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The Passing of Mary

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Section 16

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16. Then the Saviour said: Let it be according to

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your

opinion

.

And

He

ordered

the

archangel

Michael

to

bring

the

soul

of

St

.

Mary

.

And

,

behold

,

the

archangel

Michael

rolled

back

the

stone

from

the

door

of

the

tomb

;

and

the

Lord

said

:

Arise

,

my

beloved

and

my

nearest

relation

;

thou

who

hast

not

put

on

corruption

by

intercourse

with

man

,

suffer

not

destruction

of

the

body

in

the

sepulchre

.

And

immediately

Mary

rose

from

the

tomb

,

and

blessed

the

Lord

,

and

falling

forward

at

the

feet

of

the

Lord

,

adored

Him

,

saying

:

I

cannot

render

sufficient

thanks

to

Thee

,

O

Lord

,

for

Thy

boundless

benefits

which

Thou

hast

deigned

to

bestow

upon

me

Thine

handmaiden

.

May

Thy

name

,

O

Redeemer

of

the

world

,

God

of

Israel

,

be

blessed

for

ever

.

Notes

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The otherms. has Gabriel.