Chapter

 1 III |        rise out of Jacob, and a rod shall arise in Israel."
 2 III |     shall arise in Israel." The rod is the Son of God, who is
 3 III |       saying of Psalm 100: "The rod of his power the Lord shall
 4 III |     Lord shall send forth." The rod of power is the Virgin Mary.
 5 III |         Virgin Mary. She is the rod of Aaron, flowering by her
 6 III |      her fecundity. She is that rod of which it is said in Isaias: "
 7 III |      There shall spring forth a rod from the root of Jesse."
 8 III |        the root of Jesse." This rod is the Virgin Mary, a rod
 9 III |       rod is the Virgin Mary, a rod of power against the infernal
10 VI  |      And what wonder if in that rod is so great an affluence
11 VI  |         His gifts? Mary is that rod, and the Son of Mary is
12 VI  |        There shall come forth a rod from the root of Jesse,
13 VI  |      more will it abound in the rod or stem of the flower, in
14 VI  |       of the Holy Spirit in the rod. By the rod or stem we attain
15 VI  |       Spirit in the rod. By the rod or stem we attain to the
16 IX  |      with Him. For thou art the rod of Aaron, straight, erect,
17 IX  |       who would be the straight rod or stem, the upright rod
18 IX  |        rod or stem, the upright rod or stem, if the rod of Aaron
19 IX  |     upright rod or stem, if the rod of Aaron were not upright?
20 XI  | corruption; and He who made the rod to bud without rain, made
21 XII |              CHAPTER XII MARY A ROD OR STEM, AND A FLOWERING
22 XII |  budding stem. For Mary is that rod of which it is said in Isaias: "
23 XII |        There shall come forth a rod from the root of Jesse,
24 XII |      consideration first to the rod and then to the flower.~
25 XII |       First consider, that this rod, this royal rod, is the
26 XII |       that this rod, this royal rod, is the Virgin Mary, as
27 XII |          thou hast grown into a rod, the rod from the root of
28 XII |      hast grown into a rod, the rod from the root of Jesse;
29 XII |     hast arisen and flowered, O rod of Aaron; thou hast flowered
30 XII |   brought forth." For Mary is a rod smoking with incense, a
31 XII |         smoking with incense, a rod of wood, a rod of gold,
32 XII |       incense, a rod of wood, a rod of gold, a rod of iron.
33 XII |       of wood, a rod of gold, a rod of iron. Mary is a rod smoking
34 XII |        a rod of iron. Mary is a rod smoking to beginners, a
35 XII |         smoking to beginners, a rod of wood to those who are
36 XII |      those who are advancing, a rod of gold to the perfect,
37 XII |       of gold to the perfect, a rod of iron to the incorrigible
38 XII |     Virgin Mary is as a smoking rod to beginners and to penitents.
39 XII |       and to penitents. Of this rod it is said in the Canticle
40 XII |      Judge."~Again, Mary is the rod of wood, the rod which is
41 XII |         is the rod of wood, the rod which is flowering to those
42 XII |      who are advancing. Of this rod it is said in the Book of
43 XII |         Book of Wisdom that the rod of Aaron, which was of wood,
44 XII |      the Virgin Mary is to us a rod of wood, flowering and fruitful.~
45 XII |      and contemplative a golden rod. We read that Esther; with
46 XII |      divine justice. The golden rod, the royal scepter, is the
47 XII |        power. This is the happy rod, which is extended with
48 XII |         St. Anselm desired this rod to be extended to it, when
49 XII |       Virgin Mary is as an iron rod to the demons and incorrigible
50 XII |   incorrigible sinners. To this rod we may apply that word of
51 XII |     Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron." O Mary, rod of
52 XII |         a rod of iron." O Mary, rod of gold to the perfect,
53 XII |         of gold to the perfect, rod of gold to the hard, rod
54 XII |        rod of gold to the hard, rod of gold to men, rod of iron
55 XII |       hard, rod of gold to men, rod of iron and hard to the
56 XII |  Blessed Virgin Mary is to us a rod of smoke or incense in our
57 XII |         conversion, a flowering rod in our lives, a golden rod
58 XII |      rod in our lives, a golden rod in our contemplation, an
59 XII |      our contemplation, an iron rod in our defense. St. Bernard,
60 XII |     worthily contemplating this rod, saith: "O Virgin, sublime
61 XII |       saith: "O Virgin, sublime rod, to how great a height thou
62 XII |     consider the flower of this rod; let us consider in the
63 XII |        us consider in the royal rod, and in the Virgin Mary
64 XII |        There shall come forth a rod from the root of Jesse,
65 XII |     flower! Happier the stem or rod which in the wood produces
66 XII |         can neither be wood nor rod happy! Truly a most happy
67 XII |        said in Numbers that the rod of Aaron bore at the same
68 XII |     both flowers and fruit. The rod of Aaron prefigures the
69 XII |         the straightness of the rod is prefigured the integrity
70 XII |         flowers in the virginal rod, and gather these new flowers
71 XIII|      how Mary is as the stem or rod to the eternal flower, producing
72 XIII|        with us ! O most sublime Rod, grant that with us also
73 XV  |         from the desert, like a rod of incense?" What has this
74 XVI |        what is signified by the rod of Aaron, retained the flower
75 XVII|         deeply the root of this rod was established (in humility),
76 XVII|      fruit is the flower of the rod, of whom Isaias says: 'There
77 XVII|        There shall come forth a rod from the root of Jesse,
78 XVII|  Bernard say of her: "O Virgin, rod sublime, to what a height