Hajja Salesjana July-September 2020

communist governments, God is fully aware of our sin.  He is making it transparent and he is dealing with it Himself. Servant of God Louisa Piccarreta said over 100 years ago the following: “Deserted churches, and without ministers. Continuing in my usual state, my always lovable Jesus made Himself seen so very afflicted, and I said to Him: ‘My Love, why are You so afflicted?’ And He: “Ah! my daughter (Luisa), when I allow that churches remain deserted, ministers dispersed, Masses reduced, it means that the Sacrifices are offenses for Me, that the prayers are insults, the adorations irreverences, the confessions amusements, and without fruit. Therefore, no longer finding My Glory, but offenses, nor any Good for them – making no use of them, I take them away. But this tearing ministers away from the Sanctuary means also that things have reached the ugliest point, and that the variety of scourges will multiply. How hard man is – how hard!”  Volume 12 February 12, 1918 This has all been predicted and should give us great pause (...) It is a cleansing. But not because God is mean and unloving, because He is the  opposite  of that and He sees how the choices we have made, have brought destruction.  He wants to bring us  life abundantly.   For you personally he wants to pour gifts over you and He will use many means to purify your soul so that you can receive these gifts to the fullest.  Trust in that. When Mass was cancelled it felt as though Jesus was falling the first time, and I suspect we will see a rapid succession of our Passion as a church.  This is not meant to scare you. It is meant to strengthen you. Remember what happened after the Cross?  Resurrection. God knows we are weak and he can lift us up and do the impossible. We must hand everything to him. Our fear, our jobs, our health, all of it.  Examine your conscience and if you still can, get to confession.  If not, make a heartfelt Act of Contrition with the resolve to get to confession whenever you can.  Do not look to your own false expectations of what God should be doing and instead just Trust Him. Trust that He loves you more than you can fathom . Let go of hatred and rage, even that directed towards our authority.  We must forgive everything as Jesus did, trust that he takes care of the sin, and we must fight Satan with all that we have. Do not give into the poison arrows of fear he is flinging at you.  Renounce and rebuke it. Use your Sacramentals, your holy water, blessed salt and holy oil. And pray. Pray every single day.  In this time of the absence of Sacraments, Prayer is  the most powerful remedy at your disposal . 21 H AJJA S ALESJANA