Our Lord also gave Marie-Julie Jahenny beautiful prayers and devotions, including a
reminder of His most painful and yet almost forgotten Wound of the
Shoulder on which He bore the cross. (Image: Sebastiano del Piombo)
Unknown
to many Catholics who practise the devotion to this Holy Wound, many
believe it was first attributed to St. Bernard and that Christ promised
him He would forgive all venial sins and 'no longer remember anyone's
mortal sins' if they remembered His Wound once a day --- the indulgence attached to this revelation has been condemned by the Holy See under the reign of Pope Leo XIII! (Click here for info on other condemned indulgences.)
However, don't worry!
It
appears Our Lord is still extremely pleased with this devotion, for He
gave to Marie-Julie Jahenny various graces and promises to those who
remained faithful in remembering with love His most painful and almost
forgotten wound.
Our Lord showed her this gaping, open Wound and revealed its depth:
“The Pain is incomprehensible in the hearts of My children! How this devotion pleases and consoles Me, how often have the prayers of these Wounds risen to My Heart and have torn (open) the (way of) salvation for souls entrusted to Hell.” (May 17, 1878)
“The Pain is incomprehensible in the hearts of My children! How this devotion pleases and consoles Me, how often have the prayers of these Wounds risen to My Heart and have torn (open) the (way of) salvation for souls entrusted to Hell.” (May 17, 1878)
Promises and graces revealed to Marie-Julie Jahenny for those who honour His Sacred Wound of the Shoulder:
1 - “I will bless all the souls who propagate this devotion: I grant them abundant graces.” (March 29, 1878)
2 - “O souls who love Me, who propagate this devotion, I take you under My protection, I keep you under the mantle of My affection.” (March 29, 1878)
3 - “I will dispel the darkness that will come to their heart.” (December 28, 1877)
4 - “I will console them in their pains.” “I will come in the midst of their greatest afflictions, to enlighten, to comfort them.” (February 8, 1878) (28 December 1877,February 8 and April 12, 1878)
5 - “I will come to bless them in their undertakings.” (March 29, 1878)
6 - “I will give them a tender love for the Cross. I will come to assist them at the time of death, with this cross and I will introduce them into My Heavenly Kingdom.” (April 12, 1878)
7 - “I will sweeten their agony.” (December 28, 1877). “I will come at the hour of death. I will console them in their passage.” (February 8, 1878).
“Especially at the hour of death, I will come to give them a sweet moment of calm and tranquillity. I will tell them: 'O good holy soul, who has spread this devotion (knowing) that I had so much at heart that it be made known, come to receive the reward of your labours, the fruit of blessing.'.” (March 29, 1878)
8 - “I will shelter them, I will assist them, I will console all the souls that seek to propagate this Sacred Wound. At the time of death, I will console the souls that have compensated Me by their devotion and compassion to the Wound so deep and painful. I will come to strengthen them in their final fears. I will come and prepare their passage: Thank you, you who have compensated Me for My pains.” (May 17,1878)
9 - “See,” Jesus said, pointing to His Sacred Wound with extreme tenderness, “all My children who have recognised this Wound, who have venerated it, have prayed to it, will have on the Last Day a great and generous reward. I do not simply show it, I pronounce it. My Word is Divine.” (May 17, 1878)
In obedience to the Holy See, please do not spread the story about St. Bernard, it might contain the condemend indulgence, not to mention people might think the devotion can be used as an excuse to not go to confession to be absolved of mortal sins. MORTAL SINS MUST BE CONFESSED! However, you can safely spread the promises given to Marie-Julie Jahenny.
Prayer to the Sacred Wound in the Shoulder:
(Please note, this was NOT given to Marie-Julie Jahenny).
"O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I miserable sinner, salute and worship
the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy
heavy Cross, which so tore Thy flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to
inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most
Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus
most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee, and give Thee thanks for
this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding
pain, and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to
me, a sinner, and to lead
me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen." Imprimatur, Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield.
