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MariaChristi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today’s Gospel written by St. Luke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and indeed all today’s Mass Readings are so important! We need to listen and hear with the ears of our hearts, and like Mary our Mother, prayerfully ponder all Jesus said and did, if we are to follow Him as His disciples.
What are the “possessions” we cling to most that Jesus is telling us to renounce? What may be keeping us from following Him with our whole hearts, and souls, and minds and strength? What in fact is the particular sin or imperfection we simply do not want to renounce?
Many of the Saints have written to help us, for by God’s Grace they have renounced everything to follow Him. St. John in His First Letter warns us:
St. Louis de Montfort in his classic treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin quotes Scripture as well as the writings of Saints and Popes to show how we cooperate with God’s Grace through true Devotion to Mary:
I hope many will participate in these threads and perhaps receive grace to renew or to make for the first time their own Total Consecration of themselves to Jesus through Mary, at the end of the 33 Days, on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12.
Today’s Gospel written by St. Luke under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and indeed all today’s Mass Readings are so important! We need to listen and hear with the ears of our hearts, and like Mary our Mother, prayerfully ponder all Jesus said and did, if we are to follow Him as His disciples.
What are the “possessions” we cling to most that Jesus is telling us to renounce? What may be keeping us from following Him with our whole hearts, and souls, and minds and strength? What in fact is the particular sin or imperfection we simply do not want to renounce?
Many of the Saints have written to help us, for by God’s Grace they have renounced everything to follow Him. St. John in His First Letter warns us:
St Augustine in his classic work" “The City of God” wrote that those who are building the City of God, love God to the contempt of self, but those who are building the city of man love self to the contempt of God.
St. Louis de Montfort in his classic treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin quotes Scripture as well as the writings of Saints and Popes to show how we cooperate with God’s Grace through true Devotion to Mary:
God willing, this Friday, Nov. 9, I’ll begin a series of threads on the 33 Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary according to the method of St. Louis de Montfort. His Preparation begins with a period of 12 days : "… in emptying themselves of the spirit of the world, which is opposed to the spirit of Jesus …
I hope many will participate in these threads and perhaps receive grace to renew or to make for the first time their own Total Consecration of themselves to Jesus through Mary, at the end of the 33 Days, on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12.
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