Preparation for Advent
By St. John Eudes
During an Advent Santa Matilde wanted to do something that would please the Blessed Virgin, which would serve as a preparation for the birth of Jesus, then this is the Divine Savior appeared and gave this beautiful and holy instruction:
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"We salute the Virginal Heart of my Most Holy Mother like a sea full of heavenly grace, and as a treasure met all sorts of goods for men. I greet you as the purest that has ever existed after mine, because she was the first who made the vow of virginity.
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We hail him as the meanest of all hearts, because, because of her humility, she drew me to himself from the bosom of my Father, and has earned conceiving in her womb by the Holy Ghost. We hail him as the most devout and the most ardent in my wish and my birth Incarnation on earth, for the fervor of his desires and sighs She attracted me, and was the occasion of the salvation of men.
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We hail him as the heart more burning with love of God and neighbor. We hail him as the wisest and most prudent itself because I keep everything that happened in my childhood, my youth and my middle age, and made this knowledge holier use.
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We hail him as the most patient, because it was a thousand times of pain pierced my Holy Passion, and always had the perpetual remembrance of my sufferings. We hail him as the most faithful, because not only consented that I, his only Son, to be killed, but she offered in sacrifice myself to my Eternal Father for the redemption dle world.
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We hail him as the most thoughtful, the most vigilant, and the most zealous in the early Church, for the care she had to pray unceasingly for the Church, can never be overcome or sufficiently recognized. We hail him as the most constant and high in contemplation, because it can not explain the graces and favors reaching for your prayers for men "
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So this Advent, gives your heart the heart of Jesus and the Heart of Mary with intent to supply ingratitude, neglect and infidelity with whom they have offended. This will very much. Because it has on the lives of Santa Gertrudis on the eve of Christmas, Santa experienced great sorrow for be impeded in their disease during Advent to recite some prayers in his honor and the Holy Spirit inspired him to offer it instead as compensation for their negligence, the Most Sacred Heart of her Son.
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He accepted Jesus with great joy to be a gift of infinite value that can repair any offense against God.
Taken from the book "The admirable heart of the Mother of God" by St. John Eudes
Oh Jesus, the only Son of God, the only Son of Mary, I offer the heart bondadosísimo your Divine Mother, which for you is the most beautiful and pleasant to everyone. O Mary, Mother of Jesus, I offer the most sacred Heart of your Son, who is life and love of Your Heart. (San Juan Offering Eudes.)
