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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:MARY’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD \nFrom a homily by Ogier of Locedio1 \n◊◊◊ \nThis most holy Virgin Mary was of royal lineage: Joachim was her father\, \nand Anne her mother. She is that mighty woman presaged by the Lord when\, \nat the time of Eve’s undoing\, he told the serpent\, ‘You shall lie in wait for her \nheel\, and she shall trample your head.’ She is that mighty Virgin who trampled \nthe head of the dragon by her power… Through her the Lord delivered our first \nparents\, Adam and Eve\, from everlasting death… She is that valiant woman\, \nendowed with strength and choicest virtue\, of whom Solomon spoke: Who shall \nfind a valiant woman? Hers is a prize far beyond all bounds. Indeed\, her prize \nwas none other than the Son of God the Father\, who from far beyond all \nbounds… marvelously and ineffably entered the enclosure of the virginal \nwomb… \nHow greatly God’s angels rejoiced when thus the restoration of \nhumankind was secured! The whole world leapt for joy\, heaven thundered with \npraise\, the earth danced for delight\, her song of joy soon joined by the skies \nabove and the seas below… so the whole universe took on its pristine glory as \nthat most blessed daughter was told: Virgin Mother of God\, your birth is news \nof joy to all the world! If therefore all the orders of angels rejoice in the birth \nof Mary the Mother of God\, let all orders of monks rejoice therein as well. If \nheaven and earth rejoice\, then all Christ’s consecrated virgins also. Let \neveryone rejoice… with great joy\, for the birth of Mary the sacred Virgin spells \njoy for the whole of heaven and earth. \nThus Mary\, the morning star that drives away all darkness\, came forth \nfrom her mother’s womb beautiful as the moon\, sought-out as the sun\, dreadful \nas a well-armed camp\, the glorious light that came forth from the darkness\,7 \nwithin whose womb Light itself would shine. From Jesse’s root there came the \nVirgin who would bear the flower. It is she who says\, I am the flower of the \nfield and the lily of the valleys’. Before that fragrant flower all other flowers lose \nthe sweetness of their scent… By means of Anna and Joachim God created that \nremedy whereby humankind would be freed from everlasting death. Through… \nblessed Mary\, the Lord gives light to the blind\, heals the sick\, raises the dead\, \nfrees us from sin\, justifies us through grace\, and crowns us with his glory. \nLet therefore all the just rejoice at the birth of her through whom they \nhave been justified. Let the blessed rejoice who through her have been made \nblessed… Let them approach the blessed child\, the sublime Queen on high. Let \nthem embrace her\, let them cradle her in the arms of perfect love. Let them \nbear her in their hearts\, her praises ever on their tongues\, so as to possess her \nwith their love. For this is no woman to be slighted\, this is no ordinary mother: \nthis is blessed Mary\, wholly sweet and lovable… \nShe is the sweetness of myrrh\, the absence of all bitterness. She who was \nnever to dwell in the bitterness of sin is rightly named Mary. She never sinned \nnor ever wished to sin\, in thought or word or deed. Wholly beautiful\, there was \nno blemish in her; only thus could she become the Mother of the Lord…
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