The Holy Spirit is revealing more of Mary, Mary: Day 362

The Holy Spirit is revealing more of Mary

St. Louis explains why so little was said of Mary in the Gospels, and why the Holy Spirit has increased our understanding of her over the centuries in a way that will culminate when her Son returns in glory.

It is by Mary that the salvation of  the world has begun, and it is   by

Mary that it must be consummated. Mary has hardly appeared at all in the first coming of Jesus Christ, in order that men, as yet but little instructed and enlightened on the Person of her Son, would not remove themselves from him, in attaching themselves too strongly and too grossly to her.

This would have apparently taken place if she had been known, because of the admirable charms which the Most High had bestowed even upon her exte- rior. This is so true that the ancient writer Dionysius the Areopagite has informed us in his writings that when he saw our Blessed Lady, he would have taken her for a divinity, in consequence of her secret charms and incomparable beauty, had not the faith in which he was well established taught him the contrary.

But in the second coming of Jesus Christ, Mary has to be made known and revealed by the Holy Spirit, in order that by her Jesus Christ may be known, loved, and served. The reasons which moved the Holy Spirit to hide his spouse during her life, and to reveal her only a very little since the preaching of the gospel, continue no longer. God wishes that his holy mother should be at present more known, more loved, more honored than she has ever been.

—St. Louis de Montfort, True Devotion to Mary

IN GOD’S PRESENCE, CONSIDER . .  .

Am I doing my part to cooperate with the Holy Spirit to make Mary better known, so that through her, Jesus Christ may be known, loved, and served?

CLOSING PRAYER

From a prayer of St. Alphonsus: Mary, if in times past I have failed to serve you well, and lost so many occasions to honor you, for the future I will be one of your most loving and faithful servants. I am determined that from this day forward no one will surpass me in honoring and loving you, my most lovable Queen.

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