In this devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which prompts everyone to imitate the virtues of Our Blessed Mother, we see a true blending of love and sacrifice which are the very heart and spirit of the Catholic way of life.
It is by devotion to her Immaculate Heart that Mary will form in each of us who are sincere the likeness and virtues of her Divine Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and seeing more perfectly His sacred image in us, Mary will love Him anew in us. In this way do we thereby have an opportunity to more greatly resemble Our Divine Lord and hence to more greatly profit from this closes union with Him.
Our nearness to Mary is a measure of our union with Christ and an indication of the true supernatural value of life. When we unite yourself with the Immaculate Heart of Mary we necessarily draw near to Jesus Himself in His Hypostatic Union of God and Man.
Although some of you may consider this to be a new devotion, it is really very ancient. The Bible itself speaks of the seven swords of sorrow which pierce the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Saint John Eudes, in the 17th Century, preached devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary along with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
In the 19th Century, Pope Pius VII and Pope Pius IX permitted several churches to celebrate the feast then known as the Pure Heart of Mary, first fixed on the Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption ("octave" = 8 days), and later on the Saturday following the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Archbishop Saint Anthony Mary Claret had great devotion to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. This great apostle of the Immaculate Heart of Mary received many apparitions of Our Blessed Mother.
Mary commissioned him to propagate devotion to the Holy Rosary. He added the name "Mary" to his baptismal name because of his great devotion to Our Lady. He consecrated his work to her, made her the head of his Cuban Archdiocese and performed many practices of devotion to the Holy Theotokos, the Mother of God.
In Vich, Spain, on July 16, 1849, the glorious feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, along with five Priests, he founded a Missionary Congregation to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
It is by devotion to her Immaculate Heart that Mary will form in each of us who are sincere the likeness and virtues of her Divine Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and seeing more perfectly His sacred image in us, Mary will love Him anew in us. In this way do we thereby have an opportunity to more greatly resemble Our Divine Lord and hence to more greatly profit from this closes union with Him.
Our nearness to Mary is a measure of our union with Christ and an indication of the true supernatural value of life. When we unite yourself with the Immaculate Heart of Mary we necessarily draw near to Jesus Himself in His Hypostatic Union of God and Man.
Although some of you may consider this to be a new devotion, it is really very ancient. The Bible itself speaks of the seven swords of sorrow which pierce the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Saint John Eudes, in the 17th Century, preached devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary along with devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
In the 19th Century, Pope Pius VII and Pope Pius IX permitted several churches to celebrate the feast then known as the Pure Heart of Mary, first fixed on the Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption ("octave" = 8 days), and later on the Saturday following the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Archbishop Saint Anthony Mary Claret had great devotion to the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary. This great apostle of the Immaculate Heart of Mary received many apparitions of Our Blessed Mother.
Mary commissioned him to propagate devotion to the Holy Rosary. He added the name "Mary" to his baptismal name because of his great devotion to Our Lady. He consecrated his work to her, made her the head of his Cuban Archdiocese and performed many practices of devotion to the Holy Theotokos, the Mother of God.
In Vich, Spain, on July 16, 1849, the glorious feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, along with five Priests, he founded a Missionary Congregation to spread devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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