O Virgin of Lourdes, accompany your children to be faithful to God

Jesus is the blessed fruit of the Immaculate Conception

If we think about the role that God wanted to entrust to Mary in his plan of salvation, we immediately realize that there is a necessary union between Jesus, Mary and us. this is why we want to deepen the value of true devotion to Mary and consecration to her, which is all related to love and consecration to Jesus.

Jesus Christ Savior of the world, true God and true man, is the ultimate goal of all devotion. If our devotion is not like that, it is false and deceptive. Only in Christ have we been "blessed with every spiritual blessing in heaven" (Eph 1, 3). Other than the name of Jesus Christ "there is no other name given to men under heaven in which it has been established that we can be saved" (Acts 4:12). "In Christ, with Christ and for Christ" we can do everything: we can render "honor and glory to God the Father Almighty in the unity of the Holy Spirit". In him we can become saints and spread the smell of eternal life around us.

To offer oneself to Mary, to be devoted to her, to consecrate herself to her, therefore means to establish more perfectly the worship due to Jesus and to grow in love for him, having chosen a sure means to find him. Jesus has always been and is the fruit of Mary. Heaven and earth repeat incessantly: "Blessed be the fruit of your womb, Jesus". And this not only for all humanity in general, but for each one of us in particular: Jesus is the fruit and work of Mary. this is why the souls transformed into Jesus can say: “May they be given thanks to Mary, because my divine possession is his work. Without her I wouldn't have it. "

Saint Augustine teaches that the elect, to become conformed to the image of the Son of God, are hidden, on earth, in the womb of Mary, where this Mother guards them, nourishes them and maintains them, makes them grow until she gives birth to glory, after death. The Church calls birth the death of the righteous. What a mystery of grace is this!

So if we have this devotion to Mary, if we choose to consecrate ourselves to her, we have found the safe way to go to Jesus Christ, because the task of Our Lady is precisely to lead us to Him, just as the task of Jesus is to bring us to knowledge and union with Heavenly Father. Whoever wishes to possess the divine fruit must therefore possess the tree of life which is Mary. Whoever wants the Holy Spirit to act in him with power, must have his faithful Bride, the heavenly Mary, so that he will make his heart ready for his fruitful and sanctifying action "(cf. Treaty VD 62. 3. 44. 162) .

Commitment: We contemplate Mary with Jesus in our arms and praying let us ask her to keep us too and to let us discover the beauty of true union with her and Jesus.

Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.

NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES
Immaculate Virgin, Mother of Christ and Mother of men, we pray to you. You are blessed because you believed and God's promise was fulfilled: we have been given a Savior. Let us imitate your faith and your charity. Mother of the Church, you accompany your children to the encounter with the Lord. Help them to remain faithful to the joy of their baptism so that after your Son Jesus Christ they are sowers of peace and justice. Our Lady of the Magnificat, the Lord does wonders for you, Teach us to sing her Most Holy Name with you. Keep your protection for us so that, for our whole life, we can praise the Lord and witness his love in the heart of the world. Amen.

10 Hail Mary.