Celebrating the Beauty, Goodness and Grace of Our Lady

It is difficult to imagine the depth of the gifts given by God to Mary. These eight articles appeared in the original Queen of All Hearts Magazine over a two year period. The Queen explores this topic by making these articles available in this month’s publication.

The Immaculate  sets the tone by describing Mary is without stain, and therefore without blemish. Mary, Above All Others continues the idea of escaping the stain of Original Sin, but from a different perspective. In this article #2, the focus is placed on the beauty of Mary’s Soul and her Heart. To fashion His Mother’s soul, God selected from His treasures. He selected all that was most beautiful, most rare and most precious; God gathered all that was most excellent and admirable in the souls of all the elect; He epitomized all this, so to speak, and gave it to Mary, His Mother. All the virtues, graces and perfections of the saints and angels have been reduced to their quintessence, refined and perfected, then placed in Mary’s heart. Wow, what a statement! Read more in this wonderful article.

Mary, More Beautiful

Mary, All Beautiful (Article #3) continues our journey to understand Mary better. Understanding Mary’s beauty takes more than one article as it is examined from multiple perspectives. Article #3 examines the beauty of the saints. In Mary, Above the Angels (Article #4) the beauty of the various types of Angels is examined!

Few there are, it is true, who have been privileged to see Mary with their bodily eyes; but we can see her with the eyes of our soul, if we would but meditate on her beauty. And it is this spiritual contemplation of Mary that is the safest and the surest, since it is founded on truth. It is the most consoling also, since it brings Mary’s true image right into our soul where it can be kept free from any illusion of the senses. It is this picture or ”spiritual image” of Mary that Fr. de Montfort wishes us to form in our souls when he tells us that we must ”try to form within us some idea or spiritual image of Mary”. (Secret , No. 47).

Mary, Goodness and Grace

In Mary Full of Grace (Article #5) the article explores how the saints describe Mary’s grace! How did grace enter Mary? The saints experience grace usually drip – by – drip. That is not how Mary experiences her grace. The article analyzes this further. Grace for All (Article #6) explores how God places in her hands gifts and treasures. Mary is the aqueduct that that conveys grace to us all!

In the next article (#7), the series examines Mary’s Virtues – her Goodness. Thy virtues, O Virgin, surpass the stars of heaven in numbers! Still, what God permits them to see of Mary’s virtues and privileges is as nothing compared to what He hides from their view. They are constantly discovering all their qualities and all their virtues in Mary’s Immaculate Heart. This article unpacks, Mary’s Virtues, More Than The Stars and touches upon visible and hidden virtues and goodness.

The last article (#8) concludes this series, Mary, Most Powerful. The series explores Mary’s Beauty, Goodness and Grace. It concludes with her power! Mary is an ambassador with full powers. God has entrusted her with all the interests of His divine Providence, of His mercy and of His justice. Hence, Mary’s unique power of intercession.

For all those who make a Total Consecration according to Montfort’s Spirituality, one of their first reactions is a need to learn more about Our Lady! We want to love her more deeply. We do that, in part, by meditating on her virtues. For all members of the Queen of All Hearts and for those who made or are making their Total  Consecration, these eight articles go a long way in understanding Our Lady and How God sees her!