O Mary, spouse of the Holy Spirit, teach us to obey heavenly inspirations!
Fourth Glorious Mystery:
"The Assumption"
"Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste my love, my beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in our land . . . Arise my love, my beautiful one, and come."—(Canticle of Canticles, II, 10-13.)
Union with God
We have admired Mary's intimate union with her Divine Son, her tender watchfulness, her sweet motherly sympathy, her glorious co-operation in the sacred work of the Redemption. Now that He has ascended into heaven, she cannot endure separation. Her ardent love seeks union with the dear object of her love. By God's will is she borne body and soul to Heaven.
While we are on earth let us strive to be united with God by a bond of charity, which shall increase as the years go on, and find its consummation in the heavenly presence.
O Mary, intense lover of God, teach us to love but God alone!