OUR LADY OF THE ROSES - THE EARLY YEARS
September 1969 (FM1970.1 tape transcription, pp. 15-16)
Veronica--. . . back in September of 1969, there is a message here in the notes about an event that happened at the confession at St. Robert's. Last Saturday night, after confession, I knelt at the altar rail, and as I looked at the statue of Our Blessed Mother, which had always looked calm and serene, I became ill with fright. For as I watched the face of the statue, it aged at least fifty years. It was horrible to look at it. There was anger, disdain, anguish, hurt, sorrow, loss of hope. It was awful. I cried out and ran all the way home. I was sick with shock. Her face was just awful! The next day at Mass, the statue had returned to normal. Oh, our Blessed Mother has lost hope in us. She has aged in suffering. Her face was beyond all words to describe. I was so frightened! ... [words unclear] despair was there. Jesus says that it is ... [words unclear] to attend the Holy Service without a head covering. It is disrespectful, Jesus says. And the new clothes are deplorable, disgusting.... [words unclear] or cleanness of heart evidenced, just dressed in vanity.
Veronica--. . . habits are frowned on in Heaven as half-hearted vocations.