Servant of God, Frank Duff
founder of the Legion of Mary
I have said that Our Lord, while He was on earth, conformed
to the limitations of His body. Now we must not impose those limitations. We
must submit ourselves to Him in the responsive way that His physical body did.
It is true, as we have seen, that now and then His Body, so to speak,
surrendered to nature. He was tired and He could go no further, and His
feelings overcame Him. But, that was momentary. Immediately the faithful
instrument, His humanity, revived and went on with its work.
If you read the pages
of the New Testament, you see the unalterable devotion of His life. It would be
impossible to imagine a greater degree of devotion. We know that never for one
second did His devotion flag; that every moment was full of that urgent
eagerness, that ardour to do His Father's will, that hunger for souls. We must,
I was going to say, reflect that utter devotedness, but the expression is
inadequate. Because it is not a case of reflection. His love is in us, for we
are part of Him.
So rather we must radiate His solicitous love for mankind. If
we let ourselves be the medium for that radiation, He will put forth His power
and achieve His plan. You will remember the story in Scripture where the woman
pressing to get near Him managed to touch the hem of His garment. Forthwith as
He says Himself; power went out from Him. No-less, will happen if we try to
realise our destiny in Him. Then power will go out from us no matter how weak
we are. We are his up-to date garment of flesh. For all our poverty and misery
and sinfulness, He is eager to use us. Indeed He constrained to use us, because
the Head has need of the members; and you are members who humbly place
themselves at His disposal.
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