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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Memorial of the BVM
DESCRIPTION:OF MARY’S CHARITY TOWARDS HER NEIGHBOUR \nBy St Alphonsus de Liguori7 \n◊◊◊ \nLove towards God and love towards our neighbour are commanded by the \nsame precept: “And this commandment we have from God\, that he who loveth \nGod love also his brother.” Saint Thomas says that the reason for this is\, that he \nwho loves God loves all that God loves. Saint Catherine of Genoa one day said\, \n‘Lord\, Thou willest that I should love my neighbour\, and I can love none but \nThee.’ God answered her in these words: All who love Me love what I love.” But \nas there never was\, and never will be\, any one who loved God as much as Mary \nloved Him\, so there never was\, and never will be\, any one who loved her \nneighbour as much as she did… \nFor Christ\, who is love itself\, inspired the Blessed Virgin with charity in \nits highest degree\, that she might succour all who had recourse to her. So great \nwas Mary’s charity when on earth… as was the case at the marriage-feast of \nCana\, when she told her Son that family’s distress: “They have no wine\,” and \nasked Him to work a miracle. O\, with what speed did she fly when there was \nquestion of relieving her neighbour! When she went to the house of Elizabeth \nto fulfil an office of charity\, “she went into the hill-country with haste.” She \ncould not\, however\, more fully display the greatness of her charity than she did \nin the offering which she made of her Son to death for our salvation. On this \nsubject Saint Bonaventure says\, \n‘Mary so loved the world as to give her only- \nbegotten Son.’ Hence Saint Anselm exclaims\, ‘O blessed amongst women\, thy \npurity surpasses that of the angels\, and thy compassion that of the Saints!’ \nGreat was the mercy of Mary towards the wretched when she was still in \nexile on earth; but far greater is it now that she reigns in heaven. Saint Agnes \nassured Saint Bridget that there was no one who prayed without receiving \ngraces through the charity of the Blessed Virgin. Unfortunate\, indeed\, should \nwe be\, did not Mary intercede for us! Jesus Himself\, addressing the same Saint\, \nsaid\, \n‘Were it not for the prayers of My Mother\, there would be no hope of \nmercy.’ Blessed is he\, says the Divine Mother\, who listens to my instructions\, \npays attention to my charity\, and\, in imitation of me\, exercises it himself \ntowards others: “Blessed is the man that heareth me\, and that watcheth daily at \nmy gates\, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. \n” \nSaint Gregory Nazianzen assures us that ‘there is nothing by which we can \nwith greater certainty gain the affection of Mary than by charity towards our \nneighbour. Therefore\, as God exhorts us\, saying\, “Be ye merciful\, as your Father \nalso is merciful\,” so also does Mary seem to say to all her children\, ‘Be ye \nmerciful\, as your Mother also is merciful.’ It is certain that our charity towards \nour neighbour will be the measure of that which God and Mary will show us: \n“Give\, and it shall be given to you. For with the same measure that you shall \nmete withal\, it shall be measured to you again. \n” Saint Methodius used to \nsay\, \n‘Give to the poor\, and receive paradise.’ For the apostle writes\, that \ncharity… \n“is profitable to all things\, having promise of the life that now is\, and \nof that which is to come. \n” \nO Mother of Mercy\, thou art full of charity for all; forget not my miseries; \nthou seest them full well. Recommend me to God\, who denies thee nothing. \nObtain me the grace to imitate thee in holy charity\, as well towards God as \ntowards my neighbour. \n  \n7 St Alphonsus de Liguori. The Glories of Mary. Rockford\, IL: TAN Books\, 1982. 477-480.15 \n  \n  \n 
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