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August 15, 2010

Feast of the Assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary

The following story illustrates the great power Our Lady has and the importance of praying for the conversion of sinners. I found this from the following artical: http://www.sspx.org/books/Is_Feeneyism_Catholic.pdf
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There was in the 19th century in France a very famous converted Jew, Fr. Augustine Marie of the Blessed Sacrament, born Hermann Cohen. After his conversion, he became a Carmelite monk and a renowned preacher. He restored the Carmelite Order in England.
He worked hard for the conversion of his family. By the grace of God, he succeeded in the conversion of his sister and her son;but he did not succeed with the conversion of his mother. He prayed, made sacrifices, talked with her, to no avail. She died with no apparent sign of repentance. The poor monk was so sad, yet never despaired in the mercy of the Sacred Heart.
For several years, God left him in this trial; but one day he met the holy Curé of Ars, who told him: "Hope, hope, you shall receive one day, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a letter that shall bring you great consolation."
Indeed, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 1861, he received a letter from a pious soul, Léonie Guillemant, saying:

My Jesus gave me a beam of His Divine Light...At the moment when Fr. Hermann's mother was almost giving her last breath, when she looked unconscious, almost without life, Mary, our good Mother, came in front of her Divine Son and, falling on her knees at His feet, she said to Him: "Grace, Mercy, O my Son, for this perishing soul. In a few moments, she shall be lost, lost for ever. I beseech Thee, do for the mother of my servant Hermann what Thou wouldst him to do for Thine, if she would be in her place and Thee at his place. The soul of his mother is his dearest good, a thousand times he dedicated it to me; he entrusted it to the tenderness and solicitude of my Heart. Could I bear to see it perish? No, no, this soul is mine, I want it, I claim it as my inheritance, bought at the price of Thy Blood, of my Sorrows at the foot of Thy Cross!"

As soon as she ended this divine supplication, a strong and powerful grace came forth from the source of all graces, the adorable Heart of our Jesus, and enlightened the soul of the poor dying Jewess and triumphed instantaneously over her resistances. This soul turned around with love and confidence towards Him whose mercy followed her even in the arms of death and she said (in her heart): "O Jesus, God of the Christians, God that my son adores, I believe, I hope in Thee, have mercy on me!"
The pious soul who had this vision was a complete stranger to Fr. Hermann; the fact of her vision is not only known by the letter she wrote to Fr. Hermann, but also in her own family by her nephew Emile Baumann; it is greatly authenticated by the prophecy of the holy Curé of Ars.
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Let's increase our devotion to praying the Rosary and making sacrifices for the conversion of sinners. Our Lady of Fatima tells us that many souls go to hell because there is no one to make sacrifices for them.

God bless you and those most dear to you.

Please pray for me and our email apostolate.

Sincerely in Jesus, Mary and Joseph,

John@PrayOften.net

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