Mental Prayer Meditation Helps
Presence of God.
Grace I Ask: Dear Mother, obtain from your Son for me the grace to know you better, that I may love and imitate you in your knowledge, love, and following of Christ.
Mental Picture: A form in brilliant white garments bows low before Mary; "Hail, full of grace," he says, "the Lord is with you." This is the woman God Himself picked out among all women to be His own mother. How holy, spotless, sinless she must have been! Even the mighty Angel Gabriel bows low before her! This is the Mary that would carry our Lord in her body for nine months - how many a prayer she would whisper to Him there! From Mary, Christ would be born into poverty and lowliness in the stable of Bethlehem. She would watch her child grow from an infant to a boy and into manhood. She would prove herself strong and brave when He would leave her alone to begin His public life. He would be obedient to the will of the Father - how could she resist it or complain? This is the Mary who would stay close to her Son in His shame and abandonment on the cross, the loving Mother of God for whom Christ would show concern even at His crucifixion.
I Speak to Mary: Dear Lady, how tremendous your love and understanding of Christ must have been! How out of the question it was for you to do anything that displeased Him! I make you my patroness in the perfect following of your Son. Help me to come to know Him, love Him, and serve Him as you did; help me to pray to Him, to do His will unselfishly, to share my sorrows with Him, just as you did.
Thought for Today: Through Mary to Jesus.
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Adapted from Mental Prayer, Challenge to the Lay Apostle
by The Queen's Work,(© 1958)
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