[MaryVitamin] Prayer, Our Lady and the Holy Spirit

 

Mary Vitamin for August 30th

 

Topic: Prayer, Our Lady and the Holy Spirit

 

Quote:

Father Gabriel Allegra, OFM

This veneration [of Our Lady] does not spring from our emotions, although it influences our feelings. It is the work of the Holy Spirit, who is the Soul of the Church and who continuously moves the Church to imitate Christ, and love, venerate and obey His holy and Immaculate Mother.

Mary's Immaculate Heart, (Franciscan Herald Press: 1985), 3.

 

Meditation:

Padre Pio

[R]emember the graces of prayer are not earthly but heavenly waters and no effort of ours can make them flow. Nevertheless we must prepare ourselves for them with great diligence, humbly and tranquilly: we must hold our heart open toward Heaven and await the celestial dew. Do not forget to carry this thought with you when you pray because it will bring you nearer to God.

Nesta de Robeck, Padre Pio, (Bruce Publishing: 1958), 111.

 

Resolution:

Today when I pass my image of Our Lady and say my regular prayers, I will remember that if I am reminded to pray to God through Our Lady, that I was prompted by the Holy Spirit. This is not my work but the work of God. I will concentrate on seeing my prayer as an act of the will rather than an emotional response to the image.

 

Marian Vow:

Fr. Stefano Manelli, FI

She is the "stamp" and most perfect "matrix" of Jesus, Her divine Son; She is always the most perfect "matrix" who reproduces Jesus in all those who give themselves to Her, especially those who give themselves to Her as Her "absolute property", attentive and docile under Her maternal action in purifying and sanctifying their souls.

The Marian Vow of Unimited Consecration to the Immaculate, (Immaculate Mediatrix Editions: 1996),17-8.

 

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 

Thanks be to God for graces received.

 

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