The Circumcision of Christ - The Incarnation - Bk 4 - Ch14

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda describes how the Divine infant was circumcised and received the name, Jesus. The Blessed Virgin Mary tells us we need to make special use of this information saying, "...I wish you to consider attentively the blessed favor conferred upon you by being informed of the solicitous care and attention which I lavished upon my most holy and sweetest Son in the mysteries just now described. The Most High does not give you this special light in order only to be regaled by the knowledge of these mysteries but in order to imitate me in all these things as a faithful handmaid and in order to distinguish yourself in rendering thanks for his works in the same measure as you are distinguished in knowing them more fully. Ponder, then, dearest, upon the small return given for the love of my Son and Lord by mortals, and how forgetful of thanks even his faithful continue to be. Assume it as your task, as far as your weak powers allow, to render satisfaction for this grievous offense: loving Him, thanking Him, and serving Him with all your powers, for all the other men who fail to do so. Therefore, you must be an angel in promptness, most fervent and punctual on all occasions; you must die to all earthly things, eliminating and crushing all human inclinations and rising upon the wings of love to the heights of love designed for you by the Lord."