For she is an aura of the might of God
and a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty;
therefore nought that is sullied enters into her.
For she is the refulgence of eternal light,
the spotless mirror of the power of God,
the image of His goodness.
And she, who is one, can do all things,
and renews everything while herself perduring;
And passing into holy souls from age to age,
she produces friends of God and prophets.
For there is nought God loves, be it not
one who dwells with Wisdom.
For she is fairer than the sun,
and surpasses every constellation of the stars.
Compared to light she takes precedence;
for that; indeed, night supplants,
but wickedness prevails not over Wisdom.
~Wisdom 7: 25-30
Mary, I give you my will. Conform it to the will of your Son. In the Most Holy Name of Jesus, Amen.
+JMJ+
Jesse Tree Advent Day 3:
Mother of All Living (Mary)
From Genesis: The Lord God said to the serpent, “I will put enmity between
you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your
head, and you shall bruise his heel.” The man called his wife’s name Eve,
because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:14a, 15, 20
From Luke: In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a
city of Galilee named Nazareth… And he came to her and said, “Hail, full of
grace, the Lord is with you! … And behold, you will conceive in your womb and
bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.”… And Mary said, “Behold, I am
the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the
angel departed from her. Luke 1: 25, 28,
31, 38
From John: When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved
standing near, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said
to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her
to his own home. John 19: 26-27
From Revelation: And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with
the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest
of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony
to Jesus. Revelation 12: 1-2, 17a
How beautiful.
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