to seek me unless compelled by tribulation. How can I be warm with such, who have neither right faith, firm hope, nor fervent love for me? So when they cry out to me and say: “Have mercy on me, O God,” they do not deserve to be heard, nor to enter into my glory. As they will not follow their Lord to his passion, they shall not follow him to his glory. For no soldier can please his Lord, and, after falling, be restored to favor, unless he first humbles him to show his contempt. — Lib. i., c. 39.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE PASSION OF OUR LORD.
The Blessed Virgin speaks.
At that time, my Son was suffering, and as Judas the traitor approached, he stooped towards him, for Judas was of low stature, giving him a kiss, saying: “Friend, wherefore hast thou come?” And immediately some seized him, others dragged him by the hair, others defiled him by spitting upon him. Then
