"When
the most holy Virgin was born,
the whole world was made radiant;
the whole world was made radiant;
blessed is the
branch and blessed is the
stem
which bore such holy fruit."
Today's Liturgy of the Hours, Antiphon 2
which bore such holy fruit."
Today's Liturgy of the Hours, Antiphon 2
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.
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."
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
Raul
Berzosa ~ Holy Mother
“Another
woman is
now given thee in place of the first,
a prudent and humble Eve instead of the proud and foolish one,
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.'
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
"Death through Eve, life
through Mary." ~ Saint Jerome
"The
day of
the Nativity of
the Mother of God is a day of
universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire
human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve
was transformed into joy." ~Saint
John
universal joy, because through the Mother of God, the entire
human race was renewed, and the sorrow of the first mother, Eve
was transformed into joy." ~
"We
never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour
His Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour Him
all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading
to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son. ...
She is an echo of God, speaking and repeating only God.
His Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour Him
all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading
to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son. ...
She is an echo of God, speaking and repeating only God.
If you say "Mary," she says
"God."
St Louis Marie de
Montfort, True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, #94
"Today God welcomes on earth the holy throne which He had
prepared for Himself. He who established the heavens in wisdom
has fashioned a living Heaven." - Byzantine Liturgy
Click here: Nativity of
the BVM - YouTube (song +images - lovely! - 2
mins)
Click here: The Birth of Mary
- YouTube (Commentary + images - 2
mins)
Mary, mother of
the Bread of Life,
pray for us!
pray for us!
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