"We must do everything with Mary..." -- St. Louis De Montfort

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Continuing in Chap. 7 of St. Louis de Montfort’s “True Devotion”, in which he explains "… some very sanctifying interior practices for those souls who feel called by the Holy Spirit to a high degree of perfection. They may be expressed in four words, doing everything through Mary, with Mary, in Mary, and for Mary, in order to do it more perfectly through Jesus, with Jesus, in Jesus, and for Jesus…"

Yesterday I posted on doing everything “through Mary” and today, on doing everything “with Mary”:

With Mary

1. We must do everything with Mary, that is to say, in all our actions we must look upon Mary, although a simple human being, as the perfect model of every virtue and perfection, fashioned by the Holy Spirit for us to imitate, as far as our limited capacity allows. In every action then we should consider how Mary performed it or how she would perform it if she were in our place. For this reason, we must examine and meditate on the great virtues she practised during her life, especially:

1) Her lively faith, by which she believed the angel’s word without the least hesitation, and believed faithfully and constantly even to the foot of the Cross on Calvary.

2) Her deep humility, which made her prefer seclusion, maintain silence, submit to every eventuality and put herself in the last place.

3) Her truly divine purity, which never had and never will have its equal on this side of heaven.

And so on for her other virtues.

Remember what I told you before, that Mary is the great, unique mould of God, designed to make living images of God at little expense and in a short time. Anyone who finds this mould and casts himself into it, is soon transformed into our Lord because it is the true likeness of him.

As we draw closer to Passion week, hopefully, by God’s Grace, we will continue growing closer to Jesus through Mary, with Mary, in Mary, and for Mary, in order to do it more perfectly through Jesus, with Jesus, in Jesus, and for Jesus.

 

[MariaChristi]

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Hopefully, we can do everything with Mary more and more each day. Just as Mary’s Supernatural Faith was her gift from God in her Immaculate Conception in her Mother’s womb; we though born in sin, have been washed clean, and received our Supernatural Faith from Him as a gift in our Baptism.

Unlike Mary, we have not always been humble as she is – sometimes, perhaps we, by God’s Grace remember Jesus’ word: "Learn of Me for I am meek and humble of Heart.How we need to keep persevering in our Faith Hope and above all Love for God – that we may be true sons and Daughters of our Father and of our Mother Mary.