Wk 3 - Day 5 - seeking to understand Jesus Christ better

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Again, the First Reading for Mass encourages us:

Reading 1 EPH 4:1-6

Brothers and sisters:
I, a prisoner for the Lord,
urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
bearing with one another through love,
striving to preserve the unity of the spirit
through the bond of peace;
one Body and one Spirit,
as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in all.

How beautiful is the Body of Christ, both physically formed and spiritually formed in the womb of Mary! As she gave birth to the One Body of Christ, she gave birth to us spiritually as His Members. How much we owe the Good God Who loved us so much He gave His Son, born of Mary!
St. Louis de Montfort urging us toward total consecration wrote in “True Devotion” :

CHAPTER FOUR - MOTIVES WHICH RECOMMEND THIS DEVOTION

1. By it we give ourselves completely to God

1. This first motive shows us the excellence of the consecration of ourselves to Jesus through Mary…

1. Moreover, as I have said before, no other act of devotion enables us to rid ourselves so easily of the possessiveness which slips unnoticed even into our best actions. This is a remarkable grace which our dear Lord grants us in return for the heroic and selfless surrender to him through Mary of the entire value of our good works. If even in this life he gives a hundredfold reward to those who renounce all material, temporal and perishable things out of love for him, how generously will he reward those who give up even interior and spiritual goods for his sake!

1. Jesus, our dearest friend, gave himself to us without reserve, body and soul, grace and merits. As St. Bernard says, “He won me over entirely by giving himself entirely to me.” Does not simple justice as well as gratitude require that we give him all we possibly can? …

Let us please continue to pray for, and with, one another, for the Church, and for all those in most need of God’s Mercy. Litany of the Holy Spirit HERE, Ave Maris Stella HERE and Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus HERE