Statement of the Flame of Love Movement - June 17, 2010

IMPORTANT CORRECTION TO THE PETITION OF THE FLAME OF LOVE

Declaration of Father Gabriel Róna, International Spiritual Advisor of the Movement Flame of Love and translator of the Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann from the original Hungarian into Spanish for the FLAME OF LOVE OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, about the petition added to the Ave Maria as requested by the Blessed Mother:

Greetings to you all in the Lord!

I address myself to you, dear brothers and sisters who already know the message of the Flame of Love and to those involved in the publication and the propagation of this message, always with the approval of the officials of the Movement Flame of Love according to its statutes approved by the Church.

After having greeted you respectfully, I only want to deal in this letter about the petition added to the Ave Maria as requested by the Blessed Virgin. I declare before the Virgin Mary and before you, that, having in front of me the copy of the handwritten text of Mrs. Elizabeth Kindelmann, the messenger of the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I quote the following (in the original, all the following text is written in red ink to emphasize its importance, and the words of the petition are underlined):

... This is a request of the Blessed Virgin: "To the prayer by which you honor Me, the Ave Maria, add the following petition:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee, blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, spread the effect of grace of Thy Flame of Love over all of humanity, now and at the hour of our death. Amen."

I wish to entrust to you that it was not an easy task for me to find a formula that fully conveys the expression "effect of grace" so that it is the most intelligible to all. I must also confess that I did not really understand the meaning of this petition. I thought then that I had to first understand what the Blessed Virgin meant to be able to translate it... I understand now that it was the opposite that I should have done: translate literally the words of the Blessed Virgin, and if need be, I might humbly add a little explanation. Forgive me, my dear brothers and sisters, for the inconvenience that, despite my efforts, I have caused you...

Please accept gracefully this change in your prayer and please understand that we must reflect this change in all our documents.

In full agreement with the International Coordinators of the Flame of Love Movement, Mr. Guilherme Morais and Mrs. Rosália Morais (in Brazil), as well as the National Coordinator of Canada, Mr. Marcel Dufour, this is the unique and official formula of our Movement to be used henceforth in all the English speaking countries. The outpouring of grace will be even greater if we pray to the Blessed Virgin as She had requested us.

Here is now a little teaching to try to understand the expression “effect of grace”. As a concrete example: an atmospheric change... What are its effects on humans, especially on the sick people? We know that these are two different things: the weather phenomenon and its effects on us. In reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church, I discovered with joy that while trying to explain each of the sacraments, we first talk about the sacrament itself, and then about the effects it produces in the soul. Similarly, there is the outpouring of the extraordinary grace that the Blessed Virgin has obtained from the Eternal Father through the merits of Her Divine Son and its effects on the soul. I reached the happy conclusion that the easiest way to make the Flame of Love known is to speak about that grace and explain its effects. There is a divine wisdom in the words of the Blessed Virgin. We should not change them but explain them in all humility.

Finally, I want to announce that on June 6, 2009 - a year ago - his Eminence, Cardinal Dr. Peter Erdo, Primate of the Church of Hungary and Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, had attended the 10th National Congress of the Flame Love in Budapest and he addressed to us very encouraging words. He requested the reading of the decree which recognized the existence of the Flame of Love Movement in his diocese, and of the document by which he granted the Imprimatur to the Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann. A very pleasant surprise for those who were present: he himself wanted to lead the recitation of one decade of the Rosary with the petition of the Hail Mary as the Blessed Mother had requested it. We were about 30 concelebrating priests, 1500 faithful, the International Coordinators and Mr. Gerard Picard, representing Canada.

Thank you very much for your patience and your kindness in reading this letter. May God bless you!

Your servant in the Lord,

Father Gabriel Róna, S.J. (Hungary)
International Spiritual Advisor of the Movement Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

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