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But that is not all. With the penitent’s permission, the same confessor told the story in one of his sermons. A captain who for many years had carried on an improper relationship with a woman heard it. He resolved to practice the same devotion in the hope that he would be delivered from the horrible chains that bound him a slave to the Devil. He too gave up his wicked ways and changed his life.

But there is still more. After six months, foolishly relying too much on his own strength, the captain went to pay a visit to the woman to see if she also had been converted. But when he came up to the door where he was in obvious danger of relapsing into sin, an invisible power drove him back and he found himself a whole block away from the house – in fact, in front of his own door. He then clearly understood that the Virgin Mary had delivered him from danger.

These examples show us how solicitous our Heavenly Mother is, not only to draw us away from a state of sin if we appeal to her with this good purpose in mind, but also to deliver us from the danger of falling back into sin.

From St. Alphonsus de Ligouri, Glories of Mary, Part II,
Baltimore-Dublin: Helicon, 1963, pp. 54-55
Posted January 29, 2011
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