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such terror to the
demons, that they
could not tolerate
it and they felt a force so oppressive and tormenting
proceeding from Her, that they were obliged to recede
still farther from the invincible Queen. They broke
out into fearful roarings, audible to Her alone, and they
exclaimed : "Let us fly from this Woman, our Enemy,
who so confounds and oppresses us by her virtues. We
seek to blot out the remembrance and the veneration of
these places, in which men were redeemed and in which
we were despoiled of our dominion; and this Woman,
being a mere creature, hinders our designs and renews
the triumphs gained by her Son upon the Cross."
483. The most holy Mary made all the stations of the
holy places in company of her angels; and having ar
rived on mount Olivet, where her Son ascended into
heaven, the Lord himself, in effable beauty and glory,
descended from his throne to visit and console his most
pure Mother. He manifested Himself to Her with the
affection and bounty of a Son, yet as the infinite and
powerful God. He so filled Her with his Divinity and
elevated Her above the terrestrial, that for a long time
She was separated from visible things and
; though She
ceased not to attend to external works, She performed
them with a greater constraint upon Herself, being com
pletely spiritualized and transformed into her Divine
Son. Through her divine Son She perceived that these
favors were part of her reward for her- humility and
obedience toward saint Peter and in attending upon his
commands in preference not only to her devotion, but
also her convenience. He also promised Her anew his
assistance in her battle against the demons and in imme
diate fulfillment of this promise, the Lord ordained that
Lucifer and his hosts should then and there become con
vinced of a power in Her such as they had not ex
perienced before.
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