messenger of the queen of arts 92 love for us and the invincible power of her spirit were manifest in a particular manner. If it concerns love, I do not doubt, that she burned with such a desire for the salvation of men, that in the case of necessity, she herself would have been prepared to provide the nails for nailing her Son to the Cross for our salvation, and she herself would have crucified Him. Therefore, if standing by such a shameful Cross, she would have something to state, surely she would have stated these words: “Eternal Father, behold Your — and at the same time my — Son, who took from me a human body, which I nurtured and saved, fleeing to Egypt from the tyrant Herod, with whom I returned to Judah, whom I dressed and with the greatest care protected; I offer Him now stretched on the altar of the Cross in reparation for the life of the human race, and at the same time, I consecrate to You for the salvation of the same human race all my sorrows, which I have experienced in his most cruel Passion and death. And You, through the torture of Your and my Son, preserve unfortunate men from eternal suffering. You, through His most cruel death, preserve them from eternal death. You, through His piercing Agony on the Cross, do not permit that they be overcome in battle with the hellish enemy. Finally grant them, on account of my sorrows, eternal joy.” O, dear members, in what light stood here the love of the best Virgin in relation to us, how great was the love she showed us, how greatly she valued our salvation! Who, by God, among men is not concerned about this, so as to love, honor and praise in every way possible such a graceful and saving Lady? Oh, do not procrastinate to do everything that you can to venerate the Most Blessed Virgin. If only you served her so willingly, as she did so for us, when with such great desire she bore the Passion which tormented her Son. I cannot agree with the opinion of those who maintain that the Virgin Mother of God, before the terrible sufferings of her Son, swooned. If the Roman Porcia was able to bear so courageously
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