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into my soul. I do not remember ever having departed from Them without

Their adding more surprising gifts for Me.

So, while I was in Their arms, I prayed for mankind; and many times, with
tears and sighs, I cried for you, my child, and for all. I cried because of your

rebellious will, because of your sad lot of seeing yourself reduced to

slavery by it, which rendered you unhappy. To see my child unhappy made
Me shed bitter tears, to the point of wetting the hands of my Celestial

Father with my crying. And the Divinity, moved by my crying, continued

telling Me: “Our beloved daughter, your love binds Us, your tears
extinguish the fire of Divine Justice; your prayers draw Us so much toward

the creatures, that We do not know how to resist You. Therefore, We give
to You the mandate to place in safety the destiny of mankind. You will be

Our Agent in their midst. To You do We entrust their souls; You will defend

Our rights, prejudiced by their sins; You will be in the middle, between
them and Us, to restore the balance on both sides. We feel in You the

invincible strength of Our Divine Will which, through You, prays and cries.

Who can resist You? Your prayers are commands, your tears rule over Our
Divine Being. Therefore, forward in your enterprise.”

Now, my dearest child, my little Heart felt consumed with love at the loving

ways of the divine speaking; and with all my love I accepted Their
mandate, saying to Them: “Highest Majesty, I am here in your arms;

dispose of Me in whatever way You want. I will lay down even my life and if

I had as many lives for as many as are the creatures, I would put them at
their disposal and Yours, to bring them, all safe, into your paternal arms.”

And without knowing then that I was to be the Mother of the Divine Word, I

felt in Me the double Maternity: Maternity toward God, to defend His just
rights; Maternity toward creatures, to bring them to safety. I felt Myself

Mother of all. The Divine Will which reigned in Me, and which knows not

how to do isolated works, brought God and all creatures from all centuries
into Me. In my maternal Heart I felt my God offended, wanting to be

satisfied, and I felt the creatures under the empire of Divine Justice. Oh!

how many tears I shed. I wanted to make my tears descend into each

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