THE HEART OF MARY
3. Its Beauty.
The sanctity of this Most Pure Heart renders it most beautiful in the sight of God and of the angels and men who contemplate it. If the Heart of the Virgin is holy, with the holiness it shares with God, it must also be most beautiful with a beauty taken from God. The Divine Essence is the source, cause and origin of all that is beautiful. Should the sun stop shinning, all the things of the earth would lose their beauty. We do not conceive natural beauty with out the light of the sun. So it is with the beauty of the soul. Without God there would be no beauty whatsoever, either in the natural order or especially as regards the supernatural beauty of the souls.
And since the Heart of Mary partakes of the beauty of God Himself, to the extent that it appears to be identically the same, how great and beautiful must be the Heart of Our Mother. The real and abiding beauty is that of the heart. The external beauty is just a reflection, a glimpse, of the eternal beauty. You can then imagine how all the beauty of Mary was contained and summed up in Her Heart.
The Church, ecstatic in front of the beauty of the Heart of Mary applies to Her the lyrical words of Holy Scripture: How beautiful Thou art! Thou art all shining. There is no stain to tarnish Thy beauty. Thou hast wounded the Heart of Thy Divine Spouse. The daughters of Sion, on seeing Thee, blessed and praised Thy beauty. Grace and charm has spread over Thy lips and spreads over Thy face. On account of Thy beauty God has blessed Thee from without. Prosperous walk on with the shining of that peerless beauty, ruling over all hearts as a Queen of incomparable splendor.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
3. Its Beauty.
The sanctity of this Most Pure Heart renders it most beautiful in the sight of God and of the angels and men who contemplate it. If the Heart of the Virgin is holy, with the holiness it shares with God, it must also be most beautiful with a beauty taken from God. The Divine Essence is the source, cause and origin of all that is beautiful. Should the sun stop shinning, all the things of the earth would lose their beauty. We do not conceive natural beauty with out the light of the sun. So it is with the beauty of the soul. Without God there would be no beauty whatsoever, either in the natural order or especially as regards the supernatural beauty of the souls.
And since the Heart of Mary partakes of the beauty of God Himself, to the extent that it appears to be identically the same, how great and beautiful must be the Heart of Our Mother. The real and abiding beauty is that of the heart. The external beauty is just a reflection, a glimpse, of the eternal beauty. You can then imagine how all the beauty of Mary was contained and summed up in Her Heart.
The Church, ecstatic in front of the beauty of the Heart of Mary applies to Her the lyrical words of Holy Scripture: How beautiful Thou art! Thou art all shining. There is no stain to tarnish Thy beauty. Thou hast wounded the Heart of Thy Divine Spouse. The daughters of Sion, on seeing Thee, blessed and praised Thy beauty. Grace and charm has spread over Thy lips and spreads over Thy face. On account of Thy beauty God has blessed Thee from without. Prosperous walk on with the shining of that peerless beauty, ruling over all hearts as a Queen of incomparable splendor.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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