>I don't have an auctoritas handy, but I had always taken those beams of
>light (pointing to the BVM's ear, rather than to her head) to be
>representative of the "Word made Flesh" in Mary's womb; that upon hearing=
>the word of God from the mouth of Gabriel she immediately conceived. The=
>Physiologus (13th c.) picked up on the aural conception theme and
>attributes this genetive trait to either the weasel or the hyena, I forge=
>t which - in pious emulation, of course.
In short:
Mary heard the Word of God (so perfectly that)
The Word took flesh in her womb
Tha is the point of the Angelus:
The Angel of the Lord said to Mary ( trad: declared )
Adn she conceived, of the Holy Spirit ( trad: Ghost )
etc.
a.c
Anselm Cramer OSB
Ampleforth Abbey, York
GB - YO6 4EN
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