Week 2 - "Mary's virtues"

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

…her profound humility, her lively faith, her blind obedience, her continual mental prayer, her mortification in all things, her surpassing purity, her ardent charity, her heroic patience, her angelic sweetness, and her divine wisdom: “there being,” as St. Louis De Montfort says, “the ten principal virtues of the Blessed Virgin.”…

Today's suggested reading from [True Devotion](http://www.ewtn.com/library/montfort/truedevo.htm), (paragraphs 152 - 164) again encourages us to see: "This devotion is a smooth, short, perfect and sure way of attaining union with our Lord, in which Christian perfection consists." Those of us already convinced of this truth, may be helped to know Our Lady more, by pondering her virtues. Mary is both Mother and Model for all, and the Holy Spirit is Jesus' gift to us that we may totally reflect the Image of God in Whom we are made, and by Baptism are given Faith to believe, Hope to trust and Charity to love Him and to love others as He loves.

Let us pray fervently to the Holy Spirit that He may guide us into perfect union with Our Lord through Mary our Mother. Let us pray fervently to Mary, our Mother, that we may share in her virtues and become like her in her perfect union with God.

I'd be grateful to hear from anyone who is on the journey, or anyone who has any questions about this devotion. May the Lord bless each one of us as we continue asking, seeking and knocking on the door of God's Heart, that we may receive, and find and have the door open for us, and all those in most need of His Mercy.

Suggested prayers and reading are [HERE](http://totalconsecration.ageofmary.com/preparation-24.html)