While this is not a modern translation of the sermon, it remains my favourite version in English.
1 posted on
08/02/2005 9:39:10 PM PDT by
Siobhan
To: patent; Romulus; Pyro7480; NYer; sandyeggo; Balt; jrny; Salvation; sockmonkey; kstewskis; ...
Who can describe in words thy divinely resplendent beauty, O Virgin Mother of God? Thoughts and words are inadequate to define thine attributes, since they surpass mind and speech. Yet it is meet to chant hymns of praise to thee, for thou art a vessel containing every grace, the fulness of all things good and beautiful, the tablet and living icon of every good and all uprightness, since thou alone hast been deemed worthy to receive the fulness of every gift of the Spirit. Thou alone didst bear in thy womb Him in Whom are found the treasuries of all these gifts and didst become a wondrous tabernacle for Him; hence thou didst depart by way of death to immortality and art translated from earth to Heaven, as is proper, so that thou mightest dwell with Him eternally in a super-celestial abode. From thence thou ever carest diligently for thine inheritance and by thine unsleeping intercessions with Him, thou showest mercy to all. ping
2 posted on
08/02/2005 9:45:13 PM PDT by
Siobhan
("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
To: Siobhan
Wow
A ton of words -- beautiful in the abstract but a doggone difficult road to how.
9 posted on
08/03/2005 9:15:39 PM PDT by
Shazbot29
(Light a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day; light him on fire, he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: Kolokotronis; Mrs. Don-o; don-o; FormerLib; The_Reader_David; Destro; kosta50
Bump for the All Holy and Most Gracious Theotokos.
Save us!
11 posted on
08/15/2005 3:39:26 AM PDT by
Siobhan
("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
To: patent; eastsider; ELS
Who can describe in words thy divinely resplendent beauty, O Virgin Mother of God? Thoughts and words are inadequate to define thine attributes, since they surpass mind and speech. Yet it is meet to chant hymns of praise to thee, for thou art a vessel containing every grace, the fulness of all things good and beautiful, the tablet and living icon of every good and all uprightness, since thou alone hast been deemed worthy to receive the fulness of every gift of the Spirit. Thou alone didst bear in thy womb Him in Whom are found the treasuries of all these gifts and didst become a wondrous tabernacle for Him; hence thou didst depart by way of death to immortality and art translated from earth to Heaven, as is proper, so that thou mightest dwell with Him eternally in a super-celestial abode. From thence thou ever carest diligently for thine inheritance and by thine unsleeping intercessions with Him, thou showest mercy to all. Bump for Our Most Gracious Lady, Mary, Mother of God, Perfect Disciple of the Lord.
12 posted on
08/15/2005 3:43:00 AM PDT by
Siobhan
("Whenever you come to save Rome, make all the noise you want." -- Pius XII)
To: Siobhan
15 posted on
08/15/2005 8:17:21 AM PDT by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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