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"..I am Mary, who gave birth to the Son of God, true God and true
man. I am the Queen of Angels. My son loves you with all of his heart.
Therefore you should love him. You should be adorned with the most
proper clothes, and I will show you how and what kind they should be.
Just as before you had an undershirt, a shirt, shoes, a cloak, and a
brooch on your chest, so now you shall have spiritual clothes.
The undershirt you shall have is contrition for your sins for, just as
an undershirt is closest to the body, so contrition and confession are
the first way of conversion to God. Through these the mind, which once
enjoyed sin, is purified, and unchaste flesh is restrained from evil
lusts.
The two shoes are two intentions – namely, the will to make amendment
for your past sins, and the will to do good and refrain from evil. Your
shirt is hope in God and, just as a shirt has two sleeves, so may
justice and mercy be paired with your hope, so that you will hope for
the mercy of God, yet not forget his justice. Think about his justice
and harsh judgment in such a way that you do not forget his mercy, for
he does not work justice without mercy, or mercy without justice.
The cloak is faith, for just as the cloak covers everything and
everything is enclosed in it, so man can comprehend and attain all
things by faith. This cloak should be decorated with the tokens of your
Bridegroom’s love - namely, how he created you, how he redeemed you, how
he raised you and led you into his spirit, and opened your spiritual
eyes.
The brooch, which should always be on your chest, is the frequent
consideration of his suffering: how he was mocked and scourged, how he
stood alive on the cross - bloody and wounded in all his limbs - how in
death his whole body shook from the most bitter pain and anguish, and
how he commended his spirit into the hands of his Father. May this
brooch always be on your chest! There should also be a crown on your
head, which means that you should be chaste in your desires. So much so,
that you would rather endure a beating and pain than to be further
stained.
Therefore, be modest and polite, and do not think or desire anything but
your God and Creator - for when you have him, you have everything!
Adorned in this way, you shall await your Bridegroom..."
Father Anthony Mellace
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