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Day Twenty Five (a)[8]

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

Temple. Mary, Model of Prayer. Loss of Jesus. Joys and Sorrows.

The soul to her Celestial Mother: Holy Mama, your maternal love
calls me to You with ever more powerful voice. I see You now all busy,

ready to leave Nazareth. My Mama, do not leave me, take me with You,
and I will listen attentively to the rest of your sublime lessons.

Lesson of the Queen of Heaven:

Beloved child, your company and the care you show in listening to my

celestial lessons in order to imitate Me are the purest joys you can
procure for my maternal Heart. I delight because I am able to share with

you the immense riches of my inheritance. Turning your gaze now to

Jesus, now to Me, pay attention to Me; I will narrate to you an episode
of my life which, though it had a consoling outcome, was yet most

painful to Me. Imagine that if the Divine Will had not given Me

continuous and new sips of strength and of grace, I would have died of
pure spasm.

We continued to spend our lives in the quiet little house of Nazareth,

and my dear Son grew in grace and in wisdom. He was charming

because of the sweetness and the gentleness of His voice, the sweet
enchantment of His eyes, the loveliness of His whole person. Yes, my

Son was truly beautiful, immensely beautiful!

He had recently reached the age of twelve, when we went to Jerusalem
according to custom, in order to solemnise the Passover. We set out on

the journey He, Saint Joseph and I. Very often, as we proceeded,

devout and recollected, my Jesus would break the silence and speak to
us now of His Celestial Father, now of the immense love for souls which

He felt in His Heart.

Once in Jerusalem, we went directly to the Temple, and as we arrived,
we prostrated ourselves with our faces to the ground, we adored God

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