Amidst
this jubilee and other rejoicings exceeding all our conceptions that new
divinely arranged procession approached the empyrean heavens. Between the two
choirs of angels and saints, Christ and his most blessed Mother made their
entry. All in their order gave supreme honour to each respectively and to both
together, breaking forth in hymns of praise in honour of the Authors of grace
and of life.
Between the two choirs of angels and saints, Christ and Mother made their entry |
Then the eternal Father placed upon the throne of his Divinity at
his right hand, Jesus Christ, and in such glory and majesty, that He filled
with new admiration and reverential fear all the inhabitants of heaven. In
clear and intuitive vision they recognized the infinite glory and perfection of
the Divinity inseparably and substantially united in one personality to the
most holy humanity, beautified and exalted by the pre-eminence and glory due to
this union, such as eyes have not seen, nor ears heard, nor ever has entered
into the thoughts of creatures (Is. 54, 4).
Jesus Christ at the right hand of the Father |
On this occasion the humility and wisdom of
Blessed Mary reached
their highest point; for, overwhelmed by such divine and
admirable favours, She hovered at the footstool of the royal throne,
annihilated in the consciousness of being a mere earthly creature. Prostrate
She adored the Father and broke out in new canticles of praise for the glory
communicated to his Son and for elevating in Him the deified humanity to such
greatness and splendour. Again the angels and saints were filled with
admiration and joy to see the most prudent humility of their Queen, whose
living example of virtue, as exhibited on that occasion, they emulated her and did
same.
Then
the voice of the eternal Father was heard saying: “My Daughter, ascend higher!”
Her divine Son also called Her, saying: “My Mother, rise up and take possession
of the place, which I owe Thee for having followed and imitated Me.” The Holy
Ghost said: “My Spouse and Beloved, come to my eternal embraces!” Immediately
was proclaimed to all the blessed the decree of the most holy Trinity, by which
the most blessed Mother, for having furnished her own lifeblood toward the
Incarnation and for having nourished, served, imitated and followed Him with
all the perfection possible to a creature, was exalted and placed at the right
hand of her Son for all eternity. “The
queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety.”
(Ps.44:10 Douay – Rheims version) or (New bible Ps.45:9)
Blessed Mary at the foot of the divine throne of God |
The most holy Mary did not forget the apostles and the disciples in
the midst of her glory; as they stood weeping and lost in grief and, as it
were, absorbed in looking into the aerial regions, into which their Redeemer
and Master had disappeared, She turned her eyes upon them from the cloud on
which She had ascended, in order to send them her assistance. Moved by their
sorrow, She besought Jesus lovingly to console these little children, whom He
had left as orphans upon the earth. Moved by the prayers of his Mother, the
Redeemer of the human race sent down two angels in white and resplendent
garments, who appeared to all the disciples and the faithful and spoke to them:
“Ye men of Galilee, do not look up to heaven in so great astonishment, for this
Lord Jesus, who departed from you and has ascended into heaven, shall again
return with the same glory and majesty in which you have just seen Him” (Acts
1,11). By such words and others which they added they consoled the Apostles and
disciples and all the rest, so that they might not grow faint, but in their
retirement hope for the coming and the consolation of the Holy Ghost promised
by their divine Master.
Although
all the mysteries of Christ and his Mother are revealed in the holy Scriptures;
yet not all of them are manifested at the same time, but little by little the
Lord withdraws the veil of figures, metaphors and enigmas, under which many of
the sacraments have been hidden. Like the rays of the sun under a passing
cloud, they were covered and concealed until some of the many rays of divine light
should fall upon men.