us!
Fountain sealed by the Holy Spirit, pray for us!
Unfailing stream of mercy, pray for us!
Asylum of the erring, pray for us!
Haven of the shipwrecked, pray for us!
Shining star of the sea, pray for us!
Light of those who sit in darkness, pray for us!
Chamber of spiritual nuptials, pray for us!
Mediatrix of men with God, pray for us!
Mediatrix after the Mediator, pray for us!
Mediatrix reconciling us to the Son, pray for us!
Mediatrix of sinners, staunch and true, pray for us!
Mediatrix of all beneath the sky, pray for us!
Mediatrix ever pleading for us, pray for us!
Mediatrix set between Christ and His Church, pray for us!
Mediatrix who hast found favor with God, pray for us!
Mediatrix to win salvation for the world, pray for us!
Mediatrix of the mysteries of God, pray for us!
Mediatrix of all graces, pray for us!

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, our powerful Mediatrix,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ!

Let us Pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, our Mediator with the Father, Who hast deigned to appoint the Blessed Virgin, Thy Mother, to be our Mother also and our Mediatrix with Thee, graciously grant that whosoever goes to Thee in quest of blessings may be gladdened by obtaining them all through her, Thou Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.

Prayer of Petition

O Ever-Virgin Mother of God and Mediatrix of Grace who art the House of Gold within which dwells thy Son, our Mediator, Jesus Christ, we humbly beseech thee to grant our requests for our salvation and the salvation of the entire world. (Here pause and make your requests) Keep us close to the Vicar of thy Son in the unity of the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church. Hear our prayer and grant the requests we make to thee.

St. Joseph, Intercede for us.
St. Jude Thaddeus, Pray for us.
St. Mary of Cleophas, Pray for us.
St. Philip Neri, Pray for us.
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Pray for us.
St. Maximillian Kolbe, Pray for us.

 

[MariaChristi]

Thank you dear sister. Today is the traditional feast of Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces.
From the chapter in the book Life of Union with Mary by Emil Neubert, S.M., S.T.D., Loving Mary With the Heart of Jesus and Jesus With the Heart of Mary, the author mentions:

When you are pure, it is I who am pure in you. It is no longer you who live, it is I who live in you.
You are so happy in loving Mary because it is I in you who am happy in loving her.
It is Jesus in us who loves, who praises, who thanks His mother.

http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/pictures/6_8_mediatrix.jpg
Jesus, come, speak to Your mother through me.

The Litany of The Blessed Virgin Mary Mediatrix of All Grace

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us!
Mother of God, and our Mother, pray for us!
True Mother of the living, pray for us!
Mother regenerating men in Christ unto God, pray for us!
Mother of piety and of grace, pray for us!
Mother of pardon and remission, pray for us!
Partner in human redemption, pray for us!
Recoverer of a lost world, pray for us!
Recoverer of the ages, pray for us!
Petitioner of all graces, pray for us!
Suppliant all-powerful, pray for us!
Advocate with thy Son for thy sons, pray for us!
Obtainer of the divine mercy, pray for us!
Dispenser of heavenly treasures, pray for us!
Handmaid of divine blessings, pray for us!
Fullness of grace to overflow upon all, pray for us!
Succor of the Church Militant, pray for us!
Ready helper of those in peril, pray for us!
Devoted consoler of the sorrowful, pray for us!
Conqueress of all error, pray for us!
Protectress of the world, pray for us!
Impregnable protection, pray for us!
Propitiation of the divine wrath, pray for us!
Refuge of all the unhappy, pray for us!
Shelter of orphans, pray for us!
Assured safety of the faithful, pray for us!
Hope of all who despair, pray for us!
Stay of the falling, pray for us!
Uplifter of the fallen, pray for us!
Cheer and comfort of the dying, pray for us!
Peace and joy of mankind, pray for us!
Our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray for us!
Gate of Paradise, pray for us!
Mystical stair of Jacob, pray for us!
Key of the heavenly kingdom, pray for us!
Channel of divine graces, pray for us!
Throne of divine clemency, pray for us!
Fountain of living waters, pray for us!
Fountain sealed by the Holy Spirit, pray for us!
Unfailing stream of mercy, pray for us!
Asylum of the erring, pray for us!
Haven of the shipwrecked, pray for us!
Shining star of the sea, pray for us!
Light of those who sit in darkness, pray for us!
Chamber of spiritual nuptials, pray for us!
Mediatrix of men with God, pray for us!
Mediatrix after the Mediator, pray for us!
Mediatrix reconciling us to the Son, pray for us!
Mediatrix of sinners, staunch and true, pray for us!
Mediatrix of all beneath the sky, pray for us!
Mediatrix ever pleading for us, pray for us!
Mediatrix set between Christ and His Church, pray for us!
Mediatrix who hast found favor with God, pray for us!
Mediatrix to win salvation for the world, pray for us!
Mediatrix of the mysteries of God, pray for us!
Mediatrix of all graces, pray for us!

Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.

V. Pray for us, our powerful Mediatrix,
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ!

Let us Pray.
O Lord Jesus Christ, our Mediator with the Father, Who hast deigned to appoint the Blessed Virgin, Thy Mother, to be our Mother also and our Mediatrix with Thee, graciously grant that whosoever goes to Thee in quest of blessings may be gladdened by obtaining them all through her, Thou Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. R. Amen.

Prayer of Petition

O Ever-Virgin Mother of God and Mediatrix of Grace who art the House of Gold within which dwells thy Son, our Mediator, Jesus Christ, we humbly beseech thee to grant our requests for our salvation and the salvation of the entire world. (Here pause and make your requests) Keep us close to the Vicar of thy Son in the unity of the One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic and Roman Church. Hear our prayer and grant the requests we make to thee.

St. Joseph, Intercede for us.
St. Jude Thaddeus, Pray for us.
St. Mary of Cleophas, Pray for us.
St. Philip Neri, Pray for us.
St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, Pray for us.
St. Maximillian Kolbe, Pray for us.

Dear brother,

Thanks so much for your reply and the links. Love for Jesus and Mary continues to grow together in my own heart, and with that union of Hearts has also grown a greater docility to the Holy Spirit and devotion to the Father’s Will, as well. By God’s Grace, please let us pray for one another and for all those in most need of His Mercy,