The Incarnation - Volume 2 - Introduction

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda discusses the ongoing difficulties and attacks she underwent in writing the history of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the City of God. She reveals directions she received from heaven. When these directions are given to an individual they are personal, when they're written down under obedience they're intended for the world. An angel said to her, "...thy Spouse does not wish to set thee any limit, but it is his pleasure, that thou dwell in the infinite regions of his Divinity and that thou roam about and disport [amuze] thyself through the illimitable fields of his attributes and perfections, where the view of the intellect is without restraint, where the will is delighted without a shadow of misgiving, and where the inclinations are satiated without bitterness. This is the paradise always delightful, where the most beloved brides of Christ find their recreation, where they gather the fragrant flowers and myrrh, and where the infinite is found for those that have renounced the imperfect nothing. There will thy habitation be secure; and in order that thy intercourse and companionship may be in correspondence with it, I desire that thou converse with the angels, holding them as friends and companions, and copying from them, during their frequent conversations and intercourse with thee, their virtues by faithful imitation.”