![]() Greetings in Jesus and Mary.... We are now in the Octave of Pentecost and I pray you had a prayerful day yesterday. After the release of the document Friday, I have an ever more intense feeling to promote devotion to Our Blessed Mother. She is undoubtedly the best kept secret in the Catholic Church. You can be sure that the devil will do all that he can to keep it that way. She is the perfect way to Jesus Christ. She is the dispenser of God's graces. This is all by design by the Eternal Father. Satan is pride...Mary is humility. Being that Mary is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, She is given the fullness of God's grace to not only be our Mother but to dispense these gifts as She sees fit. For any of us to not be a devotee of Her, is foolish indeed!!!! It was in the writings of St. Maximillian Kolbe that I first understood to a greater extent Mary as the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. He writes so beautifully on this. In a quick sentence, he states that when we call upon Mary – it is never without the Holy Spirit because they cannot be separated. This is so beautiful because God is contained within Mary. Mary is the vessel that brings us God. This helps us to understand Her as the Mediatrix of all Graces. It was above all at the Incarnation of the Son of God that Mary became the true Spouse of the Holy Spirit for She conceived the Eternal Word in the power of the Holy Spirit. Through Mary, with Mary, and in Mary, the Holy Spirit brought forth the God-man, and in like manner, He brings forth, every day, to the End of Time, the elect children of God. St. Louis de Montfort says, “The Holy Ghost imparted to Mary His immeasurable gifts, and has made Her the dispenser of all His Graces, so that She distributes His gifts and graces to whom She wills, as much as She wills, and how and where She wills. No grace is given by Heaven to man except through her virginal hands.” St. Bernard and St. Alphonsus and many other theologians hold the same opinion. Mary was present with the Apostles at Pentecost and prayed with them during the nine day Novena preceding this great day of grace. It was chiefly due to Her prayers and ardent desires that the Holy Spirit came down with such treasures of grace. Through Mary we must seek grace, for She is the Spouse of the Holy Spirit and all graces are dispensed through Her hands. Since God is Love - let our prayer be: Mary teach me to love with Your love – let me love with Your Heart! Her passions, her thoughts, her actions will be placed into the hearts of her children. We should endeavor to have no thoughts and desires but the thoughts and desires of Mary because She is in perfect union with God. Mary’s desires are always the desires of God. It should be the desire of every child of Mary to look forward to when their soul is really and truly united to God so strongly that He will be able to make use of it as He wills, knowing that there will be no obstacle put in the way of the working of His Holy Spirit. We must strive to constantly keep watch over our hearts and to keep them pure and our souls empty of everything that is not of God. We must be vigilant in asking Mary to keep us humble. She will teach us that every grace given to us by God through Her should be faithfully attributed to God alone. God will then be able to use us for His greater glory knowing that He can trust that the work will be done in union with the Heart of Mary since that soul has been molded by Her. How happy we will be once we are founded in truth seeing the things of God by the light given to us by the Holy Spirit through the prayers and intercession of Our Mother Mary. This is the greatest effect of the Total Consecration. St. Louis de Montfort states that Mary’s faithful servant who advances not to the first, second or third step alone, but who makes this devotion their habitual state are souls given graces so great that these graces may be in some sense compared even to those enjoyed by our first parents in their state of innocence. This happy state is not gained without conflict, without struggle, without great molestations from the evil one. Especially today, are we shrouded in disbelief, sadness, confusion and fear. However, those who place themselves into the hands of Mary are placed securely and are protected so strongly from any assaults as long as we have recourse to Her – She will crush Satan’s head. Today more than ever do we need Her as Satan is definitely unleashed like never before. We have family and friends caught in his snares, deceived and confused about what really is Truth. We have high members of our own Church caught in these snares. WHY? They have not placed themselves in Her maternal Immaculate Heart. Having a true devotion to Her Immaculate Heart will lead us the the Most Blessed Trinity because The Blessed Trinity is found in Her Heart and She has been given the duty to protect us! It seems so simple but it takes a child's confidence and love to surrender to the arms of their mother. IT IS VERY VERY TRAGIC TO SEE SUCH PRIDE OF REFUSAL! In light of this latest document of apparitions, we can be sure that the messages of warning given by Our Heavenly Mother AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN are done with GREAT LOVE! She does not want ANY of Her children lost. Each of us was an innocent sweet little baby ....YET IT PAINS A MOTHER'S HEART TO THINK THAT SOME OF US WILL BE LOST FOR ETERNITY! May we pray for Mary's maternal Heart and pray the prayers of reparation taught at Fatima to win souls back to the Heart of Jesus Christ. May we pray to remain faithful to our Queen and Mother and may we pray earnestly for those who have strayed away. May we seek the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, Mary, in order to be united to God in the most perfect and secure way so that one day we may die in Her arms and be presented to Her Son. Oh Happy Happy Day! Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, pray for us to receive the necessary graces to obtain eternal life for ourselves and those whom we love!
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AuthorBernadette Porter is a Traditional Catholic, a wife of 44 years with 6 adult home-schooled children and 8 grandchildren. A sincere devotion to Mary, the Mother of God leads me to want to share "The Church's best kept secret" - Mary! Archives
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