REVELATION OF FEBRUARY 25, 1844

Our Lord repeats His desire that a Confraternity of Reparation be formed so that He could avail Himself of the merits of this Association and grant pardon to the guilty who were provoking God's anger.

OUR LORD made known to me that only Reparation could disarm the Justice of God because the guilt of men had provoked His anger.

"I, therefore, demand, and most urgently, that this Work be established," our Lord said, making me understand that His Sacred Heart desires through this means to bestow mercy on mankind.

I also seem to hear this Divine Jesus from the depths of the Tabernacle addressing us with these words:

"Oh, you, who are my friends, and my faithful children, look and see if there be any sorrow like mine. Everywhere My enemies despise and insult both my Eternal Father and My Church, the cherished Spouse of My Heart. Will no one rise up to console Me by defending the glory of My Father, and the honor of My Spouse, which has been so cruelly attacked? I can no longer remain in the midst of a people that will continue to be so heedless and so ungrateful. Look at the torrents of tears that stream from My eyes! Can I find no one to wipe away these tears by making reparation to My Father, and imploring forgiveness for the guilty?"

Here is yet another comparison which God placed in my soul. Should a king, or only an ambassador, be treated with contempt by a foreign power, the whole nation at once rushes to avenge the insult, as troops are called to take up arms, and if in the conflict even many soldiers are killed, their loss is regarded as a small matter when compared to the wrong avenged.

Now let us consider how the impious insult the Holy Name of God, the King of Kings, as also how countless sinners profane the Sabbath. Yet no one bothers or troubles himself about it. For that reason our Lord Himself, the Divine Ambassador to the Kingdom of Heaven, comes down to urge us to make reparation to the honor of His Father, threatening to declare war, by sending us grave punishments if we neglect to do this. Shall we still waver in our choice? I therefore very humbly beg that the Reverend Mother ask the Archbishop to kindly attend to this. Make known to him also all the extraordinary occurrences that transpired in my soul since the feast of St. Louis on the subject of Reparation. Also kindly confer with the convent's superior to determine whether it would not be contrary to humility if I myself were to write to His Excellency, for I urgently desire to do this, and humbly solicit the permission. I feel that by writing personally to him, I shall have done everything in my power for the accomplishment of this Work. However, I would write to His Excellency only when I feel my soul under the influence of the Holy Ghost, for I would not attempt it through only my ordinary natural resourcefulness, since I consider that of myself I am capable of doing nothing.

REMARK — Having been accorded the honor of corresponding with the Archbishop, this prelate had some leaflets printed, bearing his approbation under date of March 15, 1844. These leaflets were similar to those used by the Association stemming from Italy. Recommending that Association to the pastors and other religious of his diocese, the Archbishop declared that he hoped "it would stimulate the interest of the faithful and thus help to end the outrages against the Divine Majesty." A large number of these leaflets on Reparation have been circulated, but as to the Confraternity for which our Lord has been asking, no steps have been taken for its erection. It seems that the hour has not yet arrived. Let us in silence adore the designs of God.