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the enemy applies methodically, point
by point, his plan of extermination.
The greatest crime of this enemy is
that it succeeds in the perversion of
the very virtues of Christianity. Only
Saints can resist this poison. How
often do we not return hate for hate
towards these ruthless criminals and
butchers! We even justify our hatred
towards them. When slapped on the
right cheek, instead of turning the left,
we return the slap with a resounding
blow. Even if we gained a temporal
victory, the enemy has succeeded in
infecting us with his deadly virus. To
live in an atmosphere of hatred and
not be contaminated by that hate is as
miraculous as raising the dead to life.
Try to realize that, in Mary, there is a
magnificent palace built of gold and
precious stones, worthy of the great
King Who dwells there; and try to
realize what is true: that you are contributing
toward His splendor and glory
by honoring His permanent dwelling
place, which is the Immaculate Heart
of Mary! Through obedience, Mary
was espoused by the Holy Ghost. By
Mary’s Immaculate Conception, an
implacable enmity arose between her
and the ancient adversary, the devil;
thus, She was able to intimately join
in her Son’s mortal struggle against
Satan, sin and death.
Mary shares completely in both the
victory of Jesus Christ and in the royal
power won by right of conquest. From
Christ then, and through her, all grace
comes to us. Delegate of the Infinite
Mercy, She is the crucible in which all
our dross is consumed by the flame of
sacrificial love, and made into a worthy
offering of purest gold. As Mother of
Christ the Head, She is, therefore,
Mother of the Mystical Body. As Spouse
of the Holy Ghost, She receives only
to give and takes only to transform.
There is only one obstacle insuperably
destructive of her redemptory action -
our voluntary refusal of it. All that
matters is to surrender to her sanctifying
action and be a ready instrument in her
radiant hands. She is the Immaculate,
the direct way to Christ, the weapon of
conquest with which to establish the
reign of Jesus Christ universally from
one end of the earth to the other!
Nothing must sorrow the Holy Ghost
quite as much as the mediocrity of
souls avowed to the Blessed Mother.
Let us sacrifice our lives a thousand
times to sanctify them. There is not
one single heroic act that we cannot
accomplish with the help of the
Immaculate! We live in a time of great
penance. Let us, at least, know how to
profit by it. Suffering is good and
sweet to him who accepts it willingly.
How eternally efficacious for the
salvation of souls is this surrender of
our wills to the Will of God!
The evil is very great and time grows
short! Why have we not known how
to save IN TIME the golden grain of
truth stolen by the Father of Lies?
It is all so simple. We must belong
entirely to the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
absolutely and unconditionally. Our
sanctification is her mission. Let us
conquer for Christ all souls in the
entire world to the end of time,
through the Immaculate Heart
of Mary.