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every blessing of the nations in his seed; she descended from the stock of David, whom God, because of the uprightness known to Him, exalted, saying: "I have found a man according to my heart" 1 Samuel 13:14. But you, Responsory.

She was of a holy and humble mind, shining with the adornment of grace, the pious Virgin; hence she becomes noble. She became a worthy throne of the King of Glory. Verse: An ivory throne with shining gold, the Virgin’s womb with a prudent heart. Throne.

Second Lesson.

For she drew her origin from the royal and priestly tribe, she who was to bring forth the supreme King and Pontiff. Therefore, the purity of the stars shines in the generation of Mary, namely that which was long ago promised by heaven in various ways to the fathers, she who arose from the seed of Abraham and from kings, she who is also recognized as having been granted to that generation by a singular privilege of holiness. For among the mystical figures, as has been said, when the priestly rod blossomed without a root, and when the fleece of Gideon in the midst