The Glorious Ascension of Jesus
The Glory Bestowed Upon Jesus
LISTEN Volume III Book II Chapter XXXIX - CHRIST OUR REDEEMER ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN FOLLOWED BY ALL THE SAINTS IN HIS COMPANY; HE ASSUMES WITH HIM HIS MOST HOLY MOTHER AND PUTS HER IN POSSESSION OF GLORY
"..Open, ye princes, open your gates eternal; let them be raised and opened up, and receive into His dwelling the great King of glory, the Lord of virtues, the Powerful in battle, the Strong and Invincible, who comes triumphant and victorious over all His enemies. Open the gates of the heavenly paradise, and let them remain open and free forever, since the new Adam is coming, the Repairer of the whole human race, rich in mercy, overflowing with the merits of His copious Redemption wrought by His Death in the world. He has restored our loss and has raised human nature to the supreme dignity of His own immensity. He comes with the reign of the elect and the redeemed, given to Him by His eternal Father. Now His liberal mercy has given to mortals the power of regaining in justice the right lost by their sin, to merit, by the observance of His law, as His brothers and coinheritors of the goods of His Father eternal life; and, for His greater glory and to our greater rejoicing, He brings with Him and at His side the Mother of piety, who gave Him the form of man for overcoming the demon; She comes as our charming and beautiful Queen delighting all that behold Her. Come forth, come forth, ye heavenly courtiers, and you shall see our most beautiful King with the crown given to Him by His Mother, and His Mother crowned with the glory conferred upon Her by Her Son.."