https://www.franciscanmedia.org/franciscan-spirit-blog/let-us-pray-a-canticle-to-mary/ Sharing God's love in the spirit of St. Francis Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:05:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.franciscanmedia.org/franciscan-spirit-blog/let-us-pray-a-canticle-to-mary/#comment-15946 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:19:15 +0000 https://freedom.franciscanmedia.org/uncategorized/let-us-pray-a-canticle-to-mary/#comment-15946 Mary’s beautiful declaration is filled with a joy that I imagine was very ecstatic for her. After reading these things the old hymn came to mind…
“My Jesus I love thee, I know Thou Art mine
For thee all the passions of sin I resign.
My gracious redeemer, My Savior Art Thou!
If ever I love thee, my Jesus, ’tis now!”
I imagined Mary at the foot of the cross with these words in her heart experiencing that profound sorrow as she looked upon her dying son realizing him to be her very own Savior! What a humbling and ecstatic experience that must have been also!

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