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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Memorial of BVM
DESCRIPTION:THE HUMILITY OF \nGOD’S HANDMAIDEN \nBy St Bernard of Clairvaux \n◊◊◊ \nYou can be saved without virginity; without humility you cannot be. \nHumility which deplores the loss of virginity can still find favor. Yet I dare say \nthat without humility not even Mary’s virginity would have been acceptable. \nThe Lord says\, “Upon whom shall my Spirit rest\, if not upon him that is humble \nand contrite in spirit?” On the humble\, he says\, not on the virgin. Had Mary not \nbeen humble\, then the Holy Spirit would not have rested upon her. Had he not \nrested upon her\, she would not have become pregnant. How indeed could she \nhave conceived by him without him? \nIt seems evident then that she conceived by the Holy Spirit because\, as she \nherself said\, God “regarded the humility of his handmaiden” rather than her \nvirginity. And even if it was because of her virginity that she found favor\, she \nconceived nevertheless on account of her humility. Thus there is no doubt that \nher virginity was found pleasing because her humility made it so. \nWhat have you to say to that\, haughty virgin? Mary\, making no account of \nher virginity\, was happy in her humility. Yet you\, heedless of humility\, preen \nyourself on your virginity? “God has regarded the humility of his handmaiden\,” \nshe says. Who is she? A holy virgin\, if ever there was one! A sober virgin\, a \ndevout virgin. Would you be more chaste than she? More devout? Do you fancy \nthat your modesty is so much more pleasing than Mary’s chastity that you on \nyour own can do without the humility she needed to find favor with God? If so\, \nto the extent that you are more worthy of respect because you have received a \nsingular gift of chastity\, you do yourself more harm\, because you tarnish its \nbeauty by the adulteration of pride. \nIt is better for you not to be a virgin than to be puffed up over your \nvirginity. Not everyone is a virgin\, but there are still fewer who join humility to \nvirginity. So if you can do no more than admire Mary’s virginity\, try to imitate \nher humility and for you this will be enough. But if you are both a virgin and \nhumble\, then whoever you are\, you are great.
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