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by due and thankful acknowledgment of their obligation,
and all of them sang to the Almighty wonderful songs
of praise for having created and chosen for his Mother a
Virgin so pure, so holy, so worthy of his greatest gifts
and given Her command and dominion over all, in order
that they might proclaim and honor Her as the worthy
Mother of God and Restoratrix of the human race.
689. In this manner the supernal spirits
rehearsed the
great prerogatives of their Queen and blessed God in Her ;
while She recounted those of the angels for the same pur
pose. Hence, this day was one of admirable joy and
jubilee to the Queen, and of accidental joy to the angels,
especially to the thousand of her ordinary guard; for they
participated in the glory given to their Lady and Queen.
As neither on the one side, nor on the other, there was
the obstacle of ignorance, nor any want of the apprecia
tion of the mysteries rehearsed, this interchange of
heavenly songs was full of incomparable reverence. And
such it shall also be for us, when we shall experience
it in
the Lord.
690. The other festival in the course of the year was
that of the Saints. For this also She prepared Herself
with many prayers and exercises of devotion as on other
festivals. All the Patriarchs, Prophets and the rest of
the Saints, also those who had died after the Resurrec
tion, came from heaven in order to celebrate with their
Reparatrix this joyful day. She composed new canticles
of thanksgiving for the glory of the saints and efficacy
of the death of her divine Son. Great was the jubilee of
the Queen on this occasion, because She knew the secret
of their predestination, and because, in spite of the dan
gers of mortal life, they had now attained secure and eter
nal felicity. For this blessing She extolled the Lord and
Father of mercies and rehearsed in her thanksgiving the
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