her whole soul, with all her mind, and with all her strength, and loving her neighbour as herself; she was full of humility, meekness, patience, obedience, and all other moral virtues; she was full of wisdom, godliness, the fear of the Lord, and all other gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit: her memory was full of holy thoughts; her understanding with the lights of God and divine truths; and her will with most fervent acts and affections of love, zeal, desire of the glory of God, of the coming of the Messias, and of the redemption of the world. She was full of grace in all her thoughts, words, and works; her works were all full, by the purity of intention, the fervour and love, with which she performed them all. Many Saints have been full of grace; but none like this Queen and Mother of all the Saints: whose grace was proportioned to the great designs that God had upon her, and to the super-eminent dignity to which she was chosen, of being Mother of God. O congratulate, my soul, with the Blessed Virgin, for this her fulness of grace; which went on continually increasing for the whole time of her life, by the good use she continually made of all God's gifts; and beg through her intercession thou
