DESCRIPTION OF THE FEBRUARY 24TH APPARITION
(Today’s apparition was a
private one to Chris with a few comments he was permitted to reveal)
“Our Lady appeared and she talked a lot today. She didn’t give a public message, and I can’t reveal everything she said. What I am allowed to reveal is:
Q. Has Our Lady
revealed to you why she has interjected the Greek Orthodox method of saying the
“Glory Be”? She has instructed us to do
three regular signs of the Cross and the fourth is a Greek Orthodox. Our Lady doesn’t do anything unless she’s
got a good, firm reason. Has she
revealed that to you?
A. Yes, she
has. First of all I want to say that
one reason we do it in the Byzantine way, when we kiss our fingers and
sign right to left, it’s done to unite both churches, the Orthodox Church and
the Catholic Church. One reason also is
it’s a sign of our Orthodox brothers and sisters. That’s the way they make the Sign of the Cross. She’s asking for unity within both churches,
now. So that is one reason why we do it.
The second reason is really a more profound and beautiful
reason. First of all, we do it in the
name of the Father (one complete Sign of the Cross), and of the Son (another
complete Sign of the Cross), and of the Holy Spirit (another complete Sign of
the Cross), and then the last one, even though we don’t say it, even though
it’s made in the Greek ® tradition, we kiss our fingers and we go this way
(right to left) for the Sign of Our Blessed Mother, who is united to the
Cross. So this way we are making the
Sign of the Cross also in unity with Our Lady as her role of Queen and
Co-redemtrix and Mediatrix of All Graces. So those are the two reasons
Q. Why is Our Lady focusing on the Infant of Prague now?
A. The biggest
reason, Our Lady explained, why the Infant of Prague devotion should be, and is
now, on February 13th of every year is that Our Lady says we cannot
live in the Divine Will, nor can we possibly hope to even understand it if
we’re not little and humble and receive the gift of holiness and sanctity, and
these are all virtues that issue forth from the Infant of Prague.
And when you take
the Infant of Prague and have that devotion, which we did .We did that nine-day
novena, and then we had that great, enormous apparition, which I didn’t have
any idea that was going to happen, so I was still reeling from it that very
day. I understood that littleness, humility, child-like love, holiness, all
that, in that way, leads us into a more complete and profound way of living,
loving, and praying in the Divine Will.
We cannot hope, even a little bit, to accept or live in the Divine Will
without those virtues. We just cannot.
And that goes even in receiving Jesus in the
Eucharist. The Divine Will is present
there too. It requires humility and
child-like love and devotion. So in
essence, this is what Our Lady is teaching and that is why we really, really
need to use as our example the Infant of Prague, as our divine model.
But again, also St. Therese, the Little Flower, which we
were invited to read and study, also makes a great connection to the Infant
Jesus, and for those virtues we have to at least try to imitate them. Otherwise
we have no chance of living in the Divine Will, not at all. That is why Our Lady established it
(devotion to the Infant of Prague on every
February 13th).