Gradual of Octave Day of the Nativity

Psalm 97:3-4,2

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God: sing joyfully to God, all the earth. V. The Lord hath made known His salvation: He hath revealed His justice in the sight of the nations.

Haydock

Verse 3. Israel. The prophets foretold the liberation of the Jew, and of mankind. The blessed Virgin seems to allude to this passage. Lu. i. 55. C. — Some Jews were converted. Rom. xi. W.

Verse 2. Salvation. Cyrus, or the Messias, whose gospel is preached every where, (C.) and who has saved the world. W.

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