Today is the Feast day of the Nativity of our Blessed Mother. It is EXACTLY nine(9) months after her Immaculate Conception! The Ark of the covenant has been born! The holy receptacle which is to hold our Lord Jesus Christ has arrived! It is just too awesome to describe. So, as usual, I'm going to let someone else do it for me. This is composed by Fulbert of Chartres and Robert the Pious. France first adopted them, and the whole of Europe soon followed her example. This is from the Second Vespers Responsories:
In order to bring forth the sun of justice, the sovereign King: Mary, the star of the sea, today arose in the heavens.
Rejoice, ye faithful, to behold the divine light. Mary, the star of the sea, today arose in the heavens.
The rod of Jesse produced a branch, and the branch a flower; And upon the flower rests the Spirit of Love.
The Virgin Mother of God is the branch, the flower is her Son. And upon the flower rests the Spirit of love.
At the will of the Lord enriching us with honour: Mary sprang from Judea as the rose from the thorn.
That vice might be overcome by virtue, and sin by grace. Mary sprang from Judea as the rose from the thorn.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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