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be obscured and remain idle. O how highly did She
esteem the sayings of the wise ! "Lean not upon thy own
prudence; be not wise in thy own conceit"
(Prov. 3,
5, 7). "Despise not the discourse and the teaching of
the presbyters, and live always according to their say
ings" (Eccli. 8, 9).
"Do not enter into high speculation
with yourselves, but conform to the lowly" (Rom.
12, 16).
631. In celebrating this feast the great Lady felt some
certain natural regret for the quiet retirement of the
temple in her youth, notwithstanding that She had so
promptly obeyed the Lord in forsaking it and in resign
ing Herself to the exalted ends for which He had with
drawn Her. But He did not fail to requite Her by
some special favors on this feast. On this day the Lord
descended from heaven in great magnificence and in the
company of the angels as on other occasions, and ad
dressing his most blessed Mother in her oratory, He
said : Mother and
"My Dove, come to Me, thy God
and thy Son. I wish to afford thee a temple and a habi
tation more exalted, more secure and godlike, one that is
within my own being:
come, my most Beloved, to thy
legitimate dwelling."
At these most sweet words the
seraphim raised their Queen from the ground, where She
always lay prostrate at his visits until He bade Her rise,
and with heavenly music placed Her at the right hand
of the Lord. She perceived or felt Herself at once filled
with the Divinity as a temple with his glory, and bathed,
surrounded and contained as a fish is in the sea, experi
encing by this union or contact with the Divinity new
and unspeakable effects. For She thereby attained a
possession of the Divinity, which I cannot describe and
which afforded the heavenly Mother a great delight and
joy, additional to that of seeing God face to face.
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