Mar.14 - Wk 2, Day 4

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In St. Louis de Montfort's *True Devotion*, paragraph 217, he asks:

…When will souls breathe Mary as the body breathes air?..

That question reminded me of one of my favorite poems, and I wondered how I missed seeing this question before without making the connection. The poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, is titled "The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe". It is a long poem, but allow me to post some lines:

... I say that we are wound
With mercy round and round
As if with air: the same
Is Mary, more by name.
She, wild web, wondrous robe,
Mantles the guilty globe,
Since God has let dispense
Her prayers his providence:
Nay, more than almoner,
The sweet alms’ self is her
And men are meant to share
Her life as life does air....

...Be thou then, O thou dear
Mother, my atmosphere;
My happier world, wherein
To wend and meet no sin;
Above me, round me lie
Fronting my froward eye
With sweet and scarless sky;
Stir in my ears, speak there
Of God’s love, O live air,
Of patience, penance, prayer:
World-mothering air, air wild,
Wound with thee, in thee isled,
Fold home, fast fold thy child.

It is a long, but very beautiful poem, and I hope you will ponder its message. The full text is [HERE](http://www.bartleby.com/122/37.html)

Let us continue to pray to the Holy Spirit and to our Mother, with confidence in their help:
Litany of the Holy Spirit can be found [HERE](https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/pentecost/pent13.htm)
Ave Maris Stella (in English) [HERE](http://www.chantcd.com/lyrics/hail_star_sea.htm)

 

[tawny]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In St. Louis de Montfort's *True Devotion*, paragraph 217, he asks:

That question reminded me of one of my favorite poems, and I wondered how I missed seeing this question before without making the connection. The poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, is titled "The Blessed Virgin Compared to the Air We Breathe". It is a long poem, but allow me to post some lines:

It is a long, but very beautiful poem, and I hope you will ponder its message. The full text is [HERE](http://www.bartleby.com/122/37.html)

Let us continue to pray to the Holy Spirit and to our Mother, with confidence in their help:
Litany of the Holy Spirit can be found [HERE](https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/pentecost/pent13.htm)
Ave Maris Stella (in English) [HERE](http://www.chantcd.com/lyrics/hail_star_sea.htm)

Praying with all.

 

[wild_thing]