#63 St. Thomas Aquinas - HEAVEN CANNOT BE ENTERED WITHOUT THE CROSS

 

St.Thomas Aquinas  appears to Marie-Julie Jahenny, prepares her for the 'Holy Novitiate' of the Cross. HEAVEN CANNOT BE GAINED WITHOUT THE CROSS.

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(July 4, 1878)

“The peace of the Lord be in your soul, may that Peace be entirely within you, I am St. Thomas
Aquinas.”

Marie-Julie: “Oh! Good Saint, I've known you long time!”

St. Thomas: “I come from the good Jesus before the entry of the Holy Novitiate. I see with pleasure the great road of the Cross open.  Know for certain that there is nothing but suffering, humiliations and surrendering (of the will) that open this great way of perfection.


(St. Thomas): NO ONE WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WHO HAS NOT  SUFFERED AND CARRIED HIS CROSS. We must carry the cross and suffer with Jesus. IT IS A NECESSITY ... The sufferings on earth are the first heaven of the soul; after the soul passes this paradise of tests, God opens another heaven when it sees Him, to worship and love Him more. It is necessary that the soul is completely purified and the mind is disengaged of all human thoughts, all love of the earth.

To enter the great way perfect, it is absolutely necessary to be tried, humiliated on the earth. THIS IS THE CLEARIST PROOF THAT GOD GIVE HIS TRUE FRIENDS TO DISTINGUISH THEM AND TO MAKE THEM HIS TRUE ADOPTED CHILDREN.

In the path of sublime elevation, the most certain mark of truth is peace of soul, and at the same time, peace in the continuously rebellious part of the human heart. Even if while on earth we would all have all the tests of St. Paul and other saints who rose to the highest levels of perfection, all these trials, all the storms of the enemy, we would not lose this peace of soul ...

IF GOD LEFT US A LIFETIME OF ENJOYMENT, WITHOUT TEMPTATION, WITHOUT TESTS, we would have NO MERIT ~ WE WOULD NOT BE THE TRUE CHILDREN OF GOD.

Sometimes God allows trials, pains upon pains; it is then that our soul makes rapid progress towards divine perfection. The test is a safeguard and also a light and a defence for the soul ...”

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Notes: St. Thomas is often called the 'Angelic Doctor' born at Roccasecca near Aquina, Naples c. 1226, he was educated by the Bendictines at Montecassino. He joined the then recently founded Dominicans, studied and recived his doctorate of theology in Paris, and from then taught that subject in Paris (1252-1262), Orvieto (1261-1264), Rome (1265-1267), Viterbo (1268), back to Paris (1269-71) and Naples (1272-1274). He died at Fossanova near Rome on his way to the Council of Lyons. Canonized in 1323 and declared Doctor of the Church in 1567, and later patron saint of Catholic universities and centres of study in 1880. He is the acknowledged prince of Catholic theologians, and his work 'Summa Theologica' is unrivalled as an authority in that branch of sacred learning. He was also a gifted poet, his hymns for the feast of Corpus Christi still being popular classical favourites in liturgical and extra-liturgical functions.

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#62 St. Bonaventure - True Friends of God Have the MOST CROSSES

Vision of St. Bonaventure to Marie-Julie Jahenny. His lessons on LOVE OF THE CROSS. He gives advice to the 'victims' - i.e. the faithful following Marie-Julie's visions in her time and her mission to spread the Great Work of the Cross. The message is also for future generations of 'victims' who continue her mission and who will suffer persecution and crosses, for the Glory of the Cross will bring about the restoration of Christendom.

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(June 25, 1878)

“I am the messenger of God. May the peace of God be in your soul and in the heart of the victims. I am St. Bonaventure.

I come to speak a word with you. We are all in the Way of the Cross. We must all taste the Cross and savour It with delight. That the Cross is precious and few souls relish it! THE TRUE FRIENDS OF GOD ARE THOSE WHO HAVE THE MOST CROSSES. This mark must be a great consolation for them.

As for the victims and friends of the Cross, God predestined and destined great things and great graces (for them). Victims of the Cross go by another name. Our Lord calls the soul of the victims of the Cross, suns destined and designed for greatness, high, to a profound destiny, impenetrable and hidden from God. This is how He treats them: they are a hidden sun to the world and the earth, and known (only) to God and including the designs He has for them. It is necessary the victims of the Cross are broken, crushed. The tearing, breaking, they give God honour and glory that takes shape in the soul of the victims and gives them a large share in grace.

Victims of the Cross must be regenerated, they must shake off their first life to enter the Secrets of the Love of God, that is to say, that there must be a transformation in the soul, in strength, the resignation of the victims.

God withdraws the rays of His glory that marked His designs over the persecutors of the victims and He turns His grace onto the victims who suffer and are burdened under a load of pain but who are innocent.

Here is a word for the victims of the Cross. GOD GIVES TESTS THROUGH ALL SORTS OF PAINS, KNOWN TO HIM ALONE. For the victims there will be only one joy, it will be in contempt, insults and humiliations, that is were the glory of God (is). The victims have already entered these pleasures.

There are a lot of correspondences and lights (i.e. enlightenment) for them. God makes a mixture of pains with His tenderness and His love, and this mixture passes through the suffering parts of the victims. That is why they suffer quietly.

Those on earth who do not have neither cross nor pains are to be pitied. They do not enter the road to God, in the road where He spreads His graces and blessings.

SHUN THOSE WHO DO NOT SUFFER, for God our Father DOES NOT ADMIT THEM TO THE SOURCE OF HIS WEALTH. THEY ARE LIKE A WEED AND THE SMELL THEY CARRY IS NOT THE SCENT OF THE VIRTUES OF JESUS CHRIST.

That is why the victims are called to a high predestination. It is the Cross from which commences the predestination that God will complete. The Cross begins in all our work and God nourishes it, in us, by His Power. There is no work more worthy than the work of the Cross.

Our Lord, to accomplish all His grand designs and His great wonders, had the Cross first present in His mind. OUR LORD COMMENCED ALL WITH THE CROSS AND EVERYTHING ENDS WITH THE CROSS. I say this for the victims of the Cross. We all carry a cross in our souls, our minds, in our hearts. Which is more profitable?

They all are, but the most profitable operates the greatest work in the soul, for the soul is the mother and the source of all other parts that bear the Cross. That is why God loves to perfect us by the Cross.

The cross of our body is the most painful, most sorrowful, the most desperate. It is our body that is the cross. God, who wants to render this cross perfect, will be challenged. (Or, it is a challenge.) God will put forth His hand. He will polish, use the plane to make everything sweet and pure. This cross will be so polished that it will be like a gentle oil that is found perfect when you run your finger (through it).

We have much to suffer on account of the rebellions of the spirit, the revolt of the flesh that do not bend under the plane of God.

God is at work and at the same time, He prepares and opens the path of predestination and of  destination. I speak for the victims of the Cross: Perfection and destination in the glory of God, it costs much to reach the final degree of perfection, I know, I was there myself. But after this work, we are all God's.

ALL LEGIONS OF THE DEVIL ARE AGAINST US, armed with pikes and hooks made by hell, they are like lions devouring, they hate us and curse us.  But I smile with happiness to have seen you resist.

God in His love, rests and watches over you. So victims of God, if you are torn, it is that the devil has passed his rage into the hearts of those who insult you; do not be frightened, do God's work all the same. There is but one goal: GOD ABOVE ALL.”

Marie-Julie: “Bless me, good saint, you who so loved Jesus Christ in the Holy Tabernacle.”

St Bonaventure: “I will pray for you and for the victims.”

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Notes: St. Bonaventure was born in 1221 at Bagnorea, near Viterbo. His baptismal name was John, but the name Bonaventure (good fortune) was given to him by St. Francis of Assisi who cured him miraculously when he was a small child as he exclaimed, 'O buona ventura!' At the age of 20 he became a Franciscan and a minister-general of the order at 36. He was nominated Bishop of York, but refused the honour. Finally, he was created cardinal archbishop of Albano in 1273. He died during the general council of Lyons. A disciple of Alexander of Hales and a friend and admirer of St. Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure is known as the "Seraphic Doctor" and was officially given the title Doctor of the Church by Sixtus V. Besides theological and philosohical works, he wrote ascetical treatises, and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi written with the aim of promoting unity among the Friars Minor. He died in 1274, and was canonized in 1482. He appeared several times to advise Marie-Julie Jahenny, who was a Tertiary of the Franciscans.

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#61 St. Alphonsus Liguori - The Love of Suffering - Our Lady's Sorrows

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.

* 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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