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Friends of the Rosary,
Today, Saturday, June 13, the day after the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we celebrate the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The Immaculate Heart of Mary reminds us of purity, love, and devotion. It symbolizes Mary’s unwavering faith, compassion, and deep connection to God’s will.
Her heart, untouched by sin, is a model of holiness for all.
Through her heart, we find a perfect reflection of God’s mercy and grace, guiding us toward a deeper relationship. We seek Mary’s intercession to live with love and humility and grow closer to Christ Our Savior.
The feast was established in 1944, in the midst of World War II, by Pope Pius XII, who consecrated the world and placed it under the special protection of the Virgin Mary.
Pius XII’s Decree of May 4, 1944. asked her intercession to obtain “peace among nations, freedom for the Church, the conversion of sinners, the love of purity and the practice of virtue.”
But the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary wasn’t new.
Christians were early attracted by the love and virtues of the Heart of Mary.
Simeon’s prophecy that Mary’s heart would be pierced with a sword paved the way for this devotion. Moreover, Mary was not passive at the foot of the Cross; “she cooperated through charity,” as St. Augustine says, “in the work of our redemption.”
The meditations on the Ave Maria and the Salve Regina date back to the Eleventh century.
In the seventeenth century, St. John Eudes preached it together with that of the Sacred Heart.
In 1830, during the revelation of the “miraculous medal,” the Virgin Mary showed to Catherine Laboure the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus united.
In the nineteenth century, Pius VII and Pius IX allowed several churches to celebrate a feast of the Pure Heart of Mary.
Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!
Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!
+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York
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