The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""""THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 223is elevated to heaven, and standsface to facefore God, the perfect Mirror of all knowledge? Itis as easy for God to enable His Saints to see thingsterrestrial from heaven, as things celestial fromearth.The influence of Mary s intercession exceeds thatof the Angels, Patriarchs, and Prophets, in the samedegree that her sanctity surpasses theirs. If ourheavenly Father listens so propitiously to the voiceof His servants, what will He refuse to her who isHis chosen daughter of predilection, chosen amongthousands to be the Mother of His beloved Son?If we ourselves, though sinners, can help oneanother by our prayers, how irresistible must bethe intercession of Mary, who never grieved Almighty God by sin, who never tarnished her whiterobe of innocence by the least defilement, from thefirst moment of her existence till she was receivedby triumphant angels into heaven.In speaking of the patronage of the Blessed Virgin, we must never lose sight of her title of Motherof our Redeemer, nor of the great privileges whichthat prerogative implies. Mary was the Mother ofJesus. She exercised towards Him all the influencewhich a prudent mother has over an affectionatechild.Jesus," says the Gospel, was subject to1that is, toMary and- Joseph. We find thisthem,"obedience of our Lord towards His Mother forciblyexemplified at the marriage feast of Cana. Herbe