[Copiae indulgentiarum de institutione festi Praesentationis beatae Mariae virginis concessarum]

this human mortality should not cease, but devotion neither suffers silence regarding her glory, nor can thought conceive, or uneducated speech produce, anything worthy of it. She is the one who obtained the restoration of the whole world and petitioned for the salvation of all. Who then, O blessed mother, could investigate such length and breadth, such height and depth? Her length, indeed, helps all who call upon her until the final day. Her breadth fills the circle of the lands, so that the whole earth is full of her mercy. Her height restored the ruins of the heavenly city. Her depth, too, obtained the Redeemer for those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. Thus, therefore, O Mary, you make known to the world the grace you found with God, by your pious deeds obtaining pardon for the guilty, healing for the sick, strength for the faint of heart, consolation for the afflicted, and assistance and liberation for those in peril. But you, O Lord, have mercy on us. Responsory: The correct order is known to be preserved while Mary is placed in the temple, for, contemplating...