St. Mechtildis: “I saw one day,” she says, “the Son of God. He held in His hands His own Heart, which was brighter than the sun, and shed rays of light from every part. It was then that our loving Saviour made known to me, that, from the plenitude of that Divine Heart issue all the graces which God pours continually upon men, according to the capacity of each.” (Sp. Works of St. Mechtildis, book ii. ch. 18.)