Virgo Potens

So, true zeal, that thirst for souls, cannot be satisfied with prayer and desire alone; but as it is love, it must also act, and, above all, it must suffer. The action of zeal is powerful, its sufferings are always fruitful. What, then, are it’s works? At first, words — those wise counsels which turn souls from evil or lead them to virtue — and then, above all, examples of Christian life, which attract and lead others in the path of virtue, and in which lies a strength which cannot long be resisted, especially when these examples are set by those who are beloved. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Month of the Sacred Heart (1869)

The chief wish of our great God is to save souls; it is the incessant labour of the Three Adorable Persons to assist in this divine work. To cooperate for the salvation of a soul, whether by prayer, by teaching, by example, by sacrifice, or by any other way whatsoever, is, says a holy doctor, the most perfect, the most divine of all works. . . . So, whoever you may be, strive to give the Heart of Jesus this joy: save souls, and you will save your own: angels will rejoice, and you will be beloved of God. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Month of the Sacred Heart (1869)

And you who cease not to grieve Him by your resistance to grace, to the most intimate solicitations of His tenderness; you who refuse Him the smallest sacrifices, who can never suffer anything by which you may prove to Him that you think of, and wish to please, Him, could you say that you love Him? His Heart carries a cross, and yet you have a horror of the cross! It is crowned with thorns, and you fear the least trouble! It is wounded and bleeds, but you will not see or hear, or do anything that annoys, or displeases, or causes you loss! How could you say you loved Him? No; you love Him not; your heart, which has neither cross nor thorns, has no flames of love, and is not like the Heart of Jesus. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Month of the Sacred Heart (1869)

In His infinite love for us, He willed that His Heart should be opened; and by this wound given after death, He gave us even the last drop of His blood. Observe it is in this precious blood that our souls must be purified and washed. It is this blood which is the true price of our souls, and the cause of our redemption; in a word, it is through this blood that our souls must be nourished by His life and inebriated by His love. Soul of Christ, Water from the side of Christ, purify me! Blood of Christ, inebriate me with thy love! ~ St. Ignatius ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

Blessed Feast of Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, salva me. Body of Christ, save me. [from the Anima Christi]

It was for love of us that the last tears of this Divine Heart were shed. St. John Chrysostom tells us that the water and blood flowing from this sacred wound are a figure of all the graces obtained for us through our Divine Master’s death. The water, he adds, flowed forth before the blood, because, in the order of our salvation, we receive the first grace through the waters of baptism, before the blood of the sacred mysteries flows in our veins, to purify and nourish our souls . . . . ‘O my God, give me this water, that I may drink and thirst no more.’ (John iv. 15) ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

Says St. Bernard, ‘He was wounded by the lance that we might see the invisible wound of His love by means of the visible wound; the wound made in His sacred flesh shows us the wound in His soul.’ . . . . This mysterious wound having been made after death could never be healed or closed; we may, therefore, always find means to retire into this abode of peace and mercy . . . . In this sacred wound we shall find the source of pardon and mercy. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

We have already learned from the Cross of this Divine Heart what mortal sin is; the thorns of this crown are a figure of venial sin, those slight and numerous faults for which idle and cowardly souls forgive themselves, alas, but too readily, for they wound and tear the Heart of Jesus. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

Behold, then, the price of one soul - behold how much it has cost: the tears and blood, the life and death of a God! This great God holds in His hand the scales of the eternal sanctuary, and He has placed on one side of this balance His life, His death, His tears, and blood. So much ; and on the other, your soul; this is the price that it cost. Tell me now if you understand why He gives you His Heart with that Cross. ‘That they may understand.’ ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

‘Proposito sibi gaudio sustinuit crucem.’ ‘Having set joy before Him, He endured the Cross.’ (Heb. xii. 2) The first thing that strikes us as we look upon this holy picture is the Cross surmounting the Sacred Heart, and this Cross will teach us things infinitely precious for our salvation and perfection; it will show us what sin is, and what is the value of a soul. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

JESUS has given us His Heart, with the Cross, the Thorns, the Wound, and the Flames, in order that we might give Him ours, without reserve or division, and strive to love as He loves. ~ Father Alexis LeFebvre, Revelations or Effusions of the Heart of Jesus (1869)

O most compassionate Heart of Mary, Queen of Virgins, watch over our minds and hearts and preserve them from the deluge of impurity which Thou didst lament so sorrowfully at Fatima. We want to be pure like thee.  We want to atone for the many crimes committed against Jesus and thee.  We want to call down upon our country and the whole human race the peace of God in justice and charity. Therefore, I now promise to imitate thy virtues by the practice of a Christian life without regard to human respect. I resolve to receive Holy Communion on the First Saturday of every month, and to offer to Thee five decades of the Rosary each day, together with my sacrifices, in the spirit of reparation and penance. Amen.

Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary 💙 O Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and tender Mother of men, in accordance with thine ardent wish made known at Fatima, I consecrate to thine Immaculate Heart myself, my brethren, my country and the whole human race. Reign over us, Most Holy Mother of God, and teach us how to make the Heart of Thy Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, reign and triumph in us even as It has reigned and triumphed in thee. Reign over us, dearest Mother, that we may be thine in prosperity and in adversity, in joy and in sorrow, in health and in sickness, in life and in death. (continued)

Virgo potens. Infernae potestatis debellatrix. Virgin most powerful. Conqueress of the power of hell. Prayer and spiritual writings.