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the activity of the most blessed Mary resembled that of
God himself, who is a pure act, operative by his very
being or essence, which cannot cease in its
infinite activ
ity.
Of this quality and excellence of the Divinity our
great Queen had acquired a certain ineffable participa
tion, so that She seemed in Herself to be one continued
and untiring act. If grace is impatient of rest in others,
no one must be surprised, if in Mary, in whom grace
was without measure and, according to our way of
thinking, without known limits, it should partake in such
an exalted degree of God and his activity.
628. I cannot show or elucidate this mystery better
than by referring
to the admiration it caused in the
angels, who were witnesses of it.
Many times it hap
pened, in their wonder at what they saw in their Queen
and Lady, that they spoke to Her or to each other : "Pow
erful, great and admirable is God in this Creature more
than in all his works. Vastly does human nature in Her
rise above us. Eternally be blessed and magnified thy
Maker, O Mary; Thou art the ornament and beauty of
all the human race. Thou stirrest to holy emulation all
the angelic spirits, and to admiration all the inhabitants
of heaven. Thou art the wonder of God s omnipotence
and of the power of his right hand, the summary of the
works of the incarnate Word, the exact copy of his per
fections, the reproduction of all his actions, assimilating
Thyself entirely to the One Thou hast given form in thy
womb. Thou art a worthy Teacher of the militant
Church, the special glory of the triumphant, the honor of
our people, the restorer of thy own. Let all the nations
know thy virtue and greatness, and let all generations
praise and bless Thee. Amen."
629. With these heavenly princes
the most blessed
Mary celebrated the memory of God s blessings and gifts.
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