A Modern MiracLE ?...
“ do not be afraid of signing a pact
full of words – so to allie yourself with Mary -
so you yourself can annalize, what
in regards to such happened one beautiful day ”
One day while I was letting to a young (soon to be married) typographer of Cosenza read our form to be signed so to be part of our Groups of Prayer, given that he with his fiancée had asked me what one had to do to concretely enter into our Groups of Prayer A.L.O., he seemed to me to be very perplexed and worried, because the two pages of the form were extra full of words, at least I had realized this worry of his, given that in a certain way it’s written: < >> (Cf Mt 6,22).
So then, calling him by name I said to him immediately: “ do not fear, if you see all these words in the sheet, they only serve for putting an official and spiritual order in the behaviour of our Groups ( present and future ), but those that count the most, are only the three promises written in red on the sheet, as the rest of the words written in black… do as if they weren’t there on the paper, otherwise you’ll confuse yourself and like so risk to play the game of the enemy that wants to get frightened, instead of encouraging you and making to pray !, therefore pray, and ask to the Lord to give you a sign if it’s his will that you and your fiancée must do the group of prayer with us !” - and like so it was - in fact one beautiful day whilst he was ready to print for us in series many forms for our next groups of prayer, see for your selves what his mega typographical printer, unexplainably printed, instead of the following page.
This is the sheet that the mega-printer of 400 thousand “ Italian lira” normally should have printed …
This instead is the sheet that the mega-printer of 400 thousand “ Italian lira” printed !
But, she who sells these machines or rather the -fiancée- (now wife) of the young typographer tells me that the strange thing is that, if the machine – that is the mega-printer of 400 thousand “Italian lira” had read only the red colour, then it had to print the numbers 1) 2) and 3) together with each red line, given that the first above is correspondent to the No. 1), the central one at the No. 2), and the one below at No. 3), as you can check in the two pages that you’ve only now passed over, and not only, but any how, the first colour that should have been printed had to be another, not red.
Therefore how must we interpret these coincidences, how ever or when ever be the technical explanation, given that I had said to him before hand that which the Lord had then pleasantly confirmed ? The answer be up to our intelligence ! …
LISTEN EVEN MORE TO WHAT HAPPENED ONE DAY
RETURNING FROM LOURDES ON A TRAIN,
IN REGUARDS TO OUR GROUPS
OF PRAYER (A.L.O.) V.V.
In the Name of the Lord, peace be with You !
a Consecrate of the Lord, recounts (who in a certain way remembers) as such:
One day while we were returning from Portugal hitchhiking, I and two Consecrates of the Lord, stopped at Lourdes to ask hospitality, given that we live and we travel always without money (and etc…), and after having received hospitality in a really providential way in a hotel nearby the grotto from some lay faithful, the same evening by work of Immaculate Mary who guides the most sensitive souls, we had already found the proposal of a passage right up to Naples, but with the “White Train” (an Italian train service specifically organised for Spiritual pilgrimages to and from Lourdes)… that how many thirsty souls there were there on that train, for us however was a revelation !
Getting to the point - because if I had to recount everything, I wouldn’t ever end - whilst the people stood in line to speak with us ( since we seem to be colourful, joyful fishing floats coloured with sackcloth, whom attract the attention of all hungry little fish ) a beautiful little lady came up, who whilst holding her daughter within her arms told me: “ Father, Father, why don't I feel the presence of the Lord anymore ? ” and whilst she spoke over me during my answer to her, my two consecrated sisters responded (amongst of which, one be a computer engineer and the other almost a doctor) : “Madam, madam, listen… listen to him… and if you want, you will understand what the Lord wants to tell you today through this little friar, then it will be you yourself to judge if it be worth listening or not (given that like so says the Lord: << Do not judge according to appearances, but judge with correct judgment ! >>-Jn 7,21 ).”
So then I, after my young and beautiful sisters had prepared for me the way in a Marian - Baptist like manner (so that that soul would listened well), I began to give a completely Marian speech. This began from Mary’s listening (that be the first of all the commandments – Cf. 12, 29a), right up to the visitation of which Mary and of what be the motive that pushed her to make the voyage (Cf. S.B.C. IInd pg. Joyful. M. ) and the reason for the joy of Mary expressed in the Magnificat, an eloquent expression reveals to us that she knew the Sacred Scripture well, and etc.. etc..
Having finished the catechetical discourse that if I don’t mistake concluded with the biblical phrase that says : << Why do you complain to God if He doesn't answer your every word ? God speaks in one way or in another but we don't pay attention…>> (Jb 33, 13-14…), we went to bed, if we can say so – given that we slept on the ground.
Getting to the point of the sign that we found in the Holy Scripture, that concerns our Groups of Prayer, the following morning whilst we did the Holy Rosary, this same lady came up to me again.… and after the prayer she told me: “Friar…, Friar…, I have something to tell you:
Did you know, last night, I woke up and walked along the corridor of the train, and all of a sudden - I hope you’ll believe me -, a building appeared me out of the window, and on top of it, I saw the Immaculate Mary who smiled at me..” and then I said: “be calm, be calm, I believe you, you’ve had an internal perception, that’s a type of being touched by light sleep with your eyes open, where God, through this internal vision in a touch of light sleep, has revealed to you a message of tenderness, through the image of Mary, that aught be on the top of the building of your thoughts, like so you will often experience and most gladly the peace and the joy of the Spirit. If in fact you well remember, last night we spoke about Mary almost all of the evening, and of how she has to be on top of our thoughts, so to be able to reach God if we know how to think and to pray a little as she did.”
To these words that I more or less said to her, she replied: “ But is true ! I’d not thought of it; look, I’ve been to Lourdes, I prayed, I begged the Madonna… and nothing, I haven’t succeeded in feeling her presence, now instead, as last night I’ve talked to I’ve paid attention to your Words, the Madonna has immediately appeared to me smiling, as to say: Amen ! it’s truly as so ! - ( the words cheerfully pronounced by the Marian soul the evening before are high… they come from the top of the spiritual building that be the Church ).
Therefore, (Anonymous) Friar, could you tell me what I have to do ?... to be more spiritually well ?, I’ve belonged to the catechumenal walk, however at the moment I don't feel the fire in my heart to continue with them”, and then I told her: “ But who said so, you could continue with them very well if you wanted, but any way if you yourself don’t feel to continue any more, and you’d like to undertake a more Marian walk, you can very well do like so, given this particular meeting and given we have our Groups of Prayer (A.L.O.) V.V. of lay people, that help us with the Meditated Holy Rosary… ”
To these words she told me: “Friar… Friar…, open the Bible for me and give me a pass !” - and I relied her: “ Wait, wait, so that then the little devil doesn't tell you that I’ve intentionally taken up the pass for you, so to attract you to our Groups of Prayer ( that if not being called one does not enter ), yes, so that he doesn't then tell you this, take up the pass for your self !, however firstly make a prayer to the Virgin with all your heart, and (I was inspired), I feel that if you’ll pray like this, She be able to find you a pass that will stun every one…” and do you know what pass came out after she prayed with all her heart ?
This was the Biblical pass that we all had the opportunity of listening to and to reading with immense wonder… Therefore, this was the pass:
From the letter to the Hebrews:
<< Therefore, leaving aside the initial teachings on Christ, lets pass to what be more complete, without throwing away again the foundations of renunciation to dead works and of faith in God…>>. (Heb 6, 1…)
AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL,
EVEN IF, IN A CERTAIN WAY,
IT WAS ALREADY MYSTERIOUSLY ANNOUNCED.
( THIS IS STRONG ! )
a simple coincidence ?...
here what one day happened to a vice-group leader a.l.o. - v.v..
One night a vice-group leader, whilst she was quietly sleeping in her bed, as the children do, she had a dream… and absorbed in the nightly images that the Spirit offered her, she saw a nun come to meet her, with a habit similar to that of the Little nuns, only that she lacked the veil on her head. Ours allied, becoming curious in the dream by this unusual figure, asked: “ And who are you ?, from where do you come ?, how come you are not with the other brothers and sisters ?, you’re usually in three…” and the nun without veil answered her: “I come from Villafranca (Portugal), and I’m looking really for them.” So then the vice-group leader, in an altruistic leap said: “ Don’t worry, come with me, I’ll help you look for them !.” Like so the two (always in the dream) took off walking to look for the Little brothers and sisters.
After having gone out and about far and wide, but unfortunately without result, this slightly particular nun told she who was dreaming: “Lets do something, I’ve brought them an envelope with 200 European dollars, I’ll consign it to you, like so when you happen to see them, spend it on them on my behalf.” The vice-group leader accepted and took in consignment the envelope.
The dream would continue eve more, but not to weigh you down with so many pages, we’ll avoid to dwell too much, also not to interrupt the thread of our narration.
Therefore, our vice-group leader, to her awakening remained disturbed and, being person well trained with prayer and meditation, she wondered ( a little like Mary – Cf. Lk 1,29) what sense could this announcement that the Spirit had brought her through the night have.
While she was thinking about all these things, the news arrived that the parents of a Little friar would have come from Portugal, which would have been hosted for a few days, right in the house of our central character, of which all taken by the preparations for the guests, no longer thought much of her dream, nor even imagining what the Lord was preparing for her.
In fact, the guests arrived, and after the usual greetings and presentations, they began to converse, succeeding more or less in overcoming also the limits of the language, thanks be to the action of the Holy Spirit that teaches us to above all speak the universal language of love, that goes over the boundries of nations.
Therefore arriving to the core of our story, all of a sudden the vice-group leader, surely pushed from on high, asked her guest the Portuguese lady, from what precise city of Portugal they had arrived, and you will certainly be able to understand all her amazement and immense joy when with her own ears heard her female host answer as such: “ We come from a city that be called Villafranca.”
To such an answer, immediately our vice-group leader jumped with joy and rightly began to recount the dream that she’d had, given that before hand, she had not known of the existence of that city, and not even that a lady would have arrived from that city of Portugal…
But it hasn’t yet finished !, yes, because when she came to recount that part of the dream where the particular nun gave her on consignment the envelope containing 200 European dollars, the Portuguese lady remained absolutely without breath, since such sum corresponded exactly to the figure that she had thought of leaving to her as good deed to be spent on the needs of the “Little friars and sisters of Jesus and Mary”, and this our Italian central character couldn’t have know, since the Portuguese lady had not talked to anybody of it.
The grace received and the sign found were so beautiful that also the husband of the Portuguese lady, who seemed to be some what sceptic, remained impressed, because it was more than evident that it couldn’t have only been a simple coincidence, but that there had really been a touch from on high… perhaps it also happened, so that those who lived this flash story, could understand all the more, that this not be a tale but a great mystery !