At the moment of the schismatic act of Archbishop Lefebvre (cf. #106, August 7, 1976, and #385, June “Bear within yourselves the witness of Jesus in these times of the apostasy in order to be strong and FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 29, 1988 – messages that refer to the infallibility of the Pope) it is those who believed that they were courageous witnesses of faith. For this, I invite you to be ever more united to the Pope, to sustain him preserving the true faith against apostasy who set themselves against the Pope, because the celebration with your prayer and with your love, to accept and spread his teaching: in this way you will indicate to Ave Maria! Genoa, January 1, 2017 of Holy Mass was put in danger. The danger was present, but it was even more dangerous to set souls the secure way to follow in order to remain in the true faith. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God themselves against the Pope. Maintain the witness of Jesus in these times of the great tribulation. The days foretold by the Gospel Even today, no danger against the faith can permit us to set ourselves against the Pope – to doubt and the Apocalypse have arrived. The forces of evil, united by the power of the one who opposes Dear brothers and sisters of the Marian Movement of Priests, the dogma of papal infallibility. A dogma, by definition, is part of our Faith. I just reminded you of himself to Christ, will perform great prodigies in heaven and on the earth (Mt 24:24; Rev 13:13) in what our Pope emeritus said, “God guides his Church…let us never lose this vision of faith!” (the order to thus seduce a great part of humanity. You must remain solid in your heroic witness to Jesus It is a joy to be able to communicate with all of you spread throughout the entire world, members of the words of Pope Benedict XVI at the end of his last Wednesday audience - February 27, 2013) and fight with me against the powerful force of him who manifests himself as the enemy of Christ.” Movement that the Blessed Mother herself created and which She herself has made flourish. She told Fr. (408 f-g, June 28, 1989) Gobbi: “Here also you are aware that my Movement has spread spontaneously everywhere. This is yet “[Abraham] did not doubt God’s promise in unbelief; rather, he was empowered by faith and gave another confirmation that it is solely my work and that I act in silence and hiddenness. I continue to glory to God and was fully convinced that what He had promised, He was also able to do.”(Rom 4:20-21) To be united to the Pope and to preserve the true faith are one and the same thing in the Blue Book, choose as my preferred instruments those whom no one notices, and who know how to be silent, to pray, sometimes occurring in the same sentence. We do not have the criteria by our own authority or by a to suffer and to love.” (To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons, #187e, Nairobi, Kenya, Dec. 3, 1979) The promises of Jesus for his Church remain, as well as the promises of Our Lady in her Blue Book. personal choice to accept one part of the Blue Book and to reject another. It seems to me safer and more Abraham made an act of faith in God who is able to raise the dead, if necessary, (Heb 11:19), so that his sensible to say: “Blessed Mother, I make an act of total trust in Your Word as found in the Blue Book. promises are not found to be false. And so it must be with our faith in the infallibility of the Pope. It is I am not “big” enough to make choices about the things that you have so constantly and insistently told 2016 Cenacles not possible for the infallibility of the Pope to be questioned. “Let us never lose this vision of faith.” us in Your Message, and which is one of our three fundamental commitments – fidelity to the Church, to the Gospel and therefore also to the Pope.” • With 44 flights, I visited 97 cities in 21 countries, presiding over 192 cenacles which were attended by Let us instead take literally, with a “powerful” act of faith like that of Abraham, that which Our Lady 2 Cardinals, 27 Archbishops and Bishops (two of them through a letter read publicly), 860 priests, a few said at the time of the crisis of Archbishop Lefebvre. “And therefore, you should at this time proclaim Conclusion: We do not change anything in our three fundamental commitments. We do not change deacons, and 230,000 faithful (2/3 of which were in the Democratic Republic of Congo). I also met to all, by your words, that Jesus has made Peter alone the foundation of his Church and the infallible anything in our Act of Consecration. “Above all, we wish to be united with the Holy Father and the with 1 Cardinal, 12 Archbishops and Bishops and many groups of priests, seminarians, religious and guardian of truth. Today whoever is not with the Pope will not succeed in remaining in the truth. The hierarchy, firmly adhering to all their directives, so as thus to set up a barrier to the growing confron- faithful, to introduce them to the Movement. seductions of the Evil One have become so insidious and dangerous that they are succeeding in tation directed against the Magisterium, that threatens the very foundation of the Church. Under your deceiving almost anyone.” (106j-l, August 7, 1976) maternal protection, we want moreover to be apostles of this sorely needed unity of prayer and love for • 1 Cardinal, 4 Bishops, 200 priests and 70 faithful participated in the Spiritual Exercises held in the the Pope, on whom we invoke your special protection.” (from the Act of Consecration for Priests) form of a continuous cenacle in Collevalenza (Umbria), Italy. While there is a great danger of being deceived by listening to this theologian or that bishop, “Today whoever is not with the Pope will not succeed in remaining in the truth.” With regard to Pope Francis, I will say this to those of you among us who are very confused: Let us • Fr. Geremia, the assistant Director General of the MMP, conducted many regional Cenacles in Italy pray for him, as he himself repeatedly asks of us, and as we have done in all our cenacles for the past and in Canada, where he also held a retreat for priests. In the name of Our Blessed Mother, I thank the “If I have told you that, in the greatest darkness, the light will come to you from my Immaculate Heart, forty-five years. Let us never speak ill of him, and let us love him in Mary. (cf. Nov. 9, 1975, 86 q-r) many responsibles and zealous apostles who work for Her Movement, many times at the cost of great I have wanted in this way to inform you that, at the decisive moments, I myself will suggest everything sacrifices. to you. I will tell you whom you must follow in order to be faithful to the Vicar of my Son Jesus and “The time has now come when only the little children, consecrated to my Immaculate Heart and to my Church.” (140 n-o, Dec. 8, 1977) entrusted completely to their heavenly Mother, will have the gift of keeping themselves intact in the • To begin the beatification process for Fr. Stefano Gobbi, we need a Postulator. Please pray for this faith and of bringing to the true faith the souls entrusted to them.” (304i, Feb. 9, 1985) But Mary, intention. The life of Fr. Gobbi can be a model of holiness for many, as it was for those of us who knew “In the greatest darkness” in which we are now, the Blessed Mother didn’t tell us not to follow the Mother of the Church, “must be loved, listened to, and followed by each one of us”, especially in him. All for the glory of God, through Mary. Fr. Quartilio Gabrielli, who was his secretary, and Fr. Vicar of Christ, but rather, “I will tell you myself whom you must follow to be faithful to the Pope.” these troubled times. Ivan Pojavnik, who is the oldest living responsible, have already written their precious witnesses; but this should be done by all those who knew Fr. Gobbi, even if only in a small way. I ask for your In this period of darkness in which we are now, Our Lady did not tell us to change our three “But the more severe the trial will become, the greater will be my presence at the side of each one of assistance please, because it is very important! fundamental commitments: “There are three commitments which characterize the spirituality of the you, that you may be comforted and encouraged by me. If you live in my Immaculate Heart, nothing Marian Movement of Priests: consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, unity with the Pope and that can happen will be able to disturb you; within this motherly refuge of mine, you are always safe, with the Church united to him, and the leading of the faithful to a life of entrustment to Our Lady.” wrapped in the light and the presence of the Most Holy Trinity, who loves you and surrounds you with 2017 Spiritual Exercises (“To the Priests…”, Introduction - pg.