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1954
Our Lord often spoke to me in the past, and already in the early 1940's it was made known to me interiorly that my mission was to converge towards the sanctification of the family. I was not further enlightened at that time as to how this was to be accomplished.
In the year 1954, however, Our Lord addressed the following words to me. As they coincided in every way with Our Lady's message concerning the spiritual renewal of souls, I have placed them at the beginning of this manuscript.
Our Lord's words, May 22, 1954:
"My little white dove, if the world is dying, it is because it will not let Me give it life.
"I am the resurrection and the life, and unless souls seek their life in Me, they will find only death and destruction.
"They fear man–made destroyers of life, yet destruction is in themselves. Man destroys himself through the evil that is in himself.
"Implements of war kill only that which is without. Man kills that within himself which none but he can kill.
"God is light, man is darkness, and unless he comes into the light, he will be forever darkness.
"The Voice of My Heart is the Voice of Mercy. If man will not listen, there is no more I can do, for he ties My hands."
May 29, 1954:
"My Heart beats with compassion for the sorrows of man. Oh, how gladly would I help him bear the weight of his terrible cross, fashioned, for the most part, by his own guilt! But alas, he will have none of My help. So I am forced to stand by the side of the road and watch him struggle hopelessly in his agony.
"O man, what have I done to you that you should refuse My aid?
My little white dove, do you know what I find most lacking in the world today? It is FAITH. There are so few souls that believe in Me and My love. They profess their belief and their love, but they do not live this belief. Their hearts are cold, for without faith there can be no love.
"Pray and sacrifice yourself, My child, that faith may once again find entrance into the hearts of men."
July 11, 1954
"My daughter, I am not loved in the homes of men. And because I am not loved, the Divine Trinity refuses to dwell therein.
"Children are not taught to love Me, because those who have charge over them have no time or patience to do so.
"My Heart grieves over My children in the world. Their hearts are being drawn farther and farther away from Me. They will not even listen to My Mother, because they have never been taught to listen.
"I am a Beggar for love, but how few give to Me the means by which to satisfy My divine hunger. I hunger for the love of My own, and I receive only the crumbs no other would accept.
"My Father is angry. If My children will not listen to My Heart, which is a Voice of mercy and instruction, punishment will come swiftly and none shall be able to stay it. The pleadings of My Heart have held back the divine justice about to descend on an ungrateful and sinful generation.
"Woe to parents who set a bad example to their children! Terrible will be their judgment. I will demand a strict account of every soul entrusted to their care.
"Woe to parents who teach their children how to gain materially in this world and neglect to prepare them for the next!
"Woe to children who disobey and show disrespect towards their parents!
"'Honor thy father and thy mother.' On this shall they be judged most severely."
July 12, 13, 14, 1954:
"Blessed are the homes that honor My Name and the Name of My Father.
"Blessed are the homes where I am loved, for there the Holy Trinity dwells.
"Blessed are the parents and children who have made a home for God in their hearts.
"Little secretary of My Heart, write these instructions for the sanctification of My people.
"My Father's house is a house of prayer, and you have made it a den of thieves.
"My children, every home and every soul is My Father's house, for He made them and they are His. But many of them are no longer sanctified by His Presence. Thieves have entered in and stolen from Him His temples of prayer. It is you, My children, who have let them in. If, My children, you will cleanse your temples, My Father will return and We will come and make our abode with you.
"Return, My people, for My Heart hungers and thirsts for your love. If you will not return, the just anger of My Father will descend upon you. What would you—My love or My Father's anger? Choose, and as you choose, so shall it be done. I will not force your free will, for that is yours to use as you desire."
The next incident took place in the fall of the year 1954, when I was stationed at a different house of the Congregation. I do not remember the exact date, as I did not intend ever saying anything about it. I was sitting in the room next to the kitchen with the intention of saying some of my prayers. Almost at the very moment I began to pray, I saw an Angel. I knew this immediately, although the apparition did not reveal itself as such until later. I saw the Angel standing before me towards the left. He was dressed in a white robe or garment, which was perfectly plain and perfectly white. The whiteness of his robe stood out against the darkness about him. It was like a light in the midst of darkness. He was holding a green palm and a drawn sword in his left hand, the tips of both palm and sword resting against his left shoulder. I saw all this at a glance. The Angel said to me, "Receive the palm of victory." I became suspicious. I could not think of any victory of mine that deserved such a reward. Besides, it sounded a bit like flattery to me. I have always been wary of words of praise; they put me on my guard. Why was the palm not given to someone else more deserving of it than I? So I shook my head and resolutely went back to my prayers. But the Angel would not go.
He spoke again,
"You do not believe me. Will you accept the cross?"
For me this struck more nearly home. I said, "Yes, I will accept the cross."
To this he replied,
"Then you will accept the palm and the sword. With the sword the saints conquered themselves, the world, and the devil. I am the Angel of Peace. I come to those whose hearts are attuned to the Voice of God. To such as these I remain a perpetual light through blinding darkness. I was sent by Him Who said, 'I am the Light of the world.' "
Later it was made known to me that the Angel of Peace was St. Michael.
On November 8, 1954, a short rime after the visit of the Angel of Peace, Our Lady spoke to me in these words: "It is the wish of my Son that fathers and mothers strive to imitate me and my chaste spouse in our holy life at Nazareth. We practiced the simple virtues of family life, Jesus our Son being the center of all our love and activity. The Holy Trinity dwelt with us in a manner far surpassing anything that can ever be imagined. For ours was the earthly paradise where once again God walked among men. "As in our little home no sin was to be found, so it is the wish of the Heart of my Son and my Immaculate Heart that sin should, as far as possible, be unheard of in the homes of our children.
"The Divine Trinity will dwell in your midst only if you are faithful in practicing the virtues of our life at Nazareth. Then, you also, my children, you also will become another paradise. God will then walk among you and you will have peace.
"I need your help to bring peace into the world. Do not disappoint me."
The next incident happened at another mission where I was sent the following year. This date was recorded as November 20, 1955. I found myself in a half–sleeping and half–waking state, which I had often experienced before. It gave one the strange effect of being in two worlds. I find no other way to explain this state. I entered a small room, strange and unknown to me. As I was looking around in a rather bewildered fashion, I sensed another presence in the room. I turned toward the doorway, and confronting me was an angel. He was dressed in white, but his garments were arranged in a different manner from those of St. Michael. Although the room was very light, I saw a bright halo surrounding his head. His arms were extended, bent at the elbows, his fingers pointing upwards. A sort of supernatural dread came over me.
I knelt down, then asked him, "Who are you?"
He replied,
"I am the Angel Gabriel. I have come to tell you that Our Lord is pleased with your effort to do good. He asks that you go to His Mother and learn great purity of heart."
I awakened gradually. The image of the Angel was so impressed upon my mind that he was as a living person beside me.