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554 CITY OF GOD
there are none in nature for comparison each one shone
;
more brilliantly than the globe of the sun, yea of many
suns combined. Then they added bracelets and neck
laces, and other adornments befitting Her whom they
adorned ;
and all these adornments the seraphim brought
from the throne of the most blessed Trinity, each of them
in its own way signifying a new participation and com
munication of the Divinity. And not only these adorn
ments signified a new participation and communication
of the divine perfections in their Queen,
but also the
seraphim, those six that adorned Her, likewise repre
sented mysteries contained in their ministry.
652. To these succeeded six other seraphim who, in
another manner, adorned the Queen, as it were, retouch
ing her faculties and giving them subtlety, beauty and
grace unspeakable in human words. And still other six
seraphim furnished the celestial light by which her un
derstanding and will was made capable of the beatific
vision and fruition. Having thus adorned and beautified
the great Queen, all of the eighteen seraphim raised Her
to the throne of the most blessed Trinity and placed
Her at the right hand of the Onlybegotten, our Savior.
There She was asked what was her petition and desire.
And the true Esther answered : "I ask mercy for my
people, O Lord (Esther 7, 3) ;
and in their name and
mine I desire and long to thank thy almighty clemency
for giving human form to the eternal Word in my womb
for their salvation." To these petitions and prayers
She added others of incomparable love and wisdom, sup
plicating for the whole human race and especially for the
holy Church.
653. Then her divine Son spoke to the eternal Father
and said : "I confess and praise Thee, my Father, and I
offer to Thee this creature, the daughter of Adam, pleas-
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