Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. John 19:25-27
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope you also were able to pick your Saint of the Year! I got Saint Mary Magdalene. I have much to fill you in on, but I will save it for another time. I do ask for prayer for my family, specifically my mom.
For now, I want to tell you that this Advent and Christmas I spent meditating on the Passion. I do this either through the Sorrowful Mysteries, or by using the 24 hours of the Passion by Luisa Piccarreta. I often find this very fruitful to help me focus on Christ instead of the storm that’s swirling around us. I always try to close my eyes and place myself in the scene while I am praying. On this particular day, which was December 31, 2021, I was meditating on the sorrowful mysteries of the Rosary. The following are the images that came to me in my prayer. As always, if the church says what I have written is wrong, the church is correct and I am wrong.
December 31, 2021 – Meditation on the 5th Sorrowful Mystery, the Crucifixion
I close my eyes in prayer and picture staring at Jesus on the cross.
At once, I feel as though I am viewing from a different vantage point, as if a camera lens zoomed out a little and I was standing behind a Priest who was at the foot of the Cross. I knew this Priest to be representative of Saint John, but he is a modern day Priest. We’re both staring at the cross. Suddenly the cross turned into Saint Peters in Rome and it was massively on fire. We are standing there looking at it when above it appeared in the sky the Holy Family, Jesus the Divine Child, in Mary’s arms, Joseph with an arm around Mary and another arm holding his staff. There were a circle of angels surrounding them.
Mary looked at the Priest and handed him the Divine Child who kissed him on the forehead and then nestled in his arms against his chest.
The lens zoomed out further and I saw another modern day Priest who I knew to be representative of Saint Peter. He had his hand on the other Priests shoulder – the way a sponsor would for a confirmandi. He was weeping tremendously. Saint Joseph looked at this Priest and handed him his staff. Then the image of Saint Peters on fire faded as did the Holy Family. The sky turned dark as night but stars were everywhere and they were moving fast as if a time lapse camera was sped up, it was somewhat dizzying. Stars just moving at high speed through the sky. Then the sun appeared and I zoomed out further and there was a field of flowers with people in it and behind the two Priests were other Priests. Everyone was acting as if they had just woken up and a joy and excitement started to spread all over people’s faces. There were families in the field hugging one another like never before.
This is where my meditation ended. It was very intense. It felt as though we passed through a time of immense sorrow, into a time of great joy. And that there are Priests who are like the Apostles who are out there and we must pray for them.
I know many of you are suffering out there. Be not afraid. Just ask Jesus to be in the suffering with you. He isn’t asking you to be perfect, He is asking you to love in the middle of the suffering. Ask Our Lady to be the comforting balm you need. Keep your eyes on the cross and let us see where the God of the Universe takes us, trusting in His will.
Peace be with you.
Veil of Veronica 
Thank you for your odors 💗 I’ve tried several times to make comments but am unable to. But thank you for sharing – my older sister has Alzheimer’s too … prayers for you and your mom and family Monica Keiser
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 10:58 AM Veil of Veronica wrote:
> veilofveronica posted: ” Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were > his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary > Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved > standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is yo” >
Thanks and God Bless you.
Thank you for sharing that gift from God.
I have been suffering in different ways and I’m seeing the fruit of my suffering in conversion of my family. It’s hard, but worth it if it saves souls and reunites families.
Sue, I hope you received the icon I sent you care of your parish. I had Father consecrate it (made it a holy object) with a consecratory prayer found in our Greek (Byzantine) Catholic Eochologion. It was sealed with sacred chrism oil. The consecration endows the icon with healing graces. Father did not use a mere invocatory prayer that calls blessings, good feelings, and warm wished down on you, like those prayers in the Book of Blessing (B.O.B.). You may use the icon to pray for healing for anyone, but most especially your family.
Yes received James!!! Thank you!!!
Susan said: “…and I saw another modern day Priest who I knew to be representative of Saint Peter. He had his hand on the other Priests shoulder – the way a sponsor would for a confirmandi. He was weeping tremendously. Saint Joseph looked at this Priest and handed him his staff.”
Susan, could you please answer these two questions.
Which of these two priests was crying tremendously?
Which of these two priests received the staff from Saint Joseph?
P.S.
I suspect it was the representative of Saint John who cried and received the staff of Saint Joseph, but I want to be sure.
(Please be understanding for a foreigner.)
The one who cried and received the Staff was representative of St. Peter. The one who received the Divine Child was representative of Saint John.
I just used your recommended saint patron generator, Susan. Here is the result: St. Ambrose (= Immortal), Archbishop of Milan in the capital founded by my favorite Saint Barnabas the Apostle.
P.S.
My (paternal) grandfather’s name was Gervase. Relics of St. Ambrose lie behind glass next to Saint Gervase. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose#/media/File:Sant'Ambrogio_Cript_in_Basilica_of_Sant'Ambrogio,_Milan.jpg
Ambrose is awesome
I took a closer look at the decor of the tomb of Saints Ambrose and Gervase: Saint Gabriel the Archangel (in the center of the six angels) is depicted as a lictor.
Wikipedia: “The lictor’s main task was to attend as bodyguards to magistrates who held imperium. They carried rods decorated with fasces and, outside the pomerium, with axes that symbolized the power to carry out capital punishment. Dictatorial lictors had axes even within the pomerium.”
The decoration of this tomb is a visual representation of Ezekiel 9: 2! – “And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer’s inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.”
Comments from ‘biblehub’ here: https://biblehub.com/commentaries/ezekiel/9-2.htm
Who is the Dictator that Gabriel the Archangel announces in Milan over the tomb of Saints Ambrose and Gervase?
P.S.
Does St. Joseph in your vision on Dec. 31st had a shepherd’s staff or Jesse’s wand?
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December 31, 2021 – Meditation on the 5th Sorrowful Mystery, the Crucifixion
S: „I close my eyes in prayer and picture staring at Jesus on the cross.”
The scene begins with the adoration of the crucified head of the Church, that is, Jesus Christ. Since the head and body are one whole, it is also the scene of the crucifixion of the Mystical Body of Christ, that is, of the Church.
S: „At once, I feel as though I am viewing from a different vantage point, as if a camera lens zoomed out a little and I was standing behind a Priest who was at the foot of the Cross. I knew this Priest to be representative of Saint John, but he is a modern day Priest. We’re both staring at the cross.”
Your name is Susan, so as the Lilly of the Father, standing under the Cross behind the back of John, the beloved disciple of the Lord, you represent the Blessed Virgin Mother in this scene. Jesus said from the cross: “Woman, behold your son; and to the disciple, Son, behold, thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her home “- that is, St. John the Theologian became the spiritual guardian of the Church (the Virgin Mother) and thus became the visible, real, though unknown, Head of the Church. Since there is a contemporary priest in this vision, it is about some modern man who is the head of the Blessed Virgin, that is, her spouse.
S: „Suddenly the cross turned into Saint Peters in Rome and it was massively on fire. We are standing there looking at it…”
If, in this vision, the cross turned into the burning St. Peter’s in Rome, this is the scene of the destruction of Vatican City, which fell into apostasy. [Rev 18: 2a: “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! (or the Capital)’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit. And it became a habitat for demons.” Babylon means ‘Gate of gods’ – the faithful Catholic Church is the real Gate of God.] The Head and Mother of [all] Churches of the City and the World is not St. Peter’s Basilica, but St. John’s Basilica on the Lateran Hill, which – as a sign of the indestructibility of the Church on earth – will survive the punishment what will fall on faithless Rome. Saint Sylvester was the first Pope after a period of persecution of the Church and he was the one who consecrated the Lateran Basilica, so this is an important clue to the interpretation of the vision you had on the day of the memorial of this holy Pontifex.
S: „…when above it appeared in the sky the Holy Family, Jesus the Divine Child, in Mary’s arms, Joseph with an arm around Mary and another arm holding his staff. There were a circle of angels surrounding them.”
The destruction of Rome does not mean that the gates of hell have prevailed over the Church. The Lord Jesus revealed to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich that one (literally: one) Catholic is enough for the Church to survive. The Holy Family symbolizes the indestructible domestic Church to which also belong the elect to … the Kingdom of God on earth (which you saw in the last scene of your vision.)
S: „Mary looked at the Priest and handed him the Divine Child who kissed him on the forehead and then nestled in his arms against his chest.”
Everything that can be said about the Church, the same can be said about the Blessed Virgin: She is the Mystical Body of the Church. Since this Mystical Body was crucified, the Divine Mother, giving the Divine Child to this priest, is as if saying: “My spouse, behold your son; and to the son: behold, your father.” That man accepts the Child Jesus as his Son (and in fact accepts the whole Church, the Head and Body) and the Divine Child recognizes him as his adoptive father, which is expressed by kissing the forehead of this priest (St. John’s representative) and nestling against his chest. At the Last Supper, it was the young John the Apostle who nestled against the Heart of Jesus, now the Child Jesus, that is the whole Church, nests at the heart of this unknown priest, although he is certainly chosen from among many called. Kissing the forehead is also reminiscent of the scene of Saul’s anointing as the first king of Israel [1 Samuel 10: 1]: “Samuel then took a pot of oil and poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him and said: ‘Did not the Lord anoint you a leader over his inheritance?’ “ So the full meaning of this scene with the Child is to anoint some modern man as a priest and real king for the little remnant of the Church.
S: „The lens zoomed out further and I saw another modern day Priest who I knew to be representative of Saint Peter. He had his hand on the other Priests shoulder – the way a sponsor would for a confirmandi.”
The most important persons by the Confirmation are God the Holy Spirit and the person who receives this sacrament. The Lord Jesus, as a Child, personally anointed this John’s priest with the Holy Spirit by kissing his forehead. The sponsor for the confirmandi is the priest representing Saint Peter, that is, a Pope. Which Pope? Now watch out well: ‘de labore Solis’ because St. Peter’s Basilica is on fire. So it was not just a confirmation, but the transmission of the Holy Spirit and Fire! Blessed John Paul II was not the Sun, but only ‘from the labour of the Sun’, that is, he was only a witness of granting the sacrament of Christian maturity and the transfer of apostolic succession to an unknown priest who will be the Sun, or the fire announced by the Lord Jesus [Luke 12:49]: „I have come to cast fire on the earth, and how much I wish it would already be on fire! ” What is this Fire for? Here is his mission:
Isaiah 4:4-5 „If the Lord shall wash away the filth of the daughters of Sion, and shall wash away the blood of Jerusalem out of the midst thereof, by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.”
S: „He was weeping tremendously. Saint Joseph looked at this Priest and handed him his staff. Then the image of Saint Peters on fire faded as did the Holy Family. The sky turned dark …”
Saint Peter the Apostle cried for the first time when he realized that he had betrayed his Master. He will cry a second time in the person of his successor, Benedict XVI, the pope who betrayed the Church, fled from the wolves, leaving them the flock of Christ to be devoured. Saint Joseph, Protector of the Church, does not give his staff to this priest (Saint Peter’s representative) for consolation, but to show that the visible head of the Church on earth will henceforth be the real spouse of the Most Holy Virgin Mother of the Church. Saint John the Evangelist gave way to Saint Peter at the tomb of Jesus Christ, and now Peter gives priority to John at the tomb of our Mother the Holy Church (closed temples and masks on the faces of believers are a clear sign of death).
S: „The sky turned dark as night but stars were everywhere and they were moving fast as if a time lapse camera was sped up, it was somewhat dizzying. Stars just moving at high speed through the sky.”
The rapid movement of the stars in the firmament marks the change of an entire epoch, a transition to a completely new epoch after the Church and the whole earth have been cleansed with fire from the dirt that has accumulated over thousands of years. [2 Peter 3:10]: “As a thief will come the day of the Lord, in which the heavens will pass away with the whistling, the stars will be scattered with fire, and the earth and works on it will be found.”
S: „Then the sun appeared and I zoomed out further and there was a field of flowers with people in it and behind the two Priests were other Priests. Everyone was acting as if they had just woken up and a joy and excitement started to spread all over people’s faces. There were families in the field hugging one another like never before.”
The best comment on this final scene of your vision, Susan, on the threshold of the new year, that is, on the threshold of the new time, is the 21st chapter of the Revelation to Saint John, beginning with the verse:
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away …”
January 28, Saint Thomas Aquinas Memorial [here is another Twin, often depicted with the Sun (!) on his chest]
P.S.
Our Lord allowed you, Susan, to know in this vision the spiritual image of the fiery priest and king of the little remnant of Israel, the visible head of the resurrected Church. A Fire is to be that priest and king? And is not the beloved disciple John called the Son of Thunder?!
Geminiano – that’s a lot to absorb. I will pray and reflect on this.
God Bless you.