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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE INSTRUCTIONS OF MARY \nQUEEN OF THE ANGELS \nGiven to Venerable Mary of Agreda5 \n◊◊◊ \nYour astonishment at the singular favor conferred by me on my \nservant…at his death\, affords me an occasion to tell you of a privilege confirmed \nto me by the Almighty at the time when I bore the soul…to heaven. Although I \nhave already on other occasions revealed to you something of this secret\, you \nshall now understand it more fully in order to increase your filial devotion \ntoward me. When I brought to heaven the happy soul…the eternal Father spoke \nto me: \n“My Daughter and Dove…let my courtiers\, angels and saints \nunderstand that\, for the exaltation of my holy name\, for your glory and for the \nbenefit of mortals\, I now give you my royal word\, that if men\, in the hour of \ntheir death invoke you and call upon you with affection…I will bend to them in \nclemency and look upon them with eyes of fatherly mercy; I will defend and \nguard them against the dangers of that last hour; I will ward off the cruel \nenemies that seek the perdition of souls in that hour; I will furnish them \nthrough you with great helps for resisting these enemies and gaining grace\, if \nthey wish to avail themselves of this help; and you shall present to Me their \nsouls to be rewarded by my liberal hands.” \nFor this privilege the whole triumphant Church\, and I with it\, sang hymns of \nthanks and praise to the Most High. \nSince I see you desirous of knowing how you can obtain from me this \nfavor so precious to the soul\, I answer your pious wish by exhorting you to take \ncare lest you make yourself unworthy by ingratitude and forgetfulness; and \nbefore all\, to gain for yourself that inviolate purity\, which I expect of you… For \nthe great love which I owe and cherish toward God\, obliges me\, with sincerest \naffection and charity to demand of all the observance of his holy law and the \npreservation of their friendship and grace with God. This you must prefer before \nyour life and be willing to die rather than offend your God and highest Good. \nI wish that you set about obeying me\, act out my instructions\, and work \nwith all your might to imitate what you see and write of me; that you permit no \nintermission in your love\, nor forget for one moment the heartfelt affection you \nowe to the liberal mercy of your Lord; that you be thankful for all his blessings \nand to me\, since your obligations are far beyond the power of fulfillment by you \nin this mortal life. Be faithful in your correspondence\, fervent in your devotion\, \nready to do what is most holy and perfect. Let your heart expand and do not \nnarrow it…following the instigations of the devil. Extend your hand to strong \nand powerful deeds\, filled with confidence in the Lord; be not oppressed by \nadversities\, thus impeding the will of the Lord in you\, and the high ends of his \nglory. Retain vivid faith and hope\, even in the greatest assaults and temptations. \nIn all this let…the certain knowledge of possessing through me the happy \nsecurity of those who live under the protection of the Most High… Raise up your \nheart…and withdraw it from these deceits; aspire to that which is most pure and \nholy\, since with you shall be the arm of the Almighty\, who wrought such great \nwonders in Me.
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