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Revelations of St. Bridget
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When Lady Bridget now wished to return from Jerusalem to Rome, she went on the
birthday of the Virgin Mary to visit her sepulchre and the other shrines that are
there near the city of Jerusalem. As she prayed at the said sepulchre, that same
Virgin appeared to her, assuring her about the time of her death and assumption
and testifying that this was literally her sepulchre.
When I was in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, praying at the sepulchre of the
glorious Virgin, that same Virgin appeared to me, shining with exceeding splendor,
and said: "Be attentive, daughter! After my Son ascended to heaven, I lived in the
world for fifteen years and as much time more as there is from the feast of the
ascension of that same Son of mine until my death. And then I lay dead in this
sepulchre for fifteen days.
Thereupon I was assumed into heaven with infinite honor and joy. However,
my garments with which I was buried then remained in this sepulchre; and I was
then clothed in such garments as those that clothe my Son and my Lord, Jesus
Christ. Know also that there is no human body in heaven except the glorious body
of my Son and my own body. "Therefore go now, all of you, back to the lands of
Christians; ever amend your lives for the better; and in future, live with the greatest
of care and attention now that you have visited these holy places, where my Son
and I lived in the body and died and were buried."
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Revelations and Prophesies Imparted to St. Bridget of Sweden Book Seven: Chapter Twenty-Six
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