The mystery that unifies the life of
Mary is the Immaculate Conception;
the mystery that consumes her in
glory is the Assumption.
Between the
two and in order to unify them, I
identify her painful Compassion.
Why? Because the birth of Jesus
Christ and the...
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The mystery that unifies the life of
Mary is the Immaculate Conception;
the mystery that consumes her in
glory is the Assumption.
Between the
two and in order to unify them, I
identify her painful Compassion.
Why? Because the birth of Jesus
Christ and the rest of His life are
linked to human salvation taking
place through the cross, and Mary
was the purest of creatures in order to
cooperate perfectly with Jesus Christ
in the mystery of the Redemption
through her Compassion.
Her glory
in heaven is so great because of this
very cooperation.
By this we are
taught that we must purify ourselves
more and more each day in order to
be less unworthy of suffering.
The
more we have suffered, the greater
will be our glory.
(Emmanuel d’Alzon)
Letter to Mother Marie Correnson, 19/08/1868
(Letters, vol.
VII, pp.
140-141)
August2010
Scripture leads us straight to Christ.
He is the master.
His prayer narks the summit.
Mary, in her song of praise, expresses the prayers of the first chosen
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