Today in the Catholic Church we celebrate the birth of Mary the most Holy Mother of God. Because of her Immaculate Conception and sinless life, "Our Savior Jesus Christ," was born. Our first parents Adam and Eve were made in the image and likeness of God. They chose sin and suffering over the beauty of their creator and the purity of their creation. It was through Mary that the Son of Man was able to bring us back from the slavery of sin to a pure and perfect life. We have to choose that way of life. As Jesus and His Mother brought St. Augustine and St. Mary Magdalene back from a seriously sinful state, to the purity of their creation, so we can do the same through the sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church.
It has surprised me that Purity seems such a repulsive word to most lay people. Perhaps people think it is impossible to become pure in this world of dark pleasure. Or more difficult still, to remain pure. Without the sacrament of reconciliation and the sacrifice of the Holy Mass it is impossible. We seem to have resigned ourselves to the lie that we will always have to sin. Our Lady of America came to show us in the United States that the power of "Purity" and the "Indwelling of the Holy Spirit" can change the world. The Saints are our example that you can live in this world but not be of this world. "Only Saints go to Heaven", meaning purified souls.
I am a sixty-four year old woman of the sixties. I left the Catholic Church of my youth as so many of us have and upon returning found the comfort of my church home to already be waiting for me. Through the sacraments and several good priests the Heart of Christ and his Holy Mother reached out to me and made me whole again.
The Purification process was more difficult. So much healing takes place that one needs to be dedicated to prayer and the sacraments on a regular basis. I went to confession, to the same priest once a week for three years. Yes three years. I have been present at Mass at least once a week with this same priest for four years as of today. The presence of a Pure and Holy Priest is the presence of Christ in our life. I have so many times thought about St. Mary Magdalene, how she washed the feet of Christ with her hair and her presence at the foot of the cross when so many others were not ready to risk everything for Jesus. That is purification, that is pure love. To be the first person that Jesus appeared to after the Resurrection holds great and untold significance.
I am obviously not a theologian but as I see it, St. Mary Magdalene was and is the First Bride of Christ.
The New Evangelization is reawakening the idea of the Church as the Bride of Christ. We become His Bride through the purification process available in the sacraments of the Holy Catholic Church. It is not education and intelligence that bring purification, but love that grows deeper with every reception of the sacraments. A desire to do penance for your sins and the sins of the world. A desire to forgive and allow yourself to be forgiven.
The older you are the more difficult the process is, as we are set in our ways and many of them comfortable sins. For me anger was a huge issue. It took at least two of the three years to pry anger out of me. I will not take it back. I am at the younger end of the Baby Boomers, we are all getting very close to that final meeting with Jesus. What are we waiting for? Do we think the rules will change? It is not about the rules, it is about the purification and protection of our souls by following the natural law. It is about sorrow for our sins and the sins we have legitimized by voting them into our Constitution, and so the lives of our children and grandchildren.....
On the Feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God I have again consecrated my life to the return of Purity for America through, "Our Lady of America". I pray that all men and women will desire the virtue of Purity and begin the, "Journey Home". Amen
Margaret Of Souls for Jesus.
Please go to http://www.ourladyofamerica.org to find peace.
