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 credulity. She avoided  Eve's  gullibility  and  the distrust of  Zachary  the  high  priest."  And  St. Bernard  writes:  "Mary  preferred  to  remain silent in  humility,  rather  than  to  speak  inconsiderately/' Let  us  strive  always  to  speak  and  act with deliberation. Our conversation  ought always to  be  judicious;  for  often  a  word  spoken inconsiderately causes  bitter  regret. St. Thomas Aquinas observes:  "Song  was  given  to  a  number of  creatures,  but  human  beings  alone  were  endowed with  the  faculty  of  speech,  to  indicate  that in  speaking  we  should  use  our  reason." And St. Chrysostom  says:  "Let  us  always  guard  our tongue;  not  that  it  should  always  be  silent,  but that  it  should  speak  at  the  proper  time."

Prayer of  the  Church  (p.  97).

Litany of  Loreto  (p. 322).

rejoice with  thee,  O  Virgin  ever  blessed,  be cause  by  thy  humble  word  of  consent  thou  didst draw down  from  the  bosom  of  the  eternal  Father the divine  Word  into  thy  own  pure  bosom. O draw, then,  ever  my  heart  to  God;  and  with  God bring grace  into  my  heart  that  I  may  ever  sincerely bless  thy  word  of  consent,  so  mighty  and so efficacious.

Hail Mary,  etc.

Ejaculation (p.  97),