If one wants to spend 30 minutes or an hour meditating on the Blessed Virgin Mary, is it possible? Yes!
During the first day of the traditional Pentecost Octave, our minds naturally turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Francis of Assisi called her the Spouse of the Holy Spirit. There never was a moment in Our Lady’s existence that she did not have the Holy Spirit in her heart. She was conceived with the grace of the Holy Spirit in her soul. She never sinned or lost that grace. She and the Holy Spirit cooperated in the conception of Christ Jesus in time. Like spouses, she and the Holy Spirit are distinct, but inseparable. They continue to work together. Our Lady is able to be called the countenance of the Holy Spirit. St Maximilian Kolbe called her “a quasi incarnation of the Holy Spirit”! In other words, she and the Holy Spirit are so close that it is as if (quasi) she and the Holy Spirit are one person.
I tell you all this because it can be hard to relate the Holy Spirit. But being devoted to Mary gives one a visible face to aid us. As St Joseph was a visible image of God the Father for Jesus, the Son, on earth, so Mary was a visible image of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Family in Nazareth (Joseph, Jesus, Mary) is an image of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
The Church especially dedicates the Monday after Pentecost to Mary as Mother of the Church. The Feast of Mary, Help of Christians, May 24th, was established by Pope Pius VII. And so it is fitting in the Providence of the eternal Father that this episode's reading is about Mary. In this episode Fr. Scupoli offers us a meditation method based on the three things:
In the previous episode, we pondered a short method of meditation based on two principles:
Let us recall that this method of meditating is meant to help us acquire a virtue like patience.
How should I encourage others?
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