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

God, she delights. Thus her mind is snatched to the heights. Verse: When the light of the Word rises in the mind, the worthy Mother of the Word is prepared. Thus. Glory. In the second nocturn. Antiphon: Having lost every vice, she gives her whole study to this, that she may be totally devoted to God, offering devoted service. Antiphon: The King of virtues made a mother for Himself, wonderful, mild, and humble, and remarkable for every gift. Antiphon: Betrothed, she offers a docile heart to the angel's conversation, mild and ready, promising humble service. Verse: With your beauty.

Fourth Lesson.

Let it be told to all what the life of this Virgin Mary was like while she waited in the temple for the Redeemer of her race. Let the virginity of Mary be described to you as if in an image, from which the beauty of chastity and the form of virtue shine forth as in a mirror. She was a virgin in mind and body, humble in heart, grave in speech, prudent in spirit, more skilled in reading, more studious in working, modest in her conduct, not in the uncertainty of riches but in...