Our Lady of La Salette
On September 19, 1846, Mary, the Mother of God, appeared to two shepherd children on the slope of a mountain in the French Alps, near the village of La Salette in France.
The "Beautiful Lady", as they called her, was seated on a stone, her elbows resting on her knees, her face buried in her hands, weeping bitterly. She rose, calming the children's fear by her reassuring look and maternal voice. She told them the cause of her tears: disobedience to the laws of God and of the Church, blasphemy, failure to keep the Lord's day and lack of prayer. (Source: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette)
The "Beautiful Lady", as they called her, was seated on a stone, her elbows resting on her knees, her face buried in her hands, weeping bitterly. She rose, calming the children's fear by her reassuring look and maternal voice. She told them the cause of her tears: disobedience to the laws of God and of the Church, blasphemy, failure to keep the Lord's day and lack of prayer. (Source: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette)
Read more of the Appartion of Our Lady of La Salette and take a look at the official website of the Sanctuary of Notre Dame de La Salette.
The highest fruit of conversion is a vocation to the priesthood or religious life. As far as I know, there is only one Church-approved apparition that bore fruit to a religious congregation. This is the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette. Read about their community here.
"Mary's message was much the same as at Fatima, 'If my people do not wish to submit themselves, I am forced to let go of the hand of my Son. It is so heavy and weighs me down so much I can no longer keep hold of it.'
She lamented with tears those who do not keep Sunday holy and who take the name of the Lord in vain. She indicated that if men did not stop offending Our Lord the potato crop would fail. She gave Maximin his secret which he never revealed. She then turned to Melanie and gave her a secret which she revealed 30 years later. This secret was given to the Holy Father, who gave orders that it was never to be revealed." (Catholic Culture)
3 Comments:
Hello Mariette. I'm happy to hear from you again!
I'm glad you liked the photo. Someone posted it on the Ratzinger Fan club forum and I couldn't resist sharing this with everyone. Yes, his smile is quite playful like a little boy's smile. I love his red shoes too. His wearing them may be symbolic perhaps to symbolize his pontificate which he said would center on the Eucharist (thus the red).
It's funny that you mention the Wizard of Oz, because someone mentioned that he looked like "little red riding hood" with his red robe!
God bless our Papa!
He certainly seems to like being Pope, but not in an egotistical way at all.
God bless him!
How instantly the Holy Spirit transformed him into the Vicar of Christ and it is obvious that Benedict is so joyful in his ministry. Our duty is to pray for him because he is sustained partly by our prayers.
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