REVELATION OF APRIL 6, 1847

Sister Mary of St. Peter is encouraged by our Lord to continue her valiant battle against Communism and she is promised the reward of Heaven itself for her faithful conduct in this war.

I HAVE entered the arena to battle with the enemies of God, and since I am engaged in this war under the banner of obedience, if I may so express myself, my soul is at peace. Fighting under this banner I feel safe, and I no longer fear the demon. Our Lord has given me the grace to launch an offensive warfare.

Today, after Holy Communion, He inspired me to be brave in the encounter, promising me that as a reward for my faithful conduct in these battles, He would give me a Cross of Honor, which would have the power of opening Heaven to me. He also promised me the gold of charity, by which I understood that I would be granted all the graces needed to triumph patiently and lovingly over any obstacles that would come my way.

Having fought the enemies of God during these past three solemn feast days,* and that with all my strength, I must explain that since I have uttered many imprecations against them, I am now somewhat saddened for having done so. I well know that the holy King David has done as much, as for example in his Psalm 108,† yet I am not certain whether the same course is allowed me. Nevertheless, everything that I said during prayer was inspired by our Lord, and should it turn out that I have been mistaken, I will, of course, do this no more. The following is the formula of my militant procedure:

I begin by placing my soul in our Lord's hands, after which I beg Him to use my soul as He would a bow, urging Him to bend it so that the arrows would fly directly towards his enemies.

After doing this I proceed to enter the battlefield, fortified with the Cross and the other instruments of our Lord's tortures as my weapons of war, leveling their infinite conquering power against the military entrenchments of the enemy, in the way He has taught me. Then I say:

"May God arise and let His enemies be scattered and let all those who hate Him flee before His Face!

"May the thrice Holy Name of God overthrow all their plans!

"May the Holy Name of the Living God split them up by disagreements!

"May the terrible Name of the God of Eternity stamp out all their godlessness!"

Repeating other similar ejaculations, I continued to level these rounds of ammunition at God's enemies, and after I have beaten them down I add:

"Lord, I do not desire the death of the sinner, but I want him to be converted and to live. 'Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.' "

Feeling disturbed about uttering these imprecations, I sometimes worry but I must make it clear that never do I have the intention to wish evil to the enemy. I desire only to oppose their wickedness and their passions. In short, what I want is to kill not them but the "evil spirit" within them.

Such is the spiritual exercise which I perform without any mental effort and with great ease, because I simply allow myself to be led by the grace given me, but I fully believe that there is someone very anxious to alarm me, this being the general of the opposing side, the devil.

SISTER MARY OF ST. PETER
AND OF THE HOLY FAMILY