Chapter

  1 Prol |          the manner in which the Son of God bestowed upon His
  2 I    |           See in what manner the Son of God is to become Incarnate
  3 I    |        designed to give His Only Son, whom He had begotten, equal
  4 I    |          be at the same time the Son of God and the Son of Man."~
  5 I    |      time the Son of God and the Son of Man."~Again, how full
  6 I    |        Lord, God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, is
  7 I    |         he says: "Nor is God the Son alone with thee, whom thou
  8 I    |       the exile is recalled. Thy Son, O Lady, redeemed the captive
  9 II   | according to the likeness of her Son, should rise again, before
 10 II   |         Whence it is both of the Son and the Mother that the
 11 II   |       our Lord Jesus Christ, her Son.~
 12 III  |    superabounding Passion of her Son; Mary is a bitter sea by
 13 III  |       Mary in the Passion of her Son was filled with bitterness
 14 III  |     bitter by the Passion of her Son.~The two sons of Mary are
 15 III  |          sea in the death of her Son.~Thirdly, consider that
 16 III  |     light and bringing forth the Son of God. For she is that
 17 III  |          Israel." The rod is the Son of God, who is the ray of
 18 III  |     brightness, neither does the Son of the Virgin lessen the
 19 III  |       one, by bringing forth the Son of God.~Thirdly, consider
 20 III  |        world to the grave of her Son, as to the gates of Paradise.
 21 III  |         the glory of him.... The Son of God is the Angel of Great
 22 III  |         powerful for us with her Son, that every one of us may
 23 IV   |      Mary saluted Elizabeth; the Son of Mary saluted those whom
 24 IV   |         Passion and death of her Son. The material sword cannot
 25 IV   |          the executioners of her Son by hatred nor wounded them
 26 IV   |      only most patient while her Son was crucified in her presence,
 27 IV   |        the crucifixion, when her Son was reviled, as it is said
 28 IV   |           Mark, 'Is not this the Son of the carpenter and of
 29 IV   |       the poor Mary and her poor Son, as it is said in St. Matthew'
 30 IV   |       Matthew's Gospel: "Joseph, Son of David, fear not . . ." (
 31 IV   |     Queen, may Jesus Christ, thy Son, bestow the gifts of His
 32 V    |          for us the mercy of her Son, as it were an abyss calling
 33 V    |         glory, the Person of the Son the substance of human flesh!
 34 V    |          soul, miraculous in her Son, glorious in her kingdom.
 35 V    |         the name of thy promised Son." Grace likewise made Mary
 36 V    |           was redeemed, by whose Son I was rescued from eternal
 37 VI   |        Mary is that rod, and the Son of Mary is that flower,
 38 VI   |       thee we have access to thy Son, O blessed finder of grace,
 39 VI   |    complaint for the loss of her Son; of compassion for the failing
 40 VI   |       lips, when she said to her Son, after the three days' loss: "
 41 VI   |     after the three days' loss: "Son, why hast thou done so to
 42 VI   |   marriage feast she said to her Son: "They have no wine." Here
 43 VI   |       thou shouldst speak to thy Son for us, that many of us
 44 VI   |    Mother of Mercy to say to her Son that you have no wine! And
 45 VI   |       the womb, and shalt bear a Son, and thou shalt call His
 46 VI   |          and shall be called the Son of the Most High." See how
 47 VI   |     conceive and bring forth the Son of the Most High. We can
 48 VI   |          ineffable Mother of the Son, the Mother of that Son
 49 VI   |          Son, the Mother of that Son of whom alone God is the
 50 VI   |          she merited to have her Son in common with God the Father."~
 51 VI   |          sister, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost may
 52 VII  |     before the conception of the Son of God, Mary was full (of
 53 VII  |        was called "woman" by her Son in the Gospel of St. John,
 54 VII  |         read: "Woman, behold thy Son." The vessels of this woman
 55 VII  |         glory; the person of the Son, the substance of human
 56 VII  |      harm; she takes hold of her Son, lest He strike sinners.
 57 VII  |           Behold the smell of my son is as the smell of a full
 58 VII  |            Behold the odor of my Son is as the smell of a full
 59 VII  |           Behold the smell of my Son, the honor of my Son, is
 60 VII  |          my Son, the honor of my Son, is from the honor and the
 61 VII  |          is of those of whom her Son said: "Ask, and you shall
 62 VII  |            Behold the odor of my Son is as the smell of a full
 63 VII  |           Behold the smell of my Son, the honor of my Son, is
 64 VII  |          my Son, the honor of my Son, is from the honor and the
 65 VII  |          is of those of whom her Son said: "Ask, and you shall
 66 VIII |        throne, the throne of the Son of God, of whom the Father
 67 VIII |      What wonder if Mary, in her Son, remains forever, when even
 68 IX   |    advocate, reconcile us to thy Son, commend us to thy Son,
 69 IX   |       thy Son, commend us to thy Son, present us before thy Son."
 70 IX   |       Son, present us before thy Son." But behold, this Lord
 71 X    |         and Father, the Lord and Son, the Lord and Holy Ghost,
 72 X    |        noble daughter. He is the Son and Lord, of whom Mary is
 73 X    |          most becoming to such a Son. She is the Mother to whom
 74 X    |        the Mother to whom such a Son is most becoming. She is
 75 X    |        virgin; nor was any other son becoming to a virgin than
 76 X    |          with thee, O Mary, as a son with a most worthy mother.~
 77 X    |       God the Father, of God the Son, and of God the Holy Ghost.
 78 X    |  handmaid of that Lord, when her son is the servant of this Lord,
 79 X    |          am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid." O what
 80 X    |        handmaid, and what a good son of the handmaid ! Alas,
 81 X    |        out the bondwoman and her son." We read in Genesis of
 82 X    |         Father is with thee; the Son is with thee; the Holy Ghost
 83 X    |        thee, because He made His Son thine; the Son is with thee,
 84 X    |          made His Son thine; the Son is with thee, who, in order
 85 XI   |      wonderful generation of her Son; fourthly, in her most glorious
 86 XI   |          which Mary received the Son of God, nor in the heavens
 87 XI   |        royal throne to which the Son of Mary raised her." Mary
 88 XI   |      wonderful generation of her Son; fourthly, because of her
 89 XI   |        Mediator of his cause the Son before the Father, and the
 90 XI   |       before the Father, and the Son before the Mother. The Son
 91 XI   |       Son before the Mother. The Son shows His naked body, with
 92 XI   |         shows her breasts to her Son. There can be no question
 93 XI   |        salvation in the Virgin's Son -that blessing of which
 94 XI   |      Christ," which blessing the Son Himself will confirm when
 95 XI   | footsteps, as from the love of a son, but also by the imitation
 96 XI   |       our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, who with the Father and
 97 XII  |    fecundity. This flower is the Son of the Virgin, of whom it
 98 XII  |        saith: "The flower is the Son of the Virgin, a flower
 99 XII  |        body and soul, in her own Son, by her own Son; nor has
100 XII  |          her own Son, by her own Son; nor has she ever felt the
101 XII  |  integrity in bringing forth her Son, because she begot Him who
102 XIII |        nor a real angel, but the Son of God Himself placed in
103 XIII |       conceive and bring forth a son." And it was not this alone
104 XIII |      virgin should bring forth a son, but that she should bring
105 XIV  |       thee we have access to thy Son, O blessed among women,
106 XIV  |           because of her blessed Son. Therefore St. Bernard says: "
107 XIV  |     because of Jesus Christ, the Son of Mary, the Lord blessed
108 XIV  |      thou hast given life to the Son of God."~Again, Mary is
109 XIV  |           Behold the smell of my son is as the smell of a plentiful
110 XIV  |       all mothers because of thy Son! St. Augustine exclaims: "
111 XIV  |           because of the blessed Son of thy womb, art truly blessed
112 XIV  |       wherein she rests with her Son in Heaven; and she is blessed
113 XIV  |       from the place wherein her Son rested within her. Both
114 XIV  |          which Mary received the Son of God; nor in Heaven, than
115 XIV  |        regal throne to which the Son of Mary elevated Mary."
116 XIV  |    lowliness." Without doubt the Son of Mary is the highest crown
117 XIV  |         indeed blessed Mary; the Son blessed His Mother; the
118 XIV  |     therefore, be thy most sweet Son, O Mary, who by thy abundant
119 XV   |          the human nature of her Son so great a blessing of graces
120 XV   |        of her I will give thee a son, whom I will bless" (Gen.
121 XV   |        Lord, "I will give thee a son, whom I will bless" (Gen.
122 XV   |     towards God, when God is her Son according to the flesh.
123 XV   |      neighbor is spiritually her son. And if we are her sons,
124 XV   |          are the brethren of her Son. Well, therefore, doth St.
125 XVI  |          O Blessed Mother of the Son of God ! This is that Fruit
126 XVI  |    entrance of His Only Begotten Son, He consecrated by the grace
127 XVI  |       the earth, brought forth a Son, co-equal indeed in divinity
128 XVI  |         the maternal womb is the Son of the Eternal Father, and
129 XVI  |         whose Father is God; the Son of the paternal love will
130 XVI  |           Behold the smell of my son is as the smell of a full
131 XVI  |      time was come, God sent His Son," etc. This year, therefore,
132 XVI  |     brought forth the Fruit, the Son of God-a Fruit so abundant,
133 XVI  |       Jesus Christ Our Lord, thy Son. Amen.~
134 XVII |          the reward of that only Son, who is the blessed fruit
135 XVII |      Himself the reward of every son of adoption. Who are these
136 XVII |      handmaid, God from man, the Son from the Mother, the fruit
137 XVII |       Our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen.~
138 XVIII|       the earth, brought forth a Son in divinity indeed, co-equal
139 XVIII|          culture brought forth a Son, who is the food of all