Go to Mary to find Jesus, Mary: Day 100

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Go to Mary to find Jesus, Mary: Day 100 2015-10-25T11:07:40-05:00 Pete Socks

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Go to Mary to find Jesus

St. Alphonsus reminds us that where the mother is, so too will be the Child.

The sacrifice of Abraham, by which he offered his son Isaac to God, was so pleasing to the divine Majesty that as a reward God promised to multiply his descendants to become like the stars of heaven: “Because you have done this, and have not withheld your son, your only-begotten son, for my sake, I will indeed bless you, and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven” (Gn 22:16–17).

If this is the case, then we must certainly believe that the more noble sacri- fice that the great Mother of God made to him of her Jesus was far more pleas- ing to him. For this reason, then, he has granted that through her prayers the number of the elect would be multiplied—that is to say, increased by the number of her fortunate children. For she considers all those who are devoted to her to be her children, and she protects them as such.

St. Simeon received a promise from God that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah born: “And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ” (Lk 2:26). But this grace he received only through Mary, for it was in her arms that he found the Savior. Let us, too, then, go to this Mother of God if we wish to find Jesus, and let us go with great confidence. —St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Glories of Mary

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . . .
What does it mean to seek Jesus by going to his mother? In what ways is she able to show me where to find him?

CLOSING PRAYER
From a “Novena to Our Lady of Good Remedy”: Lady, be ever present to me, and through your intercession, may I enjoy health of body and peace of mind, and grow stronger in the faith and in the love of your Son, Jesus.

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