Meditation 86
THE HEART OF MARY
THE HEART OF MARY
1. The Excellence of This Heart.
Let us take for our consideration some of the treasures which God was pleased to store in the Heart of His and Our Mother. The excellence of the Heart of Our Lady depends on its union with the Divine Heart of Jesus, that is to say, with the very same Heart of God. How intimate and true was Her union with the Divinity!
On account of Her dignity of Mother of God Mary had been admitted to share in God's life as much as it is possible for a creature. There was one time in Her life where really the life of God was the life of Mary. The life of God-made-man depended on the life of Mary. The Heart of God beat under the throbbings of the Heart of Mary. The union of both Hearts was such that there was a common life shared by both.
But the Heart of Mary always continued this life of union with the Heart of Her Son. That Heart had no other love, no other will, no other sentiments than those of the Heart of Jesus. Mary's Heart always responded like an echo to whatever took place in the Heart of Her Son.
Hence the excellence of this Most Pure Heart of Mary. Hence it was that this Heart of Mary loved God more than all the creatures of heaven and earth together. Hence it was that God was pleased with this Heart and with its love more than with that of all the angels and men together. We can imagine how beautiful it would have been if man had never sinned after the fall of Adam and that the hearts of all men had given themselves above all up to the love of God. And yet all this would have been insignificant, a something much below what is due to God.
The only heart that loves God with the love He deserves is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and after Him, but together with Him and through Him, the Most Pure Heart of Mary. This is the heart and this is the love with which God is certainly well pleased.
The Heart of Mary and the Heart of Her Son is a sublime union thanks to which the divine life of God flows down to, is shared and is loved by, the Heart of Our Lady.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
Let us take for our consideration some of the treasures which God was pleased to store in the Heart of His and Our Mother. The excellence of the Heart of Our Lady depends on its union with the Divine Heart of Jesus, that is to say, with the very same Heart of God. How intimate and true was Her union with the Divinity!
On account of Her dignity of Mother of God Mary had been admitted to share in God's life as much as it is possible for a creature. There was one time in Her life where really the life of God was the life of Mary. The life of God-made-man depended on the life of Mary. The Heart of God beat under the throbbings of the Heart of Mary. The union of both Hearts was such that there was a common life shared by both.
But the Heart of Mary always continued this life of union with the Heart of Her Son. That Heart had no other love, no other will, no other sentiments than those of the Heart of Jesus. Mary's Heart always responded like an echo to whatever took place in the Heart of Her Son.
Hence the excellence of this Most Pure Heart of Mary. Hence it was that this Heart of Mary loved God more than all the creatures of heaven and earth together. Hence it was that God was pleased with this Heart and with its love more than with that of all the angels and men together. We can imagine how beautiful it would have been if man had never sinned after the fall of Adam and that the hearts of all men had given themselves above all up to the love of God. And yet all this would have been insignificant, a something much below what is due to God.
The only heart that loves God with the love He deserves is the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and after Him, but together with Him and through Him, the Most Pure Heart of Mary. This is the heart and this is the love with which God is certainly well pleased.
The Heart of Mary and the Heart of Her Son is a sublime union thanks to which the divine life of God flows down to, is shared and is loved by, the Heart of Our Lady.
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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