Excerpts from Mystical City of God by Ven. Mary of Agreda

[whiterockdove]

I agree. Historical details are very interesting to me. And I like any accounts of angels.

Through the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial choir of angels, May The Lord grant us to be protected by them
In this life and conducted by them in the life to come in Heaven.

Our Father....

Hail Mary.....(x3)

Amen!

[Therese]

Through the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial choir of angels, May The Lord grant us to be protected by them
In this life and conducted by them in the life to come in Heaven.

Our Father....

Hail Mary.....(x3)

Amen!

Amen!

[Therese]

'In short, I will say, that as long as She [Blessed Mary] lived, the whole passion of her divine Son was renewed in Her week for week.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 581

[Therese]

'Seek thou, as long as thou shalt be upon earth, to compensate for the ingratitude and forgetfulness of mortals.  And in order to do it as I desire, never let thy remembrance of Christ crucified, afflicted and blasphemed be extinguished.  Persevere in thy exercises, never omitting them except in obedience or in a just cause; for if thou imitate me in this I shall make thee a participant in the effects I myself felt.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 593

[Shin]

I agree. Historical details are very interesting to me. And I like any accounts of angels.

Through the intercession of St. Michael and the celestial choir of angels, May The Lord grant us to be protected by them
In this life and conducted by them in the life to come in Heaven.

Our Father....

Hail Mary.....(x3)

Amen!

Amen amen amen.

[Therese]

'In accordance with the pleasure of the eternal Father Christ our Savior decreed as it were pledged Himself to his most blessed Mother, in the presence of all the saints, that from henceforth, as long as She should live in mortal flesh, She should, on every Sunday after finishing Her exercises of the Passion, be brought by the holy angels to the empyrean heaven and there, in the presence of the Most High, celebrate in body and soul the joys of the Resurrection.  The Lord also decreed that, in Her daily Communion He should manifest to Her his most sacred humanity united to the Divinity in a new and wonderful manner, different from that in which She had enjoyed it until that day; so that this might serve as a pledge and foretaste of the glory, which He had reserved for his most holy Mother in eternity.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 601

[Therese]

'O how happy, my daughter, is the man, who during the short instant of his life seeks to anticipate the divine science, which he is so soon to posses by experience!  This is the true wisdom, not to wait for the end until knowing that end, but look to the end in the beginning of the course, and enter upon it, not with so many doubts whether we shall attain the end, but with some security of attaining it.  Consider then, with what sentiments thou must be animated, who, at the beginning of the race, see a great prize, which they can attain by pressing on their course for a time with great diligence (I Cor. 9, 24).'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 608

[Therese]

'But remember that belief in this history and in all that it contains, does not depend on the instrument, but on its Author, who is the highest truth, and upon the contents of thy writing; and in this regard not even the highest seraph could add thereto, nor canst thou diminish or omit anything.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 620



'In my school I wish thee to learn the love, the gratitude and humility of a true disciple of mine; for I desire thee to distinguish thyself and advance thyself exceedingly.  All my festivals thou shouldst celebrate with a sincere devotion and invite the saints and angels to assist thee therein; especially the feast of the Immaculate Conception, in which I was so highly favored by the divine power and from which I derived so much joy.  In these times, more than formerly, I am solicitous of seeing it acknowledged by men and of their praising the Most High or this extraordinary miracle.  On the day of thy own birth into the world thou shouldst render special thanks to the Lord in imitation of me and perform some extra work in his service.  Above all thou shoulds resolve thenceforth to amend thy life and to commence to labor in this anew.  And all the mortals, instead of spending the anniversary of their birth in demonstration of vain earthly joy, should make similar resolutions.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 624

[Therese]

'As this great Lord is so wise, just and equitous, He will never reject us on account of our poverty, but only on account of our ingratitude.  He desires to give us plentifully, but at the same time He wishes us to be grateful, rendering Him the glory, honor and praise contained in gratitude.  Such a return for small benefits, obliges Him to confer other greater ones; if we are grateful for all, He multiplies them.  However it is only the humble that secure them, since they are at the same time thankful.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 625

[Therese]

'O how highly did She [Blessed Mary] esteem the sayings of the wise!  "Lean not upon thy own prudence; be not wise in thy own conceit"  (Prov. 3, 5, 7).  "Despise not the discourse and the teaching of the presbyters, and live always according to their sayings"  (Eccli. 8, 9).  "Do not enter into high speculation with yourselves, but conform to the lowly"  (Rom. 12, 16).'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 630

[Therese]

'The root of this most dreadful ingratitude in men is the boundless desire and covetousness for the temporal, apparent and transitory goods.  From this insatiable thirst grows their unthankfulness; for as they hanker so much after the temporal goods, they undervalue what they receive and give thanks neither for them nor for the spiritual goods;  and thus they are most ungrateful as well for the ones as the others.  In addition to this unbearable foolishness they are guilty of a still greater one, namely, they ask God not for what is necessary to them, but for things which are inurious and will bring about their eternal perdition.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 639

[Therese]

'It is also a bad sign, when the just Judge confers temporal blessings upon those who ask for them in forgetfulness of the blessings of the Redemption and Justification; for all such, oblivious of the means of their eternal salvation, demand but the instruments of their death, and to yield to their demands is no blessing, but a chastisement of their blindness.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 640

[Therese]

Hopefully I'll have some more excerpts for you tomorrow.  God bless you all!

[whiterockdove]

Congratulations on reaching 50 pages of excerpts, Therese,  that's a lot of work!
Thanks and God Bless.

I just listened to an audio homily about Mary at the foot of the cross, it is right in line everything here.
I appreciated it  much more from having read your excerpts, I don't think i would have even grasped what he was talking about without
having read this first.

[Therese]

Congratulations on reaching 50 pages of excerpts, Therese,  that's a lot of work!
Thanks and God Bless.

I just listened to an audio homily about Mary at the foot of the cross, it is right in line everything here.
I appreciated it  much more from having read your excerpts, I don't think i would have even grasped what he was talking about without
having read this first.

Thank you, Whiterockdove!  Mystical City of God is so very excellent that I love sharing it with you all!  I'm glad that it has been very helpful to you--it has been very helpful to me as well.  I feel obligated to obeying our Lady's instructions, as though they were written just for me to keep.  We will honor Blessed Mary so much if we obey all her instructions, and we will prove our love for her and for her heavenly wisdom and prudence.  I only wish that I could have included more of the work on this thread.  There was so much important matter that got passed over because the passages were too long for me to type.  You really must read the whole work yourself, dear Whiterockdove, if you really want to know how privileged and graced was Blessed Mary.  Anyone who reads this work will finish it loving Blessed Mary more than ever.  If there is one work I recommend to all Catholics after the Bible it is this one.  The mysteries revealed in this work about Jesus and Mary are a special grace and honor to the reader.  God bless you, and Mary keep you!

[Therese]

'However, as this Lord was true God and true man, human nature apparently remained a debtor to him, unless someone among mere creatures could repay the Redeemer in as far as with the divine grace it was possible to man.  This return was made by his own Mother and our Queen; since she alone was the secretary of the great counsel and the archive of his mysteries and sacraments.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 643