Suzie Andres
  • HOME
  • BOOKS
  • ARTICLES
  • INTERVIEWS
  • BOOK LISTS
    • READ ALOUDS
    • FOR LITTLE ONES
    • FOR YOUNG READERS
    • FOR OLDER CHILDREN
    • FOR GROWNUPS
    • SAINT THÉRÈSE
    • SPIRITUAL TREASURES
  • PRAYERS
  • BLOG

Miss Marcel's Musings

A Marcellian Epiphany

1/9/2019

 
Picture
I can't figure out what all the guys with the huge muscles are doing here, but I LOVE the way that Mary is holding up little Jesus - the Light of the World - for the three kings to adore. Darling little Jesus looks so floppy, too, like a real baby! Well of course, because He was a real baby. And why? So we would never need to be afraid of Him!

I've been feeling a little sad with the end of the Christmas season approaching. I don't want to lose little Jesus yet! Or ever, come to think of it . . . But Marcel to the rescue, because if anyone loves little Jesus, it's our little brother, and he's got a revelation to help us realize we too can love little Jesus Forever, not just for a day or a season. 

Having titled this post "Marcellian Epiphany," I thought I'd better follow through and give you one, so I opened my favorite book, happily just as relevant in 2019 as in 2018, Conversations, and here is what I found Jesus telling us (He is, after all, the Author of Epiphanies):

Marcel, listen carefully. In order to give grace to men, I do not need to wait for a particular season, or to pay attention to the temperature because, in that case, there would be times when men would be deprived of the grace necessary for the life of their souls . . . Remind yourself that My Love never acts in that way. It knows the moment when it must show itself and when it must be hidden. Will you remember?

That tiny baby is God, so He certainly knows that we will not remember! But joy and rapture, not only has He come to us as an infant, not only has He invited shepherds, kings, and the likes of ourselves to worship Him this season, but He is never leaving. He promised He would not leave us orphans, and He won't - whether He is revealing Himself or hidden, He is near!

The other day I read the most marvelous quotation. Sister Lucia of Fatima, when much older than the little girl to whom Mary appeared 102 years ago or so, mentioned that she (in her years when not seeing Heaven as vividly as she sometimes had) loved this quote from the Psalms:

"When you look for God, He is radiant with joy."

Let's not worry, then, if after He's been an adorable infant for us (and for everyone this Christmas season), He takes to hiding for a short while. We can look for Him then, and like the game of hide and seek Marcel planned to have in Heaven with little Jesus and Therese, our looking for Him will be His great delight! He will be radiant with joy!

I wish for you, too, dear reader of these words, the radiance of true joy, of the Holy Spirit, of our God who is Love, during the remainder of this season and for all the rest of your life until the True Joy of Heaven begins! And that we might not miss anyone there, let's pray our signature prayer:

Draw me, we will run!

We love You, little Jesus!



Comments are closed.

    Miss Marcel

    I've written books and articles and even a novel. Now it's time to try a blog! For more about me personally, go to the home page and you'll get the whole scoop! If you want to send me an email, feel free to click "Contact Me" below. To receive new posts, enter your email and click "Subscribe" below.

    Picture

    More Marcel

    Who is Marcel Van?
    ​Marcel Van Association
    Les Amis de Van

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017

    Categories

    All

    Contact me

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • HOME
  • BOOKS
  • ARTICLES
  • INTERVIEWS
  • BOOK LISTS
    • READ ALOUDS
    • FOR LITTLE ONES
    • FOR YOUNG READERS
    • FOR OLDER CHILDREN
    • FOR GROWNUPS
    • SAINT THÉRÈSE
    • SPIRITUAL TREASURES
  • PRAYERS
  • BLOG