I am asking for love...
(c)Mary TV/ Anthony Zubac 2020
March 6, 2020
Dear Family of Mary!
Dear Family of Mary!
"Apostles of my love, it is a time of vigilance, and of you I am asking for love, that you not judge-anyone. Because the Heavenly Father will judge everyone." (March 2, 2020)
Our Lady calls us to hold vigil, but she doesn't stop there. She continues with a very difficult call:
"Of you I am asking for love... and that you not judge-anyone...."
Mother Mary knows that these two calls are both difficult, and lofty! If we embrace them both, we will be on the path to holiness, to be like her Son, Jesus.
In the Office of Readings for today, March 6, 2020, there is an incredible teaching by Saint Aelred, Abbot. (From "The Mirror of Love, Christ the Model of Brotherly Love"). It demonstrates perfectly how we can "love and not judge-anyone":
Mother Mary knows that these two calls are both difficult, and lofty! If we embrace them both, we will be on the path to holiness, to be like her Son, Jesus.
In the Office of Readings for today, March 6, 2020, there is an incredible teaching by Saint Aelred, Abbot. (From "The Mirror of Love, Christ the Model of Brotherly Love"). It demonstrates perfectly how we can "love and not judge-anyone":
The
perfection of brotherly love lies in the love of one's enemies. We can
find no greater inspiration for this than grateful remembrance of the
wonderful patience of Christ. He who is more fair than all the sons of
men offered his fair face to be spat upon by sinful men; he allowed
those eyes that rule the universe to be blindfolded by wicked men; he
bared his back to the scourges; he submitted that head which strikes
terror in principalities and powers to the sharpness of the thorns; he
gave himself up to be mocked and reviled, and at the end endured the
cross, the nails, the lance, the gall, the vinegar, remaining always
gentle, meek and full of peace.
In
short, he was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb before
the shearers he kept silent and did not open his mouth.
Who
could listen to that wonderful prayer, so full of warmth, of love, of
unshakeable serenity-Father, forgive them-and hesitate to embrace his
enemies with overflowing love? Father, he says, forgive them. Is any
gentleness, any love, lacking in this prayer?
Yet
he put into it something more. It was not enough to pray for them: he
wanted also to make excuses for them. Father, forgive them, for they do
not know what they are doing. They are great sinners, yes, but they have
little judgment; therefore, Father, forgive them. They are nailing me
to the cross, but they do not know who it is that they are nailing to
the cross: if they had known, they would never have crucified the Lord
of glory; therefore, Father, forgive them. They think it is a
lawbreaker, an impostor claiming to be God, a seducer of the people. I
have hidden my face from them, and they do not recognize my glory;
therefore, Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are
doing.
If someone wishes to
love himself, he must not allow himself to be corrupted by indulging his
sinful nature. If he wishes to resist the promptings of his sinful
nature, he must enlarge the whole horizon of his love to contemplate the
loving gentleness of the humanity of the Lord. Further, if he wishes to
savor the joy of brotherly love with greater perfection and delight, he
must extend even to his enemies the embrace of true love.
But
if he wishes to prevent this fire of divine love from growing cold
because of injuries received, let him keep the eyes of his soul always
fixed on the serene patience of his beloved Lord and Savior. (St. Aelred
- Christ, the Model of Brotherly Love.)
Thank you, dear Jesus! You are the perfect Model. May we follow you always!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
© Mary TV 2020
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