Meditation 75
THE DEATH OF MARY
1. The Reality of Her Death.
Mary, although not bound by the law of death, truly died. Death being the punishment of sin, in Mary's case it could not be so for She had not contracted even original sin, neither had any actual sin or the slightest stain or the most insignificant imperfection ever soiled Her. However, God wanted Her to die that She should in this manner imitate Her Son Who also underwent death; that She might have Her merits increased by going through that terrible and hateful humiliation, never deserved by Her; and above all that Her death might be an example and consolation for us at the moment of our death.
It was quite fitting that Jesus should die in order to give an abundance of satisfaction for us, conquer the death of sin through His own death, show us that He was truly man, equal to us, capable of suffering, of feeling, of dying like the rest of us all, and experience in Himself the anguish of that hour so as to be an admirable example of fortitude and patience for us in our agony. If it was then so fitting for Christ to die, would it not also be so for His Mother? If the Redeemer dies, should not the Co-redemptrix also die?
In front of this reality of the death of Mary, think of the reality of your own death. You must certainly die, because if death entered the world through sin, your sins have deserved death a thousand times. With your death you must atone for your offenses against God.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
THE DEATH OF MARY
1. The Reality of Her Death.
Mary, although not bound by the law of death, truly died. Death being the punishment of sin, in Mary's case it could not be so for She had not contracted even original sin, neither had any actual sin or the slightest stain or the most insignificant imperfection ever soiled Her. However, God wanted Her to die that She should in this manner imitate Her Son Who also underwent death; that She might have Her merits increased by going through that terrible and hateful humiliation, never deserved by Her; and above all that Her death might be an example and consolation for us at the moment of our death.
It was quite fitting that Jesus should die in order to give an abundance of satisfaction for us, conquer the death of sin through His own death, show us that He was truly man, equal to us, capable of suffering, of feeling, of dying like the rest of us all, and experience in Himself the anguish of that hour so as to be an admirable example of fortitude and patience for us in our agony. If it was then so fitting for Christ to die, would it not also be so for His Mother? If the Redeemer dies, should not the Co-redemptrix also die?
In front of this reality of the death of Mary, think of the reality of your own death. You must certainly die, because if death entered the world through sin, your sins have deserved death a thousand times. With your death you must atone for your offenses against God.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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