O ever blessed Mother of God, Mary ever Virgin, temple of the Godhead, hallowed shrine of the Holy Spirit: thou only, above all others, wast acceptable to our Lord Jesus Christ, alleluia. [Magnificat antiphon, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, November 21/December 4] O God, who didst will that blessed Mary, ever Virgin, the tabernacle of the Holy Ghost, should as on this day be presented in the temple: grant, we beseech thee, at her intercession, that we may be counted worthy to be presented in the dwelling-place of thy glory. Through Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the same Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth God, world without end. Amen. [Collect, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, November 21/December 4] +++++++++++ From the Fathers ... This love [eros] is deeply implanted within our inmost being. Unnoticed by us, it attracts the bodies of men and women to each other, because in the beginning woman came forth from man, and from man and woman other men and women proceed. Can you see now how close this union is, and how God providentially created it from a single nature? … He mad e the one man Adam to be the origin of all mankind, both male and female, and made it impossible for men and women to be self-sufficient. No teacher is so effective as a persuasive wife. The love of husband and wife is the force that welds society together. [St. John Chrysostom]
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