Colloquy with Him Who is nigh.
Resolution. To remember that I am never alone.
Spiritual Bouquet. "The Lord is nigh."
THE INTERIOR LIFE. (1)
Humility.
"I am Thy servant, I am Thy servant and the son of Thy handmaid."
(Ps. cxv. 16).
Janua coeli, ora pro nobis.
1st. Prelude. The Gate of Heaven.
2nd. Prelude. Grace to enter that gate and learn.
We are going now to keep very close to Mary. She is passing all these precious days in communion with her Son and He is teaching her what conformity to Himself means. But she has Him not for herself alone but for all those for whom He has made Himself incarnate and has come to die. The time passed within that "Gate of Heaven" was the first stage of His earthly journey and He was there for me, for my learning. He was already my Model. Let me go, then, to-day to the "Gate of Heaven," go to Mary and ask to be allowed to study some of those heavenly lessons which were so dear to her heart. Janua coeli, ora pro nobis. "Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any who implored thy help or sought thy intercession were left unaided. Inspired with this confidence I fly unto thee.... O, Mother of the Word Incarnate despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me."