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The Passing of Mary

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Section 15

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15. And the apostles, carrying Mary, came to the place

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of

the

Valley

of

Jehoshaphat

which

the

Lord

had

showed

them

;

and

they

laid

her

in

a

new

tomb

,

and

closed

the

sepulchre

.

And

they

themselves

sat

down

at

the

door

of

the

tomb

,

as

the

Lord

had

commanded

them

;

and

,

behold

,

suddenly

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

came

with

a

great

multitude

of

angels

,

with

a

halo

of

great

brightness

gleaming

,

and

said

to

the

apostles

:

Peace

be

with

you

!

And

they

answered

and

said

:

Let

Thy

mercy

,

O

Lord

,

be

upon

us

,

as

we

have

hoped

in

Thee

.

Then

the

Saviour

spoke

to

them

,

saying

:

Before

I

ascended

to

my

Father

I

promised

to

you

,

saying

that

you

who

have

followed

me

in

the

regeneration

,

when

the

Son

of

man

shall

sit

upon

the

throne

of

His

majesty

,

will

sit

,

you

also

,

upon

twelve

thrones

,

judging

the

twelve

tribes

of

Israel

.

Her

,

therefore

,

did

I

choose

out

of

the

tribes

of

Israel

by

the

command

of

my

Father

,

that

I

should

dwell

in

her

.

What

,

therefore

,

do

you

wish

that

I

should

do

to

her

?

Then

Peter

and

the

other

apostles

said

:

Lord

,

Thou

didst

choose

beforehand

this

Thine

handmaid

to

become

a

spotless

chamber

for

Thyself

,

and

us

Thy

servants

to

minister

unto

Thee

.

Before

the

ages

Thou

didst

foreknow

all

things

along

with

the

Father

,

with

whom

to

Thee

and

the

Holy

Spirit

there

is

one

Godhead

,

equal

and

infinite

power

.

If

,

therefore

,

it

were

possible

to

be

done

in

the

presence

of

the

power

of

Thy

grace

,

it

had

seemed

to

us

Thy

servants

to

be

right

that

,

just

as

Thou

,

having

vanquished

death

,

reignest

in

glory

,

so

,

raising

up

again

the

body

of

Thy

mother

,

Thou

shouldst

take

her

with

Thee

in

joy

into

heaven

.

Notes

20
Ps. xxxiii. 22.
21
Matt. xix. 28.