Opera nuper in lucem prodeuntia

His Son with all the joy that she had when she bore Him, and with all the good with which I have given Him to herself and to the whole world for salvation." But she found the mother holding the boy reclining in the manger and wrapped in swaddling clothes. And the infant said: "When I came into the world, I was immediately bound with swaddling clothes and bands, so that I could not move myself, as a sign that I gave Myself entirely, with all the goods that I brought with Me from heaven, into the power of man and for his supreme utility. For he who is bound has no power, nor is he able to defend himself in anything, and everything he has can be taken from him. Similarly, departing from the world, I was affixed to the cross, so that I could not move Myself at all, as a sign that I left to man all the goods that I performed in my humanity. Finally, I have conferred all my conversation and my passion totally upon man. Whence he can now confidently take mine, and this is desirable, so that he may usefully enjoy my goods."

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It also seemed to her that Love, in the form of a maiden, was sitting with the Blessed Mary. To whom she said: "O most sweet Love, teach me a fitting service to show to this most noble Boy." To whom Love replied: "I," she said, "was the first to handle Him with virginal hands, I wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, I nursed Him with virginal breasts with the Mother, I cherished Him in my lap, and I have shown the services of humanity with the Mother and still do so incessantly. Whoever, therefore, wishes to serve Him wor-