I went to Holy Love Ministries in Ohio this past weekend.
It was Awesome!
We drove there on Friday night at about 12:30 a.m. It was a very long drive. we arrived in Ohio (Olmsted) at around 2 p.m. so that's... come on c... do the math... 14 hours! wow, long drive there.
When we got there (it was my dad, mom, sister and I by the way) we all went to sleep for a couple hours. We went to the Holy Love Ministry grounds after we freshened up and ate some pizza.
First thing we did was go into the new St. Thomas Aquinas Learning Center where they now have the book store and a cafeteria and everything. It's so awesome in there! It's a lot bigger than the old buildings and I'm sure they have plans for more future uses for it. :)
They also have a new chapel called Mary Refuge of Holy Love Chapel. That place is so beautiful, and it looks ready for prayer! They moved most of the statues that they had in the Welcome Center into the chapel, most noted were the St. Therese, St. John Vianny, Sacred Heart, and the new Mary Refuge of Holy Love statue. They are all so beautiful! I hope I can show you some pictures of them :)
After we had checked out the new buildings, we venerated the Blessing Point and a relic of Our Lady's hair that she gave us. We then went to the Lake of Tears to console Our Lady of Sorrows, especially as the Lord asked us to do that. We prayed the Rosary of Our Lady's Seven Sorrows (see other tab), which I came to know about through Immaculee Ilibagiza's book about Our Lady of Kibeho in Africa.
After that, since it was only about 8:30 p.m. by that time, we went back to the Chapel to await the appointed time for the Apparition which was set for midnight. We took pictures and prayed Rosaries and the Mercy Chaplet. At about 10:45 we went to the Field of Victory where the Apparition was to take place. Mom and I were in the procession in honor of Our Lady :). Brigid took a couple of pictures, and recorded a bit during the time we waited, and when the message was read aloud. It was a long message. One thing that surprised some of us was that Our Lady appeared to the visionary (Maureen) as Our Lady of Sorrows instead of Our Lady of Guadeloupe, even though Saturday we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadeloupe. She said she appeared that way because she weeps for the victims of abortion, and for the world because of the sin of abortion. St. Michael the Archangel appeared with her and had a shield with a special symbol on it. It was the - dude, I'm just going to paste the whole message on here:
Holy Love Message
December 12, 2010
Midnight Service at the United Hearts Field
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(This message was given in multiple parts over several days.)
St. Michael appears holding his Shield of Truth. Blessed Mother appears as Our Lady of Sorrows. She says: "Praise be to Jesus." St. Michael bows his head.
"St. Michael advances ahead of Me tonight, carrying his Shield of Truth. Please note that below the image of Our United Hearts on his shield is the image of the teardrop enveloping the unborn child from the Rosary of the Unborn. This is to signify that when the truth of the sin of abortion is accepted in hearts, abortion will stop. But it will not stop until then."
"I come once again to reconcile mankind with his Creator. The Alpha and the Omega are at hand in every present moment. While people busy themselves storing up food and stockpiling gold in preparation for what is to come, they miss the ark that is offered to them in this present moment - the Ark of Holy Love - which is My Immaculate Heart. In doing so, they frantically bypass the one safe harbor of peace, and pursue the stormy sea of human solutions outside of God."
"I come as the Image of Sorrows rather than the Image of Guadalupe which symbolizes the defense of life in the womb, for I continue to weep for every life which mankind destroys with disregard for the Hand by which it was created. Abortion not only destroys life but also human dignity. It is an outrage that has cost the world valuable leadership and obscured the direction of human events. But because mankind has not sought out the safe refuge of My Heart, he does not realize the fatal course he is pursuing."
"Dear children, I come to you once again to offer to you the asylum of My Heart during these treacherous times in which you now live. Often the greatest dangers are not physical but spiritual, and come clothed in seemingly great benefit. You must let everything pass through the sieve of Holy Love so that evil slips away and only truth remains. Be courageous in your efforts towards personal holiness. The whole world cannot be converted until you yourselves are converted. I am your Protectress. The grace of My Heart is omnipresent to you. Therefore, entrust to My Heart all things as a child depends on his mother. Learn to recognize Satan as the one who always opposes Holy Love."
"Please realize that as long as new life is insecure and jeopardized in the womb, world peace will be jeopardized. The boundaries of this country are now breached and evil readily accesses once secure destinations. Even information has reached new levels of insecurity. Yet people do not see any of this as the byproduct of the sin of abortion."
"Dear children, tonight I applaud your perseverance and faith in understanding that these Messages carry the words of Truth. Allow your hearts to be united with God and with one another. Do not be separated because of opinions."
"Tonight I am taking all of your petitions into My Heart. I will carry them to Heaven and place them on the altar of My Beloved Son's Heart. Do not fear for anything."
"I'm blessing you with My Blessing of Holy Love."
December 12, 2010
Midnight Service at the United Hearts Field
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
(This message was given in multiple parts over several days.)
St. Michael appears holding his Shield of Truth. Blessed Mother appears as Our Lady of Sorrows. She says: "Praise be to Jesus." St. Michael bows his head.
"St. Michael advances ahead of Me tonight, carrying his Shield of Truth. Please note that below the image of Our United Hearts on his shield is the image of the teardrop enveloping the unborn child from the Rosary of the Unborn. This is to signify that when the truth of the sin of abortion is accepted in hearts, abortion will stop. But it will not stop until then."
"I come once again to reconcile mankind with his Creator. The Alpha and the Omega are at hand in every present moment. While people busy themselves storing up food and stockpiling gold in preparation for what is to come, they miss the ark that is offered to them in this present moment - the Ark of Holy Love - which is My Immaculate Heart. In doing so, they frantically bypass the one safe harbor of peace, and pursue the stormy sea of human solutions outside of God."
"I come as the Image of Sorrows rather than the Image of Guadalupe which symbolizes the defense of life in the womb, for I continue to weep for every life which mankind destroys with disregard for the Hand by which it was created. Abortion not only destroys life but also human dignity. It is an outrage that has cost the world valuable leadership and obscured the direction of human events. But because mankind has not sought out the safe refuge of My Heart, he does not realize the fatal course he is pursuing."
"Dear children, I come to you once again to offer to you the asylum of My Heart during these treacherous times in which you now live. Often the greatest dangers are not physical but spiritual, and come clothed in seemingly great benefit. You must let everything pass through the sieve of Holy Love so that evil slips away and only truth remains. Be courageous in your efforts towards personal holiness. The whole world cannot be converted until you yourselves are converted. I am your Protectress. The grace of My Heart is omnipresent to you. Therefore, entrust to My Heart all things as a child depends on his mother. Learn to recognize Satan as the one who always opposes Holy Love."
"Please realize that as long as new life is insecure and jeopardized in the womb, world peace will be jeopardized. The boundaries of this country are now breached and evil readily accesses once secure destinations. Even information has reached new levels of insecurity. Yet people do not see any of this as the byproduct of the sin of abortion."
"Dear children, tonight I applaud your perseverance and faith in understanding that these Messages carry the words of Truth. Allow your hearts to be united with God and with one another. Do not be separated because of opinions."
"Tonight I am taking all of your petitions into My Heart. I will carry them to Heaven and place them on the altar of My Beloved Son's Heart. Do not fear for anything."
"I'm blessing you with My Blessing of Holy Love."
So, that's pretty intense eh??
I would say, it was completely worth getting soaked and cold, just to be there when Our Lady said these things. I feel so sorry that she is so sad! I hope she is happy soon.
We went back to the hotel that night, we went to sleep around 1:30a.m. and we went to Mass the next morning at 11 a.m. at St. Richard's Church a couple streets away from the hotel :)
We then went back to the Holy Love grounds and went to the bookstore, where I bought the United Hearts chaplet beads and a picture of St. Catherine of Sienna drawn by Maureen! I also bought a St. Michael's Chaplet for Brig, which is a salutation to all the choirs of Angels :).
We had to leave Ohio earlier than planned because the weather looked like it was going to turn pretty nasty. So we left... It was another long drive which we started at about 2:30 p.m. but it ended at about 3 a.m., so not as long as the drive there. :)
I am very grateful for the Blessing of that trip. I love going to Holy Love, and Brig and I hope to volunteer there next summer. Lord I hope we can!! please pray we have that opportunity. :D
Love in Holy Love,
C
