OUR LADY:

 

"My child, I am your Mother, I bring peace to Earth; but men, my daughter want war .I am Mother, m y child, of all inhabitants of Earth. I come, my child, full of sorrow but I also come full of mercy and love for all my children. I give, my child, graces to all Humankind, but this Humankind, my child, commit every kind of sins, crimes and mockeries  in return, my child" ( Our Lady)

 

            Our Lady's words are so beautiful! They mix true feelings of sorrow (caused by men' sins), mercy and love for all her children; that is to say, for us because we are part of the Humankind and, what is more, we are members of the Church.

 

            She comes to bring us peace but this is not possible because we give this motherly affection of Mary, Mother of Humankind, "every kind of sins, crimes and mockeries  in return" in return.

 

            There is not peace in  many of parts of the world and the number of wars is increasing; this situation is really dramatic and Our Lady comes to bring us peace, but this peace- according to the Gospel- is different from the world's. Firstly, you have to look for it in your soul, the inner peace of every heart, which will be spread firstly over our daily life and then over the world. However, how is exactly the peace Jesus Christ preached and talked about in the Gospels?

 

·       Different from the human understanding: "Peace be with you; I give you my peace. Not as the world gives peace do I give it to you" ( Jn 14, 27)

·       Necessary to live with our neighbour and for social relationships: " Whatever house you enter, first bless them saying: ' Peace to this house'. If a friend of peace lives there, the peace shall rest upon that person. But if not, the blessing will return to you" ( Lk 10, 5-6)

·       Supernatural; it protects man's heart: " Then the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Ph 4, 7)

·       The fruit of the observance of God's Commandments: " Lovers of your Law have found great peace; nothing can make them stumble, not even distress" ( Ps 118 [ 119] , 165)

·       One of the fruits of the Holy Ghost, as the Compendium of the Catechism shows: "But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy and peace, patience, understanding of others, kindness and fidelity, gentleness and self- control." (Ga 5, 22-23)[1]

·       One of the Beatitudes " Fortunate are those who work for peace, they shall be called children of God" ( Mt 5, 9)

·       Joined to the virtue of charity for there is no peace without it: "be happy, strive to be perfect, have courage, be one mind and live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you" ( 2 Co 13, 11)

 

 

            " I wish, my child, they all saved their souls; that is why my Son came to earth, to be mocked at, to be killed on a cross, to get Heaven for you, my children. But you have to fulfil the laws the Eternal Father has given to all Humankind to get to Heaven" (Our Lady)

 

            It is the doctrine Saint Paul teaches in his first letter to Timothy, where he relates the salvation of men to the redeeming suffering of Jesus Christ, "First of all, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving be made for everyone (..) this is good and pleases God. For He wants all to be saved and come to the knowledge of truth. As there is one God, there is one mediator between God and Humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave his life for the redemption of all " (1 Tm 2, 1. 3-6).

 

            The message shows the loving and merciful essence of Mary's Heart and, therefore, God's Heart; it is also reflected in the apostle's quotation. The saving will of the Lord was known in the Old Testament[2] and is confirmed by Jesus Christ in some Gospel passages[3] and He says that salvation is possible, as Saint Paul says, by the knowledge of the truth of the Father's Word which the Son gives us[4]. Only Jesus Christ is the mediator by right, because of his merits; saints and, especially, the Virgin Mary are mediators only because theirs depend on the only mediation of Jesus Christ.

 

            " I love you all, my children, but I want you to be very little[5], very little, to take you high to the abodes of the chosen, my children" ( the Virgin)

 

            Our Lady's wish deals with the virtue of humbleness, simplicity and what is called the spiritual childhood as the Gospel says: "I assure you that unless you change and become like little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven" ( Mt 18, 3) " O Lord, my heart is not proud nor do I have arrogant eyes. I am not engrossed in ambitious matters, nor in things too great for me. I have quieted and stilled my soul like a weaned child on its mother's lap; like a contented child is my soul" ( Ps 130 [ 131] vv.1-2).

 

            "You should think, my children, there exist Hells and there exist also Heavens and everyone will receive according to his deeds, my children" (Our Lady)

 

These good advices of the Lord and the Virgin remind us of those the Church gives us; it recommends the preaching of the eternal truths. John Paul II said it more than once, "The commemoration of All Souls' Day makes us think of the eternal truths- Death, Trial, Hell and Glory- it is the view we must always see in front of us, the secret of a life full of sense and assisted by the power of hope"[6]. "Death, Trial, Hell and Glory Christians should have in their minds "was the verse used by the faithful to learn the eternal truths in a simple way.