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The Passing of Mary

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Section 10

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10. Then, accordingly, the apostles laid the holy body

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on

the

bier

,

and

said

to

each

other

:

Who

is

to

carry

this

palm

before

her

bier

?

Then

John

said

to

Peter

:

Thou

,

who

hast

precedence

of

us

in

the

apostleship

,

shouldst

carry

this

palm

before

her

couch

.

And

Peter

answered

him

:

Thou

wast

the

only

virgin

among

us

chosen

by

the

Lord

,

and

thou

didst

find

so

great

favour

that

thou

didst

recline

upon

His

breast

.

And

He

,

when

for

our

salvation

He

was

hanging

upon

the

stem

of

the

cross

,

entrusted

her

to

thee

with

His

own

mouth

.

Thou

therefore

oughtest

to

carry

this

palm

,

and

let

us

take

up

that

body

to

carry

it

even

to

the

place

of

sepulture

.

After

this

,

Peter

,

raising

it

,

and

saying

,

Take

the

body

,

began

to

sing

and

say

:

Israel

hath

gone

forth

out

of

Egypt

.

Alleluiah

.

And

the

other

apostles

along

with

him

carried

the

body

of

the

blessed

Mary

,

and

John

bore

the

palm

of

light

before

the

bier

.

And

the

other

apostles

sang

with

a

most

sweet

voice

.

Notes

10
John xiii. 23.
11
The otherms. inserts: And Paul said to him: And I, who am younger than any of you, will carry along with thee. And when all had agreed, Peter, raising the bier at the head, began to sing and say.