One day, when she was hesitating to receive holy communion without having previously exposed her sad condition to her .superior, the following happy thought presented itself to her mind : that this Bread of the strong would give her courage. While awaiting the mass to begin, with new faith she took her crucifix, and recollecting that Our Lord had told her that the praise contained in the “Golden Arrow ” would wound his Heart in a most delicious manner, she pronounced the formula ten times in succession, then resolved to present herself at the holy Table and receive the Blessed Eucharist in reparation for the blasphemies uttered against the Divine Majesty of God. Nothing more was needed to touch the heart of the Divine Spouse.
He tenderly drew to himself this soul who, in spite of her desolation, had come to unite herself to him, in order to indemnify his heavenly Father for the outrages offered him.
“Oh! How good is God,”; exclaimed the sister. “How great is his mercy ! After having received this God of love in holy communion, I said to him with faith : heavenly Physician ! I remit my soul into thy hands ; and immediately my adorable Saviour made me experience the effect of my prayer, drawing me to himself alone that I might forget all my sorrows. He told me it was his express will that I should persevere in the exercises of Reparation in spite of all the efforts of the devil who was trying to fill me with disgust and repugnance, because he wished to annihilate this Work, Were it in his power. “The Masters of the spiritual life have remarked that the Word Made Flesh, in his intimate relations with souls of election, has unexpected and sudden times of visitation, causing them in one moment to pass from tears to joy, from temptation to peace, from the most obscure darkness to the most brilliant light. Mary of St. Peter experienced this in the present case ; as if to compensate her for the painful state which she has just described, Our Lord favored her with one of his most consoling and most fruitful communications. The Work of Reparation through the Holy Face was suddenly revealed to her. She was transported in spirit to the road leading to Calvary. ” There,”; said she, “Our Lord gave me to behold in a most vivid manner, the pious Veronica, who, with her veil, wiped his adorable Face covered with spittle, dust, sweat and blood. My divine Saviour gave me to understand that the wicked by their blasphemy renew all the outrages once offered to his divine Face ; these blasphemies, poured forth against the Divinity, like the vile spittle of the Jews, disfigure the Face of Our Lord, who offered himself as a victim for sinners. Then he told me that I must imitate the zeal of the pious Veronica who so courageously passed through the crowd of rough soldiers to -offer him some relief, and whom he gave me for my protectress and model. By endeavoring to offer reparation for blasphemy, we render Christ the same service as this heroic woman, .and he looks upon those who act thus, with the same complaisance as if they had performed this act during his Passion. I observed that Our Lord had much love for this
holy woman. For this reason he said that he desired to see her particularly honored in our monastery, and he invited me to ask any grace that we wished, in the name of the service rendered him by Veronica.”
Praised be Jesus Christ!
Sr. St. Pierre was being “sifted like wheat” (Ref. St. Luke 22:31) by the evil one, as our Lord permitted him to immerse her in darkness & sadness, be made acutely aware of her nothingness, be subjected to intense temptations, and subjected to great repugnance for the Work of Reparation. But, our Good God provided her a way out, as He always does, giving her the grace to snap out of it! She told herself that the Eucharist was indeed the bread of the strong to renew her courage. It was then during Mass that she took the Crucifix in hand, recalled that the “Golden Arrow Prayer” wounded our Lord’s Heart delightfully after being subjected to the outrage of blasphemy, and so proceeded to pray it 10 times!! What fervour!! Then, she received Holy Communion in reparation for the same cause. Well, that sure caught our Lord’s attention!
Immediately, He transported her to the Road to Calvary, and bestowed upon her the favour of seeing St. Veronica lovingly wipe His Face of all blood, dust, sweat, and spittle. Right now, that is, in real time, the wicked by their blasphemies renew all of the outrages that disfigured His Face over 2,000 years ago in His Sorrowful Passion. Now, here’s the astounding thing – He told her that those of us who offer prayers of reparation for this outrage, perform the exact same office of the pious Veronica today, and this pleases Him SO much, that He cannot help Himself but release a torrent of loving graces upon us. As proof, an example was given in the time of Sr. St. Pierre, when an additional Monastery property was granted her Prioress after the Nuns in Tours repeatedly prayed the “Golden Arrow Prayer” against blasphemy.
Our Lord also revealed to her that He was giving her St. Veronica as her model and protectress in the Work of Reparation. So, dear friends, let us likewise invoke this great saint when we offer atonement in the Holy Face devotion, and zealously put into practice the great formula that Sr. St. Pierre offered:
PRAYING THE GOLDEN ARROW PRAYER REPEATEDLY BEFORE RECEIVING HOLY COMMUNION + OFFERING HOLY COMMUNION IN REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMY = A RELEASING OF THE CHOICEST BLESSINGS FROM OUR LORD!!
Something else remarkable – this revelation and discovery of Sr. St. Pierre took place on the Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary (from the traditional calendar) – October 11th! Once again, our Blessed Mother intercedes before her Son, according to her rights and privileges as the Mother of God, and has Him open the flood gates of graces which He merited for His children. Thanks be to God, and thank you Blessed Mother!
~The Eucharist + The Holy Face releases for us a torrent of grace~
May God reward you,
the littlest wren