Three Sorrows for Humanity (April 4, 2024)

On April 4, 2024, while praying before bed, the Northeastern Nun heard the Lord say to her, "Be simple and listen to my voice!"

As she fell asleep, she had a striking dream. Jesus Christ extended his hand to her, handing her a small white cord with three knots, and said, "Look!"

Then, the nun saw the faces of many people, one at a time: young people, old people, and, in greater numbers, children. Their expressions were of great suffering.

On April 7, while praying in thanksgiving, she suddenly felt enveloped by a stupor that caused her to lose her external senses. Seeing nothing, she heard a voice, which seemed to be that of Our Lord, saying to her, "The three knots are pains through which humanity will pass."

On the same day, in adoration, praying about the revelation she had received, she opened the Bible to the passage of Jeremiah 44:13:

"I will punish those who live in Egypt, as I punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence."

She spent the following days asking the Lord why she had to see so much pain and suffering. Inspired to open the Bible, she always found the same passage, with a meaning similar to the previous one: Jeremiah 14:10-16.

While praying, in tears, on April 9, her angel inspired her to open the Scriptures again. The nun found, for the third consecutive day, Jeremiah 14:10-16. The passage says:

"Thus says the Lord concerning this people: 'They love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins. The Lord said to me, "Do not pray for this people; for their sake I will not listen when they cry out to me in their trouble. When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence." Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD, behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.' " And the Lord said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them or appoint them, nor have I spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, and empty deceit. Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name and whom I did not send, and who say, 'No sword or famine shall come into this land': by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out into the streets of Jerusalem, because of their famine and sword, and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters. For I will bring upon them the evil which I have threatened."

In the cited passages, there are three punishments: the sword, famine, and pestilence, which may indicate that these are the pains symbolized by the knots of the revelation. There is also a condemnation of those who falsely prophesy peace and security. It is these, along with those who listen to them, who suffer most from the punishment.

Those who listen to the voice of the Lord prepare themselves to accept His Will. In suffering, they unite with His Passion. At the foot of the Cross, they find the Blessed Virgin, and find comfort. Thus they receive the consolation that God, in the second beatitude, promises to those who weep. And this grace prevails over any sorrow.

It is time to pray and do penance.

Translated by Getúlio Holanda Almeida