"For she knew why all this was done. Long before St. Paul, she had said: 'He loved me and delivered Himself for me.' It was to get her her wondrous graces, to do great things for her, that He had emptied Himself of His glory and come down upon earth. She could not get used to these thoughts. They never lost their freshness. She gazed and gazed upon Him with untiring love and thankfulness, and ever-growing wonder and delight. And as she gazed, the virtue of His Sacred Humanity went out to her, as later to the needy, suffering crowd. For to look lovingly at Jesus in the mysteries of His human life is to draw into our own lives the virtues of His. But we must give it time. O that we had a little of our Mother's habit of pondering; blessed habit, it has made the Church's saints in every age!"
-- from Mother Mary Loyola's Hail Full of Grace (also available free online)
This is beautiful! I've just purchased this one and am looking forward to digging in.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you won't be disappointed. We have loved everything we've read by Mother Loyola!
DeleteOff topic, but, Celeste, are you on Pinterest?
ReplyDeleteTechnically I am, but I barely use it at all. :) I like bookmarking via Evernote better.
DeleteCan you explain how you bookmark on Evernote? I started using evernote maybe 2 months ago. It's taken awhile to get the hang of it! I would love to be using it more as I only really use it as a to-do list.....
DeleteI use Pinterest....um, daily. :) I'm on there as Fullthrottle23, see my Saint Joseph Home School board for some CM and AO posts.
DeleteThe reason I prefer Evernote to Pinterest for bookmarking is that I just cut and paste the website content I want to keep, so I have it forever, even if the site it came from goes down. I then tag it and tuck it into the appropriate notebook. For example, I have a notebook of kids' art activities, a notebook for each AO year, etc. I also can link folders from my own computer, pdf documents, mp3 files, YouTube videos and more. I just like having it all in one place, and the Evernote app on my phone/tablet works seamlessly. :)
DeleteOff to check out your Pinterest board! :)
Thank you for following my Pinterest!! Previously I just used Evernote in the mobile version and have just in the past few days I have started to use the desktop version (not sure why I didn't previously) and am not liking it even more! :)
DeleteWhat age group would this book be appropriate for? What about others that you guys have read?
ReplyDeleteI would say later elementary and up. My 9yos just finished reading this as part of their devotional reading for Term 2 and got a lot out of it. And it's perfectly suitable for adults too. My 6yo listened in and was moved by the meditations, but it was over her head to narrate.
DeleteOh, and for others by Mother Loyola: I'm using First Confession for my 6yo's sacramental prep this year and she's doing great with it. It's shorter than First Communion and less heady--so I'd put First Confession at 6+ and First Communion at maybe 8+. (Not that they wouldn't get anything out of it before those ages, but I wouldn't expect them to be able to narrate from it.) King of the Golden City is a great one for sacramental prep, so 6+. And we're reading Forgive Us Our Trespasses for Term 3, so I'll let you know about that one. ;) These books make wonderful Morning Basket/Family School books because they appeal to a large age range. Even I as an adult enjoy them a lot.
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