MARYS IMMACULATE HEART THE MEANING OF THE DEVOTION TO THE
IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY JOHN F. MURPHY THE BRUCE PUBLISHING
COMPANY MILWAUKEE Nihil obstat JOHN A. SCHULIEN, S. T. D., Censor
librorum Imprimatur MOYSES E. KILEY, Archiepiscopus Milwaukiensis
Die 22 a Novembris, 1950 Copyright, 19S1, Rev. John F. Murphy Made
in the United States of America PREFACE IN CONNECTION with the
extension of the Feast of the Im maculate Heart of Mary to the
universal Church, our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, pointed out that
beyond serving as a memorial and reminder of his solemn
consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart in the Basilica
of St. Peter, December 8, 1942, the feast might, with the
assistance of her in whose honor we celebrate it, be instrumental
also in pre serving peace among all nations and liberty for the
Church of Christ and further, with the repentance of sinners, it
might be a strengthening of the faithful in the love of purity and
the practice of virtue. 1 Without question the observance of the
Feast of the Im maculate Heart is today a highly significant
celebration in the liturgical year. In view of the dogmatic
implications of the feast, the various statements of the Holy See,
and the response everywhere on the part of the faithful to the
devotion to Marys Heart, the significance of both the feast and
consecra tion of the world, and the importance of the devotion to
the Immaculate Heart itself are readily recognized. It was the
devotion to the Sacred Heart which in previous decades guided a
cold and erring world back toward the love of Christ and the
acknowledgment of the Kingdom that is rightfully His. It would seem
that again the grace of God is poured forth abundantly on awar-torn
and pagan world, and men, through a devotion to the Mother of God,
the Hope of the World, are once more oSered an opportunity for
eternal salvation in the love and service of Mary and her divine
Son. In the devotion to the Immaculate Heart which prompts men to
imitate the virtues of the Blessed Mother we see a true blending of
love and sacrifice, the very core and spirit of the Christian life.
Through a devotion to her Immaculate Heart 1 Pius xii, AAS, ypi.
Xxyn, 19 . vi Preface Mary will certainly form in us the likeness
and virtues of her Son, and seeing more perfectly His image in us,
she will love Him anew in us and we, resembling our blessed Lord
the more, will profit greatly from this closer union with Him. Our
nearness to Mary is a measure of our union with Christ and an
indication of the supernatural value of our lives. In uniting
ourselves to Mary we necessarily draw near to our blessed Lord. Nam
quid est maius hodie, Domina, quam habere cor iunctum cordi tuo . .
. nonne cor tuum plenum est gratiae Illius Et si apertum est,
gratia illanon decurrit in cor sibi iunc tum Stimulus AmortSj inter
opera S. Bonaventurae editum. INTRODUCTION As IN her mortal life,
so also in the science of Sacred Theology the Mother of God is
associated always with Christ. She forms with Him the foundation
and cornerstone as well as the capstone of the economy of
salvation. She not only brought the Incarnate Word into the world,
she intimately shared in the work He came to accomplish, the
redemption of men. Because of the full implications of her
relationship with God and men she occupies a unique and exalted
place in the dogma and liturgy of the Church and in the entire
divine plan ofCreation. Down through the centuries the best minds
of Christianity have sung the praises and excellencies of Mary, . .
. all genera tions shall call her blessed, the Mother of God, the
Mistress of the world, the Queen of Heaven . . . who has given life
and glory to all generations. For in her the angels find joy, the
just grace, and the sinners forgiveness. Deservedly the eyes of all
creatures are turned toward her, because in her, by her, and from
her the benign hand of the Almighty re-created that which He had
already created...
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