Garden Enclosed (Hortus Conclusus)

This title of Mary is derived from the Song of Songs, “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up” (4:12).

Jesus was conceived in Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit with no disruption to her virginity. As such, she is often depicted near a walled garden or yard which symbolizes her “closed off” womb, which was to remain forever untouched.

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St. Louis Marie deMonfort writes: “Happy, a thousand times happy, is the soul here below to which the Holy Ghost reveals the secret of Mary in order that it may come to know her; to which He opens the ‘Garden Enclosed’ [Cant. 4: 12], that it may enter into it; to which He gives access to that ‘Fountain Sealed,’ that it may draw from it and drink deep draughts of the living waters of grace!”

St. Louis calls her “the faithful spouse of the Holy Spirit where only He may enter. She is the sanctuary and resting-place of the Blessed Trinity where God dwells in greater and more divine splendor than anywhere else in the universe, not excluding his dwelling above the cherubim and seraphim. No creature, however pure, may enter there without being specially privileged.”                                               

For Reflection:

 

As hinted at in yesterday’s GraceLine reflection, Mary desires to share with her children the operations of her own soul. Though no other person would be contained within Mary’s womb, the spiritual children of Mary have been invited to mystically enter the enclosed garden of her Immaculate Heart. Ask her to take you there now. Sit with her and adore with her the Trinitarian Life of Whom she is the tabernacle. Let the Triune God love you through Mary. Record your insights, reflections or the highlights of this time of prayer.

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