Invoking the Holy Wounds of Christ for the triumph of the Church.

Invoking the Holy Wounds of Christ for the triumph of the Church, as revealed to the mystic of the Holy Wounds, Mary Martha Chambon.

The triumph of the Church will come from offering the Holy Wounds of Jesus, and through His Immaculate Mother, but it will not be a visible triumph. "They do not know what is demanded in asking its triumph... My Church will never triumph visibly."

The following account is taken from the pamphlet that initially made public the graces granted to Sister Mary Martha Chambon (Imprimatur, 1923):

Our Lord often renewed to Sister Mary Martha the promise of the triumph of the Holy Church through the power of His Wounds and of the Immaculate Virgin: "My daughter, perform your charge well, which is to offer My divine Wounds to My Eternal Father, because from them must come the triumph of the Church, which will come to pass through My Immaculate Mother." But from the beginning our Lord anticipated every illusion and ambiguity. There could be no question of the material, visible triumph which was the dream of some. Never will the waves flow with perfect docility about the barque of Peter; one may sometimes tremble at the fury of their agitation... To struggle, always to struggle, is a law of the life of the Church: "They do not know what is demanded in asking its triumph... My Church will never triumph visibly." However, through all the struggles and anguish there is accomplished in the Church, and by the Church, the work of our Lord Jesus Christ: the salvation of the world.

The work of our Lord Jesus Christ is accomplished all the better, as prayer - which has its place in the divine plan, more urgently implores the help of heaven. And surely heaven is specially moved when invoked in the name of the redeeming Wounds. Jesus frequently insists: "The invocations of the holy Wounds will obtain an incessant victory for the Church." "You must incessantly draw from these Sources for the triumph of My Church."

"My good Master, it is a long time since you told me to do this ... and the triumph comes not!" she exclaimed in her usual simplicity. "My daughter," answered our benign Savior, "you should be well satisfied that there is not more chastisement, - you restrain My arm. I promise to give the triumph, but little by little." And the Holy Founder came [a vision of St. Francis de Sales] to complete the lesson of the Master: "Even though our Lord promises the triumph through Mary Immaculate, you must not relax in prayer and the offering of the holy Wounds."

At the period of a great persecution of the Church, Sister Mary Martha often asked Jesus to cover the Sovereign Pontiff with the protection of His holy Wounds. This prayer was very pleasing to our Lord. He caused our Sister to see that grace super-abounded over the Holy Father Pius IX, and that the prayers of the Community had greatly contributed to it: "A special grace was imparted to him from My Wounds." Towards the end of 1867, our Lord revealed to her that "His Holiness would have still more to suffer, he would have no more peace, but, thanks to prayer, he would be maintained in the Holy See in tribulation."

It is plain that our Lord wishes no illusion. However, this does not prevent Him from requiring constant prayers: "I wish the Community to be the support of the Holy See by prayer and above all by the invocation of My holy Wounds. You will thus oppose a barrier to its enemies.” Nor from expressing His satisfaction for the prayers offered: "I am contented with the prayers of the Community for the support of the Church. You will have an extra degree of glory for having been good soldiers of the Holy Father. You will always have occasion to be so, and you must pray much for the Holy Church." Nor from giving assurance of a protection against which nothing could prevail: "Whilst guarded by My Wounds there is nothing to be feared either for yourself or the Church. Should this benefit fail you would then understand what you possess.”

The booklet that made public the revelations to Mary Martha Chambon can be read Here. The primary invocations taught by Jesus are two: “Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal those of our souls,” (on the large beads). “My Jesus, pardon and mercy, by the merits of Thy holy Wounds,” (on the small beads). They can be prayed as the Rosary of the Holy Wounds (indulgenced), as explained in the pamphlet. The booklet was later greatly expanded into a book by the Visitation Sisters (Imprimatur 1928). This book was excellently translated from the French in 2019, Mysticof the Holy Wounds, the Life and Revelations of Sister Mary MarthaChambon.

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