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  1 Prol |           is worthily said of Our Blessed Mother redounds wholly to
  2 Prol |          sweet Salutation of this Blessed Mother. But I acknowledge
  3 Prol |            worthily to praise the Blessed and glorious Virgin."2~And
  4 I    |            the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and
  5 I    |         art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.~
  6 I    |            And the last sentence, blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
  7 I    |           how most useful was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was most
  8 I    |          is saluted in the words: Blessed art thou among women! For
  9 I    |           amazement, exclaims: "O Blessed and ever Blessed Virgin,
 10 I    |     exclaims: "O Blessed and ever Blessed Virgin, by whose blessing
 11 I    |        every creature is not only blessed by its Creator, but the
 12 I    |           expressed in the words: Blessed is the fruit of thy womb!
 13 I    |         she is rightly saluted as blessed among women; because of
 14 I    |         is fittingly said to her: Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
 15 II   |          mouth of Mary! Therefore Blessed Ambrose says: "There was
 16 II   |       testifies, saying: "Oh, how blessed is that Mother who without
 17 II   |            therefore, as the Most Blessed Virgin Mary was free from
 18 III  |     devotion of the faithful. The Blessed Evangelist Luke says significantly: "
 19 III  |           St. Anselm exclaims: "O blessed confidence, O safe refuge,
 20 III  |         Saint Anselm exclaims: "O Blessed among women, who surpassest
 21 III  |         His Mother." O most truly blessed, O most truly radiant Star,
 22 IV   |        CHAPTER IV THE NAME OF THE BLESSED MARY IS FREE FROM ALL VICE
 23 V    |        CHAPTER V THE GRACE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY IS TRUE, IMMENSE,
 24 V    |           not with men; therefore Blessed Bernard saith: "Let us seek
 25 V    |         sublimity of thy mercy, O blessed one? For the length of it
 26 V    |          growing in Syria, is the Blessed Virgin Mary. For "Syria"
 27 V    |          are the branches of that blessed tree, the Virgin Mary! How
 28 V    |        grace, the angels joy, the Blessed Trinity glory, the Person
 29 V    |        that of which it is said: "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
 30 V    |  hastening," and she typifies the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was truly
 31 VI   |         have access to thy Son, O blessed finder of grace, mother
 32 VI   |    therefore, well doth this same Blessed Doctor, comparing the grace
 33 VI   |           world? Speaking to her, Blessed Bernard says: "Thou wouldst
 34 VI   |          glory of her soul ? This blessed soul has three beatific
 35 VI   |           other souls. For if all blessed souls are endowed with these
 36 VI   |           who was fed by the most blessed Fruit of her womb? St. Augustine
 37 VI   |            This Queen Esther, the blessed Virgin Mary, at her Assumption
 38 VI   |       grace above that of all the blessed. And in very truth the King
 39 VII  |         drop its contents. So the Blessed Virgin Mary, if she is moved
 40 VII  |          of which God sits is the Blessed Virgin, on the throne of
 41 VII  |          the Lord rested. O truly blessed and stable throne, as it
 42 VII  |        full field, which God hath blessed" (Gen. XXVII, 27.) This
 43 IX   |           subject of thy mercy, O blessed Virgin, who, having invoked
 44 IX   |           the name of the Lord be blessed from henceforth, now and
 45 X    |      house, O Lord." O singularly blessed House, who alone hast merited
 46 X    | understood that which Booz said: "Blessed art thou of the Lord, my
 47 X    |    Therefore Mary is the daughter blessed by the Lord; by the Most
 48 X    |          as a sign of love." This blessed daughter surpassed her former
 49 X    |        all rejoice, and exclaim: "Blessed is the Brother, by whom
 50 X    |           Mary is our Mother; and blessed is the Mother, by whom Christ
 51 X    |          according to that word: "Blessed art thou who hast believed,
 52 X    |          I Kings XXV, 41.) By the blessed handmaid Mary, how many
 53 XI   |           procession, is the most Blessed Virgin Mary. Of all these
 54 XI   |       does not see, signifies the Blessed Virgin, whose nativity was
 55 XI   |         aurora, therefore, is the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is the
 56 XI   |           who wrestled with Jacob blessed him at dawn. For when the
 57 XI   |        not let him go till he had blessed him. In the morning took
 58 XI   |        angel said to the Virgin: "Blessed art thou among women," and
 59 XI   |          which the Apostle says: "Blessed be the God and Father of
 60 XI   |       Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us in every blessing in
 61 XI   |       when He will say: "Come, ye blessed of My Father," etc. As Jacob
 62 XII  |         saying in speaking to the Blessed Virgin: "Thou thyself, who
 63 XII  |           of hope for pardon. The Blessed Virgin Mary, therefore,
 64 XII  |         us." Thus, therefore, the Blessed Virgin Mary is to us a rod
 65 XII  |    faithful always held, that the Blessed Virgin was taken up body
 66 XII  |         the body and the fruit of blessed pleasure in the soul. Let
 67 XIII |  Therefore we read that the angel blessed Jacob in the dawn. Jacob
 68 XIII |        the body, his body. He was blessed not only by the angel, but
 69 XIII |          to whom the angel said: "Blessed art thou among women." Likewise
 70 XIII |       house" (Prov. VII, 20.) The Blessed Virgin was the full moon,
 71 XIII |    Augustine say: "Rightly is the Blessed Mary extolled by us with
 72 XIII |         the highest heavens." The Blessed Virgin Mary, therefore,
 73 XIII |    exceeding the glory of all the blessed. Behold, therefore, O most
 74 XIV  |               CHAPTER XIV MARY IS BLESSED ON ACCOUNT OF HER FULLNESS
 75 XIV  |        THE GREATNESS OF HER GLORY~Blessed art thou among women. It
 76 XIV  |         person, she is hailed as "Blessed among women." Behold, therefore,
 77 XIV  |           blessedness by saying, "Blessed art thou among women," that
 78 XIV  |       among women," that is, more blessed than all women. And by this,
 79 XIV  |           Gabriel therefore say: "Blessed art thou among women"; blessed,
 80 XIV  |    Blessed art thou among women"; blessed, I say, because of the fullness
 81 XIV  |          to be venerated in thee; blessed, because of the greatness
 82 XIV  |           to be bestowed by thee; blessed, because of the majesty
 83 XIV  |         is to take flesh of thee; blessed, because of the weight of
 84 XIV  |        consider how Mary is truly blessed because of the fullness
 85 XIV  |            the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women." Blessed
 86 XIV  |    blessed art thou among women." Blessed art thou, because thou art
 87 XIV  |            and therefore thou art blessed with the Lord. St. Bernard
 88 XIV  |         have access to thy Son, O blessed among women, finder of grace,
 89 XIV  |       life, Mother of salvation." Blessed art thou, O Mary, because
 90 XIV  |           Mary, because of grace. Blessed, I say, because of the grace
 91 XIV  |         of the lips, of the work. Blessed in heart, because of the
 92 XIV  |    because of the grace of gifts; blessed in mouth, because of the
 93 XIV  |         of the grace of the lips; blessed in work, because of the
 94 XIV  |         of manners. Truly is Mary blessed because of the grace of
 95 XIV  |           Apostle says: "Who hath blessed us in all spiritual blessings
 96 XIV  |        CVIII, 18.)~Again, Mary is blessed, not only because of the
 97 XIV  |          lips, therefore hath God blessed thee forever." Oh, how great
 98 XIV  |          therefore God truly hath blessed her forever. Oh, how far
 99 XIV  |           therefore, God hath not blessed, but cursed them forever.~
100 XIV  |           forever.~Again, Mary is blessed not only because of the
101 XIV  |         Mary, that thou art truly blessed because of thy fullness
102 XIV  |         of thy fullness of grace. Blessed, I say, because of the grace
103 XIV  |          conscience and of gifts; blessed, because of the grace of
104 XIV  |           tongue and of the lips; blessed, because of the grace of
105 XIV  |        consider how truly Mary is blessed because of the majesty of
106 XIV  |    heavenly Child, because of the blessed fruit of her womb. Rightly
107 XIV  |        womb. Rightly is that land blessed which produces so blessed
108 XIV  |         blessed which produces so blessed a fruit. The Psalmist says: "
109 XIV  |         Psalmist says: "Thou hast blessed, O Lord, thy land." That
110 XIV  |         the Truth, and the Life." Blessed, therefore, is this earth,
111 XIV  |        this earth, because of its blessed fruit; blessed is Mary,
112 XIV  |     because of its blessed fruit; blessed is Mary, because of her
113 XIV  |           is Mary, because of her blessed Son. Therefore St. Bernard
114 XIV  |       says: "Not because thou art blessed, is the fruit of thy womb
115 XIV  |          is the fruit of thy womb blessed; but because He hath prevented
116 XIV  |     sweetness, therefore art thou blessed." Mary is blessed because
117 XIV  |        art thou blessed." Mary is blessed because of her Divine Child.
118 XIV  |      because of her Divine Child. Blessed, I say, by the Lord, by
119 XIV  |           her Child she is indeed blessed by the Lord, who is Himself
120 XIV  |          is Himself her blessing; blessed by the Angel, who announces
121 XIV  |           announces her blessing; blessed by man, who prophesies her
122 XIV  |           blessing. Truly is Mary blessed by the Lord because of her
123 XIV  |          where we read: "The Lord blessed Obededom because of the
124 XIV  |         the Son of Mary, the Lord blessed the house of Mary. O truly
125 XIV  |        the house of Mary. O truly blessed house, from whence the life
126 XIV  |       forth! St. Augustine says: "Blessed art thou among women, who
127 XIV  |         women."~Likewise, Mary is blessed because of her Child, not
128 XIV  |            The Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women." How "
129 XIV  |          in the womb." Therefore, blessed art thou together with Him,
130 XIV  |    Because of thy Child, thou art blessed before thy delivery; because
131 XIV  |    because of thy Child, thou art blessed in bringing forth; because
132 XIV  |    because of thy Child, thou art blessed after bringing forth. Truly
133 XIV  |       after bringing forth. Truly blessed art thou, who hast so brought
134 XIV  |        hast deserved to be called blessed, because thou hast brought
135 XIV  |        well says: "Truly art thou blessed among women, who without
136 XIV  |           of God."~Again, Mary is blessed because of her Child, not
137 XIV  |     exulted, cried out and said: "Blessed art thou among women, and
138 XIV  |         art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."
139 XIV  |        womb." Therefore, thou art blessed indeed, because the fruit
140 XIV  |          the fruit of thy womb is blessed; as a field is blessed because
141 XIV  |         is blessed; as a field is blessed because the fruit of it
142 XIV  |        because the fruit of it is blessed. Mary is that blessed field
143 XIV  |          is blessed. Mary is that blessed field of which it is said: "
144 XIV  |        field, which the Lord hath blessed" (Gen. XXVII, 27.) St. Jerome
145 XIV  |         believers." O field truly blessed above all fields because
146 XIV  |         its fruit! O Mother truly blessed above all mothers because
147 XIV  |      Augustine exclaims: "O Woman blessed above all women, who knew
148 XIV  |         that thou, because of the blessed Son of thy womb, art truly
149 XIV  |        Son of thy womb, art truly blessed with a divine blessing,
150 XIV  |           think how truly Mary is blessed because of the multitude
151 XIV  |        Ruth, of whom it is said: "Blessed art thou by the Lord, because
152 XIV  |           how inestimably Mary is blessed because of her mercy, when
153 XIV  |         herself is so inestimably blessed? St. Bernard says: "Blessed,
154 XIV  |       blessed? St. Bernard says: "Blessed, therefore, is Mary for
155 XIV  |         man received through her; blessed indeed, because by her,
156 XIV  |           to be favorable to man; blessed is she also, because by
157 XIV  |           made acceptable to God; blessed, moreover, is she, because
158 XIV  |     overcome." I say that Mary is blessed because by her, God was
159 XIV  |        who being appeased, said: "Blessed be thy speech, and blessed
160 XIV  |        Blessed be thy speech, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me
161 XIV  |           God." Likewise, Mary is blessed not only because by her
162 XIV  |          God, inasmuch as man was blessed because of her blessing.
163 XIV  |       whom the Lord of hosts hath blessed, saying, 'Blessed be my
164 XIV  |      hosts hath blessed, saying, 'Blessed be my people,' " etc. The
165 XIV  |          the earth which the Lord blessed can be said to be the Blessed
166 XIV  |     blessed can be said to be the Blessed Virgin, in whom was begun
167 XIV  |        may be glorified." In this blessed middle of the earth, therefore,
168 XIV  |          of the earth, therefore, blessed is Israel, blessed is the
169 XIV  |     therefore, blessed is Israel, blessed is the people of God, since
170 XIV  |       people of God, since by the blessed Mother of God, it is acceptable
171 XIV  |        God. What wonder if by the blessed Mary every rational creature
172 XIV  |        every rational creature is blessed and acceptable to God, since
173 XIV  |           to God, since by her is blessed every creature? Therefore
174 XIV  |        Anselm exclaims: "O Virgin blessed, and more than blessed,
175 XIV  |     Virgin blessed, and more than blessed, by whose blessing every
176 XIV  |        blessing every creature is blessed, not only the creature by
177 XIV  |           Again, Mary is not only blessed because by her the Lord
178 XIV  |           is said: "The Lord hath blessed thee in his power, who by
179 XIV  |          are the demons, whom the Blessed Virgin reduced to nought
180 XIV  |         thus: "Let it be thine, O blessed Virgin, that grace which
181 XIV  |         Mary, that thou art truly blessed because of thy manifold
182 XIV  |    because of thy manifold mercy. Blessed, I say, because by thee
183 XIV  |         is appeased towards man.; Blessed art thou, because by thee
184 XIV  |          is made pleasing to God; blessed art thou, because by thee
185 XIV  |        consider how truly Mary is blessed because of the greatness
186 XIV  |           that word of Ezechiel: "Blessed is the glory of the Lord
187 XIV  |       Mother of God, who is truly blessed because of the glory which
188 XIV  |         her twofold place. She is blessed from the place wherein she
189 XIV  |         Son in Heaven; and she is blessed from the place wherein her
190 XIV  |           of Mary elevated Mary." Blessed is Mary, therefore, because
191 XIV  |  therefore, because of her glory; blessed indeed because of her most
192 XIV  |     copious, most enduring glory. Blessed, I say, because of her glory
193 XIV  |          most sublime in dignity; blessed because of her glory most
194 XIV  |        most copious in immensity; blessed because of her glory most
195 XIV  |     stability. I say that Mary is blessed because of her glory most
196 XIV  |        crowned. The crown of this blessed year is the Virgin Mary.
197 XIV  |          therefore, how sublimely blessed is our crown, our Mother
198 XIV  |           her who is so sublimely blessed, blessed indeed, of whom
199 XIV  |          is so sublimely blessed, blessed indeed, of whom St. Bernard
200 XIV  |         attained."~Again, Mary is blessed, not only because of the
201 XIV  |       fullness is such that it is blessed by all men, and reaches
202 XIV  |          therefore, rightly is it blessed by men, according to what
203 XIV  |         the Book of Judith: "They blessed her with one voice, saying: '
204 XIV  |         of our people."' They all blessed her indeed. Note that they
205 XIV  |        man. God the Father indeed blessed Mary; the Son blessed His
206 XIV  |      indeed blessed Mary; the Son blessed His Mother; the Holy Ghost
207 XIV  |        His Mother; the Holy Ghost blessed her; all three Persons blessed
208 XIV  |    blessed her; all three Persons blessed her. The Angels also blessed
209 XIV  |      blessed her. The Angels also blessed Mary; the first hierarchy
210 XIV  |         Mary; the first hierarchy blessed her, the second also, and
211 XIV  |          also, and the third, all blessed her. Man also has blessed
212 XIV  |         blessed her. Man also has blessed Mary; the married have blessed
213 XIV  |    blessed Mary; the married have blessed her; widows blessed her;
214 XIV  |          have blessed her; widows blessed her; virgins blessed her;
215 XIV  |       widows blessed her; virgins blessed her; all have blessed her.
216 XIV  |     virgins blessed her; all have blessed her. They have blessed her,
217 XIV  |       have blessed her. They have blessed her, saying: "Thou art the
218 XIV  |       just who are in this world. Blessed, therefore, be thy most
219 XIV  |      great gifts came through the blessed Fruit of the blessed womb
220 XIV  |          the blessed Fruit of the blessed womb of the blessed Mary."~
221 XIV  |           the blessed womb of the blessed Mary."~Again, Mary is blessed
222 XIV  |     blessed Mary."~Again, Mary is blessed not only because of her
223 XIV  |         the blessing, it shall be blessed for ever." Truly forever,
224 XIV  |        Psalm: "Therefore hath God blessed thee forever" (Ps. XLIV.)
225 XIV  |       Virgin Mary, thou art truly blessed among women, and above women,
226 XIV  |            even above the angels. Blessed, I say, because of the fullness
227 XIV  |      grace which thou hast found; blessed, because of the majesty
228 XIV  |         thou hast given birth to; blessed, because of the multitude
229 XIV  |    mercies which thou hast shown; blessed, because of the greatness
230 XIV  |      received. Thee, therefore, O Blessed One, we invoke, we implore,
231 XIV  |       with St. Bernard: "Grant, O blessed one, by the grace which
232 XV   |                CHAPTER XV MARY IS BLESSED BY THE SEVEN VIRTUES AGAINST
233 XV   |           THE SEVEN CAPITAL VICES~Blessed art thou among women. Let
234 XV   |      speak of the blessing of our Blessed Virgin, let us still hear
235 XV   |          hear of it. Happy is the Blessed Mary; unhappy is every accursed
236 XV   |         is every sinful soul, but blessed art thou, O virtuous Mary.
237 XV   |          by the contrary virtues. Blessed, therefore, art thou among
238 XV   |         thou among women, O Mary. Blessed by humility against pride,
239 XV   |           let us hear how Mary is blessed by humility against pride.
240 XV   |           Oh, how greatly is this blessed valley exalted with blessings
241 XV   |          Augustine says: "O truly blessed humility of Mary, who brought
242 XV   |        that of grace; and thus be blessed both in Heaven and on earth,
243 XV   |     malediction of the cross, who blessed thee, His Mother, in Heaven.
244 XV   |          in Heaven. But thou wert blessed also on earth by the Angel,
245 XV   |            and art rightly called blessed on earth by all generations."~
246 XV   |           let us hear how Mary is blessed for charity against envy.
247 XV   |         enriched by divine grace. Blessed is the bush, and blessed
248 XV   |          Blessed is the bush, and blessed is He who by His Incarnation
249 XV   |        upon the faithful. O truly blessed coal, producing so blessed
250 XV   |        blessed coal, producing so blessed a flame, blessed Mary bringing
251 XV   |     producing so blessed a flame, blessed Mary bringing forth so blessed
252 XV   |    blessed Mary bringing forth so blessed a Child. "From her," saith
253 XV   |       doth St. Anselm say of this blessed Mother: "O blessed and exalted
254 XV   |           this blessed Mother: "O blessed and exalted one, not for
255 XV   |         Thirdly, hear how Mary is blessed for her meekness and gentleness
256 XV   |     Abigail, to whom David said: "Blessed be thy speech, and blessed
257 XV   |        Blessed be thy speech, and blessed be thou, who hast kept me
258 XV   |           which she is rightly so blessed. I say, therefore: Let every
259 XV   |          with St. Anselm: "O thou blessed above women, who conquerest
260 XV   |        Fourthly, hear how Mary is blessed by her diligence against
261 XV   |          Book of Judges it says: "Blessed is Jahel among women." Jahel
262 XV   |           incense?" What has this blessed Jahel done? She killed Sisara
263 XV   |          the Venerable Bede say: "Blessed art thou among women, by
264 XV   |         sharply wounding him. The blessed Jahel, therefore, pierced
265 XV   |      deathdealing nail, while the blessed Mary extinguished in herself
266 XV   |         strictness of discipline. Blessed, therefore, is Jahel among
267 XV   |  therefore, is Jahel among women, blessed is Mary among women. Among
268 XV   |          says: "Not only art thou blessed among women, but among women
269 XV   |           but among women who are blessed thou art eminent by a greater
270 XV   |      blessing."~Fifthly, hear how blessed is Mary by her liberality
271 XV   |           and therefore was truly blessed, according to that word: "
272 XV   |       that word: "Let thy vein be blessed" (Prov. V, 18.) In temporal
273 XV   |          according to Haymon, the Blessed Mother of God had the moon
274 XV   |  Therefore, O Church, thy vein be blessed, by whom so great good gifts
275 XV   |           truly, therefore, is it blessed. St. Bernard says: "By thee,
276 XV   |         Bernard says: "By thee, O blessed finder of grace, we have
277 XV   |         Sixthly, hear how Mary is blessed by temperance against gluttony.
278 XV   |       pain, as St. Bernard says: "Blessed art thou among women, thou
279 XV   |           let us hear how Mary is blessed by her chastity against
280 XV   |          where we read: "They all blessed her with one voice, saying:
281 XV   |           therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever" (Judith XV, 10
282 XV   |         say: "She is incomparably blessed, who both received the glory
283 XV   |       that in Scripture we find a blessed wife, a blessed widow, and
284 XV   |         we find a blessed wife, a blessed widow, and a blessed virgin.
285 XV   |            a blessed widow, and a blessed virgin. The blessed wife
286 XV   |         and a blessed virgin. The blessed wife was Sara, of whom it
287 XV   |          the wife of Tobias." The blessed widow was Judith, as we
288 XV   |         we have pointed out. Of a blessed widow it is also said in
289 XV   |         bless his widow." And the Blessed virgin was Mary, as the
290 XV   |         Angel testifies, saying: "Blessed art thou among women." She
291 XV   |         thou among women." She is blessed, therefore, because she
292 XV   |           was a wife; she is more blessed because she was a widow;
293 XV   |           she was a widow; she is blessed above all those who loved
294 XV   |         virginal chastity. She is blessed without doubt, who, like
295 XV   |           in wedlock; she is more blessed, who, like Judith and Anna,
296 XV   |        was a chaste widow; she is blessed above all, who with Mary
297 XV   |           just that she should be blessed who had known no other man
298 XV   |           just that she should be blessed who neither during her husband'
299 XV   |           just that she should be blessed above all who neither knew
300 XV   |      Augustine exclaims: "O woman blessed above women, who knew no
301 XV   |    therefore, was Mary deservedly blessed for her humility, for her
302 XV   |        thou who art so manifoldly blessed, thou more than blessed
303 XV   |           blessed, thou more than blessed Mary, let us pray that by
304 XVI  |          THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF BLESSED MARY~Blessed is the fruit
305 XVI  |          THE WOMB OF BLESSED MARY~Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
306 XVI  |       Fruit of her womb is called blessed. Blessed, therefore, is
307 XVI  |           womb is called blessed. Blessed, therefore, is the Fruit
308 XVI  |          the Fruit of thy womb, O Blessed Mother of the Son of God !
309 XVI  |       womb, of which it is said: "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb,"
310 XVI  |        field, which the Lord hath blessed." Again, this Fruit is not
311 XVI  |      savor, therefore is it truly blessed, as St. Bernard testifies,
312 XVI  |       Bernard testifies, saying: "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb":
313 XVI  |           the fruit of thy womb": blessed in smell, blessed in savor,
314 XVI  |          womb": blessed in smell, blessed in savor, blessed in beauty.~
315 XVI  |          smell, blessed in savor, blessed in beauty.~Thirdly, consider
316 XVI  |           number. I say that this blessed fruit is powerful to save,
317 XVI  |         inheritance." Again, this blessed fruit is powerful not only
318 XVI  |          Eve, as Bede well says: "Blessed is the fruit of the womb
319 XVI  |           of all. I say that this blessed Fruit is so abundant that
320 XVI  |           Again, this Fruit, this blessed Fruit, is not only so abundant
321 XVI  |          their Lord." Again, this blessed Fruit is not only abundant
322 XVI  |         for it is most abundantly blessed forever. St. Bernard says: "
323 XVI  |       forever. St. Bernard says: "Blessed is the Fruit of thy womb,
324 XVI  |         Fruit of thy womb, who is blessed forever." Thus this blessed
325 XVI  |       blessed forever." Thus this blessed fruit is abundant, for it
326 XVI  |       exceedingly abundant is the blessed Fruit of the womb of Mary.
327 XVI  |           fruit" (Ps. LXVI, 7.) O blessed Mother of this blessed Fruit,
328 XVI  |          O blessed Mother of this blessed Fruit, grant us that we
329 XVII |          FRUIT OF THE WOMB OF THE BLESSED MARY BELONGS, AND TO WHOM
330 XVII |        First, let us see how this blessed fruit is that of the humble
331 XVII |             4 Kings XIX, 30.) The Blessed Virgin Mary was of the house
332 XVII |         upward in love. Thus this blessed fruit is that of the humble.
333 XVII |     Secondly, let us see how this blessed fruit is that of those who
334 XVII |         that only Son, who is the blessed fruit of the womb. But where
335 XVII |       reward of the Fruit of this blessed womb, and the reward of
336 XVII |        sons such as these is this blessed Fruit itself. Thus, therefore,
337 XVII |       fruit in patience." As this blessed fruit is that of the patient
338 XVII |     Wisdom III, 11.) Thus is this blessed fruit that of those who
339 XVII |          Eccles. V, 9.) Thus this blessed fruit is of the liberal
340 XVII |         that word of the Savior: "Blessed are ye who thirst now, for
341 XVII |           Is. III, 10.) Thus this blessed fruit is of those who are
342 XVII |           When, therefore, by the blessed fruit of the Virgin all
343 XVII |           faithful in general are blessed, rightly the chaste are
344 XVII |          the chaste are specially Blessed by Him, by whom also the
345 XVII |          by Him, by whom also the blessed Queen of the chaste is blessed
346 XVII |    blessed Queen of the chaste is blessed above all, as St. Bernard
347 XVII |          St. Bernard says: "Truly blessed is the Fruit of thy womb,
348 XVII |           in whom all nations are blessed: of whose fullness thou,
349 XVII |          35.) Therefore does this blessed fruit belong to the chaste,
350 XVIII|          OF ITS TWELVE ADVANTAGES~Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
351 XVIII|       what nature and quality the blessed fruit of the womb of Mary
352 XVIII|      attainment of good. For this blessed fruit has twelve very useful
353 XVIII|      glory.~First, therefore, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
354 XVIII|        more fruit."~Secondly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
355 XVIII|         His flesh."~Thirdly, this blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
356 XVIII|          sinner, by virtue of the blessed Fruit of thy womb, who sitteth
357 XVIII|   Almighty Father."~Fourthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
358 XVIII|         of angels !"~Fifthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
359 XVIII|          the earth."~Sixthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
360 XVIII|    beloved, and ye shall not die. Blessed is the earth of this fruit;
361 XVIII|          the earth of this fruit; blessed above all be this fruit
362 XVIII|          exile to my fatherland?" Blessed among women, all these things
363 XVIII|          these things Christ, the blessed fruit of her womb, has given
364 XVIII|         the fire."~Seventhly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
365 XVIII|       things for the sake of this blessed fruit, which is blessed
366 XVIII|           blessed fruit, which is blessed above all, God forever.~
367 XVIII|        God forever.~Eighthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
368 XVIII|          the Holy Ghost." O truly blessed fullness of this fruit,
369 XVIII|          for grace."~Ninthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
370 XVIII|         work together unto good." Blessed is the man who shall have
371 XVIII|          salvation!"~Tenthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
372 XVIII|    yielded fruit of birth, and He blessed them, and they were multiplied
373 XVIII|           fruit is rightly called blessed by all generations. As she
374 XVIII|         generations shall call me blessed." St. Bernard explains these
375 XVIII|     generations."~Eleventhly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
376 XVIII|            cursed in Adam, by the blessed fruit of my womb is regenerated
377 XVIII|      blessedness."~Twelfthly, the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary
378 XVIII|       which we obtain through the blessed fruit of Mary, and says: "
379 XVIII|         good things came from the blessed fruit of the blessed womb
380 XVIII|          the blessed fruit of the blessed womb of the Blessed Mary."~
381 XVIII|           the blessed womb of the Blessed Mary."~Thus you have heard
382 XVIII|       Thus you have heard how the blessed fruit of Mary is necessary,
383 XVIII|     fruits.~Help us, therefore, O blessed among women, that by the
384 XVIII|       liberal communicator of the blessed fruit of thy womb, who with