Thoughts on The Feast of the Visitation and Mother Mary
“...Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?" Luke 1:42-43
Our Savior comes to us everyday in the Eucharist, through this we become like Mary,a tabernacle. We have Christ within us! Her Magnificat should be the song of our souls.
We should echo her words every second of every day, "My soul doth magnify the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..." This is our GOD! Like Mary, we should be filled wonder and awe, we should be filled with His joy and love because He has saved us, lifted us up from the dirt from which we came and has given us the ability to join Him forever in paradise! Like Elizabeth we should be filled with humility and adoration? "How does this happen to me?" That our Lord and His Mother should come to us? Take this to heart friends, Mary is the perfect way to get to Jesus, she is the perfect model to follow. She is the link to Christ, and Christ- to salvation. Do not pass this up. If we truly want to surrender ourselves to Jesus, to be His completely then we must follow the one who did this perfectly and without hesitation- Mary! This is what our hearts yearn for, this is what we thirst for! And because of His sacrifice, and Mary's fiat we can have our true heart's desire- full communion with God in Heaven! How lucky are we?! Today's feast day reminds me of how undeserving we are of the Lord's presence yet He comes to us. Because of Mary's fiat, her yes, we are able to enjoy His presence in the Eucharist, in the Sacraments. Thinking about it, if Mary had not said yes, the Church would not be here today.
Here are some quotes about Mary from Saints:
"Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily."
--Blessed Pope John Paul II
"Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!"
--St. Josemaria Escriva
"In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not to walk in her footsteps. With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal."
--Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church
O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity.
--Saint Basil the Great
Our Savior comes to us everyday in the Eucharist, through this we become like Mary,a tabernacle. We have Christ within us! Her Magnificat should be the song of our souls.
We should echo her words every second of every day, "My soul doth magnify the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior..." This is our GOD! Like Mary, we should be filled wonder and awe, we should be filled with His joy and love because He has saved us, lifted us up from the dirt from which we came and has given us the ability to join Him forever in paradise! Like Elizabeth we should be filled with humility and adoration? "How does this happen to me?" That our Lord and His Mother should come to us? Take this to heart friends, Mary is the perfect way to get to Jesus, she is the perfect model to follow. She is the link to Christ, and Christ- to salvation. Do not pass this up. If we truly want to surrender ourselves to Jesus, to be His completely then we must follow the one who did this perfectly and without hesitation- Mary! This is what our hearts yearn for, this is what we thirst for! And because of His sacrifice, and Mary's fiat we can have our true heart's desire- full communion with God in Heaven! How lucky are we?! Today's feast day reminds me of how undeserving we are of the Lord's presence yet He comes to us. Because of Mary's fiat, her yes, we are able to enjoy His presence in the Eucharist, in the Sacraments. Thinking about it, if Mary had not said yes, the Church would not be here today.
Here are some quotes about Mary from Saints:
"Through Mary, we come to her Son more easily."
--Blessed Pope John Paul II
"We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son."
--Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
--Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
'Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.'
--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
"Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary."
--St. Bonaventure
"To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us." (1746)
--St. Faustina
--St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
"Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary."
--St. Bonaventure
"To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us." (1746)
--St. Faustina
"Before, by yourself, you couldn't. Now, you've turned to our Lady, and with her, how easy!"
--St. Josemaria Escriva
"In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not to walk in her footsteps. With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal."
--Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Father and Doctor of the Church
O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity.
--Saint Basil the Great
“The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking up to her as the perfect model to imitate and as a powerful helper to assist them.”
--Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
--Saint Louis Marie de Montfort
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