Rosa Mystica A Noble Pilgrim
A statue of Virgin Mary - Rosa
Mystica
weeping from January 27, 1984
in Montekanen, Belgium.
In
Montichiari, Italy, a then unmarried woman - Pierina Gillio (1911 -
1991) began to have visions of Our Lady. Pierina was an assistant nurse
in a hospital at that time. After a 19-year pause, the visions shifted
to the suburb of Fontanelle. After church authorities banned Pierina
from the place of the visions, Mary continued to appear to her favourite
soul in privacy until 1983. She had 8 visions in Montichiari, 4 in Fontanella
and about 45 in privacy. During the visions Pierina saw souls tormented
in hell. On June 13, 1947 Holy Virgin told Pierina:
"Our Lord has send Me to bring you a new Marian
feast ... I wish that the 13th day of each month was celebrated as a
Marian day. The twelve preceding days should be devoted to preparatory
prayers. This day should be a day of the forgiveness of offences to
Our Lord from souls consecrated to God. Their sins pierced My Heart
and the Heart of My Divine Son Jesus Christ as if by three red-hot swards."
A pre-announced vision on December 8, 1947 was attended by several thousands
of people. On that occasion, the Our Lady told Pierina: "By
arriving here in Montichiari I express My wish to be worshipped and
venerated as Rosa Mystica. I wish that an hour of mercy for all the
world was celebrated at noon on December 8th each year.
This veneration will provide much grace for soul and flesh alike ...
I wish that, for My mercy, a statue of Rosa Mystica with My likeness
was made and carried in processions."
Our Lady then stretched Her arms wide and took out Her Heart from Her
chest. On the Heart there were three roses - white, red and golden-yellow.
The Heart gave out a strong pervasive light. The meaning of the three
roses was explained by Pierina as follows: "The white
rose - a spirit of worship, the red rose - a spirit of reconciliation
and readiness to sacrifice, the golden rose - a spirit of penance."
On August 31, 1975, the Our Lady told Pierina: "Where I rest
as a pilgrimage statue, where I am worshipped and where people pray
a lot, My Divine Son Jesus Christ lets special mercy flow out of Himself."
When one of the pilgrimage statues was returend to Montichiari, Pierine
had a vision of Virgin Mary accompanied by two Fatima children - Frank
and Jacinta, the holy Archangel Raphael and thousands of holy angels.
Then Our Lady said: "When I am brought to people as a pilgrim,
as a Mystical Rose, I descend with angels and saints from heaven, stand
by the statue and protect and bless all the people ... With My Divine
mercy and My maternal love I will be standing close to My children at
the time of their death."
The Divine Son Himself then told Pierina: "On handing over
the statue of the Holy Mother, My Mother, let the priest or his deputy
first give holy blessing on behalf of Myself and then let him pray:
"Acceept joyfully the noble pilgrim who is coming to you in order
to help you. Pray, pray!"
When investigated by a bishop's commission, Pierina confirmed the authenticity
of her story about having visions by Virgin Mary by taking an oath on
the Wholy Scripture.
Soon afterwards, the bishop recommended her to retire from the public
life and move to a secluded place. Pierina then lived as a guest in
a Convent of Franciscan sisters for nearly 20 years.
* * *
Prayer to Virgin Mary
- Mystical Rose:
Mystical Rose, Immaculate Virgin, Mother
of Mercy, we worship You in order to venerate Your Divine Son and to
win His mercy. We solicit Your help and mercy not for our achievements,
but for the clemency of Your Maternal Hearth being convinced that You
will hear us.
Hail, Mary ...
Mystical Rose, Mother Of Jesus, the Queen of Holy Rosary and the Mother
of Church and of the mystical Christ's Body, we beg on behalf of the
world torn by disagreements, please grant a gift of understanding and
peace and all mercies capable of amending the hearts of a number of
your children.
Hail, Mary ...
Mystical Rose, the Queen of Apostles, let priests and religious
people abound around eucharistic altars whose sainthood and zeal would
help to establish the Kingdom of Your Son throughout the world. Pour
on us your Divine mercy!
Hail, Mary ...
Hail, the Queen ...
Pray for us, Holy Mother of God!
So that we become worthy of promises of Jesus Christ.
Mystical Rose, Mother of Church, pray for us!
Oh, Mary, Mystical Rose of Immaculate Conception, protector of priests
and the consecrated, win them the favour of Jesus! Amen.
(Imprimatur: Msgr. Dr. Jaroslav Skarvada, ordaining
bishop of Prague)* * *
A number of extraordinary phenomena took place in
Fontanelle. It was the scene of numerous healings of bodily and mental
ailments. In Fontanelle there is a healing spring blessed by the Holy
Mother. Our Lady told Pierina about this spring (on February 27, 1966): "On the White Sunday My Divine Son Jesus Christ will once again
send me onto this earth in Montichiari to bring mankind abundant mercy.
The spring will be miraculous from then on."
Msgr. Abato Francesco Rossi who was a vicar in Montichiari
between 1949 and 1971 is absolutely convinced about the authenticity
of the visions.
Pope Pius XII granted Pierina a personal audience and
blessed her. He parted from her saying: "Please, pray for us, too."
Before opening the Vatican Council II, Pope John XXIII urged the whole world by means of his Apostle letter to pray for the
success of the council, to venerate the Mother of God as a Mystical
Rose and to pray rosary for this purpose. Likewise, the believers were
urged also by Pope Paul VI in his address of May 5, 1969 to invoke Our
Lady primarily as a Mystical Rose in May. On November 21, 1964, in his
council speech he proclaimed: "We wish that in the years ahead
the Most Blessed Virgin Mary was venerated and honoured by all Christian
people under this title" (Rosa Mystica).
The events related to the vision of Virgin Mary and Her messages to
Pierina Gillio in Montichiari - Fontanelle were described in a 300-page
book entitled Mary Rosa Mystica published in Germany.
In 1988 the number of pilgrimage statues of Rosa Mystica was estimated
at 50,000 and the number of their colour reproductions exceeded 1,000,000.
Many of these statues weep, sometimes even tears of blood.
E.g. a statue in Postel, Belgium, began weeping in October 1976. Statues
in Rosario, Argentina and in several places in Colombia, Italy and Hungary
used to shed tears in 1980 - 1981.
One of the most notable statues in Europe occurs in the Belgian town
of Maasmechelen where Holy Virgin started to weep in October 1983. And
of course Montichiari itself has several statues displaying this phenomenon.
A strange thing happened in Colombia in September 1984: a common colour
reproduction of A4 format wept tears of blood.
Verified in a multitude of places throughout the globe, these phenomena
have been witnessed by thousands of pilgrims and always entail deepening
of religious beliefs and numerous conversions. Vicar Jarsinski of the
St. John parish in Chicago (a statue here wept in 1974) says: "3
to 5 thousand people a day have been attending my church for years.
They pray before this statue which often sheds tears before pilgrims
... A local bishop with believers come every day to pray at least one
rosary."
In 1994, Horst Mehring gave a list of 103 verified
places with a date where Rosa Mystica statues and reproductions began
to weep. He estimates their actual number at several hundreds, bur their
verification and registration are far from simple.
A procession carrying a Rosa Mystica statue
in India
Several cases of weeping Rosa Mystica statues mentioned by Mehring:
S. Francisco Solano, Argentina, tears of blood since 1988. Juiz de Fora,
Brazil, a picture postcard has been weeping since 1987. Louveira S.
P., Brazil, in St. Sebastian Church since 1990. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
oil tears since 1993. Olón, Ecuador, tears of blood since 1990.
Bajawa, Flores, Indonesia, Virgin Mary on an A5 photoprint has been
weeping since 1988. Surabaya, Indonesia, three statues have been sheding
tears of blood since 1993. Montreal, Canada, since 1985. Manizales,
Colombia, in a Fatima chapel since 1982. Ibadan, Nigeria, tears of oil
since 1990. Barri o Harrara, Paraguay, a picture postcard since 1988.
Tumbes, Peru, three statues since 1991. Sinillan, Philippines, tears
of blood since 1994. Chotyniec, Poland, tears of blood since 1990. Sotogrande,
Spain, illustration in a book, tears of blood since 1994. Homokkomárom,
Hungary, Reconciliation church, since 1988. Szeged, Hungary, since 1979.
New Orleans, Lousiana, USA, seven statues have been weeping since 1985.
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