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CHAPTER VIII.
EXPLANATION OF THE MIRACLE THROUGH WHICH THE
SACRAMENTAL SPECIES WERE PRESERVED IN THE
MOST BLESSED MARY FROM ONE COMMUNION TO THE
NEXT; THE MANNER OF ITS OPERATION AFTER SHE
CAME DOWN TO THE CHURCH FROM HEAVEN.
118. Until now I have only very slightly touched upon
the miracle mentioned in the above heading, and, in order
that so great a miracle of the Lord in favor of his most
loving Mother may not be without the special mention
demanded by our piety, I have reserved it for this chap
ter. My own limited powers of explanation grieve me ;
more than what
for not only am I ignorant of infinitely I perceive concerning it, but even what I know, I can de
scribe only in most unsatisfactory and inadequate terms
and by language falling far short of my conceptions.
Nevertheless I dare not pass over in silence the benefits
conferred upon our great Queen by the right hand of her
divine Son, after She had descended from heaven to take
charge of his Church on earth; for if they were great
and ineffable before that time, they now increased in
eminent variety and exhibited at the same time the in
finite power of Him who conferred them, and the im
mense capacity of that singular and chosen Creature, who
received them.
119. To explain this rare and prodigious blessing, that
the sacramental body of Christ in the sacred species
should be preserved continually in the bosom of Mary, it
is
not necessary to seek for another cause than that un-
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