Lectures and sermons . 270 The Immaculate Conception. and mercifully he preserved one specimen of our pure and unbroken nature in her! Well might He hold her forth, as itwere, in His hand, to frighten the devil, even on the day of histriumph, when he said: The woman, O spirit of evil, whomthou knowest well, will crush thy head. Mary was the terrorof hell from the beginning, because hell was afraid, from thebeginning, of the pure, unfallen nature of man, and that wassaved only in her. Let us, therefore, meditate upon these things, and, givingthanks to God for all He did, for the greatest boon o
Lectures and sermons . 270 The Immaculate Conception. and mercifully he preserved one specimen of our pure and unbroken nature in her! Well might He hold her forth, as itwere, in His hand, to frighten the devil, even on the day of histriumph, when he said: The woman, O spirit of evil, whomthou knowest well, will crush thy head. Mary was the terrorof hell from the beginning, because hell was afraid, from thebeginning, of the pure, unfallen nature of man, and that wassaved only in her. Let us, therefore, meditate upon these things, and, givingthanks to God for all He did, for the greatest boon of mercy toour race—in that God so sanctified a creature that she mightbe worthy to approach him—endeavor, in our own humble way,by purifying our souls, putting away from us our sins, and byweeping over the follies and errors that we have allowed tocome upon our souls, thus fit ourselves, that at some immeasur-able distance we too may be able to approach him and Marythe Holy Mother of THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
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