"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints" (Ps. cxv. 15). How much more beautiful and precious was the death of the Blessed Virgin! To the Apostles and the other witnesses, although a loss, it was full of consolation and edification. To herself it was her final triumph on earth, the end of sorrows, the commencement of glory.
The angels surrounded her death-bed. The Lord Jesus was waiting for her soul, just beyond the veil, to reward her for all she had done for Him, to set the crown upon her head, to lead her into the kingdom and present her to the Eternal Father.
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Meditations on Christian Dogma, Volume 1
The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland, 1961
