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536 CITY OF GOD
She invited them to accompany Her in rendering proper
thanks, not only because of her most ardent and fervent
love, which, on account of the insatiable thirst caused
by the fire of her charity, demanded such a return as of
justice; but also because of her profound humility,
which caused Her to acknowledge her obligations beyond
all other creatures. Hence She asked all creation to
help Her in paying her debt, although no one but She
could ever pay it worthily. Filled with this wisdom, She
drew down to her oratory on earth the court of the su
preme King and changed the world into a new heaven.
630. On the anniversary of her Presentation in the
temple in commemorating this benefit, She commenced
the evening before and spent the whole night in exercises
of thanksgiving as described for the feast of her Concep
tion and Nativity. She acknowledged the blessing of
having been called to his temple by the Lord, and to
the house of prayer at such an early age, and of having
received so many favors while residing there. But the
most remarkable feature of her celebration was, that the
great Mistress of virtue, full of divine wisdom, re
newed in her memory the teachings and instructions
given to Her in the temple by the priest and her teacher
at that early age. With the same loving solicitude She
preserved in her memory the teachings of her holy par
ents Joachim and Anne, and those of the Apostles. All
of them She rehearsed and practiced with greater and
greater perfection according as the advancing years of
her life demanded. Although the teaching of her di
vine Son were eminently sufficient for all her doings ; yet
She recalled those received from all the others ;
She per
mitted Herself no cessation in the practice of humility
and obedience, nor ever overlooked the least point or per
mitted any of the ingenious secrets of these virtues to
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