ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS DIXIT

 

FALSE PROPHETS

 

SAINT AUGUSTINE DIXIT

 

YOU WILL HAVE BELIEVED IN VAIN IF YOU DO NOT STAND FAITHFULLY AND PRESERVE WHAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED

 

THE LITTLE MESSENGER OF THE VIRGIN MARY

The Virgin Mary sent a five-year-old boy in 1948 to dispel the doubts of Pope Pius XII. The French boy Gilles Bouhours from an early age spontaneously showed a devotion to prayer and penance, unusual for someone who had barely learned to speak.

On December 13, 1948, Gilles told his father that the Blessed Virgin Mary had entrusted him with a "secret" that he was to communicate only to the Pope. Somewhat incredulous, the father asked him to explain this matter to him, but the boy flatly refused.

Trying to make him give up, a few days later the father suggested that the child explain to the Virgin Mary that he did not have money to travel to Rome. Gilles did what his father had told him and to his father's surprise the little boy told him:

"The Blessed Virgin Mary has told me that you do have money for the trip and that you shouldn’t worry about the rest, everything will be sorted out."

They were finally received by Pope Pius XII on May 1, 1950. In the audience the boy asked the Pope to be alone with him. Only then did Gilles approach the Holy Father and told him the message:

"The Blessed Virgin Mary is not dead, she was assumed body and soul into Heaven."

The Pope was visibly moved after listening to the little boy.

In 1939, after being elected Pope, one of Pius XII's certainties was that he was going to proclaim the Dogma of the Assumption. All previous studies and investigations he had commissioned, and the Church's own Tradition confirmed the dogma. But German theologians disagreed.

Little Gilles Bouhours was prepared and sent by the Virgin Mary to present the sign that Pope Pius XII expected and that he had asked her for some time before. Thus, on November 1, 1950, the Pope proclaimed the Dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary which declares that she was assumed body and soul into Heaven in the apostolic constitution "Munificentissimus Deus".

On February 24, 1960, little Gilles fell ill without the doctors being able to diagnose the cause of his illness and after receiving Extreme Unction, going to Confession and receiving Communion, he passed away.

OFFERING TO OUR HOLY MOTHER

 

A HOLY GIFT TO MOTHER

There is an old custom of giving the manutergium to the priest’s mother, who keeps it throughout her lifetime and then is buried holding it in her hands. The Manutergium, which was used to cleanse the priests hands; consecrated and made holy when the bishop anointed them with sacred chrism at his consecreation. According to tradition, when she comes before Our Lord, he says to her: “I have given you life. What have you given to me?” She hands him the manutergium and responds, “I have given you my son as a priest.”  At this, Jesus grants her entry into paradise. 

THE NEED FOR PRAYER

 

THE GREATEST ACT OF CHARITY

And he did not preach this truth to the air, because thousands of souls were saved thanks to his ministry.

How many souls have been saved or will be saved by your apostolic work? How big is your charity?

THE ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT, WHO WAS A MARTYR, SAID:

 

BE COHERENT

 

CHESTERTON’S DEFINITION

 

UNDOUBTEDLY!

 

UNION WITH GOD