Glorious Mysteries 3: Holy Spirit

Meditations on the Holy Spirit
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Third Glorious Mystery
Descent of the Holy Spirit

All were filled with the Holy Spirit. They
began to express themselves in foreign
tongues and made bold proclamation as the
Spirit prompted them.

Fruit of the Mystery: Love of God & Charity

1. Mary
Mother of the first
Evangelization
Star of the New
Evangelization

1.**** Mother of Evangelization.

“In the CENACLE
with the apostles, I
have participated as
Mother in the birth
of the Church.
My motherly task is
that of leading the
Church along the
way of its
Evangelization.”
(Gobbi)

Mosaic of the Pentecost, Rosary Basilica. Lourdes, France .

1A. Mother of Evangelization.
Mary is at the Heart of
the Church on the
morning of the
Pentecost. Mary, the
Mother of the Church
leads the apostles in
prayer. Many of the
apostles are confused
and frightened. But
Mary is calm and
recollected, and her
conduct comforts them.
She reminds them,
and us ----to pray.

1B. Mother of the Evangelization.
Vatican II describes
Mary’s prayer at the
Pentecost as a petition
for the whole Church to
receive the Holy Spirit.
With Mary’s ‘Yes’ at the
Annunciation, the Holy
Spirit conceived the
body of Christ in her
womb. With Mary’s
prayerful intercession at
Pentecost, the same
Spirit descend upon the
apostles to form the
Mystical Body of Christ,
the Church.

Details on the event of the Pentecost
as revealed by Our Lady to Mary of Agreda.
 When the days of Pentecost were about to be fulfilled
(Act 2, 1), (which happened fifty days after the
Resurrection of the Lord our Redeemer), the most
blessed Mother saw, how in heaven the humanity (John
14, 26) of the Word conferred with the eternal Father
concerning the promised sending of the divine Paraclete
to the Apostles,. He besought his Father also, that,
besides bringing grace and the invisible gifts the Holy
Ghost appear in the world in visible form.
 On Pentecost morning the blessed Virgin Mary exhorted
the Apostles, the disciples and the pious women,
numbering about one hundred and twenty, to pray more
fervently and renew their hopes, since the hour was at
hand in which they were to be visited by the divine Spirit
from on high.

 At the third hour (nine o'clock), when all of them were
gathered around their heavenly Mistress and engaged in
fervent prayer, the air resounded with a tremendous
thunder and the blowing of a violent wind mixed with the
brightness of fire or lightning, all centering upon the
house of the Cenacle. The house was enveloped in light
and the divine fire was poured out over all of that holy
gathering (Acts 2, 2). Over the head of each of the
hundred and twenty persons appeared a tongue of that
same fire, in which the Holy Ghost had come, filling
each one with divine influences and heavenly gifts and
causing at one and the same time the most diverse and
contrary effects in the Cenacle and in the whole of
Jerusalem, according to the diversity of the persons
affected.

 The purest Lady was transformed and exalted in
God; for She saw intuitively and clearly the Holy
Ghost, and for a short time enjoyed the beatific
vision of the Divinity. Of his gifts and divine
influences She by Herself received more than all
the rest of the saints. Her glory for that space of
time, exceeded that of the angels and of the
blessed.

 The Apostles, as saint Luke says (Acts 2, 11), were also
replenished and filled with the holy Ghost; for they
received a wonderful increase of justifying grace of a
most exalted degree. The twelve Apostles were
confirmed in this sanctifying grace and were never to
lose it. In all of them, according to each one's condition
were infused the habits of the seven gifts: Wisdom,
Understanding, Science, Piety, Counsel, Fortitude and
Fear. In this magnificent blessing, as new as it was
admirable in the world, the twelve Apostles were created
fit ministers of the new Testament and founders of the
evangelical Church for the whole world: for this new
grace and blessing communicated to them a divine
strength most efficacious and sweet, which inclined them
to practice the most heroic virtue and the highest
sanctity. Thus strengthened they prayed, they labored
willingly and accomplished the most difficult and
arduous tasks, engaging in their labors not with sorrow
or from necessity, but with the greatest joy and alacrity.

 In all the rest of the disciples and the faithful, who received the
Holy Ghost in the Cenacle, the Most High wrought proportionally
and respectively the same effects, except that they were not
confirmed in grace like the Apostles. According to the disposition
of each the gifts of grace were communicated in greater or less
abundance in view of the ministry they were to hold in the holy
Church. The same proportion was maintained in regard to the
Apostles; yet saint Peter and saint John were more singularly
favored on account of the high offices assigned to them: the one to
govern the Church as its head, and the other to attend upon and
serve the Queen and Mistress of heaven and of earth, most holy
Mary. The house itself was filled with wonderful light and
splendor. and overflowed and communicated itself also to others
outside of the Cenacle; for it caused diverse and various effects of
the Holy Spirit among the inhabitants of Jerusalem and its vicinity.
All those, who with some piety had compassioned our Savior Jesus
in his Passion and Death, deprecating his most bitter torments and
reverencing his sacred Person, were interiorly visited with new
light and grace, which disposed them afterwards to accept the
doctrine of the Apostles. Others of the just who were in Jerusalem
outside of the Cenacle, also felt great interior consolations, by
which they were moved and predisposed by new effects of grace
wrought in each one proportionately by the Holy Ghost.

 Not less wonderful, although more hidden, were some contrary
effects produced on that day by the Holy Ghost in Jerusalem. By
the dreadful thunders and violent commotion of the atmosphere
and the lightnings accompanying his advent, He disturbed and
terrified the enemies of the Lord in that city, each one according to
his own malice and perfidy. This chastisement was particularly
evident in those who had actively concurred in procuring the death
of Christ, and who had signalized themselves in their rabid fury
against Him. All these fell to the ground on their faces and
remained thus for three hours. Those that had scourged the Lord
were suddenly choked in their own blood, which shot forth from
their veins in punishment for shedding that of the Master. The
audacious servant, who had buffeted the Lord, not only suddenly
died, but was hurled into hell body and soul. Others of the Jews,
although they did not die, were chastised with intense pains and
abominable sicknesses. These disorders, consequent upon
shedding the blood of Christ, descended to their posterity and
even to this day continue to afflict their children with most horrible
impurities. This chastisement became notorious in Jerusalem,
although the priests and pharisees diligently sought to cover it up,
just as they had tried to conceal the Resurrection of the Savior. As
these events, however, were not so important, neither the Apostles
nor the Evangelists wrote about them.

1C. Mother of the Second Evangelization.
“I am the Mother of
the second
evangelization. I am
guiding you as a star
along the bright way
of fidelity to Christ
and to the Gospel. My
motherly task is that
of forming you into
apostles of the second
evangelization.”
(Gobbi)

The Holy Spirit,
Principle agent of
Evangelization:

Changes our hearts and
Opens our minds

2.**** The Holy Spirit is the “Principal
agent of Evangelization”.
The Holy Spirit filled the
Apostles with Truth and
Love. They were infused the
Seven gifts of the Holy
Spirit: Wisdom, Knowledge,
Understanding, Piety, Fear,
Counsel, and Fortitude.
By this blessing, the Twelve
were transformed into truly
apostolic founders and
missionaries.
This event marks the birth
of the Church.

2A. The Holy Spirit changes our hearts.

The Ten Commandments written
on stone is not enough as the
Israelite constantly failed to keep
it. The new law is written by the
Holy Spirit in the hearts of
believers, prompting them to love
as Christ loved, turning them
away from sin, and giving them
the power to fulfill the law, which
they could not keep on their own.
(Rom. 8:1-4; CCC 733)

“God has sent the Spirit of his
Son into our hearts, crying,
‘Abba! Father!’ (Gal 4:6)

2B. The Holy Spirit changes our hearts

“A new heart I will give you, and a
new spirit I will put within you;
and I will take out of your flesh
the heart of stone and give you a
heart of flesh. And I will put my
spirit within you, and cause you
to walk in my statutes.”
(Ez. 36: 26-27)

“I will put my law within them and
I will write it upon their hearts; I
will be their God, and they shall
be my people.”
(Jer. 31: 31-33)

2C. The Holy spirit opens our minds
The Holy Spirit prepares
men and goes out to
them with his grace, in
order to draw them to
Christ.
The Spirit manifests the
risen Lord to them,
recalls his word to them
and opens their minds to
the understanding of his
Death and Resurrection.
(Catechism)

2E. The Holy Spirit is the “Principal
agent of Evangelization”.
The twelve Apostles were made
fit ministers of the new
Testament and founders of the
evangelical Church for the
whole world. A divine
strength most efficacious and
sweet, inclined them to practice
the most heroic virtue and the
highest sanctity. They prayed,
they labored, and accomplished
the most difficult and arduous
tasks, engaging in their labors
with the greatest joy and

2D. The Holy Spirit is the “Principal
agent of Evangelization”. my immaculate Heart
“In
the Holy Spirit communicates
himself to you in an ever more
munificent manner. He breathes
upon you with love, transforming
you into sparks of fire, flames of
grace, stars of sanctity and zeal
for renewing the firmament of
the Church.
He communicates Himself to you
with his seven holy gifts, and
makes you suitable instruments
for the conversion of the world.”
(Gobbi)

3.** Evangelization is the work of the
Holy Spirit. “Only the Spirit of Love can
renew the Church and the
whole world. Only the Spirit
of Love can prepare hearts,
souls, the Church and all
humanity to receive Jesus
who will return to you in
glory. The Holy Spirit has
the task of transforming all
humanity and renewing the
earth. You are living in the
time of the Holy Spirit.”

3A. Evangelization is the work of the
Holy Spirit. “Only the spirit of Love can
renew the Church and the
whole world. Only the spirit
of the Lord can overcome
the power of the huge Red
Dragon. The huge Red
Dragon is Marxist atheism
which has succeeded in
building up a new
civilization without God,
materialistic, egoistic,
hedonistic and cold.”
(Gobbi)

3B. You must be We can be witnesses of Christ
only if we allows ourselves to
holy missionaries. be led by the Holy Spirit who is
‘the principal agent of
evangelization’ and ‘the
Principal agent of mission’.
You must be holy and you must
be missionaries, since we can
never separate holiness from
mission. Do not be afraid to
become holy missionaries like
St. Francis Xavier who travelled
through the Far East, or like St.
Therese of the Child Jesus
who was a missionary even
though she never left the
Carmelite convent.
(Pope Benedict XVI)

3C. Missionary fruitfulness depends on prayer.
“If we are to understand the
mission of the Church, we must
go back to the Upper Room.
This icon of the nascent Church
should be a constant source of
inspiration for every Christian.

Apostolic and missionary
fruitfulness is not principally
due to programs and pastoral
methods that are cleverly drawn
up and efficient, but is the result
of the community`s constant
prayer.”
(Pope Benedict XVI)

 The second I will mention is the power of the
Holy Spirit. If we want to re-evangelize our
secularized countries, we must go through a
Pentecost experience. Only after Pentecost were
the apostles able to preach Jesus with such power.
------Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal
household.

 “In the spiritual cenacle of my Immaculate Heart, the miraculous
event of the Second Pentecost must now be accomplished, implored
and expected by you.
 Tongues of divine fire will bring heat and life to a humanity which
has now become cold from egotism and hatred, from violence and
wars.
 Tongues of fire will come down to enlighten and sanctify the
Church, and will heal Her of every malady, will purify Her of every
stain and every infidelity.
 Tongues of fire will come down upon you all, my poor children, so
ensnared and seduced by Satan.
 The Holy Spirit will work the new miracle of universal
transformation in the heart and the life of all: sinners will be
converted, the weak will find support; the sick will receive healing,
those far away will return to the house of the Father; those
separated and divided will attain full unity.
 Tongues of fire of the Spirit of Love will renew the whole world,
which will become completely transformed by the greatest
manifestation of Divine Mercy.” (Gobbi)

Purify us
“Through interior suffering and by means of trials, the Church will be
led to its divine splendor. It will be healed of the wounds of error and
cured of the leprosy of sin. Through the power of fire and of blood, the
whole world will also be renewed.” (Gobbi)

Purify us
“Pray to the Father that the fire of the Spirit will purify you from all
traces of sin. The Holy Spirit will come down as fire which will burn
and transform everything, sanctify and renew the earth, and lead all
souls to holiness and grace. Only the Spirit of Love can renew the
whole world.” (Gobbi)

Listen to the Holy Spirit

Holy Spirit, You dwell within us.
Help us to listen to You as You
guide us on the Way to Heaven.
Help us to see and appreciate
Your work in the Church.

Deliver us from falsehood and
Dispel our ignorance.

Open our sinful lips and teach us
how and what to pray for.

Cenacle with Mary
for the New Evangelization
 Our Lady’s invitation to the
whole Church to enter into
Cenacle to bring about a New
Pentecost. “Come, Holy Spirit.”

4.**** Invitation to CENACLE with Mary
“I invite the whole church
to gather together in a
continuous prayer made
with me and through me, in
order to obtain the gift of a
new and second Pentecost
for the Church and for all
humanity.”
My Immaculate Heart must
now become the new and
spiritual CENACLE in
which you must all gather
together to obtain the gift
of the Second Pentecost.”
(Gobbi)

4A. Invitation to CENACLE with Mary

“Come, O Holy Spirit,

•Renew the whole Church,
•Renew the face of the
earth,
•Make us courageous
witnesses of the gospel,
•Renew the life of all those
who have been baptised,
•Open the way for hearts to
the understanding of the
truth.” (Gobbi)

4B. “Come Holy Spirit!
Come and transform the hearts
of all your people!
Come quickly, so we may at
long last “see” the new heavens
and new earth: where men can
live together as in a large
family; where the wound of
egoism, hatred, impurity,
injustice may be healed.”
The new era will be able to come
only as a gift of the Holy Spirit,
not as the work of man. It is
necessary to ask for this gift
through a continual and trusting
prayer.” (Gobbi)

4C. “It is necessary that the second
Pentecost come quickly. I renew
today the invitation to all the Church
to enter into the CENACLE which
the heavenly Mother has prepared
for you for the final times. You are
able to enter through the act of
consecration to my Immaculate
Heart. I request that this
consecration, asked by me with such
anxious insistence, be made by the
bishop, the priests the religious and
the faithful. Let it be made by all in
order to shorten the time of the great
trial which has now arrived.” (Gobbi)

Henri and Antoine Cibille. 17th century, Pentecost . Pays d’Ussel France.

5.** The Second Pentecost
“You have now entered into
the times of the second
Pentecost. For this reason,
it is necessary that these
CENACLES of prayer
carried out with me and by
means of me, be multiplied
in every part of the world.

I ask that all the Church be
gathered together in the
spiritual CENACLE of my
Immaculate Heart.” (Gobbi)

 “A new and universal effusion of the Holy Spirit is
necessary to arrive at the new times, so longed for.
It is necessary that the Second Pentecost come
quickly. It can come to pass only in the spiritual
cenacle of my Immaculate Heart.
 I renew today the invitation to all the Church to
enter into the cenacle which the heavenly Mother
has prepared for you for the final times. You are
able to enter through the act of consecration to my
Immaculate Heart.
 I request that this consecration, asked by me with
such anxious insistence, be made by the bishop,
the priests, the religious and the faithful.

 The triumph of my Immaculate Heart will coincide with
the great prodigy of the Second Pentecost.
 A new fire will come down from heaven and will purify all
humanity, which has again become pagan. Thus sinners
will come back to grace and holiness; the straying to the
road of righteousness; those far away to the house of the
Father, the sick to complete healing; the wicked
collaborators of Satan will be defeated and condemned for
ever.
 Unite yourselves to me, my little children, in invoking
today the gift of the Holy Spirit. Let your prayer be
habitual, repeated frequently, because it has been taught
to you and demanded of you by your heavenly Mother:
“Come Holy Spirit, come by means of the powerful
intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your well-
beloved Spouse.” (Gobbi)

6.** Come, Holy Spirit--Mary’s specific words
“My Immaculate Heart is the
golden door through which
the Holy Spirit passes to
come to you and bring you to
the Second Pentecost.
And so I invite you to repeat
often: “Come, Holy Spirit,
come by means of the
powerful intercession of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary,
your well-beloved Spouse.”
(Gobbi)

6A. Come, Holy Spirit
“My powerful function as mediatrix
between you and my Son is above
all exercised in obtaining for you in
superabundance, the Spirit of Love.
My immaculate Heart is the golden
doorway through which the Holy
Spirit passes to reach you.
And so I invite you to repeat often:
‘Come, Holy Spirit, come by means
of the powerful intercession of
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, your
well-beloved Spouse.’
The Holy Spirit, invoked by means of
me, has communicated Himself to
you with his seven holy gifts.
Let it become your habitual prayer.”
(Gobbi)

 “I obtain for you the gift of the Holy Spirit, who descends
upon this, your cenacle, as He descended upon the
Cenacle of Jerusalem. It is the Holy Spirit who transforms
you, who changes your heart and gives wisdom to your
mind, so that you may be today a light burning on a
mountaintop in these times of great darkness.
 Go out from this cenacle in peace and joy. I am always
with you. Spread my light everywhere so that the dew of
Divine mercy may reach all.”
 My plan is to lead all my children along the road of perfect
imitation of Jesus that He may live again in them. My plan
is to prepare hearts and souls to receive the Holy Spirit.
My plan is to point out to all my children the way of faith
and of hope, of love and of purity, of goodness and of
holiness.” (Gobbi)

7. Cenacle with Mary to invoke the
descent of the Holy Spirit upon nations
“Come Holy Spirit!
Come and transform the
hearts of all your people!
The new era will come only
as a gift of the Holy Spirit,
not as the work of man.”
(Gobbi)
Popes Benedict, John Paul
II and Paul VI have called
repeatedly for a new out-
pouring of the Holy Spirit
on the People of God. We
need a golden age of the
Holy spirit for the second
Evangelization of nations.

8. We pray for
the world
There is an old
man at the centre
of the Icon who
symbolizes the
world. He reminds
us that we do not
pray for ourselves
alone, but for the
entire world.
Our prayer helps
to transform not
only ourselves, but
also our friends,
neighbours, and
the world.
How to pray with icons. By Myroslaw Tataryn

Words of the Queen on
Be my Apostles

9. Be my Apostles
“Be my apostles, in spreading
everywhere the one and only
light of Christ.
Be my apostles, in spreading
my light and in leading
everyone into the refuge of
my Immaculate Heart.

Fight with prayer and
penance. Let the Rosary be
your victorious weapon.”
(Gobbi)

10.**** Apostles of these last times:
“Go out from this
cenacle, renewed by
the Holy Spirit, as
courageous apostles
of the second
evangelization to
which I am calling
you. Go to every
part of the world to
carry the light of
Christ. I am always
with you and
guiding you.”
Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308. Siena. (Gobbi)

10A. Apostles of these last times
“You must be the
apostles of these last
times. Go out
everywhere and
proclaim with strength
and courage the
Gospel of Jesus. Walk
along the path of
contempt for the world
and for yourselves.
Cause the rays of light
of your faith, of your
holiness and of your
love to come down
upon the world. I am
with you. (Gobbi)
Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308. Siena.

 “I am the Mother of the second evangelization. I
am guiding you as a star along the bright way of
fidelity to Christ and to his Gospel. You need to
return to a belief in the Gospel of Jesus. You must
announce it to all in the strength of its integrity.
Preach it with the same clarity with which my Son
Jesus announced it to you.
 My mother task is that of forming you into apostles
of the second evangelization. I invite you beloved
sons, to consecrate yourselves to my Immaculate
Heart in order to be formed and guided by me.
Moved by the power of the Holy Spirit, which your
heavenly Mother is obtaining for you, go and
preach to every creature---be converted; believe in
the Gospel.” (Gobbi)

 “You are being called to be the instruments of the
triumph of my Immaculate Heart in the world. I
have obtained for you a special outpouring of the
Holy spirit. I have worked deeply in your hearts
and in your souls, to make you fit to carry out my
great plan of love and mercy.
 My times, and yours, have arrived. Show
yourselves to all as the apostles of these last times.
Your light must shine ever more brightly in the
great darkness.
 Let your love be a sign of my motherly presence , a
soothing balm on the wounds of these times of
yours, a heavenly dew for the suffering Church.

 “I have a great design upon you. This design of
mine has been revealed to you in every detail. It
must now appear to the Church and to humanity in
all its splendor, because these are the times of your
maturity and of your public witness.
 As apostles of the last times, you must announce
with courage all the truths of the Catholic faith .
You must follow Jesus along the road of disdain
for the world and for yourselves, of humility,
prayer, poverty, silence, mortification, charity and
a more profound union with God. You are
unknown and despised by the world and by those
who surround you. This suffering is necessary for
the fecundity of your very mission.

 “As apostles of the last times, you must now
illumine the earth with the light of Christ. You
have the duty of carrying out the second
evangelization. Evangelize the Church. Evangelize
humanity which has again become pagan after
almost two thousand years. Evangelize all men,
who has become victims of errors, of evil, and of
sin. Evangelize the peoples and the nations of the
earth.
 Allow the Holy Spirit to mould you with his sweet
and powerful action of love. Only thus can you be
ready for the great plan which awaits you.”
 You form the new heart of the new Church.

 “Now I am asking you to become the apostles of the new
era. There awaits you the task of rebuilding the Church.
Give to all the light of Christ and of his Gospel.
 There awaits you the task of evangelizing this poor
humanity. Take them up in your arms, these straying
children of mine, and carry them all into the safe
sheepfold of my Immaculate Heart.
 There awaits you the task of causing the sweet balm of my
motherly tenderness to come down upon so many open
and bleeding wounds. You must be an expression of my
love and my motherly concern. Love all with the strength
of your heart and with the light which is given you by your
heavenly Mother.
 If you carry out this task which I am entrusting to you
today, you become truly the apostles of the new era.

 “The moment of your public witness has come. Show
yourselves to all as my little sons, as the apostles formed by
me for the great task of the new evangelization which is
awaiting you. I am calling you all to be apostles of the
second evangelization. I am entrusting to each one of you
my motherly mandate : go and evangelize.
 Go to every part of this great nation of yours. Go into
every place, even the most distant and out-of-the way.
 Go to all my children, especially those furthest away, to
the sinners, to the poor, to those who are victims of evil, of
vice, of egoism, of hatred, of impurity.
 Evangelize this poor humanity, which has again become
pagan after nearly two thousands years. Let the idols be
destroyed, the idols of pleasure, money, pride, impurity,
atheism, unbridled egoism, hatred and violence.

 “Come out of your hiding, my beloved sons, and go
everywhere to enlighten the earth with the sole
light of Christ. Your times have arrived. Do not be
afraid if you are unknown to the world, if your are
despised, rejected and persecuted. I am always with
you. Show yourselves to all as my beloved sons, the
apostles of these last times. Walk along the road of
contempt for the world and for yourselves, of
humility and littleness, of love and purity.
 Love always; judge no one.
 Set out upon all the roads of the world, in search
of my poor straying children, the poor, the sick, the
abandoned, the oppressed. Carry them all into the
safe refuge of my Immaculate Heart.

 “Evangelize the suffering and divided Church. Let the
Gospel of Jesus, preached and lived to the letter, become
the only light.
 Evangelize all men, preaching that the reign of God is at
hand. The moment of the second coming of Jesus is
drawing close. Throw open the doors to Jesus Christ who
is coming!
 Preach the need for prayer and penance, for courageous
practice of all the virtues, for the adoration and reparation
offered to Jesus present in the Eucharist. Spread
everywhere the cenacles of prayer which I have been
asking of you. Above all, spread everywhere the family
cenacles.
 Do not be afraid. I am with you always and I am leading
you along this bright path.

 “My Immaculate Heart will Triumph over this
ailing and materialistic humanity. Go and preach
the necessity of prayer and penance, of conversion
and return to the Lord. It is you who must be the
instruments of this general return. It is you who
must be the apostles of this second evangelization.
 My Immaculate Heart will triumph over this
suffering and divided Church. It is you who must
be this instruments of the interior renewal of all
the Church, you who are called to be the new
heart of the new Church.
 I have granted to all the grace of a change of
heart, and a transformation of life. I am with you
and I will cause you to feel my motherly presence
in an extraordinary way.” (Gobbi)

For the Salvation of the World.
 “I unite myself with your prayer. In these times of
yours, the prayer of my priests is necessary to me
for the salvation of the world. As a Mother, I call
you to meet with each other. I help you to get to
know one another, I urge you to love one another.
It is thus that I am able to realize in each one of
you the plan for the triumph of my Immaculate
Heart, for the salvation of the world.
 For the salvation of the world, I am making you
precious instruments of Divine Mercy.

 Carry in your arms the little ones, the poor, the weak.
Walk with the feet of your heavenly Mother to seek out
those who are farthest away, to help those who are
marginalized and abandoned.
 For the salvation of the world, I want to make of you the
new heart of the new Church. Be in the Church my very
presence. Love with my Heart your holy Mother Church,
who is suffering and carrying such a great and heavy
cross.
 I have obtained in abundance the gifts of the Holy spirit,
who has worked in you a transformation of heart and of
life. You will soon come to understand how important
these days have been for you. I give you the grace of living
in the Heart of the Most Holy Trinity, where you heavenly
Mother has her habitual dwelling place.”

The happy beginning
and the golden age
of the evangelical
Church

.. all were filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in foreign
10. tongues and made bold proclamations, as the Spirit prompted them.
“The whole world awaits your announcement with ardent hope. You
are the apostles of this second evangelization. Preach to all peoples
that Christ is the one and only Lord, your saviour and redeemer.”
(Gobbi)

The Children’s Illustrated Bible. Hermes House

“You are surprised that, in spite of all this, only three thousand were
.
converted by the first sermon of the Apostle among all that great
multitude then in Jerusalem. It should cause a greater surprise that in
our times so few are converted to the way of eternal life, as the Gospel
is more widespread, its preaching is frequent, its ministers numerous,
the light of the Church clearer and the knowledge of the divine
mysteries more definite. With all this men are blinder, the hearts more
hardened, pride more inflated, avarice more bold, and all the vices are
practiced without fear of God and without consideration.” (Mary of
Agreda)

The Children’s Illustrated Bible. Hermes House

 On account of the visible and open signs, by which the
Holy Ghost descended upon the Apostles, the whole city
of Jerusalem with its inhabitants was stirred to wonder.
When the news of the astounding events at the house of
the Cenacle spread about, the multitude of the people
gathered in crowds to know more of the happenings
(Acts 2, 6). On that day was being celebrated one of the
paschs or feasts of the Jews; and as well on this account,
as on account of the special dispensation of heaven, the
city was crowded with foreigners and strangers from all
parts of the world.
 They all left the house of the Cenacle and, placing
themselves before the multitudes, began to preach the
mysteries of the faith and of eternal life. Though until
then they had been so shy and seclusive, they now
stepped forth with unhesitating boldness and poured
forth burning words, that like a flashing fire penetrated to
the souls of their hearers.

 All the Apostles, on account of the plenitude of science
and of gifts gratuitously received, were able to speak in
the languages of all nations, because that was necessary
for the preaching of the Gospel, This miracle the Lord
wrought at the time in order that they might be
understood and believed by those different nations, and
in order that saint Peter might not be obliged to repeat in
the different languages of those present, what he
preached to them concerning the mysteries of faith. He
preached only once and all heard and understood him,
each in his own language, and so it happened also with
the other Apostles.
 What saint Luke says about their speaking different
languages, must be understood as meaning, that the
Apostles were then and there able to understand them.

 The three thousand, who were converted by the first
sermon of saint Peter, were from all the nations then
gathered in Jerusalem, so that forthwith all nations,
without excluding any, might partake of the fruits of the
Redemption, all might be gathered to the Church, and all
might experience the grace of the Holy Spirit; for the
holy Church was to be composed of all nations and
tribes.
 The tenderest Mother remained prostrate with her face
upon the ground during the whole time, tearfully praying
for the conversion of all that subjected themselves to the
faith of the Savior, and for all the rest, if they should
consent to cooperate with the helps and the graces of the
Lord. The most holy Mary sent many of her
accompanying angels with holy inspirations,
encouraging the sacred Apostles and giving them
strength to inquire and to manifest more explicitly the
hidden mysteries of the humanity and Divinity of Christ
our Redeemer. The angels fulfilled all the commands of

 The Apostle saint Peter spoke to the recently converted and said to
them: "My brethren, and servants of the Most High, this is the
Mother of our Redeemer and Master, Jesus Christ, whose faith you
have received in acknowledging Him as true God and man. She
has given Him the human form, conceiving Him in her womb,
and She bore Him, remaining a Virgin before, during and after his
birth. Receive Her as your Mother, our Refuge and Intercessor, for
through Her you and we shall receive light, direction, and release
from our sins and miseries."
 The privilege of conferring great interior blessings and of giving
light to those who looked upon Her with pious veneration, was
renewed and extended in Her time when She was at the right hand
of her divine Son in heaven. As all of those faithful partook of these
blessings in the presence of their Queen, they prostrated
themselves at her feet and with tears besought her assistance and
blessing. But the humble and prudent Queen evaded this latter,
because of the presence of the Apostles, who were priests, and of
saint Peter, the Vicar of Christ. Then this Apostle said to Her
"Lady, do not refuse to these faithful what they piously ask for the
consolation their souls." The blessed Mary obeyed the head of the
Church and in humble serenity of a Queen She gave her blessing
to the newly converted.

As they perceived how obediently She had yielded to saint Peter, they
turned to him and begged him to ask Her not to send them away
without some word of encouragement. Saint Peter though he
considered this favor very proper for the souls who had been born
again to Christ by his preaching and that of the other Apostles,
nevertheless, aware that the Mother of Wisdom knew well what
was to be done, presumed to say no more than these words;
"Lady, listen to the petitions of thy servants and children." Then
the great Lady obeyed and said to the converts: "My dearest
brethren in the Lord, give thanks and praise with your whole
hearts to the Almighty God, because from among all men He has
called and drawn you to the sure path of eternal life in the
knowledge of the holy faith you have received. Be firm in your
confession of it from all your hearts and in hearing and believing
all that the law of grace contains as preached and ordained by its
true Teacher Jesus, my Son and your Redeemer. Be eager to hear
and obey his Apostles, who teach and instruct you, so that you
may be signed and marked by Baptism in the character of children
of the Most High. I offer myself as your handmaid to assist you in
all that serves toward your consolation, and I shall ask Him to look
upon you as a kind Father and to manifest to you the true joy of
his countenance, communicating to you also his grace."

 The Apostles and disciples from that day on continued without
intermission their preaching and their miracles, and through the entire
octave they instructed not only the three thousand, who had
been converted on Pentecost day, but multitudes of others, who day
by day accepted the faith. Since they came from all parts of the world,
they conversed and spoke with each one in his own language; for
they spoke in various languages from that time on. This grace was
given not only to the Apostles, although it was more complete and
noticeable in them; also the disciples and all the one hundred and
twenty, who were in the Cenacle at the time, and also the holy
women, who received the Holy Ghost, were thus favored. This was
really necessary at the time on account of the great multitudes, who
came to the faith. Many after having heard them, went to Magdalen
and her companions, who catechized, instructed and converted them
and others that came at the report of the miracles they performed.
For this gift was also conferred on the women, who, by the
imposition of hands, cured all the sicknesses, gave sight to the blind,
tongue to the mute, motion to the lame, and life to many of the dead.
These and other wonders were principally wrought by the Apostles,
nevertheless both their miracles and those of the women excited the
wonder and astonishment of all Jerusalem; so that nothing else was
talked about except the prodigies and the preaching of the Apostles

 This was the happy beginning and the golden age
of the evangelical Church, where the rushing of
the stream rejoiced the city of God (Ps. 45, 5) and
the current of grace and the gifts of the Holy
Ghost fertilized this new paradise recently planted
by the hands of the Savior Jesus, while in its midst
stood the tree of life, most holy Mary. Then was
faith alive, hope firm, charity ardent, sincerity
pure, humility true, justice most equitable, when
the faithful neither knew avarice nor followed
vanity, when they trod under foot vain pomp,
were free from covetousness, pride, ambition,
which later prevailed among the professors of the
faith, who while confessing themselves followers
of Christ, denied Him in their works.

 It will be possible in this third part to describe only a minute
portion of the wonderful and great works accomplished by the
mighty Queen in the primitive Church; but from those which I will
describe, and from her life in this world after the Ascension, much
can be inferred. For She did not rest or lose one moment or
occasion of conferring some singular favor either upon the whole
Church or some of its members. For She consumed Herself either
in praying and beseeching her divine Son, without ever
experiencing a refusal; or in exhorting, instructing, counseling,
and, as Treasurer and Dispenser of the divine favors, distributing
graces in diverse manners among the children of the Gospel.
Among the hidden mysteries, which were made known to me
concerning this power of the blessed Mary, was also this, that in
those first ages, during which She lived in the holy Church, the
number of the damned was proportionately very small; and that,
comparatively, in those few years a greater number were saved
than in many succeeding ages.

 It is true we have not the happiness of seeing Her, conversing with
Her and listening to Her with bodily senses; and in this respect
those first children of the Church were more fortunate. But let us
all remember, that in the heavenly knowledge and charity of this
most loving Mother we were all present to Her, also during those
times (Vol. III, 78); for She saw and knew us all in the order and
succession in which we were be born in the Church; and She
prayed and interceded for us no less than for those who lived in her
times. Nor is She at present less powerful in heaven, than She was
then upon earth; nor less our Mother, than of those first children;
and She held us as her own, just as well them. But alas! that our
faith and our fervor and devotion should be so very different! Not
She has changed, nor is her love less ardent, nor would we
experience less of her intercession and protection, if in troubled
times we would hasten to her with the same sentiments of humility
and fervor, asking for her prayers and trustfully relying upon Her
for help, as was the case with those devoted Christians in the first
beginning. Without a doubt the whole Catholic Church would then
immediately experience the same assistance of the Queen
throughout the whole world.

 Many of those new faithful, highly impressed with her greatness by
their conversation with the heavenly Mistress, returned to present
to Her jewels and the richest gifts; especially the women despoiled
themselves of fineries to lay them at her feet. But She would
receive or permit none of these gifts. She secretly inspired the
minds of the givers to bring them to the Apostles, in order that
they might be equitably and justly distributed in charity among the
most poor and needy of the faithful. The poor and the sick She
received with ineffable kindness, and many of them she cured of
inveterate and long-standing infirmities. Through the hands of
saint John She supplied many secret wants, never omitting the
least point of virtue. As the Apostles and disciples were engaged all
day in preaching the faith and in converting those that came, the
great Queen busied Herself in preparing their food and attending
to their comfort; and at stated times She served the priests on her
knees and with incredible humility and reverence asked to kiss
their hands. This She observed especially with the Apostles,
knowing and beholding their souls confirmed in grace, endowed
with all that the Holy Ghost had wrought in them and exalted by
their dignity of being the high priests and the founders of the
Church (Eph. 2, 20). Sometimes She saw them clothed in great
splendor, which elicited from Her increased reverence and
veneration.

WORDS OF THE QUEEN
 On the Predestination of Souls

 Attitude most pleasing to God

 New union with God and inner
peace
 Coming of the Holy Spirit in our
time

 WORDS OF THE QUEEN on the Predestination of
Souls. (The Virgin Mary speaks to Sister Mary of Agreda, Spain.)
 “My daughter, in what thou hast come to know of the events related
in this chapter, thou wilt find a great deal that points to the mystery
of the predestination of souls. Be convinced that, since the
Redemption was so overflowing and copious, it was sufficient for
the salvation of all men (Rom. 5, 20). The divine truth was made
known to all, whoever heard its preaching or who saw the effects of
the coming of the Godman into the world. Besides the outward
preaching and knowledge of the remedy, all received interior
inspirations and helps in order to seek and accept the means. You
are surprised that, in spite of all this, only three thousand were
converted by the first sermon of the Apostle among all that great
multitude then in Jerusalem. It should cause a greater surprise that
in our times so few are converted to the way of eternal life, as the
Gospel is more widespread, its preaching is frequent, its ministers
numerous, the light of the Church clearer and the knowledge of the
divine mysteries more definite. With all this men are blinder, the
hearts more hardened, pride more inflated, avarice more bold, and
all the vices are practiced without fear of God and without
consideration.”

 In this most perverse and unhappy state mortals
cannot complain of the most high and equitable
providence of the Lord, who offers to all and every
one his fatherly mercy, and points out to them both
the way of life and the way of death; so that if any
man hardens his heart, God can permit it in
strictest justice. The reprobate will have none but
themselves to blame, if afterwards, when there is
no more time, they shall be uselessly dismayed with
what in opportune time they could and should have
known. If in the short and transient life, which is
given to them in order to merit the eternal, they
close their eyes and ears to the truth and to the
light, and if they listen to the demon, giving
themselves up to all the promptings of his malice;
if they thus abuse the goodness and clemency of
the Lord, what can they then allege as their

 If they do not know how to pardon an injury and for the
slightest offense meditate the direst vengeance; if, for the
sake of increasing their property, they pervert the entire
order of reason and of natural brotherhood; if for a
passing delight they forget the eternal pains, and if, in
addition to all this, they despise the warnings, helps and
admonitions sent to them by God to inspire them with the
fear of perdition and induce them to avoid it, how shall
they afterwards find fault with the divine clemency? Let
then mortals, who have sinned against God, undeceive
themselves: without penance there shall be no grace,
without reform no pardon, without pardon no glory. But
just as these are not conceded to those that are unworthy,
so they are also never denied to those that are worthy; nor
is ever the mercy of God withheld from any one who seeks
to obtain it.”

At a meeting of the Apostles and disciples, when the subject
of money was being discussed, Peter and John asked the
Blessed Virgin to describe to them the attitude that would
be most pleasing to her Son, and She said:
“My masters and brethren, many times during His
life our true Teacher, my divine Son, told me that
one of the important purposes of His coming into
the world was to uplift poverty and to teach it to
mortals who have a horror of it. In His
conversation, His teachings and His holy life, He
made me understand that the holiness and
perfection which He had come to teach were to be
based on the most perfect voluntary poverty and
contempt of money. I am therefore of the opinion
that we should all detach our hearts from the love
of money and of wealth.”Mary of Agreda. Mystical city of

Words of the Blessed Virgin on New Union with
God and Inner Peace
(to Venerable Mother Mary of Agreda)
“My daughter, the Divine Spirit in coming for the first time
upon the Apostles, intended it as a pledge and proof that He
would confer the same favour on the rest of the children of
the Church, and that He was ready to communicate His Gifts
to all who would dispose themselves to receive them.
Blessed is the soul who longs for this grace which enkindles,
enlightens, and consumes all that is earthly and carnal and
raises it up to a new union with God .
As your true and loving Mother, I want you to have this
happiness, and therefore I again urge you to prepare your
heart by trying to maintain an unshatterable inner peace
and calm, no matter what happens to you.”

 WORDS OF THE QUEEN on Coming of the Holy spirit in our Times
(The Virgin Mary speaks to Sister Mary of Agreda, Spain.)
 “My daughter, so great was the love, by which He sought to draw
them to Himself, that, in order to make them sharers of his divine
perfections, He sent them first the Son, who is wisdom (John 3, 16)
and afterwards the holy Ghost, who is love, so that all might be
enriched in the manner in which they were capable. The divine
Spirit, intended it as a pledge and testimony, that He would confer
the same favor on the rest of the children of the Church, and that
He was ready to communicate his gifts to all who would dispose
themselves to receive them. Also in our times He comes to many just
souls, although not so openly. The interior effects and gifts are all of
the same nature, acting according to the disposition and state of the
one who receives them.
 Blessed is the soul which sighs and aspires after this blessing and
seeks to participate in this divine fire which enkindles, enlightens
and consumes all that is terrestrial and carnal, which purifies and
raises it up to new existence and a new union with God himself.
 As your true and loving Mother, I want you to have this happiness,
and therefore I again urge you to prepare your heart by trying to
maintain an unshatterable inner peace and calm, no matter what
happens to you.”

The ( National ) Rosary For the Evangelization of
(Nations)
1. Fatima Prayer: To Eucharistic Jesus, source of all
evangelization.
“O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of
hell, lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are in
most need of thy mercy.”

2. Invocation of the Holy Spirit: Principal agent of
evangelization.
“Come, Holy Spirit! Fill the hearts of the (National) people
and enkindle in them the fire of your love! Come by means
of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, your well-beloved Spouse.”

3. Prayer to Our Lady of ( Nation ): Star of the new
evangelization.
“Hail Holy Queen, Mother of (Nation), come and present the
(National) people to Jesus, the fruit of thy womb.
Look upon them continually with mercy and through your

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