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to the agonies of her affection; for this kind of sickness
neither knows nor admits of any other kind of remedy.
When the sweetest Mother by these favors had regained
strength and when the presence of the Savior was re
vealed to her senses,
She prostrated Herself before his
royal Majesty in order to ask Him humbly
for his bless
ing and to give Him most fervent thanks for the favor
of his visit.
46. The most prudent Lady was surprised at this favor
not only because it was such a short time since She was
deprived of her divine Son, but also because the Lord had
not informed Her of the time of his visit, nor had her
most profound humility permitted Her to expect such a
divine condescension in affording Her relief. As this
was the first favor of this kind, She was so much the
more abashed and annihilated in her own mind. She
spent five hours with the Word enjoying his presence;
and none of the Apostles at that time knew of the favor,
although they knew, from what they noticed in the coun
tenance and in the bearing of their blessed Lady, that
something wonderful was transpiring. None of them,
however, on account of their timidity and reverence, pre
sumed to inquire further into the cause. In order to
take leave of her divine Son, when She became aware
that He wished to return to heaven, She prostrated Her
self again to the ground, asking Him for his blessing and
for his guidance in correcting any deficiency
in her be
havior for the time when He should return to visit Her
in the future. She asked this favor, because the Lord
himself had offered to visit Her sometimes in her lone
liness. Moreover, often before his Ascension, She had
prostrated Herself at his feet in acknowledgment of her
unworthiness and of her want of fervor thanking Him
for his favors, as I have narrated in the first part. Al-
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