REVELATION OF NOVEMBER 3, 1843

Our Lord discloses to Sister Mary of St. Peter that it is His Will that the Carmelite Community of Tours should give birth to the new Devotion of Reparation since they have been offering special prayers for the intention that the designs of the Sacred Heart be fulfilled.

IT BEING the First Friday, November 3, I had the privilege of receiving Holy Communion for the special intention that the designs of the Sacred Heart of Jesus should be accomplished. This was being done in our convent to fulfill a certain vow which our Reverend Mother had made, promising God that for a whole year two of the religious in her community would offer their Communions for this intention.

As soon as the Blessed Sacrament was exposed on this First Friday, our Lord said to me:

"Since the Community prays for the fulfillment of the designs of My Sacred Heart, it is only right that it should have the honor of giving birth to this new devotion, the Work of Reparation," making me understand that we are to promote this Work by means of the press, that is by printing and circulating the Prayers of Reparation for blasphemy.

Then something very extraordinary, and most difficult to explain, took place within me. I felt my soul deposited in the Heart of Jesus and as though surrounded by the fire of love. It seemed to me for some moments that my soul had left my miserable body, in order to become reunited to its God. Vividly conscious that God was both the principle and the end of my being, my soul felt itself happily lost in God. In this state I felt myself unable any longer to act, yet interiorly I continued to pray, saying, "My God, how wonderful are Your works! I see that You are not, after all, such a hidden God." I felt like adding, "Lord, it is good to remain here. Let us build three tabernacles and imprison in them the three faculties of my soul: my memory, my will and my understanding."

Such was my experience all during Holy Mass. Then having received Holy Communion, I took the liberty to address our Lord as follows: "Oh, my dear Saviour, now that through Communion I am even nearer to You, will You have the kindness to repeat all that You told me at the beginning of Holy Mass?"

But I saw that our Lord was not inclined to do what I had asked Him at that moment, and therefore, I surrendered to what He was then operating within me, which produced the happy feeling of being absorbed by God, of which I have spoken above.

After a short while, however, our Lord told me that He purposely remained silent in order to teach me by this that it was not at all in my power to hear interior words whenever I chose. He also told me that the extraordinary favor of feeling myself lost in God, which I experienced during Holy Mass, was to serve as proof that it was really He Himself Who acted in my soul, and that I should not fear the presence herein of the wicked spirit. Having given me this short lesson, our Lord then said:

"My daughter, in placing obstacles to My plans over your soul, you have offended Me more and grieved My Heart more deeply than all your Sisters put together. I am not mentioning your frailty on this point in order to worry you. Trust Me, for I will forget all your faults if you will but lovingly, and with zeal, work for the interests of My glory, overcoming all obstacles. The two reasons why I desire to make use of you are, first, because you are so puny, and second, because you have offered yourself to Me for the accomplishment of My plans. This offering has won My Heart. Be humble and simple and make known your littleness for that will only serve to advance My interests," and He made me understand that it was His desire to sanctify me.

He then spoke words of great encouragement, for whereas until now He had repeatedly commanded me to tell my superiors how much He desired them to have the Prayers of Reparation published and circulated, on this occasion He gave me the following promise:

"Daughter, be consoled, for these Prayers of Reparation shall be printed and circulated!"