Come Holy Spirit, living in Mary.
Draw me in, with and through Mary, to the Fountain of Love and Mercy.
What does (Divine Mercy) have to do with Marian consecration? Everything. It has everything to do with consecration because Mary is the one who brings us to the source of merciful Love. Mary is the one who brings us to the love that is more powerful than evil. Indeed, as John Paul says in his homily (at Fatima), consecration to the Immaculate Heart means "drawing near through the Mother's intercession to the very fountain of life that sprang from Golgotha." What is this fountain of life? The Pope identifies it as "the Fountain of Mercy." It is the pierced side of Christ from which blood and water flowed as a source of grace and mercy. And it's through this wound in Christ's Heart that "reparation is made continually for the sins of the world." Moreover, through this Fountain of Mercy, we find "a ceaseless source of new life and holiness."
Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC
33 Days to Morning Glory
Quoting from the Homily of Pope John Paul II in Fatima, Portugal (May 13, 1982)
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