MARY IMMACULATE
HER SANCTITY
HER SANCTITY
All that we have been contemplating in the previous meditation referred to the physical beauty of Our Lady, but with what can we compare the beauty of Her soul? Let us now pause and try to fathom its depths.
1. Sanctity on Earth Consists in Grace.
But who had greater grace than Mary who was said to have reached the plenitude of grace? A soul in the grace of God is the most beautiful sight that can be imagined upon earth. It is just a reflection of the beauty of God Himself. Think of the great sanctity attained by some saints of the Church of God. Think of the sanctity of St. Monica, who was able to produce a saint like Augustine; of St. Elizabeth who converted a whole kingdom to God; of St. Theresa of Jesus who was told by God that just for her He would have willingly created the world with all its wonders. Recall the names of St. Francis Xavier, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Paul of the Cross, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Cecilia who daily used to converse with the angels, St. Agnes whose only stain was that of her own blood shed on the altar of her virginity. Think of the thousands upon thousands of saints who daily exhale the perfume of their sanctity in the Garden of the Church. Put together and compare it with that of Mary. She at the very first moment of Her Conception possesses more sanctity and grace than all those saints together. Where they end She begins: Fundamenta eius in montibus sanctis.
What then will Mary be?
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations' Book]
1. Sanctity on Earth Consists in Grace.
But who had greater grace than Mary who was said to have reached the plenitude of grace? A soul in the grace of God is the most beautiful sight that can be imagined upon earth. It is just a reflection of the beauty of God Himself. Think of the great sanctity attained by some saints of the Church of God. Think of the sanctity of St. Monica, who was able to produce a saint like Augustine; of St. Elizabeth who converted a whole kingdom to God; of St. Theresa of Jesus who was told by God that just for her He would have willingly created the world with all its wonders. Recall the names of St. Francis Xavier, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Paul of the Cross, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Cecilia who daily used to converse with the angels, St. Agnes whose only stain was that of her own blood shed on the altar of her virginity. Think of the thousands upon thousands of saints who daily exhale the perfume of their sanctity in the Garden of the Church. Put together and compare it with that of Mary. She at the very first moment of Her Conception possesses more sanctity and grace than all those saints together. Where they end She begins: Fundamenta eius in montibus sanctis.
What then will Mary be?
[Excerpted from 'Marian Meditations' Book]
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