A short respite from the earth to find in the depths of heaven the unchangeable Majesty of God; surcease from our petty struggles, our narrow views, our little conflicts, our little miseries, and our mean oppositions; to admire in the light and in the calm the infinite sovereignty of God - to this unusual sweetness does the Magnificat of Mary invite us.
To desire, if it were possible, to add to God's greatness; to experience ecstasy even now before enjoying the vision of His Omnipotence and Immensity; to dream - as did St. Theresa of Avila when she heard in the Credo of the Mass the Cujus regni non erit finis - of God's Kingdom begun in the very beginnings without beginning of the unfathomable Eternity of the past, and destined to perpetuate itself beyond all time into the mysterious, limitless unfolding of the Eternity to come - all this Mary's soul expressed in answer to the greeting of Elizabeth.
Does it not often happen, particularly when events make me suffer, that I attach too great an importance to them, an importance which makes me forget their relationship to the commands and permission of God? Earth, above all when it is dreary, hides heaven from me; the pygmies here below prevent me from seeing God.
I will forget my difficulties, rise above them, rise above myself to become imbued with the spirit of the Magnificat. God, nothing but God! I will relinquish all that is little, and thirst for what is truly great. I will seek admittance only to the Inaccessible, establishing myself there so that all below will seem too remote and stripped of interest for my attention.
O Mary, give me something of your taste for the greatness of God.
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Adapted from Meditations for Religious
by Father Raoul Plus, S.J. (© 1939, Frederick Pustet Co.)
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