cause of our being brought to the last end. But the New Law does this: wherefore the Apostle says ( Heb. 10:19-22 ): "Having therefore, brethren, a confidence in the entering into the Holies by the blood of Christ, a new . . . way which He hath dedicated for us . . . let us draw…

e of eternal salvation." Thirdly, through Him we have acquired the perfection of glory, according to Heb. 10:19 : "We have [Vulg.: 'Having'] a confidence in the entering into the Holies" (i.e. the heavenly glory) "through His Blood." Therefore Christ Himself, as man, was not only…

gates of heaven. But this was not possible before the Passion of Christ, according to the Apostle ( Heb. 10:19 ): "We have [Vulg.: 'having'] therefore a confidence in the entering into the Holies by His blood." It seems therefore that the Blessed Virgin was not sanctified before…