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Sunday 25 April 2021

#213 – Continuation: The Sanctuary of the Cross - The Mystical Vision of the Fourteen Stations

 


 

 

In her revelations, Marie-Julie Jahenny foretold there would be a special set of the Stations of the Cross that would lead to the path of the future Shrine destined to be built over the site of her cottage, a huge church built in honour of the Cross.


She received a mystical vision of the establishment of these stations, with Our Lord leading them in a mystical 'boat', representing several things at once it seems from the context of the visions, and not only the traditional Way of the Cross:


(*) The physical placing of the traditional Stations on the path to the Shrine, which show they will be placed in a 'right, left, right left' pattern leading up the main path when they are built.


(*) A progression in a type of 'ark' representing His Sacred Heart as their shelter leading the victim souls chosen for the work, He steps out of the boat at times and also accompanies them on a mystical Way of the Cross. Christ leads the work.


(*) The mystical steps of the Mission of the Cross given to Marie-Julie Jahenny, also, the fourteen steps on the path to spiritual perfection through the 'Novitiate of the Cross'


(*) In some instances we see the different stations also represents the different sufferings that Christ endures, depending on the classes of sinners.   Reparation is being made for them by the Victims as the Mission of the Cross progresses. Some stations are shown as phases of their work, also rewards, and also promises of signs and wonders that will happen at the Shrine.


Much of this particular vision is still a mystery – no doubt it will only make sense when all that is shown is finally fulfilled in the future.


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(+) First cross on the right



Our Lord standing, said:


This is the first cross of the Sanctuary.”


The first three victims descend from the boat to go to the fourteenth cross. Our Lord accompanies them, blesses them and made them kiss His sacred stole. The first Victim rises to the first cross. Our Lord leads them, then He goes back into the boat, stop(ping) in front of the first cross, He gives to the First victim a golden censer, then He passes it to the neck of a small cross floating across (his) chest. (?) The cross is very short, but wide, the name of Jesus is in the middle, topped by three crosses. (Marie-Julie will give the exact description because it is the cross that the victims of the Cross will bear).


Our Lord told the first victim:


You have the Holy Doctrine in your heart that tells you everything you need to pass in front of the cross(es).”



The first Victim prostrates himself, the second Victim is at the second step, the third in the third step. The first is at the foot of the cross. The third victim deposits the censer at the foot of the cross. The first turns and says:


In the name of Your power and Your glory, I call here under my care the poor sinners to give them repentance and contrition. And (she, or it) bless us all.”


The second victim said:


I am at the foot of the cross, my heart is overflowing for the salvation of souls who will be entrusted to me. I accept the second place of victim. I leave my love and my faith at the foot of the cross.”


Our Lord said:


My children, that is where the poor sinners will prostrate themselves face against the ground. The blessing of incense and of love will spread in their hearts and contrition will be given them.”


(NOTE: Our Lord seems to say sinner who come to the First Cross on the site will prostrate on the ground in front of it to beg forgiveness of their sins, and God will grant the grace, this seem to indicate that of perfect contrition.


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(+) Second Cross, on the Left

At the second cross, on the left, two other Victims meet with the first three. Our Lord appears in the figure of the Ecce Homo. The first Victim embraces the cross three times and bows deeply. Our Lord goes to the altar, passing across the Victims. The first took into his arms Our Lord in the shape of an Ecce Homo, our Lord said to him and other victims:


My dear children, I present Myself under the figure of suffering.”


And He rests his head against the heart of the first Victim, and He raises His hand over the others who remain on the steps, and He said:


The heart of the first victim, large and generous, will have the greatest love for sinners, he will do what I did to Myself. (i.e., offer himself up as a sacrifice?) It is charity for the poor sinners who leave the heart.


Our Lord placed him between the first two Victims and said to the third:


I took you for My glory and I will count you in the number who will make the great works.”


The third victim responds:


Lord, I obey”


The first Victim said to the friends of the Cross:


I immolate to my God my heart, and happily accept the thorns that have served for the glory of God.”


Our Lord says to the second and third Victim:


You are chosen by My tenderness, you will assist the first victim and you will share the glory and the great work of salvation of souls.”


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(+) Third Cross


The Victims always follow on foot, while the boat and its procession moves from one station to another. The boat always stops in front of each cross. Our Lord is back in the boat. The first Victim lies at the foot of the cross as on the stake. The second and third are standing at his side. Our Lord said:


Here is the Victim of sacrifice, immolation of his will, his desires, his mind, his heart. I have sacrificed everything, now it is Love that will make a second sacrifice.”


Then, addressing the first Victim:


Rise.”


And the four other Victims come forward to the cross. The first stands up, arms folded across his chest, his eyes to heaven and said:


I will make descend from Heaven, holy and sweet penance for the sheep going astray.”


And, turning to the servants and the servers of the Cross, he adds:


I will make descend upon the altar of the Sanctuary, the Victim of Salvation for sinners and I will have nothing more dear than the glory of God.”


The other four Victims unite in saying:


Our strengths and all in us is united with the first victim.”


Our Lord did not descend to this cross.


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(+) Fourth Cross


Our Lord descends from the boat, sinking under the burden of the Cross. The first Victim mounts to the foot of the cross, the other four are on the steps. The first takes a torch and presents the Children of Calvary. Our Lord comes forward, the other Victims take the foot of the cross and help Our Lord to rise to the foot of the Cross. He said:


I write your names on the Cross.”


The first Victim takes the Cross on the Shoulder of Jesus and presents it to us saying to Our Lord:


My Adorable Lord, I have carried my cross in my soul and You have crucified it. I accept for myself the heaviest crosses and I will share them with the Friends of the Sanctuary. I will bear the sign of God in my soul and on my heart and I will speak everywhere on the Cross of my God, I will make a garden in the souls of sinners to lay the cross there.”


The other four victims bear the Cross to the fifth cross.


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(+) Fifth Cross


The boat still moves in front of each cross. Our Lord goes to the fourth and the fifth cross, leaving traces of His Blood. He remains at the bottom of the steps of the cross and the first Victim mounts to the foot of the cross. (The Victim) takes a red flower and a white flower. Our Lord holds out His hand.


The first Victim said:


I prostrate at the foot of the cross of my dear Jesus and I give my heart and those of my beloved Victims.”


(The first Victim) rises and places the red flower at the foot of the Cross. Our Lord calls the Friends of the Cross to come to rest in His Love and asks them for their hearts.


Come and rest under the wing of the Cross.”


Our Lord places the Cross on the heart of the first Victim, who is at the feet of Our Lord who offers Him a white flower and places it three times on His Heart.


This seed that I will give,” He says, “will produce abundant harvests.”


The other four Victims come in their turn to the foot of the Cross and drink from a small spring in the hollow of the rock at the bottom of the fifth cross.


Our Lord said: “You drink the love of your Father, the love of Jesus, the love of the Cross.”


The four Victims take up the cross that had been at the end of the steps.


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(+) Sixth Cross


The Divine Jesus moved towards the sixth cross, on the left. The first Victim advances the last. The other four are with Our Lord Who rises to the foot of the cross. He forms a cross and a large source (spring?) is discovered. The four Victims rise at the foot of the cross (next to the source). They each receive a small light, the victims fall to their knees.


Here is the invincible weapon to carry everywhere, the streets and roads, poor sinners falling from exhaustion.”


The first Victim is at the foot of the altar, one of the Seraphim cover him with a white mantle. Here our Lord pronounced great words that could not be transcribed.


Our Lord said: “It is in this is the heart that I will raise a tabernacle of strength, courage, faith. I call this heart the tabernacle of wonders.”


The Seraphim uncovers the first Victim, (who) ascends the steps and Our Lord marks (the Victim) with the sign with the water from the source. Our Lord uncovers His Wounds and said:


It is here at the sixth cross that I put on insults and outrages; no peace for the sinner before it is washed!”


(NOTE: this probably means that sinners must undergo the penance of humiliation before they can be cleansed of sin, perhaps the Victims must suffer this on their behalf so they are converted.)


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(+) Seventh Cross


Our Lord extends Himself on the Cross, the Victims are prostrate; the Wounds of Christ, shine like suns. The Divine Jesus sighs and the five Victims say:


Our hearts are open and unite with You to join in Your suffering, give us a part.”


Our Lord replied: “At this cross, I will have under the eyes of the souls who will say (they are) in My grace and who crucify Me in their hearts. Dear Victims, many sinners will resist you at this cross.”


(NOTE: this probably represents sinners who claim they of God, that they are doing nothing wrong and say they are in God's grace yet are not in God's grace at all, they are hypocrites. This cross of suffering represents them, its seems.)



A book of gold is open to the right of the Cross. The first Victim reads the first three lines. They are written in threes. The first Victim said:


I find in this book, a profound knowledge. Jesus Victim of Love, Jesus the Tree of Love.”


The other four Victims say: “We promise to propagate the sublime doctrine of your Cross, as with Your Holy Gospel.”


Victims, take Me down from the Cross,” says Our Lord.


The Victims take down Our Lord from Calvary and dye their lips with His Blood; they receive in their hearts, great blessings.


I pass next to your hearts,” says Our Lord, “to dig a source (spring) of tenderness and blessings.”


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(+) Eighth Cross


Our Lord rises at the foot of the cross, in agony, overwhelmed. He is crushed in pains. The first two Victims support Him. The other three prostrate before Him, they soften the torments of His agony. The first Victim brings his lips to His Heart in agony. Our Lord makes a cross for him over his heart and this cross will float in this channel of graces.


Our Lord told the second Victim: “I will plant in your heart, the greatest pain of My agony and you will suffer for the souls who are dear to Me.”


To the other Victims, Our Lord says: “Give me the breath of your hearts, kindled by the Holy Eucharist, to warm Me in My agony.”


The other three Victims warm Him with their breath.


At this eighth cross, Our Lord said, “I will work the wonders that you see with your eyes, you who are here. At the foot of this cross, I will gather all My faithful friends and My enemies that make Me suffer and I will paint a luminous clarity.”


Our Lord remains at the eighth cross while the Victims go to the ninth. The Angels decorate this eighth cross with lights.


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(+) Ninth Cross


There is, at this cross, a dove that comes to rest on the shoulder of the first Victim, and says to him:


First Victim, I come to unite with thee, thou shall call sinners through your consecrated voice, and I will go by the Earth to search for them that you may convert them. Let me rest on your left shoulder.”


It leans its beak and continues:


Will you give me, tender brother of the Cross, a small place in your heart to draw rest on returning from my trips and my fatigue at traversing the Earth?”


Then, addressing all the victims: “It is I who will bring you all the consolations and also the pains, I want to unite with you. I myself will make the list of those I will bring to you to convert and I will show it, written by Jesus, after having run through the Earth.”


Our Lord said:


From the eighth to the ninth station, My Victims will suffer because sinners will return to a disbelief that nothing can shake. But I will bring them to the light.”


(NOTE: this seems to represent the Mission of the Cross will be doubted again, but God will enlighten those who doubt about it. Possibly, this also represents a period of time on earth, sinners will lose faith again, but God will send grace. We are forewarned in other texts that the Mission of the Cross would grow through times of persecution and corruption running rampant on earth.


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(+) Tenth Cross


Our Lord mounts up the stairs, covered with His red cloak and is holding in His Hand that which he bore on Good Friday (probably a reed). A crowd of sinners follow the Divine Master. Our Lord can not go up as He suffers so much, so many Sacred Members (of His Body) are so weak. The first two Victims support Jesus on their arms at the foot of the cross. The third come to take the reed.


Our Lord falls at the foot of the cross and said:


My children, there will pass here the sick, the suffering, the lame and also the lepers. They will do for them what they do for Me. At the foot of the cross I will receive outrages, they persecute Me, but such persecution will pass like shadows. My Blood will flow in front of the eyes of the Victims and the Friends as the blood of a living person. I will work wonders. You will study this doctrine from Heaven at the foot of this cross.”


(NOTE: this seems to represent the sick and suffering that will come to the shrine and will receive aid. There will be persecutions of the Work, but God will perform wonders.)


A big torch is close to the cross; There crosses on each side of the torch. The Victims greet our Lord, and the first Victim speaking to others, said:


Dear brothers, so here is the open house, we will be crushed but Heaven will support us.”


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(+) Eleventh Cross


The boat always advances and it stops at the cross. The Divine Saviour mounts to the eleventh cross and the five Victims circle around Him. A soft light surrounds and covers the cross and the Victims. Our Lord raises His arms and the light falls on the Victims.


Our Lord said: “My Dear Victim, this cross, I will permit from time to time that your foreheads and your faces be transformed like those of the Seraphim; they have on their forehead, a shining reflection. I see it as a consolation, as I am good and kind to those I love.”


The first Victim said:


It is here where I will return; I dream of (?), the souls who have tasted the direction of a Father of the Cross.”


Our Lord said to the other Victims: “Pray Me to pick the flower; the sooner it is picked, the sooner it will be offered, and the sooner you will be gathered here.”


The cloud is separated into five beautiful parts in five flames to the Fathers of the Cross.


Our Lord said: “Here is the cross where I will shine forth My power for My Victims.”


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(+) Twelfth Cross


There, united and gathered together are all the Victims and the Friends of the Cross. Our Lord mounts to the foot, He offers it to us in His love, in His tenderness and goodness, and He says:


Here, I will gather together My Victims.”


The Angels bear flowers to the foot of the cross. Our Lord said he would prepare garlands for His Victim and His faithful Friends. He added: “Offer to Me for it, the most beautiful thoughts of your hearts.”


Our Lord receives five crowns from the Angels. There are two more perfect, there are more flowers, the flowers are tighter (together).


Our Lord said: “I pluck one soon, she will hardly see the triumph.”


The five Victims offer this Victim, saying: “Take (her), Lord, give us souls.”


Our Lord places the beautiful white crown at the foot of the cross and said: “In the most beautiful day, (he) will leave Earth.”


Victims renew their gift by saying, “Take (her), Lord, give us souls.”


The second crown is equally perfect. Our Lord said:


I will change the bitter cross and I will give him the cross of all My sweetness.”


The other three crowns are behind the cross because they are delayed. Our Lord shows to the Victims a beautiful ray which leaves Heaven and comes to the cross.


That,” He says, “is the open way for souls who want to come.”


The first Victim returns his cross to our Lord who accepts it and said;


I offer you and return this other cross, which will be the salvation of souls and the conversion of sinners.”


Filial acceptance for the first victim. The four others say: “Our heart is open to receive whatever You want.”


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(+) Thirteenth Cross


Cross of pain, abandonment and shame. Our Lord is at the foot of the cross, He has His arms extended, His Wounds are open and also His Heart, He suffers much.


Our Lord said: “This is where I will receive the opprobrium of the passersby. My children, you know that all of this Work is being persecuted.”


Our Lord, on His right, a flower red and white is on the first stem, among thorns, and on His left there was by the cross (something) like a furnace. He said: “Here I will bless and I will punish. I will strike at this cross, those who come to insult Me just up to this fountain. I will strike to show My Mercy and My Justice.”


Lord, provided you do not strike until after the pardon!”


(NOTE: this seems to represent sinners who will come to the future Shrine, but not in belief, but to mock – these will be struck visibly with God's anger as a sign so they may convert, so they will be struck out of Justice and also Mercy. The next phrases seems to show those who come as Friends of the Cross will receive blessings and be invited into the garden and be given graces represented by flowers.)


There, the five Victims bless the boat where the Friends are. Our Lord told them all to get behind into the Garden, to the right, to look for grace, happiness and peace, and to pick flowers for all Friends in the boat. The five Victims present to us the flowers; There is a flower for everyone but with a lot of leaves. The angels sing the triumph of Jesus the Victor.


Oh Dove, here is then the Garden of the sighs of those who demand forgiveness, mercy and love.”


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(+) Fourteenth Cross


At the fourteenth cross, the five Victims lie prostrate.


Our Lord extends His Hands and said: “You are today, more than ever before, the blessed ones of My Love, the beloved of My Father, the intimates of My confidence. I take you for My Apostles and I will come talk to you. You will pass near Me at night in (during) the works and I will dry your sweats.”


The Victims respond: “Lord, how Your Adorable Sacred Wounds are for us and our sheep, sources of grace!”


Our Lord writes in large letters the names of the Victims, then He goes to the entrance of the boat, with His brilliant vestments; He goes to meet with His Victims; He makes us all descend from the boat by steps of gold.


My children,” He says, “here we have reached the top of the mountain; Here is rest. This is the fourteenth station that is the Sanctuary.”


St. Michael places us in two rows. At the head of the procession are: St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, St. Paul of the Cross, St. Francis of Assisi.


The Seraphic Father (St. Francis) said: “Little Sister, when you are no longer, we shall not return to the Earth.”


Marie-Julie: “Heaven is more beautiful, Father St. Francis.”


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Saturday 21 October 2017

#79 St. Francis of Assisi - Reveals the Special Protection Afforded to the Friends of the Cross



Ecstasy of September 17, 1878

St. Francis of Assisi: “Brothers of the Cross, do not worry about what people will say to you! In what will be done against you! Keep the peace and hope that the road that leads to honour and glory is open to you ...

Why are you not attacked face to face? (i.e. only from behind and out of sight by enemies and opponents?) Because God has poured into you respect that you have earned in devoting yourself to His glory. It is this respect from God, which prevents insults and prevents enemies from approaching in front of you, with head and eyes elevated. That is why they respect you by force. There is still something that contains them; they are attacked by themselves, without knowing how they are held by an invisible power that blows upon them, "You will respect the soul chosen by God, you will respect the body of the man and all its movements that are dedicated to the work of thy God." This is the breath they do not see or know or hear, but they feel it …


Dear Brothers of the Cross, why do they tear your reputation? It is that you are men of flesh tempered and re-tempered in the Divine source which is reserved for true and faithful servants of God. That is why you are strong as iron tested by fire. (I.e. the greatest persecutions caused by slander is reserved for true servants destined to be doubly tempered.) But they cannot tear your honour, because this honour is not a natural honour like all the others. This honour comes only from God, of His cross, His promises. It comes only from the Divine Will, as the confidence that (befits) my brothers in God. Why invent them? (I.e. why do God's enemies invent sufferings / slanders? The following passage is a little unclear. Text could be missing.) Because the jealous honour of the enemies of my God elevates them (His enemies), it gives work, it leaves them no rest. This is an honour, a pride that living in vice, in anger, a vengeance of all your enemies who are the enemies of Jesus Christ ... (i.e. the evil one also have a sense of honour they try to maintain amongst themselves as they destroy God's servants, like a 'thieves honour'.) This anger comes from jealousy, pride, desire that God should not be defended, that His name not be respected, that His Cross has no defenders, that all He does is forgotten and annihilated. That is why you suffer for God, for His Name, for His Cause …

The small number of Friends of the Cross is chosen and blessed. It is God who wills it. It is for him (the friend of the Cross, are granted) the most beautiful divine promises ... God said: "It is above you, over you and around you that I rest My adorable glance. I want you to be devoted to My designs. I choose you to support, to defend the beginning of My work. I place you up in My work as a solid pole. (I.e. as a pillar.) You will lean it up, you will support it, you will carry it on your shoulders, when it will be under the greatest threats ... "


Victims and servants are to help Our Lord to support the work, (i.e. to spread the Glory of the Cross) the walls of the work, to place beautiful cut and polished stones. What a great crown of glory! What an honour !...”

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Note from the “Friends of Mary Julie / Sanctuary Website”:

St. Francis of Assisi was the spiritual father of Marie-Julie of the Crucifix, who was a tertiary of the Franciscan Order. The Seraphic Father guided and supported her through the path of light and love, of the total gift of herself. (I.e. during the Holy Novitiate of the Cross) Of course he knew from personal experience. The mission of St. Francis, in the renewal of the Church is essential: "Go, Francis, and repair My Church." These words that resounded in the chapel of Assisi are still valid. The reconstruction work (i.e. the Renewal) will be the cooperation of Heaven and the faithful of the earth.”

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Friday 20 October 2017

#77 St. Marcellin - Details of his Martyrdom - Sacrifical Suffering witholds God's Justice from Striking



Ecstasy of September 12, 1878

I am Saint Marcellin, who lived among the heretics. I was persecuted for refusing to apostatize my Faith ... I was among those who had a passionate love for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. This love was my strength, my consolation, my sublime happiness.

I had a thought that urged me strongly to go among this heretic people, although I did not rush forth to engage in any order, neither of heaven nor earth. This thought was always pressing me and my desire grew to go carry the name of God to these infidel people. So I went there voluntarily, having in myself the One who strengthens me. This was my last meal at the Banquet of Love.

Upon arriving, among this people, I was taken first to the chief of the heretics. Unknown, I knocked and he opened. I approached this robust man, proud of himself and he saluted, genuflecting to earth. He got up and said,

"Are you one of the impostors of the One who wants to destroy our religion?"

I replied proudly: "I am a Christian, child of God by baptism."

He then asked me: "Do you eat the food that they say (is) God?"

I said, "I (am) nourished by the God of the Cross and the Eucharist."

He raised his hand over me and said, "You are then one of the associates of the One whom they call the Christ, King of the World?”

I said, "I am, and I am proud of it."

Then he cursed me, pushed me roughly outside his palace and ordered guards to bind and chain me. At the same time, I searched and found the cross with which I lived. It was enough. The order was a gift born to kill me. (A rough translation from the French that is probably an expression, i.e. that it was a special gift to die in this manner.) I was abused, insulted, robbed, dragged, overwhelmed. I asked the king to grant that I may die the next day, so that, one last time, I (could) receive the Bread of the Strong. But they soon laid me on a rack of iron and I was pressed by springs so terribly that my pains were incredible. The next day I received the palm of martyrdom, I was first extended on the rack, then thrown on a burning pile. This is how I was slain by sacrilegious hands. The king ordered them to open my chest, (not a box or a tabernacle, the text seems to imply his actual breast), to find the God of my soul, to trample Him underfoot, to crucify Him, to dishonour Him. Then I was left several days next to a river and I from there was thrown down. (A ravine? A waterfall? This part is not made clear.) But soon a strange (I.e foreign) woman came to take my body to give it burial, and I was transported to a blessed cemetery.


I have, at present, a word to say on behalf of Our Lord. Dear brothers in the Lord and His Holy Cross, you suffer right now, but will a time not much farther away give and spread again the greatest sufferings? (This expression seems to say; After death, will you still continue to suffer? No …) Therefore suffer the joy of going closer to God each day. You who are suffering right now, for the God we all worship, be confident that, well accepted by your suffering, you withhold justice from the Lord for all your brothers who dishonour Him and blaspheme Him ... At this moment, you need to be attached to God more than ever before and detach yourself from everything else that God despises ...


Today is the time to be stoned, crucified, trampled upon, covered with filth to the eyes of the world. That is the mantle now worn by the children of God. But God does not regard you in the same way as the world. You are brilliant in the eyes of God. What happiness! I envy your fate! I want to live with you! I will pray for you at the Throne of eternal glory of our Father.

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CORRECTION / ADDITION to the notes in “We Are Warned: The Prophecies of Marie-Julie Jahenny” for St. Marcellinus:

The “Friends of Marie Julie / Sanctuary Website” were correct in assuming this was not Marcellinus the Pope as popes who visited Marie-Julie would inform her of this, so they thought this saint must be the martyr mentioned in the canon of the Mass, who died with St. Peter an exorcist, however, they may have been mistaken.

Marcellinus in the vision mentions a desire to convert heretics and apostates, reveals his persecutors attempting to make him apostatize from the Faith, and he also speaks of his great love for the Blessed Sacrament. This could be St. Marcellinus of Carthage who defended the Catholic Faith against the Donatist heretics. The Donatists claimed that the validity of the sacraments depended on the moral character of the minister, and that sinners could not be members of the Church, and could not be tolerated by a true Church unless their sins were secret. These teachings certainly undermined belief in the power of Transubstantiation and endangered belief in the existence of the Blessed Sacrament, which they aught depended on the worthiness of the priest. The sect came into existence in Africa during the disorders following the persecution under Diocletian (303–305AD).   The date of this ecstasy also took place a day before his death, which occurred on 13th of September. His traditional feast day was April 6, and now changed to September 13th. Considering he corresponded with St. Jerome, was a friend of the great theologian St. Augustine, who dedicated his work “The City of God” to him, and that many theologians and doctors of the Church came to Marie-Julie when teaching her about the treasury contained in suffering the Cross, this is convincing evidence of the correct identity of the visiting saint.


However, Marcellin in the ecstasy gives an account he was left by a river for days, and then his body was thrown down unlike the history of Marcellinus of Carthage who was beheaded. Strangely, this death by a river resembles the death of St. Marcellus of Chalon-sur-Saône, a priest who was martyred c. 178 AD. St. Marcellus was a priest of Lyon who was imprisoned by the Roman government along with other Christians of Lyon and their bishop, Pothinus, ca. 177 in the reign of Marcus Aurelius (161-180). The rest of his Christian companions were executed, but Marcellus, managed to escape prison and fled north along the Saône river, first to Tournus and then to Chalon. There he was sheltered by a pagan, whom he converted to Christianity. Leaving Chalon, Marcellus encountered the provincial governor, who invited him to a celebration in his residence. When the governor began the celebration with an appropriate sacrifice, Marcellus excused himself on the grounds that he was a Christian; the governor ordered him to participate in the sacrifice, and Marcellus refused. The governor is said to have had Marcellus buried up to his waist on the bank of the Saône, where he died three days later. The difference here is this saint was among pagans, while Marcellin in the ecstasy says he went to convert heretics.


So, this could be St. Marcellinus of Carthage, or perhaps St. Marcellus of Chalon-sur-Saône. We will have to wait for a thorough examination of the original text to see if anything might have been left out in the publication that might help clear up this mystery.

(Image: the ancient ruins of Carthage.)

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Tuesday 17 October 2017

#75 St. Nestor of Magydos - – Lessons on Trust in God Alone - Seek No Consolations other than God – Attachments to the Earth Prolong a Painful Existence



St Nestor gives details of his Apostolate and Martyrdom – The Pleasures of the Earth do not give Merits – Suffering a Great Treasure – The Spirit of Detachment – Seek No Consolations other than God – Attachments to the Earth Prolong a Painful Existence


Ecstasy date September 5, 1878

May the peace of Our Lord be with you, dear Brothers of the Cross, may His love strengthen you! May His goodness give you hope!

I am Saint Nestor, Bishop and Martyr. I died for my God, stretched on racks. I died on the cross.
I lived in past centuries. I initially had the intention of leaving the world and entering solitude, but God decided otherwise. I was elected Bishop and was destined to spread the faith among non-Christian peoples.

After a few years in the ministry of Bishop, I was a martyr. This is how God decided my martyrdom. I travelled the earth to convert the infidels. A kind of jealousy and ill will was aroused among the people and immediately I suffered abuse. It was not yet the time of martyrdom. I lived three more years after the first persecution. I redoubled my preaching. The stronger God's love was in my soul, the more my zeal gave me dedication, a boundless charity for that poor people. After I had preached the doctrine of Jesus Christ, the unfaithful people came together and conspired against me and put me to death.

My martyrdom was very long in torments. They tortured me on racks. Seeing that I was still living and that nothing took my life, they decided to crucify me on a tree, but I was not dead. I was dragged, beaten by these people. Arriving at the place of execution I was stripped, they twisted my members, they broke my teeth with instruments that you do not know about. I was pierced with needles of iron, especially in the most sensitive parts. I was then placed on the tree, very wide and very large. I was attached with four nails. The torments just made my face glow more with happiness. They pinned my head on the tree. They hit my head so hard my head was broken and my face distorted. My head was flattened against the tree of crucifixion. Seeing that I was still breathing, they cut off my head and I expired in torment and pain.


They wanted to leave my blood and my wounds to lapped by animals, but they (compassionate witnesses?) refused and cried because of my martyrdom. Then the infidels shut up my body in a wooden box and their intention was frightening! (I.e. they planned a terrible desecration to the body.) But God knows everything, He sent chosen souls to ask for my body. They too were beaten, but the infidels yielded to their request. That is how I was carried away and how my body was removed from the infamous sacrilege that the unfaithful people intended to do.


I come, now, to say a word on behalf of Our Lord.


We are all more or less, martyrs on this earth, we all are.
There is no richer Treasure, nothing more precious than to suffer for God.

Let the world laugh at you, let it chase you in every way, as long as you serve God and that you love Him (while) on earth. There is only one happiness, one love, one joy, it is God who has all these riches. What (purpose) is it to have enjoyment on the earth? To have complete freedom in all things? It is a happiness, but happiness without merit. Why do you focus so much on this earth? Why is there such a liking to listen to what the earth repeats? We must use this vain and meritless time to think of God, to pray, to ask Him for the graces we need. (I.e, do not idly spend your time on earth's fleeting enjoyments that do not give heavenly merit.)

Why do they still neglect to trust in God (in order to) occupy themselves with another trust of mud and dust? (I.e, to place trust in mankind and the earth that is but dust?) This trust, is the most lowest, it is the last, it is that which comes from creatures … . (I.e. attachment to creatures.)


To become perfect, in all the graces of Heaven, we must (be) withdrawn and in this same withdrawing, the mind and thoughts. (I.e. to practise the spirit of detachment and solitude.) You have to recollect into your interior ... Those who suffer need to know that to withdraw is an advantage and that they are in a good path … They must take pain for a spouse and reject everything else ... Whoever is espoused to it (i.e. suffering) does not need anything else, other places, other companions to talk with or to console. Suffering will suffice, for nothing else will ... God possesses everything. God is the sovereign Comforter, the earth does not console ... The more one detaches from it, (the earth), the more a new life will approach. Often, we prolong painful existences by too many ties to the world and creatures. The way to shorten this miserable existence is to remove everything and receive God as our only Consoler, to say every thing to Him, to tell Him all …


I wish the children of God and the Cross, the strength and courage, and above all this great detachment will soon come in peace and in the House that the Lord prepares you.
It should reassure you that the Lord promises you His protection.”

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(Image above: the martyrdom of St. Nestor of Magydos, Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II)

Biography provided by the “Friends of Marie-Julie” / “Sanctuary Website” : Saint Nestor died in 251. He was Bishop of Magydos in Pamphylia (southern Asia Minor). He was crucified during the persecution of Roman Emperor Decius (249-251). Saint Nestor was so beloved, having exhorted the faithful from the top of his cross, that the pagans knelt with the Christians. Feast Day February 26.

A Serbian Orthodox website says: “Nestor was distinguished by great meekness. In the time of Decius, he was taken for trial and harshly tortured for Christ. At the time of his death, he saw in a vision a lamb prepared for sacrifice, which he interpreted as a sign of his own imminent sacrifice. He was tortured by the Eparch Publius and finally crucified in Perga in the year 250.” (Source.)

Wikipedia states: “His courage and authority were so noteworthy that a Roman magistrate uttered these words: "Until we have got the better of the bishop, we shall be powerless against the Christians." He was arrested under Emperor Decius, and sentenced to death by the local Roman governor, Pollio or Epolius of Lycia, after refusing to sacrifice to the pagan gods of the state.

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Monday 16 October 2017

#74 St. Lucian - Time of Chastisements after Marie-Julie's Death – Christ is Crucified by Corrupt Clergy – A Warning – Victims and Children of the Cross will be Protected



St. Lucian (of Antioch?), martyr, converses with Marie-Julie about a recent vision she received – the Time of Chastisements will come after Marie-Julie's Death – Christ is Crucified on His Altars by Corrupt Clergy – Pronounces a Warning – Victims and Children of the Cross will be Protected


Ecstasy date August 27, 1878


St. Lucian: “Has it been long since you climbed the steps of love that lead to the altar for your last communion?”

Marie-Julie: “Tell me, good Saint, do you mean my 14th communion?”

(Note: the meaning of '14th communion' is is unclear, probably the number of times she has received Holy Communion since she entered the 'Novitiate of the Cross', or the number of holy communications she has received on the subject since she entered.)

St. Lucian “Yes.”

Marie-Julie: “Ah well! This morning, I have climbed.”

Have you not seen this altar of love elevated above the superior degrees of love?”

Yes, the altar is very high and the steps too.”

St. Lucian: “This sign means that the soul is preparing to take off into the elevated regions, celestial, and God at the same time, prepares the promised enjoyment to the soul by the elevation of or (to) that mysterious altar. Who is it that speaks on this altar?” (I.e. a sign of how Our Lord is preparing her soul for the elevated heights of Heaven.)

Marie-Julie: “Good saint, first, Our Lord.”

St. Lucian: “What did He say in the brightness of His glory?”

Marie-Julie: “Here is what the good Jesus said: 'It is at the foot of the altar that I teach you everyday to love Me. The more you love me on earth, the more you approach to that loving and eternal Union.' This, good saint, is how good Our Lord begins.”


(Observation: as this text has the same wording and shares the same date: so the "Unidentified Saint" in the previous text in Post #73 must be St. Lucian. No doubt the texts got duplicated, and the identity of the saint was not included in one of them. Our Lord teaches her how to love Him everyday at the foot of the altar before the Blessed Sacrament. Also, He reveals here that the more she love Him on Earth, the more she approaches that promised Union in the heights of Heaven she was shown.)

St. Lucian: “He gives you the imminent hope?”


Marie-Julie: “Yes. When He speaks to me of the imminent hope, He is beaming and His adorable face is radiant with joy and happiness.” (Note: she was constantly reminded she would die 'soon', but of course, she found out like Sr. Lucia of Fatima, that 'soon' means years in Heaven's vision of time!)

St. Lucian: “Does he make it known to you the reason for prolonging human existence?” (i.e. this is either a reference to the human race, but more likely a question as to why he prolongs Marie-Julie's life despite the promise of going to Heaven as we see in the next sentences.)

Yes, good Saint.”

St. Lucian: “What is the purpose?”

Marie-Julie: “This is what Our Lord said: 'I leave you some time because I need souls to suffer and to support (i.e. restrain) the blow of My Justice.' This, good saint, is what He says.” (i.e. Our Lord still needs her as a victim soul to stave off the chastisements.)

St. Lucian: “Our Lord tells you that His arms get tired?” (i.e. did Our Lord tell you He is tired of holding up His arms and is ready to strike?)

Marie-Julie: “Here follows what He said; 'Patience for a little while, I wait (upon) for the last time the Divine Will of My Father. The will of My Father will not be held for long, I will soon submit to Its divine commands. That is why I quickly make your soul rise up the steps of the Holy Novitiate. This is so that everything is ready when the time will be prepared.´

St. Lucian: “What did you understand by these words?”

Marie-Julie: “Good saint, I realized that when the actual time of Our Lord is coming, my deliverance will also arrive.”

(NOTE: Our Lord revealed He was quickly preparing her soul for Heaven, when her soul was perfected, then the Work of the Cross would be ready, she understood that when the Lord came for her at her death, then the TIME HAD COME for Our Lord to submit to the Divine Will of the Father regarding the chastisements. Our Lord also revealed in another vision she would live to see the 'spark' that would start the chastisements. She died in 1941 during WW II.)

(Note: as the "Unidentified Saint" obviously is St. Lucian as we discovered above, click post #73 to read the rest of his warning .#73 Our Lord, Our Lady and an Unidentified Saint – an INTERIOR WARNING Will be Given )



St. Lucian: “That thought is just. Then our adorable Lord did not say when He would come to the Tabernacle of the Earth to your soul?” (I.e. a reference to receiving the Blessed Sacrament.)

Marie-Julie: “No, good saint, He did not say that to me, but He told me that I should not wait for His Sacred Body and Precious Blood from the ministers who are now living as a pastor and director of our parish. That is what He told me.” (i.e. Marie-Julie had entered a period of persecution and was denied the Sacraments by the parish.)

And then?”

Marie-Julie: “He said His plans were prepared for this, to receive It, but He did not let me know how.”

St. Lucian: “I think I can say that our adorable Lord will be brought and given to your soul by the first victim of the Cross from which (or whom) you last received the Sacred Body of Christ.” (I.e the Saint believes it is safe to reveal that it will be Fr. David, her confessor and spiritual director who will bring the Blessed Sacrament to her, he was also called the 'First Victim' by Heaven. From the ecstasies, we discover hints that Abbé David shared in Marie-Julie's sufferings, becoming a victim soul by having been granted the title 'First Victim' in the mission to spread the great work of the Holy Cross at La Fraudais.)

Marie-Julie: “Thank you, good Saint. The good Jesus did not say anything more.”

St. Lucian: “And who is it, then, that makes this preparation?” (I.e. preparing her soul to receive a miraculous Communion? She received several miraculous Holy Communions when she was denied the Sacraments by the parish.)

Marie-Julie: “It is St. Thomas Aquinas who is continually preparing my soul.”

Do you not think that the Angelic Saint Thomas is redoubling love?”

Yes, good Saint, his words have been more inflamed in love. Good saint, he speaks of a flower dying, I do not know what that means.”

The flower that dies off, it is the mortal body.”

He also speaks of a fruit, but I do not know what it is.”

The fruit, it is the immortal soul, which leans toward the Beloved for Him to pick.”

Thank you, good Saint.”

Meanwhile, reascend to a higher degree. Have you loved our Lord on His eternal throne in heaven?”

Yes, good Saint, every morning, I do.”

What is your conversation with God?”

On many things.”

St. Lucian: “Do you talk of His hidden Justice, irritated against the Earth?”

Marie-Julie: “Our Lord has said little, only He made so many painful complaints for so many pastors and priests of the Church that I have suffered a wound in my soul more cruel than death.”

What does our Lord say on this subject?”

Good saint, He said He enters the hearts of those who crucify Him and who renew His bloody Passion. He then added that many punishments awaited those priests at the foot of the Holy Altars, punishments visible to the public eyes of His faithful people. There, good Saint, that is what Our Lord said.”

And then our adorable Lord made known the end of the pains and tears of this ordeal so
cruel?”

Yes, He said a word about it to me: He told me: 'I want you to have in Me, a full and complete confidence. I forbid you to put your hope in men, the most powerful or not. The more you expect from Me with hope, I will come quickly.' That is what he told me good saint.

What else?”

Then the good Jesus said that the test was in full force and in (or at) its greatest freedom. He added that the past times had long been in pain but that the future would be longer in joy than in pain.”

Do you understand?”

I realized, good saint, that the test now would be short and that the joy would be long, perhaps not for me but for my dear brothers.” (I.e. the Friends of the Cross, they would suffer tests and persecutions?)

The thought was right and was justified by God. Have you contemplated the Blessed Virgin?”

Good saint, I do not see her but in the morning, not at night, or only for a moment when I go out of the way of love.”

The Blessed Virgin, she spoke to you?”

Yes, good Saint, She spoke tenderly.”

How did the conversation start?”

This is what she said: 'Courage, my children, your tears and your pain have such a price in the eyes of My Divine Son that He is now preparing the light and the light will be an exit from captivity and pain.'

Do you understand?”

Yes, captivity is our neglect and sorrow, they are our pains, either internal or external, that is what I understood.”

That is beautiful, this thought. Then what did the Blessed Virgin say to you?”

She said she would soon come to see us. When we were together to hear her beloved language and tender.”

And then?”

She then told me that the love and tenderness of His Heart have been preparing us for a long time great joys and a love elevated in rejoicing and in tranquil repose but (while) still on the earth.”

What did you understand by that?”

Well Saint, I realized after our deliverance, we would still have some time together to rejoice.”

Yes it is the sure word of the Blessed Virgin. Did she speak to you about the children of the Cross?”

Yes, good Saint. The Blessed Virgin told me that for the victims and for the servants of the Cross, she and her Divine Son, increase tenderness everyday and that they prepare for us while (we are) still on Earth a protection greater and more wonderful in their beauty. That is what she said.”


Did she speak about the return of the victims?”


Yes, She told me that we would meet again with all the greatest joy and we still talk on all the beautiful subjects and on the beautiful words of Heaven. That is what she said.”


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Note: The “Friends of Marie-Julie” simply list this saint as St. Lucien, martyr. Without any more details than that, since Marie-Julie was visited by many Doctors of the Church, we propose an educated guess this is St. Lucian of Antioch, (died 312 AD, feast day January 7.) A native of Edessa, he became distinguished as a scriptural scholar. He travelled to Antioch and then to Nicomedia, where he was martyred either by starvation, or beheading according to other accounts, after suffering many tortures while nine years in prison. Other traditions say he died by drowning and a dolphin returned his body. He was highly praised by St. John Chrysostom and St. Jerome. Image above depicts the imprisonment and drowning of St. Lucian.

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