The Mystical City of God - The Incarnation - Bk 3 - Ch21 - Elizabeth asks Mary to stay

Mystical City of God

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda describes how St. Elizabeth asked the Blessed Virgin Mary to remain with her, and they discussed Elizabeth's pending childbirth. The Blessed Virgin Mary instructs us on prayer. How praying in the correct manner, is never offensive to God. She says, "My daughter, whenever our desires arise from loving affection and are accompanied by a good intention, the Most High is not offended at our making them known, as long as it is done with submission and resignation to the dispositions of his divine Providence. When the soul presents itself before the Lord with such sentiments, He looks upon it as a Father and grants to it what is proper, withholds what is improper or does not conduce to its true welfare." "I wish that you offer up all your petitions and prayers in the name of my most holy Son and my own; and be assured without doubt, that they will be heard if they are joined with the upright intention of pleasing God. Look upon me with loving affection as your Mother, your refuge and your help; trust yourself to my devoted love, and remember, my dearest, that my desire for your greater good urges me to teach you the means of obtaining great blessings and favors of divine grace at the most liberal hands of God."