I understand the
spiritual espousal of a soul with God, which
has no exterior manifestation. It is a
purely interior act between the soul and
God. This grace has drawn me into the very
burning center of God's love. I have come to
understand His Trinitarian quality and the
absolute Oneness of His Being. (Diary 1020)
His Trinitarian Being
enveloped me entirely and I am totally
immersed in Him. (Diary 1056)
After Holy Communion I
communed for a while with the heavenly
Father. My soul was drawn into the glowing
center of love. I understood that no
exterior works could stand comparison with
the pure love of God. ... I saw the joy of
the Incarnate Word, and I was immersed in
the Divine Trinity. When I came to myself,
longing filled my soul, and I yearned to be
united with God (Diary 1121).
“I
am Thrice Holy, and I detest the smallest
sin. I cannot love a soul which is stained
with sin; but when it repents, there is no
limit to My generosity toward it. My mercy
embraces and justifies it. With My mercy, I
pursue sinners along all their paths, and My
Heart rejoices when they return to Me. I
forget the bitterness with which they fed My
Heart and rejoice at their return.” (1728)
"Thus says Yahweh: With heaven my throne and
earth my footstool, what house could you
build me, what place for me to rest,when all
these things were made by me and all belong
to me? - declares Yahweh. But my eyes are
drawn to the person of humbled and contrite
spirit, who trembles at my word." (Isaiah
66:1-2)
The Vision of the Most
Holy Trinity and Our Lady of Fatima at Tuy, Spain, June 13, 1929
The Immaculate Heart of Mary
On June 13, 1929, while still a
Dorothean Sister, Sister Lucy dos Dores — little Lucia of Fatima
— received, at her convent in Tuy, Spain, a revelation of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, which was, as well, a revelation of
the Blessed Trinity.
It was at this time, at the most solemn
apparition of the whole series of Fatima apparitions, that Our
Lady said to Sister Lucy:
“The moment has come in which God
asks the Holy Father to make, and to order that in union with
him and at the same time, all the bishops of the world make the
consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart, promising to
convert it because of this day of prayer and worldwide
reparation.”
Here is Sister Lucy’s own account of it:
“The Reverend Father Gonçalves sometimes came to our chapel to
hear confessions. I made my confession to him, and as I felt at
ease with him, I continued to do so during the three years he
remained there as superior.
“At this time Our Lord informed me that the moment had come when
He willed for me to make known to the Holy Church His desire for
the consecration of Russia and His promise to convert it… The
communication took place in this way:
“I had requested and obtained permission from my superiors and
confessor to make the Holy Hour from 11:00 until midnight from
Thursday to Friday.
“Being alone one night, I knelt down before the communion rail
in the middle of the chapel to say the prayers of the Angel,
lying prostrate. Feeling tired, I got up and knelt, and
continued to say them with my arms in the form of a cross. The
only light came from the sanctuary lamp.
“Suddenly a supernatural light illumined
the whole chapel and on the altar appeared a cross of light
which reached to the ceiling.
“In a brighter part could be seen, on the upper part of the
Cross, the face of a man and His body to the waist;
“On His breast was an equally luminous dove,
“And nailed to the cross, the body of another man.
“A little below the waist, suspended in mid-air, was to be seen
a Chalice and a large Host onto which fell some drops of Blood
from the face of the Crucified and from a wound in His breast.
These drops ran down over the Host and fell into the Chalice.
“Under the right arm of the Cross was Our Lady with Her
Immaculate Heart in Her hand… (It was Our Lady of Fatima with
Her Immaculate Heart… in Her left hand… without a sword or
roses, but with a crown of thorns and flames…).
“Under the left arm (of the Cross), some big letters, as it were
of crystal clear water running down over the Altar, formed these
words: “Grace and Mercy.”
“I understood that it was the mystery of
the Most Holy Trinity that was shown to me, and I received
lights about this mystery which I am not permitted to reveal.”
“Then Our Lady said to me: ‘The moment has come when God asks
the Holy Father to make, in union with all the bishops of the
world, the consecration of Russia to My Immaculate Heart,
promising to save it by this means.’
“‘So numerous are the souls which the justice of God condemns
for sins committed against Me, that I come to ask for
reparation. Sacrifice yourself for this intention and pray.’
“I gave an account of this to my confessor, who ordered me to
write what Our Lord willed to be done.”
(Volume II of Frère Michel’s The Whole Truth About Fatima, pages 461-555)
The Shrine of Divine Mercy in Kraków-Łagiewniki,
Poland
Chapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the
tomb of St. Faustina
