{"id":3350,"date":"2008-09-12T07:42:35","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T07:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/09\/if-the-hurricanes-of-temptatio\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T07:42:35","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T07:42:35","slug":"if-the-hurricanes-of-temptatio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2008\/09\/if-the-hurricanes-of-temptatio\/","title":{"rendered":"If the Hurricanes of Temptation Rise Against Thee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe picture is a detail of Corrado Giaquinto’s Nascita della Vergine<\/em> (1732). His Maria Bambina<\/em> is one of the loveliest I have ever seen. Saint Anne is shown as a healthy mamma<\/em>, visibly pleased with her infant daughter. Saint Joachim looks on from the shadowy background.
\nOn this feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary, we do well to listen again to Saint Bernard, the Citharista Mariae<\/em> (Mary’s Harpist). Translation by the Marquess of Bute<\/a>.
\nO thou whomsoever thou art,
\nthat knowest thyself to be here
\nnot so much walking upon firm ground,
\nas battered to and fro by the gales of this life’s ocean,
\nif thou wouldest not be overwhelmed by the tempest,
\nkeep thine eyes fixed upon this star’s clear shining.<\/em>
\nIf the hurricanes of temptation rise against thee,
\nor thou art running upon the rocks of trouble,
\nlook to the star, call on Mary.
\nIf the waves of pride, or ambition, or slander, or envy toss thee,
\nlook to the star, call on Mary.
\nIf the billows of anger or avarice,
\nor the enticements of the flesh beat against thy soul’s bark,
\nlook to Mary.<\/em>
\nIf the enormity of thy sins trouble thee,
\nif the foulness of thy conscience confound thee,
\nif the dread of judgment appal thee,
\nif thou begin to slip into the deep of despondency,
\ninto the pit of despair,
\nthink of Mary.<\/em>
\nIn danger, in difficulty, or in doubt,
\nthink on Mary, call on Mary.
\nLet her not be away from thy mouth or from thine heart,
\nand that thou mayest not lack the succour of her prayers,
\nturn not aside from the example of her conversation.<\/em>
\nIf thou follow her, thou wilt never go astray.
\nIf thou pray to her thou wilt never have need to despair.
\nIf thou keep her in mind, thou wilt never wander.
\nIf she hold thee, thou wilt never fall.
\nIf she lead thee, thou wilt never be weary.
\nIf she help thee thou wilt reach home safe at the last,
\nand so thou wilt prove in thyself how meetly it is said:
\n“And the Virgin’s name was Mary.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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