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there had been no other reason, her Son would have in
stituted the most holy Sacrament in the world in order
thus to dwell in Her; and through her merits and peti
tions He remained among men with new graces and bene
fits ;
wherefore the Evangelist adds :
20. "And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor
This
crying." great Lady came as the Mother of grace,
of mercy, of joy, and of life. She it is, that fills the
world with joy, that dries away the tears brought on by
the sin of our mother Eve. She turned mourning into
rejoicing, tears into new jubilee, clamors into praise and
the death of sin into life for all who seek Now
it.
glory,
the death of sin is at an end, and all the clamors and the
pains of the wicked are at an end, if only, before their
damnation, they will flee to this sanctuary and there find
pardon, mercy and consolation. The first ages, which
were not blessed with the presence of Mary, the Queen
of the angels, have fled and passed with all the sorrows
and sighs of those that sought Her and could not see Her ;
for now the world possesses Her for a refuge and help,
and for a shield of mercy against the divine justice that
hangs over the sinner s head.
21. "And He that sat upon the throne, said: Behold
I make all things
new." This was the voice of the eter
nal Father, who gave me to understand, how He would
make all things new : a new Church, a new Law, new
Sacraments.
Having conferred upon men such new bless
ings as to give them his Onlybegotten Son, He added
to this blessing by sending them the most holy Mary thus
renewed, endowed with such wonderful gifts and power
as to enable Her to distribute the treasures of the Re
demption, and by placing them altogether into her hands
to be scattered broadcast according to her most prudent
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