The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda: describes the attention and care which the Blessed Virgin Mary bestowed upon the fruit of her womb. Our Heavenly Queen reminds us that we always need to show God the proper reverence, recalling that He is present in all our dealings. He says, "...I wish you so earnestly to acquire and which shall teach you to understand profoundly, what decorous reverence is due to God. I remind you once more, that this science is very hard to learn and little coveted by men on account of their ignorance; for from there, to their great loss, it arises that, in conversing with the Most High or rendering Him service or worship, they fail to form a worthy concept of his infinite greatness and to free themselves from the darksome images of their earthly occupations, which make them torpid and carnal, unworthy and unfit for the magnificent intercourse with the supernal Deity. And this ill-bred coarseness entails another disorder: namely, that whenever they converse with their neighbors, they do it without order, measure or discretion, become entangled in their outward actions, and losing the memory and presence of their Creator in the excitement of their passions, are completely entangled in what is earthly."
