"She is an
echo of God, speaking and
repeating only
God. If you say
"Mary"
she says
"God". ~ St. Louis de Montfort
FEAST of the
NATIVITY
of the BLESSED
VIRGIN MARY
September 8
"This
radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude
to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth
of the Mother of God, is the prelude, while the final act is the foreordained
union of the Word with flesh. Today the Virgin is born, tended and formed, and
prepared for her role as Mother of God, who is the universal King of the ages."
~ St Andrew of Crete, bishop - Oratio 1: PG 97
“Another woman is now given thee in place of the first,
a prudent
and humble Eve instead of the
proud and foolish one,
an Eve
who shall offer thee, not the
tree of death but the
Bread
of
Life, and who shall yield thee,
not the poisoned fruit
of bitterness
but
the delicious fruit of immortality.
Change
thou, therefore, the wicked words of self-excuse into
the voice of praise and
thanksgiving, and say
to the Lord,
‘The
woman whom Thou gavest me, gave
me of the
tree
of life and I
did eat; and it has become in my mouth sweeter
than honey,
because
in it Thou hast given me life.’
Behold here the purpose for which the Angel was sent from God
to the Virgin. O Virgin, worthy
of all admiration, deserving of
all honour!
O most wonderful of women and
venerable over
all.”
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Mary, mother of the Bread of
Life,
ora pro
nobis!
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