Jesus Longs for Us to Console Mary

Jesus desires that each person console Mary. And of course he would! Do we not share his divine life? Do we not have his Heart as our own? We, too, should long to console Mary, who is the Beloved of each soul alive with Jesus' life...

"On December 10th, 1925, the most holy Virgin appeared to her, and by her side, elevated on a luminous cloud, was a child. The most holy Virgin rested her hand on her shoulder, and as she did so, she showed her a heart encircled by thorns, which she was holding in her other hand. At the same time, the Child said:

'Have compassion on the Heart of your most Holy Mother, covered with thorns, with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to make an act of reparation to remove them.'”

From Fatima in Lucia’s own words, Vol. I, ed. by Fr. Louis Kondor, SVD., Postulation Centre, Fatima, Portugal, 9th edition, 1995, p. 231.

Insignia Blessed

Yesterday, the day after the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary-Our Lady of Victory, but still the weekend of the feast, our pastor at the Dominican parish we attend blessed the Consolatio Mariae insignia, specifically the one on the first item to bear the insignia. It was a beautiful blessing that the insignia and the association would lead many hearts to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. 

Interestingly, having the insignia blessed at this time was not deliberate. I had been looking to have it blessed as soon as the shirt came in the mail, but it wasn't working out during the week (I go to daily Mass at a different and closer parish). I figured it would be best anyway to ask our pastor to bless it, since he knows about and has encouraged the association. In fact I asked, earlier in the week, my Guardian Angel to arrange, somehow, for the pastor specifically to bless the insignia on the coming Sunday. I wasn't sure I would see him on Sunday, and three other priests were at the Mass we went to, the pastor no where in sight. They say different Masses at different times of course. After Mass I saw no priests at all whom I could ask to bless the insignia. But I figured I would try outside in the front of the church, figuring if there was one there it would be the priest who said Mass. There to my wondering eyes was the pastor, only the pastor, no idea why he was the only one there and why the priest who was saying Mass was not there, as any of them usually would be. Providential timing! He had just been given a rum cake by some friends for he and the friars, and the friends having left, it was only Father and I there. And thus the blessing came about on the weekend of the Rosary by our pastor. 

May all hearts be saved from the dragon, the ancient serpent, who prowls about trying to murder souls, and may they be brought to Mary's Heart there to share Jesus' own union with her.

"The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness."

-Our Lady in her apparitions at Akita, Japan

We should keep in mind that usually people die as they live. Most people today are far from God. About 6,300 people die each hour. The likelihood that some of those souls end up in Hell is really a certainty, though the numbers are a guess. But if it was "many souls" in 1917, it is surely not less worse now. 

This is a tragic concurrence of facts, but knowing important facts is not a doom and gloom thing. It's also deadly to run into a highway, and one should tell one's kids not to go there, and if there is a fire and people are trapped, it is not doom and gloom to say there are people in the house on fire and we must run in to save them if possible or they will die. This is an act of charity. 

So it is with so many souls in danger of going to Hell. Their home, so to speak, for many, is on fire. But we can rush in with Mary to save at least some of them. Pray the Rosary, make sacrifices, however small, strive for sanctity, and console Mary, which also consoles her little Son. 

Photos--not very good, but the best I could get--of the very first Consolatio Mariae vesture: dark blue (photo does not bring this out well at all) sweatshirt with insignia of Consolatio Mariae, embroidered. After weeks of preparation, it came in the mail yesterday. If you are are member of this private association, I encourage you to get something with the logo to wear as well; sweatshirt, jacket, polo shirt. This is a witness to the world, admittedly a small one, of the Catholic Faith. It is also a sweet reminder to the one wearing it of Mary's joy at our helping her to save souls by prayer and sacrifices. This truly does save souls--the devil is very good at trying to convince us it is useless or a waste of time or is imagination. Don't listen to thoughts like that, it's just the evil spirit.

In regard to printed or embroidered clothing, again, there are many venders out there. I went with Queensboro. Some of the best people in business I have worked with. They do have a $50 minimum order, but you could get two shirts, or various other things they have, such as coffee mugs etc, and have the emblem put on anything. The sweatshirt itself that I got, with embroidery, only cost me 26.00 and change.