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| Madonna of humility by Fra Angelico, c. 1430. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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J.M.J
July 11, 2014
St. Benedict, Abbot
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children, I, the mother of all of you gathered here and the mother of the entire world, am blessing you with a motherly blessing and call you to set out on the way of humility. That way leads to the coming to know the love of my Son. My Son is almighty, He is in everything. If you, my children, do not become cognizant of this, then darkness/blindness rule in your soul. Only humility can heal you. My children, I always lived humbly, courageously and in hope. I knew, I became cognizant that God is in us and we are in God. I am asking the same of you. I desire for all of you to be with me in eternity, because you are a part of me. I will help you on your way. My love will envelop you like a mantle and make of you apostles of my light - of God's light. With the love that comes forth from humility you will bring light to where darkness/blindness rule. You will be bringing my Son who is the light of the world. I am always alongside your shepherds and I pray that they may always be an example of humility for you. Thank you." (July 2, 2014)
"I
will help you on your way. My love will envelop you like a mantle and
make of you apostles of my light - of God's light. With the love that
comes forth from humility you will bring light to where
darkness/blindness rule. You will be bringing my Son who is the light of
the world...."
Mother
Mary tells us she will help us on our way. This "way" is the journey of
our lives. We are on a journey to eternity. We plod along, one day at a
time, down the road of time until we reach the end of our allotted
time. Most of the time I don't think we realize we are on such a road.
Life seems big and important, this life on earth. So we spend most of
our energy on living here and now. But if we looked up, we would see
that there is an end to our road of life. And we will meet that end,
without fail.
But
thanks be to God, we are not alone on this journey. Our Lady is with us
to help us on the way! And how? "My love will envelop you like a
mantle..."
Our Lady wants to overwhelm us with her love, encircle us with her
love, sweep us off our feet with her love. She wants to cover us with
her love like a mantle of protection. Somehow this is an important
metaphor, telling us something about how our journey will be changed by
her presence.
Though
the main use of a mantle is to protect and cover the person, and Our
Lady's love does just that, I think she has even more to say about this
metaphor. I looked up the Biblical usage of the word, "mantle", and
discovered that the mantle was particularly important as a symbol of the
prophetic mission. Elijah had a mantle with which he did miracles (like
parting water) and Elisha received Elijah's mantle when the prophetic
mission was passed on to him (See 2Kings 2). In that context, it would
seem that Our Lady's love is like a prophetic mantle, which denotes a
mission. And when she covers us with her mantle (which is love) we share
in her mission. She says that her love is like a mantle and with it
she will make us apostles - apostles of her light which is God's light.
Her love can empower us to be messengers of God's love, witnesses of
God's love in this darkened and blind world. (You can read more about
mantle in the Bible at this link: http://www.gotquestions.org/
Some
theologians think that the mantle can denote the Holy Spirit. This also
fits. Our Lady says her love is like a mantle, and her love is
empowered by the Holy Spirit who is Love! So her love brings the Holy
Spirit to us, the One who can make us witnesses of Jesus, who is the
Light of the world.
Well,
it is really amazing how rich Our Lady's words to us are. Our Lady
gives us her love. It covers us like a mantle, a mantle that protects
and comforts us, and also empowers us to be witnesses to Jesus who is
Love! With this mantle of light, we can help to fight the darkness that
threatens to swallow the world. We can be apostles of light, the Light,
Christ the Light!! How, through love!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2014
PS. Today we will join St James Parish (weather permitting) to climb Cross Mountain. Join us at about 9:45 am EDT (3:45 pm Medjugorje time)!!
"Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world."
Saint John Paul II
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