Mary from a drop in the ocean to the Star of the sea

Mary – from a drop in the ocean to the Star of the sea

Monday, October 2nd, 2017

St. Jerome translated Mary’s Hebrew name Miryam, which means drop of the sea, into the Latin Stilla Maris.

Either due to a peasant dialect or a transcription error, Stilla became Stella.

So Mary went from a drop in the ocean to the star of the sea. This speaks highly to God’s power in exalting the humble!

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