January 10, 1976

REFLECTIONS UPON SOME MESSAGES

Our participation as ministers of God in the mystery of the Incarnation, of the cross and of the Eucharist, has points of great similarity with the participation of the Blessed Virgin in these three great mysteries.

Like the Blessed Virgin, the priest by his vocation is called to be actively present at the Sacrifice of the holy Mass, the perpetuation of the holy sacrifice of the cross. He is present in the offering, in union with Christ of himself, he is ready to accept, suffer and offer difficulties, incomprehensions, insults and offenses and all his suffering in general, just as Jesus did it; without all this offering, the priest's participation remains only in the exterior, in the material and therefore sterile and fruitless.

With the words of consecration, the priest renews the prodigy of the Incarnation; as the Virgin did with her FIAT, he calls forth the true Incarnation of the Word in his hands.

Loving him, as most holy Mary loved him in her womb, when he receives holy Communion, with the purity of soul and body with which the Virgin conceived him, with the. offering made in union with Jesus to the Father, the priest, like the Virgin, truly becomes a Co-redeemer.

If the celebrating priest is not animated with this faith and with these sentiments and purposes, his Mass is sterile for himself, because he has been only a material protagonist in the greatest of mysteries.

Do not wait

If we priests would celebrate Holy Mass as we should celebrate it, the world would not be what it is now; Satan would not have the strength that he has taken, and very many souls would be saved.

The torment of the priest who is condemned will be rather different from the torment of the other condemned souls. It can only be compared to the desperation of Judas, who could have been a great apostle, uniting his natural and supernatural gifts to those of Jesus.

O you priests who celebrate Mass sacrilegiously, every day you eat and drink to your own condemnation.

Do not wait for tomorrow for your conversion, do not wait... Tomorrow could be too late.

A great act of humility, which Judas refused to make, a fervent invocation of the Blessed Virgin, refuge of sinners, will transform your existence and will change your eternal destiny.

Brothers in the priesthood, have you not meditated upon the dream, the vision of St. John Bosco, “the two columns?”

Read it; you will realize that we are now fully living this prophecy; the last part of the vision predicts the happenings that will follow the present times and events.

These times are approaching; we should prepare ourselves with prayer and with penance.

Let us not be skeptics and unbelieving! Let us believe, and it will be granted unto us to see and understand. Do not let the impulses of grace fall into a vacuum, that knock at the door of your heart!

May the Merciful Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, save us and bless us.