CIUDAD to - the Catholic Kingdom!

THE CORONATION 577
the invincible Queen be totally deprived of her court, nor
would the courtiers for so many years be deprived of the
delightful sight of their Queen and Lady. Hence as
this delight was possible, it was proper that all those con
cerned should also enjoy it.
682. One of the days (in addition to those already
mentioned) on which the celestial wonders were re
newed, was that on which She celebrated each year the
Ascension of her divine Son. This day was a great fes
tival for Her and for all heaven. She prepared for it
during forty days from the day on which She solemnized
the Resurrection of her Son. During all this time She
renewed the memory of the favors and blessings She
had received from her divine Son, and of the glorious
company of the ancient Patriarchs and Saints delivered
from limbo; and of all that had transpired day after day
during those forty days, giving thanks in new hymns
and devotions, as if they were again transpiring before
Her; for all these events were indelibly impressed upon
her memory. I will not enter upon the particulars of what
She did during those times, because I have written about
them sufficiently in the last chapters of the second part.
I will say only, that during this preparation our great
Queen received incomparable favors and experienced new
influences of the Divinity, by which She was made ever
more and more godlike and prepared for the extra
ordinary favors She was to receive on the feast itself.
683. On the mysterious day on which our Savior Jesus
ascended into heaven, He came down in person to the
oratory of his most blessed Mother, accompanied by in
numerable angels and by the Patriarchs and Saints He had
taken up with Him to heaven. The great Lady awaited
his visit, prostrate upon the ground as usual and an
nihilated in the utmost self-debasement of her ineffable
Private Use Only