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HONOR THE
VIRGIN NARY
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chose her 10 be his spouse, within whose
womb he was TO fashion, miraculoUsly,
| the world-made blood and flesh, Jesus
/ Christ. So we can never think o. her
/ in any connection except that OF Iays.
! terry.
| Not that we confound her with God;
not that we adore her. No. No Cath
/ Ole, not even the simplest, is so Him
! formed as TO imagine anything Of the
| sort. That is simply calumny and a
stupid one at that. Not that We worship
| her as God. No. But what we say and
ike to repeat in season and our. to her
! everlasting renown. we cannot think of
her except with the three persons of the
! blessed Trinity. We do not confound
her with God. II is arrant stupidity 10
do so. But we cannot think of her ex-
| cept as associated with the Father, Son
and Holy Ghost, in the mystery CT The
Incarnation. We honor her because Of
| her dignity. in a spirit of gratitude fer
| all that she has done for us. She was
not bound to become the Mother of
| Christ. The angel Gabriel was sent TO
announce TO her that she had been chos-
en- to become the mother of The Messiah.
| She had consecrated her yirginity TO Al
| mighty God. Therefore she was some
| what taken aback when the angel ted
her that that same God had chosen her
to be the mother of his Incernate Son.
She said: Il know not man.. The an
gel explained to her that it was Il p1ys-
| terry that was going TO be wrought in
her, and that she could become the moth
er of Christ and still remain a virgin
The mystery would be the work of the
Holy Ghost. The angel said the Holy
Ghost would oVerShadow her ana that
which shall be born in you shall be the
Son of God. No sooner had size received
this explanation than she was 20 become
the mother of the Messiah and still re-
main a virgin she submitted Irnmec,late-
~. and said: Behold, the handmade of
the Lord" She understood the Son was
to be man Of sorrow from the time Of
His incarnation until his eyes closed on
Calvary. that he would never know any
thing but suffering, but in spite of that
she consented to become His mother. Sha
consented TO carry that cross with Him
for her sex. She had the tender affection
and sympathy of the natural mother for
her own offspring
AS Christ was to be Man Of Sorrow. 50
she prepared herself to be the mother of
the Sorrowing Man. The prophet fore
told her that the sword would pierce her
heart. and all the sorrow that would be
heaped upon the Child would have to ne
correspondingly borne by His mother
In the Bible which she read, she learned
of the prophecies concerning Him and al
that He was to suffer. Catholics under
stand all this, and appreciate it and new
er tire of singing her Praises-to ner as
the most charitable of women. The how
or bestowed upon her is the verdict of
all Christendom for 1860 years. AT the
foot of the cross two women rema slsd
in the cleaning. Ere His eyes closed
Christ said: Woman, behold thy Son"
Turning his eyes to St. John, he said:
Son, behold thy mother T:2us It is
the opinion of all that st. John repre-
scented the whole Christian church. 1t
was Christs last will and testament:
And since then all the children haze TAX
en- her for their own-as .he;r mother.