Today, the day after the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary!
”The gentleness that floods our hearts when we see a woman with child floods Our Lady’s heart when she looks down upon the world, for through her the Holy Spirit has made humanity large with the Christ-child, and she, who is so essentially ours, who is one of the human race, is compelled with us in the mutual tenderness which can have but one answer: ‘Little children, love one another’ (1 Jn 3:18). The Christhood that she recognizes in us is that we are her children: Mother, behold your child.” -Caryll Houselander (from today’s reflection in the Magnificat)
May we always turn to Our Lady’s most loving and gentle heart with all of our needs, confident that she loves us with a mother’s love and is always eager to bring us to her Son. Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
(Stained glass window photo: St. Patrick Church, Hollandale, WI. Photo credit: Joe Ptak #WindowsOfOurDiocese)
