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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Memorial of BVM
DESCRIPTION:THE MOTHER \nOF THE REDEEMER \nFrom a homily by Amadeus of Lausanne \n◊◊◊ \nEscorted amid such praises\, she herself could not refrain from praising\, \nfor she saw the Son of God\, born of her\, sitting on the right hand of his Father’s \nmajesty\, receiving her with glory. ‘You have held she says\, ‘my right hand\, and \,̓ \nhave led me according to your will and received me with glory’. And again: ‘He is \nat my right hand lest I be moved. Therefore my heart has rejoiced and my \ntongue has exulted. Still more my flesh shall rest in hope. Since you did not \nabandon me in the world nor did you give your Mother’s body to see corruption. \nBut why do I linger over these things? To sum up much in a few words: \nthere was with the most glorious lady a word simple yet complex\, a word \nunderstandable\, containing all the words of praise with which she herself \nhonored the Lord and Son with praise unutterable. \nExalted therefore with cries of exultation and praise\, she is placed in her \nseat of glory first after God\, above all the company of heaven. There\, having \ntaken again the substance of her flesh (for it is not lawful to believe that her body \nsaw corruption) and clothed with a double robe\, she looks upon God and man in \nhis two natures with a gaze clearer than all others\, inasmuch as it is more \nburning than all\, with the eyes of her soul and body. \nThen coming down to the human race in ineffable charity and turning \nupon us those eyes of pity with which heaven is brightened\, she lifts her prayer \nalike for clergy\, for all men and women\, for the living and for the departed. Here \nfrom heaven is the glorious Virgin most powerful in prayer\, driving away every \nhurtful thing and bestowing what is good\, and she grants to all who pray to her \nfrom the heart her protection for this present life and for that to come. \nFor remembering for what purpose she was made the Mother of the \nRedeemer\, most willingly she gathers up the sinner’s prayers and pleads with \nher Son for all the guilt of those who are penitent. Surely she will gain what she \nwishes\, the dear Mother through whose chaste womb the Word of God came to \nus\, the sin offering of the world\, to wash away with his own blood the bond of \noriginal sin\, Jesus Christ Our Lord\, who lives and reigns with God the Father in \nthe unity of the Holy Spirit\, God for ever and ever.
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