«A Your soul's sword will penetrate so that the thoughts of many hearts will come to light»
Who said those words? It was spoken by the old prophet Simeon at the minute the Blessed parent of God arrived at the temple with the guardian of the Holy Family, St. Joseph, on the 40th day after the birth of Jesus. Before Simeon spoke these words, he took Jesus ’ kid into his hand and thus praised God: «Now, O Lord, let thy servant go in peace, according to thy word. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared for all nations: light for the enlightenment of the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel».“ (v. 29-32). Simeon blessed them and said to his parent Mary, ‘Behold, he is destined for the fall, and the emergence of many in Israel, and for a sign which they will oppose. And your soul the sword will penetrate, that the thoughts of the hearts of many may be revealed.“ (v. 34-35).
Maria has besides experienced many interior sufferings in her life. erstwhile she found out Herod had tried to kill small Jesus, then fled to Egypt, then erstwhile small Jesus was lost in the temple, and they returned and sought him out. Later, erstwhile Jesus experienced frequent clashes with the Pharisees, they tried to kill him. She surely experienced all her hatred of him and her attempts to kill him very painfully. Also, erstwhile Judas betrayed and learned that Jesus had been captured and sentenced to death erstwhile she heard the cry: “Crucify, Crucify!” The pain squeezed her heart. She saw him beaten in a crown of thorns, and then accompanied him on the cross road and until his death. erstwhile at the crucifixion nails were put into his hands and feet, and then, as he hung on the cross for 3 hours, she experienced with him all minute of his painful death. erstwhile Jesus was taken off the cross and laid on her knees, with motherly love she embraced his holy body, full of deep wounds. Then she and his most faithful disciples laid him in a grave. On the night of large Friday on Saturday, she remembered hammers, crowd screams, mockery under the cross, insult... All the suffering that Jesus suffered for our sins, His parent experienced with Him very tenderly. We worship 7 pains of the Virgin Mary, but these pains were not only seven, but there were many more. And erstwhile did the sword of pain pierce her soul? This was the minute erstwhile Jesus' suffering on the cross reached a painful climax in a loud cry: ‘Eli, Eli, Lama Sabaktani?It’s okay. ” erstwhile a soldier pierced Jesus' heart with a spear, it was as if the sword of pain besides pierced her heart.
How many people feel spiritual pain after losing loved ones, leaving, ungrateful, betrayal... Jesus ’ parent experienced all of this to the limit of opportunity, and so she sympathizes with anyone who suffers. He besides wants to comfort you by trustingly addressing her in the most hard spiritual pains. Realize that Jesus' parent and her boy besides suffered for you, for your sins. Jesus, erstwhile his suffering intensified on the cross, said to the disciple, and thus to all his disciples, these words: “Here is your mother!” Jesus besides gives her to you as a parent to accompany you in the way of your life. erstwhile evil and the devil effort to drag you into their traps and onto a slippery way leading to destruction, then turn to parent Jesus.
Jesus gave us the 1 who treads upon the devil's head, that hell snake. This involves a large mystery that is part of the Gospel. Jesus promises us that whatever we ask will happen to us if we do not uncertainty in our heart. Above all, 1 must pray for the salvation of immortal souls, ours and loved ones. Salvation, on the another hand, involves a spiritual conflict with the forces of darkness that work on our minds, our will, and our unclean heart. We request God's grace, God's help, and Mary is full of grace, kecharitomene! God gives her to us as a mother. In this conflict for souls, we must rise up the spiritual mountains of demonic forces that present occupy individual nations, full cities, villages, and even individuals. Jesus gave us the command and promise to drive out demons in his name, heal the sick, and resurrect the dead. But this promise usually does not work, for in our hearts we doubt, our religion is weak, as if the word were without spirit, without power. But if, like St. Grignion, we strive to do everything with Mary and in Mary, and now we give Her full reign in us and we let her to act through us, her religion is unquestionable. She was blessed due to the fact that she believed what the Lord had said to her. erstwhile it comes to fighting demons, It is full of grace, full of the Holy Spirit, and through it works the power of the Most High, or Holy Spirit. In another words, Mary commands the demons within us, “Get out!” and the power of God – the Holy Spirit – makes this happen. That's why it's imperative that we get deep into this mystery. She's the fresh Eve, she's the Immaculate One. We received her internally, as John under the cross, so that she might be in us a surviving tabernacle, that Jesus might act in us through the Holy Spirit. In another words, that Jesus by her religion and purity begin within us and grow within us in the power of the Holy Spirit. Then we will be able to say, "I am dead, Christ lives in me." This newborn involves interior prayer and willingness to die for its own will. That's actually carrying a cross.
So by crossing our will with the will of God, we must die with Christ for our will. It hurts our ego, but Christ grows in us and becomes stronger. He is to live in us through Mary and through the Spirit of God. It's a large secret, and it's connected to the word: «A The sword will penetrate your soul, so that the thoughts of the hearts of many may be revealed». This spiritual newborn involves the sword of pain experienced by Jesus ’ mother, as the apostle said: “My children, in large pains inI'm having a baby, until you are transformed into Christ.” The Apostle goes on to show that she is fresh Jerusalem, which, as he himself says, “is the parent of all of us” (see Ga 3-4).
