Vision
of St. Alphonsus Liguori to Marie-Julie Jahenny. Importance on
meditating upon the Sufferings of the Cross and Our Lady's sufferings, the
Swords in Her Heart.
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(March 26, 1878)
“I am Saint Alphonsus Liguori. I am here at the foot of the Cross of the Lord. Listen to my speech. The fruits and profit (thereof) will be for your soul and your heart.
Do you know this wonderful Book of the sufferings of our Lord?
This is a great Book, the Book of the Passion. Enter immediately into that celestial Science. IT CONSISTS OF THE LOVE OF SUFFERING.
You will find, in this Book, the strength of your soul and food for your heart. You will go into the great river of love and gentleness. (From) each of the adorable wounds of Our Lord you will come to know every day the heavenly Science of that Divine Book. OUR LORD COMPLAINS THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE NOT SUFFICENTLY KNOWN ...
You will enter this Divine Science THROUGH THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY; HIS BLESSED MOTHER.
Want to know a word of the pain and suffering of the Blessed Virgin? See her heart pierced by swords, the torments and all manner of martyrdom. Know well that we all have a place for every sword, because they make a place for the children she has adopted at the foot of the Cross, meditating on the Passion and the pain in her heart ... This devotion is so little known, they forget it every day.
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(March 26, 1878)
“I am Saint Alphonsus Liguori. I am here at the foot of the Cross of the Lord. Listen to my speech. The fruits and profit (thereof) will be for your soul and your heart.
Do you know this wonderful Book of the sufferings of our Lord?
This is a great Book, the Book of the Passion. Enter immediately into that celestial Science. IT CONSISTS OF THE LOVE OF SUFFERING.
You will find, in this Book, the strength of your soul and food for your heart. You will go into the great river of love and gentleness. (From) each of the adorable wounds of Our Lord you will come to know every day the heavenly Science of that Divine Book. OUR LORD COMPLAINS THAT HIS SUFFERINGS ARE NOT SUFFICENTLY KNOWN ...
You will enter this Divine Science THROUGH THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY; HIS BLESSED MOTHER.
Want to know a word of the pain and suffering of the Blessed Virgin? See her heart pierced by swords, the torments and all manner of martyrdom. Know well that we all have a place for every sword, because they make a place for the children she has adopted at the foot of the Cross, meditating on the Passion and the pain in her heart ... This devotion is so little known, they forget it every day.
* THE BLESSED VIRGIN HAS PROMISED TO EVERY SOUL WHO MEDITATES ON THESE WORDS ABUNDANT FRUIT FOR SALVATION AND A GENEROUS REWARD. *
Little sister, (i.e Marie-Julie) it is in the Science of Sorrows of the Lord and his Blessed Mother THAT THE PERSECUTED SOUL FINDS A SAFE SHELTER. This is where the Father of the Church, the Pope finds strength and power, first for his heart, and then to give all the hearts entrusted to him a balm of peace.
Little sister, as many wounds made to the Heart of the Blessed Virgin, are sources (of grace?) that result in the hearts of children of the Cross. The Blessed Virgin is powerful! SHE INVITES ALL THOSE SOULS THAT SUFFER TO COME FIND STRENGTH AND REST IN HER HEART, the WOUNDS OF HER HEART ...”
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Notes: Life of St. Alphonsus Liguori. Born near Naples of a distinguished family in 1696, he became a barrister, but soon abondoned this promising career and became a priest in 1726. He joined a society of priests engaged in catechizing the peasants of the country districts, and this led him to the found the congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists), an order which would imitate Our Lord by preaching in villages and towns. Its founding suffered many great trials, but after which it was approved in 1749. In 1762 an order of the pope forced him to accept the bishopric of Sant'Agata di Goti, which he held until 1775, when he was forced to resign due to ill health. He returned to live with the members of his own congregation, which was then a prey to schism and external opposition, another trial to undergo. Throughout all these years as a priest, bishop and religious, he produced a steady output of ascetical, theological and histrorical works, as well as much religious verse which he set to music, being always mindful of the vow he had made to God ~ to never lose a moment of time in idleness. He died in 1787. The Church proclaimed him a sure guide in moral theology. He was beatified in 1816, canonized in 1829, and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1871.
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