Tag: Virginity
On Virginity
The holy look of virginity is precious indeed in the judgment of all who make purity the test of beauty; but it belongs to...
St. Marys Virginity – A Biblical Reality
Aaron’s rod, in fact, is Mary.
It is a type of her virginity.
She conceived and bore the Son of the Most High,
the...
The Practice Of Virginity As A Spiritual Martyrdom
As was pointed out at the beginning of this chapter, the suffering required for spiritual martyrdom may arise from exterior agents, or from natural...
The Life Of St Agnes
The blessed virgin S. Agnes was much wise, and well taught, as S. Ambrose witnesses, and wrote her passion. She was fair in countenance,...
Concerning Virgins; St Agnes
My task begins favorably, that since today is the birthday of a virgin, I have to speak of virgins, and the treatise has its...
St Mary As An Example of Virginity
Let then, the life of St Mary be as it were virginity itself, set forth in a likeness, from which, as from a mirror,...
True Virginity
You desire, then, to be a virgin? Do you know what hardship there is in true virginity that which stands constantly at all seasons...
Martyrs For The Sake Of Chastity
Two eminent phenomena distinguished the Christians of the early generations of Christianity, these are the desire for martyrdom and the love of chastity and...
