September 8: Feast of the Nativity of Mary

Radiant Dawn of our salvation,

Hope of life for all the earth!

Now we sing God’s new creation

On this day of such a birth.

Virgin, thou art filled with beauty;

Spot and stain are not in thee.

God has made thee perfect duly

For thy Son’s divinity.

Cry, O Blessed, to high heaven;

Sing our praise, O Spotless One!

We, thy children, are forgiven

Through thy Maker, Lord, and Son.

God has looked on thee with favor;

Generations this acclaim.

We rejoice in God thy Savior,

For with thee we praise his Name.

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Fr Josemaria gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Sep 08, 2020, Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, on how Mary’s Birth is the Dawn of Salvation and that Our Lady at the moment of her birth surpassed all the other saints in holiness combined even at the end of their lives.

He explains this using John Duns Scotus’s principle that whatever excellence can be attributed to Mary that does not go against what the Church’s teaches should be applied to her.

and the principle of eminence anything of excellence applied to any saint should be applied to Mary in some manner either in the same form, equivalent way, or an eminent way.

Fr. Uses the example of St Dominic and St Ambrose regarding these principles to explain how these principles apply to the great prerogatives of Mary.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090820.cfm
1st: mic 5:1-4
Resp: psa 13:6, 6
Gsp: mat 1:1-16, 18-23

More on the Readings: http://dev.airmaria.com/r?m=1149

Also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/90378558559/videos/810329536373654
and YouTube: https://youtu.be/2ho3UabdyDs

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Fr Matthias gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Sep 08, 2022, on how the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the glorious dawn of redemption and how the Immaculate Conception, Mary’s preservation from original sin at her conception, relates to our own hope for salvation from sin.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090822.cfm
1st: mic 5:1-4
Resp: psa 13:6
Gsp: mat 1:1-16, 18-23

More on the Readings: http://dev.airmaria.com/r?m=1149

Also on Facebook: https://fb.watch/fp_ZQBiE5h/
and YouTube: https://youtu.be/fffL6QhZ3vI

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