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THE CORONATION 649
INSTRUCTION WHICH THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, MOST HOLY
MARY, GAVE ME.
770. My daughter, lamentable and inexcusable is the
ignorance of men in so knowingly forgetting the eternal
glory, which God has prepared for those who dispose
themselves to merit it. I wish that thou bitterly bewail
and deplore this pernicious f orgetf ulness for there is
;
no doubt, that whoever wilfully forgets the eternal glory
and happiness
is in evident danger of it.
losing No one
is free from this guilt, not only because men do not apply
much labor or effort in seeking and retaining the remem
brance of this happiness; but they labor with all their
powers in things that make them forget the end for which
they were created. Undoubtedly this forgetfulness arises
from their entangling themselves in the pride of life, the
covetousness of the eyes, and the desires of the flesh
(John 2, 16) for ; employing therein all the forces and
faculties of their soul during the whole time of their life,
they have no leisure, care or attention for the thoughts
of eternal felicity. Let men acknowledge and confess,
whether this recollection costs them more labor than to
follow their blind passions, seeking after honors, posses
sions or the transitory pleasures, all of which have an
end with this life, and which, after much striving and
labor, many men do not, and can never attain.
771. How much easier is it for mortals to avoid such
perversity, especially for the children of the Church, since
they have at hand the easy means of faith and hope for
attaining the truth! Even if to gain eternal happiness
were as difficult to obtain as honors and riches and other
apparent advantages, it would be very foolish to labor as
much for the false as for the true advantages for eternal
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