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  1 Prol |            the Blessed and glorious Virgin."2~And again: "Why should
  2 Prol |          preach on the glory of the Virgin Mother." And giving his
  3 I    |            womb.~HEAR, O most sweet Virgin Mary, hear things new and
  4 I    |           sweet prerogatives of the Virgin. Oh, how sweetly are these
  5 I    |         most useful was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was most pure,
  6 I    |            Blessed and ever Blessed Virgin, by whose blessing every
  7 II   |            is said to the most holy Virgin Mary because of her absolute
  8 II   |      therefore, as the Most Blessed Virgin Mary was free from the.
  9 III  | significantly: "And the name of the Virgin was Mary" (Luke I, 27.)
 10 III  |           holy, sweet, and worthy a virgin. For Mary means a bitter
 11 III  |         neither does the Son of the Virgin lessen the virginity of
 12 III  |           said: And the name of the virgin was Mary."~Mary is also
 13 III  |             or lightgiver. For this virgin was wonderfully illuminated
 14 III  |      ministering spirits obeyeth, O Virgin, thy commands; by defending
 15 III  |             The rod of power is the Virgin Mary. She is the rod of
 16 III  |             Jesse." This rod is the Virgin Mary, a rod of power against
 17 IV   |            fittingly is so loving a virgin named Mary. For she is Mary,
 18 IV   |             Bede answers: "That the virgin might render diligent service
 19 IV   |           is said: "The name of the virgin was Mary" (Luke I, 27.)
 20 IV   |        saying: "And the name of the virgin was Mary" (Luke I, 27.)
 21 IV   |               For from the time the Virgin Mary was divinely overshadowed
 22 IV   |            proclaim Mary to be both Virgin and Mother, for true fecundity
 23 V    |            THE GRACE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS TRUE, IMMENSE, MANIFOLD,
 24 V    |            Prov. XXXI, 31.) For the Virgin Mary, so full of grace,
 25 V    |            in Syria, is the Blessed Virgin Mary. For "Syria" means
 26 V    |           of that blessed tree, the Virgin Mary! How wide-spreading
 27 V    |            a man, but by a woman, a virgin. Well, therefore, doth St.
 28 V    |          doth St. Augustine say: "A virgin mother was chosen, who would
 29 V    |              while miraculously the virgin brought forth, and more
 30 V    |          said: "Understand, prudent Virgin, how great and what special
 31 V    |            she typifies the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was truly a seer
 32 VI   |             in all the world that a virgin should conceive and bring
 33 VI   |          believed that the glorious Virgin Mary merited greater privileges
 34 VI   |          the same time an inviolate virgin. St. Bernard, praising this
 35 VI   |           the singular glory of our Virgin, and the excellent prerogative
 36 VI   |             of grace-belongs to the Virgin Mary." Behold how glorious
 37 VI   |           Queen Esther, the blessed Virgin Mary, at her Assumption
 38 VII  |        flesh became fecund, and the Virgin by a singular grace brought
 39 VII  |            contents. So the Blessed Virgin Mary, if she is moved by
 40 VII  |             It was fitting that the Virgin should be pledged with such
 41 VII  |             God sits is the Blessed Virgin, on the throne of whose
 42 VII  |      eternal joy. Now, therefore, O Virgin full of grace, deign to
 43 IX   |             of thy mercy, O blessed Virgin, who, having invoked it
 44 IX   |         more wonderful than to be a virgin mother, and the Mother of
 45 X    |             Mother of the Lord, the Virgin and Mother, is a most worthy
 46 X    |          was becoming to God than a virgin; nor was any other son becoming
 47 X    |             other son becoming to a virgin than God." A greater among
 48 X    |        Augustine says, "Who is this virgin, so holy that the Holy Spirit
 49 XI   |     procession, is the most Blessed Virgin Mary. Of all these points
 50 XI   |          see, signifies the Blessed Virgin, whose nativity was not
 51 XI   |      embrace of a father. That this Virgin conceived so miraculously,
 52 XI   |          ploughing, impregnated the virgin without corruption; and
 53 XI   |    crucified, with what desire this virgin burned, while she revolved
 54 XI   |     pleasure (Jesus Christ from the Virgin's womb) was to water the
 55 XI   |             that the most lightsome Virgin is compared to the aurora,
 56 XI   |           therefore, is the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the most excellent
 57 XI   |        because in that dawn, in the Virgin Mary herself, man received
 58 XI   |           For the angel said to the Virgin: "Blessed art thou among
 59 XI   |             by this blessing of the Virgin man obtains the blessing
 60 XI   |          peace and salvation in the Virgin's Son -that blessing of
 61 XII  |              this royal rod, is the Virgin Mary, as St. Ambrose testifies,
 62 XII  |             speaking to the Blessed Virgin: "Thou thyself, who hast
 63 XII  |          the demons.~I say that the Virgin Mary is as a smoking rod
 64 XII  |             for pardon. The Blessed Virgin Mary, therefore, came up
 65 XII  |   satisfactions. No desert doth the Virgin Mary abhor, no sinner doth
 66 XII  |          what flowers the flowering Virgin hath abounded, as St. Bernard
 67 XII  |        merits of Mary, and then the Virgin Mary is to us a rod of wood,
 68 XII  |          and fruitful.~Likewise the Virgin Mary is to the perfect and
 69 XII  |           the royal scepter, is the Virgin Mary. Golden indeed by her
 70 XII  |  contemplative soul, when the happy Virgin Mary, by contemplation and
 71 XII  |           it, when he exclaimed: "O Virgin fair to look upon, lovable
 72 XII  |       followeth thee."~Likewise the Virgin Mary is as an iron rod to
 73 XII  |              therefore, the Blessed Virgin Mary is to us a rod of smoke
 74 XII  |   contemplating this rod, saith: "O Virgin, sublime rod, to how great
 75 XII  |           the royal rod, and in the Virgin Mary a fourfold flower,
 76 XII  |             manner this desert, the Virgin Mary, should rejoice, let
 77 XII  |            in the footprints of the Virgin Mary, attain to the heavenly
 78 XII  |            flower is the Son of the Virgin, of whom it is said: "There
 79 XII  |            flower is the Son of the Virgin, a flower white and ruddy,
 80 XII  |          indeed did the womb of the Virgin flower, so did the chaste
 81 XII  |             of Aaron prefigures the Virgin Mary. In the straightness
 82 XII  |       always held, that the Blessed Virgin was taken up body and soul
 83 XII  |      aforesaid fourfold flower, the Virgin Mary has a fourfold flower
 84 XII  |               Therefore, most sweet Virgin Mary, behold, the Lord is
 85 XIII |              that is, in the chaste Virgin Mary, to whom the angel
 86 XIII |         Prov. VII, 20.) The Blessed Virgin was the full moon, when
 87 XIII |           been most singular if the Virgin had conceived a mere man;
 88 XIII |           much more singular if the Virgin had conceived an angel.
 89 XIII |           singular above all that a virgin conceived and brought forth
 90 XIII |       highest heavens." The Blessed Virgin Mary, therefore, has advanced
 91 XIII |           does not admit of, she, a virgin, conceived, and brought
 92 XIII |             to that word: "Behold a virgin shall conceive and bring
 93 XIII |            above all nature, that a virgin should bring forth a son,
 94 XIII |             therefore, O most sweet Virgin Mary, the Lord is truly
 95 XIV  |            by saluting the glorious Virgin Mary with a glorious salutation,
 96 XIV  |         birth, thou hast remained a virgin; and therefore thou hast
 97 XIV  |           be said to be the Blessed Virgin, in whom was begun the blessing
 98 XIV  |             St. Anselm exclaims: "O Virgin blessed, and more than blessed,
 99 XIV  |            demons, whom the Blessed Virgin reduced to nought when,
100 XIV  |          Let it be thine, O blessed Virgin, that grace which thou hast
101 XIV  |            this blessed year is the Virgin Mary. She is without doubt
102 XIV  |            Thus, therefore, O sweet Virgin Mary, thou art truly blessed
103 XV   |             blessing of our Blessed Virgin, let us still hear of it.
104 XV   |         Mary that she, the gracious Virgin, might almost be called
105 XV   |          that is, the most gracious Virgin Mary, was as a paradise
106 XV   |            will be that of a chaste virgin? And above all, of such
107 XV   |            And above all, of such a virgin as merited to bring forth
108 XV   |        blessed widow, and a blessed virgin. The blessed wife was Sara,
109 XV   |             widow." And the Blessed virgin was Mary, as the Angel testifies,
110 XV   |         shall have been chaste as a virgin. Therefore St. Augustine
111 XV   |           and much more that of the Virgin Mary." This is truly meet
112 XVI  |             fruit, because the same Virgin, who had her body from the
113 XVI  |          truly noble birth from the Virgin! "The nobility of the Child
114 XVI  |            vine is the Child of the Virgin. But what is truly wonderful,
115 XVI  |             except Him whom thou, O Virgin, hast brought forth." Thou,
116 XVI  |           Lord Himself, born of the Virgin, became the fruit of the
117 XVI  |            testifies, saying: "This Virgin was prevented and filled
118 XVII |         Kings XIX, 30.) The Blessed Virgin Mary was of the house of
119 XVII |              Bernard say of her: "O Virgin, rod sublime, to what a
120 XVII |        Jerome says: "The fruit is a Virgin from a virgin, the Lord
121 XVII |            fruit is a Virgin from a virgin, the Lord from the handmaid,
122 XVII |            the blessed fruit of the Virgin all the faithful in general
123 XVIII|         give its fruit, because the Virgin Mary, who had her body from
124 XVIII|             fruit. The earth is the virgin, because truth has sprung
125 XVIII|           not only the field of the Virgin which produced it, but also
126 XVIII|        called a full field, for the Virgin Mary is said to be full,
127 XVIII|          this fruit, therefore, the Virgin producing this fruit is
128 XVIII|         fruits. Help us, O fruitful Virgin, that by thy fruit we may