The opportuneness of this devotion is sufficiently apparent. When was this world ever so truly called the “Valley of tears” as now? Do we not see sorrow and distress on every side; eyes that weep and hearts broken by affliction?
Is not our greatest need to be consoled and helped? And where shall we find this, if not in the heart of Mary? The world is full of such consolers as tried the patience of Job; they irritate the wounds of the soul instead of healing them.
The heart of Mary is that of the model woman of whom the Scripture says: “When the woman is absent, the sick man sighs without assistance.” Religion alone possesses the art of consoling, but no one to such a degree as she who is invoked as the “Consoler of the Afflicted.”
The heart of Mary will console us because it is capable of deep commiseration. The sources of pity are dried up in the heart by egotism, the germ of which was deposited in the soul by original sin, and developed by subsequent faults; innocence, on the contrary, preserves the treasures of the heart and is prepared to pour them out upon all unfortunate objects worthy of compassion.
The heart of Mary being Immaculate from the beginning, is especially predisposed to be moved in our favor. The heart of Mary will console us, because it has suffered so much. Whoever has not wept himself cannot wipe away the tears of others. Who can bind up the wounds of his neighbor, who has not first healed them in himself?
Mary knows sorrow by experience; from Bethlehem to Calvary, her life was one long agony, so that she is justly called the ” Queen of Martyrs.” She will not only console us, but she will finish her work by delivering us from the evils which surround us. We are stricken down because we have drawn upon ourselves the anger of God by our sins; we acknowledge ourselves guilty, but we do not dare to address ourselves to God directly, so much are we in awe of His justice. Who will obtain a reconciliation?
Ah! let us turn to the “Refuge of Sinners,” she will make our peace with God, her heart has not been, charged to uphold the interests of justice, but only to extend the domain of mercy. She is all-powerful with Jesus.
We know that this devotion to the Immaculate heart has been in the past, as it continues to be in the present, a means of obtaining the most signal favors from heaven. What more can we desire?
In embracing this devotion we acquire a new claim upon Mary, who has made manifest her wish that her heart should receive our homage. If we accept her invitation she is so benificent, so generous, that she will come to our assistance without waiting for us to ask her; if she sees us docile to her voice and animated with respect, love and confidence towards her heart, there will be no limit to her bounty. She will not allow herself to be outdone in generosity, but will repay us a hundred fold for what we do for her.
Let it not be forgotten that devotion to Mary, and consequently to her amiable heart, is a pledge of abundant blessings, is characteristic of the elect, is a token of predestination, according to the Doctors of the Church. In fine how happy for us if we could flatter ourselves that devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus had taken full and firm possession of our souls!
To obtain this grace from Heaven there is no means more sure, more prompt and easy than recourse to the heart of Mary, which will conduct us infallibly to Jesus. These two hearts are never separated; he who finds one finds the other. Mary disposes of the Heart of Jesus, inclines it to whom she pleases, exercises over it the greatest influence.
O God of goodness, Who hast filled the holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary with the same sentiments of mercy and tenderness for us, with which the Heart of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, and her Son, was always overflowing: grant that all who honor this virginal Heart may preserve until death a perfect conformity of sentiments and inclination with Thy Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, Who, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, lives and reigns, One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
⚜ “Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us”. (𝑂𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒)
⚜ “Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, pray for us”. (𝑂𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒)
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