MARY, OUR MOTHER: Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph

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Topic: Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary

January 23

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Quote:

"Mary then made known to [St. Joseph] that she had taken a vow of chastity and begged him to aid her in keeping it faithfully, upon which St. Joseph discovered to her that he also had made the like vow at the age of twelve years."

Ven. Mary of Agreda, The Divine Life of the Virgin Mary, (Tan Books), 41.

Meditation:

"Filled with joy at the conformity of sentiment and will with which God had inspired them, they renewed their vows and promised to mutually aid each other in the path of perfection."

Ven. Mary of Agreda, The Divine Life of the Virgin Mary, (Tan Books), 41.

Pope Pius XI

"[Marriage] must have as its primary purpose that man and wife help each other day by day in forming and perfecting themselves in the interior life, so that through their partnership in life they may advance ever more and more in virtue, and above all that they may grow in love toward God and their neighbor on which indeed 'dependeth the whole Law and the Prophets.'"

Pope Pius XI, Casti Connubii, #23.

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Resolution:

The true end of any vocation, including marriage, is the growth of the interior life. What can I do so that my vocation leads me towards a growth in holiness? Today, I will try to put aside a few minutes so that I can ask (in a conversational way) Our Lady and St. Joseph to help me discover the answer to this question. This will be my first step towards a day with more attention to my interior life.

Marian Vow:

"The Tertiaries of the Immaculate should have a holy respect for the body that is 'the temple of the Holy Spirit' (1 Cor 6, 19) and they should observe the Christian precepts of living a chaste life according to their proper state to the edification of so many who have need of genuine testimony against all the desecrations of an idolized body."

Marian Seraphic Pathways, Traccia #48.

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

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Quotes from 'The Glories of Mary':

‘I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head.’

(Gen. 3:15)

“Since the devil is the head of original sin, this head it was that Mary crushed: for sin never had any entry into the soul of this Blessed Virgin, which was consequently free from all stain.”

Saint Augustine

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame!
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,
to which I may continually come;
you have given the command to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.
Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;
you are he who took me from my mother's womb.
My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,
but you are my strong refuge.
My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;
those who watch for my life consult together
and say, “God has forsaken him;
pursue and seize him,
for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;
with scorn and disgrace may they be covered
who seek my hurt.

But I will hope continually
and will praise you yet more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;
I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
Your righteousness, O God,
reaches the high heavens.
You who have done great things,
O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamities
will revive me again;
from the depths of the earth
you will bring me up again.
You will increase my greatness
and comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harp
for your faithfulness, O my God;
I will sing praises to you with the lyre,
O Holy One of Israel.
My lips will shout for joy,
when I sing praises to you;
my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long,
for they have been put to shame and disappointed
who sought to do me hurt.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph

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