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Esther 1:3

Western Saints

Rabanus Maurus

"So in the third year of his rule, King Ahasuerus held a grand feast for all his officials and young men, the famous heroes of Persia and Media, and the chiefs of the provinces in his presence, so that he could show off the wealth of the glory of his kingdom." For our Redeemer—whom Ahasuerus represented in both his title and his rank—is interpreted as "my entry" or "my court", because in the third era of that age the eternal ruler of man in the Father and the Holy Spirit opened wide to the human race the sacrament of his incarnation; …

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