{"id":8892,"date":"2025-11-20T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2025-11-25T21:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T01:55:45","slug":"the-presentation-of-mary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/the-presentation-of-mary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"the Presentation of Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-presentation-of-mary\/\"><\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"402\" data-attachment-id=\"7154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-presentation-of-mary\/attachment\/nov20-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?fit=728%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"728,402\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nov20\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?fit=625%2C345&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?resize=625%2C345&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7154\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?w=728&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nov20.png?resize=624%2C345&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility, and abhorrence of pride. She possessed, even from her infancy, a far greater horror of pride and ambition, and a far deeper love for humility than all the saints together. It was the first virtue that she practices.\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>She abased and humbled herself before all. She esteemed herself, and would have been happy to be treated by others, as the last of the creatures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>By marvelous radiance of her Immaculate Conception, she beheld herself susceptible to the guilt of the children of Adam, except that God miraculously preserved her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Give thanks to Almighty God who resists the proud and gives grace to the humble, and offer Him all the glory that this Maiden accorded to His majesty by her practice of the richest humility during her childhood and throughout the rest of her life. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St. John Eudes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility, and abhorrence of pride. She possessed, even from her infancy, a far greater horror of pride and ambition, and a far deeper love for humility than all the saints together. It was the first virtue that she practices.\u00a0 She 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