Dear SJacob,
God sent Mary to Fatima, as He alone can dispatch His Messengers – be they Angels or Saints. Mary is the most Holy of all the Saints because by God’s Plan, He has willed to send Jesus Savior of the World through her. It is His Will to save us by the Perfect Offering of His Son, and Jesus came to us through Mary. We return to Him through her and Jesus. God does not change.
As Eve was the first to listen to the tempter. On the other hand Mary, by God’s Singular Grace, was preserved free from sin. Mary listened to God’s messenger, the Angel Gabriel. Mary by a free choice, said “Yes” to God’s Plan.
Eve did not ponder God’s word to her and to Adam, but Mary pondered God’s Word in her heart before, during and after Jesus became Incarnate in her womb. She alone of all the human persons who ever lived remained sinless, Mary alone carried the Incarnate God within her womb. As He grew she continued to listen to God’s Will as Jesus lived, preached, died and rose again and now sits at the Right Hand of the Father. . We cannot even imagine all God’ Beautiful work in the heart and soul of Mary.
Because Mary was ever Faithful she is an icon of the Church for all of us, She is both Mother and Model. Mary is all we are called to be, if we too say “yes” daily to God’s Word for us. Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary helps us to see by faith, all the beauty God wants to work in our souls. Pondering the mysteries of the Rosary can bless us!
Rather than being disturbed by words taken out of context, I hope you will rather ponder what God has done – what He tells us He has done – by His Word in the Gospels. I hope you will begin to see the great Gift God has given to us when Jesus said from the Cross, “Behold your Mother”. If we continue to behold our Mother we will learn to love God more.
Mary is not mentioned often because the Gospel was primarily to bring people to the encounter with Christ. Nevertheless in Luke’s Gospel and in John particularly but also in Matthew and Mark, if we pray to the Holy Spirit with an open heart, God will give us more understanding of Mary’s words. She alone is the human person who lived most intimately and most beautifully her call into union with Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit she is now in eternal Beatific Vision of the Trinity,
Because satan has such enmity for Mary, we need to look to her to see how we too can renounce him, all his pomps and works and all his empty promises. With Mary let us stand at the cross of Jesus with confidence in His Mercy through her intercession.
If you want to debate this further please post your concerns to a Debate area of the Forum. I’ve got a really bad cold/cough and can’t stay at the computer. Thanks.
