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THE CORONATION 515
602. Then Christ our God turned to his purest Mother
and said most :
"My loving Mother, I shall remain with
Thee always as long as thy mortal life shall last; and I
shall be with Thee in a new manner, so wonderful, as
neither men nor angels have known until now. In my
presence thou shalt not feel lonely, and where I am, there
shall be my reign, in Me shalt Thou rest from thy
anxieties; I shall be thy recompense in the narrowed
space of thy exile for
;
Thee the fetters of thy mortal body
shall not be irksome and soon shalt Thou be free of them.
Until that day comes, I shall be the end of thy afflictions,
and I shall release the barriers still
opposing thy loving
desires. In all this do I give Thee my royal promise."
While these promises and favors were lavished upon Her
the most Holy Mary was immersed in her ineffable hu
mility, praising, magnifying and thanking the Omnipotent
for his beneficent liberality and annihilating Herself in
her own estimation. Such a spectacle can neither be
described nor understood in this life. For here was to
be seen the infinite God freely proclaiming his Mother
worthy of assuming the highest place in the estimation
of his infinite wisdom, while She, in rivalry with the in
finite Power, humiliated Herself, abased and annihilated
Herself, though meriting the exaltation She received.
603. Besides all this She was enlightened and renewed
in all her faculties, (in the manner explained elsewhere),
for the beatific vision. When She was thus prepared,
the veil fell, and for some hours, wrapt in the intuitive
vision of God, She enjoyed the essential fruition and
glory in a manner far above that of the saints. She
drank the waters of life from their own fount; Shv*
satiated her most burning desires ;
She reached her centre
and rested from that swift motion, which She was again
to resume as soon as She was to return from her vision.
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