Catholic Apostolate Center Newsletter
Greetings!
It's hard to believe that we're already almost half-way through 2013 and that the official start of summer is just around the corner! We hope this newsletter finds you doing well and enjoying every great blessing that comes with this time of year.
In this newsletter we take a moment to reflect on devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, a theme which is particularly timely in light of the Church's recent memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In his recent homily on Saturday from the Vatican, Pope Francis commented on Mary's consistent dedication to pondering and meditating on the Word of God, saying,
"John Paul II said that, because of this work, Mary had a particular heaviness in her heart, she had a fatigued heart. But this is not the same as tired, it is fatigue, this comes from effort. This is the effort of keeping the Word of God : the work of trying to find out what this means at this moment, what the Lord wants to say to me at this time, this situation of questioning the [meaning of ]the Word of God is how we understand. This is reading our life with the Word of God and this is what it means to keep it in our hearts".
May our prayer be that, this summer, we too may become "fatigued" from continual meditation, listening to the voice of the Lord speaking to us individually, using Mary as our model.
For more resources on strengthening your devotion to our Blessed Mother see our feature below. As always, we welcome your feedback and any additional suggestions as to how we can improve this newsletter and any resources we offer.
In God, the Infinite Love,
The Catholic Apostolate Center Team
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