The more we love God, the more we love our neighbor. If our love of neighbor grows, how much more will our love for the Holy Mother of God grow. No one can love Her more than Her Divine Son, and no one wants her loved and honored more than He does. Bl. William J. Chaminade said: “The honor of Mary is so intimately connected with the honor and glory of Jesus that to deny the one is at the same time a denial of the other.” After all, without Mary, there would be no Jesus, Savior. As she is our spiritual mother, she is more our mother than our earthly mother. All good earthly mothers nurture, teach and love their children as they attend to all the details ~ helping them to grow in holiness and setting them on the path to heaven. Children love and trust their mother. As Our Lady is the most perfect, holy, tender and loving Mother, She leads us to closer union with Her Divine Son and ultimately to heaven. She wants the best for us and gives us the best care and she will give us an over-abundance of graces. When we trust Her and we turn to her, She will take us by the hand and help us through this valley of travails. Trusting in this maternal cooperation, let us turn to Mary, imploring her help in all our needs. Blessed be the moment when we shall meet Her in Heaven!
Marian Devotion - the essence is love. ~~ There are so many important reasons to be devoted to Our Lady ~ and they all boil down to love. It can be likened to the honey bee! A hive of bees has to fly 55,000 miles and visit TWO MILLION flowers in order to make ONE POUND of honey. The nectar from all those different flowers are vital to make up the pound of honey. Imagine! All the nectar gathered boils down to one pound ~ similarly - all the reasons for being devoted to Mary boils down to just one - LOVE!
The more we love God, the more we love our neighbor. If our love of neighbor grows, how much more will our love for the Holy Mother of God grow. No one can love Her more than Her Divine Son, and no one wants her loved and honored more than He does. Bl. William J. Chaminade said: “The honor of Mary is so intimately connected with the honor and glory of Jesus that to deny the one is at the same time a denial of the other.” After all, without Mary, there would be no Jesus, Savior. As she is our spiritual mother, she is more our mother than our earthly mother. All good earthly mothers nurture, teach and love their children as they attend to all the details ~ helping them to grow in holiness and setting them on the path to heaven. Children love and trust their mother. As Our Lady is the most perfect, holy, tender and loving Mother, She leads us to closer union with Her Divine Son and ultimately to heaven. She wants the best for us and gives us the best care and she will give us an over-abundance of graces. When we trust Her and we turn to her, She will take us by the hand and help us through this valley of travails. Trusting in this maternal cooperation, let us turn to Mary, imploring her help in all our needs. Blessed be the moment when we shall meet Her in Heaven!
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