Video – 2009 National and Global Difficulties – Dr Miravalle: Mcast s36
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Marycast Specials #36 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com |
St. John Damascene
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008Ave Maria Meditations
 thoughts from: A Little Treatise on Mary
St. John Damascene-Feast Day December 4th
Patristic Father and One of the Thirty-three Doctors of the Church:
Doctor of Christian Art and Doctor of the Assumption c. 676-749 DEVOTION TO MARY
With regard to Marian devotion, a very practical part of Christian life, it is particularly interesting to revisit the thought of St. John Damascene. He introduces the fine distinction between the cult of adoration, or latria, owed to God alone, and the honor or veneration that ought to be given to the holy Virgin. Later on the terms dulia [and hyperdulia] was introduced for this, but it was unknown to the Saint. Here is a text:
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But we, who consider God the object of adoration—–a God not made out of anything, but existing from all eternity, beyond every cause, word, or concept of time and nature—–we honor and venerate the Mother of God. [Homily 2 on the Dormition, 15]
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Sept 22 – St Maximilian Daily – Consecration Requires Courage and Prayer
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “A soul consecrated to the Immaculate must follow the inspirations of the heart with complete liberty and approach the tabernacle, the cross, the Holy Trinity with much more courage, because that soul does not approach alone, but together with the Heavenly Mother, the Immaculate. Therefore, the soul consecrated to the Immaculate needs to pray the ejaculatory prayers and other prayers with great liberty, as the wings of the love of God guide it, where the Holy Spirit inspires it, shattering all barriers.” (cf. SK #1301) |
Sept 21 – St Maximilian Daily – Consecration Pleases the Heart of Jesus
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “A soul that is consecrated to the Immaculate, even if it does not turn its thought in an explicit way to the Immaculate and offers the prayer, the work, the suffering or any other thing, directly to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, that soul procures for the Heart of Jesus a pleasure that is incomparably greater than it would if it were not consecrated to the Immaculate.” (cf. SK #1301) |
Sept 20 – St Maximilian Daily – Consecration Purifies Our Imperfect Acts
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “If we belong to the Immaculate, then everything that is ours belongs to Her and Jesus accepts everything that comes from us as if it came from Her, as if it belonged to Her. In this case, She cannot leave those actions imperfect, but She renders them worthy of Herself, that is Immaculate, without the slightest stain.” (cf. SK #1301) |
Sept 19 – St Maximilian Daily – Invoke the Name of Mary
Friday, September 19th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “Even if we already belong to the Immaculate, nevertheless, with the more important things, it is good to give them to Her as Her property, even with the mere invocation, “Mary”. When in difficulty, offer even this as Her property, with the invocation “Mary”: may She remove it, leave it be, reduce it or increase it as She pleases. When it is finished, always by means of the invocation “Mary”, may She purify it, repair that which is no good and offer it to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus as Her own personal offering.” (cf. SK #1300) |
Sept 18 – St Maximilian Daily – Recourse to the Immaculate
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “Let us often have recourse to the Immaculate. May Her little statue, [?], help us to often remember the filial duty to turn to Her before all of the important actions of the day. When difficulties arise, offer them to Her, so that She may do with them as She prefers: remove them, reduce them, increase them or leave them as they are; but also at the end of work it is good to offer to Her the action completed, so that its effect may be that which She desires.” (cf. SK #744) |
Sept 17 – St Maximilian Daily – The Immaculate Living In Us
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “We don’t know theoretically, and much less practically, how one ought to serve the Immaculate, how one ought to be Her instrument, servant, son, slave, thing, property and?She Herself. She alone must instruct each one of us in every instant, guide us, transform us into Herself, in such a way that it is no longer we who live, but She living in us, just as Jesus lives in Her and the Father in the Son.” (cf. SK #556) |
Sept 16 – St Maximilian Daily – Transubstantiated into the Immaculate
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “We want to be the property of the Immaculate up to the point that, not only will there be nothing in us that is not Hers, but that we become almost annihilated in Her, changed into Her, transubstantiated into Her, that She Herself remain. That we belong to Her, as She belongs to God.” (cf. SK #508) |
Sept 15 – St Maximilian Daily – Unlimitedly Possessed by the Immaculate
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “We know of the possessed, through whom the devil thought, spoke, and acted. We too, want to be as such, and still more, unlimitedly possessed by the Immaculate, that She Herself may think, speak and act through us.” (cf. SK #508) |
Sept 14 – St Maximilian Daily – Being of the Immaculate without Limitation
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “The expressions ‘servant’, ‘son’, ‘slave’, ‘thing’, and ‘property’ are beautiful; but we want to be more, we want to be of the Immaculate without any limitation, including those indicated above and others that will be invented or could still be invented. In a word, be Hers, Immaculatae.” (cf. SK #508) |
Sept 13 – St Maximilian Daily – The Immaculate’s Work Via Holy Obedience
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “My dear brothers, the Immaculate has no need of me nor you, nor anyone else, for Her work; She Herself initiated it, She directs it, makes it grow and She alone carries it on by means of holy obedience. We, instead, are only obstacles, impediments, because we will never correspond to grace as we ought.” (cf. SK #419) |
Sept 12 – St Maximilian Daily – Work Hard For The Immaculate
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “My wish is that all of the Militants of the Immaculate work hard and wear themselves out for Her and, through Her, for the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but only within the limits which She desires, neither more nor less: only in this case, in fact, will it be the maximum.” (cf. SK #418) |
Sept 11 – St Maximilian Daily – Total Consecration To Save And Sanctify Souls
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “Let us totally consecrate ourselves to the Immaculate, in order that She may deign to use us as instruments to save and sanctify souls. Let us conquer hearts for Her, because wherever She enters, there also penetrates divine grace and from this follows salvation and sanctification.” (cf. SK #164) |
Sept 10 – St Maximilian Daily – In Possession Of The Immaculate
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
Ave Maria!– September’s Theme: Consecration to the Immaculate “May the life of the Immaculate take possession of us ever more, day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment, and this without any limitation, growing, in the same way, in every soul that exists and will exist for all time: behold our beloved ideal.” (cf. SK #1210) |