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3. It is written in the
Gospel, of the mother and brethren of Christ, that is, His kindred
after the flesh, that, when word had been brought to Him, and they
were standing without, because they could not come to Him by reason
of the crowd, He made answer, “Who is My mother? or who are My
brethren? and stretching forth His Hand over His disciples, He
saith, These are My brethren: and whosoever shall have done the
will of My Father, that man is to Me brother, and mother, and
sister.”2029
What else
teaching us, than to prefer to kindred after the flesh, our descent
after the Spirit: and that men are not blessed for this reason,
that they are united by nearness of flesh unto just and holy men,
but that, by obeying and following, they cleave unto their doctrine
and conduct. Therefore Mary is more blessed in receiving the faith
of Christ, than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. For to a certain
one who said, “Blessed is the womb, which bare Thee,”2030
He Himself
made answer, “Yea, rather, blessed are they who hear the Word of
God, and keep it.” Lastly, to His brethren, that is, His kindred
after the flesh, who believed not in Him, what profit was there in
that being of kin? Thus also her nearness as a Mother would have
been of no profit to Mary, had she not borne Christ in her heart
after a more blessed manner than in her flesh.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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