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11. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - 389
12. Father Joseph Fessio, S.J. - 381
13. Blessed Josemaria Escriva - 372
14. Scott Hahn - 336
15. Pope John XXIII - 305
16. Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap.-277
17. St. Edith Stein - 274
18. Cardinal John J. O'Connor - 255
19. Karl Keating - 241
20. Fr. Jozo Zovko, OFM - 210
21. Wayne Weibel - 203
22. Visionaries of Medjugorje - 194
23. Dorothy Day - 193
24. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz - 189
25. Fr. Michael Scanlon - 182
26. Pope Leo XIII - 172
27. Cardinal Francis George, OMI - 166
28. Visionaries of Fatima - 162
29. Ralph Martin - 159
30. Cyndi Cain - the Hidden Flower - 152
31. Pope Benedict XV - 144
32. Bud MacFarlane, Jr. - 137
33. Saint Maria Goretti - 135
34. Cardinal Francis Arinze - 129
35. Fr. Benedict Groeschel - 119
36. Cardinal James Francis Stafford - 109
37. Malachi Martin - 101
38. Joey Lomangino - 83
39. Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua - 81
40. Fr. Patrick Peyton - Rosary Priest - 56
41. John Leary - 54
42. Tom Monaghan - 53
43. Ida Perdemann - 44
44. Sister Nirmala - 42
45. Pope Pius XI - 39 -
46. Josyp Terelya 40
47. Fr. Frank Pavone - 29
48. Audrey Santo - 28
49. Blessed Andre Bessette - 27
50. Ron O'Brien - 26
On July 2, 1962 Pope John XXIII named him bishop, appointing him Titular Bishop of Sozusa and Auxiliary Bishop of Bangalore to which he was installed on August 22, 1962. After two years he was named Titular Archbishop of Filippi and Coadjutor Archbishop of Bangalore by John's successor Pope Paul VI on November 9, 1964. Four years later he became permanent Archbishop of Bangalore on January 11, 1968 where he remained until 1971 when he was named Associate Secretary of the Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples relocating to Rome. In 1973 he was was appointed Secretary until 1985 when Pope John Paul II, in his Consistory of May 25, 1985, he was elevated to the cardinalate as a cardinal deacon receiving titular church of St. Mary of Grace. He was transferred to the order of Cardinal priests on January 29, 1996. Shortly after receiving his red-hat, the Holy Father promoted him to the position of Prefect for the Congregation for Oriental Churches a post he held until 1991.
During this past decade he as served membership on numerous curia congregations and councils including the Apostolic Signatura Tribunal, the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, plus the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the Pontifical Council for the Family and the Pontifical Council for Interpretation of Legislative Texts as well as the Pontifical Commission for International Eucharistic Congresses. Currently 75 years-old, Cardinal Lourdusamy has resided in Rome since he was fifty. His address is presently at Via del Corridori 64 00193 in Rome.
Beloved Hidden Flower of My Mother's Immaculate Heart, I wish for all of My children to make ready their hearts to receive Me in a special way at Christmas. Please tell all the world that My desire is to reign in every heart, and to transform that heart into a magnificent tabernacle. I come with oceans of graces, with oceans of mercy. Will you receive Me? You cannot receive Me if your heart is proud, filled with worldly things. No, little children, you must be a humble child, with a meek and humble heart, for these are the hearts so dear to Me.
I tell you these things because you have forgotten that I do not require great deeds but rather a magnanimous will freely given to Me.
Prepare well, My children, because you cannot comprehend that which will come upon the world. Pray that you may be a victim to My Divine Love, and call out daily for Divine Mercy. That moment is here when the Mercy I wish to give will be called for out of the sorrow that besets the world. Watch, My children. Keep vigilance over your faith. Behold My signs, look to the Heavens and lift up your eyes for I Am, and I keep My promises.
Dear children, love one another as I love you. Be obedient to My holy Vicar Pope John Paul II. Live holy lives which are centered on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and My True Presence in the Holy Eucharist. If you do this then you will see the signs and be alert to all that Scripture contains.
Honor My holy Mother, who I have sent to help you. Heed Her words and seek the Triumph of Her Immaculate Heart. Prepare well your heart. I come. I seek. I knock! Shall I come in vain? Behold, I Am God, and all creation is Mine. Fear not. Love much. I Am near!
So very few of My children truly welcome Me. I am a fleeting moment in their holiday festivities; soon I am no longer remembered, and the cold manger remains unwarmed by the pure hearts I come for.
How many words I and My holy Mother have spoken this year. How we have pleaded, taught, and entreated each person to come into the Refuge of My Sacred Heart.
What more do you desire of Me, Who Am? What works can I perform which will awaken your enslaved spirits?
I solemnly tell you, children of the world, that I give unto you such signs as I have not given since I walked among you.
The blindness of your soul, your spirit persists because you do not seek My Way, nor do you pray for an increase in faith, hope and love.
O! What signs have been given. And so very few have seen them. That is why on this great day I solemnly say to all once again: Lift up your heads. Open wide your eyes, for My Presence among you is real and I draw you to Me!
Lift up your heads. Send forth your hearts so they may forever rest in Me!
Do not despair, for I seek to bestow great Mercy upon the world, and I choose to do this in the new religious community of Divine Mercy, which shall be a renewal of true religious/monastic life.
Rejoice, for I give My Mercy to all who seek Me, My Own Mother, Queen of Mercy, is with you to be a sure guide.
Let your hearts be warmed by My love. Do not look for love everlasting on earth, for it does not exist. I alone provide all, and I solemnly tell you that the Hour of the Triumph of My Mother's Immaculate Heart draws very near.
Therefore, love Me. Adore Me. Be willing to suffer for Me, Who suffered for each one of you. Look to the heavens for there shall be given to all a sign of such magnificence that only the most hardened of heart shall reject it.
Look up, My children. Behold the Power of God. Be ever prepared for the sorrows shall increase as Scripture tells you. Come to Me, My little ones. Kneel at foot of the Manger and give to Me your self, all that you have been, are now and can yet be through My Grace and Mercy.
O! How richly I bless you. How a generous heart comforts Me. Know that in the Hour of Greatest Sorrow, I, your God, shall comfort you. Peace, My children, to all men of good will!
