"The torrential outpouring of God's infinite goodness ...full flood into the heart of Mary>"

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

How beautifully, by God’s Grace, St. Louis de Montfort speaks of our Mother Mary, in his treatise on “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”:
  1. The torrential outpouring of God’s infinite goodness which had been rudely stemmed by the sins of men since the beginning of the world, was now released precipitately and in full flood into the heart of Mary. Eternal Wisdom gave to her all the graces which Adam and his descendants would have received so liberally from Him had they remained in their original state of justice. The fulness of God, says a saint, was poured into Mary, in so far as a mere creature is capable of receiving it. O Mary, masterpiece of the Most High, miracle of Eternal Wisdom, prodigy of the Almighty, abyss of grace! I join all the saints in the belief that only the God who created you knows the height, the breadth and the depth of the grace He has conferred on you.
  2. During the first fourteen years of her life the most holy Virgin Mary grew so marvellously in the grace and wisdom of God and responded so faithfully to His love that the angels and even God Himself were filled with rapturous admiration for her. Her humility, deep as an abyss, delighted Him. Her purity so other-worldly drew Him down to her. He found her lively faith and her ceaseless entreaties of love so irresistible that He was lovingly conquered by her appeals of love. “So great was the love of Mary,” explains St Augustine, “that it conquered the omnipotent God” - O quantus amor illius qui vincit omnipotentem. Wondrous to relate, this divine Wisdom chose to leave the bosom of His Father and enter the womb of a virgin and there repose amid the lilies of her purity. Desiring to give Himself to her by becoming man in her, He sent the archangel Gabriel to greet her on His behalf and to declare to her that she had won His heart and He would become man within her if she gave her consent. The archangel fulfilled his mission and assured her that she would still remain a virgin while becoming a mother. Notwithstanding her desire to be lowly, Mary wholeheartedly gave the angel that priceless consent which the Blessed Trinity, all the angels and the whole world awaited for so many centuries. Humbling herself before her Creator she said" “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to your word” (Lk. 1:38).
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So much can be learned from the wisdom God gives His saints! Mary is Queen of all Saints; in no other human person do we find such plentitude of grace. Mary is : “Wholly united with her Son . . .” (cf CCC 964)

Holy Spirit, fill us with the Fire of Your Love as you filled Mary. Jesus we trust in You! Mary, Mother and Model of the Church, pray for us!
 
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Dear Greenfields,

Thanks so much for appreciating the excerpts from St. Louis de Montfort’s book! How grateful I am to God for all His Gifts to us and especially Mary as she is our totally human model – she is not “Divine” nor do we offer her anything but the honor God has given her already as His Mother and His perfect disciple! 🙂

We seek to love as He loves. Learn of Me, Jesus tells us, for I am Meek and Humble of Heart. Mary kept all Jesus said and did, pondering all in her heart. No wonder Jesus told John and us from His Cross:
“Behold your Mother”
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Mary did the Truth she heard as she listened to Jesus. Mary is wholly united with her Son! When we behold Mary, we “see” by Faith, the perfection of Charity to which we are called in our Baptism.
 
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She sure is special that Mother of ours! I always enjoy your posts Mariachristi! I’m sure our Lord is pleased with the tenderness you have consistantly shown for His Mom. Seeing some of the nasty posts I’ve seen over the years directed at her, yours are a breath of fresh air.
 
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Beautiful! How blessed we are!

Thank you for sharing this, MariaChristi. This makes me think of some Papal statements.

Blessed Pope Pius IV wrote:

From the very beginning, and before time began, the eternal Father chose and prepared for his only-begotten Son a Mother in whom the Son of God would become incarnate and from whom, in the blessed fullness of time, he would be born into this world. Above all creatures did God so loved her that truly in her was the Father well pleased with singular delight. Therefore, far above all the angels and all the saints so wondrously did God endow her with the abundance of all heavenly gifts poured from the treasury of his divinity that this mother, ever absolutely free of all stain of sin, all fair and perfect, would possess that fullness of holy innocence and sanctity than which, under God, one cannot even imagine anything greater, and which, outside of God, no mind can succeed in comprehending fully.


And not only that, but she is given to each of us by Jesus Christ, our Lord, as our own personal Mother, as Pope St. John Paul II wrote:

One can say that if Mary’s motherhood of the human race had already been outlined, now it is clearly stated and established. It emerges from the definitive accomplishment of the Redeemer’s Paschal Mystery. The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery-a mystery which embraces each individual and all humanity-is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind…

45. Of the essence of motherhood is the fact that it concerns the person. Motherhood always establishes a unique and unrepeatable relationship between two people: between mother and child and between child and mother. Even when the same woman is the mother of many children, her personal relationship with each one of them is of the very essence of motherhood. For each child is generated in a unique and unrepeatable way, and this is true both for the mother and for the child. Each child is surrounded in the same way by that maternal love on which are based the child’s development and coming to maturity as a human being.
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-p.../hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater.html
 
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Dear Mark,

Thanks for your reply. It is increasingly sad to me that fewer Catholics seem to have a “tender” and true Devotion to our Mother. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches so clearly:
II. DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN

971 “All generations will call me blessed”: “The Church’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship.” The Church rightly honors “the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of ‘Mother of God,’ to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs… This very special devotion … differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit, and greatly fosters this adoration.” The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the rosary, an “epitome of the whole Gospel,” express this devotion to the Virgin Mary
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May the Holy Spirit grant to priests and people on this coming Feast of Pentecost a renewal of the Supernatural Faith, Hope and Charity given at Baptism, that we may all believe more deeply in the Unique Role of Mary in our lives, Hope in her intercession and most of all Love her as Jesus loves her and shares her with us.

Yes, may we breathe Mary as we breathe air. 🙂
 
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Thanks, dear patricius,

For your reply and for the beautiful references, especially from Pope St. John Paul II. It seems to me the world needs our Mother now more than ever, because so many women (and men too, but especially women) have been deceived so easily by the evil one. He was a liar from the beginning as he deceived our first parents.

St John Paul II wrote and showed by example his own tender love for our Mother, and also his respect for women. His Encyclical “Mother of the Redeemer” (Redemptoris Mater) and His Apostolic Exhortation on the “Dignity and Vocation of Women” are both excellent and need to be read if anyone has not read them.
 
Yes, each of us needs our tender Mother now more than ever, just as you say, MariaChristi. If only we can ask for the gift of appreciating how wonderful and merciful Our Lady is, overlooking our sins, no matter how horrible (see second quotation below)

With her Immaculate Heart being filled with God’s Infinite Goodness, she only wants to help and give us peace and joy in God’s Will, which is Love and Mercy.

As Pentecost approaches, we can remember the teaching of the Church that Mary is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit and Mediatrix of All Grace.

As St. Louis says:

Let us recall here, as a proof of the dependence we ought to have on our Blessed Lady, what I have said above in bringing forward the example which the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost give of this dependence. The Father has not given, and does not give, His Son except by her; He has no children but by her, and communicates no graces but by her. God the Son has not been formed for the whole world in general except by her; and He is not daily formed and engendered except by her, in the union with the Holy Ghost; neither does He communicate His merits and His virtues except by her. The Holy Ghost has not formed Jesus Christ except by her; neither does He form the members of our Lord’s Mystical Body except by her; and through her alone does He dispense His favours and His gifts. After so many and such pressing examples of the Most Holy Trinity, can we, without an extreme blindness, dispense ourselves from Mary, and not consecrate ourselves to her, and depend on her to go to God, and to sacrifice ourselves to God?
https://www.ecatholic2000.com/montfort/true/devotion.shtml

Ands Pope Leo XIII tells us, she is filled with compassion for us:

Thus do those whose actions have disturbed their consciences need an intercessor mighty in favour with God, merciful enough not to reject the cause of the desperate, merciful enough to lift up again towards hope in the divine mercy the afflicted and the broken down. Mary is this glorious intermediary; she is the mighty Mother of the Almighty; but-what is still sweeter - she is gentle, extreme in tenderness, of a limitless loving-kindness. As such God gave her to us. Having chosen her for the Mother of His only begotten Son, He taught her all a mother’s feeling that breathes nothing but pardon and love.
http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xi...nts/hf_l-xiii_enc_22091891_octobri-mense.html
 
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Thanks again, dear patricius,

It was an encouragement to read your post, and I hope many besides myself read your post today, tonight or whenever the Lord inspires them to do so!!

Your quotes give us much to ponder and to to thank God for as we approach the Feast of Pentecost.
 
Thank you MariaChristi. I struggle with anxiety and am working on practicing peace. I can only do this with my Blessed Mother’s help.

I have a little book with little Marian readings for each day of the year called “Mary Day By Day”, from the Catholic Book Publishing Co.

Here is one of my favorite quotations lately:

June 5th: “Place yourself in Mary’s hands; she will think of everything and provide for the needs of soul and body. Therefore be at peace, be at complete peace, with unlimited confidence in her!”
–St. Maximillian Kolbe
 
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Thanks again, dear patricius,

Anxiety is a common struggle for the human race – so much so that God repeats often, “Do Not be afraid”; “Fear not” in both Old and New testaments.

Jesus knows all our weaknesses. The night before He died, He knew well the anxiety of his apostles and he told them: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me”. ( The Greek is simpler "Be believing).

We need our supernatural Faith, Hope and Charity given in Baptism to continually call on God for His Grace — and He gives to all who call upon Him in faith. All grace comes to us through Mary, as Jesus came to us through her.

St. Maxmillian Kilbe whom you quoted is one who, like St. Louis de Montfort, suffered in his life yet overcame all obstacles through the intercession of Mary; their confidence in her remained steadfast because they believed in union with her Son, and the Most Holy Trinity. Some of us may suffer from anxiety more than others but all of us can grow in our closeness to God and to His Peace through Mary our Mother. Again that is why Jesus told John and us from His Cross:

“Behold your Mother”

Jesus knows that in Mary we can “see” by faith all we are called to be. She is both Mother and Model for the Church. Thank you for your enduring love for Mary and your confidence that God gives us all the graces we need through her. 🙂
 
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Yes, MariaChrist, those words of our Lord: " Be not afraid" and “Behold your Mother”, are so powerful.

When you talk about how Jesus knows all our weaknesses, and has compassion on us in Mary, it reminds me of this quotations from the Secret of Mary by St. Louis DeMontfort:

“20. Happy, indeed sublimely happy, is the person to whom the Holy Spirit reveals the secret of Mary, thus imparting to him true knowledge of her. Happy the person to whom the Holy Spirit opens this enclosed garden for him to enter, and to whom the Holy Spirit gives access to this sealed fountain where he can draw water and drink deep draughts of the living waters of grace. That person will find only grace and no creature in the most lovable Virgin Mary. But he will find that the infinitely holy and exalted God is at the same time infinitely solicitous for him and understands his weaknesses. Since God is everywhere, he can be found everywhere, even in hell. But there is no place where God can be more present to his creature and more sympathetic to human weakness than in Mary. It was indeed for this very purpose that he came down from heaven. Everywhere else he is the Bread of the strong and the Bread of angels, but living in Mary he is the Bread of children.”
http://www.ewtn.com/library/montfort/secret.htm
 
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Yes, dear Patricius,

God gave Mary to us because He knew how much we needed her in order to know Him even in our weaknesses. Both men and women need Mary as Mother for she is human as we are; yet, by God’s Grace she is closer to Him than any other human person.

Mary has held Him within her and even after his birth she has experienced such a profound indwelling Presence of Him that He has immeasurably blessed her for her vocation to be His Mother and ours.

St. Louis de Montfort wrote in his treatise in “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”, paragraph # 105:
It is impossible on the one hand to put into words the gifts with which the Blessed Trinity endowed this most fair creature, or on the other hand to describe the faithful care with which she corresponded to the graces of her Creator.
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May we continue to “Behold” our Mother and see with ever-growing faith, hope and charity, all God has given to us in and through her that we might truly come to know, love, and serve Him in this world and be happy with Him forever in the next, as He created us to do.

Come, Holy Spirit and teach us to become true children of God and of Mary!
 
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Thank you so much, dear Maria Christi, for such a beautiful reminder of our Heavenly Mother!
 
And thank you, dear dividus for loving her so much as to appreciate what St. Louis de Montfort has written in praise of Jesus through Mary! 🙂
 
Thank you for your beautiful words, Maria Christi. As Pope Leo XIII tells us, she is so close to us in our weaknesses–even when we don’t invoke her. And as Blessed Pope Pius IX tells us she is, at the same time, as near to God as is possible for a created being. As doctors of the Church like St. Bonaventure and St. Albert the Great tell us–quoted in The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori (another doctor)-- it’s not possible for God to confer a greater gift on a creature than to make that creature His Mother.

Blessed Pope Pius Pius IX tells us:

Hence, it is the clear and unanimous opinion of the Fathers that the most glorious Virgin, for whom “he who is mighty has done great things,” was resplendent with such an abundance of heavenly gifts, with such a fullness of grace and with such innocence, that she is an unspeakable miracle of God–indeed, the crown of all miracles and truly the Mother of God; that she approaches as near to God himself as is possible for a created being; and that she is above all men and angels in glory.
https://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/marye1.htm

So as you say, we need to pray for the grace to understand the love and compassion for us which led our God and Savior to give us His own Mother with the words “Behold your Mother”.
 
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Ah, yes, dear patricious,

We need to pray, as Jesus taught us to pray: “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name…”

Mary hallowed His Name more than any other human person. Mary learned from Jesus to honor Him more by keeping all Jesus said and did, pondering all in her heart, and doing the Truth she heard.

The little that is written in the Scripture about Mary’s words and actions is enough for us if we pray to the Holy Spirit to bring us into all Truth.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful. Kindle in us the Fire of Your Love.
Jesus, we trust in You! Mary, Mother and Model of the Church, pray for us.
 
Amen. I’m praying for a great increase of Marian devotion this Pentecost, since this is the key to all the renewal in the Church, since it’s from not staying close to Mary that we miss out on so many graces won for us by Christ’s Cross.

We owe it to Jesus and Mary to receive all the love they have for us. As Pope St. Pius X wrote:

"When the supreme hour of the Son came, beside the Cross of Jesus there stood Mary His Mother, not merely occupied in contemplating the cruel spectacle, but rejoicing that her Only Son was offered for the salvation of mankind, and so entirely participating in His Passion, that if it had been possible she would have gladly borne all the torments that her Son bore (S. Bonav. 1. Sent d. 48, ad Litt. dub . 4). And from this community of will and suffering between Christ and Mary she merited to become most worthily the Reparatrix of the lost world (Eadmeri Mon. De Excellentia Virg. Mariae , c. 9) and Dispensatrix of all the gifts that Our Savior purchased for us by His Death and by His Blood."
http://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-x...x_enc_02021904_ad-diem-illum-laetissimum.html
 
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