Mary’s Understanding of the Sacraments and Precepts of the Church - The Transfixion - Bk5 - Ch11

The Venerable Sister Mary of Jesus of Ágreda describes the deep knowledge of the Blessed Virgin Mary concerning the seven sacraments which were to be instituted by Christ Our Lord, and the importance of the five precepts of the Catholic Church. The Blessed Virgin Mary reminds us that the gates to graces are open, yet many don't take advantage of it saying, "...many times I have reminded thee how injurious to the Almighty and how dangerous to mortals is the forgetfulness and the neglect of the mysterious and wonderful works of his divine clemency toward men. My maternal solicitude urges me to renew in thee the memory and the sorrow for this lamentable tendency. Where is the judgment and good sense of men, that they should forget their eternal welfare and the glory of their Redeemer and Creator? The gates of grace and of glory are open; and yet they not only do not enter, but they fly from light and life, and they shut them out from hearts darkened by the shadows of death."