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Mary’s Spirit must be in a soul before
the image of Jesus can be perfected
there. The more the Holy Ghost finds
Mary, His dear and inseparable
Spouse, in any soul, the more active
and mighty He becomes in producing
Jesus Christ in that soul, and that soul
in Jesus Christ. Mary, the Holy Ghost and
the Blessed Sacrament are inseparably
one. If we wish to give honor to Jesus
universally, that is, in His Sacramental
Presence everywhere, then we must
give universal honor to Mary, that is
to Mary in her universal motherhood
and mediation of grace.
Jesus is the Fruit of Mary everywhere:
in Heaven, on earth, in the Tabernacles
and in our hearts! Wherever Jesus is
the Fruit of Mary, the Holy Spirit also
must be. Wherever Jesus is born of
Mary, He must be conceived of the
Holy Spirit. What a sublime mystery
of unity and operation!
Devotion to the Holy Ghost is mainly a
devotion for the latter days of the Church
and will grow with augmentation of
devotion to Our Blessed Lady which
shall precede the doom and be to the
end of the Church, what the Apostles
were at the beginning. The doctrine of the Mystical Body is
the doctrine which gives meaning to
devotion to Jesus in all the Tabernacles
of the world. True devotion to Mary is
necessary as She is the Mother of both
the Head and the members. Devotion
to the Holy Spirit is part and parcel of
both true devotions, because He is the
Soul, as it were, of both. Mary is the
Mother of the whole Christ, not only
the physical Christ to whom She gave
birth in Bethlehem, but also of the
Mystical Christ whom She still bears
within her Immaculate Heart. Until
“the days for her to be delivered” are
fulfilled, that is, until time is no more
and “the completion of the Mystical
Body” has been accomplished, Jesus will
be “living in Mary.” We, too, as members
of that blessed Body of Christ, are
truly and always living in Mary!
O JESUS, living in Mary,
COME and live in Thy servants,
in the spirit of Thy holiness,
in the fullness of Thy power,
in the perfection of Thy ways,
in the truth of Thy virtues,
in the fellowship of
Thy Mysteries!
RULE Thou over every
adverse power, in Thy Spirit,
for the Glory of the Father!
I ADORE Thee every moment,
O Living Bread of Heaven, great Sacrament!
JESUS, Treasure of Mary’s Heart,
I pray Thee send Thy blessing on my soul.
Holiest JESUS! Loving Savior! I give Thee my heart.