Mater Dei loquitur dicens, quod ipsa est similis flori, a quo apes trahunt dulcedinem; apes enim sunt serui et electi Dei, qui continue ab ea trahunt dulcedinem gracie et habent spirituales alas et pedes et aculeum.
The Flower of Mercy
Mary describes herself as a flower of inexhaustible grace from which the faithful draw sweetness.
The Mother speaks: "I am the Queen and Mother of mercy." My Son, the Creator of all things, is so moved by such sweetness toward me that He has given me a spiritual understanding of everything that has been created. That’s why I’m like a flower from which bees draw the most sweetness; no matter how much they gather, the sweetness still remains.
The Bees of the Spirit
The chosen ones are likened to bees who possess the spiritual feet, wings, and stinger necessary for a life of devotion.
In this way, I can obtain grace for everyone, and I always have an abundance of it. But my chosen ones are also like bees, because they are entirely devoted to my honor. They are like bees with two feet: first, a constant desire to increase my honor, and second, they work diligently at this, doing whatever they can. They also have two wings: first, by considering themselves unworthy to praise me, and second, by obeying everything that is for my honor. They also have a stinger, and if they lose it, they die.
Consolation in Tribulation
God's friends are promised divine comfort amidst their earthly trials to preserve their virtues.
In this way, God’s friends experience the world’s troubles—which aren't taken from them before the end of their lives, so that they might guard their virtues—but I, in the abundance of my consolation, will comfort them.
Read the original Latin
Mater loquitur: "Ego sum regina et mater misericordie. Filius meus creator omnium tanta circa me dulcedine affectus est, quod omnium, que creata sunt, spiritualem michi dedit intelligenciam.
Ideo ego simillima sum flori, de quo apes maxime trahunt dulcedinem, a quo, quantumcumque colligitur, nichilominus ei dulcedo remanet.
Sic ego omnibus graciam impetrare possum et ego semper habundo. Verum eciam electi mei similes sunt apibus, quia tota deuocione circa honorem meum afficiuntur.
Ipsi enim quasi apes habent duos pedes, scilicet continuum desiderium augendi honorem meum, secundo laborant in hoc sollicite operando que possunt.
Habent eciam duas alas, scilicet reputando se indignos laudare me, secundo obediendo omnibus, que sunt ad honorem meum. Habent eciam aculeum, qui si defecerit eis moriuntur.
Sic amici Dei habent tribulaciones mundi, que ante finem vite propter virtutum custodiam non auferuntur ab eis, sed ego habundans consolacione consolabor eos."
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