RICHARD II. KNEELS BEFORE THE VIRGIN AND CHILDACCOMPANIED BY STS. EDWARD & EDMUND AND ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST
From a picture by an unknown artist in the Wilton House Collection
MARY'S HEART - MERCY
4. Confidence and Love.
At this point you should be burning with great love towards Our Heavenly Mother. You should plunge with boundless confidence into Her motherly Heart. Consideration of this merciful Heart cannot possibly lead us to take advantage of Her bounty so as to feel safe in our sins. No, that would be monstrous!
But you must not through discouragement, mistrust and fear allow the devil to deceive you. No matter what your behavior was in the past, no matter how great your abuse of the graces that God granted to you, no matter how often you have fallen, and gone back on your word, nevertheless you should fall at the feet of Mary, for in front of Her no fear or mistrust can be justified. It was for this reason that God granted Her that Heart. Our Lord said that He did not want the death of the sinner and the Heart of Mary keeps on repeating these very same words to you.
Trust in the goodness of Your Mother. Love this bounteous Heart. Let nothing take from you this most sweet hope and trust in Her: O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary!
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
At this point you should be burning with great love towards Our Heavenly Mother. You should plunge with boundless confidence into Her motherly Heart. Consideration of this merciful Heart cannot possibly lead us to take advantage of Her bounty so as to feel safe in our sins. No, that would be monstrous!
But you must not through discouragement, mistrust and fear allow the devil to deceive you. No matter what your behavior was in the past, no matter how great your abuse of the graces that God granted to you, no matter how often you have fallen, and gone back on your word, nevertheless you should fall at the feet of Mary, for in front of Her no fear or mistrust can be justified. It was for this reason that God granted Her that Heart. Our Lord said that He did not want the death of the sinner and the Heart of Mary keeps on repeating these very same words to you.
Trust in the goodness of Your Mother. Love this bounteous Heart. Let nothing take from you this most sweet hope and trust in Her: O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary!
[Excerpted from 'MARIAN MEDITATIONS' Book by Rev. Dr. Ildefonso R. Villar, Salesian Philippine Province, Nihil Obstat; Imprimatur]
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