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Posted on 12/12/2017 12:13:51 PM PST by CMRosary
LET US CONTEMPLATE the sentiments of profound respect and maternal tenderness, which fill the soul of our Blessed Lady, now that she has conceived Jesus in her chaste womb: he is her God, and yet he is her Son. Let us think upon this wonderful dignity bestowed upon a creature; and let us honor the Mother of our God. It was by this mystery that was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaias: Behold, a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son; and that of Jeremias: The Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth; a Woman shall compass a Man. The Gentiles themselves had received the tradition of these prophecies. Thus, in the old Pagan Carnutum (Chartres), there was an altar dedicated “To the Virgin that was to bring forth a Son” (Virgini Parituræ); and while modern rationalism, with its ignorant skepticism, was affecting to throw a doubt on this fact of history, the researches of science were discovering that Carnutum was far from being the only city of the West, which had such an altar.
But what human language could express the dignity of our Lady, that carries within her chaste womb Him that is the World’s Salvation! If Moses, after a mere colloquy with God, returned to the Israelites with the rays of the majesty of Jehovah encircling his head;—what an aureola of glory was due to Mary, who has within her, as in a living heaven, that very God himself! The Divine Wisdom tempers the effulgence of her glory that it be not visible to men; and this in order that the state of humility, which the Son of God has chosen as the one in which he would manifest himself to the world, should not be removed at the very onset by the dazzling glory which would, otherwise, have been seen gleaming from his Mother.
The sentiments which filled the Heart of Mary during these months of her ineffable union with the Divine Word, may be thus expressed in the words of the Spouse in the sacred Canticle: I sat under the shadow of him whom I desired; and his fruit was sweet to my palate. I sleep, but my heart watches. My soul melted when he spoke. I to my Beloved and my Beloved to me, who feedeth among the Lilies, till the day break, and the shadows retire. And if there ever were a human heart, that was forced, by the overpowering vehemence of its love of God, to use these other words of the same Canticle, it was Mary’s: O daughters of Jerusalem! stay me up with flowers, compass me about with fragrant fruits; for I languish with love. “These sweet words,” says the venerable Peter of Celles, “are those of the Spouse that dwelleth in the gardens, and is now near the time of her delivery. What so lovely in creation as this Virgin, who loves the Lord with such matchless love and is so exceedingly loved by this her Lord? It is She of whom the Scripture speaks, when it calls the Spouse, the dearest kind. What, too, so lovely as that well-beloved Son of God, born of his beloved Father from all eternity, and now, at the end of time, as the Apostle speaks, formed in the womb of his dearest Mother, and become to her, in the words of the same divine proverb, the sweetest fawn? Let us, therefore, cull our flowers, and offer them to both Child and Mother. But let me briefly tell you what are the flowers you must offer to our Lady. Christ says, speaking of his humanity, I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys. By him, therefore, let us purify our souls and bodies, and so be able to approach our God in chastity. Next, preserve this flower of purity from all that would injure it, for flowers are tender things, and soon droop and fade. Let us wash our hands among the innocent, and, with a pure heart, and pure body, and cleansed lips, and chaste soul, let us gather, in the paradise of our heavenly Father, our fresh flowers for the new Nativity of our New King. With these flowers let us stay up this most saintly Mother, this Virgin of Virgins, this Queen of Queens, this Lady of Ladies; that so we may deserve to receive the blessing of the Mother and the Divine Babe.”
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Would it be possible to either delete this so I can repost it as a Caucus thread, or edit the title to reflect that?
The Mary-hating neurotics haven’t swarmed yet.
Why do you think that FReepers hate Mary?
I watched a wonderful youtube video this morning about Our Lady of Guadalupe. Had pics of the reflections in her eyes of Juan Deigo and others and more. Talked about how the placement of the stars on her robe match the winter constellations. Except, they are reversed as if seen from out in space beyond said constellations.
Stunning, here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7nD_QNeKA
Also, as a young boy in Catholic school in the late 50’s, I was told about the reflections of Juan Diego in Mary’s eyes. Long before this latest research was done.
I love Mary - the one in Scripture.
Some do.
Well that’s sad.
The great lesson I learned as a child was never to fear the advance of technology, for it could only but prove what the Holy Catholic Church always has taught, even if at first blush it should appear otherwise. Have faith, and the truth will out.
No.
We will leave it up as it is.
Post it tomorrow as a Catholic Caucus thread if you wish.
Please monitor your threads and send me a FR mail about posts, such as #4, that are hateful, abusive and designed to paint those with opposing views as “Mary-hating neurotics” or other similar attacks.
If you wish to leave posts like that up, do not post as a caucus thread.
Post #4 will be left up as an example of the type of comments that are not appropriate for the Religion Forum.
It would have caused the Catholic Caucus designation to be removed anyway if you had used it in the title.
Thank you for understanding.
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