Mary - "Heart of the Mystical Body of Christ"

[MariaChristi]

‘The special relation which existed between Our Lord and His Mother – that relation between Our Lady and the Mystical Body – is necessary to the life of that body. Our Lady’s place in salvation was an extraordinary one. It’s very important that we should get a glimpse of it; and one of the special occupations of the Legion of Mary is trying to give its members some idea of the wonderful place that she fulfilled from the first. From the first moment, God built His whole plan of salvation of the human race on that woman. That is the amazing situation. Without her prayer and co-operation, Our Lord would not have come.

‘The Incarnation – that is, the coming of Our Lord on earth, the taking of human flesh, and all this other drama that we have been touching on – depended upon her. First of all He took His flesh from her, just as every child takes its flesh from its mother. But she played a part in regard to Him over and above that played by the ordinary mother in regard to her child. She brings the child into existence and she nurtures and she loves that child. Our Lady went further than all that because Our Lady was brought into the very mystery of salvation in a way which would be very profitable to go into but would take a little time. The Blessed Trinity brought her in as a co-operator. It built salvation, not only on her body, but on her will as well. It depends upon the will of the Holy Trinity and the will of this one woman.’

…"Therefore when we think in terms of the Mystical Body and realise that it is carrying on Our Lord’s life – it is working miracles as He did; it is preaching and converting; forgiving sin and all these other things that were such parts of His life – so it is loving her. It must love her to distraction. It must depend on her will. It must always have her in view, that is absolutely essential. That’s the intention of God and we must not fail in that. We must reproduce that unique relation between the son and the mother.’

‘The Church without her would be in a position equivalent to that of the natural body without a heart. That would be a monstrosity. As she is by the law of God made necessary to the functioning of the Mystical Body, so we must understand that fact and we must enter thoroughly into it. Therein lies the value, the secret, of whatever has happened to the Legion: in that and in nothing else, the fact of trying to understand that and exploit it. If we do not understand that and act on it, whatever the cause, we upset the due balance, and that heavenly nuclear reaction of grace does not operate properly in us. On the other hand, the section of Catholicism which does embrace Mary in that full way and sets out with her to try to share in her mothering function towards the Church – understanding her – that section of Catholicism was used by the Holy Trinity as its instrument in the world. It is not something which is proper to the Legion: it’s open, it’s a destiny which lies waiting for any body of Catholics anywhere’…

I found these words of the Servant of God Frank Duff, founder of the Legion of Mary today, in a talk by Fr. Bede McGregor O.P. Full text can be read HERE In preparing for tomorrow’s Feast of “Corpus Christi”, l am of course aware of it’s primary focus on the Eucharist, the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus, all substantially present in the Eucharist, but I cannot help but ponder at the same time, God’s entire Plan of Salvation. God so loved the world, He sent His Son, born of a woman.

When we receive Holy Communion and hear the words, “Body of Christ”, do we hear the fullness of what we receive and why and how? May the Holy Spirit continue to teach us as members of His Mystical Body, the Church of which Mary is the Mother and Model.

 

[RPRPsych]

 

[MariaChristi]

Dear RPRPsych,

Thanks for the thumbs up! I was so blessed by this quote and the entire article by Fr. Bede that I wanted to share it. Hopefully you had time to read the entire article, as I hope others will also.

Mary our Mother is so little appreciated in the world of 2017 that when I read of persons who continue to love her, it encourages me, and I want to encourage others to love her more!