the-glories-of-mary

GLORIES OF MARY, 288
showed her the soul of innumerable sinners who
had merited hell, and had afterwards been
saved by her intercession, and were already
enjoying eternal bliss.
It is true that in this life no one can be cer
tain of his eternal salvation: "Man knowethnot
whether he be worthy of love or hatred, but all
things are kept uncertain for the time to come."*
David asked of God : Oh Lord, who will be sav
ed? "Who shall dwell in thy tabernacle?"f St.
Bonaventure, writing on these words, answers:
Oh sinners, let us follow the footsteps of Mary,
and cast ourselves at her blessed feet, and let us
not leave her until she blesses us, for her bless
ing will secure to us paradise. J
It is
enough, oh
Lady, says St. Anselm, that thou dost wish to
save us, for then we cannot but be saved. St.
Antoninus adds, that souls protected by Mary are
necessarily saved; those upon whom she turns
her eyes are necessarily justified and glorified, jj
With reason, says St. Ildephonsus, the most
holy Virgin predicted that all generations would
call her blessed ;*f for all the elect by means of
* Xeecit homo utrura odio yel amore dlgnns sit. Bed
faturum servantur iucerta. Eccli. ix. 1, 2.
t Dotnine qnis habitabit in tabernaculo tuof PsaU xiv. 1.
$ Amplectamur Mariee vestigia, peccatores, et ejus beatis pedibm
pcrvolvamur Tuneamus earn fortiter, nee dimittamas, donee ab ea
jnereamnr benedici.
Tantummodo velis salutem nostram, et vere nequaquam
ease non poterirnus. De Exc. Vlrg. c. 11.
! Neceesarium est quod hi ad quos convertit (Maria) ocniofI
JttBtificentur. et glorificentur. P. 4, tit. 55.
^ Beatam me dicent omnes generationea Lnc. i, 46,