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THE CORONATION 101
Many other words of life saint Peter and the other
Apostles spoke to them, by which the perfidious Jews
and the other unbelievers were much confounded; and
withdrew and left the
as no one could answer, they
C.enacle. But the number of those that received the
true faith of Jesus Christ amounted to about three
thousand (Acts 2, 41). They
all attached themselves
to the Apostles and were baptized by them to the great
consternation and fear of all
Jerusalem for the wonders
;
and prodigies performed by the Apostles filled with
terror and dismay
all the unbelievers.
79. The three thousand, who were converted by the
first sermon of saint Peter, were from all the nations
then gathered in Jerusalem, so that forthwith all nations,
without excluding any, might partake of the fruits of
the Redemption, all might be gathered to the Church,
and all
might experience the grace of the Holy Spirit;
for the holy Church was to be composed of all nations
and tribes. Many were Jews, who had followed Christ
our Savior with kindly feelings and witnessed his suf
ferings and Death with compassion, as I said above.
Some also of those, who had concurred in his Passion,
were converted, though these were few, because many
would not alter their disposition; for, if
they had done
so, all of them would have been admitted to mercy and
received pardon for their error. After their preaching
the Apostles retired that evening within the Cenacle, in
order to give an account to the Mother of mercy, the
purest Mary. With them also entered a great number
of the new children of the Church, in order that they
might come to know and venerate the Mother of mercy.
80. But the great Queen of the angels was ignorant
of nothing that had happened; for from her retreat
She had heard the preaching of the .Apostles and She
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