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it, without a return adequate to his Omnipotence and
corresponding fully to my capacity of receiving. This
power of God is infinite and inexhaustible, and will
always remain so; but that which God communicates, is
finite and limited. I, too, am a mere created being, and
in comparison with the being of God, all created beings
are nothing.
658. In addition to this, on my part, I placed no ob
stacle, but deserved the unlimited and unrestrained liber
ality of the Omnipotent in all his gifts, graces and favors
as far as they could be communicated to a creature. As
these, notwithstanding their wonderful greatness, were
always finite and the power and essence of God is always
infinite and without limit, it can easily be understood
how I could accumulate grace upon grace and blessings
upon blessings. And not only was I capable
of thus
receiving, but it was equitable that I should thus receive,
in order that I might correspond with entire perfection
to his marvelous work of making me the Mother of God;
for none of his works remain imperfect or defective.
Since this dignity of being made the Mother of God con
tains all graces as in their origin and fount, therefore,
as soon as men know me to be Mother of God, they im
plicitly also know, as in their cause, the perfections due
to such excellence in dignity. It was left to the devo
will of the faithful to earn the
tion, piety and good
regard of my divine Son and my protection, by searching
properly into my holiness and gifts and by recording and
confessing them in evidence of their devotion and my
dignity. For this purpose, special knowledge and en
lightenment has been given to many saints, to authors
and writers, besides special revelations to others con
cerning some favors and privileges conceded to me by the
Almighty.
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