Year 1969
Sunday 26 October 1969
Feast of Christ the King
Vows of immolation
− Mimi: “Ô Eternal Father, on this beautiful day of the feast commemorating the Royalty of Your Divine Son, my Beloved, and to answer Your call, in the presence of Mary Immaculate, of the celestial court, of my guardian angel, of Saint Michael, of Father Gamache and of Régine, with Your grace, I want to take the great step and answer “Yes” with love. For this, I need the help of the Holy Spirit, of all His gifts and of all the graces attached to these gifts.
My Beloved, I offer as a gift this “Yes”. With my Beloved Jesus, I unite myself to His “Yes” that He gave You by accepting Your most Holy and Adorable Will till the end. With my Gentle Mother of heaven, I repeat my total “Yes”. Following the example of Father Gamache, I answer “Yes” as on the day of his ordination to the priesthood when he gave himself totally to You out of love.
Today, my Divine Father, look upon me as Your little girl, full of good will. Don’t look at my misery too much, look at my love for You alone, my God. Relying on Your grace, on Your infinite love and with the help of the Holy Spirit, I take the vow of immolation of my soul, that is, the total abandonment of all self-love, of all personal preferences, of all judgments, of all that would be in the least contrary to that of the Lord Jesus.
My God, I renew my offering to You so that Your reign may come, for the needs of Your Church, for the Holy Father, for all missionary priests, especially for Father Paul Mayer s.j., for all consecrated and religious souls.
I entrust to You L.G.G.D., all the members of my family, all the souls in purgatory, all the souls who suffer on earth. Have mercy on us!”
− Mimi: “Today, I would have liked so much to receive You, ô my Beloved, but, in spite of my tears, I offer You everything out of love. I ask Your forgiveness for having waited almost a whole month before answering “Yes”. With this long preparation, I was able to discover once more Your infinite love, Your patience. Between Us, there are no secrets. You know very well that I was fearful, that I was afraid of Your demands. I was afraid of losing Our intimacy. I believe that it is a very great trial for a little soul to no longer feel Your presence.
Moreover, I wanted to keep my own responsibility without any constraint or human influence, with a complete consent of my will. I wanted this pact between Us to be only a question of pure love.
Thank You my Beloved for giving me the courage to say “Yes”, for giving me once more Your love, Your peace. For You know, during this time, I had to do battle with my enemy who was raging.
Today, I am happy. I feel more bound to You, to Your love. I am breathing freely, detached from things of the earth and of the world : Thank You my God! With Your grace, please help me never to retract my offering.
And if, some day, I should have the weakness of forgetting my commitment, take me by the hand and remind me of this beautiful day when I answered “Yes” to Your love, out of love for You and for souls.
Father Gamache helped me take my first steps in spiritual life and You, You are helping me take the big step that will be my last; the immolation of the soul, the last stage of my life. I don’t have any time to lose. Everything will be for God and for souls.
Georgette Faniel.
