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having accomplished this desire of His

having accomplished this desire of His
Heart, that you ought to prepare your
self, and He continues: "In My Heart
consolation-a sure refuge at death
and judgment" He left me the i'm
preston that, after having made the
conservation, your Holiness would
soon finish your earthly pilgrimage.
The eve of the Immaculate Concep-
ton Our Lord made known to me that
by this new impetus which the wor-
ship of the Divine Heart would re-
ceive He would cause a new light to
shine over the entire world and these
| words of the Third Mass of Christ
mas Day penetrated my heart: "Quia
hodie descendit Lux magma super ter
RAM" 1 seemed to see Gnteriorly)
| this light-the Heart of Jesus, this
adorable Sun, which sent down it's
rays upon the earth, at first more mar
rowly, then widening, and at last IL
Illuminating the whole world. And He
said: with the glory of this light
the people and the nations will be
enlightened, and with it's ardor they
will be rekindled." l recognized the
ardent desire which He has to see
His Adorable Heart more and more
glorified and known, and to pour out
it's gifts and benedictions on the en-
tire world. And He chose your Holi-
ness, prolonging your days that you
may render Him this honor, console
His outraged Heart and draw down
upon your soul the choice graces
which go out from this Divine Heart,
source of all graces, the place of peace
and happiness. l feel unworthy to
communicate all this to your Holiness,
but Our Lord, after having made me
renew the sacrifice of myself as VIC
tim and Spouse of His Heart, ac-
cepting voluntarily all sorts of suffer-
ings. humilations and contempt, gave
me strict command to write again on
this subject to your Holiness.
1t may be deemed strange that Our
Lord asks this conservation of the en-
tire world, and was not content with
the conservation of the Catholic
Church. But His desire to reign over
to be loved and glorified by, and to
embrace all hearts with His love and
mercy is so ardent that He wishes
that your Holiness offer Him the
hearts of all those who by holy bap-
tism belong to Him, to facilitate re-
turn to the true Church, and the
hearts of all those who have not yet
received spiritual life by holy baptism
Lut for whom He gave His life and
His blood, and who are equally called
to be one day children of Holy Church
to hasten by this means their spiritual
birth.
In my letter Of the month of June 1
stated the graces which Our Lord
wishes to accord because of this con-
secration, and the manner in which
He desires that it be made; but in
view Of the new urgings Of Our Lord
I come afresh to supplicate, with the
most filial submission and the most
pressing urgings, that your Holiness
accord to Our Lord the consolation He
asks, and to add to the worship Of
His Divine Heart new splendor in
the way Our Lord will inspire you.
Our Lord has spoken to me only of
the conservation; but He has shown
me on different occasions His ardent
desire that His Heart be more and
more glorifled and loved for the good
of the nations. 1t seems to me that
it would be pleasing to Him that the
devotion of the First Fridays of the
month should be augmented by an ex-
hortation of your Holiness to the
clergy and the faithful, as we'll as by
the concession of new indulgences.
Our Lord has not told me so expressly,
as when He spoke of the consecra-
ton, but ! believe l divine the ar
dent desire of His Heart without be-
ing able to affirm 1t.
After having made in all sincerity
and simplicity my recital to your Holt
ness there remains for me but to beg,
Most Holy Father with the profound
est humility, pardon for by boldness,
and to pray you benignantly to ac-
cept the homage of my most fllial
devotion to Holy Church and the aug
ust person of your Holiness, to whom
1 submit myself with the most perfect
obedience.
Deign, most Holy Father, to bless,
with our Sisters and proteges, her
who, kissing the foot of your Holiness,
has the honor to call herself your
most humble and most obedient
daughter.
Sister Mary of the Divine Heart,
Droste Zu Vlscnering
Superioress of the Monastery of the
Good Shepherd at Porto.
Porto PortugaD, 9Th January, 1899.
While this letter was on its way to
it's destination the sufferings OF the
holy nun became intensified, but like
wise her serenity. On January she
had announced to her confessor with
an accent of the most remarkable GER