Before the Saviour is born, Mary recognizes that her mission is to bring the Saviour to humanity; and with such a holy impatience is she filled, that she begins it before her Son has seen the light of day. I love to think of her on this journey as the first Christian Nurse whose service to neighbour is inseparable from bringing Christ into the life of her patient.

There is no record of the exact words that Mary spoke. The Evangelist merely tells us that she greeted Elizabeth. But notice that just as soon as she greeted her cousin, new relationships were immediately established. Elizabeth no longer addressed her as a cousin. She calls her: "The mother of my Lord". - Luke 1:43 - But that was not the end of the relationship. Elizabeth's own child - who was to be called later by Our Lord, "The greatest man ever born of woman" - now stirs in his mother's womb. As Elizabeth said: "For, behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby leapt for joy". - Luke 1:44 - We might almost say John the Baptist danced to his birth in salutation to the King of Kings! Two unborn children establish a relationship before either had swung open the portals of flesh.

Every record we have of our Blessed Lady is one of bringing Christ into humanity. First of all, it was through her as a Gate of Heaven that He walked into this earth. It was in her as a Mirror of Justice that He first saw with human eyes the reflection of the world He had made. It is in her as a kind of living ciborium that He is carried to the First Communion rail of her cousin's home, where an unborn babe salutes Him as the Host who is to be the Guest of the world. It is through her intercession at Cana that He brings His Divine Power to supply a human need. And it is finally at the Cross that she who gave Christ to the world, now receives Him back again in us who have the high and undeserved honour to call ourselves Christians.

Because of this Divine established intimacy I wonder if it is not true that as the world loses veneration for Christ's Mother, it loses also its adoration of Christ. Is it not true in earthly relationships that, as a so-called friend ignores your mother when he comes to your home, sooner or later he will ignore you as well? Conversely, as the world begins knocking at Mary's door, it will find that Our Lord Himself will answer.

How shall we escape this conclusion? If Christ Himself willed to be physically formed in her for nine months and then be spiritually formed by her for thirty years, is it not to her that we must go to learn how to have Christ formed in us? Only she who raised Christ can raise a Christian.

That is why every single broadcast I give is dedicated to Our Lady, in the hope that as the sponsor of each broadcast she may bring her Divine Son into your souls as she brought Him to Elizabeth, John, and to the young married couple at Cana. So firmly convinced am I that it is through Mary that the world will find Our Lord again, that I am going to ask everyone of you of good will to say the Rosary daily for this intention.

What favours may you expect from a daily recitation of the Rosary?

1. You will never lose your soul if you say it daily and cooperate with God's grace.
2. Your family will be blessed in peace and war if you say the Rosary every night in the family circle.
3. If you desire to bring a soul to the fullness of God's faith and charity/love, teach that person to say the Rosary. He/She will either stop saying the Rosary or will receive the gift of Faith.

Finally, the purpose of the Rosary is to bring you to God.


BY ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN ( 1895 - 1979 )

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -