Maria, Rosa Mystica, fragrant rose of mysticism, wonderful flower of divine knowledge, of purity and blinding beauty, of brilliant, shining glory, of power and overwhelmingly blessing love: we kneel before you to pray, to look, to listen; to look at you and inhale your heavenly perfume until we have, above all, taken something of your immaculate, pure, and perfect being into our inner selves; to pray that we should no longer, or above all, ask only for your gifts, for the salvation of, and help for, our body and soul; but to pray that we may become like you; that we may listen attentively and closely to every single word of yours which you have spoken not only in the past but even more so in the present, more frequently and more imploringly. We do not always want to talk and beg but to listen and heed what you say, what your picture is already saying and asking us to do. We want to listen to your quiet motherly voice when it speaks to us so tenderly and consolingly with motherly understanding and warning. We want to open our hearts to you when Jesus is looking into the bottom of our soul, to remain steadfast, to force ourselves not to say again we have no time; instead to endure your sad glance even if we should blush and have to cast down our eyes…. Mary, fragrant Rose of Mysticism, please help us to take a look inside ourselves and to examine ourselves, how we shall be able to bear your glance and stand firm before you; help us to know ourselves better, especially in those areas of thought and deed which displease you; help us to become like you. We promise that we shall try. We also promise to imitate you. Please, help us to work on ourselves, to let your love shine wherever we are able to work, but especially for the priests and religious.
3 Hail Mary. . . O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who take refuge in you.
Mystical Rose, be thou blessed, Mother of Divine Grace. Thou hast given to the whole of mankind thy divine Son, Jesus Christ, the Author of Grace.
Mystical Rose, be thou ever blessed! Thy Divine Son, when dying upon the cross, obtained grace for us and thou didst co-operate with Him in this, when the sword pierced Thy soul.
Mystical Rose, be thou ever blessed! Thou were chosen by the Heavenly Father to be the mistress of His treasures, stewardess and distributor of all His graces.
Mystical Rose, our mother! Turn loving eyes upon the millions of human kind. We beg thee, we implore thee, we beseech thee, let all obtain the grace of God through holy Baptism, the sacrament of Reconciliation and all the other sacraments.
Mystical Rose, Mother of Divine Grace, let us all attain to the house of the Heavenly Father, for we are all Thy children and the children of God. Look upon my soul, which through sin is so poor and unworthy.
Mystical Rose, thou givest to whom thou willest. Thou givest when and as much as thou willest. I trust in thee; I open my heart to thee. Let thy light irradiate my soul. Make Thy motherly love cause my indifferent heart to glow. Fill me with Thy joy, Thy humility and Thy peace! Mystical Rose, thou acceptest that thou art a mother with a special care for all those children who most require thy help. And so I seek thy help in all my bodily and spiritual needs. Very particularly I beg thee for the following grace . . .
Mystical Rose, thou art the mother of Jesus Christ and the mother of Divine Grace, Thou art the Mother of Mercy and the Mother of Life. Thou art our kind mother and our hope. Enclose me in Thy Immaculate Heart and hear my prayer. Amen.
Mystical Rose, pray to Jesus for us!
Litany of Maria Rosa Mystica
Lord, have mercy of us,
Christ , have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us,
Christ, hear us,
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father in Heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us
Mystical Rose
Virgin Mother of Christ
Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Mother of Divine Grace
Mother of Precious Life
Mother of Lost Children
Mother of Exiles
Mother of Sweet Mercy
Mother of Sorrow
Mother of our Soul and Mind
Mother of the Aging
Mother of the Dying
Virgin most chaste
Virgin most humble
Virgin most persevering
Rose of the Heavenly Garden
Fragrance of the Morning Sun
Altar of Peace Offerings
Crystal of Light
Pearl of the Sea
Shield of Courage
Gate of the Enclosed
Yard Glass of Time
Flame of Clinging Love
Wind of Gentleness
Fountain of Divine Grace,
Blessed Vessel of Love,
Blessed Mother of Christ,
Lake of Inner Joy
Mountain of Steadfastness
Thunder of Resolution
Depth of Commitment
Guidepost of Eternity
Queen of Angels
Queen of Flowers
Queen of Arts
Queen of the Holy Church
Queen of the Holy Eucharist
Queen of the Immaculate Heart
Queen of the word
Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, Immaculate from Thy creation, pierced with pain, kindled with love, pray for our clergy and all the religious, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who are walking on the wrong path, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who do not show any more the necessary respect that is due to God, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who do not possess any more the courage to profess their faith, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who show no respect for the Most Holy Eucharist,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and religious who have succumbed to the allurements of a deceitful world, and do not seek God any more,
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pierced with pain, kindled with love, pray for all those priests and religious who have given up the Holy Sacrament of confession, and tolerate sinful deeds, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who have no more love for you and thus have become cold in heart so quickly, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who do not obey the Holy Spirit any longer, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who re walking on wrong paths and corrupt the mind of the people, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious who have left the church, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your Immaculate Heart, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your tears, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your Son who, on the Cross, gave you His priests as your sons, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your motherhood, which embraces all the people on earth, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica , pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your humility as a handmaid of God by which you shine as an example to all the servants of Jesus Christ, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, Pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your suffering heart, a heart also pierced by the sword of sorrow which you are suffering for priests and religious, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your loneliness and desolation, which you bore in total obedience, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priests and religious for the sake of your invincible power of intercession for us, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and religious for the sake of you being the all powerful Mediatrix of all graces, Save them.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Rosa Mystica, pray for all those priest and religious for the sake of your sorrows and your tears of blood, Save them.
Let us conclude our prayers…
O Almighty and merciful God, who for the triumph of Thy mercy and the salvation of souls hast granted to the Immaculate Virgin Mary unlimited recourse to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, grant, we beseech Thee that by Her prayers and intercession we may avoid the contagion of sin and serve thee with a pure heart, and that we may live and die in Thy Holy Love.
O Lord Jesus Christ, Our Mediator with the Father, Who hast deigned to appoint the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mystical Rose, Thy Mother and the Mother of thy Church, to be our Mother also and our Mediatrix with thee, graciously grant that whosoever goes to Thee in quest of blessings may be gladdened by obtaining them all through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Thou Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God for ever and ever. Amen.
O Mother, you are leading the way for us in your love for your Son, Jesus Christ. Together with you, let us help the afflicted religious but especially our priests. They have the most sacred faculty to transform wine and bread into the Body of Your Son; they are the intermediaries between God and us; they bear the great responsibility for our souls. But we are also responsible for the Holy Church to produce holy priests. Help us through Your Immaculate Heart, O sorrowful Mother, who is burning with love for us. Amen.
We pray: 3 Our Father… 3 Hail Mary… 3 Glory be – For the sanctification of priests, bishops, and religious; for special guidance and strength for all the Patriarchs of Your Church.
Final Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, you have sent us Your Mother as a wonderful example of holiness and mysticism and especially as an ideal and patroness for the priests and religious. We ask you, grant us Your help to imitate Your Most Holy Mother more and more, to become souls of expiation and victim souls for those priests and religious, who fail you: You who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
(to be recited by all members on the 13th day of each month)
pparitions of Our Lady – Rosa Mystica
at Montichiari and Fontanelle
Introduction of Booklet by: Franz Speckbacher, Author of Booklet (1)
Dear Readers, Our dear Mother of God has been appearing in Montichiari-Fontanelle (Italy) since 1947, at a time when Faith is diminishing more and more, and sins are on the increase at a most alarming speed.
If you ever visited one of the great places of pilgrimage, you will no doubt have returned from it firmly convinced that you visited a place where Heaven touches Earth. The many obvious favours received in answer to one’s prayers are an indirect proof that the apparitions and revelations are genuine.
Perach, on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, Mary the Mother of God, December 8, 1983.
In the little town of Montichiari, not far from the picturesque Lake Garda, which sit surrounded by mountains live 14,000 people. The town is situated at the edge of these clear mountains from which it drives its name, and close to the City of Brescia in the province of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is from this podium that our Heavenly Mother requested on December 8, 1947, that H.H. Pius XII be notified of Her request that an Hour of Grace be observed every December 8th henceforth.
First Apparition in Spring of 1947
In the Spring of 1947, whilst praying in the chapel of the local hospital in Montichiari, nurse Pierina Gilli had an unforgettable experience. Mary, the Mother of God, appeared to her in a wonderful vision and magnificent light, as the exalted Lady, dressed in mauve, very sad and with tears in Her eyes. Pierina noticed that Her heart was pierced by three swords. The first sword means: the unworthy celebration of Holy Mass and Communion unworthily received. The meaning of the second sword is: being unfaithful to, and giving up, the vocation as a priest or a religious. And the third sword means: betrayal of the Faith. Our Lady asked for
These were Her only words.
Second Apparition on 13th July, 1947
Our Lady appeared to Pierina in a white dress. She was adorned with three beautiful roses: white, red and yellow, which Pierina was allowed to see in place of the three swords. The white rose represented the spirit of prayer, the red one represented the spirit of sacrifice, and the yellow rose the spirit of penance and conversion. Pierina had not yet recognized the Mother of God, and she asked the apparition therefore: “Please tell me, who are you?” In reply to this question She smiled and said:
“I am the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of you. Our Lord sends me to bring a new Marian Devotion to all religious orders and institutes, male and female, and to the priests of this world. I promise to protect those religious orders and institutes who will venerate me in this special way, increase their vocations, and achieve a greater striving for saintliness among the servants of God.”
“I wish that the 13th of each month be celebrated as a Marian Day. Special prayers are to be said during the proceeding twelve days.” – With an expression of great joy, She continued: – “On this day I shall pour out vocational holiness and abundant graces on those religious orders and spiritual institutes who have honoured me especially.”
“I wish that the 13th July be celebrated each year in honour of the ‘Rosa Mystica’ (the Mystical Rose)”
Pierina asked whether a miracle would follow. Our Lady replied:
The seer, Pierina, interpreted the words “Mystical Rose” as follows: “Mary is the master teacher of the innermost, mystical life and the Mother of the mystical body of Christ; in other words: She is the Mother of the Church.”
This interpretation by Pierina was magnificently confirmed by Pope Paul VI in his final speech during the third meeting of the council, on 21st November, l964. Irrespective of the presence of observers from the separated Churches, he declared Mary as the Mother of the Church; finally, he let his heart speak out and said: “We want that, in the future, the Most Blessed Virgin is still more honoured under this title, and called by this lovely title by the christian people.” This short, yet spiritually deep declaration, by the supreme office of our Church guarantees that we cannot go wrong, but can only feel once more re-assured when we venerate Mary calling Her by the title ROSA MYSTICA.
Third Apparition on 22nd October, 1947
Pierina saw Our Lady again in the chapel of the hospital, in the presence of many staff members, doctors, and people from the town. This time, Our Lady requested that the desired devotion be realized, and said:
Pierina thanked Our Lady in the name of all present. Our Lady finished Her dialogue with the words:
Fourth Apparition on 16th November, 1947
Our Lady appeared in the Basilica of Montichiari in the presence of some people. Among them were several priests. Pierina heard the words:
“Our Lord can no longer watch the many grievous sins against purity. He wants to send a flood of punishments. I have interceded that He may be merciful once more! Therefore, I ask for prayer and penance to atone for these sins.”
Pierina replied to Our Lady’s request with a willing “Yes”. The Blessed Virgin added:
In reply the seer’s question whether we may hope for forgiveness, Our Lady said:
With these words She went away.
Fifth Apparition on 22nd November, 1947
Our Lady appeared once more to Pierina in the Basilica of Montichiari in the presence of several people, and demanded that the seer make four times the Sign of the Cross with her tongue on the tiles in the center of the church. Our Lady then descended onto the spot and said:
Pierina asked: “What do we have to do to fulfill your demands for prayer and penance?” Our Lady replied full of tenderness: “Prayer”. After a short, silent pause, She explained:
Thereupon She promised solemnly:
Pierina asked: “Please explain to me the meaning of Hour of Grace”.
This was the only time that Our Lady announced Her next appearance. All other apparitions came unannounced.
Sixth Apparition on 7th December, 1947
Our Blessed Virgin appeared once more at the Basilica of Montichiari. Three people were present including the father confessor of the seer. Our Lady, the “Mystical Rose”, wore a white cloak which was held by a boy at the right-hand side, and by a girl on the left-hand side. Our Lady said:
Our Lady then confided a secret to Pierina with the promise that She would tell her the time for the secret to be made public. Pierina also wanted to know who the children were. Our Lady replied:
Our Lady then spread out Her arms as a sign of Her protection, lifted Her eyes to Heaven and disappeared with the words:
Seventh Apparition on 8th December, 1947
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On this great feast countless priests were present. It was only with a great deal of effort that Pierina was able to get into the Basilica. She knelt in the center of the church, just where the other apparitions had taken place. During the recitation of the Holy Rosary, Pierina called out: “O, Our Lady!” Great silence ensued! Our Lady appeared on a large white staircase, decorated with a white, red and yellow roses. She said with a smile:
“I am the Immaculate Conception.” – And descending several steps with great majesty She continued: – “I am Mary, full of grace, Mother of My Divine Son Jesus Christ”. – Descending even more, She said: – “Through my coming to Montichiari, I which to be known as the”
When Pierina saw that Our Lady was going to depart, she said: “Dear Lady, I thank you! Bless my homeland Italy and the whole world, but especially the Holy Father, the priests, the religious, and the sinners.” Our Lady replied:
She assured Pierina that she would return at a suitable time when the Secret entrusted to her, would be made public through the Ecclesiastical authority. Our Lady then said ‘good-bye’. Pierina withdrew to a convent where, hidden from the world, she served in the kitchen and where she waited in silence for the hour which, as promised, came after 19 years, on White Sunday (Sunday after Easter), 17th April, 1966, in Fontanelle, a settlement of only a few houses spread around and situated about 2-3 km outside Montichiari. Our Blessed Lady kept her promise.
First Apparition: White Sunday, 17th April, 1966
The Most Blessed Virgin said:
“My Divine Son is total love, and he is sending me to give miraculous powers to this spring. … As a sign of penance and purification kiss the top step.” – Steps made of stone led down from the path to the spring.
“Then descend a few steps and kiss the stone again.” – Our Lady followed the seer. – “Now, for a third time, kiss the bottom step and have a crucifix placed there.” – With Her left hand Our Lady indicated the spot. – “The sick and all my children must kiss the crucifix and ask my Divine Son for forgiveness before they take the water, or drink from it.”
Our Lady approached the spring and said:
Our Lady bowed down and touched the water of the spring in two places. She added the following words:
Second Apparition: 13th May, 1966
On 13th May, Our Lady’s anniversary of Her apparition at Fatima, Our Lady brought great joy to Pierina when She appeared once again at the spring, in the presence of about 20 people. It was 11:40 a.m. Our Lady said amongst other things:
Our Lady, pointing to the water at Her right-hand side which She had touched on 17th April, 1966, said:
Pierina wanted to know from the Blessed Virgin what to call the spring. Thereupon Our Lady replied:
And in reply to a further question: “What is your name?”, Pierina was told:
At these words, the Mother of God spread out Her arms, spread open Her wide cloak, and said with a smile:
The seer questioned the meaning of the wide cloak. Our lady answered:
Pierina asked: “What would you like us to do here at Fontanelle? Our Lady replied:
Third Apparition: The Feast of Corpus Christi, 9th June, 1966
About 100 people were present at the spring on this Day of Obligation. Pierina came to the Shrine after 3 p.m. and asked all those present to recite the Holy Rosary. Suddenly, in the middle of the recitation, Pierina called out: “Look up to the sky!” This time, Our Lady appeared five to six metres above the spring over a wheat field. Those present noticed that, in the direction of the seer’s eyes, Our Lady seemed to touch the ears of the wheat with Her feet. Our Lady said:
Majestically, lifting Her eyes to Heaven, Our Lady went on:
Pierina asked: “Should all this wheat be used for it?” Our Lady replied:
Pierina said: “Dear Blessed Virgin, I do not understand.” Our Lady showed her an image and said:
Pierina saw that Our Lady was going to leave, so she asked Her to stay a little longer. Our Lady lingered, and Pierina was allowed to commend several petitions and to request Our Lady’s blessing for the priests, the faithful, and the sick.
Fourth Apparition: The Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, 6th August, 1966
Pierina came to the spring at about 2:30 p.m. About 200 people had gathered there. At 3p.m. the seer asked all to recite the Holy Rosary. During the fourth mystery she stopped, and called out: “Our Lady is here.” Everyone was silent, and they all listened with emotion to the dialogue with Heaven. The Mother of God said:
Pierina inquired again about the wheat. Our Lady instructed her:
Pierina wanted to know what to do with the remaining wheat. Our Lady answered:
After the Fourth Apparition
After these revelations of Our Lady, Pierina withdrew once more into a life of peaceful retirement. In addition, the bishop ordered her to remain absolutely silent. Pierina obeyed the bishop’s order.
The things that are forbidden are very tempting, and very soon the message of the apparition of Our Lady spread around the world drawing floods of pilgrims to Montichiari.
