Whatsoever He Will Ask You Do Ye

About this sermon

St Alphonsus Ligouri has a beautiful book called, “The Glories of Mary” and he has a chapter called “Ah, then our Advocate”. The mother will always have a moral authority over her children even if they were to become kings. St Bonaventure says, “Mary has this privilege with her Son that she is most powerful to obtain by her prayers whatsoever she wills.” Then St Alphonsus gives us an example from a Fr Razzi. A devout woman’s husband died and so she sent off her son to the court of the prince and as she sent him off she taught him this little prayer: “Oh Blessed Virgin pray for me at the hour of my death.” Instead of going to the prince he became a robber and the law caught up to him and arrested him. He then began to pray the prayer to the Blessed Mother as he heard the sentence of condemnation to the gallows. The devil appeared to him persuading him to renounce his faith in Christ and the young man complied and then the devil persuaded him to renounce the Blessed Virgin and he then refused by praying the prayer his mother had taught him. At this the devil disappeared and the young man was left with sorrow in his heart having renounced Christ. The Blessed Mother inspired him to ask for a priest and he confessed his sins with perfect contrition. The next day as they were leading him out to the gallows to hang him he saw a statue of Mary and he prayed his favorite prayer to her and she saluted him. The people were astounded at this. So impressed by this, he went to kiss the feet of the statue, and having reluctantly let him do this the statue embraced him. The people overwhelmed by this they then chanted “pardon him, pardon him!” And that they did. Let us therefore have a deep trust in Our Lady this year 2018! As a community, as a family and as an individual. For more please visit http://www.reginaprophetarum.org & remember to say 3 Hail Marys for the priest