Mar. 8 - Wk 1, Day 5

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Commentary on the Gospel for Mar. 8, is a good meditation for us as we seek this week to gain, by God's Grace, true knowledge of ourselves and sorrow for sin:

Commentary of the day
Julian of Norwich (1342-after 1416), recluse
Revelations of divine love, ch. 51-52 (trans. copyright Classics of Western spirituality)

"I have come to call [sinners] to repentance"

God showed me a lord sitting in state, in rest and peace. The lord sends his servant to a certain place to do his will. Not only does the servant go but he dashes off and runs at great speed, loving to do his lord's will. And soon he falls into a dell and is greatly injured... And so in this servant God showed me the blindness and the hurt of Adam's falling; and in the servant there was shown the wisdom and the goodness of God's Son. And in the lord there was shown the compassion and the pity for Adam's woe; and in the lord there was shown the great nobility and the endless honour that man has come to, by the power of the Passion and the death of God's beloved Son. And therefore he greatly rejoices in his falling, for the raising on high and the fulness of bliss which mankind has come to, exceeding what we should have if he had not fallen...

And so we have matter for mourning, because our sin is the cause of Christ's pains, and we have constantly matter for joy, because endless love made him suffer... And if we through our blindness and our wretchedness at any time fall, then let us quickly rise, knowing the sweet touching of grace, and willingly amend ourselves according to the teaching of Holy Church, as may fit the grievousness of the sin, and go on our way with God in love, and neither on the one side fall too low, inclining to despair, nor on the other side be too reckless, as though we did not care; but let us meekly recognize our weakness, knowing that we cannot stand for the twinkling of an eye except with the protection of grace...

So does our good Lord want us willingly to accuse ourselves, and to see truly and know our falling, and all the harms which come from it, seeing and knowing that we can never repair it; and also we willingly and truly see and know the everlasting love which he has for us, and his plentiful mercy. And so by grace to see and know both together is the meek self-accusation which our good Lord asks from us and is his work in our soul.
As we grow in the knowledge of our own frailty, may we also grow in gratitude for His Great Love and tender Mercy towards us. May His Holy Spirit teach us, and Our Lady continue to intercede for us.

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)
Litany of the Blessed Virgin may be found [HERE](http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/bvm.html)

 

[Origen52]

Thank you for these posts, I find them very helpful.

 

[MariaChristi]

Thank you for these posts, I find them very helpful.

Dear Origen,

Thanks for your reply. By God’s Grace, I am so grateful to be making this journey, and to be learning more this time, than ever before, in preparing to re-consecrate myself using the method of St. Louis De Montfort. Please let us pray for one another, through Mary.

 

[tawny]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The Commentary on the Gospel for Mar. 8, is a good meditation for us as we seek this week to gain, by God's Grace, true knowledge of ourselves and sorrow for sin:


So does our good Lord want us willingly to accuse ourselves, and to see truly and know our falling, and all the harms which come from it, seeing and knowing that we can never repair it; and also we willingly and truly see and know the everlasting love which he has for us, and his plentiful mercy. And so by grace to see and know both together is the meek self-accusation which our good Lord asks from us and is his work in our soul.
As we grow in the knowledge of our own frailty, may we also grow in gratitude for His Great Love and tender Mercy towards us. May His Holy Spirit teach us, and Our Lady continue to intercede for us.

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)
Litany of the Blessed Virgin may be found [HERE](http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/prayers/bvm.html)

Praying with all.