MARY IMMACULATE
HER SANCTITY
HER SANCTITY
2. The Sanctity of Mary.
The reason of this superiority of Mary above all the saints together is that they all, as St. John says, had to wash their garments in the Blood of the Lamb. Then, if they had to wash them, it was because they were stained, at least, for some time, whereas the soul of Mary needed not washing because She had never in the least been stained. Go into a garden and pluck the most attractive delicately perfumed rose; examining its petals at close quarters you find dust, dirt, or stain, or sometimes even, deeply hidden in it a little insect, or a tiny worm. The same happens in the Garden of the Church. There are many flowers, lilies of purity, roses of love divine, violets of humility. However, all have a worm in their roots. All have been touched by the fang of the serpent. Mary, and Mary alone, is the flower without stain or thorn. She, the rose of the enclosed garden, is more pure than the sun which also has spots. That is why the Church sings that She is purer and brighter than light. How beautiful must the soul of Mary be!
[From 'Marian Meditations']
The reason of this superiority of Mary above all the saints together is that they all, as St. John says, had to wash their garments in the Blood of the Lamb. Then, if they had to wash them, it was because they were stained, at least, for some time, whereas the soul of Mary needed not washing because She had never in the least been stained. Go into a garden and pluck the most attractive delicately perfumed rose; examining its petals at close quarters you find dust, dirt, or stain, or sometimes even, deeply hidden in it a little insect, or a tiny worm. The same happens in the Garden of the Church. There are many flowers, lilies of purity, roses of love divine, violets of humility. However, all have a worm in their roots. All have been touched by the fang of the serpent. Mary, and Mary alone, is the flower without stain or thorn. She, the rose of the enclosed garden, is more pure than the sun which also has spots. That is why the Church sings that She is purer and brighter than light. How beautiful must the soul of Mary be!
[From 'Marian Meditations']
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