What's in a name? Especially if it is HOLY?

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Here is a good article – late for the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary, but it applies not only to honoring Mary, but even more to honoring her Son Jesus and His Holy Name used in vain more and more in our culture.

Zeal for the Most Holy Name of Mary by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

In times past, people considered names to be symbolic of the person. This was so true that for a long time people even gave great importance to initials, a kind of symbol of the name, which in turn is a symbol of the person. Thus, a name was considered to be a symbol of the more profound psychological, moral and spiritual aspects of the person. The name of Our Lady, like the Most Holy Name of Jesus, should then be considered symbolic of the hallowed virtue of Our Lady, her mission, and all that which she represents.

From this standpoint, we venerate the name of Our Lady since it is an affirmation of her interior glory, inner qualities and her person. The name of Mary is then the symbolic manifestation of all that exists of hallowed in Our Lady. By honoring this name we celebrate the glory that Our Lady has, had and will have, in heaven, earth and the entire universe.

Regarding her glory in heaven, all has been said. She is the queen of all angels and saints, placed above all creatures. She is placed incomparably and incommensurably above all creatures so that in the order of creation she is the high point toward which everything converges. She is our Mediatrix with God, Our Lord. The glory that she has by this fact is simply inexpressible and derives from her condition as Mother of the Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Regarding her glory on earth, we consider how Our Lady must be glorified also on earth. The Glory be prayer states: Glory be to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The answer is: As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Thus, it is normal to affirm that Our Lady should also be venerated on earth; and for her most holy Name to be glorified in an ineffable way.

Imagine a world like that of Christendom which would be influenced by the spirit of the great Marian apostle Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort. Imagine if the disciples of Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort were the salt of the earth and really set the tone for devotion to Our Lady throughout Christendom. Then we could understand what Our Lady’s glory in the world should be like. It would be incomparably more than it is today.

Our zeal for the glory and name of Our Lady should be as children in their mother’s house. How can we feel happy on earth, which is under Our Lady’s queenship, when we
see her being refused her rightful honors and respect?

We see how greatly Our Lady was glorified by Holy Mother Church (at least until progressivism entered the scene). To us this glory seemed immense. However, it was nothing in comparison to the glory that she should have according to the spirit of Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort. We must ardently love Our Lady’s glory because it is unbearable for her not to have the glory that she should have. It simply is most odious and execrable that vice, crime, the Revolution and the wickedness of men have managed to diminish the glory that she should receive from men. Our zeal for the glory and name of Our Lady should be as children in their mother’s house.How could a son feel fine in his mother’s house when he sees others refusing to give the attention due to her?

How can we feel happy on earth, which is under Our Lady’s queenship, when we see her being refused her rightful honors and respect? This must be a continuous reason for us to have much more than just grief but great indignation that the Queen is not being recognized by all in the role which is her own.

I add what is implied in this article: Mary is always in relation to Her Son; His House is hers and hers is His. Mary totally belongs to Him and lives to glorify Him. As St. Louis de Montfort wrote in his classic treatise, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, “When we say Mary, she says God.” How can a son or daughter of God be happy seeing His Mother and our Mother dishonored – when God has so honored her in the Incarnation? Pardon us, O God! Help us to honor You and Mary, as Jesus did on earth and does now in heaven.

 

[hazcompat]

."… [T]he Divine Redeemer wishes to penetrate the soul of every sufferer through the heart of his holy Mother, the first and the most exalted of all the redeemed. As though by a continuation of that motherhood which by the power of the Holy Spirit had given him life, the dying Christ conferred upon the ever Virgin Mary a new kind of motherhood—spiritual and universal—towards all human beings, so that every individual, during the pilgrimage of faith, might remain, together with her, closely united to him unto the Cross, and so that every form of suffering, given fresh life by the power of this Cross, should become no longer the weakness of man but the power of God."

Saint John Paul II Pope
Salvifici Doloris 26

Peace

 

[MariaChristi]

."… [T]he Divine Redeemer wishes to penetrate the soul of every sufferer through the heart of his holy Mother, the first and the most exalted of all the redeemed. As though by a continuation of that motherhood which by the power of the Holy Spirit had given him life, the dying Christ conferred upon the ever Virgin Mary a new kind of motherhood—spiritual and universal—towards all human beings, so that every individual, during the pilgrimage of faith, might remain, together with her, closely united to him unto the Cross, and so that every form of suffering, given fresh life by the power of this Cross, should become no longer the weakness of man but the power of God."

Saint John Paul II Pope
Salvifici Doloris 26

Peace

Dear hazcompat,

Thanks so much for your reply and the beautiful quote from Pope Saint John Paul II. He is a gift that keeps giving, isn’t he? He continues to be a blessing to the Church in his writings, and his enduring love and appreciation of Mary as God’s Mother and ours.

By God’s Grace may each of us grow as He did in faith, hope and above all charity, through Mary. This particular quote is a fitting one as we will be celebrating tomorrow the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, after today’s Feast of the Holy Cross. How perfectly Mary follows Jesus as His first and best disciple!

 

[Googler]

Our zeal for the glory and name of Our Lady should be as children in their mother’s house.How could a son feel fine in his mother’s house when he sees others refusing to give the attention due to her?

When men smash the very gifts his Mother worked so hard for by his resentment, selfishness, disrespect, and carelessness, we should try and set things right by counseling our brother as well as consoling our weeping Mom. We should then pray our brother begin listening to her with the ears of his heart.

 

[Googler]

“A genuine child avoids everything that causes his mother sadness and sorrow. The greatest sorrow we can cause our Mother Thrice Admirable is sin, for it was sin that murdered her divine Son, that pierced her heart with a sevenfold sword. We show we are children of our Mother Thrice Admirable, therefore, when we foster a deep hatred of sin, and as soon as we are torn away by passion and fall into sin, to find our way to holy confession.”
~Servant of God (FR.) Joseph Kentenich

 

[MariaChristi]

When men smash the very gifts his Mother worked so hard for by his resentment, selfishness, disrespect, and carelessness, we should try and set things right by counseling our brother as well as consoling our weeping Mom. We should then pray our brother begin listening to her with the ears of his heart.

Dear Brother,

Thanks for you reply. Yes, we need always to pray for sinners, ourselves and others who offend God and our Mother by sin. We need to weep with our Mother, repenting that we have grieved her and Our Lord, and weep also for the sins of the world.

Jesus tells us in the Gospel (Mt 18:15- 20) about going to a brother ( or sister) who sins against us. We need to prayerfully listen to Jesus and do the Truth we hear.

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us.
Jesus, we trust in You.
Come Holy Spirit, Kindle in us, the fire of Your Love.

 

[MariaChristi]

“A genuine child avoids everything that causes his mother sadness and sorrow. The greatest sorrow we can cause our Mother Thrice Admirable is sin, for it was sin that murdered her divine Son, that pierced her heart with a sevenfold sword. We show we are children of our Mother Thrice Admirable, therefore, when we foster a deep hatred of sin, and as soon as we are torn away by passion and fall into sin, to find our way to holy confession.”
~Servant of God (FR.) Joseph Kentenich

Dear Brother,

Again, thanks for your reply and the quote from Servant of God, Fr. Joseph Kentenich. May the Holy Spirit find a willingness in all our hearts to hear Jesus’ words from the cross to John and through him to all of us: “Behold your Mother”. In Mary we see all that we as Church are called to be. May we rejoice as Mary did in God. He Who is Merciful did great things n Mary and desires to do great things in us. Let us ask and seek and knock on the door of His Heart that we may receive, and find, and have the door opened for us.