First Sunday of Advent
As we enter into Advent this year, let us reflect on the feelings of Mary when she conceived in her womb the Holy One of God, Jesus Christ... and the Joy and Sorrow of the Birth of Christ.
Reading the "Revelations of St. Brigett" who had visions and spoke to God the Father, Jesus, Mary and some saints gives us a profound outlook of the events of Christ's life and death... These words of Our Lady about the Annunciation and the Nativity spoke deeply to my heart and I wanted to share them with you...
Birth of Christ in Mary's Own Words
St. Bridgett Revelations Chapter 10
"....While I was thus fascinated by this thought, I saw three
wonderful things: I saw a star, but not the kind that shines in the sky; I saw
a light, but not the kind that shines in this world; I smelled a fragrance, but
not of herbs or anything else of this world. It was most delightful and truly
indescribable, and it filled me up so completely that I jubilated with joy!
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| Leonardo DeVinci |
After this, I immediately heard a voice - but not from a
human mouth - and when I heard it, I shuddered with the great fear that it
might be an illusion, or a mockery by an evil spirit. But shortly after this,
an angel of God appeared before me; he was like the most handsome of men, but
not in the flesh as is the body of a created man, and he said to me: ‘Hail,
full of grace, the Lord is with thee!’ When I heard this, I wondered what he
meant and why he had come to me with such a greeting, for I knew and believed
that I was unworthy of any such thing - or any good thing! However, I also knew
that nothing is impossible for God, if he desires it.
Then the angel spoke again: ‘The child to be born in you is
holy and will be called the Son of God. May his will be done as it pleases
him.’ But, not even then did I consider myself worthy, and I did not ask the
angel why, or when, this would happen. Instead I asked him how it could be that
I, an unworthy maiden, who did not know any man, should become the Mother of
God. The angel answered me (as I have just said): ‘Nothing is impossible for
God, for whatever he wants to do will be done.’
When I had heard these words of the angel, I felt the most
fervent desire to become the Mother of God, and my soul spoke out of love and
desire, saying: ‘See, here I am; your will be done in me!’ With these words, my
Son was conceived in my womb to the indescribable joy of my soul and my every
limb! While I had him in my womb, I bore him without any pain, without any
heaviness or discomfort. I humbled myself in all things, knowing that he whom I
bore was the Almighty!
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| from the Nativity Story |
When I gave birth to him, it was also without any pain or
sin, just as I had conceived him, but with such exaltation and joy of soul and
body that my feet did not feel the ground where they had been standing because
of this indescribable joy! Just as he had entered my limbs to the joy of all my
soul, he left my body, leaving my virginity intact, and my soul and whole body
in a state of indescribable joy and jubilation.
When I gazed upon and contemplated his beauty, joy seeped
through my soul like dewdrops and I knew myself to be unworthy of such a son.
But when I considered the places where (as I had learned from the predictions
of the prophets) nails would be pierced through his hands and feet at the
crucifixion, my eyes filled with tears and my heart was almost torn apart by
sorrow. |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help... see the nails and cross the angels are holding |
When my Son saw my weeping eyes, he became almost deathly
saddened. However, when I considered his divine power, I was consoled again in
knowing that this was what he wanted and that it should happen in this way, and
I joined all my will to his. So my joy was always mixed with sorrow...."
Read the entire Revelation of St. Bridgett here...
http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Bridget%20%28Birgitta%29%20of%20Sweden%20-%20Prophecies%20and%20Revelations.html
Read the entire Revelation of St. Bridgett here...
http://www.saintsbooks.net/books/St.%20Bridget%20%28Birgitta%29%20of%20Sweden%20-%20Prophecies%20and%20Revelations.html
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