the-glories-of-mary

GLORIES OP MJLRY. 275
know tnee; but there are innumerable angels and
saints iu heaven who love and praise thee con
tinually. On this earth, too, how many souls
burn with love of thee, and live enamored of thy
goodness Ah, 1 if I, too, might love tnee, my
most lovely Lady! Oh, that I might always be
engaged in serving thee, in praising thee, in
honoring thee, and in striving to awak
en love of thee in others. A God hath been
enamored of thee, who, by thy beauty, if
I may so speak, hast drawn him from the bo
som of the eternal Father, to come upon the earth
and become man and thy Son; and I, a miserable
worm, shall I not be enamored of thee? Yes,
my most sweet mother, I also will love thee,
love thee much, and do all in
my power to make
thee loved by others. Accept, then, oh Mary,
the desire I have to love thee, and help me to
fulfil it: I know that thy lovers are regarded
with much favor by thy God. Next to his own
glory, he desires nothing more than thy glory,
in seeing thee honored and loved by
all. From
thee, oh Lady, I await all my blessings. Thou
must obtain the pardon of all my sins, thou must
obtain for me perseverance, succor in death, de
liverance from purgatory, in a word, thou must
conduct me to paradise. All this thy lovers
hope from thee, and they are not deceived. This
I also hope, who love thee with all my heart, and
above all things next to God,