Oct 25, 2026 · 4 hr 37 min · 60 segments
"Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady-Mother St. Paul" offers profound reflections on the role of Mary as the Mother of Christ, emphasizing her significance in the Christian faith. This collection of…
but she offered herself to do what god wished she put herself at his disposal and this is what i must do every day of my life if i would fulfil the end for which god has created me here i am lord to do thy bidding to do whatever thou didst intend me to do to-day i may not know any more than did the immaculate babe in her cradle what the particular end is for which he has destined me but that does not matter if i am found faithfully doing my duty of the moment whatever it may be doing it that is to say for god praising reverencing and serving him in it i shall not miss the important moment in my life when god calls me to the special work for which he has destined me i can if i will do each little duty of my everyday life for god with the pure motive of giving him pleasure it is the surest way of making myself indifferent as to whether or not the duty gives me pleasure and it ensures that from one point of view all duties will be a pleasure i was created by god to do this particular thing for him at this particular moment so i do it what an uplifting thought it puts me at once on to another plane the supernatural plane where the whole aspect is different this is the truth which the little one whose birthday i am thinking about to-day understood so perfectly behold the handmaid of the lord was her cry even then it was because mary understood the value of the sacrament of the moment as it has been called that when the moment of her life came and her great end was revealed to her she was able to say ecce anchila domini she was used to saying it it was the most natural thing for her to say and so will it be for me if only i will practise as mary did i shall bow to his will in the great crises of my life not naturally but supernaturally because i have formed the habit in all the little things that make up my life point three the dove overshadowing his spouse is the holy ghost he it was who filled her with grace at the moment of the immaculate conception he it is who will keep her full of grace at every moment of her life Never for one instant will he leave her.
Never for one instant will she cease to be the temple of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 6.19 Always will he be able to say to her, Thou art all-fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.
1 Thessalonians 5.19 She will never grieve him.
Ephesians 4.30 And not only will she never resist a single one of his inspirations, but she will never let one pass by unnoticed.
Her correspondence to grace will be perfect.
Oh, what need I have to turn to the little one in her cradle today and say, pray for me now.
Pray that I may never extinguish the Holy Spirit, but live always in a state of grace.
Pray that I may never grieve him whose temple I am by resisting his pleadings with me.
colloquy with the babe in her cradle resolution to make much of the sacrament of the moment to-day spiritual bouquet in me is all grace ecclesiasticus twenty four twenty five end of section three section four of mater christi meditations on our lady by mother st paul This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
Read by David S. Ingram.
Mary's Presentation in the Temple.
In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
Ecclesiasticus 24.14. First Prelude.
The Child on the Temple Steps.
Second Prelude.
point one mary at the age of three years tradition tells us mary left her home to go and live in the temple not merely as other little girls of her time to attend the temple school but to dedicate herself to god and to live continually under the shadow of his presence as samuel of old had done her desire even at that tender age was to confirm her parents dedication of her at her birth by giving herself up entirely to god to live a hidden life with him away from everything however lawful that might disturb her union with him she waited only for his call and as soon as it was given she left all and followed even her parents must take a second place so joyously and eagerly did mary fulfil her end of the moment god called her and she went to him she did not know what he wanted for her nor did she seek to know sufficient for her that he wanted her and was calling at once she presented herself before him as the little samuel of old here am i for thou didst call me speak for thy servant heareth first kings three nine she was ready for anything that he might want and this should be the attitude of all who would serve him a constant presentation of themselves to him for whatever he wants this attitude can only be arrived at by the spirit of sacrifice to be always at liberty for god's service the soul must be disentangled from all else free from all that would hold it back and this means sacrifice
but she offered herself to do what god wished she put herself at his disposal and this is what i must do every day of my life if i would fulfil the end for which god has created me here i am lord to do thy bidding to do whatever thou didst intend me to do to-day i may not know any more than did the immaculate babe in her cradle what the particular end is for which he has destined me but that does not matter if i am found faithfully doing my duty of the moment whatever it may be doing it that is to say for god praising reverencing and serving him in it i shall not miss the important moment in my life when god calls me to the special work for which he has destined me i can if i will do each little duty of my everyday life for god with the pure motive of giving him pleasure it is the surest way of making myself indifferent as to whether or not the duty gives me pleasure and it ensures that from one point of view all duties will be a pleasure i was created by god to do this particular thing for him at this particular moment so i do it what an uplifting thought it puts me at once on to another plane the supernatural plane where the whole aspect is different this is the truth which the little one whose birthday i am thinking about to-day understood so perfectly behold the handmaid of the lord was her cry even then it was because mary understood the value of the sacrament of the moment as it has been called that when the moment of her life came and her great end was revealed to her she was able to say ecce anchila domini she was used to saying it it was the most natural thing for her to say and so will it be for me if only i will practise as mary did i shall bow to his will in the great crises of my life not naturally but supernaturally because i have formed the habit in all the little things that make up my life point three the dove overshadowing his spouse is the holy ghost he it was who filled her with grace at the moment of the immaculate conception he it is who will keep her full of grace at every moment of her life Never for one instant will he leave her.
Never for one instant will she cease to be the temple of the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 6.19 Always will he be able to say to her, Thou art all-fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.
1 Thessalonians 5.19 She will never grieve him.
Ephesians 4.30 And not only will she never resist a single one of his inspirations, but she will never let one pass by unnoticed.
Her correspondence to grace will be perfect.
Oh, what need I have to turn to the little one in her cradle today and say, pray for me now.
Pray that I may never extinguish the Holy Spirit, but live always in a state of grace.
Pray that I may never grieve him whose temple I am by resisting his pleadings with me.
colloquy with the babe in her cradle resolution to make much of the sacrament of the moment to-day spiritual bouquet in me is all grace ecclesiasticus twenty four twenty five end of section three section four of mater christi meditations on our lady by mother st paul This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
Read by David S. Ingram.
Mary's Presentation in the Temple.
In the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
Ecclesiasticus 24.14. First Prelude.
The Child on the Temple Steps.
Second Prelude.
point one mary at the age of three years tradition tells us mary left her home to go and live in the temple not merely as other little girls of her time to attend the temple school but to dedicate herself to god and to live continually under the shadow of his presence as samuel of old had done her desire even at that tender age was to confirm her parents dedication of her at her birth by giving herself up entirely to god to live a hidden life with him away from everything however lawful that might disturb her union with him she waited only for his call and as soon as it was given she left all and followed even her parents must take a second place so joyously and eagerly did mary fulfil her end of the moment god called her and she went to him she did not know what he wanted for her nor did she seek to know sufficient for her that he wanted her and was calling at once she presented herself before him as the little samuel of old here am i for thou didst call me speak for thy servant heareth first kings three nine she was ready for anything that he might want and this should be the attitude of all who would serve him a constant presentation of themselves to him for whatever he wants this attitude can only be arrived at by the spirit of sacrifice to be always at liberty for god's service the soul must be disentangled from all else free from all that would hold it back and this means sacrifice
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