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Speaker 0 00:00:02 Now that we've had our may procession, we'll spend just a few minutes looking at a few of the ways that the blessed Virgin Mary is prefigured in the old Testament. So smarter, we'll just consider a few of the types of blessed Virgin that we see in the old Testament before we start, let's make sure we all remember what the word type means. Remember type is a person, a thing, or an action that acts surely exists, but it's also intended by God to prefigure foreshadow a future person thing or action. So type is a person thing or action that actually does exist, but is also intended by God to prefigure or foreshadow a future person thing or action. Okay. That being said, let's consider just a few of the types of blessed Virgin found in the old Testament. We'll start a book of Genesis with a prophecy, and then we'll see partial fulfillment of that.
Speaker 0 00:00:53 As types in the book of Genesis, we see the first prophecy, the blessed Virgin Mary in Genesis three 15, when right after the follow the Lord, God speaks to the serpent quote. I'll put MTS between the and the woman between nice seed and Hersey shisha crush the head and the off shut line. Wait for he'll close the cold. And we begin to see prophetic partial fulfillment of this prophecy, which point forward to the point. Perfect fulfillment. Our lady. For example, in the book of judges, we see jail. It's a woman who saved the people of Israel and how'd she do that, but pawning a tense take through the head of the enemy general. She crushed his head later in the book. We also see the woman who saved Israel when she dropped in upper millstone on head of another enemy general. So she crushed his head.
Speaker 0 00:01:43 And then in the book of Judith, we see Judith who saves Israel. When she cuts off the head of an enemy general. Again, we see the woman crushing the head of the enemy. Now in each one of these cases, there are at least three types. We've noticed this before. Obviously Israel really exists of itself, but Israel is also intended by God to prefigure the Catholic church. So Israel is a type of the Catholic church, okay? The enemy generals actually existed, but they were often intended by God to prefect. You represent Satan and the enemies of the church. So the enemy generals were types of the devil and the woman who crushed the head of the enemy. Generalists existed too, but they're also intended by God to prefigure her. And you can notice what our lady's doing here. You can't see it well, the way that alters built.
Speaker 0 00:02:31 But if you, if you walk around on either side of it and take a look at it, she's standing there crushing the head, the serpent, there's a serpent there. So when we consider these women and what they did for Israel, we can see foreshadowings of our lady. She does for the Catholic church. Okay. After jail cuts off the head of the sleepy enemy general, she's praised by Deborah who says, quote, blessed among women, BGL the wife of him, the canine, and bless it be she and her tent close quote, that sounds familiar after Judith cuts off the head of the sleeping enemy general, then she's praised by the Prince of his who says blessed are thou daughter by law. The most high God above all women on the earth close quote. Again, that should sound familiar. And the reason those kinds of praises familiar, of course, as those praises are just foreshadowings of the Archangel.
Speaker 0 00:03:21 Gabriel's praise of our lady. When he says, bless Siddhartha amongst women, it's turned to another example and the divine office. Now that's the songs, the scripture readings, the prayers, and the hymns that priest and religious pray a good number of times every day on the divine office for the face of the Mac conception, we can find another foreshadowing of our lady. There's a prophecy taken from chapter 44 in the book <inaudible> and it speaks Eastern gate of the temple quote. This gate shall be shut. It shall not be opened and no man shall pass. It's true because the Lord, God of Israel has entered in by it and will be shut for the Prince. The Prince himself shall sit in it close qual in Spanish, in Arabic word of God, Cornelius ELAP a day. Great Jesuit live 400 years ago, summarized the teachings of the fathers.
Speaker 0 00:04:15 It is great scripture commentary it's says massive work with the teachings, the fathers and every line in scripture, he died before he had job and the Psalms done. So songs were done by st. Robert Bellarmine and show was done by another Jesuit, but this massive massive work. Anyway, he has two full pages and really fine print commenting on this prophecy. Here's a tiny selection. I just translated it. Two little excerpts, quote, all the fathers, all the fathers state that the literal sense of this prophecy. So all the father stated the literal sense of this prophecy is that's closed gate. The blessed Virgin Mary, in which the Prince that is Christ. The Lord sits when having been conceived of her most peer flesh, he lived for nine months in her sacred womb as if it were his own dwelling place and temple. And the phrase is it, the closed gate show you shut for the prints means that even when the Prince passes through it, the gate should be closed and shall remain closed from this.
Speaker 0 00:05:14 It is obvious. That is day fee day. It means it's of the faith. The blessed Virgin was and remained yeah. Ever Virgin, because here it is said that even the Prince himself, namely Christ the gate would remain closed, close quotes. According to the Slappy day, finally, let's consider an old Testament type that's reminiscent of our may procession today. And that's the arc of the covenant. Remember that the arc was olden box built to the exact specified <inaudible> handed down to Moses by God contained a number of items, including the two tablets containing the word of God. It's the 10 commandments they're carved in stone by God himself contain a jar full of man at this miracle bread had fallen from heaven and also contained the rod of Aaron, which had blossomed. The arc had a golden lid, this mercy seed, which had two cherubim on it, sitting over it.
Speaker 0 00:06:07 When the Ark of the Lord was placed in the Holy place, whether it was in the tabernacle, remember that's the moveable tent structure they used for worship before they built a temple. So when it was placed in the Holy of Holies, whether it was in a, in a tabernacle or later in a temple, the glory cloud of the Lord would come down to rest above the mercy seat. That golden lid of the Ark and the Ark was so Holy. It couldn't even be touched. Remember what happened to Owen King? David was moving the arc up to Jerusalem. They put it on a car by sliding these golden covered poles, two rings and a side of the arch and picking it up and say on the car, cause he couldn't touch it. But then as they were hauling, it looked like the arc was going to slip off the cart.
Speaker 0 00:06:46 So always have reached out to steady it. And he was struck dead right then and there for having touched it. Okay. So what does any of that have to do with the blessed Virgin Mary we'll just summarize. This will rely in large measure on a little chart. I have called the blessed Virgin Mary as the arc of the covenant in the old Testament, the glory cloud of the Lord overshadowed the arc of the covenant. Then the club covered the tabernacle of testimony in the glory of the Lord filled it. Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all the things and the majesty, the Lord shining for the cloud had covered all for the cloud of Lord hung over the tabernacle by day and a fire by night in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their journeys, close quote, extras, 40 in the new Testament, the glory of the Lord overshadowed our lady, Luke chapter one quote, hail full of grace.
Speaker 0 00:07:37 The Lord is with the dot.dot the Holy ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the most high shall overshadow the close quote, Saint Gabriel, the Archangel and the old Testament that are contained. The 10 commandments. The word of God carved in stone by God, himself char full of man of this bread, which had fallen down from heaven and the rod of Aaron, which having been dead would nevertheless had miraculously blossomed back into life in the new Testament. The blessed Virgin Mary held the word of God made flesh the living bread, which came down from heaven for life for the world. And interestingly laugh, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah 23, verse five and falling one of the prophetic titles of the coming Messiah, that little baby contained within the woman, the blessed Virgin Mary, one of the prophetic titles of the coming Messiah was the righteous branch.
Speaker 0 00:08:27 So she contained within herself, the righteous branch who came to die. But then miraculously came back to life in the old way. Testament, dark was carried to the Hill country of Judah quote and David arose and went with all the people are with him, from of Judah to ring up from there. The Ark of God, close quote, second Kings six in the new Testament quote and Mary rising up in those days, went in the Hill country with haste into a city of Judah close quote, Luke one and the old Testament David greets. The Ark was shouts of joy, new Testament. Elizabeth greets Mary with the show joy and the very Greek word used here for Elizabeth's grading is quote very rare and only used when referring to old Testament, liturgical ceremonies centered around the arch close quote in the old Testament, David leaps in dances before the Ark will closed in a priestly vestment, that's called an EFA quote and David dance with all his might before the Lord.
Speaker 0 00:09:22 And David was girded with a linen F flood close quote, second Kings six in the new Testament. When our lady enters the house of Elizabeth st. John, the Baptist, who was a member of the priestly tribe, leaps for joy. Yeah. And Elizabeth's womb. And the old Testament coat David was afraid of the Lord that day saying, how should the Ark of the Lord come to me? Close quote, second Kings chapter six in the new Testament, Elizabeth ass quote. And once it says to me that their mother, my Lord should come to me close quote, Luke chapter one and the old Testament quote, the Ark of the Lord, a boat in the hostel, nobody him the GetHub night for three months. And the Lord blessed all would eat him and all his household close quote and the new Testament quote and marry a bolt with her Elizabeth, about three months close quote in a course, herself says she sees her house is blessed.
Speaker 0 00:10:13 It, the old Testament, when arc was being carried, it was covered. It's covered with a cloth veil, not just guess what color the veil is. Quote. When the campus to set out Aaron, his son should go in and cover the arc. The test one with a cloth, all of blue close quote numbers, four, five, and six. And in the new Testament, Saint John sees the arc of the covenant in the heavenly temple. As a woman that we see right here in this, you can see it up there. The image of our lady Guadalupe or little one right here, he sees the arc of the covenant heavily tempered. Well, as the woman quote and the temple of God was opened in heaven, an Ark of his Testament was seen in his temple and there were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great hail and a great sign appeared in heaven.
Speaker 0 00:10:58 A woman clothed with the sun and a moon under her feet, not her head a crown. Well, it starts close quote to apocalypse of st. John. Okay. So before we close, let's quickly review, we've taken a quick look, a really quick look at several different old Testament types. The blessed Virgin, Mary limited, the old Testament save the people of God by crushing the heads of enemy generals for shadow our lady and what she does for the people of God. Second, the prophecy, the build for gate of the temple, which is closed even when the Pence passes through it, which for shadows or ladies perpetual virginity. And finally we can. So the arc of the covenant as a foreshadowing of the blessed Virgin, Mary let's close with a beautiful prayer Saint Maximilian, Mary Colby, you can all unite yourself with me as I pray in the name of the father and the son and the Holy ghost, amen or Macklin queen heaven and earth refuge of sinners and our most loving mother, whom God has made the treasure of his mercy.
Speaker 0 00:12:00 I and unworthy sinner throw myself at your most Holy feet and humbly beseech you to accept me whole and entire as your property. Do you own mother? I offer all the faculties of my soul and body and I placed my life, my death, my Aternity in your hands that you may use my entire being, according to your will use me or Mac that version as you will, to fulfill that, which was written of you. She shall crush your head and you've destroyed all heresies throughout the world. Dana and I may be, and your most pure and merciful hands, a useful instrument to make you known and loved by so many airing and indifferent souls, and also to increase as much as possible. The number of those who truly admire and love you in order, the kingdom of the most sacred heart of Jesus may be spread throughout the world. This I can do almost totally mother, and I could only with your help forever, you bestow your grace there alone. Can the conversion and sanctification of souls be achieved and there alone can. The kingdom of the most sacred heart of Jesus be established, amen. Name of the father and the son and the Holy ghost. Amen.
