Thought For the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
This is the truth. ❤️ I’m seeing Protestants coming around to understanding Mary and her importance in the salvation of man.
We had a tradesman renderer do some patch work at our house a few years ago, and he happened to be a Muslim (much of the industry is). At the end of the job, after noticing the statue of Our Lady in the garden, he asked if we were Christian’s and I said yes. He said “I could tell by the statue of Maryam. We love Isa’s mother! She is the best.”
After 34 years of ditching the sacraments for reasons unknown to me, William said yes when Our Lady spoke to him via the Holy Rosary. This was on Monday the 21st.
All I did was ask the question;
“Would you consider coming back to the faith?”
[The Villas at Traverse Pointe is a nursing home that I volunteer at. On Monday’s we gather and pray the Rosary.]
When he said yes, I didn’t hesitate to call Fr. Joy from St Francis of Assisi parish.
On Wednesday William came back to the fold. Confession and Holy Communion.
Mother Mary is a reconciler of hearts.
The Holy Rosary.
A lifering tossed to the floundering soul.
Now William is back on the ship, praise be to God.
I love Our Queen, Immaculata.
In my apologetics discussions with Protestants, the one question concerning Our Lady that always caused them to back up and think was: “Don’t you think Jesus loves His mother, and is happy when we love her, too?”
One that I have used is;
Does the master artist enjoy the unceasing praises of his masterpiece from those who ponder his work?
Of course he does. It takes nothing away from him. On the contrary, it gladdin’s his heart.
I can’t take the credit for this.
Somewhere along the twenty five years of reading saintly material I came across this explanation.
It is a great danger to see Jesus isolated from His family. This is a common Protestant outlook, but some Catholics subscribe to this also. It is part of Christian revelation that yes, Jesus grew up in a full-fledged family, He loved them always, especially His mother as her only son. I find this an important message for reaching out to non-Catholics, to get them to understand that Jesus had relationships, and that the love He had for them continues as He lives His resurrected life. St. Louis de Monfort really helped me to understand this truth.
Many years ago one of our catechists was in discussion with a Protestant fundamentalist who wanted to join the Church but was having real difficulties with the place of Mary in the Church. He wanted to know where in Scripture to find proof of the legitimacy of such devotion. The catechist said the Bible states “All generation shall call me blessed.” Which Christian church calls Mary “our blessed mother?” That did it. The realization that he had read that passage so many times and had never put the pieces together hit him like a bolt from heaven.
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