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                                                                                  FORMATION PROGRAM #11


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                                                                                The Last Vision - June 13, 1929

 

Lucia Speaks:                                                           Accompanying Commentary:

 

[Lucia speaks of the events that precede the vision.  Then she relates what she saw]:

 

Suddenly the whole chapel was illumined                                “As forward we travel from light into Light.”  In the light of faith, i.e. the sight of understanding,

by a supernatural Light, and above the altar                           we can see the image of God in the Man, Jesus Christ.  By pondering and understanding the

appeared a Cross of Light, reaching to the                             great depth of God’s love for us, as revealed in Jesus (and entering into it as a partner with 

ceiling.  In a brighter light on the upper part                            Him), He shows us the way to travel forward from the light of an internal hidden love for God

of the Cross, could be seen the Face of a                               expressed in a silent outward deed of sacrificial love for God and humanity, into the divine and

Man and His Body as far as the waist; upon                            brighter Light of heaven, where the Father dwells.  The Holy Spirit is the Light of Love from the

His Breast was a Dove of Light; nailed to the                          Father’s Heart.  This is the Two in One Love of the Father and the Son.  It is the Holy Spirit

Cross was the Body of another Man.                                      that binds Them as One.

 

A little below the waist, I could see a Chalice                           The Host and Chalice, with His drops of Blood, reveal the same Mystery:  Jesus Christ’s

and a large Host suspended in the air, on to                           Humanity and Divinity reveals the sacrificial love of the Father in human terms we can under-

which drops of Blood were falling from the Face                     stand.  Here, in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacramental species of bread and wine

of Jesus Crucified and from the Wound in His                        are changed into Christ’s living Body and Blood, in which He gives Himself up for us under a

Side.  These drops ran down on to the Host                           new form, as He did on the Cross. Think of what humility and obedience He practices (despite

and fell into the Chalice.                                                          offenses received) in cooperating with the order of things He has set up, and binds Himself   

                                                                                                under, in order to communicate His love to us on an individual personal level.

 

Beneath the right arm of the Cross was Our                           God reveals the same mystery again in the person of His Mother.  Just as bread puts up no

Lady and in Her hand was Her Immaculate                            resistance to God’s possessing it, changing it entirely into Himself, without the bread losing its

Heart.  (It was Our Lady of Fatima, with Her                           appearance or characteristics of that which makes it bread, so Our Lady, of Her own free will,

Immaculate Heart in her left hand, without                              puts up no resistance to God’s possessing Her and changing Her entirely into Himself, without

sword or roses, but with a crown of thorns                              Her ceasing to be the individual that She is. As St. Paul says, “It is now no longer I who live,

and flames.)                                                                            but Christ who lives in me.”  How much more can this be said of Mary, who never knew sin! 

                                                                                                When we see Mary, we see God’s love expressed in a female form.  She is below the right

                                                                                                arm of the cross (where His sheep are gathered--Matt. 25:32-33) because She is the example

                                                                                                of what we must do and become in order to participate in the self- same transformation.

 

Under the left arm of the Cross, large letters,                         Under the left arm (where the goats are gathered), we see that grace and mercy are available

as if of crystal clear water which ran down                               to sinners, as well as to us when we sin; to obtain remission and pardon, and to assist them to

upon the altar, formed these words: “Grace                            conversion.

and Mercy.”

 

[Our Lady]: “The moment has come in which                           The time has arrived in salvation history in which God wishes to reveal these Mysteries.  The

God asks the Holy Father, in union with all                              spirituality in Russia, with its eastern mysticism, enfolds, embodies, and deeply expounds

the bishops of the world, to make the conse-                            these Mysteries, as only mystic sight can do.  Once Russia is ‘converted’ and turns back to its

cration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart,                                Faith, the contribution it will bring to the Church will be so profound and rich, it will unite east

promising to save it by this means...”                                        and west.  It will bring about the unity of Christians and set precedence for the proclamation

                                                                                                of the final Marian dogma.  This will usher in the Triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart and

                                                                                                the promised era of peace.

 

REFLECTION & RESOLUTION:  Ponder each of these mysteries in silent prayer and reflection.  See how very personal God’s love is for you.  See

His pattern that He has set before you, for you to follow.  There is no reason any longer to hold back in fear.  You need only to surrender yourself like Mary and

say, “Yes” to God’s Will for you.  He is with you every step of the way.  Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart is your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.

Do everything with Her, in Her, and for Her. You need only practice self-denial through humility and obedience.  Everything else you will learn on the way.

 

[Brief period of silent reflection]

 

Discussion                                                               Examination of last month’s resolutions                                                                     Apostolic resolution

 

Resolution in brief:   Ponder the Mysteries in silent reflection and prayer.  Be not afraid to surrender yourself completely in humility and

                                obedience to God’s Will for you, in the safe refuge of Mary’s Immaculate Heart.

 

Act of Consecration