the times of your witness
first saturday of the month
milan
1991.05.04
with this first saturday of the month of may, you begin the period of time which is set aside for my special veneration.
in this month of may, i want you to be more completely united with me, so that i may cause you to grow in your life of consecration, to the point of full maturity.
the times of your maturity have come.
these are the times of your witness.
give to all the witness of being consecrated to me.
your life must be illumined by my motherly presence and you must spread about you the charism of my holiness, of my purity, of my mercy, of my charity, of my tenderness.
whoever sees you must see the power of my light.
whoever meets you must find the sweet balm of my mercy.
give my help to those who are far away, to the poor, to the sick, to the sinners, to the despairing.
come with me, your motherly shepherdess, in the search of the many little sheep who have lost their way and are running the danger of dying of hunger and of cold.
give to all the witness of walking with me along the road of faith.
in these times, errors are spreading in a way which is so vast and profound that it is not possible for you to so much as imagine it.
many are losing the faith and apostasy is expanding more and more within the church, like a terrible cancer which has spread through all its members.
you are being called to follow me along the road of heroic and pure faith.
i am making you the gift of preserving you in the integrity of the faith, so that you can illumine my children, in these times of great darkness.
for this reason, i ask you to be strongly united with the pope who has, from jesus, the great task of confirming all in the truth of the catholic faith.
give to all the witness of walking with me along the road of prayer.
prayer is the strength of the church.
prayer is necessary for your salvation.
prayer, made together with me, can obtain for you the gift of the second pentecost.
only with prayer can you enter into the new era which awaits you.
so then i invite you to call everyone to prayer.
multiply the cenacles of prayer which i have asked of you.
i want you priests to be the first to give the example of taking part in these cenacles, and then, i ask that, in these decisive times, cenacles be spread among the children, among the youth and in the families.
the time has come when all the church must gather together with me in prayer, in the spiritual cenacle of my immaculate heart.
give to all the witness of walking with me along the road of holiness.
my immaculate heart must be honoured and glorified by the church and by all humanity.
for this reason, i want to bring you to a great holiness.
thus, by means of you, little children consecrated to me, the whole church can become illumined and transformed by the very holiness of your heavenly mother.
i am taking you along the road of perfect imitation of jesus, of littleness and of humility, of disdain for the world and for your own selves, of the heroic exercise of all the virtues, and of a great love for the most holy eucharist.
you are now in the decisive times, which are bringing you to the new era.
you are in my times.
in these days of great darkness, your light will shine forth with greater and greater strength, to the point of surrounding with its rays and illuminating souls, the church, and all humanity.
Fr Gobbi 