Subtitled "Votum," from the Tridentine documentary's script for every soul. "Following Christ's example, a Christian must seek only the glory of God. He must desire no other glory save that of being a child of God, a brother of Jesus Christ, and a member of His Mystical Body - a singular glory, indeed!" ~ Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., "Divine Intimacy," p. 181
VOTUM: THE NIGHT BEFORE
Our Lord reveals that in the morning, He will offer your love for Him (Jesus) to Almighty God our Father during the Traditional Tridentine Holy Sacrifice of the Mass celebrated in Latin, and as this chapter is manifested for every soul.
What wonders!
THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS ON THIS MORNING SUDDENLY BEGINS WITH CHRIST'S AGONY IN THE GARDEN
Just imagine the humility He manifested while there.
You join the Divine Bridegroom of every soul during this day's offering of one's self to God the Father in union with Jesus, the bloody sweat forming the wedding veil of self-sacrifice and of reparation.
MODERN BRIDES WEAR COSTLY VEILS OF NO VALUE FOR THEIR WORLDLY WEDDINGS
So few humbly veil before God's majesty inside of His House, because what matters most to the world and the worldly is closely associated with falsehoods, facades, and financial gain.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
SACRIFICIAL HUMILITY: RENOUNCING EVERYTHING THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO THE HONOR AND GLORY OF GOD
"We must be on our guard against that tendency of pride which inclines us to seek a little satisfaction, praise, and personal glory even in our most spiritual actions. If we seek glory for ourselves, though it be only in insignificant matters, this glory is of no value; it elevates us in the eyes of men, but lowers us in God's eyes; it lessens and may even endanger our glory as children of God." ~ Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., "Divine Intimacy," p. 181
“JESUS I LOVE YOU THE MOST, ABOVE ALL”
"Seeking human glory and taking pleasure in it hinder and blind us on our way to perfection." ~ Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., "Divine Intimacy," p. 181
HUMILITY POURS FROM THE WOUNDS IN THE TRANSPIERCED SACRED HANDS OF JESUS CRUCIFIED ON THE CROSS AT HIS HIGH ALTAR ON MOUNT CALVARY
Christ's Precious Blood pours down in two streams, one from His left Sacred Hand and one from His right; contained within them is His humility and we are to emulate His example.
Then, within our Lord’s Precious Blood pouring in two streams, one from each of His Sacred Hands nailed to the Cross for our sake, are the themes of the Tridentine documentary's chapters and they are manifested one after another: sacrificial sacrament, sacrificial selflessness, sacrificial charity, sacrificial love, sacrificial silence, sacrificial reverence, sacrificial prayer, gentleness, humility, obedience, contrition, reparation, adoration, reciprocity, unity, gratitude, recollection, apostolate.
What incredible wonders.
"Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for Divine love?" ~ Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
SACRIFICIAL HUMILITY AND HOLY COMMUNION
It is God's will that people receive the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, that He be received humbly and with purity of intention, and that things be done by us in their proper order as determined by Almighty God for His greater honor and glory first and foremost and then for our sake.
There is the very tender contemplation of all that God is during the sacred time while unified with the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and you are inspired from On High to treat the Divine Bridegroom of every soul reverently, kindly, and exquisitely gently.
Certainly this is how the Divine Gentleman of every soul has treated you, particularly this unfathomable and unfathomably penitential year.
"We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us." ~ Saint Philip Neri
JESUS, WHO SOUGHT NO PERSONAL SATISFACTION DURING HIS LIFE, SOUGHT ONLY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MOST PERFECT WILL OF ALMIGHTY GOD THE FATHER
We are to emulate the qualities of Jesus' mind and also of His character.
"Only
profound humility will enable us to overcome the allurements of pride, to
silence the interior voices of self-esteem and vain complacency in order to
seek always and in everything the glory of God." ~ Father Gabriel of St.
Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., "Divine Intimacy," pp. 181- 182
