Tuesday is the birth of the Virgin Mary, one of only 3 birthdays celebrated in the Church Year.
From a homily of St. Augustine: Dearly beloved: the much-desired feast of Blessed Mary ever Virgin has come; so let the earth made bright by her birth rejoice with exceeding great joy. For she is the wild rose on the lowland plain from whom bloomed the precious Lily of the valley. Now let Mary play upon musical instruments and let timbrels reverberate under the fleet fingers of this young Mother. Let joyous choirs sing together harmoniously and let sweet songs be blended together now with one melody and now with another. Hear how our timbrel player has sung. For she has said: "My soul magnifies the Lord because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid. For behold, all generations shall call me blessed, because He who is mighty has done great things to me."
(Found on Pinterest: detail from birth of the Virgin Mary, workshop of Michael Pacher, c. 1498, Austria (castle Rychnov, Czechia)
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