August 1 – Saint Alphonsus of Liguori (d. 1787) Noah’s ark is a true figure of Mary A sinner who goes to Mary must never be afraid of being rejected. ''Mary is the new ark. As brute animals were saved [...] death by her. Let us enter the ark. She will not reject us. … Because it saved all kinds of beasts, Noah’s ark is a true figure of Mary. Sinners, by their vices, are already beasts. There is one difference
immortality (cf. Gen 2), "the Morning Star among the clouds, like the Moon at the full" (Si 50:6), Noah's Dove bringing back the crown of peace (cf. Gen 8:11), the Burning Bush of the revelation blazing [...] between God and humanity (Gen 9:13), the Temple Mountain which "the peoples will stream to" (Mi 4:1), Noah's Ark bringing the world's salvation (cf. Gen 6), Jacob Ladder uniting heaven and earth (cf. Gen 28:12)
immortality (cf. Gen 2), "the Morning Star among the clouds, like the Moon at the full" (Si 50:6), Noah's Dove bringing back the crown of peace (cf. Gen 8:11), the Burning Bush of the revelation blazing [...] between God and humanity (Gen 9:13), the Temple Mountain which "the peoples will stream to" (Mi 4:1), Noah's Ark bringing the world's salvation (cf. Gen 6), Jacob Ladder uniting heaven and earth (cf. Gen 28:12)
on a snow-covered mountain background with a ship, depicting Mount Ararat and the stranded Ark of Noah. In 1936, Armenia became a Soviet republic federated to the USSR. Other artifacts were unearthed,
