69. [68.] The Virgin Mary.* I saw Mary, the mother of the Lord. She appeared in snow-white attire to the side as if just passing by; and then, pausing a little, she said that she had been the mother of the Lord, that He had indeed been born of her, but that He had become God and put off all His maternal humanity. Therefore she now worships Him as her God, she said, and does not want anyone to acknowledge Him as her son, because everything in Him is Divine. * Regarded by Roman Catholics as preeminent among the saints.