Blushes And Believing

Talibus enim obsequiis angelus intentam invenit atque salutavit. Utpote virgo verecunda erubuit; a quo confortata, quae dicebantur credidit, et credendo auctorem nostrae salutis edidit Jesum Christum Dominum nostrum quem partriarchae et prophetae praeviderunt et praedixerunt de virgine nasciturum. Odilo Cluniacensis Abbas, Sermo XIII De Nativitate Beatae Mariae Virginis Source: Migne PL 142.1028d-1029a

With such deference the angel found and saluted her attentive. As is natural in a modest maiden she blushed, by which greatly strengthened she believed in what was said, and in the believing conceived the creator of our salvation our Lord Jesus Christ, whom the patriarchs and prophets foresaw and foretold would be born from a virgin. Saint Odo of Cluny, from Sermon 13, On The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary