THE PRESENTATION OF MARY
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3. You and Virginal Purity.
Meditate on the greatness of this virtue so that you may be induced to thank God for the love that He has put in your heart for it. To be a virgin is to be an angel on earth, but even with more merit than they. The angels are virgins: they cannot be otherwise because they are not of flesh. But for you, burdened with flesh and a corruptible body, saddled with all concupiscence in the midst of a corrupt world, with a constant struggle against the passions which the devil is fanning in you and around you, yet inspite of all to be pure, to be chaste, to be a virgin; all this although it may sound as an exaggeration is more than angelic. A pure soul is the image of Mary, is her faithful portrait. Such a soul is the spouse of God.
God's predilection for virginity goes to the extent of loving virginal souls as His spouses on whom He lavishes divine gifts, for whom He reserves such a singular reward which only a virgin can enjoy. In fact, they are the bodyguard of the Virgin of Virgins. They follow the Immaculate Lamb in close attendance, singing the hymn of virginity which they alone may sing. Glory to this virtue. Glory to Mary who taught us the value of virginity. Let this enthusiasm for virginity and for the Virgin of virgins encourage us in our difficulties, strengthen us to practice self-denial and penance and fervor, so that Christian purity may till the end of our life blossom within us without ever failing. So let it be, dear Mother Mary.
[From 'Marian Meditations' Book]
Meditate on the greatness of this virtue so that you may be induced to thank God for the love that He has put in your heart for it. To be a virgin is to be an angel on earth, but even with more merit than they. The angels are virgins: they cannot be otherwise because they are not of flesh. But for you, burdened with flesh and a corruptible body, saddled with all concupiscence in the midst of a corrupt world, with a constant struggle against the passions which the devil is fanning in you and around you, yet inspite of all to be pure, to be chaste, to be a virgin; all this although it may sound as an exaggeration is more than angelic. A pure soul is the image of Mary, is her faithful portrait. Such a soul is the spouse of God.
God's predilection for virginity goes to the extent of loving virginal souls as His spouses on whom He lavishes divine gifts, for whom He reserves such a singular reward which only a virgin can enjoy. In fact, they are the bodyguard of the Virgin of Virgins. They follow the Immaculate Lamb in close attendance, singing the hymn of virginity which they alone may sing. Glory to this virtue. Glory to Mary who taught us the value of virginity. Let this enthusiasm for virginity and for the Virgin of virgins encourage us in our difficulties, strengthen us to practice self-denial and penance and fervor, so that Christian purity may till the end of our life blossom within us without ever failing. So let it be, dear Mother Mary.
[From 'Marian Meditations' Book]
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