One day, May 5th, 1846, when she (Sr. Marie de St. Pierre) was asking [Our Lord] for the establishment of the Reparation, He replied that He would grant this grace through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin.

“Our Lord,” said she, “informed me that He had placed all things in her hand, and that she would obtain the Brief from the Sovereign Pontiff. This Work of Reparation is so necessary for France and fraught with so much glory for God, that He desires His Holy Mother to have the honor of giving it to this kingdom, as a new pledge of mercy. Let us then have recourse to the most Blessed Virgin who is the treasurer of the graces of God. Let us continually recall to her mind that France has been consecrated to her, consequently, that it belongs to her. Let us redouble our zeal for this work and let us not be disheartened. Our Lord has given me boundless confidence. Sit Nomen Domini benedictum”.

Life of Sister Mary St. Peter Carmelite of Tours, p. 327-328

Fr. Janvier described this revelation to be a new motive of encouragement to Sr. Marie de St. Pierre. It has everything to do with our Blessed Mother – so interesting that it was given to this humble Carmelite in the month dedicated to Our Lady. In this mystical experience, Our Lord revealed that the entire Work of Reparation would be placed in His Mother’s hands, even down to the obtaining of the future brief of 1885 from Pope Leo XIII, which was achieved in one fell swoop! A rare event procured by the hands of the Immaculata.

Our Blessed Mother who in her earthly life, gave so much glory to God, continued at that time from Heaven to give the gift of Reparation to France, the eldest daughter of the Church. Our Lord described it as a new pledge of mercy. And, what is mercy? It is the granting of kindness and forgiveness to someone who does not deserve it. At that time, France did not deserve it, due to the proliferation of crimes against God’s first three Commandments. We know that our Lord is just, but He is so incredibly merciful too. He gave mankind the gift of His Mother at the foot of the Cross, and we address her as our “Mother of Mercy”. Her very heart and soul mirror the mercy of Her Son. As in the time of Sr. Marie de St. Pierre, we can have boundless confidence in the mercy of our Blessed Mother to take all of our reparation efforts, embellish them with the perfume of her holiness, and present them to her Son. Sr. Marie reminds us that our Blessed Mother is the treasurer of the graces of God and that France had been consecrated to her. So, that got me thinking – was New France, the first settled area in Canada by France, now the province of Quebec, also consecrated to our Lady? After some digging, I discovered that a gentleman by the surname of Frontenac, the first governor of Canada form 1688-1698, testified that our Lady was invoked at every altar and in every household. He called the whole area “Mary’s Land”! What about the United States? Sure enough, in 1792, Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore, the first Bishop of the US, placed this nation under the protection of the Mother of God. Then in 1846, Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception was named patroness of the US. Not doubt, those of you from other countries could uncover similar consecrations to the Blessed Mother!

So you see, as Sr. Marie de St. Pierre says, we should remind our Lady that our countries belong to her, and redouble our prayers of reparation for them, with great trust that she will obtain all the graces that we need for our own countries and for our families. Our Lord told her so, and He is trustworthy. Blessed be the Holy Name of God!

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Our Lord continues still to charge me with the mission of making war on the Communists. He supplies me with grace and light for the battle. The instruments of His passion serve me as weapons of war, while the Holy Name of God which is so terrifying to the demons, as also that of the Blessed Virgin Mary, serve me as ammunition.

To further rouse me to this battle against God’s enemies, whom I understand through a special light to be, indeed, formidable, our Lord said to Me:

“When a soldier knows that the reason for the war to which he is called to fight is an injury done against his ruler, he burns with indignation to avenge this insult, and therefore arms himself fearlessly for the encounter. Think now, My daughter, of the outrages inflicted on Me by this Society of Communists. They are the ones who have dragged Me from my tabernacles, and desecrated My sanctuaries. These Communists have also dared to lay their hands on the priests of the Lord, but all their plotting is in vain, because their schemes will not succeed!”

“Have they not committed the crime of Judas? They have sold Me for money! This information must not remain fruitless in you because I am giving you these facts in order to fire you with new enthusiasm to carry on the fight. Act in a spirit of simplicity because if you will indulge in too much human reasoning, you will not be an adequate tool in My hands. Think rather of the glory that will be offered Me by the whole heavenly court for having conquered such formidable enemies with such a puny instrument!”

The Golden Arrow, p. 204-205

Reflection

Let us pray that as soldiers in this current battle, our hearts will be set aflame to make reparation whenever we witness injuries inflicted upon Our Lord and His Church, calling upon both the Holy Names of God and of the Blessed Virgin which terrify the demons and send them running! Let us also remember our priests often in our prayers; those who have blessed us with the Sacraments and have touched our lives through their holy way of life and their homilies. There are many included and apart from this group who are struggling with loneliness, depression, a lack of a sense of purposefulness, and very much overburdened. Without them, we would not be able to receive our Lord in the most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, nor commune with Him Face to face in the precious times of Adoration.

It is so very interesting how our Lord called Sr. Marie de St. Pierre to act in a spirit of simplicity, which recalls His words in Matt. 10:16: “Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.” This is a call to listen for the interior promptings of the Holy Spirit to lead us in new enthusiasm this Easter season to daily carry on the fight with our prayers of Holy Face Reparation (Yes! Our Lord indeed made it that simple!) against the diabolical plots of the enemies of Christ and His Church. We can only marvel that He desires us “puny instruments” to give Him the glory that He is due alongside the entire heavenly court including the Church Triumphant!

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O Jesus, eternal truth and wisdom, who wast called a tempter and a madman, I adore thee and love thee with all my heart.

O Jesus, in whom dwelt all the riches of divine science, who wast looked upon as ignorant and as the son of a carpenter, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, source of life, who didst hear the Jews say of thee, ” Will he kill himself? ” Because thou saidst, ” I go where thou canst not follow me,” I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, Divine Word, who wast supposed to be possessed by a devil and wast called a Samaritan, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, God thrice holy, who wast treated as a sinner by the High-Priests, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, model of sobriety, whose enemies accused thee of gluttony, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, enemy of sin, but full of pity for the guilty, who wast called the friend of publicans and sinners, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, the splendor of the Father and the image of his substance, who wast accused of being a false prophet, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, the enemy of falsehood, who didst hear the Jews cast doubts on thy words by saying with irony, “Thou art not yet fifty and hast seen Abraham? ” I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, all-powerful God, who, to conform with our nature, which thou hadst taken upon thyself, wished to hide and go from the Temple, that thou mightiest not be stoned by thine enemies, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, only Son and faithful worshipper of the living God, who wast accused by the High-Priest of blasphemy and wast adjudged worthy of death, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, King of glory, who, full of sweetness and humility, didst permit thy Face to be spit upon, thy Head to be covered with a veil and beaten and bruised, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, who dost fathom our hearts and loins, to whom nothing is hidden, and who didst suffer without complaint these insolent words, “If thou art the Christ, tell who has struck thee,” I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, King of peace, accused of perverting the nation and preventing the payment of the tribute-money, of causing the people to revolt and calling thyself King and Messiah, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, King of kings, scorned by Herod and his court, and dressed in derision in a white robe like a madman, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, full of love, who didst hear the cry of the people, ” Let this one die, and restore Barabbas to us,” ” Let his blood be upon us and upon our children,” I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, King of heaven and earth, crowned with thorns, shamefully beaten, and so cruelly outraged by these words, ” We salute thee, O King of the Jews,” I adore thee, etc. O Jesus, of infinite bounty, principle of all being, Sovereign Master of the world, who didst hear these words of doom, ” Crucify him, crucify him lead him away! lead him away! We have no other king but Caesar,” I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, worthy of all praise, who when upon the Cross wast blasphemed by the passers-by, the impenitent thief, the High- Priests, the elders of the people, and the scribes and soldiers, I adore thee, etc.

O Jesus, holy victim of sinners, who didst hear thine enemies say to thee, ” He saved others and cannot save himself; let this Christ, this King of Israel, now come down from the Cross, that we may see and believe in him,” I adore thee, etc. O Jesus, full of confidence, love, and respect for thy Divine Father, who wast wounded with the most lively pain when they said on seeing thee die, ” He puts his trust in God; if God love him let him deliver him now, for he has said, I am the Son of God,” I adore thee, and I love thee with all my heart.

Prayer.

I bitterly compassionate, O my Saviour, Jesus Christ, the anguish endured by thy divine Heart when thou didst hear blasphemies that thine enemies poured forth against thee and thy heavenly Father; but what, O Jesus, must be thy sorrow in seeing that after thou hast given thy life, and the last drop of thy blood, for the salvation of men, thou shouldst still have, after the lapse of centuries, new enemies who reiterate a thousand times these blasphemies! Accept, my sweet Jesus, the ardent desire we have to repair all the outrages and scorn thou hast received, and still dost receive every day, from heretics. and the impious. Oh! why cannot we protect thee from the anger of those that hate thee, and who are leagued against thee and thy Holy Church, thy stainless spouse? Repeat with us, O merciful Jesus, that touching prayer thou didst offer to thy Divine Father before breathing thy last sigh: ” Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do!” We offer thee, as reparation for the many offences against thee, all the glory, honor, and praise, and all the joy, that the Holy Virgin and St. Joseph, the Saints and elect, did give thee and will ever give thee in time and eternity. Amen.

Another day, March 30, 1848, she proposed to receive Holy Communion to honor the most Holy Face of Our Lord, to comfort Him in the sufferings caused by His ghastly wounds. She implored Him to imprint this adorable Face upon her heart so deeply that it would never be obliterated. “Before Communion,” said she, “a celestial light dawned on my soul and I beheld that the Face of the mystical body of Jesus Christ is the holy Church, which is now covered with wounds by the wicked!”

“Then, I was inspired to offer to Our Lord the virginal milk of His Holy Mother as a precious and fragrant balm wherewith to heal the wounds of His most Holy Face; my soul experienced great joy in performing this act of simplicity and love.”

“After communion, my Divine Saviour, in His infinite goodness, was pleased to show me that this exercise was most agreeable to Him and that I should continue it. He told me that in return He desired I would taste the milk of His Divine consolations in order to alleviate my sufferings. Then I beheld Our Lord resplendent with glory and all my senses were ravished with joy. Soon He caused me to hear these sweet and consoling words: ‘Your pilgrimage is drawing to a close! You will soon see my Divine Face in Heaven!’”

“At these words, I prostrated myself on the ground, saying: ‘Lord, I merit only hell-fire.’ But my good Master replied: ‘The virtue of my Holy Face has restored the Image of God in your soul. Those that contemplate the wounds of My Face on earth, will one day behold the glory and majesty with which It is surrounded in Heaven.’ I was then on Thabor, and like the apostle St. Peter, I would willingly have cried out: ‘Lord, it is good to be here; let us erect three temples for the three powers of my soul, that they may always enjoy this sweet repose which surpasses all the pleasures of earth.’ But our Divine Lord gave me to understand that His true spouse ought to prefer the heat of the combat to the repose of contemplation, that to defend His glory she need not fear casting herself in the midst of the battle. I told Him that I would combat the enemies of His Church with the instruments of His Passion, and I perceived that my design was agreeable to Him”.

“This is the substance of what passed during this last communication; I say the substance, because it would be impossible to find a literal conveyance for these interior words, still less to describe what my soul experienced. How unworthy and despicable it is to fix our heart on creatures! Eternal Father, I offer thee the most Holy Face of Jesus to appease Thy anger. Look upon His wounds, behold His humiliations! He is the only worthy reparation for our crimes; He is the glory of Thy Holy Name! Eternal Father, I offer Thee the most Holy Face of Jesus to pay our debts! This is the coin of infinite value stamped with the effigy of the King of kings.”

Life of Sister Mary St. Peter Carmelite of Tours, by M Labbe Janvier p. 397-399

Reflection

How profoundly have we, God’s children been assailed in our five senses, within this and the last century! TOUCH – in actual fact, we have a lack of it, as fear of others invading our personal space, consoling us with a hand to the shoulder, or even better, a hug, or through fear of contracting a germ or two, has encouraged us to keep our distance. Our society has grown cold. HEARING – distasteful, blasphemous and immoral music (especially forced upon our children), and in conversation has become prolific. EYES – pornography has permeated the internet, including social media; and immodest dress (as prophesied by our Lady of Fatima) is seen pretty much as soon as we walk out the door, (depending upon the climate in which your live). SMELL – the air we breathe is tainted with pollutants and chemicals from a myriad of sources. TASTE – our foods have been poisoned with pesticides and unknown chemicals that we cannot even pronounce. The livestock, which eventually becomes our food, are fed growth hormones and injected with antibiotics.

Ah, but with the Lord, there is always good news! As with Sr. Marie, He desires to ravish, renew and repair our five senses, if it be His Holy Will in this life, or in the heavenly Jerusalem to come, by making reparation to His five senses in the powerful prayers of the Holy Face Chaplet. He that has promised to restore His Divine Image in our souls through this consolation that we give Him, is just as capable of healing our senses!

Our Lord made it very clear to Sr. Marie to battle on with zeal using spiritually the instruments of His Passion (His Cross, the nails, the Crown of Thorns, the pincers) to combat all enemies, within and without, of the mystical body of Jesus Christ – His Church. Let us follow suit with our daily prayers of reparation, particularly the Holy Face Chaplet, to restore both holy Mother Church and ourselves, within and without.

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For the past fifteen days our Lord has not communicated anything special to me. During these days, however, I endeavored to reform the innermost depths of my soul, and humbling myself at the sight of my many failures, I made a confession of my faults yesterday, and this morning approached our Lord in Holy Communion. Wanting to abase myself before Him, I contemplated Him surrounded with great majesty and splendor, but He, addressing me, said:

“My daughter, I prefer rather that you consider Me covered with wounds because sinners continually inflict them upon Me.”

At that instant I had a vision of our Lord in this sad state. “My daughter, come close and let Me confide in you.” Then this Divine Saviour spoke the following lamenting words which broke my heart and made me shed many tears:

“I am not known, I am not loved, and My Commandments are scorned.” Then He added the following words which actually made me tremble:

“Sinners are snatched from this world and they are swept into hell like the dust that is carried away by the fury of a tornado. Have pity on your brothers and pray for them! With the veil of your tender love wipe the Blood which flows from My wounds. Love Me and be assured that when you raise your heart to Me in love, I will accept it from you and keep it in security.”

After that our Lord told me that He was pleased with my retreat during which I discovered so many faults within my heart and He said:

“Think, My daughter, how much your recent meditations helped you find in your soul many defects, and consider on the other hand the many unhappy people who never meditate on these truths. Labor very hard both for yourself and for them. Be to these souls like a mother who will never eat unless she shares her food with her children.”

The Golden Arrow, the Revelations of Sr. Mary of St. Peter p. 194-195

THE PRODIGAL SON REVISITED –

What a model of Christian piety that we have in Sr. Marie de St. Pierre! She set the bar high through conducting an examination of conscience that lasted two entire weeks! This is great encouragement to persevere in daily assessing those areas of our spiritual lives where we have clearly fallen short of the glory of God. Also, this provides an occasion to give thanks to Him for each circumstance today that He has prevented us from offending Him, or where we have exercised virtue by the help of His grace.

After hearing the proclamation of the Gospel of the Prodigal Son at Holy Mass today, a connection to today’s revelation became apparent. In her two week retreat, Sr. Marie has much like the Prodigal Son, realized that she has sinned against heaven and against the Father. She then abases herself, seeking Jesus face to Face through her confessor, admitting her sins, then seeking restoration of her relationship with Him. Humility allows her to see like the son in the parable, how her sins have brought her Lord pain and injury as manifested on His Holy Face in His Passion. In the parable, the son is assured of his father’s mercy through an embrace and much celebration, and in the Revelation, Jesus promises in His mercy to keep Sister Marie’s heart in security because she has turned her heart to Him in love. That is her reward. Let us in turn run to this Sacrament frequently in humility and without fear or despair over the gravity of our sins which have offended the Majesty of God. We can have confidence that Jesus will forgive our transgressions if we lift our hearts to Him in both love and contrition.

However, with this consolation the story continues, as we are called by the Lord to pray it forward! The elder brother in the parable was clearly miffed and felt gypped that he had never been offered the privilege of a celebration despite his steadfast obedience to His Father’s will. Did he ever have pity on his brother and make any effort to rescue him from that life of dissolution, encouraging him to return home and seek restoration? The Gospel passage does not say. But, as our Lord Jesus reminded Sr. Marie, we first owe recompense to the Lord by spiritually embracing the office of the pious Veronica and tenderly wiping from His Face the blood pouring out from his wounds. In other words, to do penance. Next, we are to work assiduously for our own salvation, and also that of others. Like her, we are to have pity on our brethren and pray that they will not be that dust, violently swept away by a tornado of evil into the eternal fire of hell. Let us make a resolution this Lent to ask the Lord to reveal to us a soul or souls to whom He wants us to witness confidently that a good holy Confession will restore our friendship with our Heavenly Father and bring back the abiding peace we so desperately seek for our souls. Please see the Cry of Love prayer.

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Lord Jesus Christ, Sovereign King enthroned in Heaven, in your love and mercy establish a perimeter of protection with Your Precious Blood around our communication devices and all technology used during this session, the cameras or webcams, microphones, speakers, displays, any and all software, WiFi connections in the air, both my router and the router of N. and anyone assisting, the optic cables involved in the transmission of data, and the light waves being used to transfer data. Cleanse them with your precious blood and drive from them any satanic influence. Establish around them a sanctuary of your mercy where Satan and any other evil spirit or human agency cannot interfere. I ask Father that you would block, bind, rebuke and render impotent any assault of the evil one from them in any way. Father, so long as these instruments are utilized in this ministry of Divine mercy, we ask you to allow them to enjoy the protection of the Blessed Mother, St. Michael the Archangel and all the Holy Angels. We ask this in Your Most Holy Name, the Name before which every knee shall bow, in heaven, on the earth and under the earth, that Jesus Christ is Lord. 

To The Most Holy Face Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, In Reparation Of The Sin Of Blasphemy, Of The Profanation Of Sundays, And Of Other Impious Crimes Against God And The Church. To Be Recited Publicly’ At the Monthly Meetings of the Archconfraternity

                Most holy and most adorable Face of the Saviour, humbly prostrate in Thy presence, we present ourselves before Thee, in order, by a solemn act of faith and of piety, to render Thee the homage of veneration, praise and love which is Thy due. We also desire to offer to Thee honorable amends and a public reparation for the sins, blasphemies and sacrileges of which the present generation has rendered itself culpable towards The Divine Majesty, and which, in regard to Thee, oh well beloved Face, renew the ignominies and The sufferings of Thy Passion.

                It is with terror and profound affliction that we are witnesses of these monstrous crimes, which cannot fail to draw down upon society and upon our families, the malediction and the chastisements of divine justice. We see, in fact, all around us the law of the Lord and the authority of His Church despised and trodden under foot; His thrice holy Name denied or blasphemed, the Sunday which he has reserved for his worship, publicly profaned; his altars and his offices forsaken for criminal or frivolous pleasures. Impious sectarians attack all that is sacred and religious. But it is, above all, the Divinity of Christ, the Son of the living God; it is the Incarnate Word; it is the august Face and the Crucifix which They attack with the greatest fury; the spit and the blows of the Jews are renewed by the insults and the outrages which their hatred dares, in every possible manner, to inflict upon Thee, oh Face full of sweetness and of love.

                Pardon, a thousand times pardon, for all these crimes! May we make amends for them by our humble supplications and the fervour of our homage! But, guilty and sinners as we are, what can we offer the Eternal Father in order to appease his just anger, if it be not Thyself, oh sorrowful Face, who has deigned to make Thyself our advocate and our victim? Supply what may be wanting in us by Thy satisfactions and Thy merits.

                Heavenly Father, we entreat Thee, « Look on the Face of Thy Christ. » Behold the wounds which disfigure it, the tears which escape from its sunken eyes; the sweat with which it is bathed; the blood which flows in streams down its profaned and wounded cheeks. Behold also its invincible patience, its unalterable gentleness, its infinite tenderness and its merciful goodness towards sinners. This Holy Face is turned towards Thee, and, before exhaling its last sigh, lovingly inclined upon the Cross, it implores Thee in favour of those who curse and outrage it. Oh Father, listen to that suppliant cry, permit thyself to be touched; have pity on us and pardon us. Grant, moreover, that in presence of this divine Face, equally formidable and powerful, the enemies of Thy Name may take flight and disappear; that they may be converted and live!

Lord, show us Thy Face, and we shall be saved.

Amen! Amen!

(Manual of the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face 1887)

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