CITY OF GOD

THE DIVINE HISTORY AND LIFE

OF THE

VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD

MANIFESTED TO MARY OF AGREDA FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MEN

Volume 1: THE CONCEPTION

SPECIAL NOTICE AND APPROBATIONS IX. -XXIV.
INTRODUCTION 3 BOOK ONE CHAPTER I. Concerning Two Special Visions Vouchsafed to My Soul by the Lord and Concerning Other Enlightenments and Mysteries, which Compelled Me to Withdraw from Earthly Things and Raised My Spirit to Dwell above the Earth .". 23 CHAPTER II. How the Lord, in the State in which He Had Placed Me, Manifested to Me the Mysteries of the Life of the Queen of Heaven 35 CHAPTER III. Of the Knowledge of the Divinity, which was Conferred Upon Me, and of the Decree of the Creation of the World 46 CHAPTER IV. How the Divine Decrees are Classified according to Instants, and what God in. Each Determined to Communicate ad Extra 52 CHAPTER V. Instructions concerning Holy Scriptures, and in Particular concerning Chapter Eight of the Proverbs, in Confirmation of the Preceding Pages 62 CHAPTER VI. Concerning a Doubt, which I Proposed Regarding the Doctrine Contained in these Chapters, and the Answer to It 75 CHAPTER VII. How the Most High gave a Beginning to His Works and Created all Material Things for the Use of Man, while Angels and Men were Created to be His people Under the Leadership of the Incarnate Word 83 CHAPTER VIII. Which Follows up the Previous Discourse by the Explanation of the Twelfth Chapter of the Apocalypse., 93 CHAPTER IX. The Rest of the Twelfth Chapter of the Apocalypse is Explained 104 CHAPTER X. The Explanation of the Twelfth Chapter of the Apocalypse is Concluded 116

CHAPTER XI. In the Creation of All Things the Lord had before His Mind Christ Our Lord and His Most Holy Mother. He Chose His People and Heaped His Benefits on Them 125

CHAPTER XII. How, after the Human Race had been Propagated, the Clamors of the Just for the Coming of the Redeemer Increased, and Likewise Sin ; in this Night of the Ancient Law, God Sent Two Morningstars as Harbingers of the Law of Grace 141
CHAPTER XIII. How the Conception of the Most Holy Mary was Announced by the Archangel Gabriel, and How God Prepared Holy Anne for It by a Special Favor 151 CHAPTER XIV. How the Almighty Made Known to the Holy Angels the Opportune Decree for the Conception of the Most Holy Mary; and which of Them He Selected for Her Custody 161 CHAPTER XV. Of the Immaculate Conception of the Mother of God through Divine Power 173 CHAPTER XVI. Of the Habits of Virtue, with which God Gifted the Soul of the Most Holy Mary, and of Her First Exercises of These Virtues in the Womb of her Mother Anne ; She Herself Gives me Instructions for Imitating Her 184 CHAPTER XVII. Still Treating of the Mystery of the Conception of Holy Mary and Explaining the Twenty-first Chapter of the Apocalypse 198 CHAPTER XVIII. Sequel of the Mystery of the Conception of the Most Holy Mary as Described in the Second Part of the Twenty-first Chapter of the Apocalypse 217 CHAPTER XIX. Contains _ the last Portion of Apocalypse XXI in as far as it Describes the Conception of the Most Holy Mary 232 CHAPTER XX. Treating of what Happened during the Nine Months of the Pregnancy of St. Anne ; the Doings of the Most Holy Mary in the Womb of her Mother, and those of Saint Anne during that Time 252 CHAPTER XXI. Of the Felicitous Birth of the Most Holy Mary Our Mistress : of the Favors, which She then Received from the Hand of the Most High, and How a Name was Given Her in Heaven and on Earth ..263

CHAPTER XXII. How Saint Anne Complied with the Law of Moses in regard to Childbirth ; and How Most Holy Mary Acted in Her Infancy 278
CHAPTER XXIII. Of the Emblems of the Holy Guardian Angels in their Intercourse with the Blessed Mary, and of Their Perfections 291

CHAPTER XXIV. Of the Holy Exercises and Occupations of the Queen in the First Year and a Half of Her Infancy 301 CHAPTER XXV. How the Most Holy Child Mary Began to Speak at the Age of One Year and a Half; and How She was Occupied until the Time of Her Departure to the Temple 309 BOOK TWO

CHAPTER I. Of the Presentation of the Most Holy Mary in the Temple at the Age of Three Years. CHAPTER II. Concerning a Singular Favor, which the Almighty Conferred on Most Holy Mary as soon as She was Established in the Temple 337 CHAPTER III. Instruction which the Queen of Heaven Gave Me concerning the Vows of My Profession 348
CHAPTER IV. Of the Perfection in which Most Holy Mary Passed Her Days in the Temple, and of the Exercises which She was Ordered to Undertake 360 CHAPTER V. Of the Perfections of the Most Holy Mary in the Practice of Virtues in General, and of Her Advance in Them 371 CHAPTER VI. Of the Virtue of Faith, and How Most Holy Mary Practiced It 377 CHAPTER VII. Of the Virtue of Hope, and How the Virgin Our Lady Practiced It 389 CHAPTER VIII. Of the Virtue of Charity in the Most Holy Mary, Our Lady 397 CHAPTER IX. Of the Virtue of Prudence as Practiced by the Most Holy Queen of Heaven 411 CHAPTER X. Of the Virtue of Justice, as Practiced by Most Holy Mary 426 CHAPTER XI. The Virtue of Fortitude, as Practiced by the Most Holy Mary 440 CHAPTER XII. The Virtue of Temperance as Practiced by the Most Holy Mary 449 CHAPTER XIII. Of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Ghost and How the Most Holy Mary Made use of Them 462 CHAPTER XIV. ^ Explanation of the Different Kinds of Divine Visions Enjoyed by the Queen of Heaven and the Effects which They Wrought in Her 476

CHAPTER XV. Description of Another Kind of Visions and Communications, which the Most Holy Mary Enjoyed with the Holy Angels of Her Guard 500 CHAPTER XVI. Continuation of the History of the Most Holy Child Mary in the Temple; the Lord Prepares Her for Troubles, and Joachim, Her Father, Dies 510 CHAPTER XVII. The Princess of Heaven Begins to Suffer Affliction; God Absents Himself From Most Holy Mary: Her Sweet and Amorous Sighs 523 CHAPTER XVIII. Other Afflictions of Our Queen, Some of which were Permitted by the Lord Through the Agency of Creatures and of the Ancient Serpent 531

CHAPTER XIX. The Most High Enlightens the Priest concerning the Spotless Innocence of Most Holy Mary; She Her self is Informed of the Approaching Death of Her Mother, Saint Anne, and is Present at this Event 547
CHAPTER XX. The Most High Manifests Himself to His Beloved Alary, Our Princess, by Conferring on Her an Extraordinary Favor 553 CHAPTER XXI. The Most High Commands the Most Holy Mary to Enter the State of Matrimony and Her Response to this Command ^ 557 CHAPTER XXII. The Espousal of Most Holy Mary with the Most Chaste Saint Joseph 575 CHAPTER XXIII. An Explanation of Chapter ThirtyOne of the Proverbs of Solomon, to which the Lord Referred Me Regarding the Life of Most Holy Mary in Matrimony 587 CHAPTER XXIV. The Same Subject Continued : the Rest of the Thirty-first Chapter of the Proverbs is Explained 597

Volume 2: THE INCARNATION

INTRODUCTION BOOK ONE

CHAPTER I. THE MOST HIGH BEGINS TO PREPARE IN MOST HOLY MARY THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION; THE EVENTS OF THE NINE DAYS PRECEDING THIS MYSTERY, ESPECIALLY THE HAPPENINGS OF THE FIRST DAY 23

CHAPTER II. THE LORD ON THE SECOND DAY CONTINUES HIS FAVORS IN PREPARATION FOR THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD IN THE MOST HOLY MARY 33 CHAPTER III. WHAT FAVORS THE MOST HIGH CONFERRED ON MOST HOLY MARY ON THE THIRD DAY OF THE NOVENA BEFORE THE INCARNATION 40 CHAPTER IV. THE MOST HIGH CONTINUES HIS FAVORS TO MOST HOLY MARY ON THE FOURTH DAY 47 CHAPTER V. HIS MAJESTY MANIFESTS NEW MYSTERIES AND SACRAMENTS TO GETHER WITH THE WORKS OF THE FIFTH DAY OF THE CREATION TO MOST HOLY MARY, AND HER HIGHNESS CONTINUES TO PRAY FOR THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD 53 CHAPTER VI. THE MOST HIGH MANIFESTS TO MARY, OUR MISTRESS, ADDITIONAL MYSTERIES AND SHOWS HER THE WORKS OF THE SIXTH DAY OF CREATION 61 CHAPTER XXIV. MOST HOLY MARY LEAVES THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS AND RETURNS TO HER HOME IN NAZARETH 244 CHAPTER XXV. THE JOURNEY OF MOST HOLY MARY FROM THE HOUSE OF ZACHARIAS TO HER HOME IN NAZARETH 251 CHAPTER XXVI. THE DEMONS HOLD A MEETING IN HELL IN ORDER TO TAKE COUNSEL AGAINST MOST HOLY MARY 258 CHAPTER XXVII. THE LORD PREPARES MOST HOLY MARY TO MEET LUCIFER IN BATTLE AND THE DRAGON BEGINS TO PERSECUTE HER 268 CHAPTER XXVIII. LUCIFER WITH ALL HIS SEVEN LEGIONS PERSISTS IN TEMPTING MOST HOLY MARY; SHE CONQUERS THE DRAGON AND CRUSHES HIS HEAD 287
BOOK TWO

CHAPTER I. SAINT JOSEPH BECOMES AWARE OF THE PREGNANCY OF HIS SPOUSE, THE VIRGIN MARY, AND IS FILLED WITH ANXIETY, AS HE KNOWS THAT HE HAD NO PART IN IT 301 CHAPTER II. THE ANXIETIES OF SAINT JOSEPH INCREASE; HE RESOLVES TO LEAVE HIS SPOUSE, AND HE BETAKES HIMSELF TO PRAYER ON THIS ACCOUNT 312 CHAPTER III. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH IN HIS SLEEP AND MAKES KNOWN TO HIM THE MYSTERY OF THE INCARNATION HIS BEHAVIOR THEREAFTER 322 CHAPTER IV. SAINT JOSEPH ASKS PARDON OF THE MOST HOLY MARY, HIS SPOUSE, AND THE HEAVENLY LADY CONSOLES HIM WITH GREAT PRUDENCE . 332

CHAPTER V. SAINT JOSEPH RESOLVES TO DEVOTE HIMSELF ENTIRELY TO THE SERVICE OF MOST HOLY MARY; THE BEHAVIOR OF HER MAJESTY, AND OTHER PARTICULARS OF THE LIFE OF MARY AND JOSEPH . . . 343 CHAPTER VI. SOME OF THE SAYINGS AND CONVERSATIONS OF MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH REGARDING DIVINE THINGS; OTHER WONDERFUL EVENTS 353 CHAPTER VII. THE MOST HOLY MARY PREPARES THE SWADDLING-CLOTHES AND THE LINENS FOR THE DIVINE INFANT WITH ARDENT LONGINGS TO SEE IT BORN 363 CHAPTER VIII. THE EDICT OF OESAR AUGUSTUS IS PUBLISHED, COMMANDING ALL SUBJECTS OF THE EMPIRE TO REGISTRATE ; AND WHAT SAINT JOSEPH DID WHEN HE HEARD OF IT 374 CHAPTER IX. THE JOURNEY OF MOST HOLY MARY FROM NAZARETH TO BETHLEHEM IN THE COMPANY OF THE HOLY SPOUSE JOSEPH AND OF THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS 382 CHAPTER X. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR IS BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN BETHLEHEM, JUDA 393 CHAPTER XI. THE HOLY ANGELS ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND THE SHEPHERDS COME TO ADORE HIM 411 CHAPTER XII. WHAT WAS CONCEALED FROM THE DEMON CONCERNING THE MYSTERY OF THE BIRTH OF THE INCARNATE WORD, AND OF OTHER HAPPENINGS UNTIL THE CIRCUMCISION.. . 420 CHAPTER XIII. THE MOST HOLY MARY IS INFORMED OF THE WILL OF THE LORD, THAT HIS ONLYBEGOTTEN SON BE CIRCUMCISED, AND SHE CONFERS ABOUT IT WITH SAINT JOSEPH : THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS IS BROUGHT FROM HEAVEN 432 CHAPTER XIV. THE DIVINE INFANT IS CIRCUMCISED AND RECEIVES THE NAME JESUS 446 CHAPTER XV. THE MOST HOLY MARY REMAINS IN THE PORTAL OF THE NATIVITY UNTIL THE COMING OF THE MAGI KINGS 455 CHAPTER XVI. THE THREE KINGS OF THE ORIENT COME TO ADORE THE WORD MADE MAN IN BETHLEHEM 467 CHAPTER XVII. THE MAGI KINGS RETURN ONCE MORE TO SEE AND ADORE THE INFANT JESUS I THEY OFFER THEIR GIFTS ON TAKING LEAVE, AND RETURN BY A DIFFERENT ROUTE TO THEIR HOMES 478 CHAPTER XVIII. MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH DISTRIBUTE THE GIFTS RECEIVED FROM THE MAGI; AND

THEY REMAIN IN BETHLEHEM UNTIL THEIR DEPARTURE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE 485 CHAPTER XIX. MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH DEPART WITH THE INFANT JESUS, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE LAW, BY PRESENTING HIM IN THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM 496

CHAPTER XX. THE PRESENTATION OF THE INFANT JESUS IN THE TEMPLE AND WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT OCCASION . . 506 CHAPTER XXI THE LORD PREPARES THE MOST HOLY MARY FOR THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT ; THE ANGEL SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH ; AND OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH 516 CHAPTER XXII. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH BEGIN THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT; ACCOMPANIED BY THE ANGELIC SPIRITS, THEY ARRIVE AT THE CITY OF GAZA 529 CHAPTER XXIII. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH PURSUE THEIR JOURNEY FROM THE CITY OF GAZA TO HELIOPOLIS IN EGYPT 539 CHAPTER XXIV. THE HOLY TRAVELERS, JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH, ARRIVE IN EGYPT, AND AFTER SOME WANDERINGS THEY COME TO HELIOPOLIS, WHERE GREAT MIRACLES ARE WROUGHT 549 CHAPTER XXV. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVINE WILL, JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH SETTLE DOWN TO DWELL NEAR THE CITY OF HELIOPOLIS AND THEY REGULATE THEIR DAILY LIFE DURING THEIR BANISHMENT 558 CHAPTER XXVI. OF THE WONDERS WHICH THE INFANT JESUS, MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH WROUGHT AT HELIOPOLIS IN EGYPT 568 CHAPTER XXVII. HEROD RESOLVES TO MURDER THE INNOCENTS : MOST HOLY MARY IS AWARE OF THIS. SAINT JOHN IS CONCEALED BY HIS RELATIVES 575 CHAPTER XXVIII. AT THE AGE OF ONE YEAR THE INFANT JESUS SPEAKS TO SAINT JOSEPH AND REQUESTS HIS MOTHER TO CLOTHE HIM AND ALLOW HIM TO WALK. HE COMMENCES TO CELEBRATE THE DAY OF HIS INCARNATION AND OF HIS BIRTH 583 CHAPTER XXIX. THE MOST HOLY MOTHER CLOTHES THE INFANT JESUS IN THE SEAMLESS TUNIC) SHE PUTS SHOES ON HIS FEET. THE DOINGS AND OBSERVANCES OF THE LORD 591 CHAPTER XXX. JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH RETURN TO NAZARETH AT THE COMMAND OF THE LORD 601

Volume 3: THE TRANSFIXION

BOOK ONE

CHAPTER I. THE LORD STILL FARTHER TRIES THE MOST HOLY MARY BY ACTING TOWARD HER WITH A CERTAIN DISTANCE AND SEVERITY; THE REASONS FOR THIS BEHAVIOR ARE EXPLAINED 3 CHAPTER II. THE OPERATIONS OF THE SOUL OF HER MOST HOLY SON AND ALL THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN TO HER AGAIN BECOMES VISIBLE TO MOST HOLY MARY; SHE is INSTRUCTED IN THE LAW OF GRACE 15 CHAPTER III. MOST HOLY MARY AND JOSEPH GO TO JERUSALEM EVERY YEAR ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW, AND THEY TAKE WITH THEM THE CHILD JESUS 26 CHAPTER IV. AT TWELVE YEARS OF AGE THE CHILD JESUS GOES WITH HIS PARENTS TO JERUSALEM AND HE CONCEALS HIMSELF FROM THEM IN THE TEMPLE 35 CHAPTER V. AFTER THREE DAYS MOST HOLY MARY AND SAINT JOSEPH FIND THE CHILD JESUS IN THE TEMPLE DISPUTING WITH THE TEACHERS 46 CHAPTER VI. CONCERNING A VISION WHICH WAS GRANTED TO MOST HOLY MARY WHEN THE CHILD JESUS WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD, AND WHICH WAS TO ASSIST IN PRODUCING WITHIN HER THE PERFECT COPY AND IMAGE OF THE EVANGELICAL LAW 61 CHAPTER VII. THE EXALTED PURPOSES OF THE INSTRUCTION OF MOST HOLY MARY ARE EXPLAINED MORE AT LARGE; AND HOW SHE PUT THESE INSTRUCTIONS INTO PRACTICE 69 CHAPTER VIII. HOW OUR GREAT QUEEN PRACTICED THE TEACHINGS OF THE GOSPEL AS TAUGHT HER BY HER MOST HOLY SON 78 CHAPTER IX. HOW THE MOST HOLY MARY WAS INSTRUCTED IN THE ARTICLES OF FAITH AND WHAT USE SHE MADE OF THIS KNOWLEDGE 88 CHAPTER X. HOW MOST HOLY MARY RECEIVED ENLIGHTENMENT ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND HOW SHE APPLIED IT 98 CHAPTER XL THE DEEP MARY CONCERNING THE TO BE INSTITUTED BY CONCERNING THE FIVE THE CHURCH 110
KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST HOLY SEVEN SACRAMENTS WHICH WERE CHRIST THE LORD, AND PRECEPTS OF

CHAPTER XII. THE INCESSANT PRAYERS AND PETITIONS OF CHRIST, THE REDEEMER, FOR OUR WELFARE | AND HOW OUR MOST HOLY MOTHER JOINED HIM THEREIN AND RECEIVED MANY NEW ENLIGHTENMENTS.. 123

CHAPTER XIII. MOST HOLY MARY PASSES HER THIRTYTHIRD YEAR, EVER AFTER REMAINING UNCHANGED AS TO HER VIRGINAL BODY; SHE PLANS TO SUPPORT HER MOST HOLY SON AND SAINT JOSEPH BY THE LABOR OF HER HANDS 131 CHAPTER XIV. THE SUFFERINGS AND INFIRMITIES OF SAINT JOSEPH IN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND HOW THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN, HIS SPOUSE, NURSED HIM DURING THAT TIME 141 CHAPTER XV. OF THE HAPPY DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH AND WHAT FOLLOWED UPON IT: HOW JESUS, OUR REDEEMER, AND BLESSED MARY, OUR LADY, ASSISTED AT HIS PASSING AWAY 150 CHAPTER XVI. THE AGE OF THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN AT THE DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH, AND SOME OF THE PRIVILEGES OF HER HOLY SPOUSE 161 CHAPTER XVII. THE DOINGS OF MOST HOLY MARY AFTER THE DEATH OF SAINT JOSEPH AND SOME OF HER DEALINGS WITH THE HOLY ANGELS 169 CHAPTER XVIII. OTHER MYSTERIES AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE GREAT QUEEN AND LADY AND HER MOST HOLY SON, WHILE THEY LIVED ALONE TOGETHER . 182 CHAPTER XIX. CHRIST OUR LORD BEGINS TO PREPARE FOR HIS PUBLIC PREACHING BY ANNOUNCING TO SOME THE PRESENCE OF THE REDEEMER IN THE WORLD; HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER ASSISTS HIM THEREIN AND THE POWERS OF HELL BEGIN TO GET UNEASY.. 192 CHAPTER XX. LUCIFER CALLS A MEETING IN HELL IN ORDER TO HINDER THE WORKS OF CHRIST OUR REDEEMER AND OF HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER 203 CHAPTER XXI. SAINT JOHN, HAVING OBTAINED GREAT FAVORS FROM THE MOST HOLY MARY, IS ORDERED BY THE HOLY GHOST TO GO FORTH ON HIS PUBLIC PREACHING. HE FIRST SENDS TO THE HEAVENLY LADY HIS CROSS 213 CHAPTER XXII. MOST HOLY MARY OFFERS HER ONLYBEGOTTEN SON FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE ETERNAL FATHER; IN RETURN FOR THIS SACRIFICE HE GRANTS HER A CLEAR VISION OF THE DIVINITY; SHE TAKES LEAVE OF HER SON AS HE DEPARTS FOR THE DESERT 222 CHAPTER XXIII. THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER DURING THE ABSENCE OF HER MOST HOLY SON AND HER INTERCOURSE WITH HER GUARDIAN ANGELS 236 CHAPTER XXIV. OUR SAVIOR JESUS GOES TO THE BANKS OF THE JORDAN, WHERE HE IS BAPTIZED BY SAINT JOHN. SAINT JOHN HIMSELF THEN ASKS TO BE BAPTIZED BY THE SAVIOR 245

CHAPTER XXV. OUR REDEEMER, AFTER HIS BAPTISM, WALKS TO THE DESERT WHERE, BY THE PRACTICE OF HEROIC VIRTUES, HE GAINS GREAT VICTORIES OVER OUR VICES } HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER KNOWS OF ALL HIS DOINGS AND IMITATES HIM MOST PERFECTLY 255 CHAPTER XXVI. AFTER HIS FAST THE LORD ALLOWS HIMSELF TO BE TEMPTED BY LUCIFER; CHRIST VANQUISHES HIM, AND HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER IS KEPT INFORMED OF ALL THAT HAPPENS 264 CHAPTER XXVII. CHRIST OUR REDEEMER LEAVES THE DESERT AND RETURNS TO THE PLACE WHERE SAINT JOHN WAS BAPTIZING. HIS OCCUPATION UNTIL HE CALLS THE FIRST DISCIPLES. THE BLESSED VIRGIN KNOWS OF ALL HIS DOINGS AND IMITATES THEM 278 CHAPTER XXVIII. CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER, BEGINS TO CALL AND SELECT HIS DISCIPLES IN THE PRESENCE OF THE BAPTIST, AND COMMENCES TO PREACH. THE MOST HIGH COMMANDS HIS BLESSED MOTHER TO FOLLOW HIM 286 CHAPTER XXIX. CHRIST RETURNS WITH THE FIVE FIRST DISCIPLES TO NAZARETH; HE BAPTIZES HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER; OTHER INCIDENTS DURING THIS TIME 295
BOOK TWO

CHAPTER I. AT THE REQUEST OF HIS MOST BLESSED MOTHER, CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR, BEGINS TO MANIFEST HIMSELF TO THE WORLD BY HIS FIRST MIRACLE 303 CHAPTER II. MOST HOLY MARY ACCOMPANIES THE SAVIOR IN HIS PREACHING TOURS ; SHE BEARS MANY HARDSHIPS AND TAKES CARE OF THE WOMEN THAT FOLLOW HIM, CONDUCTING HERSELF IN ALL THINGS WITH THE HIGHEST PERFECTION 314 CHAPTER III. THE HUMILITY OF THE BLESSED MARY NOTWITHSTANDING THE MIRACLES WROUGHT BY THE LORD; THE INSTRUCTION ON HUMILITY WHICH SHE GAVE TO THE APOSTLES IN REGARD TO THE WONDERS WHICH THEY THEMSELVES WERE TO PERFORM ; OTHER REFLECTIONS 325 CHAPTER IV. THE DEVIL IS MUCH DISTURBED AND DISCONCERTED ON ACCOUNT OF THE MIRACLES OF CHRIST AND OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST. HEROD SEIZES AND BEHEADS SAINT JOHNJ SOME PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH 339 CHAPTER V. THE FAVORS BESTOWED UPON THE APOSTLES BY CHRIST, THE SAVIOR, ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR DEVOTION TO HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER, AND THE SAD PERDITION OF JUDAS ON ACCOUNT OF NEGLECT OF THIS DEVOTION 352

CHAPTER VI. CHRIST IS TRANSFIGURED ON MOUNT TABOR IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER; THEY GO FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM PREPARATORY TO THE PASSION ; AND THE SAVIOR IS ANOINTED BY MAGDALEN IN BETHANY 372 CHAPTER VII. THE SACRAMENTAL MYSTERY PRECEDING THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF CHRIST INTO JERUSALEM J HOW HE ENTERED INTO THE CITY AND HOW HE WAS RECEIVED BY ITS INHABITANTS 390 CHAPTER VIII. THE DEMONS MEET IN HELL TO DISCUSS THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST OUR LORD IN JERUSALEM ; THE RESULTS OF THIS CONFERENCE, AND MEASURES RESOLVED UPON BY THE PRIESTS AND PHARISEES OF JERUSALEM 405 CHAPTER IX. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR PARTS FROM HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER IN BETHANY IN ORDER TO ENTER UPON HIS SUFFERINGS ON THE THURSDAY OF HIS LAST SUPPER ; THE GREAT LADY ASKS TO PARTAKE OF HOLY COMMUNION WITH THE REST, AND AFTERWARDS FOLLOWS WITH MAGDALEN AND OTHER HOLY WOMEN 417 CHAPTER X. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR CELEBRATES THE LAST SUPPER WITH HIS DISCIPLES ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND HE WASHES THEIR FEET & HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER OBTAINS A FULL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THESE MYSTERIES 430 CHAPTER XI. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR CELEBRATES THE SACRAMENTAL SUPPER, CONSECRATING HIS TRUE AND SACRED BODY AND BLOOD IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST; HIS PRAYERS AND PETITIONS; THE COMMUNION OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER AND OTHER MYSTERIES OF THIS OCCASION 450 CHAPTER XII. THE PRAYER OF OUR LORD IN THE GARDEN AND ITS MYSTERIES. WHAT HIS MOST BLESSED MOTHER KNEW OF IT 472 CHAPTER XIII. OUR SAVIOR IS DELIVERED INTO THE HANDS OF HIS ENEMIES BY THE TREASON OF JUDAS AND IS TAKEN PRISONER ; THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOST HOLY MARY ON THIS OCCASION AND SOME OF THE MYSTERIES OF THIS EVENT. . , . 491 CHAPTER XIV. THE FLIGHT AND DISPERSION OF THE APOSTLES AFTER THE CAPTURE OF THEIR MASTER; HOW HIS MOST BLESSED MOTHER WAS AWAKE OF ALL THAT HAPPENED AND HOW SHE ACTED IN CONSEQUENCE; THE PERDITION OF JUDAS AND THE WORRY OF THE DEMONS OVER WHAT THEY WERE OBLIGED TO EXPERIENCE. 508 CHAPTER XV. JESUS THE SAVIOR, BOUND AS A PRISONER, IS DRAGGED TO THE HOUSE OF ANNAS; WHAT HAPPENED IN CONNECTION THERE WITH AND WHAT THE MOST BLESSED MOTHER SUFFERED DURING THAT TIME 526

CHAPTER XVI. CHRIST IS DRAGGED TO THE HOUSE OF THE PRIEST CAIPHAS, WHERE HE IS FALSELY ACCUSED AND ASKED WHETHER HE IS THE SON OF GOD; SAINT PETER DENIES HIM FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD TIME ; WHAT MOST HOLY MARY DID ON THIS OCCASION, AND OTHER MYSTERIES 538 CHAPTER XVII. THE SUFFERINGS OF OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST AFTER THE DENIAL OF SAINT PETER UNTIL MORNING; AND THE GREAT SORROW OF HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER 553 CHAPTER XVIII. THE COUNCIL CONVENES ON THE FRIDAY MORNING TO SUBSTAN TIATE THE CHARGES AGAINST THE SAVIOR JESUS ; THEY SEND HIM TO PILATE; MOST HOLY MARY, WITH SAINT JOHN AND THE THREE MARYS, GOES FORTH TO MEET JESUS 565 CHAPTER XIX. PILATE SENDS THE JEWS WITH JESUS AND THEIR ACCUSATIONS TO HEROD, WHERE THEY ADVANCE THEIR CHARGES ,* HEROD TREATS JESUS WITH CONTEMPT AND SENDS HIM BACK TO PILATE; MARY FOLLOWS THE SAVIOR; OTHER HAPPENINGS IN CONNECTION 583 CHAPTER XX. OUR SAVIOR, BY ORDER OF PILATE, IS SCOURGED, CROWNED WITH THORNS AND MOCKED. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MOST HOLY MARY DURING THIS TIME 603 CHAPTER XXI. PILATE PRONOUNCES THE SENTENCE OF DEATH AGAINST THE AUTHOR OF LIFE; THE LORD TAKES UP THE CROSS ON WHICH HE IS TO DIE; HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER FOLLOWS HIM ; WHAT SHE DID ON THIS OCCASION TO RESTRAIN THE DEVIL, AND OTHER HAPPENINGS 620 CHAPTER XXII. HOW OUR SAVIOR JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED ON MOUNT CALVARY; THE SEVEN WORDS SPOKEN BY HIM ON THE CROSS AND THE AT TENDANCE OF HIS SORROWFUL MOTHER AT HIS SUFFERINGS ... 642 CHAPTER XXIII. THE TRIUMPH OF CHRIST OUR SAVIOR OVER THE DEMON ON THE CROSS; HIS DEATH AND THE PROPHECY OF HABBACUC; THE COUNCIL OF THE DEMONS IN HELL 677 CHAPTER XXIV. THE SIDE OF CHRIST IS OPENED WITH A LANCE, AS HIS BODY HANGS ON THE CROSS , HE IS TAKEN DOWN AND BURIED. THE BOINOS OF THE BLESSED MOTHER ON THIS OCCASION, AND UNTIL SHE RETURNED TO THE CENACLE 699 CHAPTER XXV. HOW THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN CONSOLED SAINT PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES AND HOW PRUDENTLY SHE ACTED AFTER THE BURIAL OF HER SON; HOW SHE SAW HIS DIVINE SOUL DESCEND TO THE LIMBO OF THE HOLY PATRIARCHS 714

CHAPTER XXVI. THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST OUR SAVIOR AND HIS APPARITION TO HIS MOST BLESSED MOTHER IN COMPANY WITH THE HOLY FATHERS OF LIMBO 727 CHAPTER XXVII. SOME APPARITIONS OF CHRIST OUR SAVIOR TO THE MARYS AND TO THE APPOSTLES ; THE PRUDENCE OF THE QUEEN IN LISTENING TO THEIR REPORTS CONCERNING THESE APPARITIONS OF THE LORD 7-8 CHAPTER XXVIII. SOME HIDDEN AND DIVINE MYSTERIES IN THE LIFE OF MARY DURING THE DAYS AFTER THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD; SHE RECEIVES THE TITLE OF MOTHER AND QUEEN OF THE CHURCH ; THE APPARITION OF CHRIST BEFORE AND IN PREPARATION FOR THE ASCENSION 756 CHAPTER XXIX. CHRIST OUR REDEEMER ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN FOLLOWED BY ALL THE SAINTS IN HIS COMPANY; HE ASSUMES WITH HIM HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER AND PUTS HER IN POSSESSION OF GLORY 770

Volume 4: THE CORONATION

BOOK ONE

INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD PART OF THIS DIVINE HISTORY, WHICH EMBRACES THE LATTER PART OF THE MOST HOLY LIFE OF MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD 3 CHAPTER I. OUR SAVIOR JESUS REMAINS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE ETERNAL FATHER, WHILE THE MOST HOLY MARY DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN TO THE EARTH, IN ORDER THAT, WITH HER AS SISTANCE AND INSTRUCTION, THE NEW CHURCH MIGHT BE FOUNDED 29 CHAPTER II. SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, IN CHAPTER THE TYENTY-FIRST OF THE APOCALYPSE, GIVES A LITERAL DESCRIPTION OF HIS VISION OF THE MOST HOLY MARY OUR LADY AS SHE DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN 39 CHAPTER III. COMPLETING THE EXPLANATION OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER OF THE APOCALYPSE 53 CHAPTER IV. THREE DAYS AFTER THE MOST BLESSED MARY DESCENDED FROM HEAVEN, SHE MANIFESTS HERSELF AND SPEAKS IN PERSON TO THE APOSTLES; CHRIST OUR LORD VISITS HER; OTHER MYSTERIES UNTIL THE COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST 66 CHAPTER V. THE COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST UPON THE APOSTLES AND THE OTHER FAITHFUL; THE MOST BLESSED MARY SEES HIM INTUITIVELY; OTHER MOST HIDDEN MYSTERIES WHICH HAPPENED ON THAT OCCASION 83

CHAPTER VI. THE APOSTLES LEAVE THE CENACLE TO PREACH TO THE GATHERING MULTITUDE; THEY SPEAK IN VARIOUS TONGUES; AND ABOUT THREE THOUSAND ARE CONVERTED ON THAT DAY; THE DOINGS OF MOST HOLY MARY ON THIS OCCASION 96 CHAPTER VII. THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES MEET IN ORDER TO SOLVE SOME DOUBTS, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE FORM OF BAPTISM; THEY ADMINISTER THAT SACRAMENT TO THE CATECHUMENS; SAINT PETER CELEBRATES THE FIRST MASS; THE DOINGS OF MARY IN THE MEANWHILE , 115 CHAPTER VIII. EXPLANATION OF THE MIRACLE THROUGH WHICH THE SACRAMENTAL SPECIES WERE PRESERVED IN THE MOST BLESSED MARY FROM ONE COMMUNION TO THE NEXT; THE MANNER OF ITS OPERATION AFTER SHE CAME DOWN TO THE CHURCH FROM HEAVEN 133 CHAPTER IX. THE MOST HOLY MARY SEES LUCIFER RISING UP TO PERSECUTE THE CHURCH AND WHAT MEASURES SHE TOOK TO DEFEND AND PROTECT THE FAITHFUL AGAINST THIS ENEMY 148 CHAPTER X. THE FAVORS WHICH THE MOST HOLY MARY CONFERRED UPON THE APOSTLES THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF HER ANGELS , THE SALVATION OF A WOMAN PROCURED BY MARY IN THE LAST HOUR, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO OTHERS THAT DAMNED THEMSELVES 164 CHAPTER XI OF THE PRUDENCE OF MARY IN GOVERNING THE NEW FAITHFUL; HER DEALINGS WITH STEPHEN DURING HIS LIFE AND AT HIS DEATH AND OTHER EVENTS 183 CHAPTER XII. THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH AFTER THE DEATH OF SAINT STEPHEN; THE LABORS OF MARY, OUR QUEEN, WHILE IT LASTED; AND HER SOLICITUDE IN URGING THE APOSTLES TO COMPOSE THE SYMBOL OF THE CREED 200 CHAPTER XIII. THE BLESSED MARY SENDS THE CREED TO THE DISCIPLES AND OTHERS OF THE FAITHFUL; THEY WORK GREAT WONDERS WITH IT; THE APOSTLES RESOLVE TO PARTITION THE EARTH AMONG THEMSELVES & OTHER DOINGS OF THE GREAT QUEEN OF HEAVEN 216 CHAPTER XIV. THE CONVERSION Of SAINT PAUL AND THE PART TAKEN THEREIN BY MOST HOLY MARY ; OTHER HIDDEN MYSTERIES 237 CHAPTER XV. THE HIDDEN COMBAT OF THE DEMONS AGAINST SOULS J HOW THE MOST HIGH DEFENDS THEM THROUGH HIS HOLY ANGELS, THROUGH THE MOST BLESSED VIRGIN, AND BY HIS OWN POWER ; THE CONSULTATION HELD BY THE HELLISH FOES AGAINST THE QUEEN AND THE CHURCH AFTER THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL 261

CHAPTER XVI. THE MOST HOLY MARY PERCEIVES THE INTENTIONS OF THE DEMON TO PERSECUTE THE CHURCH ; SHE IMPLORES THE DIVINE AS SISTANCE BEFORE THE THRONE OF THE MOST HIGH IN HEAVEN J SHE FOREWARNS THE APOSTLES; SAINT JAMES ARRIVES IN SPAIN TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AND IS VISITED THERE BY THE MOST BLESSED LADY 288 CHAPTER XVII. LUCIFER STIRS UP ANOTHER PERSECUTION AGAINST THE CHURCH AND AGAINST THE MOST BLESSED MARY; SHE MAKES IT KNOWN TO SAINT JOHN, AND AT HIS ADVICE RESOLVES TO GO TO EPHESUS; HER DIVINE SON APPEARS TO HER AND COMMANDS HER TO VISIT SAINT JAMES IN SARAGOSSA ; THE EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THIS VISIT. 310
BOOK TWO

CHAPTER I. THE MOST BLESSED MARY DEPARTS WITH SAINT JOHN FROM JERUSALEM FOR EPHESUS ; SAINT PAUL GOES FROM DAMASCUS TO JERUSALEM; SAINT JAMES ARRIVES THERE; HE VISITS THE GREAT QUEEN IN EPHESUS J REFLECTIONS ON THE MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS DURING ALL THESE JOURNEYS 337 CHAPTER II. THE GLORIOUS MARTYRDOM OF SAINT JAMES ; THE MOST BLESSED MARY ASSISTS HIM AND BEARS HIS SOUL TO HEAVEN ; HIS BODY IS BROUGHT TO SPAIN ; THE IMPRISONMENT OF SAINT PETER AND HIS LIBERATION FROM PRISON; THE MYSTERIES CONNECTED WITH THESE EVENTS.. . 357 CHAPTER III. THE DOINGS OF THE MOST BLESSED MARY IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH AND CHASTISEMENT OF HEROD; SAINT JOHN PREACHES IN EPHESUS AND WORKS MANY MIRACLES I LUCIFER RISES UP TO BATTLE WITH THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN 371 CHAPTER IV. THE MOST BLESSED MARY DESTROYS THE TEMPLE OF DIANA IN EPHESUS J HER ANGELS BRING HER TO THE EMPYREAN HEAVENS, WHERE THE LORD PREPARES HER FOR THE BATTLE AND VICTORY OVER THE INFERNAL DRAGON J THIS CONFLICT BEGINS WITH TEMPTATIONS TO PRIDE 386 CHAPTER V. THE MOST HOLY MARY, CALLED BY THE APOSTLE SAINT PETER, RETURNS FROM EPHESUS; SHE CONTINUES HER BATTLE WITH THE DEMONS; is OVERTAKEN BY GREAT STORMS AT SEA; SOME OTHER INTERVENING MYSTERIES 406 CHAPTER VI. THE VISIT OF THE MOST BLESSED MARY TO THE HOLY PLACES J SHE GAINS MYSTERIOUS TRIUMPHS OVER THE DEMONS; SHE SEES THE DIVINITY IN HEAVEN BY A BEATIFIC VISION ; THE APOSTLES CONVOKE A COUNCIL ;. THE HIDDEN MYSTERIES CONNECTED WITH ALL THESE EVENTS 425

CHAPTER VII. THE MOST HOLY MARY ENDS THE BATTLE WITH THE DEMONS, GLORIOUSLY TRIUMPHING OVER THEM AS IS DESCRIBED BY SAINT JOHN IN THE TWELFTH CHAPTER OF THE APOCALYPSE 444 CHAPTER VIII. THE STATE OF CONTINUAL ABSTRACTIVE VISION, IN WHICH GOD PLACED THE MOST BLESSED MARY AFTER HER VICTORY OVER THE DEMONS, AND HER BEHAVIOR THEREIN 464 CHAPTER IX. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GOSPELS WRITTEN BY THE EVANGELISTS & THE PART WHICH THE MOST BLESSED MARY HAD IN THEIR COMPOSITION ; SHE APPEARS TO SAINT PETER IN ANTIOCH AND IN ROME; SIMILAR FAVORS SHOWN TO OTHER APOSTLES 481 CHAPTER X. THE EXERCISES IN MEMORY OF THE PASSION PRACTICED BY THE MOST HOLY MARY; THE REVERENCE WITH WHICH SHE RECEIVED HOLY COMMUNION, AND OTHER DOINGS OF HER MOST HOLY LIFE . 496 CHAPTER XI. THE LORD, BY NEW FAVORS, RAISES THE MOST BLESSED MARY ABOVE THE STATE DESCRIBED IN THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK 510 CHAPTER XII. HOW THE MOST BLESSED MARY CELEBRATED HER IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND NATIVITY; AND THE BLESSINGS WHICH SHE RECEIVED ON THOSE DAYS FROM HER SON OUR SAVIOR JESUS.. 522 CHAPTER XIII. THE MOST BLESSED MARY COMMEMORATES OTHER BLESSINGS WITH HER ANGELS, ESPECIALLY HER PRESENTATION AND THE FEAST DAYS OF SAINT JOACHIM, SAINT ANNE AND SAINT JOSEPH.. 533 CHAPTER XIV. THE WONDERFUL MANNER IN WHICH THE MOST BLESSED MARY CELEBRATED THE MYSTERIES OF THE INCARNATION AND NATIVITY OF THE GODMAN, AND HOW SHE GAVE THANKS FOR THESE IMMENSE BLESSINGS 546 CHAPTER XV. OTHER FEASTDAYS CELEBRATED BY THE MOST BLESSED MARY IN MEMORY OF THE CIRCUMCISION, THE ADORATION OF THE KINGS, HER PURIFICATION, THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD, HIS FAST, THE INSTITUTION OF BLESSED SACRAMENT, HIS PASSION AND RESURRECTION 562 CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE MOST BLESSED MARY CELEBRATED THE FEASTS OF THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, THE COMING OF THE HOLY GHOST, THE FEAST OF THE HOLY ANGELS AND SAINTS AND OTHER ANNIVERSARIES OF FAVORS RECEIVED BY HER 575 CHAPTER XVII. THE ANGEL GABRIEL SENT AS AMBASSADOR TO THE MOST BLESSED MARY TO INFORM HER THAT SHE STILL HAD THREE YEARS OF LIFE, AND WHAT HAPPENED TO SAINT JOHN AND TO ALL NATURE AT THIS NEWS 589

CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE DESIRES AND LONGINGS OF MOST HOLY MARY TO SEE GOD INCREASED DURING HER LAST DAYS ; SHE TAKES LEAVE OF THE SACRED PLACES AND OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH & SHE MAKES HER TESTAMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MOST BLESSED TRINITY . . 603 CHAPTER XIX. THE GLORIOUS AND HAPPY TRANSITION OF THE MOST HOLY MARY. HOW THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES ARRIVED PREVIOUSLY IN JERUSALEM AND WERE PRESENT AT HER DEATH 620 CHAPTER XX. THE BURIAL OF THE SACRED BODY OF THE MOST BLESSED MARY, AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAT . 632 CHAPTER XXI. THE SOUL OF THE MOST HOLY MARY ENTERS THE EMPYREAN HEAVEN AND, IN IMITATION OF CHRIST OUR REDEEMER, RETURNS TO RESUSCITATE HER SACRED BODY; IN IT SHE AGAIN ASCENDS TO THE RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD ON THE THIRD DAY 641 CHAPTER XXII. MOST HOLY MARY IS CROWNED AS QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND OF ALL CREATURES ; ALL HER GREAT PRIVILEGES IN FAVOR OF MANKIND ARE AGAIN CONFIRMED UPON HER 653 CHAPTER XXIII. AN OFFERING OF PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING MADE BY ME, SISTER MARY OF JESUS, THE LEAST OF THE MORTALS, TO THE LORD AND TO HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER, FOR HAVING BEEN CHOSEN TO WRITE THIS HEAVENLY HISTORY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE QUEEN AND MISTRESS OF HEAVEN 664