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From True
Devotion To the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nos. 12-38
"If you wish to
understand the Mother," says a saint, "then understand the Son. She is
a worthy Mother of God." Hic taceat omnis lingua : Here let every
tongue be silent. My heart has dictated with special joy all that I
have written to show that Mary has been unknown up till now, and that
that is one of the reasons why Jesus Christ is not known as he should
be. If then, as is certain, the knowledge and the kingdom of Jesus
Christ must come into the world, it can only be as a necessary
consequence of the knowledge and reign of Mary. She who first gave him
to the world will establish his kingdom in the world.
With the whole Church I acknowledge that Mary, being a mere creature
fashioned by the hands of God is, compared to his infinite majesty,
less than an atom, or rather is simply nothing, since he alone can say,
"I am he who is". Consequently, this great Lord, who is ever
independent and self-sufficient, never had and does not now have any
absolute need of the Blessed Virgin for the accomplishment of his will
and the manifestation of his glory. To do all things he has only to
will them. However, I declare that, considering things as they are,
because God has decided to begin and accomplish his greatest works
through the Blessed Virgin ever since he created her, we can safely
believe that he will not change his plan in the time to come, for he is
God and therefore does not change in his thoughts or his way of acting.
Mary is the Queen of heaven and earth by grace as Jesus is king by
nature and by conquest. But as the kingdom of Jesus Christ exists
primarily in the heart or interior of man, according to the words of
the Gospel, "The kingdom of God is within you", so the kingdom of the
Blessed Virgin is principally in the interior of man, that is, in his
soul. It is principally in souls that she is glorified with her Son
more than in any visible creature. So we may call her, as the saints
do, Queen of our hearts.
Prayers for the Second Week
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