[4]Passion of Christ against satan; Part 29 - Life of Mary
Marida Ignacio
19 thru 25 on the "Life of Mary" series to jump to chapter/part
26 in commemoration of the Passion of our Lord. These parts 26 thru
33 are still from the same book but is more focused on the Passion of
our Lord.
I'll continue with "regular programming" next week, starting right back
on chapter/part 19.
-Marida
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DISCLAIMER: This compilation was based on saints, blesseds,
visionaries (4 in all) accounts of the "Life of Mary" as
"revealed" to them. It is NOT officially approved by the
Church as essential to our faith and belief. It is up to
individual reader's discretion to believe it or not.
This is here for simple contemplation on what "Holy life of
Our Blessed Virgin Mother" was and what virtues we can derive
from it.
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[from the book:
The Life of Mary as Seen by Mystics
Compiled by Raphael Brown
from Chap. 29. Holy Thursday]
Holy Thursday dawn, Jesus said to Mary: "My Mother, the hour decreed by
My Father for the salvation of the human race has now arrived, and we must
subject our wills to His. As My true Mother, give Me your permission to
enter upon My suffering and death. Just as you consented of your own free
will to My Incarnation, so I now desire that you also consent to My death
on the Cross. This sacrifice is the return which I ask of you for having
made you My Mother."
Mary, with sharp pain in her heart which she remember forever, lovingly
prostrated herself before Him and kissed His feet replying:
"My lord, I offer myself and resign myself, in order that in me, just
as in Thee, the will of the Eternal Father may be fulfilled. The greatest
sacrifice that i can make is that I cannot die with Thee. O my son and Lord,
give Thy afflicted Mother strength and courage. Admit her as Thy companion
so that she may share Thy Passion and Cross and so that the Eternal Father
may receive the sacrifice of Thy Mother in union with Thine."
Jesus promised to secretly give Himself to her in Holy Communion when He
instituted it as the Most Blessed Sacrament of His Body and Blood before
his death. Jesus instructed Mary to bring the Holy Women with her to
Jerusalem so as to prepare them for the shock of His death. Jesus also
told Mary when exacly He would first appear to her after His Resurrection.
Then with deep sorrow in His Sacred Heart and her Immaculate Heart, they
parted while at Jesus' command, Mary's guardian angels comforted her in this
overwhelming grief.
In the afternoon, Mary instructed the Holy Women so inspiringly on their way
to Jerusalem that they showed more courage and faithfulness to the Master
than His Apostles. The converted Mary Magdalen resolved to be with the
Blessed Virgin much more than ever.
The women arrived at the hall where the Last Supper would take place and
Mary, upon seeing her Son, prostrated herself on the floor and adored Him.
Then Jesus told her that she and the Holy Women occupy an adjoining room.
Mary Magdalen sat opposite the Blessed Virgin Mary around a low table.
Mary saw in visions the events that went on in the hall where Jesus and
the Apostles were - As St. John reclined on Jesus' bosom, Jesus revealed
to him privately that he would be commissioned to take care of Mary; Jesus
washing the feet of His Apostles including Judas. Mary frequently urged
the women around her to persever in faith and prayer.
(exact qoute)
Then, knowing that the moment of her First Holy Communion was near, the
Mother of God became absorbed in meditation as she contemplated the sacred
drama of the Institution of the Holy Eucharist, in close spiritual union
with her Son's prayers and actions. At the climax of this beautiful
and moving ceremony, immediately after the consecration, while Mary was
reverently adoring her divine Son in the Blessed Sacrament, in the presence
of God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, Our Lord took a particle of the
consecrated bread and gave it to the invisible Archangel Gabriel, who
brought it to Mary without anyone else being aware of what was happening.
When she saw Gabriel approach, she humbly received her Eucharist
Lord with reverence and fear and joy, giving thanks to God with all her
heart.
Later, when Jesus was about to leave the Cenacle with the Apostles, Mary
rose and went to meet Him at the door. Magdalen and another woman begged
Jesus not to go to the Mt. of Olives, for it was reported that He would be
arrested there. The Master comforted them with a few words. Then He came
face to face with His sorrowful Mother, who threw herself at His feet and
worshipped Him.
Looking down at her with divine majesty and also with the overflowing love
of a son, the Lord said to her: "My Mother, I shall be with you in
tribulation.
Let us accomplish the will of the Eternal Father and the salvation of men!"
Then, as Mary made a silent offering of her grieving heart to God, He gave
her His blessing, and stepping quickly pass her, He set out for Gethsemani.
(end qoute)
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* \/ Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you..."
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