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I Will Put Enmity Between Thee and the Woman

The Immaculate Conception I will put enmities between thee and the woman,and thy seed and her seed:she shall crush thy head,and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.Genesis 3, 15 (DRB) The Protoevangelium, often referred to as the First Gospel, is found in the Book of Genesis and is recognized as the earliest recorded…
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They Have No Wine

mediatrix of grace In that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen…the mountains shall drip sweet wine,and all the hills will flow with it.Amos 9, 11, 13 And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine…and all the stream beds of Judah shall flow with water;and a fountain shall…
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Most Blessed Are You among Women

The Immaculate Conception I will put enmities between thee and the woman,and thy seed and her seed:she shall crush thy head,and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.Genesis 3, 15 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Most blessed…
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My Soul Glorifies the Lord

The Immaculate Conception I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,and my soul shall be joyful in my God:for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation:and with the robe of justice he hath covered me,as a bridegroom decked with a crown,and as a bride adorned with her jewels.Isaiah 61, 10 And Mary said,“My soul…
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And Thy Own Soul a Sword Shall Pierce

Co-Redemptrix Now, why art thou drawn together with grief?Hast thou no king in thee,or is thy counsellor perished,because sorrow hath taken theeas a woman in labour.Micah 4, 9 And Simeon blessed them,and said to Mary his mother:Behold this child is set for the fall,and for the resurrection of many in Israel,and for a sign which…
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The Time Came for Their Purification

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.The first offspring of every womb among the Israelitesbelongs to me, whether human or animal.”Exodus 13, 2 And when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they broughthim up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in…
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All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,and my soul shall be joyful in my God:for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation:and with the robe of justice he hath covered me,as a bridegroom decked with a crown,and as a bride adorned with her jewels.Isaiah 61, 10…
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My Spirit Rejoices in God My Savior

Daughter Zion I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,and my soul shall be joyful in my God:for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation:and with the robe of justice, he hath covered me,as a bridegroom decked with a crown,and as a bride adorned with her jewels.Isaiah 61, 10 And Mary said,“My soul magnifies…
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Blessed Are You Who Believed

Mother of the Church Already you knew my soul;my body held no secret from youwhen I was being fashioned in secretand molded in the depths of the earth.Your eyes saw all my actions;they were all of them written in your book;every one of my days was decreedbefore one of them came into being.Psalm 139, 14-16…
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The Voice of Thy Salutation

Mediatrix of Grace And when the ark of the Lord came into the city of David,Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window,saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord.2 Samuel 6, 16 And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should cometo me? For behold as soon…
