{"id":10710,"date":"2015-08-14T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T03:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/?p=10710"},"modified":"2015-08-13T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T20:53:46","slug":"the-daughter-of-adam-and-mother-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2015\/08\/the-daughter-of-adam-and-mother-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daughter of Adam and Mother of God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"death_v1\"Vigil of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
\n<\/strong><\/em>From a Sermon by St John of Damascus, Priest & Doctor of the Church<\/strong><\/p>\n

Make haste, Lord, to give thy Mother the welcome which is her due.\u00a0 Stretch out thy divine hands.\u00a0 Receive thy Mother’s soul into the Father’s hands unto which thou didst commend thy spirit on the Cross.\u00a0 Speak sweet words to her: \u201cCome, my beloved, whose purity is more dazzling than the sun, thou gavest me of thy own, receive now what is mine. Come, my Mother, to thy Son, reign with Him who was poor with thee.\u201d Depart, O Queen, depart, not as Moses did who went up to die.\u00a0 Die rather that thou mayest ascend.\u00a0 Give up thy soul into the hands of thy Son.\u00a0 Return earth to the earth, it will be no obstacle.<\/p>\n

Lift up your eyes, O people of God.\u00a0 See in Sion the Ark of the Lord God of powers, and the Apostles standing by it, burying the life-giving body which received our Lord.\u00a0 Invisible angels are all around in lowly reverence doing homage to the Mother of their Lord.\u00a0 The Lord Himself is there, who is present everywhere, and filling all things, the universal Being, not in place.\u00a0 He is the Author and Creator of all things.\u00a0 Behold the Virgin, the daughter of Adam and Mother of God; through Adam she gives her body to the earth, her soul to her Son above in the heavenly courts.<\/p>\n

Let the holy city be sanctified, and rejoice in eternal praise. Let angels precede the divine tabernacle on its passage, and prepare the tomb.\u00a0 Let the radiance of the spirit adorn it.\u00a0 Let sweet ointment be made ready and poured over the pure and undefiled body.\u00a0 Let a clear stream of grace flow from grace in its source.\u00a0 Let the earth be sanctified by contact with that body.\u00a0 Let the air rejoice at the Assumption.\u00a0 Let gentle breezes waft grace.\u00a0 Let all nature keep the feast of the Mother of God’s Assumption.\u00a0 May youthful bands applaud and eloquent tongues acclaim her, and wise hearts ponder on the wonder, priests hoary with age gather strength at the sight.\u00a0 Let all creation emulate heaven, even so the true measure of rejoicing would not be reached.<\/p>\n

Responsory<\/strong>.\u00a0 The King || shall greatly desire thy beauty, for * He is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore; all the rich among the people, shall entreat thy countenance.\u00a0 V. Blessed art thou among women; thou hast found grace with God. * He is the Lord \u2026 Glory be \u2026 He is the Lord \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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