Day 25 - still seeking to know Mary more

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

St. Louis De Montfort in True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin wrote:

…Remember what I told you before, that Mary is the great, unique mould of God, designed to make living images of God at little expense and in a short time. Anyone who finds this mould and casts himself into it, is soon transformed into our Lord because it is the true likeness of him.

In Mary

1. We must do everything in Mary. To understand this we must realise that the Blessed Virgin is the true earthly paradise of the new Adam and that the ancient paradise was only a symbol of her. There are in this earthly paradise untold riches, beauties, rarities and delights, which the new Adam, Jesus Christ, has left there. It is in this paradise that he “took his delights” for nine months, worked his wonders and displayed his riches with the magnificence of God himself. This most holy place consists of only virgin and immaculate soil from which the new Adam was formed with neither spot nor stain by the operation of the Holy Spirit who dwells there. In this earthly paradise grows the real Tree of Life which bore our Lord, the fruit of Life, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which bore the Light of the world.

In this divine place there are trees planted by the hand of God and watered by his divine unction which have borne and continue to bear fruit that is pleasing to him. There are flower-beds studded with a variety of beautiful flowers of virtue, diffusing a fragrance which delights even the angels. Here there are meadows verdant with hope, impregnable towers of fortitude, enchanting mansions of confidence and many other delights.

Only the Holy Spirit can teach us the truths that these material objects symbolise. In this place the air is perfectly pure. There is no night but only the brilliant day of the sacred humanity, the resplendent, spotless sun of the Divinity, the blazing furnace of love, melting all the base metal thrown into it and changing it into gold. There the river of humility gushes forth from the soil, divides into four branches and irrigates the whole of this enchanted place. These branches are the four cardinal virtues…

Tomorrow, God willing, is the last day of this beautiful week of seeking to know our Mother more. Of course, we never stop seeking – even after completing our 33 Day Journey towards consecrating (or re-consecrating) ourselves totally to Jesus through Mary – until we enter the Beatific Vision. Nevertheless, as St. Catherine of Siena realized, “All the way to heaven is heaven, for Jesus said: ‘I am the Way’…” Our Mother, His most faithful disciple, walked the way of Jesus perfectly and she is both Mother and Model for us. She shows us Jesus and intercedes for us “now and at the hour of our death. Amen.”

Come Holy Spirit, enable us to know Mary more. Litany of the Holy Spirit HERE
Mother Mary, show us the Way of Jesus. Ave Maris Stella HERE

 

[liturgy96]

Thanks for this, MariaChristi! I’ve never thought of the garden of Eden and Mary’s body as being linked. Your reflection inspires me to a greater appreciation of Mary’s perpetual virginity and the need for chastity.

Mother most chaste, pray for us!

 

[MariaChristi]

Thanks for this, MariaChristi! I’ve never thought of the garden of Eden and Mary’s body as being linked. Your reflection inspires me to a greater appreciation of Mary’s perpetual virginity and the need for chastity.

Mother most chaste, pray for us!

Dear liturgy96,

Thanks for the reply. Those words from St. Louis de Montfort, comparing Mary to the garden of Eden, have been a blessing to me. I am grateful Jesus gave Mary to us from the Cross, in His words to John: “Behold your Mother”.

St. Louis De montfort encourages us to seek to know Mary, by the power of the Holy Spirit:

…Only the Holy Spirit can teach us the truths that these material objects symbolise. In this place the air is perfectly pure. There is no night but only the brilliant day of the sacred humanity, the resplendent, spotless sun of the Divinity, the blazing furnace of love, melting all the base metal thrown into it and changing it into gold. There the river of humility gushes forth from the soil, divides into four branches and irrigates the whole of this enchanted place…"

Jesus assures us, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Mt. 5:8).

Please let us continue to pray to Mary and with Mary for one another. Let us trust in the Power of the Holy Spirit to teach us the complete truth of Jesus and Mary. By God’s Grace, may we live the Truth we hear.