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.”
*****
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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