J.M.J.
J.M.J.
ARDUOUS PRAYER
YOUR PRAYER GROUP ON WEDNESDAY WAS PUT TO A TEST,
YET AMONGST THE DISTURBANCE YOU DID PRAY YOUR BEST.
BECAUSE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, YOUR PRAYERS WERE INTENSE,
GOD POURED OUT HIS BLESSINGS AS YOUR RECOMPENSE.
YOU NEEDED NOT YOUR VOICES TO RAISE;
GOD HEARD FROM YOUR HEART AS HIS NAME YOU DID PRAISE.
MANY SAINTS FOR YOU ALSO COME TO INTERCEDE,
AND THEY JOINED IN YOUR ROSARY AS YOU DID PROCEED.
YOU WERE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, IN THIS CHURCH AMONGST FRIENDS;
BE PREPARED FOR THE TIME WHEN ALL THIS SOON ENDS.
IN THE DAYS THAT APPROACH YOU WILL BE PROVOKED
EACH TIME THE SPIRIT OF GOD BY YOUR GROUP IS INVOKED.
YOU WILL BE THE TARGET OF FAR GREATER ABUSE
AS THE ROSARY BEADS YOU CONTINUE TO USE.
YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED AS OUTLAWS BY SOME,
BUT MY SON WILL REWARD YOU ON THE DAY HE WILL COME.
CONTINUE, DEAR CHILDREN, IN YOUR PERSEVERANCE
IN SPITE OF OBJECTIONS AND ALL INTERFERENCE.
AS LONG AS, DEAR CHILDREN, YOUR FAITH DOES NOT WAIVER,
YOU’LL SHARE IN THE BANQUET WITH MY SON AND YOUR SAVIOR.
“THY WILL BE DONE”
12-18-1997
(THE POEM REFERS TO OUR ATTEMPT TO EXTEND THE ROSARY SEASON THRU THE WINTER MONTHS. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE WERE MEETING IN THE CHURCH, WITH PERMISSION, TO PRAY BEFORE THE TABERNACLE WHEN THE CHOIR DECIDED TO PRACTICE ALSO ON WEDNESDAYS AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME.)