Wednesday, July 07, 2010

[MaryVitamin] becoming little

 

Mary Vitamin for July 7th
 
Topic: 
 Placing ourselves in Our Lady's hands so that we become "little."
 
Quote:
In order to belong to Jesus we must be little, but few want to remain in that littleness.
St. Therese of Lisieux
 
Meditation:
S. Louis de Montfort
Consecrating ourselves in this way to Jesus through Mary implies placing our good deeds in Mary's hands. Now, although these deeds may appear good to us, in reality they are often defective. They are tainted by pride, or smug presumption, and in truth they are not worthy of God, who is himself eternally perfect, all-pure, and all powerful. He dwells in inaccessible splendor and majesty. Before him, the sun itself lacks brightness. It is folly to attempt to stand before the awesome God, or even before Christ Jesus the Lord, trusting in the value of our own faith and merit.
 
Resolution:
Today I will work on placing all my prayers, all my good deeds, all my failures into Our Lady's hands that she may make them fitting for God. I will open my hands before my image of Our Lady and spiritually offer these things to Our Lady. I will ask her to make them acceptable to God.
 
Marian Vow:
St. Louis de Montfort
It is easy to enroll in a confraternity; easy to undertake this devotion, and say every day the few vocal prayers prescribed. The chief difficulty is to enter into its spirit, which requires an interior dependence on Mary, and effectively becoming her slave and the slave of Jesus through her. I have met many people who with admirable zeal have set about practising exteriorly this holy slavery of Jesus and Mary, but I have met only a few who have caught its interior spirit, and fewer still who have persevered in it.
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
 
Thanks be to God for graces received.
 
 

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