"whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way
will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins" james 5:20
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content the sermon of the angel
When John in his Gospel speaks of the Word, that is he who is,
and has ever been, with the Father and the Holy Spirit...
Mary, we know that you were ever in the mind of God,
before his creating brought you to be -
the most perfect of all his creatures...
From the moment of God's promise, through the long years of waiting,
Abraham loved the son who was to be his,
the child who would be called Isaac...
It was love that led God to create.
There could be nothing lacking in God,
nothing wanting to his goodness or his joy...
God's creation of the world and all it contains took place
in the instant of his will's expression;
and with that design and perfection foreseen by him...
God is the Creator of all beings, and he is Being itself.
Nothing can be or come to be without God.
Therefore, this world and all things in it
owe their existence to him alone...
We read in the Bible of Adam's original state of happiness.
Then of his disobedience to God,
which brought so much suffering and sorrow...
Adam's punishment made him see the justice and mercy of God.
Throughout his life he feared to offend God and was guided
in all things by love for God...
God is all love, and all loving; infinite in love, and infinite in loving.
We may truly say - God is love. He makes known his love to those who love,
and all things speak to them of the love of God...
Before God made known his law to Moses,
man had to live without a rule of life. Those who loved God,
did what they thought was God's will...
That seed of life was ready, and at God's chosen moment,
life began as he infused into it a living soul.
We see the bees in summer, busy making flowers for honey;
led by instinct to their sweetness...
In Father, Son and Holy Ghost, there is only the one Divinity.
There is ever the one divine will.
A fire with three flames is but the one fire...
Speaking of the beauty of Mary, we think of lovely things:
her sacred body is like a vase of purest crystal;
her soul like a lantern of clearest light...
With our slow and clouded minds, it is hard for us to appreciate
that moment when Mary first knew God and gave herself to him...
This union between God and man, between Christ and the Virgin Mary,
only God can comprehend. The Son of God, truly God,
all present and present to all,
whose eternal dwelling in heaven is the Blessed Trinity itself...
We are told that Mary was afraid when the Angel appeared
and spoke to her. It was not fear of any bodily harm to herself,
but dismay at the thought that this might be a trick of Satan,
to lead her into sin...
The Prophets foretold many things about Christ.
They spoke of the death of the Innocent One and the pains
he would suffer to win for men on earth
an eternal life with him in heaven...
'You shall seek me and shall not find me'.
These words of Christ were the sharp point of the sword of sorrow,
entering Mary's heart...
We read that the Queen of Sheba made the long journey
from her own lands in the south to visit Solomon the King.
Her journey was not wasted...
We read in the Gospels these words of Christ -
the measure you give shall be the measure you receive.
No one on earth can know the glory of Mary, the Mother of God...
The Son of God, the Son of Mary, Christ who is Truth itself,
has said to us - return not evil for evil, but return good for evil.
Will not he himself therefore, for he is God, return good for good,
and five great reward even for little...