Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
When we observe the natural order, we see that there is nothing superfluous.
In nature, there is nothing superfluous.
Indeed, the expressions haphazard and accident to describe some of the things we see in nature
are only words that say more about our ignorance than our knowledge of even the natural order.
For all things happen for a purpose.
And so, even when we see a spilt container of milk,
there is nothing haphazard about it or nothing truly chaotic.
Or all the actions that would brought it about,
we would see that the spill on the floor was the logical conclusion of all that transpired before it.
And if this is true of the natural order, which is a reflection of the order of God,
how much more so is it true in the supernatural order
that all things in the supernatural order redoubt to the glory of God.
And indeed, supernatural truths are much more important than any truth of the natural order.
And today, perhaps, we honor that doctrine of Holy Mother Church,
that supernatural truth on which the whole of the economy of salvation is conditioned.
Indeed, if we deny the prerogative of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
the whole edifice of our salvation falls down.
And so, it is most true that what is said of the natural order
and is what is said of the supernatural order
is also in the case with regard to the supernatural order.
And so, it is most true that what is said of the natural order
is also in the case with regard to the supernatural order.
And so, it is most true that what is said of the natural order
is also in the case with regard to the supernatural order.
And indeed, when we think upon what these mysteries really connote,
we see very clearly that they are central to the Catholic faith
and they are integral to the worship of God Himself.
And so it is, unless we understand the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in the dispensation of salvation,
then we do not authentically worship God.
For everything the Church holds out about the Blessed Virgin Mary
is essential to anyone who truly wishes and who desires to be Christian.
And what do we see about the glories of Mary?
What is it that is striking about everything the Church teaches
regarding this Most Holy of Creatures?
It is very clearly that the glories of Mary are all for the sake of Christ.
Indeed, the glories of Mary are the glories of our Lord,
and Savior Jesus Christ.
And so, everything she does, she does not for herself,
but she does for the one to whom she was to give birth
as the Immaculate Conception,
that is, the preparation for her being the Mother of God.
But we must not understand that her prerogative of being the Mother of God
is essentially greater in one sense than her Immaculate Conception.
For as St. Augustine says,
it is the purity of this Virgin,
who first conceived the Savior of the world in her mind,
and then conceived Him in her womb.
And this mystery is also taught to us by our Lord Himself.
For when they were trying to chide Him,
He simply said,
Who is my mother, my brother, and my sister?
This is not something derogatory towards the Mother of God,
as many outside of the Catholic faith hold.
But indeed, it holds her up as the paragon of all virtue.
For who does the will of God
more than the Mother of God?
And so, she is more blessed in her Immaculate Conception
in the purity of her soul
than in any of the prerogatives she has.
Indeed, the Immaculate Conception prepares her
for all the prerogatives that she will receive,
for it is truly the first grace she receives from the Son Himself.
And so, the very doctrine of her Immaculate Conception
is for the sake of Christ,
for it was the preparation for her
in order to become the Mother of God.
Mary, as the firstborn daughter of the Father,
is the first of all creatures.
And so, we confess that in the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we confess her Son is also our Creator.
And so it is that we owe the very fact
that we can declare Jesus Christ to be our Savior
to the fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary
was Immaculately conceived
in order to prepare her to become the Mother of God.
The firstborn daughter of the Father,
that is, the first sinless creature,
the one who from the first moment of her conception
does the will of God
and continues to do the will of God
and will continue to do it
for all eternity.
And so, we have a Mother in Heaven
who truly is our Mother
in the more important order,
that is, the supernatural order.
The Word of the Father, His Eternal Son,
did not decree to come to,
to the earth in appearance only,
as many would postulate.
He did not come to appear as angels appear as men
when they appear to man,
nor did He come as some man
who was overshadowed by the Spirit of God,
that is, an existent man
who simply was imbued with the Spirit of God.
He did not choose any of these half-measures,
as many would postulate.
He chose very clearly to come
as a true man and true God,
and indeed,
as He would attach Himself to the saints
by a mere overshadowing,
He does not attach Himself to humanity
in the same way.
He attaches Himself to humanity
truly and really.
That is why we say
that He is true God and true man,
and we cannot say this,
or we cannot postulate this,
without the doctrine
and the prerogatives of the Immaculate Conception.
For if He is true man,
He had to come into this world
through a human person,
and that person had to be His mother,
and so it is, again,
the Immaculate Conception redoubts
to the very doctrine we postulate,
that in Jesus Christ
we have the eternal Word of the Father
and also the Son of Mary,
so that it can be truly said
of Him and Him alone
that He is true God and true man.
And so, He did not attach Himself
to our humanity
in any half-steps or any half-measures,
but He truly took
flesh in the chaste and immaculate womb
of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The confession that Mary
is the Immaculate Conception,
that is, she is conceived
without any stain of original sin
from the first moment of her conception,
that is, no corruption
will ever touch this Most Holy
of all God's creatures.
It is the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception
that, again, prepares her
to be the Mother of God,
and indeed, without the doctrine
of the Immaculate Conception,
we are unable to see the sign
that was foretold
in today's first reading
in the Proto-Evangelium
and also by the Prophet Isaiah,
the sign we were to look for,
the woman in whom Isaiah clarified
more especially
that that woman was to be a virgin
and that she and she alone
was the sign foreordained
by Almighty God
from all eternity
to be the sign by which
all human beings
may again find its safe haven
and indeed, all creation
truly is lifted up
by the grace of God
but the grace of God
comes to humanity
through the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and so we see very clearly
that it is this doctrine
that is the safe God
and the security
of all the doctrines
taught by the Apostles
regarding Christ
as true God and true man
and all the doctrines
and all of the dispensations
of salvation
so that it can be truly said
that the Mother of God
is the Mother of everything we have
for our good.
She is the Mother
of the sacramental dispensation.
She is the Mother
of the Apostolic Church
and so she truly can be said
to be the sign
that all humanity must look to
in order to find the Christ child.
To dishonor the Mother
necessarily leads
to dishonor of the Son
and this we must look to
and this we must constantly understand
especially in our day and age
and indeed this truth
that to dishonor the Mother
is to dishonor a Son
is a truth held
by Holy Mother Church
but not simply
by Holy Mother Church alone.
It is a truth held
by Satan himself
and indeed
if it can be said
that the Church and Satan
agree on one thing
it is on this
to dishonor the Mother
is to dishonor the Son
and so
we come to understand
the depravity
by which modern man
has fallen into
because it first began
by denying in the modern era
the prerogatives of the Mother
and it has led
by those who first
had the boldness
to deny the prerogatives
of the Mother of God
to deny that Jesus Christ
is the Savior of the world.
It sounded simple
it sounded well
but in simplification
of the truths
of Holy Mother Church
we do not make sense of it.
We make things better
for mankind
but we make them worse
and so
we are confronted here
with the doctrine
that even Satan
agrees with the Church on
that the Mother
and the Son
go together
and that to try
in any way
to separate
the prerogatives of Mary
is ultimately
to lose the grace
of her Son
and so
we must fight
always and everywhere
for the prerogatives
and in the defense
of the prerogatives
of the Mother of God
for she and she alone
is not simply
one among great creatures
she is the greatest
of all God's creation
and indeed
the whole created order
returns to God
through the Mother of
through His Mother
so that it can be truly said
in the Blessed Virgin Mary
and in her alone
God is completely
and totally victorious
over all the evil
that will spread
throughout the world
through sin
and so
all must gather
under
her name
if they truly wish
to work out their salvation
in fear and trembling
and have not
all the centuries
from the coming of our Lord
and will not
all the centuries
until the end of time
witness to this
most important truth
to dishonor the Mother
is to dishonor the Son
and to dishonor the Son
is to dishonor the Father
and to dishonor the Father
and the Son
is necessarily
to dishonor
the Holy Spirit
and so ultimately
what do we have
here?
Atheism
but not Atheism
as it is commonly understood
for there are no true Atheists
Atheism is simply a term
that hides ultimately
those who hate God
and indeed
one of the greatest
so-called Atheists
of our time
understanding this
denied
and formed
a political philosophy
designed explicitly
to destroy
the Holy Spirit
and the Holy Priesthood
how did he do so?
by incorporating
into his political doctrine
of communism
feminism
the aspiration of women
for the priesthood
ultimately
what is being done here?
a denial of the prerogatives
of the Mother of God
because as Karl Marx
pointed out in his poetry
he was angry at God
for the way he ordered
the dispensation of salvation
and communism
that was designed
to get even with God
and in order to do that
you necessarily
had to disparage
womanhood
and so
Karl Marx
is the modern father
of that doctrine
that is not Atheism
as it is commonly understood
but Atheism
as it truly is
hatred of Almighty God
because
of the wonderful things
he has done for humanity
through
the Blessed Virgin Mary.
And so ultimately
it was an assault
on the Mother of God
and what paved the way
for Karl Marx
was not himself
it was those who decided
to depart from the truths
of Holy Mother Church
in the 1500s
by false doctrines
simplifications of the faith
that ultimately
brought Christendom
to its very knees
and Christendom
will only rise again
if the prerogatives
of the Mother of God
are held up again.
by all humanity
and so she truly is
the safe God
she is not only the safe God
of all that Holy Mother Church teaches
she is the very safe God
of all that is true culture
all that is truly rooted
in the grace of Almighty God
and in the love of Almighty God
and so it is
we must turn to
the Mother of God
in order
that we may truly
build up the Kingdom of God
in this world
and so
let us not
like the modern purveyors
of the modern world
deny the prerogatives of God
but let us always remember
that without professing her
to be the Immaculate Conception
we cannot profess Him
to be the Son of God
because the Son of God
the Father
is always and everywhere
the Son of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and so
what begins by simplification
ends up in scoffing
at the prerogatives of the Mother
and ultimately denying.
The work of her Son
that is
the work of salvation.
So God proposes to us
as the greatest of all His works
in the created order
the Mother of God
in the realm of pure creaturehood
and so
let us always defend
the prerogatives of the Mother of God
because
Jesus Christ chose
to do the works of salvation
through the Blessed Virgin Mary
and without professing her
we have no salvation.
All of it hinges
on this creature
set aside in that first decree
as the Church defined
when it defined
as the Church taught us
when it defined the doctrine
of the Immaculate Conception.
All of it hinges on the fact
that God set apart
this one creature
this one Blessed Woman
from all eternity
in order that
through the Immaculate Conception
He would prepare her
to be the Mother of God
and so
from the first moment of her conception
Mary the Mother of God
began to fight
began to fight
not for herself
but for Christ.
She began to fight
by every prayer she offered to the Father
that the Savior would come into the world.
She began to fight
for fallen humanity
that He may again be restored
and in the fight
she was completely and totally victorious
and she is victorious
in
her Immaculate Conception
and all her prerogatives
flow from this first prerogative
that of all creatures
she was set aside
preserved from every stain of personal sin
and never touched
by original sin
and so
let us turn to her who alone
can teach us how to fight
for the prerogatives of her Son
who alone can give us the grace
to be incorporated in that mystery
of co-redemption
by which we
are in uniting ourselves
to her
become like her
little co-redeemers
fighting for the prerogatives of the Son
so that the Son may become known and loved
and embraced by all humanity.
She and she alone
and this is a mystery
that even the Saints could not ponder
in its fullness in this life
but when we reflect upon
what we are saying here
we see very clearly
that it is a creature
a mere creature
who even in the prerogative
of the Immaculate Conception
is separated from God
in a manner that we cannot possibly comprehend
but it is entrusted
to a mere creature
to invite
her Creator
into the world
and without her invitation
He does not come
and we are left
to wail and grind our teeth
in this life
in practice
for the wailing and the grinding
in the life to come
and the only reason we don't
have to look forward to that
is because this creature
this pure vessel of God
invited her Creator into the world
so that He could come
to renew the whole world
with her
in her
and in through her
and so let us
imitate our Lord
who is the one who first and foremost
teaches us
to honor the Mother
so that we can truly be found
at the end of our lives
true sons of God
because we are sons of Mary
and sons and daughters of Mary
must be found
with the same thing
that the Savior was found with
the marks of Christ
for it is only in the hands of the Mother of God
at the end of our lives
with the marks of Christ in our flesh
and on our soul
that we can be recognized
as sons of God our Father
and hence invited into His Kingdom
and so let us resolve
to defend this woman
who is truly
our life
our sweetness
and our hope
and our program
to follow her
next
message
is for you
Father
and Mother