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''"Hail Mary,  full  of  grace,  the  Lord  is  with  thee,  blessed art  thou  among  women." — Luke i.  28.

Ex.: I.  Satolli. II. Mary's place  in  Redemption. III. Her blessedness.

I. 1. Protestant testimony  and  woman's  sphere. 2. Exceptions. 3. Mary's  prototypes.

II. I. John's  vision. 2. Doctrine  of  original  sin  and  its transmission. 3. Solitary  exception.

III. Proofs of  dogma:   1. New Adam. 2. Ave  and  Eva. 3. Canticle  of  Canticles.

Per.: 1. Protestant and  Catholic. 2. Married,  single;  rich, poor. 3. Sodality.

, I  remember  long  ago  at  school  how the Professor,  then  Monsignor,  now  Cardinal  Satolli — the Professor,  I  say,  was  wont  to  preface  his  every lecture with  a  simple  invocation — a  single  Hail  Mary. When asked  why  he  never  chose  a  longer  or  better prayer he  replied  that  he  knew  none  better  or  more appropriate. " For,"  said  he,  "  as  Mary,  after  the annunciation  of  the  Angel  Gabriel,  conceived  and bore  the  Saviour  of  mankind,  so  I  pray  that  God  may give  me  the  eloquence  of  an  angel  to  announce  to you  the  word  of  God,  that  your  souls  may  conceive  of the  Holy  Ghost  and  bring  forth  salvation  unto many." And in  fact,  the  work  of  our  Redemption — Christianity in  its  final  analysis — must  always  bring