And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
The root of Jesse the patriarch is the family of the Jews, Mary is the rod, Christ the flower of Mary, who, about to spread the good odor of faith throughout the whole world, budded forth from a virgin womb, as he himself said: “I am the flower of the plain, a lily of the valley.”
