Author Topic: Mariam "Bitter Sea" (Read 601 times)

Geremia · « **on:** September 15, 2016, 09:15:02 AM »

My friend, who studied Hebrew and Greek in the Holy Land, wrote:

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Our Lady’s parents were undoubtedly inspired and chose her first name accordingly. “Bitter Sea” [??? + ???] is the exact literal meaning of Mariam (MaR-YaM/???????). It seems and really is deeply appropriate, so I would argue, in the light of the Mystery of the scope (like that of a sea) of Our Lady’s bitterness (her hidden co-redemptive sufferings extending throughout her whole earthly life and most profoundly during the bitter Passion of Our Blessed Lord, her own Passion).

Happy Feast of the 7 Sorrows of Our B.V.M.

Nishant · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2016, 09:48:42 AM »

Beautiful, the Prophet Jeremiah also implied it when he wrote of the sufferings of Mary Co-Redemptrix in these words, "To what shall I compare thee? or to what shall I liken thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? to what shall I equal thee, that I may comfort thee, O Virgin daughter of Sion? for great as the sea is thy destruction: who shall heal thee?" (Lam 2:13). It was, as it were, in a sea or ocean of bitterness and sorrow, that Mary our Immaculate Mother, being pierced by a sword at the foot of the Cross, obtained in tears and in pain, together with Christ, every grace we freely receive from Him through Her. Fr. Garrigou Lagrange says, "Mary is the Eve of the New Testament and the Mother of all the faithful; but that is to be at the price of Her Firstborn; united to the Eternal Father She must offer His Son and Hers to death. It is for that purpose that Providence has brought her to the foot of the Cross. She is there to immolate Her Son that men may have life. … She becomes Mother of Christians at the cost of an immeasurable grief. … We should never forget what we have cost Mary. The thought will lead to true contrition for our sins. The regeneration of our souls has cost Jesus and Mary more than we can ever think.

Geremia · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2016, 11:20:42 AM »

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Fr. Garrigou Lagrange says, "Mary is the Eve of the New Testament and the Mother of all the faithful; but that is to be at the price of Her Firstborn; united to the Eternal Father She must offer His Son and Hers to death. It is for that purpose that Providence has brought her to the foot of the Cross. She is there to immolate Her Son that men may have life. … She becomes Mother of Christians at the cost of an immeasurable grief. … We should never forget what we have cost Mary. The thought will lead to true contrition for our sins. The regeneration of our souls has cost Jesus and Mary more than we can ever think.

Where does Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange write this?
thanks

Clemens Maria · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2016, 01:14:32 PM »

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Fr. Garrigou Lagrange says, "Mary is the Eve of the New Testament and the Mother of all the faithful; but that is to be at the price of Her Firstborn; united to the Eternal Father She must offer His Son and Hers to death. It is for that purpose that Providence has brought her to the foot of the Cross. She is there to immolate Her Son that men may have life. … She becomes Mother of Christians at the cost of an immeasurable grief. … We should never forget what we have cost Mary. The thought will lead to true contrition for our sins. The regeneration of our souls has cost Jesus and Mary more than we can ever think.
Where does Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange write this?
thanks

The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life, 1948/1993, TAN Books, p. 191 (Part II, Chapter 2, Article III).

Geremia · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2016, 01:22:17 PM »

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The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life, 1948/1993, TAN Books, p. 191 (Part II, Chapter 2, Article III).

I figured so. thanks
It's available here.

Clemens Maria · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2016, 01:48:20 PM »

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The Mother of the Saviour and Our Interior Life, 1948/1993, TAN Books, p. 191 (Part II, Chapter 2, Article III).
I figured so. thanks
It's available here.

It's on pp. 220-221 of the edition you linked. Thanks for posting that.