Chapter

  1 Prol |       Augustine, addressing Mary, says: "What shall I, so poor
  2 Prol |        that most eloquent of men, says: "What shall we, so little,
  3 Prol |         Jerome, speaking of Mary, says: "If I am to speak the truth,
  4 Prol |           her, among other things says: "We who are so insignificant,
  5 I    |     admirable salutation! As Bede says: "Inasmuch as it is unheard
  6 I    |        Bernard shows this when he says: "Nor is God the Son alone
  7 II   |        the Apocalypse. "I heard," says John, "the voice of one
  8 II   |           of Mary, as St. Bernard says: "Mary had no fault of her
  9 II   |           my Spouse."-"A garden," says St. Jerome, "a garden of
 10 II   |         Therefore Blessed Ambrose says: "There was nothing evil
 11 II   |      Therefore St. Augustine well says: "The heavens were more
 12 II   |           glory. St. Bernard well says: "As much more grace than
 13 II   |         the pains of hell. Isaias says: "Woe to their souls, for
 14 II   |         to them" (Is. III, 9.) He says, evil things, in the plural,
 15 II   |           as the Book of Proverbs says: "Many daughters have gathered
 16 II   |          of all these? St. Jerome says: "If you look diligently
 17 II   |        Jude XI, 12.) Note that he says, forever, and think how
 18 III  |           Blessed Evangelist Luke says significantly: "And the
 19 III  |           all ! For St. Augustine says: "Mary, thou art full of
 20 III  |           of a star." St. Bernard says: "A ray from a star does
 21 III  |         even hell, as St. Bernard says: "She is that glorious and
 22 III  |      necessary to us. St. Bernard says: "Turn not away thine eyes
 23 III  |        follow her, as St. Bernard says: "Following her, thou strayest
 24 III  |     without the sun ? St. Bernard says: "Take away this lightsome
 25 III  |        Augustine, addressing her, says: "If I call thee heaven,
 26 III  |          her power. St. Augustine says: "Michael, the prince and
 27 III  |         speaking to this Lady, he says: "Thee, O Lady so very great,
 28 IV   |        that Mary of whom St. Luke says: "And Mary said, 'Behold
 29 IV   |         which St. John Chrysostom says: "See the greatness of the
 30 IV   |        fly gluttony. For St. Paul says: "It is best that the heart
 31 V    |          God who is the Truth. He says "with God" and not with
 32 V    |          who signifies the devil, says: "Drink now, and sit down
 33 V    |          me" (Judith XII, 17.) He says, "with God," not with the
 34 V    |        VIII, 22. ) "With God," he says, not with men; therefore
 35 V    |           is deceitful." Again he says, "with God," not with the
 36 V    |      Ghost shall come upon thee," says: "That precious balm flowed
 37 V    |         therefore St. Jerome well says of her: "Whatever was done
 38 V    |          doubt He of whom Solomon says: "If heaven and the heaven
 39 V    |            of whom Ecclesiasticus says: "I, like the turpentine
 40 V    |           womb ? Of whom Jeremias says: "The Lord hath created
 41 V    |         grace? St. John Damascene says: "Mary, planted in the house
 42 V    |       death. Therefore St. Anselm says: "How shall I worthily praise
 43 VI   |          that the Evangelist John says: "Of His fullness we have
 44 VI   |        Therefore St. Bernard well says, addressing Mary: "By thee
 45 VI   |          praising this privilege, says: "Mary chose for herself
 46 VI   |     familiarity, as St. Augustine says: "No wonder, Mary, that
 47 VI   |           with God. St. Augustine says: "She merited to be the
 48 VI   |         of the Redeemer." He also says: "Beg for what we ask, excuse
 49 VI   |    excellent in glory. St. Jerome says: "Everywhere the holy Church
 50 VI   |       because of her. St. Bernard says: "After God, it is our greatest
 51 VI   |       this world that St. Bernard says of her: "While yet thou
 52 VI   |           to her, Blessed Bernard says: "Thou wouldst never have
 53 VI   |           whose haste St. Ambrose says: "Whither would she, who
 54 VI   |     appeared in Mary. St. Bernard says: "Diligently revolve in
 55 VI   |         of all souls? St. Bernard says: "She penetrated the most
 56 VI   |           her womb? St. Augustine says: "Mary in brightness of
 57 VI   |          Mary, of whom St. Jerome says: "She is raised above the
 58 VI   |       Augustine, addressing Mary, says: "The Queen Mary, being
 59 VII  |            Therefore Anselm aptly says of her fullness and of the
 60 VII  |          us note what St. Bernard says in speaking of her: "If
 61 VII  |        speaking of this fullness, says: "It was fitting that the
 62 VII  |      spiritual enclosure Ezechiel says: "This gate shall be closed,
 63 VII  |          Bernard declares when he says: "Mary has opened the bosom
 64 VII  |    ineffable fullness St. Ambrose says: "Well is she alone said
 65 VII  |         Bernard declares, when he says: "Rightly in the fullness
 66 VII  |      Ghost shall come upon thee," says: "That precious balm flowed
 67 VII  |       words, Ave gratia plena, he says: "Well is she fully pleasing
 68 VII  |         this plenitude St. Jerome says: "Full indeed of grace,
 69 VII  |             Ave gratia plena," he says: "Well is she fully pleasing
 70 VII  |         this plenitude St. Jerome says: "Full indeed of grace,
 71 VIII |          of all creatures. Judith says: "The Lord of the heavens,
 72 VIII |         Anselm recognizes when he says: "Hear us, loving one; be
 73 VIII |           knows. Whence St. Peter says: "Lord, Thou knowest all
 74 VIII |         most rich, as the Apostle says: "He is the Lord of all,
 75 VIII |         forever ? For St. Bernard says: "In thee, O Mary, angels
 76 IX   |        rational creature himself, says in the eighth Psalm: "O
 77 IX   |           This is why St. Bernard says: "Who is just, if not the
 78 IX   |          His words, as He Himself says in the Gospel: "Heaven and
 79 IX   |         from the same Prophet who says: "May the name of the Lord
 80 IX   |        place, as the same Prophet says: "From the rising of the
 81 IX   |      bestowed on man? St. Bernard says: "The renown of thy highest
 82 X    |          our Brother." St. Anselm says: "Lady and Mother, by whom
 83 X    |         Because, as St. Augustine says, "Who is this virgin, so
 84 X    |         it in the Psalm, where He says: "O Lord, because I am thy
 85 X    |          handmaid, as she herself says: "He hath regarded the humility
 86 X    |        humble Mary. "Behold," she says, "the handmaid of the Lord."
 87 X    |         of the Lord." St. Ambrose says: "See her humility, see
 88 X    |         is with thee. St. Bernard says: "The Father is with thee,
 89 XI   |    alluding to these sweet words, says: "Mary, I beseech thee,
 90 XI   |        such a Sun, as St. Bernard says: "Like the aurora exceedingly
 91 XI   |     conceived. Hence the Psalmist says: "In sins did my mother
 92 XI   |        affections, as the Apostle says to the Hebrews: "Our God
 93 XI   |        according to this Job well says of the aurora: "Didst thou . . .
 94 XI   |           Of this St. Jerome well says: "If there are in you any
 95 XI   |             Thus St. Gregory well says: "The day is the life of
 96 XI   |     blessing of which the Apostle says: "Blessed be the God and
 97 XI   |         that of which the Apostle says: "While we have time, let
 98 XI   |        was her spear. St. Bernard says to her: "Thou wert a formidable
 99 XII  |          abounded, as St. Bernard says, speaking to her: "Thou
100 XII  |        Therefore St. Ambrose well says: "Alone in the inner part
101 XII  |   multiplied by Mary! St. Ambrose says: "In the whole world the
102 XII  |         and hear what she herself says: "My flowers are the fruits
103 XII  |      Bernard hath in mind when he says: "The field flourishes without
104 XII  |           in glory. St. Augustine says: "I hold that Mary is in
105 XIII |         is a queen. St. Augustine says: "We truly confess her to
106 XIII |         the flesh, as St. Bernard says, speaking to her: "By the
107 XIII |           God, for, as St. Jerome says: "Virginity is always related
108 XIII |          others, as St. Augustine says: "Thou, O Mary, fellow-citizen
109 XIII |           this world. St. Bernard says: "Our Queen has gone before
110 XIII |          accompanying her, for it says: "with a multitudinous retinue."
111 XIII |        angelic powers. St. Jerome says: "We read how the angels
112 XIII |    compared with what St. Bernard says. "In thy hands," he says,
113 XIII |          says. "In thy hands," he says, speaking to Mary, "are
114 XIII |        God. Therefore, St. Jerome says: "What nature does not possess,
115 XIII |          superplena). St. Bernard says: "While the Holy Spirit
116 XIII |    angelic firmament. St. Bernard says: "Mary ascended above every
117 XIV  |          shows most aptly when he says: "Hail, full of grace, the
118 XIV  |        the Lord. St. Bernard well says of this blessedness of Mary: "
119 XIV  |    blessing." Here the commentary says: "Bearing fruit in the different
120 XIV  |  blessings of virtues the Apostle says: "Who hath blessed us in
121 XIV  |         Jesus Christ. St. Bernard says: "Truly thou art the Paradise
122 XIV  |     blessed a fruit. The Psalmist says: "Thou hast blessed, O Lord,
123 XIV  |        Son. Therefore St. Bernard says: "Not because thou art blessed,
124 XIV  |         come forth! St. Augustine says: "Blessed art thou among
125 XIV  |  announcing her blessing. Gabriel says: "The Lord is with thee,
126 XIV  |           Therefore St. Bede well says: "Truly art thou blessed
127 XIV  |            XXVII, 27.) St. Jerome says: "Well is Mary called a
128 XIV  |  inestimably blessed? St. Bernard says: "Blessed, therefore, is
129 XIV  |        Therefore St. Bernard well says: "No one was so fitting,
130 XIV  |         of the earth, St. Bernard says: "With wonderful fitness
131 XIV  |         to nought, as St. Bernard says: "Thou formidable warrior";
132 XIV  |         the Saints, as St. Jerome says: "She deserved to be placed
133 XIV  |       indeed, of whom St. Bernard says: "We have not here a lasting
134 XV   |           pleasing! St. Augustine says: "O truly blessed humility
135 XV   |         Bernard intimates when he says: "Remember, O Mary, that
136 XV   |          Bernard: "Turn over," he says, "diligently in your mind
137 XV   |           and earnestly. Jeremias says: "Cursed is he who doth
138 XV   |          in the Book of Judges it says: "Blessed is Jahel among
139 XV   |       women ? Listen to Bede, who says: "Not only art thou blessed
140 XV   |        are accursed, as St. Peter says: "Having their heart exercised
141 XV   |           it blessed. St. Bernard says: "By thee, O blessed finder
142 XV   |       graces. Therefore Augustine says: "The curse of Eve was turned
143 XV   |      without pain, as St. Bernard says: "Blessed art thou among
144 XV   |           Therefore St. Augustine says: "We praise Susanna as a
145 XVI  |  Commenting on this passage, Bede says: "The Lord gave benignity,
146 XVI  |            Therefore, St. Bernard says: "Christ is born of a woman,
147 XVI  |         which brought Him forth," says St. Augustine, "and the
148 XVI  |    paternal Heart, as St. Bernard says of this Fruit: "O Mary,
149 XVI  |          and wonderfully true, as says St. Augustine, speaking
150 XVI  |      Christ draw one who runs and says: "Draw me after thee," etc.
151 XVI  |          distance; as St. Bernard says: "He perceived the fragrance
152 XVI  |         Of which St. Bernard well says: "If that fruit of death
153 XVI  |         writing to the Galatians, says: "The fruit of the spirit
154 XVI  |        felt by that holy soul who says: "I sat under the shadow
155 XVI  |          so high? For St. Bernard says: "The higher a fruit is,
156 XVI  |         salvation. Ecclesiasticus says: "The fear of the Lord is
157 XVI  |      fruit, this peace, as Isaias says: "And He was filled with
158 XVI  |        any other." And St. Anselm says: "There is no salvation
159 XVI  |         salvation, as St. Bernard says: "O truly celestial plant,
160 XVI  |         womb." Of this St. Jerome says: "The Lord Himself, born
161 XVI  |        Adam and Eve, as Bede well says: "Blessed is the fruit of
162 XVI  |          flower." For St. Bernard says: "In Nazareth is it announced
163 XVI  |  signified in Leviticus, where it says: "I will give you my blessing
164 XVI  |      blessed forever. St. Bernard says: "Blessed is the Fruit of
165 XVII |      faith. Therefore St. Ambrose says: "If, according to the flesh,
166 XVII |       indeed of which St. Ambrose says: "This fruit is the flower
167 XVII |           the rod, of whom Isaias says: 'There shall come forth
168 XVII |         this passage, St. Ambrose says: "The inheritance of the
169 XVII |            Therefore, the Apostle says to the Ephesians: "Be ye
170 XVII |     charity, of which the Apostle says: "Now the fruits of the
171 XVII |          others, as St. Augustine says, are good. The best Fruit
172 XVII |           is the best. St. Jerome says: "The fruit is a Virgin
173 XVII |           fruit of which St. Paul says in the Epistle to the Hebrews: "
174 XVII |           patient, as St. Ambrose says: "There was nothing fierce
175 XVII |           of which Ecclesiasticus says: "Small among flying things
176 XVII |       fruit, of which St. Ambrose says: "The Flower of Mary is
177 XVII |        VIII, 11.) The commentator says, "by leaving all things."
178 XVII |         all things." And again he says: "By 'a thousand' perfection,
179 XVII |           St. John Damascene well says: "Mary, planted in the house
180 XVII |   temporal things, as St. Bernard says: "Whatever honor Mary had
181 XVII |      fruit. Therefore St. Bernard says: "This is a good fruit,
182 XVII |           fruit. Wherefore Isaias says: "Say to the just, that
183 XVII |        lust. Of this the Wise Man says: "Happy is the barren; and
184 XVII |         above all, as St. Bernard says: "Truly blessed is the Fruit
185 XVII |            as St. Chrysostom well says: "O ineffable praise of
186 XVIII|           Him of whom St. Bernard says: "On the cross hangs all
187 XVIII|    between angels and men. Isaias says: "I created the fruit of
188 XVIII|            For He, as the Apostle says, is "our peace, who maketh
189 XVIII|          relieved, as St. Bernard says: "Good Fruit, which is food
190 XVIII|          manger." For St. Bernard says: "The Child lies in the
191 XVIII|       their flesh." St. Augustine says: "O resplendent manger,
192 XVIII|           whom the Psalmist truly says: "The just has borne fruit.
193 XVIII|         evils, as St. Anselm well says: "What praise shall I give
194 XVIII|         things. For, as the Gloss says, a thousand means perfection,
195 XVIII|            The trees of the wood, says the Gloss, are barren men,
196 XVIII| spiritually. Therefore St. Jerome says: "The Flower of Mary became
197 XVIII|         Of such goods the Apostle says: "May the God of hope fill
198 XVIII|       manifest by what St. Jerome says: "Truly is she called a
199 XVIII|  corporeally, of whom St. Bernard says: "O truly the tree of life,
200 XVIII|  generations. As she herself well says: "Behold from henceforth
201 XVIII|           as it were by her lips, says: "The number of the generations
202 XVIII|        blessed fruit of Mary, and says: "All these good things