Catholics/Vocation; Apparitions
Expert: Fr. Michael - 3/13/2008
QuestionDear Fr. Jerome,
I know that an apparition takes a long time to prove that it is from God. Father I know what I am saying is honest truth I do not lie to priest sisters brothers or the religious. I am speaking of truth. Please listen to what I have to say, I know Blue symbolizes the Virgin Mary. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, well when I saw her at the age of 7 almost 8 years of age she came to me in a shade of sapphire her viel was of Sapphire and she was beautiful. She was shining with elegance and majesty she was cloth by God.
She came to me with a sad face crying sitting on a white puffy cloud and I said Ummm, Madem what is wrong. She said my daughter I am very sad, very sad indeed because women of Catholic faith do not wear thier viels as they are suppose too.
I said Well, what can I do to help? I was only a little girl.
Virgin Mary wants, for women only, wearing a veil at Mass. To cancle the New Mass. She called her self "Holy Virgin Mary protectress" Her Cloke was of the sapphire and on her cloke was pure white-clear diamonds twinkling in the day light! She came to me as the Madonna, and even said a prayer for the faithful:My dear angels, I come to you once more for your prayers. Pray from the heart each and every prayer. I tell you to always remember that the Father is listening each time. I know, dear children, that your hearts would not wish to send a hurried prayer or show a lack of sincerity in your words to Him. I assure you, your prayers are my avenue to bring peace into the world. Through your efforts it can descend upon the earth; peace in your hearts, peace in your families, and peace in your homelands. It is up to you. I come here to tell you my angels, you have this vast power to make all to be brought about by God in your midst. I will give all to your hearts through prayers."
Our Lady held a pink and gold chaplet from her left hand and prayed with her right. She recited all the prayers very slowly and reverently with so much love. Within the prayer of this chaplet lies a promise from Our Mother: a promise to us that in perseverance in prayer for the growth of the virtues, the seeds of holiness would be planted from which grace will grow. This chaplet contains all the virtues that Our Holy Mother wishes to be found and contained within our soul. The graces held within this chaplet of prayers are to guide and direct our souls in the attainment of these gifts from heaven. Through these seven virtues, our soul is given flight into the hands of God Father.
The Apostles' Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; He descended into hell, the third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Consecration My Queen, my Mother, I give myself entirely to thee, and to show my devotion to thee, I consecrate to thee this day, my eyes, my ears, my mouth, my heart, my whole being without reserve. Wherefore good mother, as I am thine own, keep me, guard me as thy property and possession. Amen.
(3) The Angelus
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
(Hail Mary..)
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord
R. Be it done unto me according to Thy Word.
(Hail Mary..) …)
V. And the Words was made flesh
R. And dwelt among us.
(Hail Mary..)
V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother Of God
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
V. Let us pray
R. Pour forth we beseech Thee O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
(4) Prayer for the Seven Virtues Repeat prayers 1), 2) and 3) each time for the Virtues of Faith, Hope, Charity, Humility, Patience, Perseverance, and Obedience.
1 The Lord's Prayer
2 The Glory Be
3 Prayer to the Holy Spirit:
Come Holy Spirit, enlighten my heart, to see the things which are of
God; Come Holy Spirit, into my mind, that I may know the things that
are of God; Come Holy Spirit, into my soul, that I belong only to God.
Sanctify all that I think, say and do, that all will be for the glory of God.
Amen.
I then said " O'Maria transform my heart unto thine, Place around it a wreath of purity, adorned in virtue. Take my heart, dear Mother, consecrated as your own. Present it to God Father as an offering from me to you. Help me O'Maria in each day to make your heart more known."
* As we say ___this prayer given to us by Our Lady, may our hearts be opened to recognize and accept the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and may we step forward confidently in this battle for the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart. We are called to become a reflection of Christ - a reflection of the face of God that all may be drawn to - so that His glory may be magnified through our lives.
"My dear children you bring my Jesus such joy today. I pass to you all a great blessing from God. He desires to create in His children, unity and glory to His Name."
"Spirit of Christ, stir me; Spirit of Christ, move me; Spirit of Christ, fill me; Spirit of Christ, seal me. Consecrate in me Your heart and will O Heavenly Father. Create in me a fountain of virtues. Seal my soul as Your own, that Your reflection in me may be a light for all to see. Amen."
Virgin:"Dear children, the act of consecration to my Immaculate Heart is just as I speak it. It is an act and not merely words. I rejoice that your hearts are realizing this. I tell you, your hearts are a window to your soul; the Act of Consecration opens this window. Your soul is like a prism, it is designed by God to reflect Him. If there are impurities in this prism, it cannot reflect the glory that was intended. To bring clarity to the soul, you must pray. Only through prayer may all impurities be dissolved. Look into my heart, dear ones, for when you gaze in, you shall only receive the Trinity. I can only reflect the presence of God to you. Listen my children, I assure you, open your hearts to receive the light of God. Allow only Him to be reflected to you."My dear ones, these instructions are for prayers to obtain the virtues. Begin with the Creed; then the Consecration to My Immaculate Heart; then the Angelus. You will then recite the virtue you are praying for, followed by the Our Father, the Glory Be and the Prayer to the Holy Spirit. Then, recite the next virtue - each decade for these virtues: Faith, Hope, Charity, Humility, Patience, Perseverance and Obedience."
GUIDANCE: Our Lady brings to us a call to her mission - the mission for the Triumph. This mission begins in our consecration to her Immaculate Heart; thus we are responding to the call to holiness and the quest for peace within ourselves and within the world. We must begin by realizing that this is a call to a personal conversion involving our own heart and soul which allows God to work in us and through us. The Act of Consecration in exactly as Our Lady has said - it is an act. The Act of Consecration will join our hearts through hers, to her Son, through a specially created grace.
DIRECTION: Prayer is what creates our relationship with God. Through this means of communion, God comes into our hearts and us into Him. Through prayer all impurities in us may be realized, given to Him and then transformed by His grace. To have quiet in the soul is to be filled with the presence of God. We must first be united as one with God, then, through this unity of ourselves with Him, He will be able to work miracles through us.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, help me to allow the window of my soul to remain clear and open, so that all impurities may be
erased and God may be magnified brilliantly and gloriously through my own conversion, consecration, and witness. May I give action to the words I promise to you, dear Mother. Open my heart that I become the sign of your Triumph to the world.
"They shall be like the angels of God in heaven." Matt 22:30
"My dearest children, I come to offer you my greatest gift - to give you my love in a most special exchange, my heart for yours. In this exchange, you shall make the Act of Consecration to My Immaculate Heart, thus partaking in my Triumph. I ask you my children, it is only your choice to accept."
"My dearest children, I come to offer you my greatest gift - to give you my love in a most special exchange, my heart for yours. In this exchange, you shall make the Act of Consecration to My Immaculate Heart, thus partaking in my Triumph. I ask you my children, it is only your choice to accept." 8-9-92.
GUIDANCE: Our Lady reminds us of the purpose of the consecration. The consecration holds the promise of the a soul to be possessed by her and through her to God, the Holy Spirit. As she remains the spouse of the Holy Spirit, all is given to God, so it is in this way that our hearts are also promised to God through our consecration to her. Since the entire purpose of Our Lady is to bring all hearts to her Son, she in effect, is collecting all souls to Him. In the Act of Consecration, our heart is exchanged, by divine grace, for Our Lady's heart and then our souls are purified and cleansed through a focused reconciliation with God. When the soul comes into union with Our Lady, the desire to imitate her becomes the purpose of this union. The heart is brought to the level of purity required for the heart to correspond with the imitation of Our Lady, thus bringing about the necessary spiritual atmosphere for the exchange of hearts to occur. In this imitation, our heart is pulled by a force of desire so that it can be met on the other side by God for the exchange. The Act of Consecration is a spiritual communion with Jesus through the heart of Our Lady.
DIRECTION: Our Lady tells us that we do not recognize the power given to us through prayer. We hold within our own hearts the key to peace in the world. Through prayer, a relationship will be increased; and through this heart to heart time we spend with Him, all our needs can be fulfilled. We should place aside a time for this relationship to grow. It is not possible to have a one-sided relationship. We must allow Jesus the time to reveal to our heart, His design created for us. Through the solitude of prayer, all the mysteries of heaven can be taught to our soul.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, help me to pray for the fire within my heart to be brought by you, to the level necessary for the exchange of my heart for yours. I pray to give to you, dear Mother, a YES of simplicity created from the purity of my heart and with the intention of imitation of your heart. Holy Mary, assist me with the desire to love God with my entire soul; to spare nothing within my power to please Him, who loves me so greatly. I desire to become united with you eternally, so that you may present me before the throne of your Son in a state of perfection and filled with sacred love. Such is my ardent hope, my fervent desire. "And every one that has left house or brethren or sisters, or father, or mother, or lands for my sake, shall receive a hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting." Matt 19:29
DAY 3
"My angel, I ask you to renew your consecration to me in a most special way. On the day of the Annunciation, I ask that all my children be joined to me on this day. Come together and be consecrated to my Immaculate Heart. You do not perceive how much grace is held for you there. I long to carry you all in my maternal arms and to present you to God Father in heaven. I present you to my Jesus - your truth, your life and the way of eternal life in heaven. I come to the world in such fullness because of the deceptions and evil it is influenced by. I desire to lead you to the fullness of the Gospel message. So it is by this means you shall pattern your lives, and will gain the crown of heaven. I warn you dear angel, the world shall succumb to dark times of great tribulations. I plead to you all to become intertwined with my Immaculate Heart so I may protect and guide you through such bleakness. I assure you, you do not know how difficult it is for you, dear children, to escape the snares of evil that Satan prepares for you. His seductions have become so alluring and subtle that only through the joining of our hearts, shall you be saved from them. It shall become clearer in each day that the flock who are consecrated to my heart and carried by my arms in these final times, shall be those who are faithful to the Gospel message, the Vicar of Christ, adore my Son's presence in the Eucharist; these shall be enclosed in the folds of my mantle by the Consecration to My Immaculate Heart. It is in this way I desire to lead you to glorification of the Most Holy Trinity. You shall find passage through the door of my heart, and by this means shall you spread the light of divine splendour. When this light you shall contain is spread throughout the earth and my part to usher in this light is fulfilled, my Jesus shall claim the Reign of His Sacred Heart and restore His kingdom. Through your smallest effort shall you spill forth this glory, and so it remains within your hands, the Triumph and proclamation of our two hearts among mankind."
GUIDANCE: Preparation for the consecration gives to the soul a foundation to receive an exceptional grace, for before God can bestow a grace upon the soul, it must first be prepared to receive it. The preparation is an act of purifying the soul, and this act of preparation must be completed on a level that relates to the amount of grace that shall be given by God. This Act of Consecration is a spiritual communion with Jesus through the heart of Mary, and should never be made lightly. We must make our consecration with a deep sense of the reality of grace that is contained within the act. The preparation that precedes the act must be taken ever so seriously. The purpose of this preparation is to give the soul a foundation to receive this great grace. Our Lady says that before God may bestow a grace in its fullness upon the soul, it must first be prepared to receive it.
DIRECTION: An ardent desire for perfection in the soul is the first state we should seek in ourselves. It is the means by which to acquire sanctity. Our consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary gains perfection in our soul. We shall make progress in virtue, and aspire to the highest degree of holiness first, through our own desire of attaining it. Holy desires are the blessed wings with which we shall burst through every worldly tie. By this means we are able to fly to the heights of perfection, where we will find a peace the world cannot give.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, help me to open my soul in order to receive the immense grace God desires to bestow upon me. May I prepare with the full realization of the precious gift my soul shall receive; that I give myself in sincerity, humility and purity, to obtain what God deems to extend to me, by no merits I contain. "This is the will of God - your sanctification" 1 Thes 4:3
DAY 4
"My angel, it is in the response to my call that all my children shall receive every grace they implore from my Immaculate Heart. Your conviction, placed within the consecration to my maternal heart allows the Holy Spirit to move within you and through you. I say to you again to remember - it is when you find no ground beneath your feet, you shall realize you are in flight to my embrace. My angel, never doubt God Father's desire of the holy execution of my Triumph given in my words to you. It is in this union given among my chosen, and the conformity to the will of God, that the resignation of conviction is inspired in each of your YES."
DAY 4
"My angel, it is in the response to my call that all my children shall receive every grace they implore from my Immaculate Heart. Your conviction, placed within the consecration to my maternal heart allows the Holy Spirit to move within you and through you. I say to you again to remember - it is when you find no ground beneath your feet, you shall realize you are in flight to my embrace. My angel, never doubt God Father's desire of the holy execution of my Triumph given in my words to you. It is in this union given among my chosen, and the conformity to the will of God, that the resignation of conviction is inspired in each of your YES." 12-7-92
GUIDANCE: An exceptional grace is needed to bring the soul to the state where the heavenly exchange of hearts may occur. A consuming fire is required. The consecration lifts the soul to the point where God moves toward it to raise it above the human capabilities of love. In essence, God shall lift the soul to the awareness of heaven. The soul may move humanly to the point where God may correspond with it and attract it to the moment of exchange, but it is only God who may bring the soul over, into this spiritual level. Such a divine and intense love is required to cause the transformation of the soul and the heart, to the point of the soul and the heart, to the point of the foundation necessary to perform such a miracle. If the foundation within the soul for the consecration is not laid, the soul cannot fully move to the point it must to reach for the exchange to occur. It is the effort on the part of the soul, to nurture the desire of love for Our Lady, but only God can perform the divine act of exchange, mediating by the Act of Consecration. The preparation should be seen just as important as the Act of Consecration itself; otherwise the soul cannot receive the specially designed grace that is given through the consecration.
DIRECTION: How do fervent desires make the soul fly to God? Good desires give strength and courage, they diminish the labour and fatigue of ascending the mountain of God. Whosoever, through difficult times in attaining sanctity, does not ardently desire to become holy, will never arrive at perfection. From this intense desire for holiness, we must never rest, but run continually so we can obtain the crown of purity adorned in virtue. This crown is an incorruptible crown that Our Lady so desires to place upon our soul, through our consecration to her Immaculate Heart.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for my heart to be opened to the grace that shall transform it into the imitation of yours. May I obtain, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the desire to move towards love for you and that my heart may be led to the moment of exchange; that truly a consuming fire will be created, so that it might bum so brightly, that the miracle of transformation may help me to open my soul in order to receive the immense grace God desires to bestow upon me. May I prepare with the full realization of the precious gift my soul shall receive; that I give myself in sincerity, humility and purity, to obtain what God deems to extend to me, by no merits I contain. "This is the will of God - your sanctification" 1 Thes 4:3
DAY 5
"Dear children, you are awakening to the dawn of my Triumph. I pray for your unity in the response to my call. I give to you the choice for peace in the world. Place into effect dear ones, the requests of my Immaculate Heart. I await your response in the land of my greatest victory, Russia. Spread your conversion throughout this place to answer the call of these children upon my heart. I entrust to you the conclusion of my message of the past, to give life and effect to my words." 12-13-92
GUIDANCE: In preparing to make the consecration, the soul must first become entirely open and the fundamental desire of love for Our Lady must be present. This must be a pure desire, uncomplicated without any other motive except pure love for her. Second, the soul must desire complete reconciliation with God. This grace is granted partly within the consecration itself because it is a grace of unity. Without reconciliation, total unity cannot be formed as the fullness of the grace given is, in effect, blocked. Grace must be placed within the depths of the soul and it is only through reconciliation that the grace from God can be received perfectly. As intense as the grace is given, so must the reconciliation be. Third, solitude of the soul must be found to nurture the state of love for Our Lady. Only in solitude may her love be manifested to the soul and the realization be given. Fourth, an awareness of Our Lady's expectations from the soul must be gained. It is very easy to find all our expectations of her, but we seldom allow the expectations from her to be known. We must have a clear understanding of what she expects of us. Without this knowledge it is very difficult for the soul to fulfil the fruits of the consecration. Let us pray for the understanding of the expectations of God, through Our Lady, to become manifested in our soul.
DIRECTION: In our desire for perfection, we should frequently seek the most exalted virtue; to love God more than all the saints, to suffer more than all the martyrs, to bear and to pardon all injuries, to embrace every sort of suffering for the sake of saving a single soul, and to perform acts of charity for love of others first. These holy aspirations and desires will create in our soul the flame of virtue, and the realm of purity and simplicity. These are the cornerstones of the consecration.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, help me to advance in perfection through desiring virtue and purity. May I contemplate the goodness of God in my life, and open my heart to those less able to recognize His favours upon them. Ask great pardon on my behalf for the fault of not loving and honouring your tender heart more fervently. Dear Mother, bind and unite me to your Son, so that I may become entirely His, as He desires me to be. "Create in me a clean heart, Oh God." Ps 51:12
DAY 6
"My children, bring your hearts together as one. Remember the purpose in your answer to my call - to honour, love and serve the Trinity, three in one. I love you all and desire only goodness and joy to become you. Much shall come to fulfilment with the passing of this day. Prepare yourselves for battle - the final battle for harmony and peace. Stand strong, stand whole in unity, stand upon the promise of global peace. It is assured by the Almighty Father. The Consecration has been given and accepted; the conversion He awaits. He longs to possess each heart and to fill every soul with His kingdom. Take my hand, fear not, run with me, hesitate not, thrust your entire being into the heart of this mission. I desire your response to the call to conversion. Dear children, this means not only to be consumed yourself, but by reaching for the hearts of those around you, and by grasping the heart that reaches to yours. Conversion is found in you by the reflection of Him." 12-31-92
GUIDANCE: It is acknowledged by the soul that, in making the consecration, certain graces of petition, intercession, guidance and direction are given from Our Lady, but it is also important to understand what she is asking of us in return. We should remember this cannot ever become a one-sided relationship; it is a sharing on both sides. We cannot move forward without the knowledge of what is desired by God as the end result. Our Lady asks us to advance in holiness, but it is by her hand that we are given the way to accomplish this.
DIRECTION: It is true that whatever good we do comes from God and, without His grace, we cannot even pronounce His name. Understanding that we depend entirely on grace, God commands us to perform our part and to co-operate with Him in the work of salvation. Many desire to become saints, but wish that God would do all the work and that He bring them to eternal glory without labour or inconvenience to them. But this is impossible. The divine law of God states that it is a burden carried by two, to show that His divine hand and our co-operation are indispensably necessary to create sanctity in the soul. In carrying this burden merits everlasting happiness. For this, we must sometimes subject our own will to violence, thus crushing what obstructs holiness.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, trusting in the infinite mercy of God, I pray with a firm confidence to love you with my whole heart. I see that the graces I receive, the light, the desires, and the goodwill which God gives to me, are the fruits of your intercession.
Dear Mother, continue to intercede for this child and pray for my sanctification with me, until my whole being shall be as God wishes. I pray that my consecration through you to Jesus shall be without reserve. I pray that my firm hope may be soon realized.
"So let your light shine before men, that they may see your works and glorify your Father who is in heaven." Matt 5:16
DAY 7
"My dear children, I come to call you forth in this mission for peace. I promise to you to never leave your side. I shall return to you on this, my Saturday each month, to prepare and teach you of your part in this divine plan of grace. My dear ones, I call you here to complete all that I have requested. Now is the culmination of my message of peace. Gather together faithfully for our consecration of YES to God Father on my feast day in March. In this consecration, I will be given the avenue to make your desires to help this mission possible. Come together under the guidance of my heart and my chosen shepherds. I shall plant within you the seed of holiness from which shall grow grace and virtue." 1-9-93
GUIDANCE: The central purpose of the consecration is to create a union. Our Lady will give a special grace to instil this union. It is very necessary that we prepare our souls to receive this holy grace, otherwise we are left with only a part of what she had intended to bestow. This grace cannot be manifested in the perfection it was intended. If the soul has not prepared the vessel to receive it in. The soul will receive only the level of graces it is prepared to receive. The soul must then acknowledge the purpose for which Our Lady brings this grace to us and the expectation of the fruits of this grace. We should remember that all graces are a pure gift and are given for the purpose of glorifying God. This is the end purpose of every gift from heaven.
DIRECTION: Do not lose courage when you find that you have not yet arrived at the perfection to which you would wish. To become discouraged by the imperfections which you desire to correct would be to give in to a great illusion of Satan. The soul that always cherishes an ardent desire to advance in virtue, and strives continually to go forward, will, with divine assistance, obtain the ] perfection that can be attained in this life. To become disheartened gives way to loss of hope in the graces obtained through the pledge of your consecration. The promise of the consecration is the mark of the eternal bond of a pure FIAT.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, through the interior lights infused upon my soul in its consecration through you, help me to receive and gain in grace. May I seek continually the will of God just as you did, and to execute it without reserve. I give of myself totally to be deprived of all earthly attachments, to suffer the cross which I embrace with passion, to stand at your side in battle array, and to defend the Triumph of Your Immaculate Heart.
"Who having joy set before him, endured the cross." Heb 12:2
DAY 8
"My dearest children, do not abandon me. I long to gather you in the warmth of my embrace. Stay strong in unity. Satan can cause no harm when we remain unified with my Jesus as our centre. I tell you, I have come to call you into conviction; the conviction of a global consecration. I shall come to harvest from this unified consecration, my co-hort. In the Consecration to my Immaculate Heart, you give your YES to be chosen, to be placed in His service in a special way. You are accepting the sacrifices of the Triumph. For I shall ask much from each of you. Humble your souls and take my hand, allow me to lead you to peace- peace in your families, peace in your homelands, and peace in the world. Dear ones, open your hearts to me, for I desire to place my spark within you. I can give only what you shall accept. The more you allow the passage of my message upon your soul, the farther I am allowed to carry you into the depths of understanding. Live the words I give to you. I give them to you to teach you and prepare your soul for the days to come. I come to help you to transform your heart and soul into the true meaning of conversion - into the image of God.
Will you come to me? Will you allow me to carry your heart to the Father? This is the choice you must make without reserve. I ask you to reflect upon the importance of this day."1-10-93
GUIDANCE: This Act of Consecration shall find your soul in a deep and profound love. This love is so consuming that it reaches toward the heart of Our Lady with such force that she is drawn to your heart. This desire of the soul to be consecrated to Our Lady causes a certain attraction, a magnetism. It is this attraction that brings this intense desire of your heart to Our Lady's attention. Once she has found and focused upon your soul's desire, she concentrates and intensifies this love, and the foundation for the divine exchange is formed.
DIRECTION: The soul is a garden in which useless weeds are constantly springing up. We must, therefore, by the practice in denial of self, continually hold the shovel in our hands to uproot each one and cast them from our hearts. Otherwise, your soul will become wild - an uncultivated wasted covered with thorns. How can this help us to cultivate our exterior self, to perform devotions, and leave our interior as an untamed field? It is your self-will that brings ruin to your soul, but through your consecration, rich soil is tilled into it. The pruning of your soul lays the foundation for the graces received in the consecration. It is through your constant efforts that a garden of purity is created to receive the flowers of virtue in the midst of your heart.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, draw me entirely to your Son, help me to enkindle in my heart His holy love, by which I desire to be entirely consumed. Dear Mother, take possession of my heart, exchange it for your own, fill it with desire for all that is holy and good, enlighten it and make it ready and willing to execute the will of the Father, and, by your example, may I find sanctification. Unite yourself to me, and me to you, by a perfect love that shall never be dissolved. Grant that my heart shall no longer be mine, but that it may be entirely God's through the graces infused by my consecration to your Maternal Heart.
"My sister, my spouse is an enclosed garden." Song of Songs 4:12
DAY 9
"Dear children, how you hide from the love of my Immaculate Heart. I come to you to bring my message of peace into the world. To help me in this task, you must allow me to dwell within you, and through you, in your consecration to my Immaculate Heart. It is only in this way you shall partake in the greatest depth to my Triumph. When my Heart is infused into yours and yours becomes mine, you shall gain the victory of peace on earth. My dear children, I ask of you an intention in your prayer of the Rosary that all hearts shall be opened to respond to my request for this global consecration. I desire greatest of all, to be with you again on this day next month. I shall come with the abundance of graces of the Holy Spirit within my heart, to prepare you for this moment of your FIAT." 2-14-93
GUIDANCE: The foundation for the consecration is found in this magnetic desire. This desire draws Our Lady towards us, and us towards her. Through this attraction, the foundation is laid to continue the preparation for consecration. The Holy Spirit, as the Spouse of Our Lady, comes from within her heart into ours. Once Our Lady has made our hearts ripe, the Holy Spirit shall come to harvest such a holy love, for it is still her Son that she brings every heart to. Our Lady assures us that she will come to dwell within our hearts, and with her comes the spark of the Holy Spirit to make fruitful our consecration.
DIRECTION: Humility is the basis and guardian of all virtue. The Lord has promised to heart the prayers of all. The proud he hears with a deaf ear and he resists their petitions, but to the humble, he is liberal beyond measure. To them He opens His hands and grants whatsoever they ask or desire. Through our consecration we gain in this grace, for it is only in humility that we are able to fulfil and bring fruit from our pledge. From the FIAT we make comes the foundation stones of Our Lady's Triumph within our own heart. Humble your soul before the Lord and expect from His hands whatever you seek.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, have pity on me. Enlighten my soul and make me feel and see what I am and what I merit. Help me to find the ways of the world to be filled only with sadness, and may I find the merits of heaven in the depths of lowliness. My Queen and my Advocate, assist me to humble my heart and soul before the glory of God. Grant to me the grace of humility in the moment of my consecration so that I may imitate the intensity of your own FIAT.
"He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid." Luke 1:48
DAY 10
"Remember this my dear angel, true devotion to my Immaculate Heart is interior; that is it comes only from within your heart and is cultivated in the soul . In the perfection of the consecration is a child-like confidence in me, your Mother. This confidence makes your soul seek all recourse in my Immaculate Heart with much simplicity, trust and tenderness. You shall implore me at all times, in all places and above all things - in your doubts that you may be enlightened, in your wanderings that you may be brought back onto the correct paths, in your temptations that you may be supported, in your weakness that you may be strengthened, in every fall that I may lift you up, in each discouragement that I may console you, in the crosses, toils, and tribulations of life that I may embrace you with courage to accept and endure. These moments are given through the deep love in my heart for you. Come my dear one, gather in the grace from heaven. Open your heart and allow the Holy Spirit to fill and penetrate you fully. Stretch out your hands and expose your heart to the desires of His majestic touch." 3-6-93
GUIDANCE: In the centre of the reign of their two hearts is the divine act of redemption. This act is the only purpose of the joining together of their own unity. When the Holy Spirit comes within the heart, He comes as the divine unifier. Thus when the attraction comes together in our own heart, the two hearts of Jesus and Mary are united and the union of them brings the act of redemption and co-redemption. This is the true purpose of the consecration. The consecration is to prepare the heart to receive Jesus through the Holy Spirit, and in this same movement, it brings together the co-redemptive powers of Jesus and Mary. This is what causes the soul to be fruitful. In the unity of the two hearts comes the union with our own hearts; a very special unity of three is created.
DIRECTION: Let us understand what is meant by solitude of the heart. It consists of expelling from the soul, every affection that is not for God alone and by seeking nothing in all our actions but to please His Sacred Heart. In essence, solitude of the heart implies that you can say with sincerity, " my God, I wish for you alone and for nothing else" We should remain detached from all things, seeking Him alone, and we will find His heart in abundance. God cannot be sought nor found if He is not known by the soul. The heart, occupied with affections of the world, cannot reflect his divine light purely. The soul who wishes to see God must remove the world. The soul who wishes to unite itself with God, must retire into an open heart - a heart singly focused on Him.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, guide my heart to find only God in all things and above all things, and to rest only when it has found this solitude. Grant that in my consecration, my heart shall seek its solitude in the quiet of His peace. May the fire of the Holy Spirit burn all affections for the world from its depths. O' Mary, my Mother and my refuge, obtain for me the grace of a solitary heart.
"But when you shall pray, enter into your room, closing the door, pray to your Father in secret." Matt 6:6
DAY 11
"Dear children, I ask you to place your focus in these days in preparing yourselves for the time of exceptional grace to be given to your souls. On the Feast of My Annunciation, God Father's grace shall fall upon you like rain from heaven. I shall now gather together this chosen flock and place you in union with my chosen shepherds. Bond together for the sake of my Triumph. Know dear ones, I place my hope in you. I entrust my heart to you – within you lies the saving grace for mankind.
Pray intensely for my Son's Vicar; unite your heart to him in a special way. Offer in these days all sufferings and joys as the sacrifice of yourselves for the consecration you shall pledge. Give yourselves in the most virtuous way. Look to the other first, before yourself. God Father sees all that lies within your souls; he shall reward love and mercy with His own. He shall give justice where justice is due.
I plead to you to bring together this mighty army of my cohort, for the battle awaits us and its beginning has only moments to be realised.
Dear ones, I am your Mother - remain my children. Give to me your hearts for I have given to you mine. Entrust to me all you are, for I shall mould you into what you should become. " 3-13-93
GUIDANCE: From this force our hearts become possessed. It is this moment that Our Lady speaks of, as the moment of exchange. When the consecration is made authentically, with true love, it is impossible for the soul not to become transformed. So it is true when the person says to others, that in the consecration, life was transformed and really manifests true change. This is because the powers that are brought together in the consecration in such a perfect state and in the intense moment of grace create a transformation that takes place with such magnitude, that it can happen no other way. God designed this to happen only in this heavenly realm of consecration. We understand that it is actually and truly God who desires and wills that the soul complete the Act of Consecration.
DIRECTION: To place the soul in the presence of God is the foundation of spiritual life, consisting of three ways: the avoidance of sin, the practice of virtue, and union with God. It is these three effects that the presence of God produces - it pre-serves the soul from sin, leads it to the practice of virtue, and moves it to unite itself to God by means of a sacred love. In avoiding sin, there is no better means to resist temptation than to remain in the realization that God has his eyes focused on us in every moment. If we keep ourselves always in the presence of God, realizing that He sees all our thoughts, that He hears all our words, and observes all our actions, this will pre-serve us from evil in our thoughts, words, and actions. The soul that remains in His divine presence also does not seek to give pleasure to those around him, but seeks only to please God. Thus virtue shall grow in the soul. Finally, the soul will grow rapidly in grace through its constant unity with God. This unity contains an infallible rule that love is always increased by the presence of the object loved. It is these three gifts that come as the infused grace of the Holy Spirit in your consecration.
MEDITATION: O' Immaculate Heart of Mary, grant that I may love you during all the remainder of my life and that I maybe come entirely yours. Bring my heart into the presence of your Son so that the flame of my love shall ever increase. Help my soul in the practice of virtue. Bring desire in abundance to my heart to have strength and courage to be-come your presence within the world. Mould my soul to be a mighty soldier within your cohort, to unfold the grace of your Triumph upon the earth. I pray dear Mother for these gifts infused by the coming of the Holy Spirit in the moment of my consecration.
"He will make her desert as a place of pleasure, and her wilderness as the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found there in, thanksgiving and the voice of praise." Is 35:1-2
DAY 12
"Dear children, I beg your permission to fulfil through you, the promises of my Immaculate Heart. God Father's gift to the world of peace remains held within the depths of my Triumph. I desire to give to you peace interiorly first, for the reflection of peace exteriorly to the world is first nurtured in the centre of the soul. I ask you dear ones to take up your rosaries in this quest for peace. In the unity of such prayer, God Father's heart can only succumb to your love for me. I ask also especially for the consecration of the youth of today. They are my Triumph's future. They shall be the souls who manifest the renewal of the church for future generation. My children, I forewarn you of the destruction of yourselves if you shall not give reparation for the evil of mankind. Come back under the direction and guidance of the Holy Spirit. He shall cling to your hearts in the moment of your hearts' consecration to my Immaculate Heart. I assure you, I come not to bring the beginning of destruction, but only to give light for the beginning of the time of divine grace and the fulfilment of my promises. I pray you shall join your heart with mine in this divine YES to God Father, so the Holy Spirit may overshadow your own souls. Remain within the sight and touch of the Holy Spirit, my beloved Spouse." 3-14-93
GUIDANCE: The purpose of Jesus' coming upon the earth was for the salvation of souls, and Our Lady remained in complete unison with all that He did. Her part as the co-Redemptrix could never be separated. The union between Jesus and Mary is so intense, as it was uniquely designed by God for the plan of redemption. Every act and wish she bestows is for the fulfilment of her role as the co-Redemptrix in union with her Son. Our Lady's request for the consecration in this way is for the purpose of her union with Jesus and her co-redemptive role in the entire plan.
DIRECTION: Purity of intention consists in performing all our actions through the sole motive of pleasing God. It is necessary to know that the good or bad intention with which an act is performed, makes the act good or bad in the sight of God. Through the eye of the soul we understand the intention by the body we understand the action. Our Lady asks that all our intentions be simple. If we have no other objective than to please God, our works shall be good and shine with the light of purity. But, if our intentions are two-fold, that is if we have another motive other than this, they shall not be seen as completely pure, and they become worldly. Holy simplicity allows no other end than the pleasure of God. So a pure intention from our soul in our actions gives them life and shall always make them pleasing before God. In our true and pure desire of consecration to her, we shall have this same desire toward Him. She may then present our soul before God with this holy light.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, grant that in this consecration I shall gain a fervent love for God through you - a strong love that will make me conquer all difficulties, a perpetual love that will never more be divided. Through my open heart, may my desire to bring devotion to your heart be found. Dear Mother, help me to have pure intentions in all my actions and that in holy simplicity, each of their ends may be pleasing to God with a single-minded focus on Him alone. "I seek not my own will, but the will of Him who sent me." John 5:30
DAY 13
"Dear children, I wait upon the response of your hearts in a most precious way. I call to them, through my Immaculate Heart, to become my children. Your hearts are the joy of my times to come - to be with you each in this extraordinary union. I tell you dear children, I call you into this sacred refuge to guide and protect you for the times near ahead. Please listen to , and receive my heart in this way, for I have only one wish; this wish is to bring you to sanctification and that your holiness is the greatest desire of God in heaven."
Mother tell us what you need most in these days from us.
"My angel, I need and request only an open heart. Pray for this above all else, and all can be and shall be, bestowed upon each soul. Dear children, come to your mother and allow my Triumph to fill your hopes and wishes." 10-1-93
GUIDANCE: God the Son chose to be enclosed in the womb of a humble handmaid. He brought forth His glory in this hidden place of splendour. He glorified His Father, and gave His majesty in this veiled conception. He gave His life into her care from His birth; through His thirty concealed years and even to her, He joined His suffering of the Cross. It was she that bore Him, nurtured Him, supported Him and then sacrificed Him for us. He began His ministry by her humble request at Cana. The Holy Spirit chose to make use of the womb of a humble handmaid, though He had no need of her to bring His fruitfulness into fulfilment. However, by conceiving in her and by her, Jesus, a mystery of grace unknown to be the most learned happened. If God has chosen to come to the world through this means, who are we to deserve or even ask for a better or different route back to Him? It was through the Immaculate Heart of Mary that the drops of blood were squeezed from ,to create the conception of Jesus from her heart, into her womb. Here, we are requested to do the same once more; to open our hearts and allow Jesus to be spiritually conceived within our heart, and then, into our being.
DIRECTION: God deemed to create a fountain of graces within the heart of Our Lady. From there, He desires to pour forth these graces upon all, from the chambers of her heart. He invites us to pay homage to Him, in the way He desires most, by devotions to His Mother's most holy heart. God asks for the consecration to the Heart of Mary. Our Lady takes nothing to herself, she wishes only that all the desires of God Father come to fulfilment. She wants to bring unity to the world in a divine way. Our Lady calls us to be joined through her, to Jesus, and to every other heart that comes together in the midst of this bond. This is a divine work of grace that shall be seen in the end, as the hand of God. He sends His Mother among us today, to prepare us for a time we cannot anticipate. She comes with a message to unfold and advise us personally, as to the requests of our Father in heaven. He gave to us His Mother, that we could know the same gentle touch; and that she would lead us by the hand into His sacred embrace. For there is no touch like that of a mother for her child.
MEDITATION: O'Immaculate Heart of Mary, guide us in this battle for the fulfilment of your Triumph. May all of mankind be joined together for all eternity in the depths of your Triumphant Immaculate Heart. Let us pass through the portal of heaven into the Sacred Heart of you Son. Create in me, a heart of purity adorned in virtue. Strengthen me in trials, surround my soul with your warmth, and join your smile to mine in times of rejoicing. Take my heart dear Mother, make it unto thine.
"And now, my children, listen to me, listen to instruction and learn to be wise." Prov 8:3
So see I am telling the truth this is what she said to me. She even gave me a gift to endure to prove what I had see was good and truth. She appeared on my door in the Bathroom. ON 7/14/07! And she gave me the gift to speak in tongues and feel the suffering of Christ. Only on Easter week I feel this. Then it goes away. After Easter week. I only get biblical dreams too.
Am I a spanish mystic/visionary? I have a calling to become a sister. She wants me to be a co-adjutrix sister, which is The society of Mary Reparatrix.Because they wear white and blue just like Mary. You do believe me dont you? Father? :-( I am a normal girl longing for a calling to live just like Christ.
Answer(1) First of all, be sure that you are dealing with a TRADITIONAL Catholic order of sisters, not one of those associated with the unCatholic "New Order." There is a list of Traditional Orders of Women in the Official Traditional Catholic Directory at
http://www.traditio.com/nat.htm
(2) The question often arises how much emphasis we should put upon
private revelations, apparitions, and visions. There have been some 260
alleged, likely spurious, "apparitions" since Vatican II (Medjugorje,
Bayside,
etc.). Too many Catholics, so confused in the present state of the Church,
cling "to any port in a storm" and therefore cling to even the ludicrous,
such as the "apparition" of the Blessed Virgin Mary in an oil stain in a
subway in Mexico or in the knothole of a tree in Northern California!
First, it should be stated that such apparitions, even if true, are
never part of the Public Revelation of the Church, and nothing in them is
necessary for our salvation, nor are we bound by them as we are by the Public
Revelation of the Church. In fact, they are much more apt to be diabolical
than worthy of belief. The Church, therefore, forbids to Catholics the
reading of books and pamphlets that relate recent apparitions, unless they
have specific approval (Canon 1399).
Everything necessary for our salvation is contained in the
Public Revelation of the Church, that is, the Deposit of Faith: Sacred
Scripture (the Bible) and Sacred Tradition, which closed with the death of
the last of the Apostles, St. John.
As far back as Deuteronomy, the Jews were warned against visions:
"Thou shalt not hear the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the Lord your
God trieth you, that it may appear whether you love him with all your heart,
and with all your soul, or not.... And that prophet or forger of dreams
shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God"
(Deuteronomy 13:3,5/DRV).
The Gospels warn us: "An evil and adulterous generation seeketh a
sign; and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
For, as Jonas was in the whale's belly three days and three nights; so shall
the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights."
(Matthew 12:29/DRV) In other words, we look to Our Lord Himself as the sign.
Moreover, Our Lord Himself warned us that false "miracles" can be
used by Satan to deceive: "For there shall arise false Christs and false
prophets and shall shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if
possible) even the elect (Matthew 24:24/DRV). When His Apostles asked for a
prediction of the future, Our Lord told them explicitly: "It is not for you
to know the times or moments, which the Father hath put in his own power
(Acts 1:8/DRV).
In place of Catholic and Apostolic teaching and practice, to presume
to find a new basis of faith in private revelations prophecies, visions, and
"signs and wonders," loosely called extreme Fatimism, is a grave error. We
must be very cautious indeed about these things, since Sacred Scripture warns
us again and again about the fact that even visions, apparitions, signs, and
wonders may be of the Devil:
"Beloved, do not trust every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they
belong to God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world" (1
John 4:1/DRV)
And again:
"For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into
the apostles of Christ. And no wonder: for Satan himself transformeth
himself into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his
ministers be transformed as the ministers of justice, whose end shall be
according to their works" (2 Corinthians 11:13-15/DRV)
And again:
"And then that wicked one shall be revealed: whom the Lord Jesus shall kill
with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming: him Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power
and signs and lying wonders: And in all seduction of iniquity to them that
perish: because they receive not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved. Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe
lying" (2 Thessalonians 2:8-11/DRV).
Pope Benedict XIV (1740-1758) clearly expressed the traditional place
of private revelation in the Church when he stated: "[The Church] simply
permits them [private revelations] to be published for the instruction and
the edification of the faithful. The assent to be given to them is not
therefore an act of Catholic Faith but of human faith, based upon the
factthat these revelations are probable and worthy of credence.
St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), perhaps the Church's greatest
mystic, warned: "The desire for private revelations deprives faith of its
purity, develops a dangerous curiosity that becomes a source of illusions,
fills the mind with vain fancies, and often proves the want of humility, and
of submission to Our Lord, Who, through His public revelation, has given all
that is needed for salvation. We must suspect those apparitions that lack
dignity or proper reserve, and above all, those that are ridiculous. This
last characteristic is a mark of human or diabolical machination. STAY AWAY
FROM VISIONS, APPARITIONS, AND MIRACLES AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. BE CAREFUL OF
VISIONS, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE AUTHENTIC.
St. Vincent Ferrer similarly warned: "The first remedy against
spiritual temptations which the devil plants in the hearts of many persons in
these unhappy times, is to have no desire to procure by prayer, meditation,
or any other good work, what are called (private) revelations, or spiritual
experiences, beyond what happens in the ordinary course of things; such a
desire of things which surpass the common order can have no other root or
foundation but pride, presumption, a vain curiosity in what regards the
things of God, and in short, an exceedingly weak faith. It is to punish this
evil desire that God abandons the soul, and permits it to fall into the
illusions and temptations of the devil, who seduces it, and represents to it
false visions and delusive revelations. Here we have the source of most of
the spiritual temptations that prevail at the present time; temptations which
the spirit of evil roots in the souls of those who may be called the
precursors of Antichrist."
Pope St. Pius X captured the truly Catholic sense when he wrote in
1913: "When anyone tells me about the extraordinary, I am the most
incredulous man in the world..., but when holiness results from the practice
of virtue..., I believe in it. Just this morning ... I was saying that long
ago the devil manifested himself openly in the possessed whom he caused to
suffer, and from whom he could be driven out only by exorcism. Now he has
changed his method; he takes the appearance of sanctity and makes people
believe in visions. He even gives to certain persons the knowledge of hidden
things, so that they may appear to prophesy; sometimes he even simulates
stigmata! But as for holiness expressed in the simple practice of virtue...,
I believe in that. That is indeed holiness.... The way to sanctity is not
difficult. It is a thorny road, but easy."