Magnificat January 2023

Table of Contents

Watchword 2023:  Patience – Wish:  Graciously, by Father Mathurin of the Mother of God      Page 3

– Christian patience – Source of suffering – Identify with Christ – The divine remedy – The royal gift of Infinite Love – Mysterium fidei – Graciously – The canticle of gratitude

Patience, by Fr. Adolphe Tanquerey, p.s.s. …12

Story of the Holy Man Tobias  …14

– A faithful servant of God – A great trial – Last recommendations – Journey of Tobias the Younger – Return of the son, healing of the father – “You were pleasing to God…”

Two great Patrons of the Order of the Mother of God  …21

– Saint Therese of the Child Jesus (1873-1897) and Saint Louis Mary de Montfort (1673-1716)

The Infant Jesus of Prague in the Sacred Host  …25

– 125^th anniversary of a Eucharistic Miracle that took place in Syracuse, New York

Our cover:

The Holy Family

How I love this beautiful sight:  God clothed in the graces of childhood, God has become the child of a poor family, the joy of a humble home.  I see Him between Joseph and Mary, gentle, simple, affectionate, anticipating their desires, and quite happy to make them happy.  Oh, who can tell of the peace, the love, the heavenly bliss that the Infant God spread around Him?  We have said everything when we have called a child an angel, but the Son of Mary was more than an angel, He was divine grace and goodness, smiling beneath the features of humanity. Holy and venerable family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph, little Trinity on earth, we come to you with love and tender confidence.  Make us feel the effects of your salutary assistance.  Bless our families; may peace and unity of hearts flourish in our homes.  Amen.

Father Huguet, s.m.