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LIFE OF LIFE - VIII The Celestial Life (June 1971 - August 1973) On August 28, 1971, the feast of Saint Augustine, a Work of Love was founded quite unexpectedly, a Work which had been foretold to the Foundress seventeen years earlier. Who would understand this Work and situate it in time? None other than Raoul Auclair, a Marian and eschatological writer from Paris who, in 1967, had published the messages of the Lady of All Peoples received by Miss Ida Peerdeman in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. After this unexpected founding, Marie-Paule, at the beginning of December 1971, offered Raoul an issue of the little review L’Armée de Marie [“The Army of Mary”]. Since he did not know her, she gave him some precise information concerning the book The Lady of All Peoples which he had published in 1967. Here is his answer:

“Dear Madam,

“I catch a glimpse, through your letter, of the vast shadows, or rather, of the great lights that your discretion veils from me. I do not ask that you lift this veil. Contrary to the impression that may be given by the books I publish, I fear revelations: I do not seek them. Consequently, I turn by preference to that visible and concrete work which I perceive through what you write in L’Armée de Marie. (...)

“When someone like you, when a group such as yours, draw themselves up on the side of the Pope and affirm that he cannot err – more so at this time –, that he is the only beacon of security in this darkness, the only point of stability in this maelstrom, I see here the mark of truth, the guarantee of a particular election.

“Then there is Mary. But Mary alone does not suffice – does not desire to suffice – to stamp the seal of authenticity upon a manner of conduct. There must be Mary and the Pope. This might, at first glance, seem astonishing. And yet, is it not among certain of the most zealous devotees of Mary that are to be found the most obstinate enemies of Paul VI? (...)

“Blessed be this Army of Mary which, in obedience to Mary, pledges itself to remain faithful to the Pope. That is the great need of these times. But, alas! it is also the great rarity.

“Please accept, dear Madam, my kindest thoughts in the joy of Christmas.

Raoul Auclair”

(Chapter 25)

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