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Day Twenty Three (b)[6]
The Queen of Heaven in the Kingdom of the Divine Will. She leaves
Bethlehem. The Divine Fiat calls Her to the Heroic Sacrifice of
offering Baby Jesus for the Salvation of Mankind. The Purification.
The soul to her Celestial Mother:
Holy Mama, here I am close to You, to accompany You to the Temple,
where You go to make the greatest of sacrifices – to place the life of the
Celestial Infant at the mercy of each creature, that they may use it to
reach safety and to be sanctified. But, ah! sorrow many will use it to
offend Him, and even to become lost. O please! my Mama, place little
Jesus in my heart, and I promise You, I swear, to love Him always, and
to keep Him as the life of my poor heart.
Lesson of the Queen of Heaven:
Dearest child, how happy I am to have you close to Me. My maternal
Heart feels the need to pour out my love and to confide to you my
secrets. Be attentive to my lessons, and listen to Me. You must know
that for forty days now, we have been in this grotto of Bethlehem, the
first home of my Son down here; but, how many wonders in this grotto!
The Celestial Infant, in an ardour of love, descended from Heaven to
earth; He was conceived, was born, and felt the need to pour out this
love; so, each breath, heartbeat and motion, was an outpouring of love
that He made. Each tear, wail and moan, was an outpouring of love.
Even His feeling numb with cold, His tiny little lips, livid and shivering
were all outpourings of love that He made; and He looked for His Mama
in whom to deposit this love, which He could no longer contain; and I
was prey to His love. So, I felt Myself being wounded continuously, and
I felt my dear little One palpitating, breathing, moving within my
maternal Heart. I felt Him crying, moaning and wailing, and I remained
inundated by the flames of His love. The circumcision had already
opened deep gashes in Me, into which He poured so much love that I
felt Queen and Mother of love. I felt enraptured in seeing that in each
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