“We are all guilty! Penance is not done, and sin increases daily.
Those who should come forward to do good are retained by fear. Evil is great. A
moderate punishment serves only to irritate the spirits, because they view all
things with human eyes. God could work a miracle to convert and change the
aspect of the earth without chastisement. God will work a miracle; it will be a
stroke of His mercy; but after the wicked shall have inebriated themselves with
blood, the scourge shall arrive.
“What countries shall be preserved from such calamities? Where shall we
go for refuge? I, in my turn, shall ask, What is the country that observes the
commandments of God? What country is not
influenced by human fear where the interest of the Church and the glory of God
are at stake? (Ah, indeed! What country,
what nation upon earth?) In behalf of my Superior and myself, I have often
asked myself where we could go for refuge, had we the means for the journey and
for our subsistence, on condition that
no person were to know it? But I renounce these useless thoughts. We are very
guilty! In consequence of this, it is necessary that a very great and terrible
scourge should come to revive our faith, and to restore to us our very reason,
which we have almost entirely lost.
“The Vicar of my Son will suffer a great
deal, because for a while the Church will yield to large persecution, a time of
darkness and the Church will witness a frightful crisis.
NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LA SALETTE
FIFTH DAY
The flood of thy tears at La Salette, O sorrowful
Mother, ceased only with thy words, as the little shepherdess said. And it was
noticed that thou didst weep more abundantly, while speaking of our greatest sins,
i. e., blasphemy, profanation of the Lord's Day, violation of the laws of fast
and abstinence, rebellion against God and His Church, indifference in regard to
thy supernatural warnings, and ingratitude for thy gifts and thy love. Let thy
tear-bedewed face always be before my eyes, that it may soften my heart, and
impart to it the grace of a true repentance! And to prove that I am heartily
sorry for my sins, I will, from this day, spare no effort to combat the great
crimes with which thou didst reproach us in thy Apparition.
Practice
Recite an act of reparation for the sins of
mankind.
Prayer of reparation for insults and
blasphemies
O Jesus, my Savior and Redeemer, Son of the
living God, behold, we kneel before Thee and offer Thee our reparation; we would
make amends for all the blasphemies uttered against Thy holy name, for all the
injuries done to Thee in the Blessed Sacrament, for all the irreverence shown
toward Thine immaculate Virgin Mother, for all the calumnies and slanders
spoken against Thy spouse, the holy Catholic and Roman Church. O Jesus, who
hast said: "If you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it to
you", we pray and beseech Thee for all our brethren who are in danger of
sin; shield them from every temptation to fall away from the true faith; save
those who are even now standing on the brink of the abyss; to all of them give
light and knowledge of the truth, courage and strength for the conflict with
evil, perseverance in faith and active charity! For this do we pray, most merciful
Jesus, in Thy name, unto God the Father, with whom Thou livest and reignest in
the unity of the Holy Spirit world without end. Amen.
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