The Communion of Mary, Pt. 1, Ch. 7

The Communion of Mary

Part 1, Chapter 7

Jesus Christ found more delights in the heart of Mary, through
Communion, than in her womb through the Incarnation.

The Son of God, reposing in the bosom of His Father, the divine sanctuary of His eternal generation, cannot descend into the heart of man without a great effort on His part, drawn as He is from His divine center, from the ineffable dwelling of His repose; but, when Mary received Him, the Son of God only passed from the bosom of His Father into the heart of His Mother. Yes, since the Word is at the same time the Son of God and the Son of Mary, He has two centers which attract Him. As the Son of God, the bosom of His Father is the center toward which He rose on the day of His Ascension, and as man, His center is the womb of Mary, from which He took His humanity and where He returns with joy through Holy Communion.

Santa Maria in Trastevere (Rome)

It is certainly not without reason that Jesus, during the precious moments that He dwelt in the heart of Mary through Communion, took His dearest delights in this virginal bosom, since He found in the heart of His Mother all the joys which He enjoys in the bosom of His Father. Let us notice a difference, however: God is holy by essence, Mary is holy only by grace; God is purity through Himself, Mary is purity by privilege; charity is within God as in its source from which it flows, charity is in the bosom of Mary as in the most worthy receptacle which can receive it.

“Yes,” said the learned and pious Richard of Saint-Victor, “of all creatures, Mary has been found the most worthy to receive in her heart the One who comes out from all eternity from the bosom of His Father. Mary is therefore the true paradise of the delights of the Lord.”

The dwelling which the Son of God made in the womb of Mary through the Incarnation was so pleasant to Jesus, that He found a way to return there often by Communion, St. Peter Damian said admirably. And even I am not afraid to say that the home which He makes in the womb of Mary through Communion is more delightful to Him than the one He made during the nine months of the Incarnation in the womb of this lovable Mother.

Although it is the same Jesus who dwells in the womb of Mary His Mother, both by the Incarnation and by Communion, let us note, nevertheless, that it is under different states, under different relationships that He is there.

Through the Incarnation, He is there as a victim of expiation who is preparing to satisfy the justice of His Father whom He regards as His judge. Here is the Cross, the bloody altar where He must be sacrificed. In this view, He is only filled with thoughts of death, sacrifice, sadness and pain. He is the universal Penitent who must groan for all the sins of the world. Rather, He hasn’t been conceived in time, than He begins to groan, making the womb of His Mother the first altar of penance, where He offers to the justice of His Father the sacrifice of a contrite and humbled heart. So there He is mortal and subject to suffering as a victim destined for the bloody sacrifice of Calvary.

But, through the communion of Mary, He is within His Mother as a victim of praise in His Temple. Then He no longer regards with trembling and sadness His Father who, on the Cross, will make Him bear the weight of our crimes; but He looks at Him as a lovable Father who crowns Him with glory, and who unceasingly fills His soul with all heavenly joys.

The Son of God indeed found more of purity, holiness, and love in the heart of Mary when He gave himself to her as food by Communion, than when He gave Himself to her to be her Son, by the Incarnation.

It is certain that the Holy Spirit had worthily prepared her soul by the fullness of graces proportioned to a dignity so high as to be the Mother of God; however, as the Virgin was capable of growing in grace and merits, her love, purity, and holiness made admirable progress when Jesus Christ became incarnate in her.

He did not come with empty hands to repose in her womb; but He brought there an abundance of graces which always kept increasing and developing; so that we can well say that Mary had dispositions even more perfect when she received Communion and when she received the flesh of her divine Son as food, than when she conceived this divine Son, this Lamb of God sent to take away the sins of the world.

He was therefore well inspired, this man of God who said: After the bosom of His Father, where the Son of God dwells by His eternal generation, there is no dwelling where the Holy Spirit can place Him more worthily than in the virginal womb of Mary. It is therefore obvious that Mary, in our holy books, was represented by the Spouse of the Song of Songs, and when she received Communion, Jesus Christ addressed these loving words to her: Come, O My beloved, come among a thousand, you the holiest and highest of creatures. Your innocence has delighted My heart: in you I want to place My throne. As My Father says to Me in Heaven: You are My Son, in whom I am well-pleased; I also say to you: O Mary! You are My Mother and, on this earth, you are the sole object of My dearest and most chaste delights.

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