Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Mary Understood

"There is only one anointing that is strong enough to meet death and that is the anointing of the Holy Spirit, the love of God.  There is, then, something that is both exemplary and lasting in Mary's anointing of Jesus at Bethany.  It was above all a concern to keep Christ alive in this world and to oppose the powers that aimed to silence and kill him.  It was an act of faith and love.  Every such act can have the same effect."  (Pope Benedict XVI)  Magnificat, p. 49

"Mary understood, as Judas did not, that no money could ever repay the love that carried Jesus toward the cross.  She offered instead the intensely personal homage of her loving faith:  anointing him for death, she proclaimed him the Christ, meaning 'the Anointed One'.  She remains his faithful witness as her memory is kept today."  Magnificat, p.54
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Novena to the Holy Spirit

"Wait for the promise of the Father...you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you." Acts 1:5,6

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth.

Let us pray.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.