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16 lord, with your word you nourished Mary of Bet:hapy who listened at your feet, and you received the devotion · of Martha who served you. Through this meal we are about to take in your presence, ma,ke us more attentive to your \\Ord , nore ready and willing in the service of our brethren, today and ;for all eternity. 3 We are not aware of undue exaggeration in about the :importance of this elarent in our celebration, brief though it be. It is a fact of experience that this quite simple appeal for·the prayer of OUr Lady, foll.CMed by one of the titles dear to Olristian (and Cistercian) tion, makes it possible to express with real depth and in a very hunan, realistic manner, the intensity of our Marian devotion. To the extent that one can attarpt to explain this pherr.menon at the level of literary technique, it seans that it is precisely the bility of havin;J a variable foDnUla which is m:>st effective. The ruption" of sarething unexpected within a fixed, pre-detennined setting or structure, but where this "sarething unexpected" is not an elsrent of surprise, fosters attention and ensures that the word spoken and ceived is marked with truth and authenticity.In this context, there is ro longer a question of quantity. As we remc::irked with regard to the prayer, the same holds true for every ' discreet, appropriate gloss or m:>dification of familiar faonulas - provided that the ccmnunity is prepared for this. re-
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