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THE CORONATION 657
779. In the execution of this decree and privilege con
ceded to the Mistress of the world, the Almighty com
manded all the courtiers of heaven, angels and men, to
show Her obedience and recognize Her as their Queen
and Lady. There was another mystery concealed in this
wonder, namely, it was a recompense for the worship
and veneration, which, as is clear from this history, the
most blessed Mary, notwithstanding that She was the
Mother of God, full of grace and holiness above the
angels and saints, had bestowed upon the saints during
her mortal pilgrimage. Although during the time when
they were comprehensors and She yet a pilgrim, it was
for her greater merit, that She should humble Herself
beneath them all according to the ordainment of the
Lord ; yet now, when She was in possession of the king
dom, it was just, that She should be venerated, wor
shipped and extolled by them as her inferiors and vas
sals. This they also did in that most blessed state, in
which all things are reduced to their proper proportion
and order. Both the angelic spirits and the blessed souls,
while rendering their adoration to the Lord with fear
and worshipful reverence, rendered a like homage in its
proportion to his most blessed Mother; and the saints
who were there in their bodies prostrated themselves
and gave bodily signs of their worship. All these dem
onstrations at the coronation of the Empress of heaven
redounded wonderfully to her glory, to the new joy and
jubilee of the saints and to the pleasure of the most
blessed Trinity. Altogether festive was this day, and it
produced new accidental glory in all the heavens. Those
that partook more especially therein were her most for
tunate spouse saint Joseph, saint Joachim and Anne and
all the other relatives of the Queen, together with the
thousand angels of her guard.
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