the-glories-of-mary

310 GLOKIKS OF MARY.
divine mother: May this oil of salvation descend
into the depths of our soul; by which he intends
to say: Oh Lady, remind us often to pronounce
thy name with love and confidence; for thus to
name thee, either is a sign that we already
possess divine grace, or it is an earnest that we
shall soon recover it.
For as Landolph of Saxony expresses it: The
remembrance of thy name, oh Mary, consoles
the afflicted, brings back the wanderer to the
path of salvation, encourages the sinner, and
saves him from despair;* and Father Pelbart re
marks, that as Jesus Christ by his five wounds
has prepared for the world the remedy for its
woes, thus also Mary, with her most holy name,
which is
composed of five letters, confers every
day pardon upon sinners. f
For this reason, the holy name of Mary
in the
sacred Canticles is
compared to oil: Thy name
is as oil poured out: "Oleum effusum nomen
The blessed
tuum."J Alanus, commenting on
this passage, says: The glory of her name is
compared to oil poured out. As oil heals the
sick, diffuses odor, and kindles flame; thus the
preaecordia, S. Maria, quo diTinse gratia epiramenta redoleam. De
Instit. Virg. c. 13.
* O Maria, tui recordatio nominis moestos Iietificat, errantes ad
viam salutis revocat, et peccatores ne despereut confortat. In vita
Christ, p. 2, c. 86.
t Sic Maria suo sanctissimo nomine, quod quinque litteris conrtAS,
onfert quotidie veniair t>eccatoribue. Stellar, a. 2.
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