Annette |
A Wonderful Harvest of Spiritual Fruit
Dear Marie-Paule,
The last triduum presented a wonderful harvest of spiritual fruit through the testimonials that were given, and of which many of us are the privileged witnesses. Not one triduum is less enriching than another given that, with the one in May, the mystery of Mary and her Work is always increasingly revealed to us, and that in September, the spiritual fruits that are a result of it are presented to us.
In May, we sow; in September, we reap! What logic in God’s plan! It all fits together and everything is constantly confirming this. How can we not believe that which is so very obvious? For almost forty years we have been following this divine Work for our time and never has Heaven or Marie-Paule misled or disappointed us. One has only to read Life of Love to reach the point of understanding and believing that which, perhaps, might still escape our understanding today of all the good and wonderful things Heaven is putting before us. So many graces were received in these last days of prayer in which the love of God and the True Spirit scented the air in the chapel of Spiri-Maria, and this was palpable.
The hymn “L’Écho du Sanctuaire” performed by the Choir of the Immaculate touched me in a special way, for I learned it at a very early age from the lips and heart of my mother to whom I have always attributed the vocation of my two sons who are priests. Just as the wind carries seeds so that they may become fertile and produce beautiful flowers and fruit once again, the “Echo of the Shrine of Spiri-Maria” carries throughout the whole world this “blessed grain” that comes from the spirituality of souls consecrated to the Virgin Mary, the reformed souls that, over the years, have been putting into practice the rich spiritual teachings we have received from our “Mother”, Marie-Paule.
Prayer, love, forgiveness, abandonment to God’s will, the complete giving of self, there you have what our Mother who is “the Lady of All Peoples, She who once was Mary”, has passed on to us as a spiritual heritage. She has taught us to become adoring souls, “angels of the priesthood”, cherished by the Heart of God the Father. How beautiful it will be when all peoples of the earth will know of and come to the Lady and be vested with the True Spirit who is pure Love. Then, the face of the earth will change and peace will come, for the corruption, disasters and wars will have disappeared and made way for justice and genuine love.
May our “littleness” cling to the “Grandeur” of the Lady of All Peoples who draws us in her wake, and bring us to reach the Heart of the Father’s Heart for eternity.
Thank you for your “Fiat” which was renewed so many times. Magnificat!
Annette Aubry Mastropietro
Sr. France |
The Gift of Motherhood and the Priesthood
Dear Mrs. Mastropietro,
At the beginning of this second week after our annual triduum at Spiri-Maria in honor of the Triumph of the Cross, everything has returned to normal in our residences and, at the secretariat, the letters that accumulated over those days are slowly receiving a reply. Thus, it is with joy that we come to thank you, on behalf of Mother Paul-Marie, for the beautiful appreciation you sent her last week.
September 2007, Lac-Etchemin - After the reception of Padre Jean-Pierre as Father of the Church of John, he was invited to sign the register marking the event. He is surrounded by his parents, Annette and Alberto, and his brother, also a priest, Father Jean-François. |
It is always with a keen interest that we read the thoughts and reflections of all those who are willing to share them with us, for we know that they spontaneously spring from a heart expressing its gratitude for the so very wonderful Work of the Father and the Immaculate. “The Echo of the Shrine of Spiri-Maria” is also the voice of the witnesses who, like you, give us their appreciation after our triduums of prayer. Thus, to this hymn of thanksgiving that mounts heavenward, we mingle our own voice. The gift of motherhood, of the religious life and of the priesthood, the conversions, the cures, the generous offering up of the cross, the fruitfulness of the spiritual motherhood and fatherhood, a strong faith in the sacraments, the divine and Marian action and the work of grace in the story of souls, etc., what wonderful fruit, that make up a rich harvest. The Church of John is a Church alive, living off the very life of God and of the Immaculate. That is why everything is beautiful and sublime, leaving us in an state of wonderment and adoration. It is with such sentiments that we remain united with you, assuring you at the same time of our gratitude for your two Sons, priests, “blessed grain” on the spike of valorous generations and set apart in a special way to participate in the spiritual fruitfulness of the renewed Church.
Sister France Bergeron, O.FF.M.