MARY IN GOD'S MIND
3. The Idea of Mary in You.
Now God expects your imitation also in this.
He wants that His central idea should also be your central thought, the one that gives warmth and action to the life of your soul.
She before any other creature was predestined to grace, to glory, to the incomparable dignity of God's Mother. But after Her we also have been predestined to the never failing grace and to the glory that awaits us if we correspond to it. Ours is the peerless dignity of being called, and indeed of being, children of God and brothers /sisters of Christ. But this dignity is intimately linked to Mary. She is our Mother. She it is that will grant us the grace of being a child of God.
Therefore, all your dignity and glory must come from God but through Mary. Do you now realize why the Lord expects Her to be the ruling thought of your life? Is it so in reality? How do you achieve this wonderful divine plan? Do you earnestly endeavor that Mary should be the central thought, the driving force that prompts all your actions? Do you act accordingly by thinking of Her always, seeing Her in everything, trying to copy Her and by dint of exercise being Her living and perfect picture?
Ask grace from God and help from Our Lady that henceforth you may do so. Let her be your constant preoccupation, your constant thought. Never do anything without Her, for such is the Will of God. Do not now spoil God's plan by self-love or any other passion. Let nothing block your way thus to see, know and love your Mother.
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations.']
Now God expects your imitation also in this.
He wants that His central idea should also be your central thought, the one that gives warmth and action to the life of your soul.
She before any other creature was predestined to grace, to glory, to the incomparable dignity of God's Mother. But after Her we also have been predestined to the never failing grace and to the glory that awaits us if we correspond to it. Ours is the peerless dignity of being called, and indeed of being, children of God and brothers /sisters of Christ. But this dignity is intimately linked to Mary. She is our Mother. She it is that will grant us the grace of being a child of God.
Therefore, all your dignity and glory must come from God but through Mary. Do you now realize why the Lord expects Her to be the ruling thought of your life? Is it so in reality? How do you achieve this wonderful divine plan? Do you earnestly endeavor that Mary should be the central thought, the driving force that prompts all your actions? Do you act accordingly by thinking of Her always, seeing Her in everything, trying to copy Her and by dint of exercise being Her living and perfect picture?
Ask grace from God and help from Our Lady that henceforth you may do so. Let her be your constant preoccupation, your constant thought. Never do anything without Her, for such is the Will of God. Do not now spoil God's plan by self-love or any other passion. Let nothing block your way thus to see, know and love your Mother.
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations.']
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