NOVENA TO MARY, THE VIRGIN OF REVELATION
THIRD DAY - APRIL 5
Meditation
We are always somehow predisposed to yield to the requests of those we love. Likewise, Jesus, during his time on earth, was also moved to respond to His Mother’s intercessions. Now in heaven, the Lord prefers nothing more than granting favours to those who implore His Mother’s help. The Hail Mary is the most powerful way to move the heart of the Lord towards granting our intentions because it reminds Him of His Mother’s singular goodness.
The teaching of the Church
The centre of gravity in the Hail Mary, the hinge as it were which joins its two parts, is the name of Jesus….When we repeat the name of Jesus — the only name given to us by which we may hope for salvation (cf. Acts 4:12) — in close association with the name of his Blessed Mother, almost as if it were done at her suggestion, we set out on a path of assimilation meant to help us enter more deeply into the life of Christ. From Mary’s uniquely privileged relationship with Christ, which makes her the Mother of God, Theotókos, derives the forcefulness of the appeal we make to her in the second half of the prayer, as we entrust to her maternal intercession our lives and the hour of our death.
Concluding Prayer (to be daily)
Supplication to the Virgin of Revelation To obtain any grace
Most Holy Virgin of the Revelation, you who are in the Divine Trinity, deign we beg you; turn your merciful and kind glance towards us. Oh Mary! You are our powerful advocate before God, who by this soil of Sin will obtain graces and miracles for the conversion of sinners, grant that we obtain from Your Son Jesus, salvation of the soul, perfect health of body and the graces which we need. Grant to the Church and its head, the Roman Pontiff, the joy of seeing the conversion of His enemies, the propagation of the Kingdom of God over all the earth, the unity of all believers in Christ, peace among nations in order that we can love and serve You better in this life and one day deserve to see and thank you eternally in Heaven. Amen
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