"...He had the utmost confidence in his mother..."

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In his treatise on “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” , St. Louis de Montfort continues to show how Jacob loved and honored his mother Rebecca:
  1. He loved and honored his mother. That is why he remained at home close to her. He was never happier than when he was in her presence. He avoided everything that might displease her, and did everything he thought would please her. This made Rebecca love him all the more.
  2. He was submissive to his mother in all things. He obeyed her entirely in everything, promptly without delay and lovingly without complaint. At the least indication of her will, young Jacob hastened to comply with it. He accepted whatever she told him without questioning. For instance, when she told him to get two small goats and bring them to her so that she might prepare something for his father Isaac to eat, Jacob did not reply that one would be enough for one man, but without arguing he did exactly what she told him to do.
  3. He had the utmost confidence in his mother. He did not rely on his own ability; he relied solely on his mother’s care and protection. He went to her in all his needs and consulted her in all his doubts. For instance, when he asked her if his father, instead of blessing him, would curse him, he believed her and trusted her when she said she would take the curse upon herself.
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Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful; kindle in us the Fire of Your Love. Enable us to understand how Jesus loved our Mother Mary infinitely more than Jacob loved Rebecca and how we are called to follow Jesus in everything. Mary is our Mother and Model for the Church of human brothers and sisters of Jesus, for Mary though only human as we are, did always the Will of the Father as she learned to do from Jesus, Meek and Humble of Heart.

On this First Saturday of November, and the Feast of ALL Souls, let us offer Reparation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, for our sins and the sins of the whole world.
 
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Dear Mark,

Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, of all the titles given to Mary – “Mother”-- is to me the sweetest of all. It has been awhile now but at some moment in time I remember being so touched in hearing those words of Jesus from His Cross to John His Beloved Disciple and to all the members of the human family who can listen deeply, with the ears of their hearts:
Behold your Mother.
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Yes, truly Jesus has blessed us, wonderfully blessed us, in giving Mary to be our Mother as well as His Mother. By His Grace, the more deeply we can hear and obey His Words, as John did and take Mary into our lives, the closer we come to God through her. As St. Louis de Montfort wrote in his introduction to “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”:
  1. My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that Mary has been unknown up till now, and that that is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as He should be.
If then, as is certain, the knowledge and the kingdom of Jesus Christ must come into the world, it can only be as a necessary consequence of the knowledge and reign of Mary. She who first gave Him to the world will establish His kingdom in the world.
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Thanks so much for loving Jesus through Mary, for not only are we blessed who know and love them, but like Mary we can also be a blessing to others in carrying Him to all we meet. 🙂
 
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Dear Stephie,

Thanks for your faithful “heart”, especially on this First Saturday of November. May we offer reparation to Mary’s Immaculate Heart with all the love we can give her, praying her Rosary and offering little sacrifices with Great love. May we especially “keep her company” pondering the mysteries of her life with Jesus. If we were unable to participate at Mass and receive Holy Communion we can make an Act of Spiritual Communion asking Jesus to come to us within our hearts that we may love Him with Mary and offer them both again the total offering of ourselves. “Totus Tuus!”
 
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Dear Mark,

Ah but it is not really “my” advice but it is only what I heard and what I “see” by faith when by God’s grace trying to obey the words of Jesus:
“Behold your Mother”
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No sooner do we read Mary’s words: “Be it done to me…” then we hear God tell us Mary went with haste to visit Elizabeth and as soon as Elizabeth and Baby John heard the sound of Mary’s greeting the unborn Baby John leapt in Elizabeth’s womb!

By God’s grace may all Mary’s Children continue to “see” by the Supernatural Faith given in Baptism our Mother and Model for the Church, and grow in holiness that we may do as she did on this earth, bring Jesus to all we meet, as He dwells within us.
 
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Mark121359 said:
One of the most comforting and beautiful feelings one can ever have. To think that the Mother of Our Lord is also in fact our very own mother is incomprehensible.
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Amen to that!

St. Alphonsus Liguori says something similar:
"O, happy confidence! O safe refuge! The Mother of God is my Mother. How firm, then, should be our confidence, since our salvation depends on the judgment of a good Brother and a tender Mother "(—Or. 51). It is, then, our Mother who calls us, and says, in these words of the Book of Proverbs: He that is a little one, let him turn to me (Prov. ix. 4). Children have always on their lips their mother’s name, and in every fear, in every danger, they immediately cry out, Mother! Mother! Ah, most sweet Mary! ah, most loving Mother! This is precisely what thou desirest: that we should become children, and call on thee in every danger, and at all times have recourse to thee, because thou desirest to help and save us, as thou hast saved all who have had recourse to thee.
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Thanks patricius, for that beautiful quote from St. Alphonsus!
 
Thanks, MariaChristi.

I think it would be good if many more Catholics read the Glories of Mary, the masterpiece of a doctor of the Church, St. Alphonsus Liguori. It has consoled me so much.
 
Dear patricius,

Yes, good Spiritual reading is important. The Scriptures are First in the priority of books to be read but the Saints knew this and drew much of their wisdom from their meditations on All Jesus said and did as recorded in the Gospels of the New Testament, and also as He is “prefigured” in the Books of the Old Testament.

St. Jerome firmly insists that ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. A strong exhortation from a Father and Doctor of the Catholic Church to Christians urging all to recognize that serious Bible study is a necessity, not an optional luxury. “The Glories of Mary” like St. Louis de Montfort’s “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin” are both Catholic classics and the Saints who wrote them were holy men who knew the Scriptures and wrote nothing contrary to the teachings in the Bible and wrote nothing contrary to teaching given in the oral Tradition of the Church or the Magisterium of the Church.

We can benefit so much from what we read in Scripture and through the writings of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church and the writings of so many of our saints. One person may be drawn to one more than another author, but all of us can be sure that Mary our Mother continues to lead us to Jesus and Jesus is our Way, our Truth and our Life. I’m grateful for the many quotes you have shared with us, dear brother in Jesus and Mary, and thank God and our Lady for your faithfulness is seeking to love them more and more.

Please let us pray for one another, for the Church and for all those in most need of God’s Mercy coming always through the Compassionate Hands of our Mother – through whom all His Graces flow.
 
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