TO THE PRIESTS, OUR LADY'S BELOVED SONS

1 TO THE PRIESTS, OUR LADY'S BELOVED SONS (Formerly "Our Lady Speaks To Her BELOVED Priests") This book has been to many, a great help to live out their entrustment to Our Lady, an entrustment Pope John Paul II asked of Priests on Holy Thursday 1979. In a letter to them our Holy Father said: " - I also desire that you should entrust your Priesthood to her (Mary) in a special way. Allow me to do it myself, entrusting to the Mother of Christ each one of you - without any exception - in a solemn and at the same time a simple and humble way. And I ask each of you, dear brothers to do it yourselves, in the way dictated to you by your own heart" Religious and lay have also found the Book a powerful help to living their consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION TO: Box 636, Castle Hill 2154 AUSTRALIA I wish to become a MEMBER (Priest) ASSOCIATE (Relig/Lay) of the Marian Movement of Priests.

2 NAME FULL ADDRESS CITY TOWN STATE PC DATE PHONE NO SIGNATURE The book calls for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It calls for unity with the Holy Father and the Bishops in union with him. It urges us to live out faithfully ones baptismal/priestly consecration . It calls upon us to listen and to act upon the motherly urgings which Mary has made to us time and time again but especially at Fatima. It calls upon us to bring others to a renewed devotion to Mary. This book is in the form of inner 'locutions' made to a humble Italian priest by the name of Father Stefano Gobbi. Marian Movement of Priests Box 636 Castle Hill 2154 AUSTRALIA Please send (No) copy(ies) of "To the Priests, Our LADY'S BELOVED Sons" to Name Full Address State Postcode The support and propagation of this book rest on the help and generosity of those touched by Mary's message. TO THE PRIESTS, OUR LADY'S BELOVED SONS Original Title OUR LADY SPEAKS TO HER BELOVED PRIESTS THE MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS 7th Oceania Edition 1st Oceania Edition 2nd Oceania Edition: Sept.

3 1983 - 4,000 copies 3rd Oceania Edition: Oct. 1985 - 2,000 copies 4th Oceania Edition: June 1987 - 4,000 copies 4th Oceania Edition: Reprinted May 1988 - 3,000 copies 5th Oceania Edition: August 1990 - 4,000 copies 6th Oceania Edition: September 1991 - 3,000 copies 7th Oceania Edition: September, 1992 - 5,000 copies It is hereby stated that the messages contained in this book must be understood not as words spoken directly by Our Lady, but received, in the form of interior locutions, by Don Stefano Gobbi. Their publication is in conformity with the directives published by Pope Paul VI on the 14th of October, 1966. This noncommercial edition is being distributed free of charge. Therefore no one is authorized to request payment, contribution or offerings. Those who wish to make a contribution to help cover the cost of printing and distribution may send an offering to the National Headquarters of the Marian Movement of Priests in their respective country.

4 Imprimatur: There is nothing contrary to faith or morals in this manuscript. +James J. Byrne, Former Archbishop of Dubuque Feast of the Annunciation March 25, 1991 Copyright 1992: This book may not be published or in any way reproduced, in whole or in part, without the written permission of the Australian National Headquarters of the Marian Movement of Priests or the Centro Internationale del , Via Mercalli, 23, 20122 Milano, Italy Only the national centres for translation are authorised to print this book. Printed in Australia by Robert Burton Printers Pty Limited 63 Carlingford Street, Sefton, 2162 MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS HEADQUARTERS FOR OCEANIA, Box 636, Castle Hill, 2154 Australia ".. I obtained from God for the Church the Pope who had been prepared and formed by Me. He has consecrated himself to my Immaculate Heart, and has solemnly entrusted the Church to Me, who am its Mother and Queen.

5 In the person and the work of the Holy Father, John Paul II, I am reflecting my great Light which will become stronger the more the darkness envelops everything. " 1 January, 1979 NOTE FROM THE SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR The fifteenth [Italian] edition of the present book, published in April of last year, is already exhausted. Many requests are still coming in from everywhere. This fact calls for reflection. As I have already observed in the note to the previous editions, this book responds to a deeply felt need on the part of souls and to a real necessity in the ecclesial life of today. But there is something more. From the reading of the most recent messages, which develop a line of thought common to the whole book, one comes to comprehend that in them are described the signs of the times in which we are living and a way in which one can achieve an authentic interpretation of them in the light of the Holy Spirit.

6 First of all, the profound crisis of faith already foretold by Our Lady at Fatima, and which today has become more critical and widespread, is clearly described. The continual spreading of errors in every segment of the Catholic Church brings one to the conviction that we are living the time of the great apostasy of which Saint Paul writes in his Second Letter to the Thessalonians, chapter two, verse three. Hence from here comes the constant, concerned and even anguished admonition of the messages to walk along the way of the true faith, following Mary, the faithful Virgin to whom we entrust ourselves in a special way by the consecration to her Immaculate Heart. Then comes an ample description of the situation of the interior disunity of the Church, caused by the contestation against the Pope and the rejection of his Magisterium.

7 The painful wound, caused by the schism of Archbishop Lefebvre is nothing more than a sign of a much deeper division, even if not as yet open and proclaimed. Hence comes the continuous invitation of the messages to a courageous, humble and strong unity with the Pope who has been given by Jesus Christ the task of feeding the flock, of presiding over it in love, of being the foundation of the whole Church, and of keeping it in the security of the faith and of the truth, following Mary who is the Mother of unity. Moreover, there is brought out in bold relief the fact that today theoretical and practical atheism, diffused on a world-wide scale, has constructed a new atheistic and materialistic civilization, bringing about a general justification of sin, which is no longer looked upon as a moral evil, but extolled through the media of social communication as a positive value and a good. Thus there is spread about the general practice of living in sin, of no longer confessing it and of reducing the demands of christian life to the communitarian and social plane, forgetting one's personal duty to live in the grace of God and to walk along the road of sanctity.

8 From here comes the constant summons of the messages to the obligation of conversion, in an ascetical effort to fight against sin and to walk along the way of prayer, of penance and of the daily exercise of the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity and all the moral virtues " especially those of humility, of purity and of obedience, following Mary who is for all an example and model of holiness. Finally, there is a continual and clear reference to the apocalyptic nature of the times we are living in, and this, in truth, is the aspect of the messages which most disconcerts and even scandalizes many. But why should this surprise us? Are there not many signs which perhaps indicate that we are indeed living in such times? I submit for the reflection of all some significant words which Pope Paul VI spoke in 1977, one year before his death, and which are recorded in the book, "The Secret Paul VI," by Jean Guitton, pages 152 and 153: "There is a great uneasiness, at this time, in the world and in the Church, and that which is in question is the faith.

9 It so happens now that I repeat to myself the obscure phrase of Jesus in the Gospel of St. Luke: 'When the Son of Man returns, will He still find faith on the earth?' It so happens that there are books coming out in which the faith is in retreat on some important points, that the episcopates are remaining silent and these books are not looked upon as strange. This, to me, is strange. I sometimes read the Gospel passage of the end times and I attest that, at this time, some signs of this end are emerging. Are we close to the end? This we will never know. We must always hold ourselves in readiness, but everything could last a very long time yet. What strikes me, when I think of the Catholic world, is that within Catholicism, there seems sometimes to predominate a non-Catholic way of thinking, and it can happen that this non-Catholic thought within Catholicism, will tomorrow become the stronger.

10 But it will never represent the thought of the Church. It is necessary that a small flock subsist, no matter how small it might be." (Pope Paul VI). So why be scandalized if Mary, Mother of the Church, is intervening today in a very strong way, to form for herself a little flock which will remain faithful to Christ and to his Church? It is my wish that whoever takes this book in-hand may be assisted to become a part of this faithful little flock which Our Lady is forming each day and guarding in the secure refuge of her Immaculate Heart. December 31, 1989 Last Night of the Year For an exact and balanced interpretation of the messages contained in this book, it is recommended that a meditated reading of the whole introduction be made. INTRODUCTION THE MARIAN MOVEMENT OF PRIESTS Part One ORIGIN - SPREAD - SPIRITUALITY ORIGIN On the 8th May 19 7 2, Don Stefano Gobbi was taking part in a pilgrimage to Fatima and was praying in the little Chapel of the Apparitions for some priests who, as well as personally betraying their own vocation, were attempting to form themselves into associations in rebellion against the authority of the Church.