And all the while, our suffering along the way, our own interior weakness and temptations press heavily to torment us and produce in our souls a feeling of faintness and sadness, which means only one thing: distrust - - in ourselves, in our ideal, in the means to attain it. (W. Giaquinta)
“Here we have the source of trust in Our Lady: her poverty, the richness of God, the certainty that what befalls her is an expression of love, an expression of the will of God. When all problems increase, when injustice seems obvious, how is it possible to think that also in these cases there is the will of God and His love that weaves through our life? To believe is the source of trust. These thoughts on Our Lady are not just words, because they are expressed concretely in her existence, an existence that one sees turned inside out by the word and will of God.” (W. Giaquinta, February 20, 1977)
A Closer Look at Our Lady of Trust: During World War I, more than 100 seminarians in the Major Seminary in Rome were forced into the Italian military. The seminarians placed themselves under the special care of Mary of Trust. They all returned home safely. To repay the
goodness of their Queen, the seminarians put diadems on the crowns of Mother and Child! In the seminary today the Feast of Our Lady of Trust is celebrated on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday.Please join the Pro Sanctity Movement as we turn to the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Trust and ask her for the trust to become saints! Please also pray for the preparation of the General Assembly of the Institute of the Apostolic Oblates. Pay attention words or phrases from the prayer today and let it lead you into an intimate dialogue with Mary, one that takes place between a mother and a child. Please share your reflection and graces under comments.
Today let us pray for the trust to believe that God can do marvelous things with our poverty and limitations. Let Mary be our model and show us how to cooperate with God's personal plan of love that He is inviting each of us to respond to!
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