Today is St. Bede the Venerable, given that title even in his own lifetime for his learning and preservation of knowledge. An English Benedictine monk of the 7th and 8th centuries, he wrote the history of the Anglo-Saxon Church for his time.
Quote from one of his homilies about Mary: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, any
my spirit rejoices in God my savior." With these words Mary first
acknowledges the special gifts she has been given.
Above all other saints, she alone could truly rejoice in Jesus, her savior, for
she knew that he who was the source of eternal salvation would be born in time
in her body, in one person both her own son and her Lord.
"For the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his
name." Mary attributes nothing to her own merits. She refers all her
greatness to the gift of one whose essence is power and whose nature is
greatness, for he fill with greatness and strength the small and the weak who
believe in him.
She did well to add: "and holy is his name," to warn those who heard,
and indeed all who would receive his words, that they must believe and call
upon his name. For they too could share in everlasting holiness and true
salvation according to the words of the prophet: "and it will come to
pass, that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." This
is the name she spoke of earlier when she said "and my spirit rejoices in
God my savior."
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