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recognizing in that Divine Infant the King of Heaven and earth the One

who had come to love and save all? In fact, in the act in which the Magi
were adoring Him, enraptured by that celestial beauty, the newborn

Baby made His Divinity shine forth from His little Humanity, and the

grotto changed into Paradise; so much so, that they were no longer
able to detach themselves from the feet of the Divine Infant, not until He

again withdrew the light of the Divinity within His Humanity. And I,

putting in exercise the office of Mother, spoke at length of the descent
of the Word, and fortified them in faith, hope and charity, symbolized by

their gifts offered to Jesus; and, full of joy, they withdrew into their

regions, to be the first propagators.

My dear child, do not move from my side; follow Me everywhere. Forty

days from the birth of little King Jesus are about to sound when the

Divine Fiat calls us to the Temple in order to fulfil the law of the
Presentation of my Son. So we went to the Temple. It was the first time

that we went out together with my sweet Baby. A vein of sorrow opened

in my Heart: I was going to offer Him as victim for the salvation of all.
We entered the Temple, and first we adored the Divine Majesty; then

we called the priest, and having placed Him in his arms, I made the

offering of the Celestial Baby to the Eternal Father offering Him in
sacrifice for the salvation of all. The priest was Simeon, and as placed

Him in his arms, he recognized that He was the Divine Word and
exulted with immense joy; and after the offering, assuming the attitude

of prophet, he prophesied all my sorrows. Oh! how the Supreme Fiat

sounded over my maternal Heart thoroughly, with vibrating sound, the
mournful tragedy of all the pains of my Baby Son. But what pierced Me

the most were the words that the holy prophet spoke to Me: “This dear

Baby will be the salvation and the ruin of many, and will be the target of
contradictions.”

If the Divine Will had not sustained Me, I would have died instantly of

pure pain. But It gave Me life, and used it to form in Me the Kingdom of

sorrows, within the Kingdom of Its very Will. So, in addition to the right

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