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The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements

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Section 26

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XXVI. And the all holy one said:

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I

pray

thee

,

commander

-

in

-

chief

,

command

the

armies

of

the

angels

and

let

them

place

me

on

the

height

of

heaven

and

let

me

into

the

presence

of

the

invisible

Father

.

And

immediately

the

commander

-

in

-

chief

commanded

,

and

the

chariot

of

the

cherubim

and

seraphim

appeared

,

and

they

exalted

the

highly

favoured

one

to

the

height

of

heaven

and

placed

her

in

the

presence

of

the

invisible

Father

:

And

she

stretched

forth

her

hands

to

the

undefiled

throne

of

the

Father

and

said

:

Have

mercy

,

O

Lord

,

on

the

Christian

sinners

,

for

I

saw

them

being

chastised

and

I

cannot

bear

their

complaint

.

Let

me

go

forth

and

be

chastised

myself

for

the

Christians

.

I

do

not

pray

,

O

Lord

,

for

the

unbelieving

Jews

,

but

for

the

Christians

I

entreat

thy

compassion

.

And

there

came

a

second

voice

from

the

invisible

Father

saying

:

How

can

I

have

mercy

on

them

,

when

they

did

not

have

mercy

on

their

own

brothers

?

And

the

all

holy

one

said

:

Lord

,

have

mercy

on

the

sinners

:

behold

the

chastisements

,

for

every

creature

on

the

earth

calls

upon

my

name

:

and

when

the

soul

comes

forth

out

of

the

body

,

it

cries

saying

,

“

Holy

Lady

,

Mother

of

God

.

”

Then

the

Lord

said

to

her

:

Hearken

,

all

holy

Mother

of

God

,

if

anyone

names

and

calls

upon

thy

name

,

I

will

not

forsake

him

,

either

in

heaven

or

on

earth

.

Notes

21
Cf. Esdras, l. c., pp. 469, 470.