{"id":338,"date":"2018-03-30T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=338"},"modified":"2018-03-24T06:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T10:51:20","slug":"day-24-knowledge-of-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/day-24-knowledge-of-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 24 – Knowledge of Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 24 – Mary and the Church<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John:<\/p>\n

[S]tanding by the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he said to his mother, \u201cWoman, behold, your son!\u201d Then he said to the disciple, \u201cBehold, your mother!\u201d And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfil the Scripture), \u201cI thirst.\u201d (John 19:25-28)<\/em><\/p>\n

From Pope Francis\u2019s Apostolic Exhortation The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium<\/em> #285-286):<\/p>\n

On the cross, when Jesus endured in his own flesh the dramatic encounter of the sin of the world and God\u2019s mercy, he could feel at his feet the consoling presence of his mother and his friend. At that crucial moment, before fully accomplishing the work which his Father had entrusted to him, Jesus said to Mary: \u201cWoman, here is your son\u201d. Then he said to his beloved friend: \u201cHere is your mother\u201d (Jn <\/em>19:26-27). These words of the dying Jesus are not chiefly the expression of his devotion and concern for his mother; rather, they are a revelatory formula which manifests the mystery of a special saving mission. Jesus left us his mother to be our mother. Only after doing so did Jesus know that \u201call was now finished\u201d(Jn <\/em>19:28). At the foot of the cross, at the supreme hour of the new creation, Christ led us to Mary. He brought us to her because he did not want us to journey without a mother, and our people read in this maternal image all the mysteries of the Gospel. The Lord did not want to leave the Church without this icon of womanhood. Mary, who brought him into the world with great faith, also accompanies \u201cthe rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus\u201d (Rev <\/em>12:17). The close connection between Mary, the Church and each member of the faithful, based on the fact that each in his or her own way brings forth Christ, has been beautifully expressed by Blessed Isaac of Stella: \u201cIn the inspired Scriptures, what is said in a universal sense of the virgin mother, the Church, is understood in an individual sense of the Virgin Mary… In a way, every Christian is also believed to be a bride of God\u2019s word, a mother of Christ, his daughter and sister, at once virginal and fruitful… Christ dwelt for nine months in the tabernacle of Mary\u2019s womb. He dwells until the end of the ages in the tabernacle of the Church\u2019s faith. He will dwell forever in the knowledge and love of each faithful soul\u201d. (Isaac of Stella, Sermo <\/em>51: PL 194, 1863, 1865.)<\/p>\n

Mary was able to turn a stable into a home for Jesus, with poor swaddling clothes and an abundance of love. She is the handmaid of the Father who sings his praises. She is the friend who is ever concerned that wine not be lacking in our lives. She is the woman whose heart was pierced by a sword and who understands all our pain\u2026. As she did with Juan Diego, Mary offers [us] maternal comfort and love, and whispers in [our] ear: \u201cLet your heart not be troubled\u2026 Am I not here, who am your Mother?\u201d (Nican Mopohua<\/em>, 118-119.)<\/p>\n

Reflection:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>After Jesus gave us His Mother to be our Mother, the Gospel says that He knew all was finished. Mary is able to turn the stable of our hearts into a home for Jesus, no matter how poor we feel we are. He knew that we needed a Mother to make the journey of Christian faith. In Mary we have a Mother and in the Church we have Mother. As Blessed Isaac of Stella taught us, what we can say about Mary, we can say about the Church. In one of the Church\u2019s sacramentals of healing, the priest prays for the one who \u201cad Ecclesiae sinum recurrit<\/em>,\u201d (seeks refuge in the womb of the Church). The womb of Mary is the womb of the Church and that is the place of true liberation and healing. Through Marian consecration we come to see our relationship with the Church as being in the womb of our Mother and we discover the consolation and transformation that come from being so rooted in grace and surrounded by prayer.<\/p>\n

Prayer:<\/a><\/p>\n

Litany of the Holy Spirit or Veni Sancte Spiritus<\/p>\n

Rosary (or at least one decade) followed by the Litany of Loreto<\/p>\n

Prayer of Entrustment to the Womb of Mary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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