In
Mary
PREMISE
The premise of this guide book for a walk in faith with
The Ever Virgin
Mother of God
the Immaculate,
Assumed into heaven,
Mary of Nazareth.
Jesus is the center of the universe, wrapt in Mary, His divine Mother.
A title for this book:
“in
Mary”!
This is a guide book, which is presented to every Christian for them to be able to walk vigourous with Mary in their faith.
We propose this Marian walk of perfection as a method, which has precise choices in the way we live our faith.
Nothing's new in the Church, but we intend to reaffirm the Marian aspect of our faith.
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OPEN THE DOORS TO MARY! I remember … when I was young and I was working in a chemical shop, I found these inspiring words: TOTUS TUUS! And with the strengh of these words I was able to walk through the terrible Nazi's occupation and then through other difficult experiences after the war. There are occasions offered to all of us to welcome Mary into our own houses, into our very own existence. Today, for this reason, I wish to bring you to Mary. Brothers and sisters, I tell you from my own experiences: open to Mary the door to your lives!
John Paul II 10th april 2003 |
Mary
of Nazareth
she has Jesus in the breast and walk with us |
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OUR FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES
FIRST CHOICE
The first choice is to “be” and “live”
in the Catholic Church
For the exactness we do not wish to deviate from the Holy Catholic Church; we always unite ourselves more closely to the the Holder of the “fullness of the Truth” to adhere to this "Whole Truth " (Gv 16,13). We also wish to submit ourselves in humble to the Vicar of Christ on earth and to his teaching Authority.
SECOND CHOICE
Our second choice, is that We want to proclaim explicity with the well know axiom
Per
Mariam ad Jesum:
Let's go to Jesus through Mary!
Finally we commit ourselves to her "Path" of
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
And we propose it,
as method, at all the levels and at the end it becomes a true
and authentic Marian walk towards Holiness
for the entire Church, for individuals, families, all the groups and
the associations in the Church, an expression of Hope to the
same civil society.
Holy Mary is for all of us an universal way to Christ, to be united with Him, purified and sanctified.
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MARIAN METHOD
We speak of a marian method of sanctification.
But … wich is this method?
We choose as a method and as base for this marian walk of holiness the text
Catechism of the Catholic Church1
Constantly combined to the fundamental idea of the God's call, for His children, to fully live the Christian life
together with Mary,His mother.
This method will constantly show the following points:
1. Progressive reading and study of the Catholic truth methodically following
the text of the Catechism.
2. Marian look on the same truth.
3. The
testimony of the Sacred
Writing, of the Documents of the
help of particular spiritual readings.
4. The intention, the promise and, finally, the progressive renovation of the
Alliance with God, through Jesus Christ and to Mary's presence, His Mother
and faithful witness for an authentic walk of holiness in each of her children.
5. The daily marian seal of the Consecration to the Immaculate Heart with
which every ours footstep, will conform it
So always before, up "to recover" all the faith and love, witness Mary, my Mother and of the holy Catholic Church.
Is
there, therefore, a marian
method?
We think really,yes, there is! Reassuming everything in the word in
Mary,
we would like to offer a modern method of marian consecration, with the
help of
the Catechism
of the Catholic Church
to be also in
Mary
as all we are mainly in
Christ.
When we perhaps
repeat Paul's expression "
in Christ", we know thoroughly enough the
theological meaning of the expression in Mary.
This aspect, wanted and taken care by God for us and in us stays too much today still in shade. It suffers a certain delay of knowledge and, they pick up late accordingly the fruits in the Church.
We passionately
desire a genuine resumption of the Christian spirituality, according to
a growth accented of faith,
hope and charity… "in
Mary" that is " according to Mary"
It's the wish that we do to all - single, families and aggregation of the Church – introducing this text, that is a general method (but also specific!) for a walk of holiness in Mary and, therefore, essentially in Christ, God's child, the Saint, from which it comes down every holiness both toward Mary - “Full of grace!” – and also towards us.
John
Paul II crowns Mary of Nazareth (Rome
April 15th 1998)
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ESSENTIAL MEANS
FOR THIS WALK
1. THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
AND
2. A PRIEST SPIRITUAL GUIDE.
TO BUY THE
CATECHISM
In this marian walk the safety of the Magisterium is given back by the official text of the Church: "The Catechism of the Catholic Church."
TO CHOOSE A PRIEST
The faithfull that freely will want to undertake himself for this marian walk and with this method, is invited to choose a priest (of clear Catholic orthodoxy) because, as a spiritual guide, he confirms as soon as the footsteps of the developed walk. The priest-guide will confirm the faith and the love toward God of whom will humbly draw near to him.Our book will resemble to a "personal" notebook where they can be annotated, in the various days, the spiritual successes and the footsteps really developed.
A privileged guide among the
Saints
Among the Saints we will follow a preferred author:
S. Luigi Maria De Montfort and his irreplaceable " Treatise of the true
devotion to Mary".
We put on his wake there, almost continuing with him, according to his last expressions, left almost incomplete or at last only mentioned, when he writes that all must have made through Mary (n.258), with Mary (n.260), in Mary (n.261) and for Mary (n.265)
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1 The title of our book is taken by this expression of De Monfort. On this line we desire to continue.
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