Opera nuper in lucem prodeuntia

these, the Lord Jesus, proceeding like a bridegroom from His chamber, more beautiful than the sons of men Psalm 45:2, came with a fiery choir of seraphim, who are closest to God. They circled the Lord and the Blessed Virgin from the earth up to the heaven in the manner of a wall, so that the bridegroom and most delicate youth, waiting, watched until the angel Gabriel should salute the glorious Virgin with reverence. After the Blessed Virgin immersed herself in the abyss of humility, saying, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord, be it done unto me according to your word" Luke 1:38, immediately the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, with wings of divine sweetness spread, entered the soul of the Virgin, happily overshadowing her, and by making her the mother of the Son of God, He made her noble flesh conceive and kept the virgin intact. Thus, the Virgin became the mother of God and man, the Holy Spirit cooperating.

When the time arrived for the most noble banquet in which she had perceived her soul's beloved, Jesus, in the communion of the most sacred body and blood, she heard Him saying to her, "You are in Me and I in you, and I will never abandon you." She, however, desired nothing else than the praise of God with her whole heart. The Lord gave her His divine heart in the manner of a golden cup, decorated in a wondrous way, saying to her, "Through My divine heart you will always praise Me. Go and serve all the saints a living drink from My heart, so that they may be happily inebriated." Then she approached the angels, serving them that salutary drink, and they did not drink from it, but nevertheless were refreshed by it. Then to the patriarchs and prophets