J.M.J. "The Fathers and writers of the Church, well versed in the heavenly
Scriptures, had nothing more at heart than to vie with one another in preaching
and teaching in many wonderful ways the Virgin's supreme sanctity, dignity, and
immunity from all stain of sin, and her renowned victory over the most foul
enemy of the human race. This they did in the books they wrote to explain the
Scriptures, to vindicate the dogmas, and to instruct the faithful. These
ecclesiastical writers in quoting the words by which at the beginning of the
world God announced his merciful remedies prepared for the regeneration of
mankind—words by which He crushed the audacity of the deceitful serpent and
wondrously raised up the Hope of our race, saying, 'I will put enmities between
you and the woman, between your seed and her Seed'—taught
that by this divine prophecy the merciful Redeemer of mankind, Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son of God, was clearly foretold: That His most Blessed
Mother, the Virgin Mary, was prophetically indicated; and, at the same time,
the very enmity of Both against the evil one was significantly expressed.
Hence, just as Christ, the Mediator between God and man, assumed human nature,
blotted the handwriting of the decree that stood against us, and fastened it
triumphantly to the cross, so the most holy Virgin, united with Him by a most
intimate and indissoluble bond, was, with Him and through Him, eternally at
enmity with the evil serpent, and most completely triumphed over him, and thus
crushed his head with her immaculate foot."
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I am on Retreat starting today. Therefore, posts will resume--God willing--on Tuesday, September 1st. My prayers for all who gather at this Blog.
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