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to the throne of God and the Woman fled to her
up
destined place in the desert in order that She might there
be nourished one thousand two-hundred and sixty days.
This signifies, that all the legitimate offspring of the
heavenly Mother, as well that which is the fruit of the
general spirit of holiness in the Church, as also the par
ticular souls which She engendered and engenders as
her proper spiritual children, shall arrive at the throne
where is her natural Offspring, Christ, in whom and for
whom She engenders and raises her children. But the
solitude to which the most blessed Mary was carried was
a most exalted and mysterious state, to which She was
raised after her battle and of which I shall say some
thing presently. It is called a solitude, because She
alone of all creatures was in that state, and none other
could ever reach or attain it. In it She was without
the company of creatures; and She was moreover left
alone by the dragon, who more than any one else was
ignorant of this mystery, and could not any more tempt
or persecute Her in person. There the Lord nourished
Her one thousand two hundred and sixty days, which
was the time She lived in this state before passing to
another.
519. All this was darkly known and intimated to
Lucifer and his demons before this heavenly Woman and
living Sign was hidden away from their sight. The
knowledge of her destiny took away the confidence,
which, for more than five thousand years, had inspired
the dragon with the hope of being able to vanquish Her
who was the Mother of the incarnate Word. Hence the
despair and torment of Lucifer and his demons can to a
certain extent be imagined; especially as they now saw
themselves overcome and held bound by the very Wom
an, whom they had with such insane fury sought to cast
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