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$\"\"$ On the day after celebrating the Birth of Mary<\/a>, we remember <\/span>her parents<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

B<\/span><\/span>e glad, O barren one;
Be glad, O aged Anna.
You will conceive and give birth
To a wondrous child, a chosen one \u2013<\/p>\n

As once did the aged Sarah,
And the mother of Samson,
And the mother of Samuel,
And the mother of John \u2013<\/p>\n

Yet you will be more glorious than all,
For you will give birth from the womb
To the wonderful Virgin, the only
Wonderful Mother of the Most-high King.<\/p>\n

Be glad, O Joachim,
Father of the unprecedented mother,
Of whom the Creator desires
To be clothed with glory.<\/p>\n

The Law loses its power
When God wills, and where He wills.
Who can gainsay God?
Can there be any dispute with God?<\/p>\n

Not by disputation, but by love
Does God change His laws.
Before love, all laws
Are as if nonexistent.<\/p>\n

When men hunger, the Lord
Makes the dry field fertile;
And because of the spiritual hunger of the world,
He makes the barren one fertile.<\/p>\n

For the salvation of men, the Lord
Arranges all for the best.
That is why all the Church of the saints
Cries out to Him: Glory! Glory!<\/p>\n

\u2014 St Nikolai Velimirovic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taken from the <\/span><\/em>Prologue of Ohrid<\/span><\/em><\/a> (\u201cHYMN OF PRAISE: Saints Joachim and Anna\u201d \u2013 September 9th).
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Image <\/span><\/em>Source<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"