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Revelations of St. Bridget
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A revelation in Bethlehem at the manger of the Lord, on the same matter as above.
Afterwards again in the same place, the Virgin Mary appeared to me and said:
"My daughter, it is a long time ago that I promised you in Rome that I would show
to you here in Bethlehem the manner of my childbearing. And even though I
showed to you in Naples something about this - namely, what state I was in when I
gave birth to my Son - nevertheless, know for very certain that I was in such a state
and gave birth in such a manner as you have now seen: on bended knee, praying
alone in the stable. For I gave birth to him with such great exultation and joy of
soul that I felt no discomfort when he went out of my body, and no pain. But at
once I wrapped him in the small clean cloths that I had prepared long before.
When Joseph saw these things, he marveled with great gladness and the joy
from the fact that I had thus, without help, given birth. But because the great
multitude of people in Bethlehem were busy about the census, they were therefore
so attentive to it that the wonders of God could not be publish among them. And
therefore know for a truth that however much human beings, following their human
perception, try to assert that my Son was born in the common manner, it is
nevertheless more true an beyond any doubt that he was born just as I elsewhere
told you and just as you now have seen."
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Revelations and Prophesies Imparted to St. Bridget of Sweden Book Seven: Chapter Twenty-Two
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