"I am Thy servant, I am Thy servant and the son of Thy
handmaid."
(Ps. CXV. 16).
Janua coeli, ora pro nobis.
_1st. Prelude._ The Gate of Heaven.
_2nd. Prelude._ Grace to enter that gate and learn.
We are going now to keep very close to Mary. She is passing all these
precious days in communion with her Son and He is teaching her what
conformity to Himself means. But she has Him not for herself alone but
for all those for whom He has made Himself incarnate and has come to
die. The time passed within that "Gate of Heaven" was the first stage of
His earthly journey and He was there for me, for my learning. He was
already my Model. Let me go, then, to-day to the "Gate of Heaven," go to
Mary and ask to be allowed to study some of those heavenly lessons which
were so dear to her heart. _Janua coeli, ora pro nobis._ "Remember, O
most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any who
implored thy help or sought thy intercession were left unaided. Inspired
with this confidence I fly unto thee.... O, Mother of the Word Incarnate
despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me."