Feast of the Sacred Heart

Chapter 4 page 110
Concerning the souls of Three Priests and a sinner, and two Chosen Souls.

This was given to Josefa during the time of the Feast of the Sacred Heart June 1st-July 1921.
The Lord explains to Josefa the importance of the souls of His Priests and he gave her a prayer to say everyday.....

"You will repeat these words everyday"

"O Jesus, by Thy Love and glory all the priests of the world, all missionaries and those whose office it is to preach Thy Word, that on fire with holy zeal, they may snatch souls from the devil and lead them into the shelter of Thy Heart, where forever they may glorify Thee.
Amen"

Josefa never forgot that Feast of the Sacred Heart. She had witnessed the infinite joy of the Sacred Heart when His priests give Him all the love they owe Him.

The prayer He had taught her became her daily petition and priestly souls the first and biggest intention of her consecrated life.
A little secret note found only after her death proves that at this time Our Lord kept the thought of the missions constantly before her eyes.

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Jesus says "My Heart takes comfort in forgiving, I have no greater desire, no greater joy, than when I can pardon a soul. When a soul returns to me after a fall, the comfort she gives Me is a gain for her, for I regard her with a very great love. Have no fear what so ever. As you are nothing but wretchedness, I wish to make use of you, I will supply for all your deficiencies....Let Me act in you"

A lesson from Our Lady

Our Lady gave Josefa a lesson
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"My daughter, I will give you a lesson of very great importance; the devil is like a mad dog, but he is chained, that is to say, his liberty is curtailed. He can, therefore, only seize and devour his prey if you venture too near him, and that is why his actual tactics are to make himself appear as a lamb.
The soul does not realize this, and draws nearer and nearer, only to discover his malice when in his clutches. When he seems far away, do not relax your vigilance, child; his footsteps are padded and silent, that he may take you unawares"

Prayers given to Sister Josefa

You will be able to find the prayers given to Sister Josefa in the "Way of Divine Love"

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O Father, merciful and good, look upon thy child and her so entirely thine own, that she may lose herself in Thy Heart.
May her one desire, O Father be to accomplish Thy Holy Will.

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I will never again go back, O my God; I will suffer whatever Thou wilt, provide Thou dost never cast me out of Thy Heart.

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Jesus said "You console Me by saying that He answered with enthusiasm. I want nothing else from you.
You may be poor, but I am rich;feeble, but I am strong, but I ask you to never to refuse Me anything...
"Listen to My Heart beating....each beat is for a soul I am calling....I wait and wait in expectation of them.
If they heed me not, I will call again...I will wait for them with you. We shall suffer, but they will come, soon they will come.

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"I want you to offer yourself as a victim today and that your whole person may agonize for those souls; humble yourself and ask pardon.
I am with you"

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"I begged Him" she wrote on Thursday April 7th..."To teach me to humble myself and how to surrender myself in a way that pleases Him. I think He likes this prayer, for suddenly He came"
"You can humble yourself in various ways" He told me "First, by adoring the Divine Will,which in spite of your worthlessness, uses you to make known God's mercy.
Secondly, by thanking Me for having placed you in the Society of My Sacred Heart,though you have done nothing to merit it. Never complain of this"
"He impressed these words so deeply on my soul that I begged of Him no longer to remember my ingratitude, and I again told Him how much I wished to make amends for the pain I had given His Adorable Heart"
"You will comfort Me, Josefa, if you often repeat this prayer"
"O Divine Heart-Heart of my Beloved-the most tender and sensitive of all hearts, I give Thee thanks that in spite of my unworthiness Thou has deigned to choose me to spread the knowledge of Thy Mercy on souls"
Jesus said " Every time you say those words I place them in My Heart that they may become for you and for souls a new source of grace and mercy"