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The Passing of Mary

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2. In the second year, therefore, after Christ had vanquished

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death

,

and

ascended

up

into

heaven

,

on

a

certain

day

,

Mary

,

burning

with

a

longing

for

Christ

,

began

to

weep

alone

,

within

the

shelter

of

her

abode

.

And

,

behold

,

an

angel

,

shining

in

a

dress

of

great

light

,

stood

before

her

and

gave

utterance

to

the

words

of

salutation

saying

:

Hail

!

thou

blessed

by

the

Lord

,

receive

the

salutation

of

Him

who

commanded

safety

to

Jacob

by

His

prophets

.

Behold

,

said

He

,

a

palm

branch

—

I

have

brought

it

to

thee

from

the

paradise

of

the

Lord

—

which

thou

wilt

cause

to

be

carried

before

thy

bier

,

when

on

the

third

day

thou

shalt

be

taken

up

from

the

body

.

For

,

lo

,

thy

Son

awaits

thee

with

thrones

and

angels

,

and

all

the

powers

of

heaven

.

Then

Mary

said

to

the

angel

:

I

beg

that

all

the

apostles

of

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

be

assembled

to

me

.

To

whom

the

angel

said

:

Behold

,

to

-

day

,

by

the

power

of

my

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

all

the

apostles

will

come

to

thee

.

And

Mary

says

to

him

:

I

ask

that

thou

send

upon

me

thy

blessing

,

that

no

power

of

the

lower

world

may

withstand

me

in

that

hour

in

which

my

soul

shall

go

out

of

my

body

,

and

that

I

may

not

see

the

prince

of

darkness

.

And

the

angel

said

:

No

power

indeed

of

the

lower

world

will

hurt

thee

;

and

thy

Lord

God

,

whose

servant

and

messenger

I

am

,

hath

given

thee

eternal

blessing

;

but

do

not

think

that

the

privilege

of

not

seeing

the

prince

of

darkness

is

to

be

given

thee

by

me

,

but

by

Him

whom

thou

hast

carried

in

thy

womb

;

for

to

Him

belongeth

power

over

all

for

ever

and

ever

.

Thus

saying

,

the

angel

departed

with

great

splendour

.

And

that

palm

shone

with

exceeding

great

light

.

Then

Mary

,

undressing

herself

,

put

on

better

garments

.

And

,

taking

the

palm

which

she

had

received

from

the

hands

of

the

angel

,

she

went

out

to

the

mount

of

Olivet

,

and

began

to

pray

,

and

say

:

I

had

not

been

worthy

,

O

Lord

,

to

bear

Thee

,

unless

Thou

hadst

had

compassion

on

me

;

but

nevertheless

I

have

kept

the

treasure

which

Thou

entrustedst

to

me

.

Therefore

I

ask

of

Thee

,

O

King

of

glory

,

that

the

power

of

Gehenna

hurt

me

not

.

For

if

the

heavens

and

the

angels

daily

tremble

before

Thee

,

how

much

more

man

who

is

made

from

the

ground

,

who

possesses

no

good

thing

,

except

as

much

as

he

has

received

from

Thy

benignant

bounty

!

Thou

art

,

O

Lord

,

God

always

blessed

for

ever

.

And

thus

saying

,

she

went

back

to

her

dwelling

.

Notes

3
Lit., sprung forward to.