Understanding The Virgin Intro

My nephews saw my first post on the Virgin Mary and said little except how typical it was of people of my particular bent. They observed that if a person on the street were to come up to me and ask the time of day, I would probably attempt to drop Big Ben on their heads. Alas. There is this introduction, a part 1 - a tad lengthy, and part 2, a bit more to the point. However, there have been some things I have been musing over for a long, long time and I felt I had to put them down in part 1. Maybe I did not have to. Don't know. Too late the phalarope.