Mary Vitamin for July 14th
Topic: Our Lady and St. Catherine Laboure
Quote:
Father Dirvin from his book St. Catherine Laboure,
"On a Midsummer's night July 18, 1830, the eve of the feast of St. Vincent de Paul** 'Our Lady came to Paris. She came, not to the shadowy vastness of her Cathedral of Notre Dame, but to the narrow back street called the rue de Bac, to the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity."
St. Catherine Laboure, (Tan Books), 80.
Meditation:
St. Catherine Laboure was a child prodigy. She was always a model of prayer and grace to the people in her life. After the death of her mother she took over the duties of managing a large household and the staff that tended the farm. In addition to her heavy workload, she rose early before the rest of the household so that she could complete her morning chores and be free to walk to early Mass. She always showed great spirituality and prudence.
On the night St. Catherine was destined to see the Holy Mother of God, she received a second class relic of St. Vincent de Paul. Hours before the heavenly visit, St. Catherine clutched the small piece of cloth from the surplice of her holy Father (the founder of the order) and confided to this great Saint of Charity the many secrets of her interior life in a loving conversation.
The visit of Our Lady to St. Catherine in July 1830, was a visit for Catherine --not for the world. The two hour conversation between Mother and daughter centered on Catherine's vocation and the mission Catherine would live out for the glory of God.
One would have to conclude that the piety of St. Catherine Laboure was very pleasing to Our Lady.
Resolution:
Today, in imitation of the Marian saint Catherine Laboure, I will strive to deepen my relationship with one of my patron saints in heaven. I will try to converse with a saint the way I would speak to one of my friends.
(Patron saints index has biographical information on saints.)
Marian Vow:
"Spiritual progress - something to which members who profess the form of gospel life via the Marian vow are especially obliged - occurs in accord with the principles of a spiritual theology with distinctively Franciscan features and is lived in the light of the Immaculate, as a journey to the Most Holy Trinity through Her, with Her and in Her.
To achieve this there is need to read the lives of saints - particularly of Franciscan Saints - saints being a most secure means of bringing us to union with Christ, in which holiness consists, amid the changes of the times" (LG 7)."
Article 7 of the Statutes of the Marian Seraphic Pathways.
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Thanks be to God for graces received.
**St. Vincent de Paul's feast day has been transferred to September 27th.
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"May the Lord grant all your prayers!" (Psalm 20)
Deacon John
http://www.google.com/profiles/deaconjohn1987
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