“The Institute’s concrete apostolate
attracts me;
the intense interior life that must be lived attracts me; its
final goal attracts me.
In the Institute I have found the answer to
the questions
that I have asked regarding the ‘religious crisis’ that oppresses
the world.
This helps me to go out and
meet others,
launching forward with always greater enthusiasm and interior
renewal.
The Marian ideal is my joy and worthy
of living it fully,
even at the cost of suffering and dying,
because this ideal is worth more than life.”
(A Missionary: June 20, 1974).
I wrote this amazing post and it got deleted when I hit the post button. Oh well. To sum up what I was going to say: She really IS the Mother of the whole world (by the beautiful representation in the picture). And we are all called to be missionaries as members of her spiritual army. How often I forget this and yet how beautiful that even in my weakness, the grace of God fills me and He works through me even when I am not consciously trying to spread the Gospel. Thank you for this beautiful post.
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