8 Sept: Nativity of Mary

15_08_29_Nativity_Mary_03x200Here is the entry in the Roman Martyrology for today’s feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary:

Festum Nativitatis beatae Mariae Virginis, ex semine Abrahae, de tribu Iuda ortae, ex progenie regis David, e qua Filius Dei natus est, factus homo de Spiritu Sancto, ut homines vetusta servitute peccati liberaret.

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7 Comments

  1. Animadversor says:

    The feast of the nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, sprung from the seed of Abraham [and] of the tribe of Judah, of the race of David the king, of whom was born the Son of God, made man of the Holy Ghost, that he might free men from the hoary slavery of sin.

  2. VeritasVereVincet says:

    The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of Abraham’s seed, born of the tribe of Judah, from the line of King David, from whom the Son of God was born and made man through the Holy Spirit, that He might set men free from the ancient slavery to sin.

  3. Chris Garton-Zavesky says:

    The Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, risen from the seed of Abraham, from the tribe of Judah, from among the children of David the King; she from whom was born by the power of the Holy Ghost the Son of God made man so as to free man from the ancient slavery to sin.

  4. The Cobbler says:

    So should we be throwing a party down here, or fasting to beg her intercession?

  5. Priam1184 says:

    The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, from the seed of Abraham, risen out of the tribe of Judah, from the line of King David, from whom the Son of God was born, made man by the Holy Spirit, that men be liberated from their ancient slavery to sin.

  6. WYMiriam says:

    Both, The Cobbler, both!

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