So said Psalm 147, read at mass today: “Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise the Lord, O Zion. But really, if the Mother of God delivered an express instruction from her divine Son to consecrate Russia to her Immaculate Heart, should His bishops debate it? On June 17, 1689, He had appeared to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, who propagated the devotion to His Sacred Heart. Jesus wanted Louis XIV to consecrate France to His Sacred Heart, and put the fiery, thorned icon on the French flag. Many wonder how things might have gone if the Popes since Fatima, along with their fellow prelates across the world, had listened and followed Mary.

Source: Manila Times June 17, 2017 16:30 UTC