#208 Continuation: More Revelations on the Future Sanctuary of the Cross -The Mission of the Cross

 

 

A continuation of various texts with prophecies regarding the future Sanctuary of the Cross that will be built in La Fraudais on the site of Marie-Julie Jahenny's cottage and the Mission of the Cross.

The 'Friends of Marie-Julie Assocation' also offer several observations and explanations with the texts. (My own notes will be marked 'Observations').

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The first prophecy of the Shrine of the Cross was made on March 15, 1873, the same day

when the Blessed Virgin announced to Marie-Julie she would receive the five wounds for the first time. That day, the Mother of God foretold the same time to the young girl her mission would have a lifetime of suffering for the conversion of sinners. Then Our Lady added:

“The cross on which you will be crucified, it is this that will be represented in your house when you are no more. (i.e., when she has passed away.)”

And she was granted the charter of foundation of La Fraudais: the future reserved for this humble hamlet was unveiled. But since then how many other prophecies came forward to tell the detailed history of the Sanctuary.

On May 1, 1877, Our Lord said to Marie-Julie:

“I come with the Cross, it is in this little house that will be established this new devotion. When I made you this promise, it was already in March, four years ago.”

The hamlet of La Fraudais was often referred to as being the place of the future sanctuary.

Our Lord to Marie-Julie: “O My spouse, when you are no longer, I will leave great graces at La Fraudais. It will be a blessed land. Shortly, I will do great things. The Cross will be here after your death; there will come from afar holy souls to visit this place. Here there will be elevated a large sanctuary to the Cross and Immaculate Mary Immaculate. This place will be venerated by all Bishop(s) (who) establish the Work of the Cross, the mission for sinners. The blessings of Heaven will fall on this little piece of land that I have blessed. I will build a Sanctuary of the Cross in solitude among the trees. O My spouse, thou shalt be My glory and this place will be blessed by My Sacred Heart.”

All these prophecies are recorded in the journal of La Fraudais and there are many others. Several times the Blessed Virgin talked to Marie-Julie of the future sanctuary and told her the vast concourse of pilgrims that will come there.

The basilica of the sanctuary may contain 1,400 people. The door will face the West. The high cross inside the building will be the true picture of the white cross on which was supported by the Mother of God at her first apparition. The altar with its tabernacle will be where the cell of Marie-Julie was. The seer gave many more details on the sanctuary and ornaments, she spoke of fourteen crosses planted on the road that leads to La Fraudais, a royal and sorrowful road by which the future pilgrims move towards the blessed Sanctuary. The cottage of Jahenny must disappear to make way for the basilica, they will build a house two hundred feet further up, near the town of Blain. The hamlet of La Fraudais will be transformed: the missionaries, virgins consecrated to the Lord will settle, the Sanctuary will rise with astonishing rapidity. The Bishop will have to monitor the work and give thanks. Noble personages, drawn by the love of the Cross will make wonderful gifts. The mission of the Cross will be started when the stormy days will groan. The stigmatist of La Fraudais has often said that the great events will not begin until after her death.

Her prophecies also foretold changes that would be made to the town, apparently, to prepare the way for future pilgrims.

“I will make you a great road where you will pass freely,” said Our Lord in 1875; a prophecy repeated several times by Marie-Julie. Then, fourteen years later, a beautiful road connecting the village with two lanes and the departmentals of Nozay and Gâvre was constructed; the old road was impassable in bad weather. Then since that the month of August 1901, a railroad was constructed, connecting the unknown hamlet with the city of Nantes.

The Sanctuary must also have its miraculous fountain, repeatedly predicted by Our Lord and the Blessed Virgin. One day during her Stations of the Cross, the visionary kissed the floor of her cell, indicating where the spring was later to run.

All of these prophecies in the Sanctuary of the cross confirm what our Lord said to Marie-Julie,

October 27, 1877: “Blessed Margaret Mary was chosen to publish the glory of My Sacred Heart and you, to publish the glory of My Cross.”

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A witness account of other revelations (Witness not named):

“Four times I heard Marie-Julie prophesy of the sanctuary. On September 28, 1880, I attended the ecstasy said (by) St. Michael with Mr. Charbonnier and Mr. Dubois of the Patellière, the Mayor of Saint-Etienne de Montluc. The Great Archangel (i.e St, Michael) said among other things to the seer:

“Your friends will have a special protection because all, near and far, are expected to attend the beautiful planting of the cross. Here is my whole secret: This cross will be blessed in the parish church. Friends, your brothers, the focus of the church into this place on their shoulders, preceded by a number of famous people whose height and size do see that many come from the Eternal City. (Rome)”

Eleven years later, October 5, 1891, I heard St. Francis say to me from the mouth of the ecstatic:

“The cross descends for your own, dear brother. It has delighted his friends while waiting; and it comes to be planted in the poor hidden village. The Divine Calvary will rise in the plains to tell the world: All is finished.”

And Our Lord added:

“My beloved servant, I guard you to rejoice under the beautiful heaven of a resurrection rather than death. The departure of My beloved hurt by My spear, (i.e the death of Marie-Julie) will instead be a resurrection for all souls weakened for all hearts pierced by pain, anxiety and pain. My faithful servant, it is the resurrection of the Cross in battle, the resurrection of France so guilty, the resurrection of sinners and death to Hell and all his henchmen.”

On March 12, 1898 we are witnessing an ecstasy Abbot Coquet and me. We collected the following words which were addressed to him:

“My beloved priest victim, it is the great Cross destined to be raised over the Earth over the oppositions and humiliations. The Angels of Heaven, over the outstretched wings, bring it to the destined place. (Words) so often repeated by My holy lips. My beloved servant, rejoice for this new life, a holy chaste old age provided by the Immaculate Heart of My Holy Mother. Here it is this Cross in its noble adornment. It is the triumph of the just friends, supporters of its glory. It came to accomplish wonders (to those) who have been My loyal friends, but which casts into a consternation of death the enemies of our dear Tree of glory that comes to save the Earth in the midst of a deluge of terrible evils.”

In the same month, the feast of the Annunciation, it was said before me and three other friends of La Fraudais, the words of the Blessed Virgin:

“My children, do not grieve, do not despair, rather rejoice. You have suffered for the Work of the Cross pains and anguishing sorrows, you will be rewarded. The events on Earth are increasing every day, and every day the Cross of the powerful Archangel in Heaven descends; he descends with this dear Tree towards his beloved friends, towards the centre of the repose of the Cross, I mean, to the place where it will dominate in power and glory, attracting the just ones with abundance to its feet and the sinners and the multitudes on the Earth.”

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A Gathering of Various texts on the Sanctuary and Marie-Julie's Mission of the Cross

Our Lord (May 28, 1879): “I have redeemed the world through My Cross and the Cross a second time will redeem the world. Already many victories have been won by the Cross. The one (I.e, the victory) that is prepared for the future, it will be one of the most beautiful in France.”

Our Lord to Marie-Julie Jahenny (July 29, 1875) “O My spouse, when you are no longer (i.e. on earth), I will leave great graces to La Fraudais. This place is a blessed land. So far, I have accorded graces, this is nothing. It will be especially in the last days that My Grace will be visible and they can say it is I who have led you.”

Marie-Julie (July 24, 1875): “Lord, bring graces in the Cross, come with the holy Pontiffs, the Confessors, the Virgins until the home of the Bishop of Nantes. Come to plant the cross in the middle of his diocese. It is the source of grace, happiness and comfort (an allusion to a secret). It will be of great importance, of great value for the sinner.”

The 'secret' here is refers to or address Father David concerning the sanctuary, which for him, was still a secret for him to keep. (OBSERVATION: Fr. David was Marie-Julie's spiritual director, and, the visions reveal he was a victim soul himself.)

The Blessed Virgin to Marie-Julie (August 14, 1875): “Oh, you to whom my Son gave the Cross, how you must be happy! The Cross is all for you on the Earth. One day, the Cross will be for you a great prize, it will remain here after your death. From far away will come holy souls to visit this  place, where so many times, I descended to speak to your heart. There will be raised here a Sanctuary to the Cross and Mary Immaculate. This place will be venerated by all. I will heal the body and soul by living water. (I.e. the promise of a miraculous spring). Tell that to your father (i.e., confessor) with great humility, your Father will witness miraculous events. He has a mission to fulfil, it will not be more painful than it is today.”

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Symbolic Crosses will be placed in the Sanctuary

(August 20, 1875) Marie-Julie recounts a vision: “At the end was a cross, I was very tired. Our Lord and Mary stopped there. They said:

“Look at this cross.”

Jesus said: “This is the cross that you saw in the first appearance of My Mother. Look at this cross, consider it further, do you recognize it?”

M.J: “Yes, my dear Spouse, Mary Immaculate is the one that showed it to me the first time.”

Our Lord: “It will be that represented here when it is to be reproduced.” (OBSERVATION: A cross representing the first time Our Lady appeared with the Cross to Marie-Julie will be made).

Our Lord, from the height of Heaven, wills that there be characters printed (on it) in black letters: '

'First appearance of Mary Immaculate to Marie-Julie.'

Marie-Julie (September 17, 1875): “Our Lord revealed to St. Francis the cross he has prepared for me:

'Here,' (Our Lord) said to St. Francis, 'the cross of your child on whom soon, I will raise close to My Divine Heart.'

Saint Francis said:

'Let me kiss the cross for further purification. This is the white cross which will soon repose in your cell where my passion renews itself. It will be made here, a chapel dedicated to the Passion of Our Lord and the Immaculate Virgin. It will be a sanctuary of worship and prayer. Yes, one day, the place where you are extended, will be a place of prayer. The source will flow to heal the sinner. It will be here that the poor sinner will wet his lips, the source of the fountain of grace, he feels his heart moved and the desire to return to grace! Here will be shed sweet tears for the conversion of sinners. Here, where your body has been extended, the Bishop will shed tears of sweetness. It will be at that time when the wicked will see my power, where I sanctified this place. This is where Mary Immaculate has so often fortified her child, because it is she who came first. Yes, my Blessed Mother will be honoured. She first began to speak to your heart, to delight your heart towards Heaven, she who taught you every day the gentle lessons of obedience, humility and purity. All parts of the world will be here: and thy Father which shall be the Superior, will have the double mission of leading, my Work for those who come; he will have the mission to open the fountain that will be the source of conversions, of sinners to fall upon his heart so compassionate, it will be a great mission. His first mission was very painful and difficult, but the other will be of consolation. For my Seraphic Father I reserve, on behalf of Our Lord, a wonderful grace before (you?) die, a radiant grace.'

“Ah!” Our Lord said, “if I open the treasure hidden until now and that I have not yet shown, you would die for love and happiness. Hurry quickly to confide all these things to your father (confessor) because I want this to be known.”

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#207 Prophecies of the Future Sanctuary of the Cross at La Fraudais – The 'Order of the Cross'

 

 

The following is a collection of quotes from various ecstasies that Marie-Julie Jahenny experienced regarding the promised Sanctuary of the Cross that would be constructed on the site of her cottage. It would happen sometime after her death and just before or during the Age of Peace. Many miracles will happen during its construction, and, Our Lady promises a miraculous healing well will spring up.

Our Lord also desired that a Holy Order of the Cross be established, and, the Sanctuary will have an abbey and convent for the Order.

Of interest, in other ecstasies, Marie-Julie was told the promised Great Catholic Monarch would one day come with his soldiers bearing the Cross, and the king would give thanks for all the prophecies given there that foretold his reign.

Marie-Julie's revelations are in agreement with the prophecies of St. Francis of Paola the 'Wonder-worker' who also foretold the coming of the Great Catholic Monarch who would one day found the last and greatest military order of the Church, the 'Cruciferi' or 'Cross Bearers'.

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Prophecies of the Sanctuary

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(August 14, 1875): Our Lady "O you (i.e Marie-Julie) to whom my Son has given the Cross, how you must be happy! The Cross, that is for all of you on the earth. One day, the Cross, for you will be of great value: it will remain here after your death.

From a distance, there will come holy souls to visit this place where, so many times, I descended to speak to your heart.

It will be raised here, a Sanctuary (Shrine) to the Cross and to Immaculate Mary. This place will be venerated by all. I will heal the body and soul by living water. (i.e. the prophecy of a healing spring will come forth). Tell that to your father in the greatest humility.” (i.e to her spiritual director).

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(January 22, 1878) Marie-Julie: The Lord shows me the location of the Sanctuary: It is enormously large, enormously long.

"This,” He said, “the greatness of My Sanctuary. I am the architect. I will use much stone for its construction. I will use more (stone) again for the houses where I will enclose the Fathers of the Cross, and the fatherless, and widows. Around the Sanctuary, from where all will escape all the noises of the world, I want to make the cloisters of servants and virgins.” (i.e Our Lord plans to build a holy abbey and convent for the Order of the Cross, and also houses for orphans and widows.)

Our Lord continues: “Go, my Angels and my Seraphim, cut yourselves the stones to begin … While the men of the earth work quickly, I will send My angels from heaven and My saints for their relaxation and to sing hymns, while they rest from their labour. I will send them three times a day, morning, noon and night.

My workers will stop seven minutes to hear these songs and these celestial readings which will cause a heavenly indescribable joy. They will repeat: 'We have heard the melodies of heaven, sung by the Blessed Virgin and the saints.' This construction, My children will be marvellous.

This temple will be built so quickly that they will see that the Angels have helped to raise the walls. You will put a mark and they will see that during the rest time of the workers, the walls will rise all the same.

At the beginning, there will be great problems in the vicinity because they will not want to sell their land, but the difficulties will be short lived. They should elongate (or, go out) a little (farther), and another place they will be given in exchange for their land.”

Marie-Julie: “The Lord shows me, a little further, the location of the fountain, and around, the white stones where sinners will drink the grace of forgiveness.”

“I will come Myself,” He says, “in the days when My servants will be the most fatigued and I will sing them a heavenly song. I do not speak for you, you will not be here below." (i.e., Marie-Julie will already be in Heaven).

(OBSERVATIONS: this is remarkable – the Angels will be sent to help in the construction, and the workers will hear them sing. Even Our Lord said He too will sing! Of interest, we know from one of her other ecstasies that Our Lord chanted the Mass when He Himself came to offer the Holy Sacrifice in her cottage.)

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February 9, 1878: Marie-Julie: The Sanctuary is enormously long, enormously large, large walls covered with magnificent paintings. Width of the Sanctuary: 28 meters, length unknown, height, very great.

Three naves. Fourteen pillars, seven on each side. Behind the pillars, Stations of the Cross. They pass by behind. Gothic Style, but the windows are wider below than above, like this:

They will descend to the fountain by seven rows of stairs. The pipe that brings water comes from the vault. This fountain is located right near the altar. It is carved into the polished white stone well. In the niche, a beautiful cross. Around are places to kneel. It is the fountain of forgiveness, with, at the exit, a confessional to receive the holy absolution.

(OBSERVATIONS: it seems the water from the miraculous spring will be piped into the Sanctuary itself.)

Beyond the fountain, the tomb of Our Lord, the holy women …

The fourteen stations of the Cross are the windows that are very high, the Cross inclined towards us. The Great Cross of the altar is the fifteenth station. This great Cross of Gold rises from the bottom up to the ceiling: two angels at the foot. This Cross is planted in a square mass of white stone.

"There will be,” says Our Lord, “three Crosses in the choir to represent the Holy Trinity: the first at the altar, the other two, as large as the first, planted on each side, in the stones that are to fasten them to the wall. Below, it is written,

'Gift of the Holy Trinity.'.

The main altar is quite large. The choir has five altars, including one in the middle.

The first, to the right right, is dedicated to Jesus crucified. Mary collects the Blood flowing from the Wounds of the Saviour. This will be the altar of the Fathers of the Cross. An angel on each side: one with the crown of thorns, the other with clasped hands, like Our Lady of Lourdes.

The second altar on the left is dedicated to Our Lord dying on the Cross. Saint John is at the foot of the cross, looking up at Jesus, who expires, the right hand extended toward his Master. He is on the right. On the left, the Blessed Virgin, her face hidden under a long veil spread out from head to waist, both hands outstretched to receive the last sigh of the Saviour. His Heart is open.

The third altar on the right is dedicated to Our Lord instituting the Eucharist. Jesus is standing in the middle of the apostles. The seven rays of the Holy Spirit descend and cover it.

The fourth altar on the left, is dedicated to Jesus' Agony in the Garden. Behind the altar, a large shady tree; Our Lord, on the right, is supported on a form that I do not know, like a stone. An

angel descends with a white mantle that extends to the Lord.

There are fourteen paintings, seven on each side …

Our Lord said, pointing to the fountain:

"Here it is, dear victims, the works where will flow your sweats. The whole of France will first take shelter under the tree of the Cross; then the whole universe will understand and be included. Here is the fountain: I will soon fill it. "

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#206 The Cornerstone of Sacre Coeur and the Procession at Paray-le-Monial - “France is Saved!”

 

 

 

A collection of texts from the 'Friends of Marie-Julie Jahenny Association' featuring Marie-Julie's vision of the official pilgrimage to Paray-le-Monial on the day of the dedication of the cornerstone of Sacre-Coeur in Paris, and, the revelations later regarding her and St. Margaret Mary.

The background to this vision: Just before the construction of the basilica of Sacre Coeur, France, the 'Eldest Daughter of the Church' had been invaded by Prussia, the 'Eldest Daughter of Protestantism' as  Fr. Marin Boylesve described theinvading country. Paris had been under siege, the populace forced to eat whatever could be had, the rich ate the zoo animals while the poor had cats, dogs and rats. After Paris fell, civil war broke out, and the anti-religious socialist Communards ravaged the city before they were defeated by the National Guards. It was during that time that St. Catherine Laboure's prophecy of the execution of the archbishop of Paris, Archbishop Darboy took place. Already prophecies had circulated that Paris would be destroyed for its sins and France would be punished.

The nation was in dire straights in the early 1870s, the clergy seized upon the revelations of St. Margaret Mary and realised that the only hope for Paris and France was devotion to the Sacred Heart, and to fulfil the request revealed to her to have a national shrine built in Its honour.

The call for the shrine grew and at last, the government issued the national vow to have it built. The cornerstone was laid the day Bl. Pius IX proclaimed for the universal consecration to the Sacred Heart to celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the revelations of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary.

As we see from the following revelations to Marie-Julie Jahenny, the Sacred Heart promised France had been saved from ultimate destruction thanks to the nation fulfilling His request to build a shrine to honour His Sacred Heart.

Below is the text of the ecstasy along with commentary from the 'Friends of Marie-Julie Jahenny' Website:

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On June 16, 1875, the foundation stone of Montmartre's Basilica of the Sacred Heart was laid. At the same time, there was a celebration at Paray-le-Monial; it was the pilgrimage of the National Assembly, represented by a number of its members. On that day, Marie-Julie was in an ecstasy in the church of Blain after receiving communion. They were able to collect the words

of the ecstatic, here are a few:

Marie-Julie: “I burn with the love that burns the souls who pray at Paray-le-Monial. Come, come, my sister Margaret Mary with my dear Spouse. Oh! France! Hasten, the time is near. France is saved! The Sacred Heart has signed its deliverance! O my sister, you verily took part in its pain. Poor France! It has neither father nor mother, (for) she had abandoned Jesus and Mary. Come, the great proud ones of the earth, kings defiled, come see the wonder of the Sacred Heart. Come, great emperors, come and see, you will be confounded. The Sacred Heart will take vengeance on the wicked.

O Margaret Mary, your revelation is accomplished, France is saved! At Paray, what songs of joy! All come with hope, with the cry of hope that France is saved!”

The next day, Marie-Julie had another ecstasy (June 17, 1875) and she said to her confessor:

“My dear Spouse said, 'My Heart is much comforted by the prayers of France.'

Our Lord wrote in His Heart: 'France is saved by My Divine Heart.'

The people shout the same thing. Do not say "save France", but "France is saved!" Margaret Mary made me see the procession of pilgrims bearing green branches. I saw how pilgrims and their prayers had advanced the triumph. Margaret Mary was there and asked Our Lord to bless the good group that loves the Sacred Heart and asked the salvation of France. And Our Lord told her to ask what she wanted. Through her, you will obtain because she is closest to the Divine Heart.

She (St. Margaret Mary) says: 'My dear Souse, two hundred years ago you promised to save France and her children.'

Our Lord answered with His Heart wide open:

 

'Yes, that is why you can say: France is saved.'

Our Lord has waited many years before revealing the secrets of Margaret Mary.

On June 25, 1875,He said Marie-Julie:

'I will not be long in making known to you My secrets. Soon the secret will be discovered and the whole world will witness My love and My power.'

Three days later (June 28, 1875) He also said to Marie-Julie:

'I will operate greater miracles for you than for your sister Margaret Mary.'

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#205 Revelation: What Happened to the Last Drop of Precious Blood on the Holy Spear

 

 

 

From an undated text. The following astonishing revelation was given to Marie-Julie Jahenny:

The soldier Longinus descended pensively down the slopes of Calvary. It was Friday evening. He carried on his shoulder the spear that had pierced the side of the Crucified.

A drop of Blood remained on the end of the iron (point), bright, red; It was about fall in the dust of the road. God made a chalice; on the edge of the trail, a stem pushed up all of a sudden, the stem formed a bud, the bud opened, it was a lily as white as the mantle of the angels. The drop of Blood fell into the corolla and the corolla closed.

Longinus had not seen the prodigy, and he continued his march. But one of the archangels surrounding Calvary had detached from the celestial Phalanges (the heavenly hosts) and he had followed the soldier. He bowed and plucked the flower. Then he took off and when he was in Heaven, he planted the beautiful lily in the garden of the angels.

Each spring, a stem pushed but the bud did not open. Four or five times, however, in the course of centuries, the petals of the lily seemed about to open, and they even let out a fragrance so sweet, so sweet ... It was when there had arrived on the earth ardent souls, loving the Crucified. The Archangel bowed, while hoping the beautiful lily would bloom, but it would not open.

The Lord made the lily to flower in the garden of the Angels. The Lord commanded the bud to open. A heady perfume filled all of Heaven. The corolla is bent, the drop of Blood fell. It crossed all spheres of Heaven. The stars, that saw It fall, they darted all their rays and the drop of Blood crimsoned with a thousand fires.

It fell, fell down on a little corner of the earth where there was a four year old child kneeling in a church. It was between the two elevations of the Mass.

The child had its little bare knees on the floor and she said a word that she felt compelled to always repeat without much understanding:

'O my God, I consecrate my purity, and I make to You a vow of perpetual chastity.'

When she rose, after the second elevation (at the Mass), she saw a drop of blood, bright as the fire that fell upon her; she collected it in her little hands, lifted it to her lips, and like the small flowers drink the dew drop, she drank the drop of Blood. From then on, her heart always burned in her breast.

The child was (St.) Margaret Mary, in the small Church of the Château du Terreau in Verosvres.

The devotion to the Sacred Heart had been sown in the world with the last drop of Blood from the pierced Side on Calvary.

Since then, the Blood of the Sacred Heart drawn from the Eucharistic chalice has made flourish this dear devotion in the pure of heart.

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#204 NEW PROMISES for the Devotion of the Wound of the Shoulder – Various Texts

 

 

According to a pious oral tradition handed down, it is said St. Bernard of Clairvaux had an apparition of Our Lord and he asked Him which was the greatest unrecorded or unknown suffering that afflicted Him on Calvary. Our Lord is said to have answered:

“I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men.” Our Lord is alleged to have said that if anyone remembered this wound each day, He would forgive them all their venial sins and 'no longer remember their mortal ones'.

The problem: there is no evidence this occurred, the apparition has also been accredited to St. Gertrude and St. Mechtilde. Furthermore, there was a question the indulgence of 'forgetting the mortal sins' was attempting to promote forgiveness of mortal sin without the need of confession, which indeed is a dangerous misconception. As there was no proof the indulgence was authentic, Pope Leo XIII condemned this indulgence in the Acta Sanctae Sedis 1898. (Devotion to the Wound was not condemned, only the promise attached.) See here: http://www.olrl.org/pray/apocryphal.shtml

HOWEVER: Christ revealed through various ecstasies to Marie-Julie Jahenny the grevious Wound of the Shoulder which He bore due to carrying the heavy weight of the Cross.  He revealed devotion to this forgotten Wound pleased Him very much, and reaffirmed that there are special graces reserved for this devotion.

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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. I will come and rescue them in their maladies.” (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) (Note: apparently the grace of having accomplished your Purgatory on earth is one of the graces.)

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 condemned 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! Only when they are confessed does God 'forget' our mortal sins. However, you can safely spread the promises given to Marie-Julie Jahenny.

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Prayer to the Sacred Wound in the Shoulder:

"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, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen." 

Imprimatur, Thomas D. Beven, Bishop of Springfield. (Please note, this prayer was NOT given to Marie-Julie Jahenny, and you must still confess mortal sins ~ this prayer is not an exemption from that).

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Various dated and undated texts from the Ecstasies of Marie-Julie Jahenny.

The “Friends of the Marie-Julie Jahenny Association” Website gives us the following points to ponder and meditate upon regarding Christ carrying the Cross and the weight which caused this grievous Wound.

Marie-Julie Jahenny. “The cross was the chosen bride of Jesus Crucified. We in our turn bear It all our lives. It is the portion of the Christian, from the cradle to the grave. We are the children of Calvary.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, You know, You are forever the all of my heart. I am here resting on His breast, waiting to be fed by Him or die in His arms.”

The Wound of the Shoulder is to meditate attentively by the friends of the Cross. Indeed, Marie-Julie expresses to us that the cross is inseparable from the Christian's life.

1 - It is a weight of sorrows, as it sank through the flesh of Our Saviour, by tearing It badly. It was bloodied by Divine Blood.

2 - It can be overwhelming up to the point we sink to the ground crossing the thorns, brambles and stones of the road: witness, Our Lord succumbed three times on the road to Calvary.

3 – This wound in bearing the Cross, the wound so deep and painful always it tells us to always walk through the tears and blood to the summit of the mountain of sacrifice, without ever being discouraged: it is on the Cross we finally place again our soul into the hands of its God who created it in His infinite goodness, who has redeemed it in His infinite love and wants to save it in His infinite mercy. It is the Cross that opens and closes the doors of life, it is that which lifts us from earth to heaven, after being in all, the burden of its merits. Oh! We are to love the Cross that becomes the blessed instrument of Redemption! In each carrying our cross, we learn the love of Jesus Crucified.

In these thoughts, Our Lord Jesus Christ recommends us to honour the Sacred Wound in bearing the Cross.

Consider the Sacred Wound that was made by the weight of the Cross on the left Shoulder of Our Lord Jesus Christ on the road to Calvary.

1 – The infinite generosity of Our Lord Jesus Christ for having willingly taken upon Himself our iniquities. (March 29, 1878)

2 - His immense goodness in promising to carry our thankless sins on the road to Calvary. (December 28, 1877) It is on this Shoulder that Our Lord Jesus Christ bore and felt the numerous sins of the world. (March 16, 1877)

He was overwhelmed even to succumbing to the so painful falls on the Way of the Cross. (February 8, 1878)

Marie-Julie: “Lord, it is our sins that You carry on this bloody and bruised Shoulder. It is our sins that make You suffer great incomprehensible pains as large as the sea. They are our sins that tore Your Sacred Flesh, which turned the Cross crimson. (April 2, 1878)

3 - The infinite tenderness with which our Lord Jesus Christ suffered this cruel Wound, which shows how heavy are our iniquities. Sympathize with the immense pain so little known on earth. (December 28, 1877)

Our Lord invites us to contemplate the wound so deep and painful, in which we have all participated. Ask for repentance and tears, gratitude and love (February 8, 1878) It is there that our sins were drowned …

The Cross bathed in Blood Divine has become for all of us, the burden of grace, the burden of merits. (May 17, 1878)

Marie-Julie: “Our Lord Jesus Christ has paved the road to Calvary, the bloody road but the road of grace in carrying the Cross in unspeakable pain, without a murmur, not a complaint would escape from His mouth. He has borne it through suffering, contempt, neglect, with a boundless charity: she (the Cross) was the spouse chosen by Jesus Crucified; we have our turn to bear it all our lives, we are born with it, we are the children of Calvary, we must die with her, she is the portion of the Christian from the cradle to the grave. Let us put ourselves, in suffering, in the hands of God.

I bless you, Lord, You are my hope and my support. A life in death, O Lord, I commend my spirit into Your Hands, that Your Holy Will be done in all things. Blessed be Jesus in my heart and blessed is the Heart of my Jesus.”

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Additional extracts (dated and undated)-also contains the promises with this devotion:

On November 25, 1873: About four o'clock in the evening, Marie-Julie received the stigmata from the wound of the shoulder (left shoulder). The revelations and all that relates to this devotion specially recommended by Our Lord Jesus Christ contain the things of greatest interest. The collection and the acts of these early events are in the hands of Fr. David Abbot, (spiritual) Director of Marie- Julie.

In the following ecstasy, Marie-Julie said: “I see the bloody wound in His shoulder, how it is deep and painful”

Our Lord: “I will tell you the prayers that alleviate My suffering. I wish that this Wound be known to all My children.”

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March 16, 1877: The Wound had been singled out in a special way. It was the Feast of the Five Wounds. Our Lord's words: "The Blood flows from My Shoulder, one by which I bore and felt the many sins of the world."

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Fragments of the ecstasy of Friday, December 28, 1877:

It is that- this Sacred Wound - which shows how heavy are our iniquities and the immense goodness of Our Lord Jesus Christ for His commitment to carry our ungrateful sins on the road to Calvary. Our Lord testifies to the infinite love with which He suffered the cruel wound, and His goodness for the souls faithful to this devotion.

Our Lord Jesus Christ attaches the most precious graces: "I will dispel the darkness coming to their heart. I will comfort them in their sorrows. I will soften their agony, I will tell them;

'Faithful souls who have sympathized with this immense pain, so little known on earth.':"

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Fragments of the ecstasy of Friday, February 8, 1878:

Our Lord Jesus Christ invites Marie-Julie to look more closely at this painful wound on His shoulder during His Passion.

Marie-Julie: “My God, give me repentance and tears.”

In the second fall, our Lord Jesus Christ said:

“What a joy for My Divine Heart to see this devotion spread everywhere. This devotion that has so long remained in oblivion. I will give abundant rewards to My faithful children who propagate it: I will console them in their troubles. I will come in the midst of their greatest afflictions, to enlighten, to comfort them. I will come and rescue them in their maladies. I will come at the hour of death, I will comfort them in their passing.”

Marie-Julie: Oh! My Divine Jesus, we have all participated in this Wound so deep. It is You, my God, You who were charged for us to succumb to the overwhelming weight. Thank you, my God. What is our poor human misery! We only have hope, God's mercy. His infinite goodness created us, His infinite love redeemed us, His infinite mercy will save us. I bless you, Lord, You are my hope and my support.

Our Lord Jesus Christ makes me see the weight of the Cross:

Our Lord: “Children of My pain, carry your cross, singing the Benedictus. Bless Me singing under the weight of the cross that overwhelms you.”

Marie-Julie; “ Nothing can stop us doing the Holy Will of God. O sweet and holy Cross, the sublime madness of my heart, wilt thou known? You have charms. Without you, life would be bitter, how your sufferings have tenderness and love! O chaste spouse of my Jesus, you were somehow drowned in His blood. (I.e. The Cross) You contain sources of love: the location of the three nails that attached the body of my sweet Jesus. If there is happiness on earth, it is that of suffering, that of contempt, that of abandonment. These are the spouses of my Jesus. This is the road to Calvary, bloody road but the road of grace.

We are born with the cross, it must pass (with us) all our life, we must die with her, we are the children of Calvary. Earth, thou shalt drink thy ingratitudes and we, we will bless the graces of my Jesus.”

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Ecstasy of Friday, April 12, 1878

Marie-Julie: “Lord, my sins are what You bear on the Shoulder bruised and bloody; they are our crimes and our sins that make You suffer unspeakable pain, big as the sea. It is our sins that tore Your sacred Flesh, which has made crimson the Cross.

Our Lord Jesus Christ said: "I am looking for souls who love Me to sympathize with My sufferings."

Marie-Julie: “My beloved Saviour, we join Your suffering, we want to carry our cross and suffer with You. O Holy Cross adorable, you who were the spouse of Jesus crucified, chosen, precious bed of suffering, pain, precious bed of the soul, you contain the three fountains of grace. (They, sinners) do not love it, what contempt of Jesus!

You will live with us, Holy Cross, to the grave where you will rest on our breast. Oh! Because He loves us, my sweet Jesus. What soul refuses to give it to Him? Go to the foot of the Cross to tell of our bitterness, our love in the cross. Let us dive into the great love of my Jesus on the Cross. These are my sins, my pride and my disobedience that have loaded on Your shoulder that cross so heavy.

O dear Jesus, my love, You have forgotten the excesses of my ingratitude: What boundless charity! So you took it on Your Shoulder. This is where you buried all our transgressions, our iniquities … My Jesus by showing the deep wound of the Holy Shoulder:

“My children of the earth who meditate on the pain and are faithful to this devotion:

I will come visit them in their sorrows,

I will give them a tender love for the Cross,

I will come to assist at the time of death,

From this cross, I will introduce them to My heavenly kingdom.”

Marie-Julie: “O dear Jesus, You have opened the path of predestination, love, pain …

Jesus dies under the weight of the Cross on the road to Calvary, while it is the cross that should have been bending and breaking under the power of God. We must all carry the cross .. For some, it is heavier, for others it is less heavy. Bear the suffering, death sentences as a result of our Lord. It is the Holy of Holies that rewards suffering souls. The Cross is the portion of the Christian from the cradle to the grave, the soul that suffers is in the company of her spouse, in the company of the Blessed Virgin, in the company of the elect.

Let us bless God that makes us to suffer because in suffering we are despoiled (of our sins), we are beatified, they open for us a sea of love. Let us put ourselves in suffering, in the Hands of God.

It is you, ungrateful earth, which appears desirous of covering you with ornaments to destroy the Christian soul but all this is only dust and vanity. Jesus makes us tread over you, this treacherous and seductive earth, all is (given) by suffering at the foot of the Cross.

Meditate on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, mercy blaze, blaze of love. Love the Blessed Virgin. Consider the pure heart of Mary, through whom all graces come to us, and compassion for her sorrows on Calvary, where she adopted us for her children.

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Ecstasy of Friday, May 17, 1878

Marie-Julie asks her Divine Redeemer to bear the heavy weight of the Cross in the streets of Jerusalem:

"O sweet Jesus, loaded under the weight of pain, under the weight of crime. You walk to Calvary, what charity on Your part to kindly take charge of our crimes. The Divine Blood flows to drown our iniquities; not a complaint, not a murmur escaped the lips of my Jesus. Rather, it seems that you rejoice in Your suffering.

You, O Holy Cross, which have been worthy of the choice of my Jesus, love, purple Blood of My God, why are not you the portion of the Christians of the earth?

Precious bed of suffering, you are trampled, you are insulted, you are rejected, you are covered in spit and insults. Holy Cross, when will you delight the souls redeemed? When will your fruitful sources (the location of three nails) be known and savoured by hearts? Be always with us, our comfort and our strength after this God of love, mercy and charity.

We all love the cross, since we must always be on earth. We were born on the cross, how would we live in luxury? We are born with the cross and we must carry it to the grave. Oh! What delights we have on earth: The enjoyment of a loving God, the enjoyment of a crucified God, the enjoyment of suffering with this Divine Friend, to be abandoned with Him, pray to You, my God! Loaded with the weight of our crimes, our good Lord carrying the cross to the Holy Mountain. There He will rob us of our dirty clothes (sin), we regenerate in His grace. What tenderness!

Mary, good Mother of Sorrows makes the most generous sacrifices. She suffers in her heart with her Adorable crucified Son … By giving us her dear Son, She looks with her eyes full of tears, We have torn Him, her love, but in leaving us to tear Him, she has blessed us.

Going to this maternal heart, nothing compares to the Heart of the Mother of Jesus. Oh! It is good, Mary! We have recourse to Mary in our trials. She is so sweet, she keeps us on His Heart as His children, she puts her hand on our heart with: 'this heart is dear to me because my Divine Son loves it,' and she eliminates the peril.

She adopted us, she took us close to the place of her dear Son: 'Yes, my Son, I will be for them, the most generous of mothers to console You, to strengthen you.'

She (Our Lady) looks towards Heaven. “My child, do you not see Heaven? Well, that is the reward. Suffer all the pains on earth, this is so short! Suffering, because suffering is collected for your happiness! Your eternal happiness. My heart will keep you.”

Moreover, the sorrows of Mary have been profound, her heart was kneaded, the more sensitive. It is so totally sensitive that it will participate in all the pains of her children.

My dear Mother, comfort their souls, they are friends of the Cross, hide them in your heart. Our Adorable Lord favours by pain. Mary, my good Mother, thank you in our pains: a thank you from the heart, take it to Jesus, Your Divine Son. Being presented by you, oh! It will be welcomed with generosity! Good Mother, obtain for us salvation after suffering on earth, after carrying our crosses. O Lord grant that we love you, friends of the Cross, brave on earth, despite the difficulties and anxieties.

Our Lord expresses that He opened the painful way:

Our Lord: “I want that many of My servers and My servants to arrive in Heaven by the deepest tribulations ...”

Marie-Julie: “I can still see the Divine Blood of my King, impressed on the pavements of Jerusalem. Oh! I want to walk in His footsteps! Who would dare complain after such a love of Jesus crucified?

We must carry the cross in all its dimensions, its width, its length in thickness. Its size is the depth and extent of penalties that we feel, these dimensions, it is love.

How beautiful it is under the cross, our Divine Saviour, that He charms, He is admirable in the cross ... very loving Jesus, You said:

"My children, that is the cross you wear all your life, sometimes heavier, sometimes less painful."

Marie-Julie: These are His friends, (those who) accept that our Lord on the cross and feel, the cross is the burden of grace, the burden of merits.

Begone, vain and miserable earth, you have more input in our hearts. Your charms are misleading. Begone, before these two supreme loves. The love of Jesus and the love of his Cross! The lamp of faith, hope and love still burns in our hearts!

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Fragment of the ecstasy of Friday, March 29, 1878:

Marie-Julie to Our Lord: “What generosity that You desired to be charged with our iniquities! When I consider the Wound so deep and so great ... because that is where you drowned my sins: it is our sins that tore Your Sacred Flesh.”

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