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maternal compassion. In order that this merit might not
be wanting in Her, the Lord conferred this second kind
of knowledge upon Her for all the time of her pilgrimage
here below.
Joined with this plenitude, of infused species
and knowledge, She held also absolute command of her
faculties, as I said above, so that She admitted no images
or ideas except those that were absolutely necessary for
sustaining life, or for some work of charity or perfec
tion. With this adornment and beauty, which was patent
to the angels and saints, the heavenly Lady was an ob
ject of admiration, inducing them to praise and glorify
the Most High for the worthy exercise of all his attri
butes in Mary, his most holy instrument.
235. On this occasion She offered a most profound
prayer for the perseverance and courage of the Apostles
in their preaching throughout the world. And the Lord
promised Her, that He would guard and assist them to
manifest the glory of his name, and that He would at
the end worthily reward them for their labors and merits.
By this promise most holy Mary was filled with grateful
jubilee and She exhorted the Apostles to give themselves
up to this work with all their heart, to set out joyfully
and confidently for the conversion of the world. Speak
She
ing to them many other words of sweetness and life,
congratulated them on her knees in the name of her di
vine Son for the obedience they had shown, and in her
own name, She thanked them for the zeal they had mani
fested for the honor of the Lord and for the blessings
they had brought to souls by their sacrifice. She kissed
the hands of each of the Apostles, offering her prayers
and her services and asking them for their blessing, which
they, as priests of God, gave Her.
236. A few days after the partition of the earth among
the Apostles, they began to leave Jerusalem, especially
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