MARY, OUR MOTHER

Meditation 89

MARY'S HEART - MOTHER'S HEART

1. A Mother's Heart.
Another symbol shown in the picture of the Most Pure Heart of Mary is fire. Her Heart is seen surrounded by flames, signifying that Her Heart exists in an ardent atmosphere which breaks into flames of divine fire; a fire which consumes internally and appears externally as though wanting to set the whole world on fire.

That symbol surely depicts the burning love contained in the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is the love of a mother. How great even the natural love of Mary must be! Is there anything more sublime than the heart of a mother? Where can we find a love which better deserves such a name? Where is there a love more similar to the love of God?

As a man is, so is his heart. His love sums up and pictures the entire man. The heart of a mother sums up all that is love on earth. A mother's heart is the masterpiece turned out by the hands of the Creator.

God Himself when picturing His love to mankind, when trying to make them know what His love is like, compares Himself to a mother. "For could a mother forget her child?" The heart of a mother is like a boundless ocean of love. Nothing can compare with it. That is why nature has given us many friends, many brothers and relations who no doubt love us tenderly but only one mother has been given to us. No other love for us ever equals her's. If God had enclosed so many wonders in the heart of a mother, what must He have done in the Heart of Mary? Is not She His own Mother? Yes, mother of God and mother of men. Can you, then, imagine what the heart of such a mother must be?

Give some thought to the sweet consideration on the heart of the Mother of God, on the heart of the Mother of men.

[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]