Catholic Caucus: Mary, The Power of Her Name [The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary]

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[Salvation]

The Holy Name of

Mary The Power of Her Name By St. Alphonsus de Liguori

	Richard of St. Laurence states "there is not such powerful help in any name, nor is there any other name given to men, after that of Jesus, from which so much salvation is poured forth upon men as from the name of Mary." He continues, "that the devout invocation of this sweet and holy name leads to the acquisition of superabundant graces in this life, and a very high degree of glory in the next."    After the most sacred name of Jesus, the name of Mary is so rich in every good thing, that on earth and in heaven there is no other from which devout souls receive so much grace, hope, and sweetness.    Hence Richard of St. Laurence encourages sinners to have recourse to this great name," because it alone will suffice to cure them of all their evils; and "there is no disorder, however malignant, that does not immediately yield to the power of the name of Mary." The Blessed Raymond Jordano says, "that however hardened and diffident a heart may be, the name of this most Blessed Virgin has such efficacy, that if it is only pronounced that heart will be wonderfully softened." Moreover, it is well known, and is daily experienced by the clients of Mary, that her powerful name gives the particular strength necessary to overcome temptations against purity.    In fine, "thy name, 0 Mother of God, is filled with divine graces and blessings," as St. Methodius says. So much so, that St. Bonaventure declares, "that thy name, 0 Mary, cannot be pronounced without bringing some grace to him who does so devoutly.". . grant, 0 Lady, that we may often remember to name thee with love and confidence; for this practice either shows the possession of divine grace, or else is a pledge that we shall soon recover it.    On the other hand, Thomas a Kempis affirms "that the devils fear the Queen of heaven to such a degree, that only on hearing her great name pronounced, they fly from him who does so as from a burning fire." The Blessed Virgin herself revealed to St. Bridget "that there is not on earth a sinner, however devoid he may be of the love of God, from whom the devil is not obliged immediately to fly, if he invokes her holy name with a determination to repent." On another occasion she repeated the same thing to the saint, saying, "that all the devils venerate and fear her name to such a degree, that on hearing it they immediately loosen the claws with which they hold the soul captive." Our Blessed Lady also told St. Bridget, "that in the same way as the rebel angels fly from sinners who invoke the name of Mary, so also do the good angels approach nearer to just souls who pronounce her name with devotion." Promises    Consoling indeed are the promises of help made by Jesus Christ to those who have devotion to the name of Mary; for one day in the hearing of St. Bridget, He promised His most holy Mother that He would grant three special graces to those who invoke that holy name with confidence: first, that He would grant them perfect sorrow for their sins; secondly, that their crimes should be atoned for; and, thirdly, that He would give them strength to attain perfection, and at length the glory of paradise. And then our Divine Savior added: "For thy words, 0 My Mother, are so sweet and agreeable to Me, that I cannot deny what thou askest."    St. Ephrem goes so far as to say, "that the name of Mary is the key of the gates of heaven," in the hands of those who devoutly invoke it. And thus it is not without reason that St. Bonaventure says "that Mary is the salvation of all who call upon her." "0 most sweet name! 0 Mary, what must thou thyself be, since thy name alone is thus amiable and gracious," exclaims Blessed Henry Suso.    Let us, therefore, always take advantage of the beautiful advice given us by St. Bernard, in these words: "In dangers, in perplexities, in doubtful cases, think of Mary, call on Mary; let her not leave thy lips; let her not depart from thy heart." Names of Jesus and Mary    In every danger of forfeiting divine grace, we should think of Mary, and invoke her name, together with that of Jesus; FOR THESE TWO NAMES ALWAYS GO TOGETHER. 0, then, never let us permit these two most sweet names to leave our hearts, or be off our lips; for they will give us strength not only not to yield, but to conquer all our temptations.    "The invocation of the sacred names of Jesus and Mary," says Thomas a Kempis, "is a short prayer which is as sweet to the mind, and as powerful to protect those who use it against the enemies of their salvation, as it is easy to remember." Hour of Death    Thus we see that the most holy name of Mary is sweet indeed to her clients during life, on account of the very great graces that she obtains for them. But sweeter still will it be to them in death, on account of the tranquil and holy end that it will insure them.    Let us then, 0 devout reader, beg God to grant us, that at death the name of Mary may be the last word on our lips. This was the prayer of St. Germanus: "May the last movement of my tongue be to pronounce the name of the Mother of God;" 0 sweet, 0 safe is that death which is accompanied and protected by so saying a name; for God only grants the grace of invoking it to those whom He is about to save.    Father Sertorius Caputo, of the Society of Jesus, exhorted all who assist the dying frequently to pronounce the name of Mary; for this name of life and hope, when repeated at the hour of death, suffices to put the devils to flight, and to comfort such persons in their sufferings.    "Blessed is the man who loves thy name, 0 Mary" exclaims St. Bonaventure. "Yes, truly blessed is he who loves thy sweet name, 0 Mother of God! for," he continues, "thy name is so glorious and admirable, that no one who remembers it has any fears at the hour of death." Such is its power, that none of those who invoke it at the hour of death fear the assaults of their enemies.    St. Camillus de Lellis urged the members of his community to remind the dying often to utter the holy names of Jesus and Mary. Such was his custom when assisting people in their last hour.    Oh, that we may end our lives as did the Capuchin Father, Fulgentius of Ascoli, who expired singing, "0 Mary, 0 Mary, the most beautiful of creatures! let us depart together."     Let us conclude with the tender prayer of St. Bonaventure:    "I ask thee, 0 Mary, for the glory of thy name, to come and meet my soul when it is departing from this world, and to take it in thine arms." Copies of “MARY THE POWER OF HER NAME” available in leaflet form from: Holy Wounds Apostolate, Inc.

[Diego1618]

And the Nicene Creed is said at every Mass

I don't think the creed comes from scripture....I believe it comes from 4th century tradition. You have included many other unscriptural things in your traditions also....so why not.

[Diego1618]

But to go the other extreme and say that she does not deserve *any* higher praise than, say St. Peter, is nonsense

Luke 11:27-28, As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, "Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you." He replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it."

If the Lord thought we should pay his mother any special consideration this would have been a good time to let us know.

[Diego1618]

And what do you think Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul were if not members of the Church?

They were not members of The Catholic Church....if that is what you're getting at. They were members of The Chuch of God.

Acts 20:28

I Corinth 10:32

I Corinth 11:22

I Corinth 15:9

Galations 1:13

I Corinth 1:2

II Corinth 1:1

I Tim 3:5

I Tim 3:15

I Corinth 11:16

I Thess 2:14

II Thess 1:4

And one time in Romans 16:16 was it called the Church of Christ. John 17:11 Jesus prayed that God the Father would keep the Church in His (the Father's) own name.

Even Polycarp in the first century was still referring to them as The Church of God. (Polycarp to the Phillipians, around 110/140 A.D.) They were never called Catholics in scripture.

[Diego1618]

So you can teach whatever you want as long as it has a stamp on it from Rome

You will spend a long time looking for that. It is surely a shame that a lot of folks do just that.

[Diego1618]

Don't be so insulting. You do worship Mary.

Norm....you are spinning your wheels on that one. They will never admit that.

[Conservative til I die]

The Bible/Word of God was written by God, period. There is no over arching authority over God's Word.

Yeah, in the original King's English no less! And then shortly after the KJV fell out of the sky!

Your arguments are getting sillier and sillier. Time for you to go back to cherry picking troubled, ignorant ex-Catholics for conversions.

[Diego1618]

I've trudged through RC writings before

This is priceless!

[Conservative til I die]

BTW, Rome/RCC is not the Body of Christ/Church. If it was, the bible would say so.

It's right in the Scriptures. Plain as day no less. If you want to play silly semantics games (and I feel sorry for you if that's all you have left), the descriptor "Roman" is just a later innovation. Actually it was really something applied to us by Anglicans thinking that playing semantic games themselves would somehow elevate them to true (Anglican) Catholic status.

1 Tim 3:15
But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.

[Salvation]

Have you ever asked anyone to pray for you?

[Salvation]

Holy Tradition.

You are baiting people, aren't you?

[Conservative til I die]

Answer the question: How do we discern that Luke or any of the other Gospels, Epistles, or Pastoral Letters are really divinely inspired? How did we discern that the Gospel of Thomas and dozens of other Gospels, Epistles, and Pastoral Letters were not divinely inspired?

You have to use Sola Scriptura to prove your point.

[Conservative til I die]

On the one hand, the official "party line" of the RCC is nicely spelled out (hyperdulia, etc.)

Words mean things. When we talk about veneration, hyperdulia, etc. it means exactly that. When we talk about adoration and worship, it means exactly that. No reason for the conspiracy theories about "party lines" and the dark hidden truth.

but in practice, anything and everything Marian is tolerated.

Overly broad and vauge statement without examples of course. However, easily disproven. Someone who elevates Mary to goddess or makes her the fourth part of the Trinity is a heretic. So, by definition, not everything and anything is acceptable.

[Diego1618]

Mary is temporal, temporary, bearing God's image, but mortal. Destined for resurrection on the last day.

Mary is special indeed....but mortal like you say. She was called blessed among women, (Luke 1:42), but still a sinner. (Romans 3:23)

[Conservative til I die]

I always wondered why Catholics don't treat Mary's mother the same as they treat Mary.

After all, if she was born without sin, immaculate, then her Mother, I'm sure, was also born without sin, to carry Marry.

And if Mary is the Mother of God, then her Mother is the Mother of the Mother of God, and is also worthy of being prayed to, and looked to as the intercessor between Mary and the sinner...

After all, if sinners need an intercessor between Jesus and them, why don't sinners also need an intercessor between Mary and them?

Ed

Such pointless and silly questions are asked when one is completely devoid of knowledge about the Catholic faith. Disappointing, but not unexpected.

A good idea is to go to www.google.com and look up "Mary" and "Original Sin". There should be about four or five thousand sites that deal with this issue.

[Salvation]

If he had, he would have found evidences that he could have used on this thread to support the veneration of Mary.

Hmmmm.

[Conservative til I die]

Matthew 6:6-7,"When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

Two questions:

Is not the Lord's Prayer what our friend said he prays every day

Do you have a problem with someone praying the Lord's Prayer multiple times?

[Conservative til I die]

I don't think the creed comes from scripture....I believe it comes from 4th century tradition. You have included many other unscriptural things in your traditions also....so why not.

What could you possibly take issue with from the Nicene Creed? Man, scratch a Protestant and uncover an anti-Christian.

[Salvation]

The Life Of Saint Ann[and St.Joachim]

[Conservative til I die]

The Church of God is the Catholic Church.

You're not one of those people that thinks the "trademarked" name means everything, are you? You know, the people that think the "Church of Christ" is the true Church because they call themselves the "Church of Christ", as if the name divorced from history, tradition, and context means anything.

[Conservative til I die]

Even Polycarp in the first century was still referring to them as The Church of God. (Polycarp to the Phillipians, around 110/140 A.D.) They were never called Catholics in scripture

God was never called "Triune" in Scripture either. Yet we can still discern that He is through exegesis, combined with Tradition and dogmatic proclamations made by the early Church.