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gifts limited only by Herself and has prepared Her as a
Bride for her Spouse, the incarnate Word, enriching Her
so that no grace or excellence was wanting in Her. Nor
should her absence from his right hand deprive Her of
the presence and intercourse of her Man, who was to re
main in Her, as in his proper heaven and throne. Just
as the sponge receives and soaks up the fluids into its
hollow spaces, so, according to our mode of understand
ing, this great Lady was filled with influences and com
munications of the Divinity.
19. The text further states: "And I heard a great
voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of
God with men, and He will dwell with them. And they
shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be
their God." This voice proceeding from the throne, filled
all my mind with sweetness and joy. I understood how
the great Lady, before her death, attained possession of
the great reward merited as a singular favor and the
prerogative due only to Her among
all the mortals.
None of these, after attaining possession of their glory,
had permission or authority to return to life; yet this
privilege was conceded to this only Bride for the increase
of her glory. She, in full possession of eternal beati
tudes and proclaimed by all the courtiers of heaven as
their legitimate Queen and Lady, wished of her own free
will to descend and become the Servant of her vassals,
educating and governing them as her children. On ac
count of this charity She deserved, to have all the mortals
as her subjects, and to be put in possession of the militant
Church, where She was to dwell, over which She was to
preside and draw the blessing, the mercy and forgiveness
of God; for in her bosom the Lord was sacramentally
present during the whole time in which She lived in the
primitive Church after her descent from heaven. If
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