Furthermore…

 When I go for my morning walk, and  I remember to pray instead of to randomly ruminate, I like to say “Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God/ That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.” The beautiful pre-dawn sky, the morning star, and a  personal preference seem to somehow come together to make this the choice.

This morning for some reason I got to thinking how the Lord must find it especially loving to pour out His mercy on people who are humble; correspondingly, the people who are of  humble outlook must find it particularly easy to ask Him for mercy, because they realize how much they need it. So: synergy!

Then, mumbling my Promises prayer to Mary, I saw a correspondence in it to the Mercy/Humility synergy: saying ‘pray for us’ arises naturally out of a feeling of humility, a sense of  ‘Boy, do I need your intercession, such as I am.’  And ‘the promises of Christ’: they must certainly include His mercy,  at the top of the list.