To the
Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons
From the writings of Don Stefano Gobbi
Year 1982
I AM A CONSOLING MOTHER
240
January 1, 1982
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
I Am the Mother of Consolation
a "Today you are beginning a new year in the
light of my divine maternity. On this first day, the Church invokes
me as Mother and asks that I extend my motherly protection to all.
b Today you also unite in asking God for
the gift of peace. And you beg for it through the intercession of her
whom you call the Queen of Peace.
c Peace is the greatest gift of the Lord, which
was lavished upon you appropriately on Christmas day.
d The Infant Jesus, whom you see, so frail,
at the moment of his birth in Bethlehem, is the eternal Prince of
Peace. His name is `Peace'; his gift is peace; his mission is that of
bringing peace to all.
e `Glory to God in the heights of heaven, and
peace on earth to men of good will' (Lk 2:14) - this is what the
joyous angels sang, about the crib on the night of his birth.
f Peace between God and men - and it was
for this that the Word of the Father became incarnate in my virginal
womb, was born in Bethlehem and sacrificed Himself on Calvary.
g Peace amongst all men - because you are
all children of God, true brothers of Jesus and of each other. In
living out your brotherhood lies the source of peace among men.
Because the gift of peace is found only on the road of love, which
one journeys by observing the laws of God and his Commandments. In
these, we are taught to love God, ourselves and our neighbor; with
these is built that harmony which is founded upon justice, upon truth
and upon love. As long as the God of peace is not accepted, but on
the contrary men continue obstinately to deny and reject Him, they
will not even be able to safeguard the demands of respect for human
and civil rights.
h If the laws of the Lord are not observed,
but on the contrary are more and more openly violated, humanity will
run along the road of confusion, of injustice, of egoism and of
violence. This is the reason why humanity is menaced with war and
suffering. How much suffering I see scattered over all the roadways
of the world, as this new year begins!
i The sufferings of little ones who have no food
or help, of youth abandoned and deluded, of men whose dignity is
trampled upon and who are made into tools of domination and tyranny,
of women who mourn over the destruction of their homes...!
j Humanity is close to the danger of a new world
war. How great is my anguish over that which awaits you, my poor
children, so threatened by hunger, by war, by hatred and by violence.
k Take shelter today under the mantle of your
immaculate Mother! Never, as in these times, have I felt the motherly
need of bringing you comfort in your sorrow, confidence in your
discouragement, hope in your disillusionment and safety in your
tribulations.
l You will now be constantly aware of the
consoling presence of your heavenly Mother! It will become stronger
as the sufferings you must undergo become greater, now that you are
entering into the most painful period of the great purification.
m I am the Mother of Consolation. You are
becoming aware of my great comfort, which will give you courage and
protection, especially as you live through the bloody hours of the
trial, which has been foretold by me for so long. And so, I am
covering you all today with my mantle; I am gathering you into the
refuge of my Immaculate Heart; I am stirring up your confidence and
spirit of filial abandonment; and I am giving you my blessing.”
241
February 2, 1982
Feast of the Presentation of the Child Jesus
The Light of Love and of Hope
a "Today I am gathering you all on the altar
of my Immaculate Heart, dear sons scattered throughout every part of
the world, and I am presenting you, with love and joy, in the temple
of the Lord.
b Here, you are offered to his glory. Here, you
are immolated for the salvation of all. For how long now have I been
calling you to respond to my loving plan!
c As the hearts of men become closed because of
the coldness of unbridled egoism, hatred, violence and inability to
love, I want the light of my motherly love to shine through you.
d You, my children, are being offered by me to the
Lord, in order to spread this light everywhere. Love all my children
ever more and more, with my own motherly tenderness. From among them,
be especially kind and merciful to those who have lost their way, who
are far from God, who are often the unconscious victims of sin and of
evil, of corruption and of violence. Never so much as at the present
time have I wanted to assist and save, through you, all my poor
sinful children, who are running the danger of being lost.
e Here, you are also being immolated for the
perfect glorification of God. This world is experiencing such a
rebellion against God as has never before been experienced in the
whole course of its history. It is running the danger of
self-destruction and menaced with ruin and death.
f Beloved sons, let yourselves be offered on the
altar of the Lord, as docile and meek lambs, for the salvation of the
world. For this reason, I am bringing you all today into the temple
of the Lord to present you, as a hymn of perfect glorification, to
the Most Holy Trinity. Your little voices will become strong, like
the roar of a hurricane, and joined to the powerful victory-cry of
the cohorts of angels and saints, they will go out through all the
world to proclaim everywhere, `Who is like God? Who is like God?'
g You have been called to live through pains and
sufferings without number. Today, through you, I want to encourage
and console my children. At the time of the great tempest, the Mother
wants to gather her children in her arms, that they may be consoled.
Together, we will live through the agonizing hours of the
purification; together we will pray, suffer and trust in the mercy of
the Father.
h Together we will be tested; together we will
also be consoled. For the present, through you, my beloved sons, I
want to spread throughout the world the light of hope, of trust in
God and of my motherly consolation.”
242
Jerusalem (Israel); March 5, 1982
The New Jerusalem
a " `How often have I yearned to gather your
children, as a mother bird gathers her young under her wings, but you
refused me. If only you had known the days of your peace!' (Mt
23:37)
b I hear again the sorrowful lament of my
Son Jesus. How often have I, too, as Mother, called you to gather you
under the wings of my motherly love. And now, the days of the
tribulation have come.
c My requests have not been accepted. My
extraordinary interventions have been given no credence. An attempt
has been made to nullify everything that I have done these years in
order to meet your needs and free you from the dangers that hang over
you.
d Just as in Jerusalem all the prophets were put
to death, just as in this city the very Son of God, the Messiah
promised and awaited for so many centuries, was rejected, abused and
condemned, so also today in the Church, the new Israel of God, the
salvific action of your Mother, the heavenly prophetess of these last
times, is too often obstructed by silence and rejection.
e In so many ways have I spoken, but my words have
not been harkened to. In many ways I have manifested myself, but my
signs have been given no credence. My interventions, even the most
extraordinary, have been contested. O New Jerusalem, Church of Jesus,
true Israel of God! How often have I yearned to gather all your
children, as a mother bird gathers her young ... If you had known the
days of your peace!
f But now, great tribulations will come upon you.
You will be buffeted by the wind of a tempest and a hurricane; of the
great works built in you by human pride, not a stone will remain upon
a stone.
g O New Jerusalem, accept today my invitation to
conversion and interior purification. And thus the new era of justice
and holiness can shine forth upon you; your light will spread to all
the nations of the earth. And my Son Jesus will establish in your
midst the glorious reign of love and peace."
243
March 25, 1982
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Yes to the Gospel of Jesus
a “Beloved sons, I want you at my side at that
ineffable moment of my life, when the Archangel Gabriel had announced
to me that I had been chosen to become the Mother of the Word, the
Son of God, the long-awaited Messiah.
b That which is known to you is nothing
compared to that which your heavenly Mother experienced at that
moment. That which is narrated in the Gospel of Luke is part of an
event which truly took place; it is a true account, not a legend or a
literary form.
c The Archangel truly came to me, and his light,
more resplendent than the sun, completely filled my poor little house
in Nazareth: my eyes saw it; my ears heard his gentle voice; there
was a real conversation between us. To my questions, there were his
replies; to my interior apprehension, his serene and comforting
explanations.
d It was also through his precious assistance that
my mind was opened to understand the plan of the Father, that my
Heart was opened to receive the Word of God, and my life was united
in a perfect manner to the Holy Spirit whose most beloved Spouse I
became.
e And it was the Archangel who received my yes
and placed it upon the heavenly altar, for the perfect
glorification of the Most Holy Trinity and for the greater joy of all
the angelic hosts, whose Mistress and Queen I became at that moment.
f Beloved sons, say your yes today
to the Will of the Father, your yes to the Gospel of the Son,
your yes to the love of the Holy Spirit. In these times, the
Will of the Father is not being accomplished, and the action of the
Holy Spirit is being impeded, because the Gospel of Jesus is not
being accepted.
g Often, a purely human interpretation is given to
it, an interpretation which tends to exclude any supernatural
intervention whatsoever. How many of its events are thus explained as
legends or literary forms! Never before has the great mystery of God
been given such a banal and paltry interpretation. As a result of
this, the faith of many has become extinguished, and grave errors are
spreading more and more throughout the Church.
h You will remain in the true faith only if you
will give your full assent to all that is said in the Gospel of
Jesus. Announce it to the letter; live it to the letter.
i Be living gospels; and then, the plan of the
Father will be accomplished, and the fire of the love of the Holy
Spirit will purify this world. Let your yes as obedient
children be placed within the yes which your heavenly Mother
repeats continually- to her God.
j Then you will understand the mysteries of the
kingdom of God, which are hidden from the proud and the mighty, but
revealed to the little ones."
244
April 9, 1982
Good Friday
This Is How I Found My Son
a "Draw near, beloved sons, to the fount of
grace and mercy, which gushes forth from the pierced Heart of Jesus
Crucified. Today, let yourselves be led with me up Calvary that we
may live, together, through the painful and precious hours of his
agony.
b He is nailed to the Cross, about midday, after
having reached, with great difficulty, the summit of Golgotha.
c His body is crushed with suffering: the
scourging has covered Him with bleeding wounds; the crown of thorns
has surrounded his head with rivulets of blood which trickle down and
disfigure his face; his Heart is overwhelmed by the immense weight of
ingratitude; his eyes, so lively and penetrating, are now obscured by
the veil of treason and abandonment...
d This is how I found my Son, on the road to
Calvary, on the Friday of his passion. John is there with me, and,
beneath the Cross, we live out together the tremendous hours of his
agony.
e We see the nails transfix his hands and feet,
his tormented body; we hear the impact of the Cross in the earth,
which causes Him to start with pain, his moans of distress, his
silent prayer, the loud cry to Heaven, the throbbing of his Heart as
it gives its final beats.
f O my beloved ones, with me and with your
brother, John, live beneath the Cross on which my Son has been hung
and on which He is agonizing and dying, out of love, and for the
salvation of all.
g This is how I find the Church today, the
Mystical Body of Jesus Crucified. She too is climbing Calvary,
carrying a heavy cross; she too is experiencing the hour of such
abandonment and of betrayal; her body, also, is being tormented by
the scourges of the sins which strike at it and by sacrileges which
open up deep wounds in it...
h And still, the Church looks upon this
lost humanity with motherly and merciful eyes, and trustingly makes
her way to the summit of Golgotha, for her crucifixion and agony.
i This is how I find my Daughter today. I am close
to her in the painful hour of her Good Friday. With John, who is
living again in each of my beloved sons consecrated to my Immaculate
Heart, together let us be willing to help her in this, her agony.
j Let us kiss her hands, again transfixed; let us
cover with love her body, again stripped bare; let us pour balm upon
her numerous wounds; let us surround with prayer and hope the bloody
moments of her crucifixion.
k In the sure expectation of her
resurrection, by the work of the Holy Spirit, she will again be
completely renewed and know a wondrous splendor. For her too, the
Good Friday of her passion will certainly be followed by a joyous
Easter and a new Pentecost of grace and of life."
245
Munich (Germany); May 13, 1982
Anniversary of the First Apparition at Fatima
Look to the Pope!
a "With the first of my beloved sons, Pope
John Paul II, who has come today on a pilgrimage of love and prayer
before my image in the very place where I appeared, I want you all to
be spiritually united, gathered around your heavenly Leader, the
Woman Clothed with the Sun.
b Look to the Pope: he gives an example o f
prayer.
c His life, which belongs entirely to me, has been
molded by me in the spirit of incessant and trusting prayer. His
voice penetrates heaven and, united with my maternal intercession,
brings down, still today, a shower of graces upon this lost humanity.
d You too, together with the Pope, must form a
strong barrier of prayer to obtain the conversion of sinners, a
return to God on the part of many straying children, peace for this
humanity which is so threatened and a true and interior renewal for
all the Church.
e Pray often, using the holy rosary, which I came
here also to ask of you. If the most grave problems for the Church
and for the world have not yet been successfully resolved, despite
all the human means which have been taken, this is a sign for you
that you must now put all your trust in the power of prayer.
f He gives an example of fidelity.
g He is faithful to the mandate received through
his succession to the Chair of Peter; he is faithful to Jesus Christ
whom he announces by word and the witness of his life. Thus the light
which he spreads everywhere is one and the same with the light of the
Gospel.
h You must all be united with him in giving
witness to the life of my Son Jesus and in announcing faithfully the
truth of his Gospel. The Pope is often surrounded by a great void and
by loneliness. His words are those of a prophet, but often they fall
upon an immense desert.
i You must be a powerful echo of his word which
must be more and more propagated, listened to and acted upon. Until
this light is once again enkindled, walk behind him in the secure
wake of this great brilliance, because soon the darkness may become
even greater upon the world and the Church.
i He gives an example of fortitude.
k He is going forward everywhere without fear,
with the power that comes from his great love as universal Pastor and
as Vicar of my Son Jesus. He fears neither criticism nor obstacles;
he doe not halt before threats and attempts upon his life. Led and
defended by me, he proceeds along the way that I have pointed out to
him, like a trusting child that always allows itself to be led by the
hand. And thus each day he climbs his painful Calvary carrying a
great cross for the good and the salvation of all.
l What he is now living through has already been
foretold him by me. Remain ever with him, beloved sons whom I am
gathering from every part of the world into the refuge of my
Immaculate Heart, and carry with him today the great cross of the
whole Church. Today you are now being called to be immolated, that
the plan of the Father may be fulfilled.
m Have confidence and hope. Have courage
and patience. The hour of justice and of mercy has begun, and soon
you will see the wonders of the merciful love of the divine Heart of
Jesus and the triumph of my Immaculate Heart. And so, from the Cova
da Iria where, on the 13th of May 1917, I came from heaven to reveal
myself to you and to walk with you, together with my Pope, the first
of my beloved sons, I bless you all in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
246
Blumenfeld (Germany; May 30, 1982
Solemnity of Pentecost
The Hour of the Holy Spirit
a "In the cenacle of my Immaculate Heart,
prepare yourselves to receive the fire of the love of the Holy
Spirit, which will lead my Church to live the joyous moment of its
Pentecost and which will renew the whole face of the earth.
b This is its hour. It is the hour of the Holy
Spirit who, from the Father and by means of the Son, is given to you
ever more and more as a gift, as a sign of the merciful love of God
who wants to save mankind.
c By the fire of the Spirit of Love, the work of
the great purification will be quickly accomplished. The Church
groans as it awaits his merciful work of purification.
d Through interior sufferings and by means of
trials which will bring it to relive the bloody hours of the passion
through which my Son Jesus lived, the Church will be led to its
divine splendor.
e It will be healed of the wounds of error, which
have spread like a hidden cancer and which threaten the deposit of
faith. It will be cured of the leprosy of sin, which obscures its
sanctity. It will be purified of all those human elements, which
separate it from the spirit of the Gospel.
f It will be deprived of its earthly goods and
purified of many of its means of power, that once again it may become
poor, humble, simple and chaste. In its pastors and its flock, it
will again be crucified, that it may give perfect witness to the
Gospel of Jesus.
g Through the power of fire and of blood, the
whole world will also be renewed. Humanity will return once again to
the glorification of the Father, through Jesus, who will at last have
established his reign in your midst.
h This is, then, the hour of the Holy Spirit. He
will come to you in all his fullness, by means of the triumph of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, his most beloved Spouse.
247
Split (Yugoslavia); June 19, 1982
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
In You the Mother Is Glorified
a "Enter into the refuge of my Immaculate
Heart. This year, have called you from every part of the world and
you, my little ones, have responded with generosity and have entered
into the garden which your Mother has prepared for you. You have
listened to my voice and you have accepted my call.
b And now, through you, I have formed my
victorious cohort. With how many snares has my Adversary sought to
impede your response to my anguished appeal. He has not succeeded
because I have always intervened to defend my plan of love.
c Thus, despite all the snares of Satan and the
difficulties that have been encountered, my call has gone out to the
very limit of the earth. And from the five continents, my children
have hastened in very great numbers to enter into the secure refuge
of my Immaculate Heart. Today I gaze upon you with delight and love.
d In you, the Mother is glorified, because
I am able to offer you all to the perfect glorification of the Most
Holy Trinity. Thus, in these times of rebellion against God, through
you, the Mother can offer her hymn of glory to the Lord.
e Not to the great, or the powerful, or the rich,
or the proud is it given to understand my voice and to penetrate the
mystery of my Heart. It is granted to the little, to the poor, to the
humble servants of the Lord. With them, I have formed my cohort. And
now, the time of preparation is complete. Now we must enter into the
moments of the conclusive battle.
f Humanity has reached that time when it is to
live through the bloody hours of the great scourge, which will purify
it through fire, hunger and devastation.
g The Church will be purified by the blood of
Jesus and by your blood and by the fire of the Holy Spirit, and it
will be totally healed of the wounds of infidelity, of hypocrisy, of
impiety and of apostasy.
h The time has come when the task which the Most
Holy Trinity has entrusted to my Immaculate Heart in this age must be
acknowledged by the world and the Church. I embrace you all and bless
you.”
248
Valdragone (San Marino); June 30, 1982
Spiritual Exercises with the Directors of the
M.M.P.
The Secret of My Immaculate Heart
a "Beloved sons, I have brought you again up
this mountain, for a week of continuous cenacle with me, your
heavenly Leader. I want to reveal to you the secret of my Immaculate
Heart, in order to have you share in the mystery of my maternal love.
b Never as in these present times has my Heart
trembled with a most pure love for those whom Jesus entrusted to me
when I stood beneath the Cross on which He was about to die.
The Church today has need to feel itself loved by
me. Humanity today has need to feel itself loved by me. My poor
sinful and wandering children have need today of feeling themselves
loved by me.
d I want to love through you.
e I want to help humanity, the Church and all my
children through you who are called to enter into the mystery of my
Immaculate Heart. For this, I am bringing about an ever deeper union
between my motherly Heart and your hearts, my beloved priests.
f The luminous ray which shines forth from my
Heart will spread to all parts of the world. It will be like a strong
anchor to which all will be able to cling, with confidence, in order
to be saved at the moment of the decisive test.
g I want to suffer through you.
h I will expand your heart that you may
also be able to understand the mystery of my motherly
suffering. See if there is today any suffering greater than mine: my
Son Jesus is outraged, despised; He is again abandoned and betrayed
by his own... The sacrileges, which are constantly increasing, make
up a new crown of thorns, which surround the tabernacles scattered
throughout all parts of the earth.
i The Church, his Mystical Body, is again scourged
by division and threatened by error. Those children who are faithful
are called to bear great sufferings and to endure insult and outrage
on the part of those who do not listen to me.
j Humanity, in rebellion against the Lord, is
rushing inexorably along the road of rejection of God, and this
brings it to fall into the abyss of death and desolation. How many
there are who are lost each day, swept along by this widespread and
dangerous confusion!
k Share in my motherly sorrow! Judge no one;
condemn no one. Pray; love; carry the cross of this great suffering
with me for the salvation of all.
i I am your heavenly Leader.
m I am the Woman Clothed with the Sun. I have
gathered you together again in this cenacle, extraordinary for its
graces, to obtain for you from the Father, through Jesus, the
fullness of the Holy Spirit.
n He will complete in you the work begun by me. He
will mold your hearts to the perfection of love. He will bring you to
understand everything. He will strengthen you and give you courage
for the supreme witness for which I, as Mother, have formed you.
o The times of the great trial have come. Go down
from this mountain, and spread throughout every part of the earth the
light from the merciful love of Jesus, which today is being poured
out upon all humanity, by means of the love and the sorrow of my
Immaculate Heart, in which I have enfolded you all forever. I bless
you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Spirit."
249
August 13, 1982
Anniversary of the Fourth Apparition at Fatima
Instruments of My Mercy
a "Beloved children, I am turning my merciful
eyes upon you. I am the Mother of Mercy, of Fair Love and of Holy
Hope, and my Immaculate Heart trembles with preoccupation for you.
How many dangers are menacing you; how many snares my Adversary is
setting for you!
b In this hour of his rule and his triumph,
numerous indeed are my children who are exposed to the danger of
being eternally lost.
c You see in what a grave situation you find
yourselves today: humanity has rebelled against the God of love and
is walking along the road of hatred and of sin, which is put forward
as something good through the means of social communication.
d You are living in a corrupted and
unhealthy atmosphere, and you succeed with great difficulty in
remaining faithful to the commandments of God, which lead you to walk
along the road of love, flee sin and live in grace and holiness.
e Thus each day the number of my poor children who
allow themselves to be seduced by unbridled egoism, envy and impurity
grows greater and greater. The easiest victims, and those who are
less guilty, are the young people whose unhappy lot it is to be
living at this time when the world has become worse than at the time
of the flood.
f That is why I feel that I am a gentle and
merciful Mother especially to my young children, and I am sowing in
their lives words of confidence and salvation. I am opening up their
souls to a great thirst for good; I am opening up their hearts to the
joyous experience of true love and self-giving; I am healing their
numerous wounds, while I encourage all those who are good to come to
their help through prayer, good example and penance.
g If you, my beloved children, suffer and pray
with me, you will succeed in leading many souls each day along the
road which leads to paradise. You then, O children consecrated to my
Immaculate Heart, must be today the instruments of my maternal mercy.
h `How many souls go to hell because there
is no one to pray and sacrifice for them!,' I said to Jacinta,
Francisco and Lucia when I appeared to them at Fatima.
i Today I say: how many souls you can save from
the fire of hell and lead to paradise if, together with me, you pray
and sacrifice each day for them!... It is above all in this, my
merciful work of salvation and yours, that the triumph of my Heart is
being brought about."
250
Nijmegen (Holland): September 8, 1982
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
It Will Be Saved
a "My chosen ones, remain about the crib of
your infant Mother. I will lead you to understand the secret of
littleness and of spiritual childhood.
b I will teach you to walk along the way of
humility and of trust. I will obtain for you the gift of wisdom of
heart and of purity. Great joy fills heaven and earth today in the
recalling of the birth of your heavenly Mother.
c You too must share in this interior and profound
joy. Today I bless each one of you who, about my crib, form a crown
of fragrant flowers of love, of purity and of trust. You are living
through tempestuous and difficult days: men are withdrawing further
and further from God, and their hearts are being closed, in the chill
of egoism and hatred.
d The world in which you are living has
become a cold and arid desert, but over this world of yours, there
throbs my motherly and Immaculate Heart, which beats with love for
all and is ever causing the dew of grace and of mercy to descend upon
the earth. Thus am I able to cause the parched hearts of so many of
my children to open up to love...
e It is through you that I will be able to bring
to fulfillment the loving plan of salvation which has been entrusted
to me by the Most Holy Trinity You will see a new birth of this poor
humanity in its complete return to the God of salvation.
f ...You are here, today, holding a cenacle with
my chosen ones in this land where the great contestation on the part
of my Adversary had its beginning. Here, you see the Church deeply
humiliated and wounded, while an immense number of my poor children
are confused and wandering. Satan may seem to be singing his song of
victory, especially in this country. But from this place, I have also
begun my irresistible action.
g For this, I am making use of all my little
children who have said yes to me: through littleness, I will conquer
the power of the great; with humility, I will defeat pride; with
docility, all rebellion will be overpowered. You will be increasingly
aware of my presence...
251
Paris (France); September 15, 1982
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
A Great Force o f Reparation
a "Today, I bend with love over the sores and
wounds of all my children. I am your sorrowful Mother. My duty as
Mother binds me to you in a strong and personal way. As your joys
increase my happiness, so too each of your sufferings brings new
sorrow to my motherly Heart. Today I see you all under the weight of
an unspeakable suffering. See if there is any sorrow as great as my
motherly sorrow.
b In a world where egoism and pride have taken the
field, the most numerous victims are the innocent. Today they are
killed by the millions while still in their mother's womb, through
the crime of abortion which is now legalized everywhere.
c Why such cruelty? Why is such inhuman impiety so
widespread in the world today? The blood of these innocent ones cries
out daily for vengeance in the sight of God and causes wounds of deep
sorrow in my motherly Heart.
d Little children who are just opening out to life
are being presented with absolute transgressions of God's Law as
values to be sought after; young people are disoriented and deceived;
families bewail the destruction of their home-life; the immense
multitude of my poor children are hastening along the road of sin and
perdition: see if there is any sorrow as great as mine!
e Above all, I look today with sorrowful
apprehension at the Church, especially entrusted by Jesus to my
motherly action. I see how it is violated by sin, its unity
shattered, profaned by sacrileges, its truth obscured.
f How many pastors there are today who no longer
defend the flock which has been entrusted to them by Jesus! Some
remain silent when they should speak courageously to defend the truth
and to condemn error and sin. They tolerate to avoid risk; they
descend to compromise simply to maintain their privileges. Thus error
is spread under the form of ambiguous formulas, and reparation is no
longer made for sin, in a progressive apostasy from Jesus and from
his Gospel.
g Today there is need for a great force of prayer.
There is need for a great chain of suffering, raised up to God in
reparation! I call upon you, my chosen ones, and upon all the
children who are consecrated to my Immaculate Heart to unite
yourselves to the sorrow of your heavenly Mother, that what is
lacking in the passion of Jesus be completed in each one of you…”
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Fatima (Portugal); October 13, 1982
Anniversary of the Last Apparition at Fatima
I Am the Dawn
a "In the stormy sea in which you are
sailing, hasten all to my Immaculate Heart. I came down from heaven
to give you this anchor of salvation. Cling to the anchor which has
been prepared for you by my merciful love.
b Come to me, children, never before so menaced by
the cold of sin, by the torment of hatred, by the tempest of
rebellion against God and his Law, by the earthquake of moral
disorder, by the danger of war, destruction and famine.
c In this world, which has become worse than at
the time of the flood, you are truly running the danger of being
lost, along the wicked roads of sin and infidelity, in this life, and
the threat of perdition for all eternity, in the next.
d How many souls there are, in fact, who go each
day to hell, because the request I made of you in this very place, to
return to God along the road of prayer, of penance and of interior
conversion, has not yet been acted on.
e These then are times of chastisement and of
salvation, of justice and of mercy. In view of these times, I have
prepared a secure refuge for you where you must gather together to be
comforted and saved.
f This refuge is my Immaculate Heart!
g From my Heart there issue in ever increasing
reflected strength, the rays which come forth from the Heart of
Jesus, so that you may walk along the way of grace and of holiness,
of love and of mercy, of truth and of fidelity.
h If the world is filled with the darkness of sin,
these rays descend like a dew, and they urge it to open itself to the
radiant noonday of its renewal. All creation will know the new and
long-awaited time of its perfect glorification of God.
i If the Church is, in its human reality, darkened
and wounded, these rays will open it to the light of the Gospel of
Jesus, to the custody of the deposit of faith which has been
entrusted to it alone, and to the full witness of its unity and
holiness.
j I am the dawn which precedes the day.
k My light, which shines out in the night which
still enwraps the world, is you who are consecrated to my Immaculate
Heart, you who are totally entrusted to me that you may listen to me
and follow me. Increase in prayer, in humility, in suffering and in
confidence.
l Soon you will see the great day of the Lord,
prepared for by so much sorrow and so many tears, by so much love and
so much hope, by many prayers and by unceasing suffering. From the
Cova da Iria, on the sixty-fifth anniversary of my final apparition
which was confirmed by the miracle of the sun, I bless you all in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
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Rome (Italy); November 20, 1982
Obedient, Chaste and Poor
a "Live in my maternal predilection,
responding to my call for prayer and trust. Allow yourselves, beloved
sons, to be formed by me each day.
b I want you docile and obedient to the
Will of the Father, in perfect imitation of my Son Jesus: for this,
you must always be obedient to the Church.
c The virtue which I love most in my priest-sons
is that of obedience. Today, you must be an example to everyone, by
obeying with joy your superiors, especially the Pope.
d How is it possible that, when he speaks today,
he is no longer listened to by many, and when he gives directives, he
is no longer obeyed? And it is sometimes some of my bishop-sons and
priest-sons who are the first to disobey him! In this way the Church
becomes truly threatened in its interior unity...
e I want you chaste in mind, heart and
body.
f Through purity of mind, you will see the truth
with greater clarity, and you will be always faithful to it; the
Gospel of Jesus will appear to you in all its divine splendor.
g Through purity of heart, you will attain perfect
communion of love with Jesus, and you will be led by Him to
understand the mystery of his burning love. You will become truly
able to love everyone, and the flame of his love will set you afire
and transform you.
h Through purity of body, you will experience the
joy of meeting me and of being increasingly in communion with the
heavenly spirits and with the souls of your deceased brothers; the
power of the Spirit will transform you, freeing you of the many
limitations of the flesh. And thus, you will spread about you the
light of divine grace and of holiness.
i Let celibacy, willed by Jesus and ardently
sought by the Church, be loved, esteemed and lived by you: you will
become the source of life for an immense number of souls, even of
your own brother-priests.
j Take courage, O dearly beloved sons of mine!
Follow me along the way of hiddenness and humility.
k I want you poor in material goods and in
spirit.
l Only thus will you be able to understand
the anxieties and the sorrows of many people and share in the
concerns and the sufferings of your poorest brothers; of those who
have no work or means of livelihood; of those who are pushed aside
and persecuted; of those who are considered as nothings, while they
are, for me, most precious treasures.
m Whoever meets you must be aware of the
presence of their heavenly Mother who, through you, again caresses
and consoles, who again helps, even materially, who encourages and
saves and who embraces and defends everyone."
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December 8, 1982
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
My Plan
a "I am your immaculate Mother: allow
yourselves to be led by me, beloved sons, for the perfect fulfillment
of my motherly plan.
b It is a plan of enmity.
c `I will put enmity between you and the Woman,
between your offspring and hers.' (Gen 3:13) Thus did the Lord
speak of me, addressing Himself to the serpent when, by means of him,
sin entered in at the beginning of the history of the human race:
enmity between me and Satan, between the Woman and the serpent,
between my cohort and his, between good and evil, between grace and
sin.
d To walk along my way, there can be no descending
to compromise with evil, because this road winds its way only over
[the terrain] of enmity between these two opposed realities. My Son
Jesus becomes the sign of this contradiction and has been given to
you by the Father for the salvation and the ruin of many.
e You are now living in obscure times, because in
all kinds of ways an attempt is being made to reach a compromise
between God and Satan, between good and evil, between the spirit of
Jesus and the spirit of the world. Many are running the danger of
becoming victims of this general confusion, and even in my Church a
false spirit, which is not that of Jesus the Son of God, is seeking
to spread itself about. Like a cloud of invisible poison gas, a
spirit which jumbles the things of God with those of the world is
expanding and succeeding in depriving the word of God of its vigor
and in despoiling the announcement of the Gospel of its force.
f It is a plan of struggle.
g Assisted by me and following along the road
which Jesus has traced out for you, you must fight against the Evil
One, against sin, against error and infidelity.
h If, by divine privilege, I have been exempt from
all sin, even original sin, it is because I have been appointed by
the Most Holy Trinity as Leader of this terrible battle, which
involves heaven and earth, heavenly and earthly spirits. It is a
great and continuous struggle, often invisible, and at this time it
has become general.
i In the Apocalypse, I have been announced as the
Woman Clothed with the Sun who will conduct the battle against the
Red Dragon and all his followers. If you want to second my plan, you
must do battle, my little ones, children of a Mother who is Leader.
Fight against sin and against compromise with the weapon of prayer
and of suffering. In hiddenness and confidence, in the humble
fulfillment of your daily duties, in the perfect imitation of Jesus
and in poverty and contempt for the world and for your own selves,
join me in waging this battle each day.
j It is a plan of victory.
k After the present triumph of evil, which has
succeeded in subduing the world, in the end the victory will be
solely that of my Son Jesus. He alone is the victor. The outcome of
the great struggle, through which we are living, will be his glorious
reign of peace and of goodness, of justice and of holiness, which
will be established in the world and will shine forth resplendently
in the hearts of all. Thus will be brought to completion the plan of
enmity, of struggle and of victory in the triumph of my Immaculate
Heart."
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December 24, 1982
The Holy Night
God Is with You
a "A great silence enwraps the world.
Darkness covers everything. Hearts keep vigil in prayer and
expectation. A sense of confident hope opens the doors which have
been closed by hatred and egoism.
b The powers of hell feel themselves
unexpectedly overpowered by a new force of love and of life.
c In the darkness a brightness is enkindled. In
the silence the harmonies of celestial hymns are heard. And in the
heavens a great light suddenly appears.
d This is the holy night.
e This light now enwraps the poor shelter, where
the greatest event in history is about to take place. The Virgin
Mother gives you her Child, who is born poor and defenseless,
trembling and in need of everything, weeping and tender as a lamb,
who is to make visible, already in his little body, the great mystery
of meekness and of mercy.
f The life of every man takes on a new meaning
from this night, because the little Child who is born is also his
God. He is man like you, and He is God with you. He is Emmanuel,
prophesied for centuries.
g He is your Brother. He is the heart of the
world. He is the heart-beat of an immortal life. He is the caress
laid upon every human suffering. He is the victory which covers over
every defeat.
h He is the balm for the wound of egoism,
of hatred, of sin. He is the light which shines resplendently forever
for all who walk in the darkness. He is the only hope of this
bewildered world.
i With the concerned voice of a Mother, who hears
a thousand voices which still reject Him and who listens with dismay
to the sound of a thousand doors which are again closed, I say to
you: Do not be afraid; God is with you. Today there is born to you a
Savior for all!
j With a Heart wounded by the great coldness which
still permeates the roads of the world and with a soul made desolate
because of this great rejection of God which has turned the earth
into a great desert, in the face of such vast hopelessness, I say to
you again: Do not be afraid; God is with you!
k This is especially so today, when you are being
called to live through the painful moments when it appears that my
Adversary reigns in the world, as he spreads his deadly poison in the
hearts of men.
l In the face of such suffering which cannot be
assuaged, of such great slavery which cannot be shaken off, of
situations of injustice which cannot be successfully healed, of
dangers of war which cannot be checked, of fierce threats which grow
more and more ominous, on this holy night, here is the message which
springs from my Immaculate Heart as a source of hope and comfort for
all: Do not be afraid; God is with you!
m Just as the Word of the Father made use of my
humble assent for his first coming into your midst, in the frailness
of human nature, so now does my Son Jesus make use of my prophetic
announcement to prepare his second coming into your midst in glory.
n Do not be afraid, O children so exposed to
dangers. With the triumph of my Immaculate Heart, Jesus will manifest
Himself to you in his glorious reign of love and of peace!”
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December 31, 1982
Last Night of the Year
Watch in Prayer
a "On this night, while the greater part of
my children spend the last hours of the year in amusement and
dissipation, watch with me, my beloved ones, in silence and more
intense prayer.
b Prayer of thanksgiving: for all the
graces which, in this period of time, have been granted you by the
Father, in the Holy Spirit, by means of my Son Jesus and through the
unceasing intercession of my Immaculate Heart.
c This world is at the mercy of my Adversary, who
is ruling it with his spirit of pride and rebellion, and who is
leading an immense number of children of God along the road of
pleasure, of sin, of disobedience to the laws of God, and of contempt
for his Will.
d It is immersed in the deepest of nights,
and no beginning of a year can dissipate the great darkness in which
it is walking. Indeed, it has been created for the glory of the
Father; it has been redeemed and saved by the Son, and it continues
to be transformed by the action of the Holy Spirit.
e Nothing can resist the power of the merciful
love of God, which wants to transform this poor world into a new
creation. And so, the interventions of my Immaculate Heart will
become steadily more numerous, extraordinary and miraculous.
f For this, give thanks with me to the Most Holy
Trinity which is making use of me - its little handmaid - to lead all
creation to the perfect glorification of God.
g Prayer of supplication: to obtain from
the merciful Heart of Jesus days of peace and not of affliction, days
of serenity and not misfortune. There is a real danger of another
war. Under the appearance of fragile promises of agreements, the most
refined means of dealing death are being prepared, and humanity is
being led along the road of hatred and of self-destruction. May your
prayer obtain for all the grace which leads to the defeat of sin and
that concord which causes violence and terror to cease so that
universal peace, in truth and justice, may finally be yours. There is
need of a great miracle; there is need to wrest through the power of
prayer, this miracle from the mercy of God. Only thus can salvation
come to you.
h Prayer of reparation: because the cup of
divine justice is full, very full; it is overflowing! See how hatred
and sin burst all bounds. Today the majority of mankind no longer
observes the Ten Commandments of the Lord. Your God is publicly
ignored, denied, offended and blasphemed. The day of the Lord is more
and more profaned.
i Daily an attack is being made upon life. Each
year, throughout the world, by the tens of millions, innocent
children are being slaughtered in their mother's womb and the number
of murders, robberies and acts of violence and kidnappings is
increasing.
j Immorality is spreading like a flood of filth
and is being propagated by the means of social communication,
especially the cinema, the press and television. By means of this
last-mentioned, a subtle and diabolical tactic of seduction and
corruption has found its way into every family. The most defenseless
victims are children and youth, whom I look upon with the tender
preoccupation of a mother.
k Only the powerful force of prayer and reparative
penance will be able to save the world from what the justice of God
has prepared because of its obstinate refusal to accept every demand
for repentance.
l Listen at least now to the voice of your
heavenly Mother! I need much prayer of reparation and suffering,
offered with faith. Pray your rosary always. Live, together with me,
in trust and trepidation, because there are in preparation decisive
hours which can determine the destiny of all humanity.
m I bless you in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
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