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MariaChristi
Guest
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The words of Jesus from His Cross to John the beloved disciple are words for us to hear deeply in our own hearts and to ponder them for our lifetime. In all of Scripture, God is revealing what we need to hear and understand in order to be one with Him in the perfection of Charity. There is infinite Love and Wisdom in His Word.
St. John of the Cross wrote that God spoke “One Word”: Jesus. It seems to me, St. John of the Cross and all the saints did as Mary did on this earth in hearing God’s Word. They prayerfully kept pondering the height and depth and length and breadth of all Jesus said and did. Jesus fulfilled the Old and brought forth the New Testament. He is our Way, our Truth and our Life.
When we hear the words, “Behold your Mother” in the Gospel – have we become so used to the words that we neglect them? Have we prayed – and/or looked for commentaries – to understand these words any better? How important is God’s Word to us? How important is Jesus to us and how important is this particular phrase to us?
Hopefully, some have read or heard St. John Paul II’s insights into this phrase, repeated by Pope Emeritus (Benedict XVI) in the book Mary, the Church at the Source. Being scholars, they knew the Greek words said: John took her “into his own”. Our English translators have added the word “home” which is logical. But St. John Paul II believed that the Greek words in which the Gospel originally was written by John meant much more. It connoted John’s taking Mary into his life. That is the meaning I hold dear. As John took Mary into his life, so I want to have her in my life.
Pope St. John Paul II wrote that reading St. Louis De Montfort’s True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a young man was a turning point in his life. He consecrated himself to Mary and renewed his Total Consecration daily. He certainly took Mary into his life and his papal motto, “Totus Tuus” (All Yours), taken from St. Louis De Montfort, is evidence of how deeply devoted he was and is today in heaven.
Perhaps some who read threads HERE, and HERE, will spend 33 days in Preparation for Consecration or re-consecration to Jesus through Mary, beginning Aug. 14. By God’s Grace, may we hear more and more deeply Jesus speaking to us as He spoke to John, “Behold your Mother”. Like John may we obey Jesus and begin to take her more tenderly than ever into our lives.
The words of Jesus from His Cross to John the beloved disciple are words for us to hear deeply in our own hearts and to ponder them for our lifetime. In all of Scripture, God is revealing what we need to hear and understand in order to be one with Him in the perfection of Charity. There is infinite Love and Wisdom in His Word.
St. John of the Cross wrote that God spoke “One Word”: Jesus. It seems to me, St. John of the Cross and all the saints did as Mary did on this earth in hearing God’s Word. They prayerfully kept pondering the height and depth and length and breadth of all Jesus said and did. Jesus fulfilled the Old and brought forth the New Testament. He is our Way, our Truth and our Life.
When we hear the words, “Behold your Mother” in the Gospel – have we become so used to the words that we neglect them? Have we prayed – and/or looked for commentaries – to understand these words any better? How important is God’s Word to us? How important is Jesus to us and how important is this particular phrase to us?
Hopefully, some have read or heard St. John Paul II’s insights into this phrase, repeated by Pope Emeritus (Benedict XVI) in the book Mary, the Church at the Source. Being scholars, they knew the Greek words said: John took her “into his own”. Our English translators have added the word “home” which is logical. But St. John Paul II believed that the Greek words in which the Gospel originally was written by John meant much more. It connoted John’s taking Mary into his life. That is the meaning I hold dear. As John took Mary into his life, so I want to have her in my life.
Pope St. John Paul II wrote that reading St. Louis De Montfort’s True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a young man was a turning point in his life. He consecrated himself to Mary and renewed his Total Consecration daily. He certainly took Mary into his life and his papal motto, “Totus Tuus” (All Yours), taken from St. Louis De Montfort, is evidence of how deeply devoted he was and is today in heaven.
Perhaps some who read threads HERE, and HERE, will spend 33 days in Preparation for Consecration or re-consecration to Jesus through Mary, beginning Aug. 14. By God’s Grace, may we hear more and more deeply Jesus speaking to us as He spoke to John, “Behold your Mother”. Like John may we obey Jesus and begin to take her more tenderly than ever into our lives.
Right you are!!! The 33 days would end on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows if we began on Aug. 14 as the first day of the St. Louis’ 33 Day Preparation: