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to arise in his most blessed Mother in order that the
favor of her new state, held in readiness for Her by his
omnipotence, might come to Her so much the more
opportunely. Therefore He spoke to Her and said :
"My
Spouse and my Beloved, the anxious aspirations of thy
most ardent love have wounded my heart and by the
power of my right hand I wish to operate in thee what
I have done to none of the creatures, nor ever shall do;
for thou art chosen as none other of my creatures for
my delights. For thee alone have I prepared a state
and condition, in which I shall nourish thee with my
Divinity as one of the blessed, yet in a different manner ;
in it thou shalt continually enjoy my sight and my em
braces, my peace and tranquillity, without being embar
rassed by created things or by thy condition as a pilgrim.
In this habitation thou shalt wing thy flight freely and
without bonds through the infinite regions required by
thy love and from it thou shalt also
; fly to the aid of the
holy Church, of which thou art Mother. Charged with
my treasures, thou shalt distribute them among thy
brethren according to thy pleasure in their necessities and
labors, so that through thee they all may be relieved."
536. This is the favor which I pointed out in the last
chapter and which the Evangelist clothes in these words :
"And the Woman fled into the wilderness, where She
had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed
Her a thousand two hundred and sixty days,"
and a
little farther on : "And there were given to the Woman
two wings of a great eagle, that She might fly into the
desert unto her place, where She was nourished" (Apoc.
12, 14). It is not easy to make myself understood re
garding this mystery; for it contains many supernatural
effects, which have no counterpart in any other creature
and are wonders reserved by God exclusively to the
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