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though She could accuse Herself of no fault, because as
the Mother of holiness, She never committed any; and
although She could not, as the Mother of wisdom, com
mit any fault; yet the Lord permitted full sway to her
humility and love in the worthy acknowledgment of her
debt to God as a mere creature. In her most exalted
knowledge and humility all that She did seemed small in
recompense for the supernatural blessings. This inequal
ity She attributed to Herself and although this could not
be called a fault, She wished to acknowledge the inferior
ity of earthly things in comparison with divine excellence.
47. But among the ineffable mysteries and favors
which She received since the day of the Ascension of her
divine Son our Savior, were those connected with the
worthy preparation of the Apostles and disciples for the
advent of the Holy Ghost. The great Queen well knew
how estimable and divine was to be the blessing which
was held in store for them by the Father of lights ;
She
considered also the fleshly affection of the Apostles for
the humanity of their Master Jesus. For the purpose of
correcting this defect and perfecting them in all things,
as a tender Mother and powerful Queen, She, on arriving
in heaven with her divine Son, sent some of her angels
to the Cenacle as her messengers in order to intimate to
the faithful her own and her Son s will, that they should
raise themselves above themselves and henceforth live
more by faith and love of God, than in the operations of
their sensual nature ;
that they should not be borne along
solely by the sight of God s humanity, but that they let it
serve them as a portal and a path to the Divinity, where
they would find adequate satisfaction and repose. Such
advice and exhortation the heavenly Queen ordered the
angel to give to the Apostles. Afterwards, when She
again descended from on high, She consoled them in their
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