Subj : January 16th - Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres! To : All From : rich Date : Wed Jan 15 2020 09:11:35 From: rich January 16th - Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres! On January 16th, 1635, as Mother Mariana was given the great grace of knowing the day and the hour of her death, she prepared her community for her death. She had written a Last Will and Testament to be used as a guide for the Conceptionist Monastery for all time. She read it aloud to all of her daughters from her deathbed on this day. She died at 3:00 PM--the hour of Our Lord's own expiring. Those who love Our Lady should also take these words to heart. Always be close to Our Blessed Mother beneath the Cross! In the 3rd Clause of Mother Mariana's Last Will and Testament she speaks of the great devotion to Our Lady of Good Success in this way (taken from the Admirable Life of Mother Mariana Vol. 2) : =E2=80=9CWhen the Divine Master was hanging from the ignominious gibbet of = the Cross, on which He expired amidst His almost infinite sufferings and torments, the 4th word, or testament, that He left to redeemed humanity was that He left His own Mother to us so that She might be our mother. Directing Himself to the Virgin Mother, He said: =E2=80=9CWoman= , behold your son," the beloved disciple. And, directing Himself to the apostle, He said: =E2=80=9CBehold your Mother." Appropriating that fourth w= ord of my dying Spouse, I, your dying Mother, directing to you from my bed of agony my last words, tell you, my present-day daughters and those throughout time until the end of the world: Behold your Heavenly Mother, Mary Most Holy of Good Success. She will always give you good successes.... Have a great love for the Blessed Virgin. Imitate her virtues, above all her profound humility and her ardent love for God and poor sinners; love each other with a childlike simplicity and candor which allows no guilt or hypocrisy in souls. Preserve and propagate devotion to Our Lady under the tender invocation of Good Success, so that She might obtain whatever you ask of Jesus and Mary... Know, also, daughters and sisters of all times, that the holy Statue is consecrated with Holy Oils and is under the care of the three Archangels: St. Michael, St. Gabriel, and St. Raphael. Thus the treacherous demon can not cause it harm. For, seeing himself oppressed and this devotion and invocation snatching many souls from him, the demon will always attempt to destroy it. But all in vain! God watches over His works. But you should also take supreme care of your true treasure and strive to make Her known and loved by the greatest number of souls possible, assuring them that, with this devotion, they will always attain good successes in time and in eternity. Have recourse to Her in all your spiritual and temporal needs. When your souls are suffering temptations and hardships, and if the star of your divine vocation, by divine permission, is hidden from your soul's sight, run to Her with confidence and say: Star of the tempestuous sea of my mortal life, make Thy light shine so that I do not stray from the road that will lead me to Heaven." =E2=80=9CI am Mary of Good Success whom you invoked with such tender affection. Your prayer has pleased me very much. Your faith has brought me here. Your love has invited me to visit you." ( Our Lady of Good Success to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres from =E2=80=9C= Our Lady of Good Success Novena and Prayer Booklet") The Apostolate of Our Lady of Good Success Saint Quote: Your first task is to be dissatisfied with yourself, fight sin, and transform yourself into something better. Your second task is to put up with the trials and temptations of this world that will be brought on by the change in your life and to persevere to the very end in the midst of these things. --St. Augustine Bible Quote: In thy sight are all they that afflict me; my heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink." (Ps. 68:21-22) <><><><> Are you troubled? think but of Jesus, speak but the name of Jesus, the clouds disperse, and peace descends anew from heaven. Have you fallen into sin? so that you fear death? invoke the name of Jesus, and you will soon feel life returning. No obduracy of the soul, no weakness, no coldness of heart can resist this holy name; there is no heart --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 -Huntsville, AL - USA (1:396/4) .