512 Tegucigalpa (Honduras); February 11,
1994 Feast of Our Lady
of Lourdes
a "Today
you are celebrating the anniversary of my apparition in Lourdes, to my little and poor daughter, Bernadette.
b And you find yourself here, little
child, in this country of Central
America, where I am particularly loved and venerated by many of my children. Have you seen
with what enthusiasm they have
accepted the message of your heavenly Mother, and what filial and tender love they have for me?
c In these years when my Heart is being deeply
wounded by sins and infidelity, by
pride and aridity, and by the obstinate rejection of my motherly interventions, I am consoled by my littlest children.
d I am consoled by the poorest, who respond to me with
the richness of
their love, of their humility, of their docility. With what openness of soul and heart, they
listen to my word, accept it and live it! Truly, for these who are poor in
goods and in spirit, there is
prepared the reign of God, which will very soon come to you in all its divine splendor.
e I am consoled by the
littlest, by those who live truly as little children,
whom Jesus forms and guards within the heavenly garden of his divine love. With what tenderness I
carry them in my motherly arms, that they may be consoled by me. To them
alone do I reveal the secret of my
Immaculate Heart, the light of my design, the battle plan and the moment
of my victory.
f I am consoled by the new hearts, formed within the
bright recesses of my
Immaculate Heart. Against hatred which is spreading, egoism which consumes, aridity which chills,
hardness which paralyses the
hearts of so many, become cold and insensitive, hard and closed to the needs of the poor and destitute, I
form new hearts
which know how to spread everywhere the beating of my motherly and merciful love. These hearts know how
to love God with that love which alone glorifies Him, and to love your heavenly Mother with that love
which alone consoles her.
g I am consoled by this
little country of Honduras, which has a big
heart and one filled with love for me. Today you have been in the presidential house in order to make, with
the President of the Republic, the
consecration of the Republic to my Immaculate Heart.
h I take this
country under my special protection because, since you have done what I asked of you at
Fatima, I have been
consoled by this nation in a special
way."