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And He gave me to understand that this Wisdom and Light was the seal that marked the number of His elect and they shall see His Face and His Name shall be on their foreheads... And is not the seat of Divine Wisdom as it were, a new heaven and a new earth. The soul and intellectual faculties and the dwelling place of the Most High, and the earth or human Head the shrine and centre of the senses of the body by virtue of the hypostatic union a new earth - And in another place it says: And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty is the Temple thereof and the Lamb, showing distinctly the union of the two natures in the one person of Jesus Christ. And the glory of God enlightens it. He is the beginning and the end, and His knowledge and wisdom are infinite as they are eternal. And the great and high wall are things in God which are beyond our understanding, and the twelve foundations are the virtues which come from the Fruits of the Holy Ghost (and also maybe the Apostles as teachers of Divine Wisdom and Pillars of His Church. Solomons prayer for Wisdom was most pleasing to God, and He promises to give to Him that thirsteth of the fountains of the water of life gratis, and blessed are they that wash their robes in the Blood of the Lamb that they may have a right to the Tree of Life and may enter in by the gates into the city. And he that shall overcome shall possess these things and I will be His God and he shall possess these things and I will be His God and he shall be My Son.
Our Lord next signified to her the day on which He wished this feast to be
celebrated.: June 2, 1880... As I told you our dear Blessed Lord expressly asked
me to tell you from Him that He wished His most Sacred Head to be publicly
worshiped and honored as the Seat of Divine Wisdom, and said too that the
Friday, octave day of the feast of the Sacred Heart, should be dedicated as a
festival day in its honor, and special reparation and atonement be then offered
to Him. For He said: "See oh My beloved daughter I am clothed and mocked as
a fool in the house of My friends; I am crowned in derision I who am the God of
Wisdom and all Knowledge, I the King of Kings, the Almighty and All Powerful One
am presented with sham sceptre, and if thou wouldst make some return thou canst
not do better than tell my servant E. from Me that I now wish the Devotion made
known which I have so often communicated to you, and I wish the first Friday
after the Feast of my Sacred Heart to be set apart as a festive day in honor of
My Sacred Head as the Seat of Divine Wisdom, and that public adoration be
offered to Me for all the outrages and sins which are continually being
committed against Me". He also said that you must not be disheartened at
difficulties that may and will arise and crosses that will be numerous. He will
be your support and your reward is great. And anyone who shall assist in
furthering this Devotion shall be blessed a thousand fold, but woe to him that
shall reject or go against My wish in this respect, for they shall be scattered
in my wrath and shall know their place no more, but to them that honor Me I will
give of My might and I will be their God and they shall be My children and I
will place My sign upon their foreheads
Untold blessings are promised to those who shall try to further Our Lord's
wishes in spreading the Devotion.
Our Blessed Lord said that all that He had promised to those who should worthily
love and honor His Sacred Heart should be poured out upon those who honored it
themselves or were the means of others doing so. Oh Sacred Head may Thy Wisdom
ever guide us, and the sacred tongue ever bless us and plead for mercy and
pardon, and may we never hear the curse pronounced against those shall hinder or
despise this Devotion.
With each fresh revelation our Lord seems to have impressed upon her more and
more His ardent longing to have His Sacred Head honored, and to have urged her
to do all in her power to carry out His wish.
And again our dear Blessed Lord has made me feel that excessive desire that
seems to consume Him to have His Sacred Head honored as the seat of Divine
Wisdom, the governing power which rules the Sacred Heart, the Shrine of the
powers of His Holy Soul and the centre of the senses of the human body. Oh my
Lord and my God why dost Thou chose one so unable to do anything in furthering
and accomplishing Thy Holy Will. My poor heart is breaking because I cannot and
still Thou urgest me more and more and Thou burnest me too with this unceasing
flame that at times I know not what to do, I feel myself almost dying of desire
to see His Holy Will accomplished...
I was making my usual visit on Friday morning when with the eyes of the soul I
saw Jesus consumed as it were with a burning fire, and the light of that sun
which is ever shining seemed to penetrate the that which He wills must come to
pass, is certain to be.
At times Our Lord would comfort her by allowing her to foresee the great glory
He would gain from the practice of this Devotion, and the special rewards He
held in store for those who furthered it.
15th June 1880
Our Dear Blessed Lord showed me the great glory that would be given to the
adorable Trinity and to His Sacred Humanity through this Devotion. And He told
me not to be downcast because others did not accept and pay adoration to Him in
the manner He wished at once, for those who appeared the most against it now
would make up by future fervor; that His will is omnipotent and that those
things that man might and would use as stumbling blocks to this Devotion He
would turn into the very means of advancing it
September 10, 1880
You know how anxious I am that the Will of Our dear Blessed Lord should be
perfectly accomplished in respect to His Sacred Head being honored as the Seat
of Divine Wisdom so I thought if our dear Mother Mary asked Him for some proof
for us to show our beloved Bishop He would give it her as a birthday present,
and so I petitioned Him and her also. When suddenly that dark thick cloud which
had overshadowed me for so long a time, disappeared, and the Glory and Radiance
of the Sun of Justice seemed to inundate my poor soul and so overpowered me that
I was completely out of myself, and I beheld and felt the delight and glory that
filled the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the little homage we had already payed Him
in the prayers we were saying and had said in honor of His Sacred Head as the
Seat of Divine Wisdom, the Shrine of the Powers of His Soul and Intellectual
faculties, the centre of the Senses of His adorable Body and the completion of
the Devotion to His Sacred Heart. And He gave me to understand that He would
clothe with glory before angels and men in the courts of heaven those who
clothed Him in glory on earth and would crown them in everlasting bliss. I saw
the glory prepared for three or four concerned therein and I was amazed at the
greatness of their reward for I felt that Our Blessed Lord and His Holy Mother
considered this homage to wipe out the outrage offered to the most wise and Holy
God when He was crowned and mocked in derision and scorn and clothed as a fool.
It would seem that now those thorns would bloom I mean that He would wish now to
be crowned and acknowledged as the Wisdom of the Father, the true King of Kings.
And as the star of the old led the wise men to Jesus and Mary so in these latter
days the Sun of Justice must lead us to the throne of God in unity and Trinity.
Our Blessed Lord made me again understand that proof shall not be wanting, but I
felt that it was not the one we looked for I mean that poor dear Maggie should
be restored to sight. He did not and does not seem to wish to let us know what
proof He intends, but I think it is to be something about that holy soul He has
so often shown me as His delight and consolation. If you ask that one so dear to
Him I have no doubt but what we shall obtain our request. I thank Him and love
Him more for all He has done for this one and I thought He was pleased for the
honor you had shown them.
Ever since Our Lord had first spoken to Teresa with regard to His Sacred Head as
the Seat of Divine Wisdom, this devotion had been acting as a leaven on her
whole spiritual life, until she came at last to view everything in its light...
in November 1880, she wrote:
It has been the good pleasure of Our dear Blessed Lord to allow me to
participate more fully in His dreadful bitter Passion during the past week and
He has impressed on my soul more clearly than I ever before saw it the sixth
Station where St Veronica presents the towel to wipe the Face of Our Lord. And
He made me feel that He Himself commenced that devotion to the Seat of Divine
Wisdom, by impressing the image of His Sacred Head and Face upon the towel she
offered Him. It rewarded her piety and He comforted Himself in the glory and
love and compassion which should be rendered to Him and the adorable Trinity in
it. Oh Seat of Divine Wisdom and guiding power which regulates and governs all
the motion and love of the Sacred Heart may all minds know Thee, and all hearts
love, all tongues praise Thee now and forever . Thou art truly the Light that
shinesth in darkness, the height and depth of knowledge for in Thee are all
things present. Oh my Lord and My God I conjure Thee by this Seat of Divine
Wisdom by the love of the Sacred Heart and by all the Precious Blood Thou didst
shed and pain and anguish Thou didst take upon Thy Sacred Humanity, to imprint
now Thy seal upon this Devotion and give proof positive to His Lordship of Thy
Holy Will in this respect. Hasten oh Lord the day when all gazing into the depth
of Thy Wisdom and untold love we may commence that immeasurable bliss here of
gazing into that Face which is the joy of the saints and angels and which we too
hope to enjoy for all eternity. Oh Light and Love come quickly and slake this
raging fire which consumes my whole being, come and accomplish thy will and my
only desire. Oh Lord make no long delay. Oh Thou Who in the beginning did say
Let there be Light and it was so. Speak now oh Almighty God and will that this
unfailing light shine forth and the resplendent rays of this sun brightens up
our minds and hearts; prove oh Lord if such be Your Holy Will that thou art the
living and the true God.
Oh Mary by all the love and homage thou hast bestowed on this Seat of Divine
Wisdom before which the cherubim and seraphim prostrate lie in awe and trembling
fear and love, but which thou hast so often pressed to thy Sacred Heart and
pillowed on thy breast. Oh Mary and Joseph all ye choirs of angels and gleaming
rows of saints, raise now your minds, hearts, hands to the adorable Trinity and
beg of the Holy of holies to look on those warm red drops of priceless worth,
the Precious Blood of Jesus which have obeyed the order of His Divine Wisdom,
and by His obedience unto death and all the Wisdom and Love He has shown towards
His creatures to arise and spread this light over the whole face of the earth.
Where would we all be if it were not for His Infinite Wisdom and Love? In
nothingness out of which He called all things.Then let all things acknowledge,
praise bless and love this Wisdom and adore the Sacred head of Jesus as its
seat. Not my will but Thine be done. I mean I am ready to wait Thy good
pleasure, but oh Lord Thou knowest all things, my love and my desires are not
hidden from Thee.