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Spiritual Exercises - The Resurrection of Jesus and the First Apparition to Our Lady
We are entering the Fourth Week of the Holy Exercises.
THE FIRST APARITION TO MARY
St. Ignatius invites us to think on the First Apparition of the Risen Lord, which popular piety, since the first centuries of Christianity, believes was to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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PREPARATION
Let us enter into the presence of God.
1. Opening prayer:
Lord my God grant me the grace that all my intentions, actions and operations be purely ordered to the service and praise of your divine majesty.
Composition of the prayer
The story
How after Christ expired on the cross, and the body was separated from the soul and Divinity was always united with it, his blessed soul, equally united to Divinity, descended to the place of the dead; how from there he took the just souls and came to the tomb, and how, already resurrected, he appeared body and soul to his blessed Mother.
IMAGINE the place: the layout of the holy sepulcher, and the house of Our Lady, looking at the parts of the house in particular; likewise the room, the oratory, etc.
Second Petition
Lord, give me the grace to be glad and rejoice intensely in the great glory of your Resurrection.
BODY OF CONTEMPLATION
CONCLUSIVE ACTS
Have time of affective prayer with Jesus and Mary. End with the Regina Caeli:
Regina Caeli: English and Latin
This is one of four Marian antiphons, with following verses and prayers, traditionally said or sung after night prayer, immediately before going to sleep. It is said throughout Eastertide. (That is, from Easter Day through Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter.
The Regina caeli is also said in place of the Angelus during Eastertide.
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Queen of Heaven in English
V. Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
R. For He whom you did merit to bear, alleluia.
V. Has risen, as he said, alleluia.
R. Pray for us to God, alleluia.
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, alleluia.
R. For the Lord has truly risen, alleluia.
Let us pray. O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, grant we beseech Thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, His Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Meditation that St. Ignatius lists as part of the fourth week:
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EXAMINATION OF THE PRAYER TIME
Now take time to reflect on you time of prayer. Write down the answers to the following questions:
1. Did you have a good prayer time, or did you have a not-so-good prayer time?
2. Did you pray for the whole hour or did you shorten the prayer time?
3. Did you have a suitable place and time?
4. Did you overcome any difficulties?
5. Are you excessively attached to something? Does this attachment prevents you from making your Spiritual Exercises well? Does it prevent you from doing God’s will?
6. Have I carried out this Spiritual Exercise with great enthusiasm and generosity, or at least asked for that grace?
7. Did I experience consolation or desolation? What do I need to do now?
AMEN.
Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Pray an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be.

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I loved the meditation on Jesus appearing to Mary. 💕