3.4 Prayer

STAGE 3: In Communion with Mary

MARY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

THE APOSTOLIC WAY

PRAYER

Rosary

Let us contemplate the mystery of Pentecost and let us ask, through the intercession of Mary, the descent of the Holy Spirit into our hearts.

Producing God-man: “Together with the Holy Spirit Mary produced the greatest thing that ever was or ever will be: a God-man” (TD 35).

Fashioning the chosen: “The Holy Spirit wishes to fashion God’s chosen ones in and through Mary” (TD 34).

Forming saints: “The formation and the education of the great saints who will come at the end of the world are reserved to her, for only this singular and wondrous virgin can produce in union with the Holy Spirit singular and wondrous things” (TD 35).

Dwelling in souls: “When the Holy Spirit finds Mary in a soul, he hastens there and enters fully into that soul” (TD 36).

Never ending fruitfulness: “From the moment the substantial love of the Father and the Son espoused Mary to form Jesus, the head of the elect, and Jesus in the elect, the Holy Spirit has never disowned her, for she has always been faithful and fruitful” (TD 36).

Concluding Prayer

Litany of Our Lady (Just click or tap) or

“Prayer to the Holy Spirit”, adapted from “Prayer for Missionaries” (PM 15; 25), by Louis-Marie de Montfort.

Holy Spirit, be ever mindful that it is you who, with Mary as your faithful spouse, are to bring forth and fashion the children of God. In her and with her, you brought forth the Head of the Church and, in the same way, you will bring all his members into being. Within the Trinity, none of the divine persons is begotten by you. Outside the Trinity, you are the begetter of all the children of God. All the saints, who have ever existed or will exist until the end of time, will be the outcome of your love working through Mary. Blessed, a thousand-fold blessed, are those souls whom you have chosen with such care to dwell with you in Mary, the divine mountain of all delights! This is the mountain on which Jesus Christ, who dwells there forever, will teach them in his own words the meaning of the eight beatitudes.

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