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THE CORONATION 581
and by means of them She prepared Herself for it
during
the nine days that intervene. She continued without in
termission her holy exercises, exciting the most ardent
desires for the renewal of the gifts of the divine Spirit
arrived these desires were ful
in Her. When the day
filled
with manifestations of an almighty power; for at
the same hour in which He had descended the first time
upon the apostolic college in the Cenacle, He descended
each year upon the Mother of Jesus, the Spouse and the
temple of the Holy Ghost ;
and although this coming was
not less solemn than the first, for He came in the form
of visible fire of a wonderful brightness and with a
mysterious noise, yet these signs were not manifest to
all, as had happened at the first coming. At that first time
this was necessary, but afterwards it was not proper that
any one except the most blessed Mary, and to a certain
extent, saint John, should know of this miracle. Myriads
of angels attended upon Her at such times singing the
canticles of the Lord in sweetest harmony ;
and the Holy
Ghost entirely inflamed and renewed Her with super
abundant gifts and increase of the blessings She already
possessed. Then the great Lady gave humble thanks not
only for this favor, but because He had filled the Apostles
with wisdom and charismatic gifts, to make them worthy
ministers of the Lord and founders of his holy Church,
and because through his coming He had sealed the works
of the human Redemption. In a prolonged prayer She
then asked the divine Spirit to continue the influences
of his grace and wisdom through the present and the
future ages, and not to suspend it on account of the sins
and unworthiness of men at any time. All these peti
tions the Holy Ghost granted to his only Spouse, and
the holy Church is now reaping the fruit of them and
shall enjoy them until the end of the world.
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