The Pilgrims of Saint Michael are apostles and fighters. Every Christian is a fighter; the Catechism of the Catholic Church says so: "We still have to fight… Baptism does not free anyone from all the weaknesses of nature… the inclination to sin remains so that the baptized may prove themselves in the struggle of Christian life…"
To wage the good fight, Heaven has given us three powerful weapons:
Ø The Rosary
Ø Humility
Ø Consecration to Mary
(From the Revelations given to Barbara Klossowna, MICHAEL, 1982–84)
• The Rosary is the weapon of good against evil.
• The Rosary is the condition for victory.
• Each mystery of the Rosary has its own power; the fifteen mysteries together form an army drawn up for battle.
• The saints who prayed the Rosary felt united as a powerful army against hell and for the salvation of souls.
• The Rosary is the bond that unites you to Heaven.
• The Rosary is the means of achieving the unity of nations.
• Do not be surprised by the resistance to the Rosary; the devil and the world fight against it… It is hated by those who hate the Blessed Virgin.
• Where the Rosary is found, there is persecution, but there is also victory.
• The Rosary is not a burden; it is a gift from Heaven, an inexhaustible treasure.
• The Rosary requires fidelity and perseverance; do not be stingy with the time you devote to it.
(From the book "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons" by Father Gobbi)
• Satan deceived humanity through pride.
• Return to humility, to the trust of little ones… My triumph is the triumph of the little ones.
• Pride is conquered by humility.
• I am preparing those whom I will make ever smaller, so that they may be filled with the light and love of God.
• One day, their small voice will have the roar of a hurricane; it will resound throughout the world with the powerful cry: "Who is like God!" This will be the definitive defeat of the proud… It will be My triumph and that of My little children.
(From the book "Treatise on True Devotion" by Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort)
• Devotion to the Blessed Virgin is necessary for all people in order to attain salvation… It is a necessity, especially in the latter times.
• Mary must be fearsome to the devil, especially in these last persecutions which will increase daily until the reign of the Antichrist.
• It was through Mary that the salvation of the world began; it is through Mary that it must be completed.
"I will put enmity between you and the woman… She will crush your head, and you will lie in wait for her heel…" Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort cites this passage from the Apocalypse of Saint John and writes that Satan will lie in wait for her heel, that is, her humble servants, her poor little children, humble before all like the heel, rich in graces and supported by divine help, who, with the humility of their heel, in union with Mary, will crush the head of the devil and bring about the triumph of Jesus Christ.
With the grace of the Holy Spirit, through this practice of true devotion, they will reach a safe harbour despite storms and pirates.
Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort describes the apostles of the latter times as burning fires spreading divine love everywhere, sharp arrows in the hand of Mary to pierce her enemies, children of Levi devoted to God's service, purified by great tribulations, bearing the gold of love, the incense of prayer, and the myrrh of mortification.
They will be true apostles of the latter times, whom the Lord will give word and strength to work wonders. They will go without gold or silver, with pure intention for the glory of God and the salvation of souls, wherever the Holy Spirit calls them.
But when and how will this happen? God alone knows. It is for us to pray, to sigh, and to wait.
Barbara Klossowna was born on June 23, 1902, in Brzeziny, in the Diocese of Warsaw, Poland. A Polish woman endowed with remarkable talents, she obtained her secondary school diploma at the age of 15 and later earned degrees in literature, fine arts, and music.
Barbara's life was marked by immense suffering:
• 1914–1918, the First World War: Like all other Poles, Barbara suffered greatly from hunger.
• 1920, the war against the Bolsheviks: Barbara became a nurse and cared for wounded soldiers; contact with soldiers suffering from tuberculosis severely damaged her health.
• 1929: Barbara was diagnosed with tuberculosis of the spine. This illness confined her to a bed of suffering for seventeen years. The treatments only worsened her condition, and the doctors eventually declared that nothing more could be done for her.
One of the doctors said to her mother: "When your daughter's condition worsens, give her this injection, because the tuberculosis has spread to the meninges and her suffering will be unbearable." What he was proposing was euthanasia. Barbara's mother refused and prayed to Sister Faustina for her daughter's healing. Barbara was told that she had only three days left to live, but the days passed and she was still alive. Then, with great effort, Barbara began to expel clots of blood and pus. The doctor, astonished, wondered how such clots could come from the brain. The tuberculosis was cured. However, Barbara was still unable to walk because of her extreme weakness.
• 1944: the uprising in Poland.
The Polish people were fighting for their freedom. A terrible bombardment began; the inhabitants had to take refuge underground, but Barbara was unable to move. She wrote: "Mother was kneeling beside my bed. We were waiting for death. The shells were flying over our heads, and fragments were falling onto my pillows." By a miracle, a young Polish man arrived and carried her to a shelter.
Afterwards, Barbara and her mother were sent by the Germans to a concentration camp.
End of the Second World War: The Soviets arrived in Poland. New bloody battles followed against the retreating German forces.
Barbara was convinced that she had been saved for the glorification of Divine Mercy and through the intercession of Sister Faustina. "That too weak, sick women could come out unharmed from this hell, while so many young people full of strength perished," Barbara said, "It is Divine Mercy that saved us."
On August 15, 1946, her entire family was gathered in the dining room. Barbara was in bed, as she still could not walk. Her niece, a 14-year-old girl, entered her room and began to shout: "Aunt Basia is walking!"
Healed through Divine Mercy and the intercession of Sister Faustina, Barbara submitted the account of her healing to the Archdiocese of Warsaw, along with all the medical testimonies.
In 1951, the Queen of Heaven chose this chosen soul as an instrument to transmit to the world her beautiful revelations on the Rosary.
Plgrims of Saint Michael, apostles of the Rosary, let us continue to fight the good fight and never forget our three powerful weapons: the Rosary, humility, and Consecration to Mary.
Lise Rodrigue-Fournier
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