the-glories-of-mary

GLORIES OP MARY. 267
rants who loves thee, lost? Ah, obtain for me
the grace to be no longer ungrateful to thee and
to my God, who for love of thee hath granted
me so many favors. Oh Mary, what dost thou
gay to me? Shall I be lost? I shall be lost if I
leave thee. But who will any more venture to
forsake thee? Shall I ever forget thy love for
me? Thou, after God, art the love of my soul.
I dare live no longer without loving thee. I
bless thee! I love thee! and I hope that I shall al
ways love thee in time and in eternity, oh creat
ure most beautiful! most holy! most sweet!
most amiable of all creatures in this world!
Amen.
SECTION II.
MARY ASSISTS HER SERVANTS IN PURGATORY.
Too happy are the servants of this most kind
mother, since not only in this world they are
aided by her, but also in purgatory they are
assisted and consbled by her protection. For
succor being there more needed, because they
are in torment and cannot help themselves, so
much the more does this mother of mercy strive
to help them. St. Bernardine of Sienna says,
that in that prison of souls who are spouses of
Jesus Christ, Mary has a certain dominion and
plenitude of power to relieve them, as well as
deliver them from their pains.*
* Beat* Virgo in regno pnrgatorii dominlum habet. Berax I, 48
Horn. Mar. a 1, c. 3.