Vigil -"Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God"

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

By God’s Grace, hope this Advent/ Christmas season continues to be a holy one for all! My last post on St. Louis de Montfort’s treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin left off with paragraph 254 and so we begin anew, preparing to celebrate God’s beautiful work in Mary, Mother of God and our Mother on this vigil, with these words:
  1. To thank God for the graces He has given to our Lady, her consecrated ones will frequently say the Magnificat, following the example of Blessed Marie d’Oignies and several other saints. The Magnificat is the only prayer we have which was composed by our Lady, or rather, composed by Jesus in her, for it was He who spoke through her lips. It is the greatest offering of praise that God ever received under the law of grace. On the one hand, it is the most humble hymn of thanksgiving and, on the other, it is the most sublime and exalted. Contained in it are mysteries so great and so hidden that even the angels do not understand them.
Gerson, a pious and learned scholar, spent the greater part of his life writing tracts full of erudition and love on the most profound subjects. Even so, it was with apprehension that he undertook towards the end of his life to write a commentary on the Magnificat which was the crowning point of all his works. In a large volume on the subject he says many wonderful things about this beautiful and divine canticle. Among other things he tells us that Mary herself frequently recited it, especially at thanksgiving after Holy Communion. The learned Benzonius, in his commentary on the Magnificat, cites several miracles worked through the power of this prayer. The devils, he declares, take to flight when they hear these words, “He puts forth his arm in strength and scatters the proud-hearted”.
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The “Magnificat” is found in Luke 1: 46 -55. As we ponder Mary’s words and also the Mass readings for today, from the Letter of John and the Gospel of John, let us lift up to the Lord contrite and humble hearts, and by His grace entrust 2019 to His Divine Mercy and 2020 soon to begin to His Divine Providence – all through Mary, His Mother, given to us from His Cross in Love.

May the Holy Spirit fill us all with Jesus as He filled Mary, now and forever Amen.
 
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Dear Greenfields,

Thanks for your “heart” – it is always so good to find you still listening to the words God gave to St. Louis de Montfort for His Church to better know and Love the Mother whom Jesus gave to us from His Cross.

Not sure if you have yet made your own Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, but I hope you have, or will. someday soon. It has been a great grace in my life, and I know saints, Pope St. John Paul II and St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta consecrated themselves to Jesus through Mary using St. Louis de Montfort’s method in his treatise, “True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin”. They encouraged others to read and learn from St. Louis as well.

Tomorrow, God willing , I will ask Mary to give me her heart to receive Jesus in Holy Communion and I will renew my Total Consecration to Jesus through her. May this New Year of 2020 be a Blessing to you and to All!
 
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Dear Stephie,

Thanks for your heart too! 🙂 It is such a joy to know that some “hear” with the ears of their hearts, when God speaks through His Saints.

Hope your Advent/Christmas Season will continue to be a holy one. Tomorrow, may many more persons who do not yet know our Mother Mary open their hearts to receive God’s Grace, hearing Jesus say from His Cross:
“Behold your Mother”
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Hearing Jesus, as Mary and John did on Calvary, may we all do as John the Beloved Disciple did and take Mary into our lives. May this New Year of 2020 be a time of growing ever closer to Jesus through Mary, by the power of His Holy Spirit.
 
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May Our Blessed Mother continue to pray for us an the entire world.

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Thanks for your reply. 🙂

Yes, dear brother, I am very sure of her continuing faithfulness to God and all the children He has entrusted to her. Her prayers are more powerful than this world realizes.

By the power of the Holy Spirit may we daily learn from her as she is both Mother and Model for the Church. She is only human and yet God has created her “Full of Grace” and Mother of Love!

Totus Tuus!
 
Dear patricius, TK421, and CathF,

Thank you all for your “hearts” and for loving Jesus through Mary which prompted you to read and ponder the words of St. Louis de Montfort. May this year of 2020, just beginning, be a time for all of us to grow by God’s Grace, ever closer to Jesus through Mary, our Mother and Model!
 
Dear Mark,

Thanks for your heart – I’m glad I went back to this post today, to make sure I had replied to all who read it. It is good to be back on the Forum to share the wisdom of God coming to us through St. Louis de Montfort . It is good to see the number of hearts who are rejoicing with me in continuing to ask for God’s Grace to know and love and serve our Mother Mary better in order that we might know and love and serve Him as she did.

The Words of Jesus to His Belloved Disciple John and to all of us cannot be pondred enough: “Behold your Mother”. May this new 2020 be a year of great growth in holiness for all of us! Totus Tuus!
 
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