And when she was fourteen years of age, the Virgin Mary called her one day and said, Dear child, I am about to make a long journey, so take into thy keeping the keys of the thirteen doors of heaven. Twelve of these thou mayest open, and behold the glory which is within them, but the thirteenth, to which this little key belongs, is forbidden thee. Beware of opening it, or thou wilt bring misery on thyself. The girl promised to beobedient, and when the Virgin Mary was gone, she began to examine the dwellings of the kingdom of heaven. Each day she opened one of them, until she had made the round of the twelve. In each of them sat one of the Apostles in the midst of a great light, and she rejoiced in all the magnificence and splendour, and the little angels who always accompanied her rejoiced with her. Then the forbidden door alone remained, and she felt a great desire to know what could be hidden behind it, and said to the angels, I will not quite open it, and I will not go inside it, but I will unlock it so that we can just see a little through the opening. Oh no, said the little angels, that would be a sin. The Virgin Mary has forbidden it, and it might easily cause thy unhappiness. Then she was silent, but the desire in her heart was not stilled, but gnawed there and tormented her, and let her have no rest.
她长到十四岁时,圣母玛利亚有一天把她叫到面前,对她说:亲爱的孩子,我要出一趟远门。这是天国十三座门的钥匙,由你保管。你可以打开其中十二扇门,看看里面的美景。这把小钥匙是开第十三扇门的,但是你千万不要把那扇门打开,不然你会遭到不幸的。小女孩答应一定听圣母玛利亚的话。等圣母玛利亚走了之后,她开始参观天国的住房。她每天打开一扇门,直到十二扇门被她一一打开。她看到每一扇门里都坐着一位耶稣的门徒,周围一片光辉灿烂。这辉煌的景象让她万分欢喜,也让昼夜陪伴她的小天使们非常高兴。现在只剩下那扇禁止被打开的门了。她非常想知道这扇门的后面藏的是什么,便对天使们说:我不把门全打开,也不进去。我只想打开一条缝,好让我们大家看看里面有什么。啊,不行,小天使们说,那样做是罪过。圣母玛利亚禁止你打开它,你要是不听话,可能很容易遭到不幸。她听到这话便不吭声了,可她心中的愿望并没有就此消失,而是在不停地折磨着她,让她得不到片刻的安宁。
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