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Day Twenty (a)[4]

The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will.

In the Ardour of Her Love, feeling Herself the Mother of Jesus,

Mary sets out in search of Hearts to be Sanctified. Visit to St.
Elisabeth; Sanctification of John.

The soul to her Celestial Mother:

Celestial Mama, your poor child has extreme need of You. Since You

are my Mother and the Mother of Jesus, I feel the right to be near You,
to place myself at your side, and to follow your steps in order to model

mine. O please! Holy Mama, give me your hand, and take me with You,
that I may learn to behave well in the different actions of my life.

Lesson of the Queen of Heaven:

Blessed child, how sweet is your company to Me. In seeing that you

want to follow Me in order to imitate Me, I feel refreshment for the

flames of love that devour Me. Oh! yes, having you near Me, I will be
able to teach you more easily how to live of Divine Will. While you follow

Me, listen to Me.

As soon as I became Mother of Jesus and your Mother, my seas of love
doubled, and unable to contain them all, I felt the need to pour them

out, and to be the first bearer of Jesus to creatures, even at the cost of

great sacrifices. But, what am I saying sacrifices? When one really
loves, sacrifices and pains are refreshments; they are reliefs and

outpourings of the love that one possesses. Oh! my child, if you do not

experience the good of sacrifice, if you do not feel how it brings the
most intimate joys, it is a sign that the divine love does not fill all your

soul, and therefore that the Divine Will does not reign as Queen in you.

It alone gives such strength to the soul as to render her invincible and
capable of bearing any pain.

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