The Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary - The Conception - Bk 1 - Ch 21

The Blessed Virgin Mary was born on September 8th. In chapter 21, the Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus tells us about the birth of the Virgin Mary and about her daily ritual. The Virgin Mary told her, “…every day at beginning of dawn, I prostrated myself in the presence of the Most High and gave Him thanks and praise for his immutable Being, his infinite perfections, and for having created me out of nothing; acknowledging myself as his creature and the work of his hands, I blessed Him and adored Him, giving Him honor, magnificence, and Divinity, as the supreme Lord and Creator of myself and of all that exists. I raised up my spirit to place it into his hands, offering myself with profound humility and resignation to Him and asking Him to dispose of me according to his will during that day and during all the days of my life, and to teach me to fulfill whatever would be to his greater pleasure.”