MARY AND THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
3. Effects of that Apparition.
a) Her joy was so great and so intense that only by a miracle could Our Lady stand it and yet live. Her joy was a spiritual and divine joy similar to that of Heaven which filled Her soul without tiring Her.
b) As a reward for Her fidelity and generosity in sacrifice God granted Her more intimate and profound compenetration with Her Divine Son. The compenetration was such that it reached the maximum which divinity could attain when giving itself to a creature.
c) She gained a clear knowledge, a more sublime contemplation of the divine work of Redemption and of the greatness of Her Son. Doubtless Jesus then revealed to Her His most sublime secrets, His plans and projects, His ascension into Heaven that was to take place in a few days, the foundation of His Church and the share She would take in it. Finally, the great secrets of Heaven; the many souls who were about to enter.
Let us also rejoice at Christ's glorious triumph and at the joy of Our Heavenly Mother. Repeat often the greeting of the Church: Regina caeli laetare, alleluia, "Rejoice, O Queen of Heaven." Ask for a share in Her joy, if not now, some day in Heaven; and do not forget that according to St. Paul we must derive from the resurrection of Our Lord a real aversion for the things of the earth that neither can nor should fill our heart; that we must look at the things above; that by living now detached from this one we must long for the next life; that the spirit of faith should render all our actions supernatural and thus confer on them a value which they cannot have of themselves; for only in this way they will become our crown in Heaven.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
3. Effects of that Apparition.
a) Her joy was so great and so intense that only by a miracle could Our Lady stand it and yet live. Her joy was a spiritual and divine joy similar to that of Heaven which filled Her soul without tiring Her.
b) As a reward for Her fidelity and generosity in sacrifice God granted Her more intimate and profound compenetration with Her Divine Son. The compenetration was such that it reached the maximum which divinity could attain when giving itself to a creature.
c) She gained a clear knowledge, a more sublime contemplation of the divine work of Redemption and of the greatness of Her Son. Doubtless Jesus then revealed to Her His most sublime secrets, His plans and projects, His ascension into Heaven that was to take place in a few days, the foundation of His Church and the share She would take in it. Finally, the great secrets of Heaven; the many souls who were about to enter.
Let us also rejoice at Christ's glorious triumph and at the joy of Our Heavenly Mother. Repeat often the greeting of the Church: Regina caeli laetare, alleluia, "Rejoice, O Queen of Heaven." Ask for a share in Her joy, if not now, some day in Heaven; and do not forget that according to St. Paul we must derive from the resurrection of Our Lord a real aversion for the things of the earth that neither can nor should fill our heart; that we must look at the things above; that by living now detached from this one we must long for the next life; that the spirit of faith should render all our actions supernatural and thus confer on them a value which they cannot have of themselves; for only in this way they will become our crown in Heaven.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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