Monday, May 20 : Saint Anselm

Therefore, Lady, you are mother of justifier and the justified, bearer of reconciliation and the reconciled, parent of salvation and of the saved. Blessed assurance, safe refuge, the mother of God is our mother. The mother of Him in whom alone we have hope, whom alone we fear, is our mother. The mother of Him who alone saves and condemns is our mother. You are blessed and exalted not for yourself alone but for us too. What great and loving thing is this that I see coming to us through you? Seeing it I rejoice, and hardly dare to speak of it. For if you, Lady, are His mother, surely then your sons are His brothers? For He was born of a mother to take our nature, and to make us, by restoring our life, sons of His mother. He invites us to confess ourselves His brethren. So our judge is our brother, the Saviour of the world is our Brother, and finally our God through Mary is our Brother. With what confidence then ought we to hope, and thus consoled how can we fear?

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