After a year as seminarian in St Sulpice in Paris, Eugene reflects in his journal on the place of Mary in his spirituality:<\/p>\n
\nBut devotion to the Blessed Virgin must excel all others; for the glorious Mother of God is called by the Church: our life and our hope. It is morally impossible for a soul to make any progress in the ways of perfection if it lacks this tender and sincere devotion to the most holy Mother of God.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
General counsels for achieving perfection, notes taken in 1809, EO XIV n.39.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\u201cMary\u2019s gaze is not directed towards us alone. At the foot of the Cross, when Jesus entrusted to her the Apostle John, and with him all of us, in the words: ‘Woman, here is your son’, the gaze of Mary was fixed on Jesus. Mary says to us what she said at the wedding feast of Cana: ‘Do whatever he tells you’. Mary points to Jesus, she asks us to bear witness to Jesus, she constantly guides us to her Son Jesus, because in Him alone do we find salvation. He alone can change the water of our loneliness, difficulties and sin into the wine of encounter, joy and forgiveness. He alone.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Pope Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After a year as seminarian in St Sulpice in Paris, Eugene reflects in his journal on the place of Mary in his spirituality: But devotion to the Blessed Virgin must excel all others; for the glorious Mother of God is … Continue reading