Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Belong wholly to God through Mary in time, in order to belong wholly to God with Mary for eternity

* September 23 – Our Lady of Valvancre (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio (d.1968) * Belong wholly to God through Mary in time, in order to belong wholly to God with Mary for eternity ---

An initiative of the Mary of Nazareth Association

September 23 – Our Lady of Valvancre (Spain) - Saint Padre Pio (d.1968)

Belong wholly to God through Mary in time, in order to belong wholly to God with Mary for eternity

(Padre Pio celebrating Mass. His Mass would often last hours, as the mystic received visions and experienced sufferings. Note the coverings worn on his hands to cover his stigmata.) (Wikipedia)

Saint Padre Pio opened himself up to God’s request and Jesus came to him to relive the mystery of his Cross.

This is how he brought into our world the substantial presence of Jesus and Mary, for you can never separate the Redeemer from the Woman who was his "generous collaboratrix in his Work of Redemption," to borrow the beautiful expression of Pope Pius XII in the speech he gave on November 1, 1950, for the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption.

When Padre Pio was present, one could say that Jesus and Mary were there too, through him. And because he was the instrument of a Presence that was beyond his humanity—since it was that of the Lord and His Mother—Padre Pio reached the summit of his priestly vocation: he was both Priest and Victim.

This presence of Jesus and Mary in Padre Pio was tangible to those who approached him because he personally lived this mysterious yet real presence. In this way, he taught us how to belong wholly to God through Mary in time, in order to belong wholly to God with Mary for eternity.

Photos from http://www.stsaviourswaterford.com/

Father Jean Derobert (d.2013)
Source: apotres.amour.free.fr

www.mariedenazareth.com

( Pictured is Beniamino Gigli with Padre Pio ).

[My mother said we were related to the renowned tenor Beniamino Gigli.]

Let’s pray together

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death.
Amen.

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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, September 23, 2015