Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and "The Love of Eternal Wisdom"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today is May 13, Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, and listening to the Gospel for today, I could not help but smile since Jesus is speaking to us about His Being the “Good Shepherd”. God sent Mary to three little “shepherd children”.

It also occurred to me to look again at the words of Pope Benedict XVI who gave a beautiful homily on this Feast, from which I quote:

…We would be mistaken to think that Fatima’s prophetic mission is complete. …At a time when the human family was ready to sacrifice all that was most sacred on the altar of the petty and selfish interests of nations, races, ideologies, groups and individuals, our Blessed Mother came from heaven, offering to implant in the hearts of all those who trust in her the Love of God burning in her own heart… - complete homily can be read HERE

St. Louis de Montfort continues to show us how Mary planted the Love of God burning in her heart into his, as we continue his treatise on “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”, Chap.4:

1. His offer is accepted; a decision is reached and made. Eternal Wisdom, the Son of God, will become man at a suitable time and in determined circumstances. For about four thousand years - from the creation of the world and Adam’s sin until the Incarnation of divine Wisdom - Adam and his descendants were subject to death, just as God had decreed. But in view of the Incarnation of the Son of God, they received the graces they needed to obey his commandments and do salutary penance for any they might have transgressed…
2. During the whole time preceding his Incarnation, eternal Wisdom proved in a thousand ways his friendship for men and his great desire to bestow his favours on them and to converse with them. “My delight is to be with the children of men” (Prov. 8:31). He went about seeking those worthy of him (Wisd. 6:16), that is those worthy of his friendship, his precious gifts, his very person. He passed through different nations, making them prophets and friends of God (Wisd. 7:27; cf. 7:14). He it was who instructed all the holy patriarchs, all the friends of God, all the saints and prophets of the old and new testaments (Wisd. 7). This same Wisdom inspired men of God and spoke by the mouths of the prophets. He directed their ways and enlightened them in their doubts. He upheld them in their weakness and freed them from all harm.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the Hearts of Your Faithful; Kindle in us the Fire of Your Love as you kindled the Heart of Mary. Jesus loving in Mary, come and live in your servants. Jesus, we trust in You! Mary, Mother of the Church, Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear Greenfields,

Thanks for giving me your “heart” to tell me you liked this post. The heart is really so important isn’t it in our lives of faith? It is so True for Our Lady of Fatima to have promised: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph”. Go had planned from all eternity for Mary to be an essential part of His Plan to save us by sending Jesus through her by the power of the Holy Spirit. She is so intimately inited to Jesus as Mother and to the Holy Spirit as Spouse, – she is now for us the perfect Model for the human members of the Body of Christ.

It is no wonder that Jesus would say to the Beloved Disciple John, and through John to all of us from His Cross on Calvary:

“Behold your Mother” (Jn 19: 27)

It is no wonder that Jesus would have Mary His Mother tell Sister Lucia, (one of the three little shepherd children) years after her apparition at Fatima, while she was in the convent:

“Jesus wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart”
(from Sister Lucia’s last book: "Calls’ From the Message of Fatima - Chapter 13, p. 135)

St. Louis de Montfort is very clear in all his writing to exalt God ALWAYS As we continue to follow his writing in this little treatise on “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”, we will see again how Mary is uniquely chosen by God to help us learn to know, love, and serve Him as she did on this earth and reigns with Him now with all the holy saints and angels in heaven. Happy and Holy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima today!

 

[Greenfields]

Thank you for your posts ,and a happy and holy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima to you also dear MariaChristi

 

[Peonies]

@MariaChristi
Your threads are always a pleasure to read and you clearly love our Blessed Mother.

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear Peonies, and Greenfields,

Thank you both for your reoplies. Our Blessed Mother is so very special – it saddens me to see her neglected so often, and worse, even blasphemed. Of course, I ought not to be surprised, for Mary is the perfect Disciple of Jesus, who followed Him to the end. She suffered with Him even before He was born, as she heard the Inn keepers at Bethlehem say there was “no room” when the Holy Family sought a place to stay in Bethlehem.

Mary’s Heart was pierced with His, spiritually, on Calvary and during His Public Ministry, she heard the Pharisees and Sadducees debate with Jesus, for they had no room in their hearts to hear Him. Mary is both our Mother and Model for she helps us grow in our Love for Jesus, to ask for His Grace, to seek Him and find Him and keep knocking of the door for Him to open.

Yes, by God’s Grace I love our Blessed Mother! Through her intercession and the power of the Holy Spirit, I continue asking, seeking and knocking on the door with Supernatural faith, hope and charity given to me in Baptism – confident that the Father who knows how to give good gifts to His children, will increase my love for her and for Him (cf Mt 7:7-11)