Blessed Josefa Menendez
THE WAY OF DIVINE LOVE.
FROM THE WRITINGS OF SR. JOSEFA MENENDEZ
Our Lord's words in regards to His Passion (Lent)
Typed up by SUE BURTON.
LETTER WRITTEN BY THE CARDINAL PROTECTOR
H.E CARDINAL E. PACELLI
(Became H.H. Pope Pius X11.
April 1938.
VERY REVEREND MOTHER,
"I have no doubt whatever that the publication of these pages,
filled as they are with great love which His Grace inspired
in His very humble servant, Maria Josefa Menendez, will be
agreeable to His Sacred Heart.
"May they efficaciously contribute to develop in many souls
a confidence ever more complete and loving in the infinate mercy
of this Divine Heart towards poor sinners as we all are.
"These are good wishes which, with my blessing, I send you and
all the Society of The Sacred Heart."
E. Card. Pacelli.
THE WORDS OF OUR LORD:
We are going to speak of My Passion, that your soul may constantly
feed on the remembrance of it, and that My souls may find in it
food for their hunger and drink for their thirst.
And now, Josefa, I will begin by disclosing to you the thoughts
that filled My Heart, while I was washing the feet of My disciples.
Mark how the whole twelve were gathered together, none excepted:
John the beloved was there, and Judas who was so soon to deliver
Me to My enemies. I will tell you why I willed to have them all
assembled together and why I began by washing their feet.
I gathered them altogether because the moment had come for My Church
to be manifested to the world, and for all the sheep to have but
one shepherd.
It was My intention also, to show souls that I never refuse grace even
to those who are guilty of grave sin; nor do I seperate them from
the good whom I Love with predilection. I keep them all in My Heart,
that all may receive the help required by their state of soul....
But how great was my sorrow to see in the person of My unhappy
disciple Judas the throng of those who, though often gathered at
My feet and washed in My Blood, would hasten to their eternal
perdition.
I would have these to understand that it is not the fact of being
in sin that ought to keep them from Me. They must never think that
there is no remedy for them, nor that they have forfeited for ever
the love that once was their's....
No, poor souls, the God who has shed all His Blood for you has no
such feelings for you!
Come all of you to Me and fear not, for I Love you all... I will
wash you in My Blood and you shall be made whiter than snow. All
of your offences will be submerged in the waters in which I myself
shall wash you, nor shall anything whatsoever be able to tear from
My Heart its Love for you.
Josefa, let your soul be seized today by an ardent desire to see
all souls, especially sinners, come and purify themselves in the
waters of repentance. Let them give themselves up to thoughts of
confidence, not fear, for I am a God of pity, ever ready to receive
them into My Heart.
25th February 1923
"Kiss the ground and write, for we are going on with Love's Secrets.
I will tell you My reasons for washing the feet of My apostles before
the last supper.
In the first place I would teach souls how pure they must be to
receive Me in Holy Communion. I also wished to remind those who
would have the misfortune to sin that they can always recover their
innocense through the Sacrament of Penance.
And I washed the feet of My apostles with My own hands, so that
those who have consecrated themselves to apostolic work may
follow My example, and treat sinners with humility and gentleness,
as also all others that are entrusted to their care.
I girded Myself with a while linen cloth to remind them that
apostles need to be girded with abnegation and mortification,
if they hope to exert any real influence on souls.
I wished also to teach them that mutual charity, which is ever
ready to excuse the faults of others, to conceal them and
extenuate them,and never to reveal them.
Lastly, the water poured on the feet of My apostles denotes the
zeal burned in My Heart for the salvation of the world. The hour
of Redemption was at hand. My Heart could no longer restrain its
love for mankind nor bear the thought of leaving them orphans.
So to prove My tender love for them and till time has ceased
to be, I resolved to become their food, their support, their life
their all. Could I but make known to all souls the loving sentiments
with which My Heart overflowed at My Last Supper, when I instituted
the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist....
My glance ranged across the ages, and I saw the multitudes who
would receive My Body and Blood, and all the good it would effect..
how many hearts I saw that from its contact would bind forth
virginity! and how many others that It would awaken to deeds of
charity and zeal!
How many martyrs of love did I see. How many souls who had been
enfeebled by sin and violence of passion would come back to
their allegiance and recover their spiritual energy by partaking
of this Bread of the strong!
Who can describe the overwhelming emotions that filled My souls?
Joy, love, tenderness...but alas, bitter sorrow also...
Later I shall continue, Josefa.
Go now in My Peace.
Feast Day: December 29
1890-1923
Novena Prayer through Sr. Josefa Menendez.
O Jesus, full of Grace and Charity, Victim for sinners, So impelled by Love
for us that You willed to die on the Cross, I humbly beseech You to glorify
in heaven and on earth The Servant of God and Victim Soul, Sr. Josefa Menendez,
Who faithfully participated in Your Passion And shared Your Sufferings, to
prepare the way for The Devotion to the Divine Mercy, For the salvation of souls,
And for the Glory of Your Heavenly Father. With confidence I beg You to grant me,
Through her intercession, the Grace of: ______________.
One decade of the Rosary, or one decade of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy & "Glory
be to the Father... (three times)"
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