...— Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinnen now, and at the hour of our death. Amen. 2. Behold the handmaid of the Lord : Be it done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, &c. Holy Mary, ÍSV. 3. And the word was made flesh : And dwelt among us. Hail Mary, &c....

...THE angel of the Lord declared to Mary, and she conceived by the Holy Ghost. Hail Mary, &c. Behold the handmaid of the Lord : be it done unto me according to thy word. Hail Mary, &c. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt amongst us. Hail Mary, &c. The Prayer. POUR forth,...

...salvation of the world, which depends upon your consent. But to our great joy, Mary replies : " Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it " done unto me according to thy word." As if she had said ; behold me the slave of the Lord, ready to perform whatever the Lord requires of...

...example? Why cannot I say, under every vicissitude and trial that contradicts my self-love : " Behold the handmaid of the Lord : be it done unto me according to thy word." But, holy Virgin! what I cannot do of myself, I hope to obtain grace to do, through your powerful mediation....

...aside all her doubts, her scruples, and anxieties, she said, from the bottom of her heart, " Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word !" After this last of the canonical summons to prayer, strict silence being always preserved in convents,...

...movements, hopes, and solicitudes, at the disposal of an unerring God, and to say, " Behold the servant of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy .word." While faith, like the draughtsman's compass, hath one foot fixed in God, as its immoveable centre,...

...breathless expectation of her answer! and when they heard issue from her mouth the words: " Behold the handmaid of the Lord : be it done unto me according to thy word;" how the vaults of heaven resounded with the glorious anthem of " Glory to God on high and peace to...

...; and therefore the Holy One which shall be born of thee , shall be called the Son of God. And Mary said: ' Behold the handmaid of the Lord ; be it done unto me according to thy word., " The moment chosen by the sculptor in delineating this glorious embassy is that in which the predestined...

...creature could ascend, and reflect on her humble answer : " Behold the handmaid [that is, the slave] of the Lord ; be it done unto me according to thy word." — Luke i. 38. Here we clearly see that the exalted rank to which she was raised, inspired her with...

...thy defects in point of faith and hope. When the Lord maketh thee a promise, say with me: " Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to thy word,' and rely with full faith upon the fulfilment of this promise, until it be accomplished ; and if it...