Mary, Model of CONTEMPLATION

Mary, model of contemplation

The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In a unique way the face of the Son BELONGS to Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was formed, receiving from her a human resemblance which points to an even greater spiritual closeness. No one has ever devoted himself to the CONTEMPLATION of the face of Christ as faithfully as Mary. The eyes of her heart already turned to him at the Annunciation, when she conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the months that followed she began to sense his presence and to picture his features. When at last she gave birth to him in Bethlehem, her eyes were able to gaze tenderly on the face of her Son, as she “wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger” (Lk2:7).

Thereafter MARY’S GAZE, ever filled with adoration and wonder, would never leave him. At times it would be a questioning look, as in the episode of the finding in the Temple: “Son, why have you treated us so?” (Lk 2:48); it would always be a penetrating gaze, one capable of DEEPLE UNDERSTANDING JESUS, even to the point of perceiving his hidden feelings and anticipating his decisions, as at Cana (cf. Jn 2:5). At other times it would be a look of sorrow, especially beneath the Cross, where her vision would still be that of a mother giving birth, for Mary not only shared the passion and death of her Son, she also received the new son given to her in the beloved disciple (cf. Jn 19:26-27). On the morning of Easter hers would be a GAZE RADIENT with the joy of the Resurrection, and finally, on the day of Pentecost, a GAZE AFIRE with the outpouring of the Spirit (cf. Acts 1:14).  Saint Pope John Paul II

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How AWESOME a WONDER is the FACE of CHRIST seen through the EYES of MARY!  She is HIS MOTHER!  A MOTHER who KNOWS HER SON!  Through the EYES of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, we are evermore embraced with a REFLECTION of HIS ETERNAL WISDOM when in the FACE of TRIAL we are at the GAZE of the ETERNAL FATHER AND ARE UNITED with the IMMACULATE MOTHER to ever KNOW the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON of the TRIUNE GOD!  How are we to ever KNOW the FACE of THE GOD OF WISDOM, unless we are ever brought to our KNEES in ADORATION, CONTEMPLATING through Mary the FACE of CHRIST, the BELOVED!  Brought to an EVER DEEPER KNOWLEDGE of HIS ETERNAL WISDOM, the Mother of my LORD speaks to the HEART of her CHILD and shares with her a DEPTH and KNOWLEDGE of GOD beyond BOUND!  Penetrating into HER HEART an INFINITE SPLENDOUR of LOVE that beholds the FACE of the SON of GOD! 

How Good is our GOD, so TENDERLY He looks upon HIS CHILD and in turn she RETURNS THE GAZE AFLAMED with THE DIVINE FIRE OF CHARITY so CONSUMED with LOVE FOR HIM that she is brought to an ETERNAL REDEMPTION of GOODNESS to ever KNOW of the JOY of the RESURRECTION!

A GAZE AFIRED and enflamed with LOVE for HIM, the CONSUMATION of HIS LOVE for her brings forth an ABUNDANCE of DIVINE GRACE towards ALL she wishes to embrace within the ETERNAL KINGDOM of REDEMPTION!  For it is in HIS BRIDE, through the Hands of HIS IMMACULATE MOTHER, that she is GRANTED A MERIT of DIVINE LOVE consumed for the LOVE of the INIFINITE and AWESOME OMNIPOTENT AND TRIUNE GOD!  O Eternal GAZE of the FATHER, you look upon your CHILD with such TENDERNESS and she is CONSUMED with LOVE for YOU and the ONLY BEGOTTEN SON!  She is CONSUMED with LOVE for the ETERNAL and TRIUNE GOD!  So CONSUMED that it is the LOVE of the FATHER that draws her ever nearer to the Son of the Father!  The Mother of my Lord, has come to me to REVEAL to me the HEART of Her SON!

How often I have looked and GAZED at YOUR ETERNAL BOSOM and I am FILLED with INFINITE GRATITUDE for YOUR ETERNAL GOODNESS to me!  The GAZE of YOUR ETERNAL SON has looked upon HIS BRIDE with FAVOR and she IS CONSUMED with LOVE!  So very CONSUMED and set AFLAME with LOVE for HIS ETERNAL GAZE!  O VISION of DIVINE LOVE, consume my HEART towards the INFINITE LOVE of YOUR ETERNAL GOODNESS!  So GOOD and INFINITELY HUMBLE is our Divine SAVIOR that HE HAS SEALED within HIS CHILD a REFLECTION of HIS MOST HUMBLE and RADIANT GAZE of GOODNESS!

O ETERNAL GAZE of the Father, LIFT up this child of YOUR INFINITE GOODNESS and bring forth an ABUNDANCE of DIVINE GRACE towards the many SOULS I have placed under the MATERNAL MANTLE of the IMMACULATE MOTHER!  Prepare her well for the ETERNAL GIFT of YOUR DIVINE GOODNESS, so that in ALL of HIS INFINITE SPLENDOUR she may be a GLORY and HONOR to YOUR ETERNAL NAME, MOST HIGH and INFINITE GOD, Father, Son and Holy Spirit!  Three in ONE!  Divine and HOLY!  AWESOME and OMNIPOTENT!  TRIUNE and UNDIVIDED TRINITY!

Mother of the Most Holy Trinity, pray for me your child and RESPLENDANT BRIDE of the ETERNAL KING!