CHAPTER II
☙ Of the appearance of Angels in white garments
BLESS and praise Thee, O most sweet
Jesus Christ, and on this holy day devoutly do I thank Thee for having
(after Thy departure from the Apostles
and Thy entrance with the Angels into Heaven)
sent two Angels clad in white, messengers of the
Court of Heaven, to comfort Thy bereaved ones
who were looking up after Thee into Heaven, but
were unable to follow Thee. " Ye men of Galilee"
they said to them, " Ye men of Galilee, why stand
you looking up to Heaven? Why marvel you at this
astounding miracle, the like of which was never
seen? With God all things are possible; God,
made Man, has gone up with a shout, even as in
the psalm it was foretold of Him. Be it yours
therefore to carry the tidings, and to bear witness,
to others, of the things which you have heard
and seen, even as it was commanded you. This
Jesus Who is taken up from you into Heaven, shall
so come as you have seen Him going into Heaven.
But He Who till now, in order that He might lead
to the realms above those who humbly followed
Him upon earth, here showed Himself to you as
One meek and lowly, will then come in great
power and glory to judge the living and the
dead."
O my Jesus, Whom I love above all things, remember, I beseech Thee, in Thy glory, me, poor sinner that I am. Remember and have mercy on me, left a stranger and an exile in this vale of tears, mourning and weeping amid the many
