https://archive.org/stream/admirablejoseph00dejeuoft/admirablejoseph00dejeuoft_djvu.txt " The admirable life of the glorious patriarch Saint Joseph : taken from the cité mystique de Dieu (The mystical city of God) " Insisting that he should rise, she pros- trated herself at his feet, although he made every effort to hinder this, but it was not pos- sible; for in humility she was invincible. Then she said to the saint: “It is I, my spouse, who 7ought to beseech your pardon for the pain and sorrow that you have had to endure on my account, therefore I beg you will forget them.” Our blessed Lady, for the consolation of her 9 98 LIFE OF ST. JOSEPH. LP nasband, continued: “I could not reveal to you tne hidden mystery which the Most High had enclosed within me, because it was my duty to await the expression of the will of the Lord. Thus my silence should not be considered as arising from any want of esteem for you, for in all things I regard you as my mas