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 1 Prol|            Why should I add to the sea a small cup of water? Why
 2 III |            For Mary means a bitter sea, star of the sea, the illuminated
 3 III |            bitter sea, star of the sea, the illuminated or illuminatrix.
 4 III | interpreted lady. Mary is a bitter sea to the demons; to men she
 5 III |         men she is the star of the sea; to the angels she is illuminatrix,
 6 III |          is interpreted: "a bitter sea"; this is excellently suited
 7 III |         Note in what way Mary is a sea, and in what way she is
 8 III |           and how she is at once a sea and bitter. Mary is a sea
 9 III |          sea and bitter. Mary is a sea by the abundant overflow
10 III |       graces; and Mary is a bitter sea by submerging the devil.
11 III |            devil. Mary is indeed a sea by the superabounding Passion
12 III |          her Son; Mary is a bitter sea by her power over the devil,
13 III |       first, that Mary is called a sea because of the abundance
14 III |           All rivers flow into the sea" (I, 7.) The rivers are
15 III |           the rivers flow into the sea because the graces of all
16 III |          All rivers enter into the sea, that is, all graces enter
17 III |           seest now how Mary was a sea of the Holy Spirit; thou
18 III |            manner she was a bitter sea in the death of her Son.~
19 III |     consider that Mary is a bitter sea to the devil and to his
20 III |       oppressed by him, as the Red Sea was bitter to the Egyptians
21 III |        upon them the waters of the sea" (Ex. XV, 19.) Oh, how bitter
22 III |           and full of fear is this sea to the Egyptians! Oh, how
23 III |           in what manner Mary is a sea by the abundance of her
24 III |            devils Mary is a bitter sea by the power she has of
25 III |           interpreted "Star of the sea." This name is most suitable
26 III |           star does to mariners at sea. We read, and it is true,
27 III |         those who sail through the sea of the world in the ship
28 III |        which Mary, the Star of the sea, hath brought forth for
29 III |          compared to a star of the sea, because of her purity,
30 III |          by leading us through the sea of this world to the grave
31 III |       shouldst be submerged in the sea of this world, follow the
32 III |        away Mary, this Star of the Sea, and what remains save an
33 III |          Also how Mary is a bitter sea, the Star of the Sea, the
34 III |        bitter sea, the Star of the Sea, the Light-giver, the Lady.
35 III |            Mary is the Star of the sea to converted men; she is
36 III |           and say: "O Mary, Bitter Sea, help us, that we may be
37 III |            plunged into the bitter sea of penance! O Mary, Star
38 III |       penance! O Mary, Star of the Sea, help us, that we may be
39 III |         guided rightly through the sea of this world ! O Mary,
40 VII |            rules the winds and the sea, has His reception-room,
41 VII |        could well be called a full sea according to that word: "
42 VII |   according to that word: "Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof" (
43 VII |           Par. XVI, 32.) As in the sea there is a gathering together
44 VII |            the rivers run into the sea" (I, 7.) All the rivers
45 VII |        XXIV, 25.) How full is this sea, how full of grace is Mary,
46 VII |           outpoured at once." This sea, therefore, being full,
47 VII |        roar against vices. Let the sea roar, therefore, and the
48 VII |     fullness thereof, let the full sea, let the full Mary, roar.
49 VII |            Of the fullness of this sea it is likewise said in the
50 VII |        said in the Psalm: "Let the sea be moved, and the fullness
51 VII |         fullness thereof." Let the sea be moved, let Mary be moved,