A THIRD ENCOUNTER WITH MARY, VIRGIN

Sweet Mary came to me yet again.

Not in voice; yet in that same place of

stillness deep within my heart of

hearts.  In that place that Mary

resides.

Again, she came unto me while I was

in great distress and turmoil and she 

did comfort me, easing my mind.

This time it was while I dozed in 

unsettled sleep.

With suddenness, in the locus of her

voice was a small, lit, empty cross. It

appeared ... faded, then appeared a 

second time.   It was illumined on its

right side.

I knew it was Mary~bringing her Son

this time to me to show that my trials,

though small, are loved, are noticed,

and my spirit is not abandoned.

Inside that quiet time, in the 

profundity of pain, Mary's Son joined

me and entered into an inner sanctum

reserved for the Holiest of Holy.

May He ever be praised!