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

[Therese]

'...instead of being judged with the rest, She [Blessed Mary] shall be seated at the right hand of the Judge to judge with Him all the creatures.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 762





'It is right that to my Mother be given the reward of a Mother; and if during her whole life and in all her works She was as like to Me as is possible for a creature to be, let Her also be as like to Me in glory and on the throne of our Majesty, so that where holiness is there in essence, there it may also be found in its highest participation.'

Our Redeemer's words to His heavenly Father, as revealed to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 762





'To Her [Blessed Mary] belong the rewards, which according to our conditional decree We had prepared for the disobedient angels and for their followers among them, if thy had been faithful to their grace and vocation.  She has recompensed Us for their falling away by her subjection and obedience; She has pleased Us in all her operations and has merited a seat on the throne of our Majesty.'

The eternal Father's words, as revealed to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 764

[Therese]

'On the third day after the most pure soul of Mary had taken possession of this glory never to leave it, the Lord manifested to the saints his divine will, that She should return to the world, resuscitate her sacred body and unite Herself with it, so that She might in body and soul be again raised to the right hand of her divine Son without waiting for the general resurrection of the dead.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 765

[Therese]

'My flesh is her flesh; She co-operarated with Me in the works of the Redemption; hence I must raise Her, just as I rose from the dead, and this shall be at the same time and hour.  For I wish to make Her like Me in all things.'

Our Redeemer's words to the saints, as revealed to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 766



Note:  The hour that our Lord was raised from the grave is the hour immediately after midnight.

[Therese]

'My daughter, lamentable and inexcusable is the ignorance of men in so knowingly forgetting the eternal glory, which God has prepared for those who dispose themselves to merit it.  I wish that thou bitterly bewail and deplore this pernicious forgetfulness; for there is no doubt, that whoever wilfully forgets the eternal glory and happiness is in evident danger of losing it.  No one is free from this guilt, not only because men do not apply much labor or effort in seeking and retaining the remembrance of this happiness; but they labor with all their powers in things that make them forget the end for which they were created.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 770

[Therese]

'Human weakness always tends to do less good than it desires to do; and when this desire is small, then it will execute very little, and hence risks losing all.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 773

[Therese]

'When the creature resolves to love God from all its heart and with all its powers, as He commands, God overlooks its human defects and shortcomings, and is pleased with their resolve to reap the highest rewards.  But to despise them or wilfully undervalue them shows not the love of children or of true friends, but the base fear of slaves, who are content to live and be let alone.  If the saints could return to merit some additional degree of glory by suffering all torments to the day of judgement, they would doubtlessly return; because they have a true and perfect knowledge of the value of the reward and they love God with a perfect charity.  It is not proper that this privilege be granted to the saints; but it was conceded to me, as thou hast recorded in this history; and my example confirms this truth.  It also reproves the foolishness of those, who, in order to avoid suffering and the cross of Christ, are looking for a curtailed reward, one which is contrary to the inclinations of God's goodness and contrary to his desire of seeing souls multiply their merits and gain copious rewards in the eternal felicity.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 774

[Shin]

I am looking forwards to the last quote. . . I wonder which passage it will be?

We'll have a special section of the website devoted to these quotes after they are finished and I proofread them again. 

[Therese]

I am looking forwards to the last quote. . . I wonder which passage it will be?

We'll have a special section of the website devoted to these quotes after they are finished and I proofread them again.  

Excellent, Shin!  Please edit the contents I inserted in brackets, as I royally messed up on them!  It would be best if you consulted with the book or with me about them.  God bless you!

[Shin]

Certainly Therese. It is easy and enjoyable work proofreading, I keep getting sidetracked reading the surrounding portions and taking further notes and extracts!

[Therese]

Certainly Therese. It is easy and enjoyable work proofreading, I keep getting sidetracked reading the surrounding portions and taking further notes and extracts!

I'm so glad to hear that you are taking further notes and extracts!  So many times I had cut short passages that were too long for me to post.  God bless you!

[Therese]

'All approved of the decision of the vicar of Christ and at his order immediately removed the stone, which closed the sepulchre.  This being done, they saw the grave despoiled of the sacred body of the Queen of heaven and the tunic in the same position as when it had covered her, showing that it must have passed through the tunic and the stone of the sepulchre without disturbing any part of them.  Saint Peter took out the tunic and mantle and, with all the others, venerated it, as they were now certain of the Resurrection and Assumption of the Blessed Mother into heaven.  In mixed joy and sorrow they wept sweet tears at this prodigy and sang psalms and hymns of praise and glory to the Lord and his most blessed Mother.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 781

[Therese]

'My daughter, if anything could lessen the enjoyment of the highest felicity and glory which I possess, and if, in it, I could be capable of any sorrow, without a doubt I would be grieved to see the holy Church and the rest of the world in its present state of labor, notwithstanding that men know me to be their Mother, Advocate and Protectress in heaven, ready to guide and assist them to eternal life.  In this state of affairs, when the Almighty has granted me so many privileges as his Mother and when there are so many sources of help placed in my hands solely for the benefit of mortals and belonging to me as the Mother of clemency, it is a great cause of sorrow to me to see mortals force me to remain idle, and that, for want of calling upon me, so many souls should be lost.  But if I cannot experience grief now, I must justly complain of men, that they load themselves with eternal damnation and refuse me the glory of saving their souls.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 783

[Therese]

'With those who have called upon me in their needs I have always shown myself liberal, and the Lord has showed himself liberal to them on my account.  Yet, though many are the souls whom I have helped, they are few in comparison with those, whom I could and am willing to help.'

Our Lady to Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 784

[Therese]

'Thine, O lady, is the credit and the glory for all that I have written, not only because it records thy most holy and admirable life, but because thou hast given it a beginning, hast furthered it, and brought it to a close; and if Thou hadst not been its Author and Controller, it could never had entered into the hearts of man.  Let then all thanks and credit be thine; because Thou alone canst give a worthy return to thy divine Son and our Redeemer for this new and peerless blessing....Only what Thou hast taught and commanded, have I written; I was but the mute instrument of thy tongue, moved and governed by thy wisdom.  Perfect Thou this work of thy hands, not only for the appropriate glory and praise of the Most High, but add to it what is wanting, in order that I may practice thy doctrine, follow thy footsteps, obey thy commands, and run after the odor of thy ointment, which is the sweetness and fragrance of thy virtues diffused with ineffable kindness through this history.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 789

[Therese]

'I acknowledge myself, O Empress of heaven, as the most unworthy, the most indebted of all the children of the holy Church.  In order that the monstrosity of my ingratitude may not become apparent in the Church, before the Almighty and before Thee, I propose, offer, and seek to make known my renunciation of all that is visible and earthly; I again subject my liberty to the divine will and to thy own, engaging myself not to use my free will, except for God's glory and pleasure....Guide me unto the end, command me as my Queen, instruct me as my Teacher, correct me as my Mother.  Receive as thanksgiving for all this thy own life and the high pleasure which thou hast afforded to the most blessed Trinity, as the perfection of his marvels.  Let the angels and saints praise Thee, let all generations know Thee; let all creatures, in Thee and through Thee, eternally bless their Creator and let my soul and all my faculties magnify Thee.'

Ven. Mary of Agreda, Mystical City of God, Vol. IV, 790



THE END OF MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD

[Shin]

 

    Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiæ,
    vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve.
    Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevæ,
    Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
    in hac lacrimarum valle.

    Eia, ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos
    misericordes oculos ad nos converte;
    Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui,
    nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.
    O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria.

    V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei Genitrix.
    R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.


    Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,
    Hail, our life, our sweetness and our hope.
    To thee do we cry,
    Poor banished children of Eve;
    To thee do we send forth our sighs,
    Mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.

    Turn then, most gracious advocate,
    Thine eyes of mercy toward us;
    And after this our exile,
    Show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
    O clement, O loving,
    O sweet Virgin Mary.

    V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
    R. that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ, thy Son.