Thursday 21 November 2019

In Præsentatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis

For today's feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary,  here is the third reading from today's Divine Office:

Lectio 3

Ióachim lectíssimam illam ac summis láudibus dignam mulíerem Annam matrimónio sibi copulávit. Verum, quemádmodum prisca illa Anna, cum sterilitátis morbo laboráret, per oratiónem ac promissiónem, Samuélem procreávit; eódem modo hæc étiam, per obsecratiónem et promissiónem, Dei Genetrícem a Deo accépit, ut ne hic quoque cuíquam ex illústribus matrónis céderet. Itaque grátia (nam hoc sonat Annæ vocábulum) Dóminam parit (id enim Maríæ nómine significátur). Vere étenim rerum ómnium conditárum Dómina facta est, cum Creatóris Mater éxstitit. In lucem autem éditur in domo probáticæ Ióachim, atque ad templum addúcitur. Ac deínde, in domo Dei plantáta atque per Spíritum sagináta, instar olívæ frugíferæ virtútum ómnium domicílium effícitur; ut quæ vidélicet ab omni huiúsce vitæ et carnis concupiscéntia mentem abstraxísset, atque ita vírginem una cum córpore ánimam conservásset, ut eam decébat, quæ Deum sinu suo exceptúra erat.

Reading 3

Joachim married Anna, a most excellent and praiseworthy woman. Once there had lived another Anna who overcame physical sterility through prayer and a promise to God, and then gave birth to Samuel. In a similar way, our Anne received from God the Mother of God through a vow and heartfelt petition; for she would not yield in any way to the illustrious women of previous ages. Accordingly grace (for the word Anne means grace) gave birth to the Lady (this is signified by the name Mary). Truly Mary became the Lady above all creation in her role as the Mother of the Creator. She was born in Joachim's house near the Probatica, and was presented in the temple. Thereupon "planted in the house of God" and nurtured by His Spirit; like a fruitful olive tree she flowered forth in every virtue. From her mind she drove every worldly or sensual desire; she preserved virginity of soul as well as of body, as was becoming to one destined to carry God in her very bosom.

Totus tuus ego sum 
Et omnia mea tua sunt;
Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam 

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