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36 but to see her repentance makes me repent myself!

EPH. That is usually the case.

AB. She is toiling with all her might to become as great an example of conversion as she has been a cause of ruin.

EPH. Very proper.

AB. And she strives to appear all the purer for her past impurity.

EPH. I am really delighted to hear it. I rejoice from the bottom of my heart.

AB. Well may you rejoice, for the angel-hosts of heaven are glad and praise God for the conversion of one sinner.

EPH. Naturally, There is more joy in heaven over the repentance of the wicked than over the perseverance of the righteous.

AB. So we ought all the more to praise God's mercy towards Mary, the less hope we entertained before of her repentance.

EPH. (lifting his hands). We praise Thee, we glorify Thee - we glorify and praise the only-begotten Son, the majesty of heaven, the beloved and merciful Son of God, who will not leave to perish those whom He has redeemed with His