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54 CITY OF GOD
27. "And it had a wall great and high, having twelve
gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written
thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel. On the east, three gates; and on the
north, three gates; and on the south, three gates; and
on the west, three gates."
The wall which defended and
enclosed this holy city of most holy Mary, was so great
and high as is God himself and all his omnipotence and
divine attributes; for all the power and greatness of
God, his immense wisdom, were called in requisition to
fortify, to secure and defend this great Lady from the
enemies that might assault Her. And this invincible de
fense was redoubled, when She descended to live alone in
the world, without the company of her divine Son, and
to establish the new Church of the Gospel. For this
purpose She held at the disposal of her will, in a new
manner, God s own power against all the enemies of the
Church, visible and invisible. Since, after the founda
tion of this new city of Mary, the Most High threw open
most liberally all his treasures, and since He wished to
of Him
call through Her all mortals to the knowledge
self and to the eternal happiness, the gentiles, Jews, bar
barians, without distinction of nationality or estate : there
fore He built this holy City with twelve gates opening up
toward all directions of the world. In them He placed
the twelve angels, who were to call and invite all the
children of Adam; and especially rouse all men to devo
tion and piety toward their Queen. In these gates are
also the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, in order
that no one might think himself excluded from the sacred
refuge of this heavenly Jerusalem, and in order that all
might understand, that most holy Mary holds their names
written in her heart and intimately connected with the
favors She received of the Most High
clemency and mercy, and not of justice.
as the Mother of
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