“…[Mary] was predestined first of all to be Mother of God. And the precise reason why the fulness of glory and grace was given her was to be the mother of Christ, as St. Thomas expresses it.”

               ~Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P.

For Reflection:

When in Sacred Scripture do we first learn of Mary’s predestination to be the Mother of God? (Hint: It is in the Old Testament in the first book.)  What does this suggest about God’s own preparation for the coming of Jesus? What sacrament was both my preparation for Christ as well as my initial reception of Him? As a chosen daughter of the Most High God, I, too, have been called to be a Christ-bearer. How can I cooperate with grace?

Living Life Abundantly
by Johnnette Benkovic
Pb 181 pgs
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In this book, Johnnette Benkovic tells the extraordinary stories of Catholics whose lives were changed by God’s touch. Readers will find reasons for hope and joy in accounts of a mother who forgave her child’s killer, of a woman healed of eating disorders, of a singer freed from the damage of date rape, of a male prostitute converted to Christ and more.