J.M.J. Saint Peter Chrysologus (c.380-c.450), Bishop and Doctor, whose Feast
is July 30, was convinced of the necessity of devotion to Mary. He
penned these words about 1,600 years ago: "He who is not awestruck by
this Virgin's spirit and who does not admire her soul is ignorant of how
great God is. Heaven trembles, angels quake, creation cannot bear it,
nature is helpless--yet a girl carries God in her womb; she receives Him
into herself and offers Him a dwelling place."
For Saint Peter Chrysologus, such a truth evident in the following
demands that the faithful everywhere honor that fair woman we salute in
the Litany of Loreto as "the Cause of our Joy": "Truly blessed is she
who was greater than the heavens, stronger than the earth, vaster than
the globe. For she alone contained within herself that God Whom the
world cannot contain: she bore Him Who bears the world; she gave birth
to her Father; she nursed Him Who nurtures every living thing."
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