Quod vere desiderantibus Deum ipse statim occurrit et consolatur eos quasi pius pater et difficilia facit eis facilia.
The Triune Promise of Grace
The Lord responds to the prayer of the bride by promising the protection of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
As someone was reading the Our Father, the bride heard how the Spirit then said: "Friend, I answer you on behalf of the Godhead that you will have an inheritance with your Father." Second, on behalf of my humanity, that you will be my temple. Third, regarding the Spirit: you won't face temptations beyond what you can bear. For the Father will defend you, the humanity of Christ will stand by you, and the Spirit will set you on fire.
The Fatherly Compassion of God
God describes His intimate, active presence in the lives of those who desire Him, likening His care to that of a loving parent.
Just as a mother runs to her child with joy when she hears his voice, and just as a father meets his son halfway to help him carry his load when he sees him working, so I come to my friends, making all their difficulties easy and helping them carry them with cheerfulness. And just as someone who sees something desirable isn't comforted unless it draws closer, so I draw near to those who desire me.
A Vision of the Incarnate Word
A specific account of a brother's vision of Christ in the Eucharist and his foreknowledge of his own death.
This brother saw our Lord Jesus Christ in the priest's hands during the elevation of the Body of Christ; He appeared as a young child and said to him, "I am the Son of God and the Son of the Virgin." He also foresaw his own death and the hour of it a year in advance, which is recounted in many chapters of the legend of the holy lady; this brother was named Gerekinus.
Read the original Latin
Quodam legente Pater noster audiuit sponsa quomodo tunc ait Spiritus: "Amice, respondeo tibi ex parte deitatis, quod habebis hereditatem cum Patre tuo. Secundo ex parte humanitatis, quod eris templum meum.
Tercio ex parte Spiritus, quod non habebis temptaciones supra id quod possis ferre. Pater enim defendet te, humanitas astabit tibi, Spiritus te inflammabit."
Sicut enim mater, quando audit vocem filii sui, occurrit ei gaudenter et sicut pater videns filium operantem occurrit ei in media via et subleuat cum eo onus, sic ego amicis meis occurro et omnia difficilia facio eis facilia et portare cum hylaritate.
Et sicut aliquis videns aliquid desiderabile non consolatur, nisi vicinius appropinquet, sic ego desiderantibus me appropinquo."
Hic frater vidit in manu sacerdotis tempore eleuacionis corporis Christi in specie pueruli Dominum nostrum Ihesum Christum dicentem sibi: "Ego sum Filius Dei et Filius Virginis."
Hic eciam obitum suum et horam ad vnum annum preuidit, de quo habetur in multis capitulis in legenda sancte domine; qui quidem frater vocabatur Gerekinus.
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