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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Our Lady of Fatima
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nPOPE ST JOHN PAUL II \n◊◊◊ \nSince the time when Jesus\, dying on the cross\, said to John: “Behold your \nMother“\, since the time when “the disciple took her into his home”\, the mystery \nof Mary’s spiritual motherhood had its fulfillment in history with an amplitude \nwithout boundaries. Motherhood means concern for her son’s life. Now\, if Mary \nis the mother of all people\, her concern for human life is universal in scope… \nThe spiritual motherhood of Mary is therefore participation in the power of the \nHoly Spirit\, the One who “gives life.” It is with the humble service of the one who \nsays of herself: “Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord“. \nIn the light of the mystery of Mary’s spiritual motherhood\, let us \nunderstand the extraordinary message\, which began to resonate in the world by \nFatima since May 13\, 1917 and lasted for five months until October 13 of the \nsame year. If the Church has embraced the message of Fatima it is mainly \nbecause it contains a truth and a call\, which in their essential content is the truth \nand the call of the Gospel itself. \n“Repent and believe in the Gospel“\, these are the first words of the \nMessiah addressed to humanity. The message of Fatima is in its core a call to \nconversion and penance… The call to repentance is maternal and at the same \ntime\, strong and determined. The love that “rejoices in the truth“\, knows how to \nbe outspoken and determined… Can the Mother\, who with all the power of her \nlove\, which fosters in the Holy Spirit and desires the salvation of every person\, \nkeep quiet about what undermines the very foundations of this salvation? No\, \nshe cannot! \nThe Immaculate Heart of Mary\, opened by the word: “Woman\, behold \nyour son“\, meets spiritually with the Heart of the Son opened by the soldier’s \nlance. Mary’s Heart was opened by the same love for mortals and for the world\, \nwith which Christ has loved humanity and the world\, offering Himself on the \nCross for them. To consecrate the world to the Immaculate Heart of the Mother \nmeans returning beneath the Cross of her Son. More it means consecrating this \nworld to the pierced Heart of the Savior\, bringing the very source of his \nredemption. Redemption is always greater than the sin of man and the “sin of \nthe world.”… The Heart of the Mother is aware of this\, as no one else in the \nwhole universe\, visible and invisible… \nThe Mother of Christ calls us and invites us to join the Church of the living \nGod in the consecration of the world\, this reliance by which the world\, \nhumanity\, nations\, all people are offered to the Eternal Father with the power of \nChrist’s redemption. They are offered in the pierced Heart of the Redeemer on \nthe Cross… \nThe appeal of the Lady of Fatima is so deeply rooted in the Gospel and in \nthe whole of tradition that the Church feels committed by this message. Yes\, we \ncan truly say: “Blessed are you\, daughter\, in front of the Most High God above \nall women on earth!”… Yes\, here and throughout the Church\, in the heart of \nevery man and in the whole world you are blessed Mary\, our sweet Mother!
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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