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294 CITY OF GOD
mother Eve, in her ignorance, began by destroying the
palace of this world built by God, on the other hand the
most blessed Mary, who was most wise and the Mother
of wisdom, rebuilt it and restored ,it by her peerless
prudence ;
and therefore She was worthy to enter into the
councils of the most holy Trinity where its restoration
was to be planned.
315. There She was again asked what favors She
requested and desired for Herself and for the whole
Church, in particular for the Apostles and disciples
of the Lord. The most prudent Mother repeated
her most fervent desires for the glory and exalta
tion of God s holy name, and for restriction of the
persecution designed by the enemies of the Lord against
the faithful. Although the three Persons of the most
holy Trinity well knew all her desires, yet they com
manded the great Lady to propose them, in order to elicit
their approbation and delight and in order to make Her
more capable of new mysteries of their divine Wisdom
and the predestination of the elect. To explain what has
been shown me of this sacrament, I will say, that, be
cause the will of the most holy Mary was most just, holy,
and in all things pleasing and conformable to the most
blessed Trinity,
it seems (according to our way of under
standing such things) God could not will anything con
trary to this most pure Lady; for He was bent in the
direction of her holiness and was wounded by the hair
and eyes of so beloved a Spouse (Cant. 4, 9), and One so
singular among all creatures and since the Father looked
;
upon Her as his Daughter, the Son as his Mother, and
the Holy Ghost as his Spouse, and since all Three had
entrusted to Her the Church in fullest confidence, there
fore the three Persons did not wish to decree the exe
cution of anything without, as it were, consulting the
wisdom and the pleasure of the Queen of all Creation.
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