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CHAPTER VI.
THE VISIT OF THE MOST BLESSED MARY TO THE HOLY
PLACES; SHE GAINS MYSTERIOUS TRIUMPHS OVER THE
DEMONS; SHE SEES THE DIVINITY IN HEAVEN BY A
BEATIFIC VISION ;
THE APOSTLES CONVOKE A COUNCIL;
THE HIDDEN MYSTERIES CONNECTED WITH ALL THESE
EVENTS.
480. All our efforts are gloriously insufficient to de
scribe the plenitude of perfection of all the doings of
the most blessed Mary; for unfailingly
are we over
come by the grandeur of even the smallest virtue (if
indeed there be any of them small) when we come to
consider the matter upon which She wrought them.
But our efforts, shall always be full of blessings for us,
if, without presumptuously attempting to fathom this
ocean of grace, we humble ourselves to glorify and exalt
in Her the Creator and to discover more and more in
what we can imitate Her. I shall esteem myself very
fortunate, if
by making known the favors conferred by
God upon our great Queen, I can show to the children
of the Church something of what is so far above that
for which I
cannot find adequate and appropriate terms
to describe; for in all that I can say, I shall still
speak
as one that is dull, stuttering and without fervor of devo
tion. Wonderful are the events which have been mani
fested to me for the purpose of being recorded in this
and the following chapters.
481. After the most blessed Mary had complied obedi
ently with the will of saint Peter, as I have related in the
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