WHY JESUS GAVE SISTER MARY OF ST PETER THE GOLDEN ARROW
She who would become Sr Mary of St Peter was born in France in the year 1816. Her parents named her Perrine. They were a relatively affluent family of Britons and Perrine was raised in comfort. When...
View ArticleAMID OUR AFFLICTIONS
Be merciful to us, O my God, and reject not our prayers, when amid our afflictions, we call upon Thy Holy Name and seek with love and confidence Thine adorable Face. Amen.
View ArticleBEHOLD HIS TEARS, O GOD
O Almighty and Eternal God, look upon the Face of Thy Son Jesus. We present It to Thee with confidence, to implore Thy pardon. The All-Merciful Advocate opens His mouth to plead our cause; hearken to...
View ArticleOF YOUR GOODNESS, PLEASE PRAY FOR....
Joanna Hernandez and Mike del Ponte, who are two young friends of mine. They are engaged to be married. The above photo of them was taken in the cobbled streets of Rome, surrounded by umbrella pines,...
View ArticleGRANT US, O LORD THAT FAITH WHICH OBTAINS ALL
O Good Jesus, Who hast said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you," grant us, O Lord that faith which obtains all, or supply in us what may be...
View ArticleOF REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMY, OF PRECIOUS GEMS ON A GOLD CHAIN
In the 1840s Sister Mary of St Peter received revelations from Our Lord specifically on how we may make reparation for the dire sins of blasphemy. She was led by Our Lord to found the Work of...
View ArticleWHEN MY PARCHED LIPS CAN NO LONGER KISS THY SACRED WOUNDS
O MY CRUCIFIED JESUS, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to Thee for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O sweetest Jesus, my...
View ArticleTHE FULLNESS OF OUR LORD'S PLAN FOR REPARATION FOR BLASPHEMY AND THE...
Just as Our Lord was in the throes of giving the fullness of His plan to Sister Mary of St Peter, she was assailed by doubt. She begged of Him, "Oh, my God, if I only were sure that it is really You...
View ArticleO ADORABLE FACE
Please find below the full version of the litany of the Holy Face which was composed by Sister Mary of St Peter. While a lengthy prayer, may it motivate us that if you and I pray it in reparation for...
View ArticleTHE HERD OF BLASPHEMING SOULS IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF LUCIFER
After two years had passed wherein Sister Mary of St Peter had faithfully recorded Our Lord's revelations, and she had began difficult negotiations with her superiors as to how the devotion to the Holy...
View ArticleTHIS DIVINE HEAD REPRESENTS THE ETERNAL FATHER
Our Lord gave Sister Mary of St Peter a most singularly beautiful revelation when He told her of the place of the Holy Face in the Holy Trinity. Jesus instructed Sister Mary that His Divine Head...
View ArticleAT LONG LAST I GIVE MY READERS WHAT THEY HAVE ASKED FOR THE MOST
Perhaps the biggest surprise I have gotten in the course of writing this blog is that most readers first come here looking for, "novena to St Jude, never known to fail". For a long time I have meant...
View Article112 YEARS AGO TODAY IN CORK, IRELAND...
...Little Nellie of Holy God breathed her last on the Feast of the Purification of Mary and of the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple. She was aged 4 years, 5 months and 8 days old.When...
View ArticlePRAYER FOR THE CANONIZATION OF LITTLE NELLIE
O Jesus, Divine Friend of little children, we thank You for the signal graces you conferred on Your holy servant Little Nellie, by inspiring her with such great devotion to your Sacred Passion and...
View ArticleTHE DREAM THAT IMPRESSED UPON ME LITTLE NELLIE'S SANCTITY
A little over a year after the death of Little Nellie, the first account of her life was published in a New York publication, The Sentinel of The Blessed Sacrament. The biographical sketch was written...
View ArticleBEWARE LITTLE WOODEN FRIENDS
With a heavy heart I watched the sad saga of the Pachamama idol venerated in the Vatican Gardens and saw a coterie of people with their fat bottoms flung in the air as foreheads brushed the ground to...
View ArticleWHY YOU MAY CONSIDER PRAYING TO LITTLE NELLIE FOR BACK PAIN AND SPINAL INJURIES
In the numbing cold of January 1907, Little Nellie's mother perished of TB and left behind her four small children and a grieving husband who was at a loss as to how to care for his brood. Nellie's...
View ArticleLITTLE NELLIE'S CONVERSION FROM HOT-TEMPERED CHILD TO MYSTIC
It is often repeated that the poor, motherless Little Nellie was in the care of the Good Shepherd nuns for merely 9 months, from the time of her arrival 'til the time she died. This is not quite...
View ArticleA MOST HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DANNY!
The time Danny gave me an illustration of The Tower of London My close friend Danny Risdon - who is pictured above - celebrates his birthday today on this feast of St Valentine. Danny likes to be...
View ArticleWHEN THE INFANT OF PRAGUE DANCED FOR LITTLE NELLIE
Nellie's cot that she never outgrewAs we saw in my post about Little Nellie's conversion, Nellie had a great love of music which was once greater in her than her love for the Eucharist. She also had...
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