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He Who is Mighty has Done Great Things for Me, by Dina Fathi – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

He Who is Mighty has Done Great Things for Me, by Dina Fathi

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Bartolome Esteban Murillo 20 / 194 The Virgin of the Rosary (1650). Image from WikiArt

By Dina Fathi, Catholic Exchange, March 23, 2026

After a number of years trying to become a nun, which was my ardent desire, I submitted to God’s will and returned to the world! I live a quiet contemplative life in the world, spending many hours a day at my parish in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, assistig at the Holy sacrifice of the Mass, praying Rosaries and writing. …

Author’s Note: The first article of this Magnificat Series (“My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord”) reflects on the Second Joyful Mystery, the Visitation, and the fourth article (“All Generations will Call Me Blessed”) reflects briefly on the Second Luminous Mystery, the Wedding at Cana.

 

The Church’s devotion to Our Blessed Mother is simply the will of God, as we saw in the fourth article of this Magnificat series (“All Generations Will Call Me Blessed”). Pope Benedict XVI called it “a command of the Holy Spirit” (Homily, August 15, 2006).

And so it is that “the Church rightly honors [the Mother of God] with special devotion,” as the Catechism says (971), and par excellence in the prayer of the Holy Rosary. In the Hail Mary, “all generations” call Our Blessed Mother “blessed,” a fulfillment of Luke 1:48, and in the Mysteries of the Rosary we come to know the “great things” God has done for Her (Lk. 1:49). Thus, this fifth article of the Magnificat series will focus on the Mysteries of the Rosary, through which we will know the “great things” God has done for the Blessed Mother.

The Magnificat and the Mysteries …