Chapter

 1 Prol|         presence of the task? For he saith: "My tongue faileth, Lady,
 2 Prol|             worth, hesitate ? For he saith: "I fear and tremble, all
 3 Prol|            Bernard, quailed ? For he saith: "There is nothing which
 4 II  |          life! Therefore St. Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen of
 5 II  |           God. Therefore the Apostle saith: "All are born children
 6 II  |              Mother that the Prophet saith: "Arise, O Lord, into Thy
 7 II  |            the torments, as Ezechiel saith: "Woe to the bloody city,
 8 III |          Holy Ghost, wherefore Jesus saith: "He who believeth in Me,
 9 III |        spirit. Wherefore St. Bernard saith: "Thou art the Mother of
10 III |               Therefore, St. Bernard saith: "Visible enemies fear not
11 III |         whole earth? For St. Bernard saith . "The presence of Mary
12 III |              her." The devout Anselm saith: "O great Lady, to whom
13 IV  |           that Mary of whom St. Luke saith: "Mary rising up with haste,
14 IV  |     Elizabeth. Therefore St. Ambrose saith: "She who came out of charity,
15 IV  |            Master Hugh of St. Victor saith a good word: "Because the
16 IV  |           noble martyrdom St. Jerome saith: "O marvelous patience and
17 IV  |      different. Therefore Our Savior saith: "Woe to you rich who have
18 IV  |         Therefore St. Augustine well saith: "Truly do we proclaim Mary
19 V   |             of Mary. Of this Gabriel saith: "Thou hast found grace,"
20 V   |            therefore Blessed Bernard saith: "Let us seek grace, but
21 V   |          body and such like. Solomon saith: "Favor is deceitful, and
22 V   |        throne of God, as the Prophet saith: "The Lord hath prepared
23 V   |            of which the same Prophet saith: "The earth hath given its
24 V   |            of her mercy that Bernard saith: "Who can search into the
25 V   |              that is, the holy soul, saith as in the Canticle: "My
26 V   |       delights. Of which St. Bernard saith: "What shall I say of the
27 V   |       pastors! Therefore St. Bernard saith: "Mary, thou embracest with
28 V   |          diligent woman of whom Bede saith: "Mary was silent about
29 VI  |           sin. Therefore St. Bernard saith: "It behoved the Queen of
30 VI  |            full of grace. St. Jerome saith: "On others grace was bestowed
31 VI  |           this privilege St. Bernard saith: "This is the singular glory
32 VII |            that Man of whom Jeremias saith: "The Lord hath created
33 VII |           Man-if indeed, as Josephus saith, it be lawful to call Him
34 VII |           herself ! Well, therefore, saith St. Bernard, when commending
35 VII |           fecundity! For St. Bernard saith: "Well was she full of grace,
36 VII |           the Lord" (VIII, II.) Then saith Solomon: "The Lord hath
37 VII |            honor. Of this St. Jerome saith: "Because she was filled
38 VII |              His mother." St. Jerome saith: "The maternal honor is
39 VII |              His mother." St. Jerome saith: "The maternal honor is
40 VII |          life ? Therefore St. Anselm saith: "O Woman full and overfull
41 VIII|             of the world. St. Anselm saith: "The Queen of heaven, and
42 VIII|              God, of whom the Father saith by the Prophet: "His throne
43 IX  |             Lord of whom the Prophet saith: "Thou, Lord, art sweet
44 IX  |              St. Bernard excellently saith: "Let him be silent on the
45 IX  |            of salvation. St. Bernard saith: "Mary was the faithful
46 X   |           have the Lord. St. Bernard saith: "Thou alone hast been found
47 X   |          could not make. St. Bernard saith: "No other mother was becoming
48 X   |            the faithful. St. Ambrose saith: "If Christ is the brother
49 X   |              the handmaids. But what saith the Scripture? "Cast out
50 XI  |             Of this St. Bernard well saith: "Rightly, O Mary, hast
51 XI  | contemplation. Therefore the Apostle saith: "Follow peace with all
52 XII |              contemplating this rod, saith: "O Virgin, sublime rod,
53 XII |            so loved. For St. Bernard saith: "That Bee who feedeth among
54 XII |            men for life. St. Bernard saith: "The flower is the Son
55 XV  |         blessed a Child. "From her," saith the Lord, "I will give thee
56 XVI |           Fruit of which the Prophet saith: "The Lord will give benignity,