THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY
[Chapter 11 Continued]
[Chapter 11 Continued]
2. The Joy of the Angels.
After God, and together with God, the angels rejoiced. Their Queen and Mistress has just been born. She is the one who, after the divine essence, will be the most beautiful sight in Heaven. With this little maiden they try to compare all the beautiful things of the Heavenly court and they admit that after God nothing can be compared with Her.
Somebody has suggested that the revolt of the rebellious angels in Heaven was because God revealed to them that they must one day adore His Son made-man and that they must acknowledge the Mother of that Son as their Queen. It is thought that the proud Lucifer felt hurt and humiliated at the thought that he should abase himself before a Woman Whom he considered less perfect than himself. Consequently, refusing to obey he raised the cry of rebellion that swept so many angels to hell. If such was the case it is clear how the devil, full of wrath and despair, must today acknowledge that Mary is incomparably more beautiful than he was and that therefore there was no justification for his rebellion.
On the other hand, see how today the good angels rejoice now more than ever for having been faithful to God, since, far from being humiliated, it is an immense glory for them to have Mary as their Queen. See them, all joyful and eager, unable to restrain their enthusiasm, coming down in innumerable legions to the cradle of Mary, desirous to be the first to venerate Her and offer Her their homage. Hear instead the roaring of the infernal beast as the tiny foot commences to crush him. The devil will throughout all eternity feel the smashing defeat that so much humiliates him. For all eternity he will feel crushed under the delicate foot of that maiden. What shame for him, what humiliation!
[From 'Marian Meditations' Book]
After God, and together with God, the angels rejoiced. Their Queen and Mistress has just been born. She is the one who, after the divine essence, will be the most beautiful sight in Heaven. With this little maiden they try to compare all the beautiful things of the Heavenly court and they admit that after God nothing can be compared with Her.
Somebody has suggested that the revolt of the rebellious angels in Heaven was because God revealed to them that they must one day adore His Son made-man and that they must acknowledge the Mother of that Son as their Queen. It is thought that the proud Lucifer felt hurt and humiliated at the thought that he should abase himself before a Woman Whom he considered less perfect than himself. Consequently, refusing to obey he raised the cry of rebellion that swept so many angels to hell. If such was the case it is clear how the devil, full of wrath and despair, must today acknowledge that Mary is incomparably more beautiful than he was and that therefore there was no justification for his rebellion.
On the other hand, see how today the good angels rejoice now more than ever for having been faithful to God, since, far from being humiliated, it is an immense glory for them to have Mary as their Queen. See them, all joyful and eager, unable to restrain their enthusiasm, coming down in innumerable legions to the cradle of Mary, desirous to be the first to venerate Her and offer Her their homage. Hear instead the roaring of the infernal beast as the tiny foot commences to crush him. The devil will throughout all eternity feel the smashing defeat that so much humiliates him. For all eternity he will feel crushed under the delicate foot of that maiden. What shame for him, what humiliation!
[From 'Marian Meditations' Book]
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