OUR LADY OF THE ROSES - THE EARLY YEARS
June 6, 1970 (FM1970.1 tape transcription, p. 11)
Veronica--On June the 6th, 1970, at approximately 10 p.m., I asked Our Lady, "Will you cure Joey?" Our Lady said, "I cannot tell you now, as you are [not] wont to keep a secret. Your love of sharing makes your heart open for all to read, so patiently watch the signs. "I had to look up the word "wont" W-0-N-T, and I read that, "You are not used to." So I really had to laugh, Our Lady knows me exactly! Because I do find it difficult to keep a secret!
Veronica--I think I also would tell at this time that previously I had a vision in which I saw Joey and Our Lady, and Our Lady placed Her hands on Joey's shoulders from behind as he was kneeling in front of what appeared to be a Shrine. I was watching in the vision from the rear so I couldn't see what he was kneeling in front of, but I'll never forget how beautiful it was when Our Lady raised Her hands--but I just couldn't see where She had placed them, around his head, or something--and then as I watched, She moved over to Joey's left side, and placed Her right arm around his right shoulder, and it was so affectionate and loving, it was so beautiful to see. Veronica--I also was given a message for Joey by Our Lady, and I did give it to him over the telephone, and I believe in writing. Our Lady had said, "Gather the lilacs from the bush and bring them to the Shrine." And this I told Joey, though in Heaven's plan sometimes I believe that these messages are for future use, but it was through this way that the lilacs and the mention of the Shrine, that Our Lady revealed to me about the coming of the Shrine to St. Robert's and gave me the drawing of what the Shrine will look like, and also the name, "Our Lady of the Roses, Mary, Help of Mothers." It's quite a long, involved story, but I've only given you--let's say, a small part of it--but perhaps later on in the future tapings I will be more full in the explanation.
June 18, 1970 (VN1970 tape transcription, p. 66)
Veronica--I do want to mention at the time of June the 18th when Our Lady was planning to arrive in New York, She did give me this message for the world, and She said: "Close your eyes, close your ears, listen with your heart and you will be cured." What Our Lady did mean by that I would be feeling is that, shut your eyes against what you see, . . . [words unclear] intimately ... [words unclear] and close your ears, because what you hear is not always the truth. You must listen only with your heart. For it is in your heart that the Holy Spirit will talk and give you the truth and the light to understand.
June of 1970 (FM1970.1 tape transcription, p. 13)
Veronica--But the figure of the white horse might have perplexed me, but about two weeks ago, this is June of 1970, I saw a figure on a black horse. A black horse just turned across the sky with a man sitting on it, and all had such an ominous, black appearance.