CIUDAD to - the Catholic Kingdom!

THE CORONATION 527
govern Her in all her actions and lead Her to the highest
end proposed for his glory.
618. As for the rest concerning this feast, although She
was not raised to heaven as on the day of her Conception,
yet her divine Son came down from there with many
choirs of the angels, with the Patriarchs and Prophets,
and with saint Joachim, saint Anne, and saint Joseph.
With this company Christ our Savior descended in order
to celebrate the birthday of his most blessed Mother upon
earth. And this purest of creatures, in the presence of
that celestial company, adored the Lord with wonderful
reverence and worship, and again expressed her thankful
acknowledgment for having been placed upon the earth
and for the benefits connected therewith. Then the angels
imitated Her and sang: "Nativitas tua, Dei Genetrix
Virgo," etc., signifying: Thy birth, O Mother of God,
announced to all the universe a great joy; for of Thee
was born the Sun of justice, Christ our God. The Patri
archs and Prophets sang their hymns of glory and thanks
giving; Adam and Eve also, because in Her was born the
Restorer of their ruin; her parents and her spouse, be
cause they had been blessed with such a Daughter and
Spouse. Then the Lord himself raised the heavenly
Mother from the ground on which She lay prostrate, and
placed Her at his right hand ;
and straightway new mys
teries of the Divinity were manifested to Her. This
vision, although not intuitive but abstractive, afforded
Her a still
deeper insight and participation in the Divin
ity.
619. By these ineffable favors She was transformed,
inflamed and spiritualized to the likeness of her divine
Son in a new and special manner, as if for a new begin
ning. On these occasions the Evangelist saint John merit
ed some measure of participation in the feast, for he heard
Private Use Only