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580 CITY OF GOD
proper appreciation of these merits can never be reached
by our curtailed faculties, it will be no blemish in this
history not to attempt an estimate of them and defer it
until we shall reach the vision of God. But the rewards
corresponding to these sacrifices were reserved for Her
according to the divine pleasure, in order that afterwards,
in the possession of the beatific vision, She might as much
as possible be like to the most sacred humanity of her Son
and worthily take her place on the throne at his right
hand. As a sequence to these happenings in heaven, the
great Queen added her prayers for the exaltation of
God s name, for the propagation of the Church, for the
conversion of the world and the victories over the devil ;
and all her petitions were granted, and successively exe
cuted in their time and will be executed in all
the ages of the Church. These favors would be greater,
if the sinners of the world would not hinder them and
make mortals unworthy of receiving them. There
upon the angels brought back their Queen to her ora
tory in the Cenacle amid celestial music and harmony,
and She prostrated Herself in deepest humility to give
thanks for these new favors. I wish to mention, that
the evangelist saint John had some knowledge of these
mysteries and participated in some of their effects ;
for he
usually saw the Queen so refulgent with heavenly light,
that he could not look upon her face. As the great
Mistress of humility always humbled Herself to the very
ground and often asked his consent kneeling at his feet,
he was often seized by a reverential fear and disquiet in
the presence of the Lady, though it was always mixed
with a wonderful joy and incitement to holiness.
687. The great Queen availed Herself of the effects and
blessings of the festivity
of the Ascension in order to
celebrate more solemnly the coming of the Holy Ghost,
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