“I AM THE MOTHER OF GOD”

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Mother of Grace, Mother of Peace!

Mother of Peace, give us Peace,

Do not turn from thy children

Thy gentle eyes!

Mother of the Redeemer,

Obtain Peace for the world,

And the grace of God for all souls. Amen.



MESSAGES OF OUR LADY TO PRIESTS

(To be read by priests ONLY)

These Messages have been translated from the

original Italian with utmost care. The aim of the

translator was not literary, but simple fidelity

to the exact words of our Blessed Mother.

The editor has sought and obtained from highly

responsible ecclesiastics who know the recipient

intimately
,
unanimous testimony regarding the

reliability of these Messages. These prudent

priests vouch for the great virtue of the person

who received the Messages while they offer con-

vincing proofs that they are genuine revelations

from the Immaculate Heart of Mary to her
priests. First published on December 8

,
1946 with

the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Foggia
,
they

have since been published in many languages
with extraordinary benefit to souls.

We intend in no way to anticipate the judgment
of the Church on the supernatural origin of these

Messages. It is enough to read them humbly to

sense that if the Blessed Mother spoke
,

she

could not have spoken otherwise.

The picture on the frontispiece was drawn by

this privileged person who received the Messages
although she had never studied drawing or

painting.

While this leaflet contains nothing which could

scandalize persons who by association with priests
know their virtues and also their defects

,
stilly

according to the wishes of Our Lady
f
solicitous

for the honor of her beloved sons
,

it should be

reserved for priests.



TRIPLE MESSAGE

FIRST MESSAGE—May, 1943

The Queen of Heaven said:

The priests are my most cherished sons.

But in these last years many of them have

torn my Heart! I have seen the holiness of

my intimate ones decrease.

Those who have consoled me are the ones

who have sacrificed themselves on behalf of

souls, bearing the weight of misunderstand-

ings, calumnies, outrages. They are the ones

who have suffered and are suffering in them-

selves the whole Passion of my beloved Son

in all its details.

Proclaim to your last breath to these dear

sons that I love them! that they are my

consolation . . .

But you must also tell the others that they

must amend, and that soon! They must cease

to tear the Soul and Body of my Son, and

my own. They must change, and become pure,

humble, poor, generous at all times; become

compassionate with those who are in pain,

with those who suffer, with thoje who are sick,

with those who are persecuted; become patient

in adversities, in trials, in misfortunes; with

the importunate, with the little ones, with

the aged.

All these virtues, which ought to be thriving

in the priest, have faded in many.—Proclaim
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that they must return to the way of holiness,

and quickly.—Faith without works is dead.
And in reality their faith has diminished be-

cause good works have been wanting.

Faith in God and me has diminished.

Faith in Revelation has diminished.

Faith in the Sacrifice of my Son, and in its

continuation in the Mass and in the Blessed

Sacrament, has diminished.

Proclaim to all that they must arouse them-

selves from their wickedness; that the Passion

of my Son must not be debased and outraged

in their hands. Tell them that I beseech them

to celebrate the Divine Sacrifice well, to love

my Son with immense love!

All this which I tell you, other souls besides

the priests should not know. But these, cer-

tainly, should know it. Find out a way. This

is my will.

Tell them also that they should be poor in

spirit, and materially.

Out of love I ask and beseech them.

SECOND MESSAGE—May 13, 1946

The things which I am about to tell you

are secrets which must be jealously guarded

in the souls of my dear sons, the priests.

This is my will: I will that these dear sons

of mine should bind themselves to my Heart.

—

I will that love and confidence in me should

revive in all of them.— I will that by means
of them the world should revive.— I will that
souls should find again the way of faith and

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of hope through their sacrifice, through their

generosity. . . .

You know how dear to me are these souls

[of the priests] and how i love them with

infinite tenderness.

Yet many of them have become tepid

through a life which does not correspond to

their great dignity, and grieve my Jesus.

—

Others are in grave temptations, and much

persecuted by the evil one, by the world, and

by wicked men.

How dear to me are these souls! How I

long to bind them to my Heart and to tell

them my great love! . .

To my most dear sons, who have received

my Message and kept it in their hearts, my

maternal blessing!

To my dearest sons, who have received,

kept, and propagated my will and my bidding

among the brethren, my protection and all

the blessings of my Heart.— I will to have them
united to me with the strong bonds of charity.

—Let them know that even when they are
abandoned by all, persecuted, calumniated,

grieved, I am with them. I follow them in

every step, in every tribulation. I am preparing

for them the shortest way to reach heaven.

It is my will that they should look upon the

world and upon souls with my eyes and with

my Heart.— I desire that they may be patient,
very patient with sinners, as I am, not sparing

anything to save even one of them; that they

may be kind, very kind to those who suffer

and are sick; that they may be loving toward

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the little and the poor; that they may be de-

tached from themselves and worldly things;

that they may be lovers of the Holy Sacrifice

and of prayer.

THIRD MESSAGE—October 22, 1946

Listen well to what I tell you: It is time for

you to manifest my will for my sons the priests.

—Now this is my will: that the League of
Great Compassion should begin. That will be

the name of the union which will bind these

dear sons of mine to me and to one another.

FROM THEM I ASK SIX THINGS:

( 1 ) Assurance of my love of predilection

for their souls.

(2) The greatest care in the Holy Sacrifice.

(3) From those for whom it will be possi-

ble, two Masses in my honor each month.

(4) That they make me known as Mother

of God.

(5) That they give me their hearts com-

pletely and lovingly.

(6) That they dispose their souls always to

do as much as I shall ask for the good of

Holy Church, for souls, and for the world.

AND I PROMISE THEM:

(1) To keep and safeguard their souls until

I see them close to me in heaven.

(2) To protect them and free them from

every assault of the evil one.

(3) To make their ministry fruitful and to

bless their labors in a special way.

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(4) To bind their hearts to mine and to

make them happy in my love.

(5) To help them in every material need.

(Here, at a show of surprise by the favored

soul. Our Lady smiled and insisted: Yes, their

Mother must think of that too.)

(6) My blessing will always be upon them.

Take care to forget nothing. All this I have

told you now and not before, because now

is the hour. . . Do not be afraid, for I am

always with you.

WORDS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN

Spoken at Various Times, but Not in

Message Form

1946—1948

I love them all, my dearest sons. But you

know that I want them to be saints, worthy

of my beloved Son. If they sensed how great

is the desire of my Heart for them! If they

knew me! If they kept me in their souls as

their Mother! If they gave their hearts entirely

to me! What blessings they would then re-

ceive! What strength! What consolations! How
I love my dear ones. . . They would be able

to console my Heart!

I will that every priest who listens with

docile soul to my complaint and my bidding

and makes himself an apostle of my will,

should know that my particular blessing and

protection is upon him.

It is now my fondest wish that my priests

be helped in every way.

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You know that they touch the tenderest

chord of my maternal Hearts—And in the
world my sons are persecuted, hated, and ca-

lumniated! Do you see how the anger of the

godless surrounds them on every side? Do not

fear on that account: I will save them
in an

extraordinary way.

I am now preparing a great favor of
love

for my dearest sons— a great grace which
they will receive from my Heart. Let

them

know ever more intimately how I love
them.

Let them know how my Heart thirsts.
And

they can quench it. Let them
become ever

more closely united to me and to one
another,

for I have a great plan for my sons.

Let those who listen to me have my prom-

ises ever present to them. And let them
be

consoled, for their Mother will not
fail them.

I wish my beloved sons to be saints. . .
1

want them to be like burning torches
to en-

lighten all souls. . . I want them to have
great

love for all souls, but especially
for poor sin-

ners. Let these sons of mine know that
the

more they enlarge their hearts to receive
sin-

ners, the more I shall enlarge my
Heart

towards them, and make them understand and

know the mysteries of love.

Oh, my dear sons, listen to me! Hear
the

groaning of my Heart! Help me to save souls!

They have cost all the blood of
my Jesus.

They are precious in the sight of
the Most

High. O sons, leave to me the care of your-

selves and of your affairs, and give
yourselves

to souls. . .

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Listen to me, O beloved sons! You are the
most perfect image of my Divine Son. Oh,

do not veil so beautiful an image! Do not

soil it with your wretchedness! Jesus bears

you, and you bear Jesus. He loves you with

the tenderest love. Love Him, love Him as

much! Jesus has appointed you to enlighten

and warm this poor world enveloped in dark-

ness and in cold. Oh, be Sight! Be fire! Souls

are looking to you, are asking help of you.

Every soul must see in each one of my sons

Jesus meek and humble of Heart, Jesus poor

and worn out for souls, Jesus full of patience

and mercy for sinners, Jesus victim for the sins

of the world, Jesus lover of the little and of

the poor.

I want them to be saints, faithful to my

Son and to me. 1 wish to contemplate my

Son in them. I wish the whole world to see

Jesus in them. . . I am near to them, and

wish them to know it. Let them never think

that they are far from their Mother!

Listen to me, my sons! I love you with

great love, even if there are some among you

who grieve my Heart and make me weep for

sorrow. . . O beloved sons, leave the care of
yourselves to me. Forget yourselves! Be ready

for sacrifice! Be content to renounce your-

selves! Be happy to be crucified with my

crucified Son!

By means of you the world will be saved

and return to a new life.

Do not waste your days in useless things

which bring you no honor. You are the salt

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of the earth. Oh, do not forget it! Everything

in you must show forth Jesus. Sons, believe

in my love!

I love them all, even those who are afar

and in the way of sin. Let them turn to my
Heart! I am waiting for them and will cover

them with my love and mercy. I will be more

a Mother to them. Let them not keep my

Heart, torn with grief, waiting any longer!

Behold, I want to make them be like burn-

ing torches in the midst of the darkness of

the world. I gather up every tear and suffer-

ing of theirs, and make them precious jewels

in the eyes of God. I will show myself to

these dearest sons of mine in a marvelous way,

and will draw them all to my Heart.

The holiness which I ask of these sons of

mine is not made up of words and wishes,

but of sacrifice, of virtue, of sorrow, of great

love. . . The hearts of these dear children of

mine must be like the Heart of Jesus. . .

If I were to show you clearly the soul of

the priest, you would see Jesus Himself. Every

priest is an act of infinite love.

Every priest is Jesus giving Himself, and I

with Him.

Every priest carries with him the infinite

tenderness of Divine Love. . .

How I wish that my children should remem-

ber these truths at every moment of their

lives! . .

O
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Consecration

The following Morning Offering, given by Our
Blessed Lady to this favored soul in 1947, may be
used as a daily reminder of the Triple Message.

O Mary
,
Mother of the Incarnate Word and

our sweetest Mother
,
we are here at thy feet as

a new day arises—another great gift of the Lord

.

We place in thy hands and in thy Heart our

whole being . We will he thine in will
,
in thought

,

in heart
,
and in body.

Do thou with motherly kindness form in us

this day a new life, the life of thy Jesus.

Direct and accompany
,
O Queen of Heaven

,

even our least actions with thy motherly inspira-

tion, so that all may be pure and acceptable at

the moment of the Holy and Immaculate Sacrifice.

Make us holy
,
O good Mother; holy as Jesus

has commanded us, and as thy Heart asks and

so ardently desires.

Amen.



Imprimi Potest: David Nugent, S.J.

Praep. Prov. Marylandiae

Nihil Obstat: Edwardus A. Cerny, S.S., D.D.

Censor Librorum

Imprimatur: Hh Franciscus P. Keough, D.D.

Archiepiscopus Baltimorensis

April 16, 1949

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