{"id":3880,"date":"2010-12-19T06:28:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-19T06:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/his-co-worker-in-my-redemption\/"},"modified":"2010-12-19T06:28:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T06:28:06","slug":"his-co-worker-in-my-redemption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2010\/12\/his-co-worker-in-my-redemption\/","title":{"rendered":"His Co-Worker in My Redemption"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Murillo,<\/a><\/span>
\nAs a reading for the Second Nocturn, the Solesmes Monastic Lectionary for the Hours (1993) gives for today the magnificent prayer of Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo in praise of the perpetual virginity of Mary. To illustrate the prayer, I chose Murillo’s painting of the Virgin Mother bestowing on Saint Ildephonsus a splendid (blue and gold!) chasuble woven in heaven, to reward him for having written so beautifully in defense of her perpetual virginity. This miraculous event took place while Saint Ildephonsus was praying Matins on 19 December, 657.<\/small>
\nThe Abundance of the Sweetness of Thy Son<\/strong>
\nI come to thee, only Virgin Mother of God,
\nand fall prostrate before thee,
\nwho alone didst cooperate in the Incarnation of God.
\nI humble myself before thee,
\nwho alone wert found to be the Mother of my Lord.
\nI pray thee, who alone wert found to be the handmaid of thy Son:
\nobtain that my sins be wiped away;
\ncommand that I be cleansed of the wickedness of my deeds,
\nand, that I may love the glory of thy virtue,
\nreveal to me the abundance of the sweetness of thy Son.
\n\"Murillo,<\/a><\/span>
\nThou Art His Co-Worker in My Redemption<\/strong>
\nBestow upon me the gift of proclaiming the true faith of thy Son,
\nand of defending it.
\nGrant that I may cleave to God and to thee,
\nthat I may serve thy Son and thee,
\nthat I may be His bondsman and thine;
\nHis, because He is my Creator,
\nand thine, because thou art the Mother of my Creator;
\nHis, because He is Lord of the angelic powers,
\nand thine, because thou art the handmaid of the Lord of All;
\nHis, because He is God,
\nand thine because thou art the Mother of God;
\nHis, because He is my Redeemer,
\nand thine because thou art His co-worker in my redemption.
\nThe Body by Which He Healed My Wounds<\/strong>
\nThat which He wrought for my redemption,
\nverily He formed in thine own person.
\nThat He might be my Redeemer,
\nHe became thy Son.
\nThat He might be the price of my ransom,
\nHe became incarnate of thy flesh.
\nThe Body by which He healed my wounds,
\nHe took from thee so that He, in it, might be wounded.
\nThe mortal Body by which He took away my death,
\nHe took from thy mortality.
\nThe Body by which He brought my sins to nought,
\nHe received sinless from thee.
\nThis nature of mine that ahead of time, in Himself,
\nHe placed above the angels in the glory of His Father’s right hand,
\nHe assumed — humbling Himself — out of thine own true body.
\nI Am Thy Slave<\/strong>
\nTherefore, I am thy slave,
\nbecause Thy Son is my Master.
\nTherefore thou art my Lady,
\nbecause thou art the handmaid of my Lord.
\nTherefore I am the slave of the handmaid of my Lord,
\nbecause thou, my Lady, didst become the Mother of my Lord.
\nTherefore I have become thy slave,
\nbecause thou didst become the Mother of my Maker.
\nBy the Holy Spirit<\/strong>
\nI pray thee, I pray thee, holy Virgin,
\nmay I, by the Spirit through Whom thou didst give birth to Jesus,
\nhave Jesus and hold Him.
\nBy that Spirit through Whom
\nthou didst conceive this same Jesus in thy flesh,
\nmay my soul receive Jesus.
\nLet the Spirit gift me with the knowledge of Jesus,
\nthis Spirit by Whom it was given Thee to bear Jesus and to give Him birth.
\nLet the Spirit in Whom thou didst declare thyself the handmaid of the Lord,
\nchoosing that it should be done unto thee according to the Angel’s word,
\ngrant me to proclaim the heights of Jesus with lowliness.
\nTo Love Jesus and to Fear Him<\/strong>
\nIn the Spirit thou didst adore Jesus as thy Lord
\nand gaze upon Him as thy Son;
\nin that same Spirit may I love Him.
\nAnd may I fear this same Jesus,
\nwith that reverence by which He, truly being God,
\nbecame subject to His parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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