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MariaChristi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Powerful words from St. Louis de Montfort, in “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” today:
Powerful words from St. Louis de Montfort, in “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” today:
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful. Kindle in us the Fire of Your Love; purify us and enable us to bring Jesus as Mary did to all who are in such need of Him. Let us remember the words of St. Augustine, whose feast we celebrate today:They will be ministers of the Lord who, like a flaming fire, will enkindle everywhere the fires of divine love. They will become, in Mary’s powerful hands, like sharp arrows, with which she will transfix her enemies.
- Finally, God in these times wishes his Blessed Mother to be more known, loved and honoured than she has ever been. This will certainly come about if the elect, by the grace and light of the Holy Spirit, adopt the interior and perfect practice of the devotion which I shall later unfold. Then they will clearly see that beautiful Star of the Sea, as much as faith allows. Under her guidance they will perceive the splendours of this Queen and will consecrate themselves entirely to her service as subjects and slaves of love. They will experience her motherly kindness and affection for her children. They will love her tenderly and will appreciate how full of compassion she is and how much they stand in need of her help. In all circumstances they will have recourse to her as their advocate and mediatrix with Jesus Christ. They will see clearly that she is the safest, easiest, shortest and most perfect way of approaching Jesus and will surrender themselves to her, body and soul, without reserve in order to belong entirely to Jesus.
- But what will they be like, these servants, these slaves, these children of Mary?
They will be as the children of Levi, thoroughly purified by the fire of great tribulations and closely joined to God. They will carry the gold of love in their heart, the frankincense of prayer in their mind and the myrrh of mortification in their body. They will bring to the poor and lowly everywhere the sweet fragrance of Jesus, but they will bring the odour of death to the great, the rich and the proud of this world.
“…our hearts are restless until they rest in Thee!”