MARY'S LAST YEARS
2. Life of Fervor.
There is no sanctity without fervor. How great, then, was the fervor of Mary since Her sanctity was so high. Can you even imagine that She could do anything carelessly, ungracefully, distractedly, only through compulsion? She is always endeavoring to serve God as real handmaid, always better and always more; with an ever increasing charity, uprightness of intention, interest.
On the road to sanctity, to stop is to go back. Imagine, then, how great must have been the growth in virtue of that Heavenly Lady. While thinking of this be ashamed of yourself in Her presence. She, always pure, always holy, always full of grace, strives nevertheless ceaselessly after the better, never stopping while we, what are we doing? Let our heart give the answer.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
There is no sanctity without fervor. How great, then, was the fervor of Mary since Her sanctity was so high. Can you even imagine that She could do anything carelessly, ungracefully, distractedly, only through compulsion? She is always endeavoring to serve God as real handmaid, always better and always more; with an ever increasing charity, uprightness of intention, interest.
On the road to sanctity, to stop is to go back. Imagine, then, how great must have been the growth in virtue of that Heavenly Lady. While thinking of this be ashamed of yourself in Her presence. She, always pure, always holy, always full of grace, strives nevertheless ceaselessly after the better, never stopping while we, what are we doing? Let our heart give the answer.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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