REVELATION OF NOVEMBER 24, 1843

THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS

It being the Feast of the great Carmelite Reformer, St. John of the Cross, the Saviour reveals to Sr. Mary that the profanation of Sundays together with blasphemies are the crimes that have reached a peak of wickedness. Pleading for the establishment of the Work of Reparation, our Lord says: "Oh, to whom shall I address myself if not to a Carmelite whose very vocation obliges her unceasingly to glorify My Name?"

IMMEDIATELY AFTER receiving Holy Communion on the Feast of our holy father, St. John of the Cross, our Lord seized possession of the powers of my soul and made me hear the following words:

"Until now I have shown you only in part the plans of My Heart but today I want to reveal them to you in all their fullness." He then continued:

"The whole earth is covered with crimes and the violation of the first three of the Ten Commandments of God has aroused the anger of My Father. The crimes that fill up the cup of wickedness are blasphemies against God's Holy Name and the profanation of Sundays. These sins have reached to the very throne of Almighty God, and they have provoked His wrath which is about to strike everywhere unless His Justice be appeased. Never before have these crimes reached such a peak." After that our Lord said:

"I desire, and this most urgently, that there be formed to honor the Name of My Father an Association, properly approved and well organized. Your superiors have good reasons to take only such steps in this devotion which are well founded, for otherwise My designs would not be fulfilled."

Since I had never heard of any association in the Church similar to the one for which our Lord now asked, I therefore said to Him, "Oh, my God, if I only were sure that it is really You "Who speaks to me, I would not hesitate to tell all these things to my superiors." To this He replied:

"It is up to them and not up to you to make certain of this. Besides, have I not often in the past communicated with your soul in the same way as I do at this moment? Take care, therefore, because if you should fail in simplicity and place obstacles to My plans, you shall be held responsible for the salvation of souls. On the other hand, if you are faithful, your crown will be enriched."

Then our Lord made me hear clearly that it was His desire to bestow mercy upon sinners by instituting this Work of Reparation. And as a parting remark He said to me:

"Oh, to whom shall I address myself if not to a Carmelite whose very vocation obliges her unceasingly to glorify My Name?"

While this was taking place, I felt my soul entirely lost in God, and simultaneously I was overcome by awe as our Lord made me realize the meaning of the words spoken to Abraham, that if there could be found at least ten just souls, God would spare the guilty cities for the sake of these ten just. It also seemed to me that for the sake of those who would practice Reparation for the sins committed against the majesty of God, His justice would be appeased and He would grant mercy to the guilty.