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terior meditations and contemplations were actuated by
infused images and by the science connected with the ab
stract vision of the Divinity, after the manner in which
the saints know and see in God, or through vision, or
knowledge of the creature in themselves. In this manner
our Queen understood the will of God in all her works,
and She did not make use of her sight in knowing or
learning any of these things, although She used her eyes
to see where She was going or with whom She was con
versing in all the sincerity of heart.
127. The sense of hearing She made use of somewhat
more frequently; for it was necessary to listen to the
faithful and to the Apostles in what they reported of the
state of souls, of the Church, and of its needs and spir
itual advancement, in order to answer them, and give
them her instruction and counsels. But She governed her
sense of hearing so completely, that it was affected by no
sound or word, which disagreed in the least with the holi
ness and perfection of her state, or which were not neces
sary for the advance of charity toward her fellow-men.
Of her sense of smell She made no use for terrestrial
odors, or of the common objects of that sense; but by the
intervention of the angels She was regaled by the celestial
perfumes, which were perceived by Her in praise of the
Creator. She experienced a great change also in the
sense of taste;
for She was made aware, that, after her
sojourn in heaven, She could live without earthly
nourishment, though that was not commanded Her, but
left to her own free will. Therefore She ate very sel
dom and sparingly, and this only at times, when saint
Peter or saint John asked Her, or in order to avoid as
tonishment in others at not seeing Her eat. But when
She thus in obedience or in humility tasted food, She per
ceived not the common taste or savor of it,
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