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60 CITY OF GOD
royal presence anywhere outside of Herself. She bore
Him within her bosom and could say with the Spouse:
Hence
I hold Him and will not let Him go (Cant. 3, 4).
there could be no night in this holy City, where grace
shone as the moon, nor was there need of any other rays
than those of the Sun of justice, since She possessed them
in all plenitude, and not only in part,
saints.
as the rest of the
33. "And the nations shall walk in the light of it : and
the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honor
into it." No excuse or justification can the banished chil
dren of Eve have, if by the divine light, which Mary gave
to the world, they do not walk in the path of true happi
ness. In order that She might enlighten his Church in
her Son sent Her and made Her known to
the first age,
the first children of his holy Church. In the course of
ages He has continued to manifest her holiness and great
ness by the wonders performed by this Queen and by in
numerable favors and blessings flowing from her hands
upon mankind. In these last ages, which are the pres
ent, He will spread her glory and make Her known in
new splendor, on account of the Church s great need of
her intercession and of her help against the world, the
demon and the flesh. For these, through men s own
fault, as we see even in our day, will assume greater
sway and strength to hinder the working of grace in men
and to make them more unworthy of glory. Against
this new malice of Lucifer and his followers the Lord
wishes to oppose the merits and intercession of purest
Mary and the light sent into this world by the example
of her life. She is to be the refuge and sanctuary of
sinners and the straight and secure way, full
for all
that wish to walk upon it.
of splendor
34. If the kings and princes of the earth would walk
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