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MariaChristi
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Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On today’s Feast of Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, we continue listening to “[True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin,]”(Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin | EWTN)
In Chapter 1 - NECESSITY OF DEVOTION TO OUR LADY, St. Louis writes:
Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, pray for us.
On today’s Feast of Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, we continue listening to “[True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin,]”(Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin | EWTN)
In Chapter 1 - NECESSITY OF DEVOTION TO OUR LADY, St. Louis writes:
From an earlier paragraph, he wrote:3. Consequences
First, that Mary received from God a far-reaching dominion over the souls of the elect. Otherwise she could not make her dwelling-place in them as God the Father has ordered her to do, and she could not conceive them, nourish them, and bring them forth to eternal life as their mother. She could not have them for her inheritance and her possession and form them in Jesus and Jesus in them. She could not implant in their heart the roots of her virtues, nor be the inseparable associate of the Holy Spirit in all these works of grace. None of these things, I repeat, could she do unless she had received from the Almighty rights and authority over their souls. For God, having given her power over his only-begotten and natural Son, also gave her power over his adopted children - not only in what concerns their body - which would be of little account - but also in what concerns their soul.
- We must obviously conclude from what I have just said:
- Mary is the Queen of heaven and earth by grace as Jesus is king by nature and by conquest. But as the kingdom of Jesus Christ exists primarily in the heart or interior of man, according to the words of the Gospel, “The kingdom of God is within you”, so the kingdom of the Blessed Virgin is principally in the interior of man, that is, in his soul. It is principally in souls that she is glorified with her Son more than in any visible creature. So we may call her, as the saints do, Queen of our hearts.
Mary, Queen of the Angels pray for us. Angels of the Lord, bless the Lord!According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: “Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother of God.” They greet her countless times each day with the angelic greeting, “Hail, Mary”, while prostrating themselves before her, begging her as a favour to honour them with one of her requests. According to St. Augustine, even St. Michael, though prince of all the heavenly court, is the most eager of all the angels to honour her and lead others to honour her. At all times he awaits the privilege of going at her word to the aid of one of her servants.
- Every day, from one end of the earth to the other, in the highest heaven and in the lowest abyss, all things preach, all things proclaim the wondrous Virgin Mary. The nine choirs of angels, men and women of every age, rank and religion, both good and evil, even the very devils themselves are compelled by the force of truth, willingly or unwillingly, to call her blessed.
Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, pray for us.
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