Qualiter angelus rogat pro sponsa et qualiter Christus querit ab angelo, quid est, quod querit pro sponsa, et quid expedit sponse.
The Guardian's Intercession
Christ instructs the guardian angel on the true nature of intercessory prayer for the bride.
The good angel, guardian of the bride, seemed to be asking Christ on her behalf. The Lord answered him, "Whoever wishes to pray for another ought to pray for their salvation." For you are like a fire that never goes out, burning incessantly with my love. You see and know all things when you see me. You want nothing except what I want. Tell me, then, what is beneficial for this new bride of mine!"
The Divine Will and Human Need
Christ invites the angel to articulate the specific needs of the bride so she may better understand the divine will.
He replied, "Lord, you know everything." The Lord answered him, "Everything that has happened and everything that will happen exists eternally in me, and I know and understand all things in heaven and on earth; there is no change in me. Yet, so that this bride may understand my will, tell her now, while she is listening, what is best for her."1
Justice Tempered by Mercy
The angel requests both the rod of correction and the gift of mercy for the bride, which Christ grants.
And the angel says, "She has a proud and arrogant heart." Therefore, she needs the rod so that she may be tamed." And then the Lord says, "What, then, are you asking for her, my friend?" And he replies, "Lord, I ask for mercy along with your rod." And the Lord says, "For your sake I will do this for her, for I never administer justice without mercy." Therefore, this bride ought to love me with her whole heart."
Read the original Latin
Angelus bonus, custos sponse, videbatur rogare Christum pro eadem sponsa. Cui respondit Dominus dicens: "Qui rogare voluerit pro alio, salutem eius rogare debet. Tu enim es quasi ignis, qui numquam extinguitur, ardens caritate mea incessanter. Tu vides et scis omnia, cum vides me. Tu nichil vis, nisi quod ego. Dic ergo michi, quid isti mee noue sponse expedit!"
Et ille respondit: "Domine, tu scis omnia." Cui Dominus ait: "Omnia quidem, quecumque facta et futura sunt, eternaliter sunt in me, et omnia in celo et in terra noui et scio nec mutacio est apud me, tamen, ut ista sponsa intelligat voluntatem meam, dic modo ipsa audiente, quid ei expedit!"
Et angelus ait: "Elatum habet cor et magnum. Propterea necessaria est ei virga, ut edometur." Et tunc ait Dominus: "Quid igitur petis ei, amice mi?" Et ille: "Domine, peto misericordiam cum virga tua." Et Dominus ait: "Propter te hoc faciam ei, qui numquam facio iusticiam sine misericordia. Ideo diligere me hec sponsa debet toto corde."
Notes
- 1 ↩The Latin 'expedit' carries the sense of what is spiritually profitable or advantageous for the soul's progress.
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