Lesson 3 - Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette Flashcards
nth Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady of La Salette this year
175th
When was the year of apparition?
19 September 1846
What are the names of the two children?
Mélanie Calvat (14) Maximin Giraud (11)
Location of the apparition
Mountain of ALPS in La Salette, France
Name of the cute dog
Lulu
Why were the children at the mountains?
The children did not attend the catechism because they both had to work
how many messages did Our lady gave?
9 messages
First message
“Come near, my children, be not afraid; I am
here to tell you great news. If my people will not
submit, I shall be forced to let fall the arm of my
Son. It is so strong, so heavy, that I can no
longer withhold it. For how long a time do I
suffer for you! If I would not have my Son
abandon you, I am compelled to pray to him
without ceasing; and as to you, you take not
heed of it. However much you pray, however
much you do, you will never recompense the
pains I have taken for you.”
Second message
“Six days I have given you to labor, the seventh I had kept for myself; and they will not give it to me. It is this which makes the arm of my Son so heavy. Those who drive the carts cannot swear without introducing the name of my Son. These are the two things which makes the arm of my Son so heavy."
Third message
"If the harvest is spoilt, it is all on your account. I gave you warning last year with the potatoes (pommes de terre) but you did not heed it. On the contrary, when you found the potatoes spoilt, you swore, you took the name of my Son in vain. They will continue to decay, so that by Christmas there will be none left."
Fourth message
If you have wheat, it is no good to sow it;
all you sow the insects will eat, and what
comes up will fall into dust when you
thresh it. There will come a great famine.
Before the famine comes, the children
under seven years of age will be seized
with trembling and will die in the hands
of those who hold them; the others will
do penance by the famine. The walnuts
will become bad, and the grapes will rot.
Fifth message
"If they are converted, the stones and rocks will change into mounds of wheat, and the potatoes will be self-sown in the land."
Sixth message
“Do you say your prayers well, my
children? Ah, my children, you must be sure to say
them well morning and evening. When
you cannot do better, say at least an Our
Father and a Hail Mary. When you have
time, say more.”
Seventh message
"There are none who go to Mass except a few aged women. The rest work on Sunday all summer; then in the winter, when they know not what to do, they go to Mass only to mock at religion. During Lent, they go to the meat-market like dogs. Have you never seen wheat that is spoilt, my children?"
Eighth message
“But you, my child, you must surely have seen
some once when you were at the farm of Coin
with your father. The owner of the field told
your father to go and see his ruined wheat. You
went together. You took two or three ears of
wheat into your hands and rubbed them, and
they fell to dust. Then you continued home.
When you were still half and hour’s distance
from Corps, your father gave you a piece of
bread and said to you: Here, my child, eat
some bread this year at least; I don’t know who
will eat any next year, if the wheat goes on like
that.”
