WHO WAS THIS MARY ?

Who was this Mary? She was a female activist; a scheming adventuress, who in the words of Bernardino of Siena (1380 – 1444), ‘seduced, deceived, and I might even say wounded God, with I do not know what caresses and promises’, that she might secure humanity’s salvation.

Consider with me all the fascination and dangerous power of womanliness we experience in considering the Incarnation.

There is a marvelous resemblance between Mother and Son.

The voice of the Son and the Mother is but one, as they have but one heart, one soul, and one mind.

"I came out of the mouth of the Most High, the first-born before all creatures." [Eccl. 24: 5]

God the Father knew Mary from all eternity, just as sure as He knew the Son.

The Holy name of Mary was not unknown to the world, even centuries before it was revealed to men at the time it should be given to our holy infant, and even from the beginning of the world.  Mary.  Mary.  Mary.

This beautiful and magnificent name was birthed from the heart of God from the foundations of the world.

Greek and Latin historians will attest to the fact that in the year 780 a tombstone was discovered during the excavation of some walls in Thrace that revealed the following inscription:  “Christ will be born of the virgin Mary.  O sun, thou shalt see me again under the Emperor Constantine and the Empress Irene.”  Many believe that this tomb belonged to Mercurius Trismegistus – better know as Plato.  Whoever it was certainly lived before Christ and Mary.

There was a doctor of theology named, John de domo Villarii who was an eyewitness to the discovery of a man with a beard and very long hair, a very large man, who was found in the valley of Josaphat in a sub-terranean tomb; this is all recorded by John Leyden the Carmelite in his chronicle of the Counts of Holland in 1374.  Remarkable the body was in tack and the tablet inscription said the following in Hebrew; “I am Seth, the third son of Adam.  I believe in Jesus Christ, Son of God, and in the Virgin Mary, His Mother, who shall be born of my race.”

Oh Mary, How glorious and admirable is thy name!

Mary – “God born of our race,” as St. Ambrose, says.  He would have us understand that there must be a Mother of God in this Royal race from which God Himself willed to be born, as a Son.

Mary – “ Lady of the Sea,”  says St. Athanasius, “the Mother and the Son have the same power.”

Mary –  St. Ephrem tells us that Mary signifies, “illuminated, illuminator, illuminating.”

Oh, Mary!  Light of God – Doctor, Mistress of the Sea, of the people – Mistress of the Apostles – Mistress of piety and truth.  Mary!  Mouth of the Church – sublime and elevated – the imitator of God by excellence...

Listen to Saint John Eudes:

“That same thought that the Eternal Father from all eternity had had, that His Son should be born of a virgin, is the principle of the Mother’s birth.”

“For the same heart and the same love of the Eternal Father which led Him to give us a Man-God, urged Him also to give us a Mother of God.”

“This Church will forever possess the heart of both Son and Mother in spite of the rage of hell”

Sola-Scriptura?  How about Solo Faith-Sura!  For in Her unwavering faith alone, was poised the remaining faith of all of humanity, as Christ’s lifeless body hung on a cross, before Mary.

The wonder of the sacrament of Mass is illustrated in this raw physical humanity, as Jesus is cut from the flesh of Mary. If we are the body of Christ, and He is the head, than Mary is the neck; and oh, how lovely she is! Beautiful to behold, caressed only by Christ! 

If the bread and the wine are the Body and Blood of Christ – then Mary is the Chalice. How can we receive Communion, without embracing Mary?  For it was Her womb that contained Him, and it was Mary from whom He received His flesh.

Oh Virgin Mary, my Mother, Your earthliness in the drama of redemption; is it surpassed by Your role as Queen of the Universe?

Oh, Immaculate Heart of Mary, I pray thee, petition the Sacred Heart of Thy Divine Son, that I may find grace in His sight, and be converted. 

RbM

Mrs. Michael Schiavo

R.I.P.

Scandal as Michael Schiavo gets Catholic wedding

Wed, December 12, 2012

THE INTERIM

theinterim.com/issues/religion/scandal-as-michael-schiavo-gets-catholic-wedding/

Our Lord Jesus Christ brought Mrs. Michael Schiavo to the forefront of the American politic in order to show our nation its sin of “divorce and remarriage.” Terri’s marriage vow may have cost her the very life that God had given her.

Her husband, Michael Schiavo, was committing adultery against Terri, by any definition of the word. And according to ‘popular’ protestant theology today, was guilty of an offense that would have warranted just grounds for divorce by his wife, Terri Schiavo.

According to this view of marriage, Michael’s adultery had broken the marriage bond between himself and his wife, and he was no longer married to Terri in the eyes of God.

But yet the civil authorities still recognized the civil contract between the two, which allowed Michael to kill his wife by denying her food and water.

It seems that Terri was being forced to remain faithful to her marriage vow by the very people who would insist that her husband’s adultery would have “freed” her to marry another.

How perverted.

Not only does Mr. Schiavo commit adultery with impunity, but he demands that his wife forgive him, so that he may legally kill her!

Michael could have divorced his wife and left her to the care of her parents if wanted to, and would have no longer had the power to influence the civil authorities to execute his wife. But he didn’t do it. Apparantly his concubine couldn't live with that.

Terri could have divorced her husband for adultery and in doing so saved her very life from his punishing sword; but she could not. Her husband had denied her even a drop of water from his finger tip upon her parched tongue to relieve her torment.

A child was arrested for trying to bring Terri a cup of cool water, as a Church stood by and watched - After all it was the law...

And here we have the end result of the protestant church considering marriage to be a civil contract, ‘until adultery does you part’, and wholesale giving over to the state government what the faithful throughout church history have spilt their blood to protect.

The “innocent” spouse is murdered by her adulterous husband and his paramour: and they are justified in doing so.

I say he was only following the example of an adulterous church.

Now hear this protestant and catholic heretics!

The Covenant of Holy Matrimony is indissoluble. Once God acts on a marriage vow to establish a one-flesh relationship, that bond is until death. Not even the Atonement can change that.

Terri Schiavo has proven this: by sacrificing her life for her vow.

RbM

I for one am sick of the Protestantization of the Church !

Canon 1090 defines what canonists call the marriage impediment of crime. (or crimen).

The first paragraph of Canon 1090 is clear:

“One who, with a view to entering marriage with a particular person, has killed that person’s spouse, or his or her own spouse, invalidly attempts this marriage.” In short, the church will not recognize your marriage if you kill your spouse while hoping to marry another particular person. After all, “Till death due us part” does not mean you can kill your spouse to marry another.

Canon 1090’s second paragraph is similarly clear :

“They also invalidly attempt marriage with each other who, by mutual physical or moral action, brought about the death of either’s spouse.”

This means that the church will not recognize the marriage of two people who co-operated in killing the spouse of one person or the other. This co-operation may be physical or it may be moral and marriage need not be the original motive for the murder.