Quote of the day, 28 May: Silvio José Báez, ocd

From her personal experience of divine grace, Mary looks around and contemplates history. Having fixed her gaze upon God, she now looks in the very direction that He is looking. She sees history far beyond outward appearances and discerns the true depth of reality, discovering who, in the eyes of God, are exalted and who are brought low, who are filled and who are left empty, who are near and who are far off:

“He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; he has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the humble; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away” (Luke 1:51–53).

“Going beyond the surface, Mary ‘sees’ the work of God in history with the eyes of faith. … Her Magnificat, at the distance of centuries and millennia, remains the truest and most profound interpretation of history, while the interpretations of so many of this world’s wise have been belied by events in the course of the centuries” (Benedict XVI, Recitation of the Rosary, Saint Peter’s Square, 31 May 2008).  

Let’s not forget the prophetic words of the Virgin Mary that have never been disproved by history: “He has put down the mighty from their thrones” (Lk 1:52).

Bishop Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.

El Magnificat: Una Oración Para Tiempos Nuevos

Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: This detail of a stained glass window featuring the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located in the historic Church of Saint-Laurent in Paris, specifically in the chapel of Notre-Dame-des-Malades (Our Lady of the Sick). The stained glass artists were Antoine Lusson (fils) and Léon Lefèvre. This window was crafted in 1874 by Lusson and Lefèvre. Image credit: Mbzt / Wikimedia Commons (Some rights reserved).

Learn more about Lusson, his collaboration with the Carmel of Le Mans, and the Carmelite stained glass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in South Bend, Indiana.

Quote of the day, 2 May: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

Monsieur l’Abbé,

I had asked our Reverend Mother for permission to write and tell you how completely one my soul was with yours during these last days before your ordination; but now that I draw near you, before the great mystery that is being prepared, I can only be silent . . . and adore the exceeding love of our God!

With the Virgin, you can sing your “Magnificat” and leap with joy in God your Savior, for the Almighty is doing great things in you, and His mercy is eternal. . . . Then, like Mary, “keep all that in your heart,” draw your heart very close to hers, for this priestly Virgin is also the “Mother of Divine Grace,” and in her love she wants to prepare you to become “that faithful priest who is entirely according to God’s heart” of whom He speaks in Holy Scripture….

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

Letter 232 to Abbé Chevignard (excerpt), ca. 25 June 1905

Elizabeth of the Trinity, S 2003, The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity volume 2: Letters from Carmel, Nash, A (trans.), ICS Publications, Washington DC.

Featured image: The Visitation, designed by Raphael (1483–1520) and executed with assistance from Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni, is an oil on panel transferred to canvas, painted 1517–1519. It comes from the collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado (non-commercial use). Source: www.museodelprado.es.

Mit meinem kindgerechten #Magnificat grüße ich euch von der #FediKirche an diesem 1. Weihnachtstag https://thomas-ebinger.de/2023/12/der-lobgesang-der-maria-als-kindgerechter-psalm/
Vielleicht kann es ja jemand noch spontan brauchen ...

#Weihnachten #Maria

Sia in ciascuno l’anima di Maria per magnificare il Signore; sia in ciascuno lo spirito di Maria per esultare in Dio (S. Ambrogio).

Riflessione per lunedì 22 dicembre 2025

https://donpi.it/magnificare-ed-esultare/

#riflessioni #vangelodelgiorno #Magnificat

Diesen Sonntag, 4. Advent, springe ich als Krankheitsvertretung ein.
9:00 Gottesdienst mit Abendmahl in der Bartholomäuskirche Weipoltshausen
10:30 Gottesdienst mit Abendmahl in der Matthäuskirche Zell.

Ich habe noch nie über das #Magnificat der Maria gepredigt - wird mal Zeit! Ich freue mich sehr darauf. Herzliche Einladung!
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