To those who have fallen I will give a new purity; I will call them to a second and more beautiful innocence of repentance and love.
Blue Book #21t
We crave greatness for our lives, and God asks us to become little. To pass through the door that leads to the kingdom, we must go down on our knees. Paradoxically, if we do so, we will find ourselves growing in stature, for “eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has reserved for those who love him.
Grace in Every Season (January 31)
In today’s Gospel of Matthew we hear how “The disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?”
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.”
Humility, innocence, purity, docility, all things that are very oppositional to what the world considers great because we live in a fallen world, and the trap has been set deep and wide. It’s almost impossible to escape, and hardly any do, not completely.
So what’s the answer? Are we too far gone, with no hope of return? Absolutely not! In the Blue Book, Our Blessed Mother tells her fallen children, that if we entrust ourselves to her Immaculate Heart, and allow her in humility and docility to lead us into a greater Union with Jesus a resplendent transformation will take place within us.