Back to back with the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary honors the closeness of mother to Son, and the closeness of disciple to master. St. John Eudes writes: "If Saint Bernard could say he had but one heart with Jesus, and if it was said of the first Christians that they had but one heart and one soul, so great was the union amongst them, how much more can we say that Jesus and Mary had but one heart and one soul, considering how closely they were bound together by the perfect conformity of mind, will and sentiment that existed between the divine Son of God and his Immaculate Mother." When Mary "treasured these things and pondered them in her heart" (Lk 2: 19), she was again as close to Jesus as she was when she carried him in her womb. And from her many apparitions in the course of history, she has made known over and over again, that we, her children have a place in that heart. Our own country is consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary; the national basilica bears that name as well. This, then, is a day for us to treasure and ponder in our hearts our wonderful mother and our relationship with her: that we may be "one heart and one soul" with her. A slow, thoughtful praying of the Hail Mary is a good way to begin our pondering.
Bro. Rene
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