The following was written by John Paul Wohlscheid.  This story was published in the bulletin of St. Mary's Church, Lowell, Michigan.  Maybe you could have it published in your own local parish bulletin. 

     Blessed Charles de Foucauld was born on September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg, France to an aristocratic family. After losing his parent at the age of six, Charles and his sister were raised by their grandfather. While he was in high school, Charles was introduced to the rationalism and skepticism of Voltaire and others. As a result, lost his faith and no longer believed that God existed. Without a moral compass, he spent much of his inheritance enjoying the best food and wine, enjoying the good life. He followed his grandfather’s footsteps and entered the officer’s training program at the French military academy. However, he barely graduated from the military academy because of laziness and drunkenness. As a second lieutenant, Charles spent his time horseback riding and high stakes gambling. All his meals were catered by the finest restaurants and he employed his own tailors. He even brought women from Paris for companionship. He earned the contempt of his peers by insisting that his mistress accompany him to social events for military officers.

     In spite of his decadent lifestyle, a spark of duty still existed in his soul. Charles surprised everyone by volunteering for a dangerous assignment in North Africa. While there he won praise for his leadership skills and courage. Shortly afterwards, having proved himself, Charles resigned from the French Army. Charles was impressed by both the faith of the African Muslims and the vastness of the African desert. In June of 1883, Charles started an exploration and research tour of Morocco disguised as a Russian Jew. As a result of this expedition, Charles wrote a book about his experience with some of the most accurate descriptions and maps up to that time. He received a gold medal from the French Geographic Society for this work. Meanwhile, his soul had been stirred to greater hunger for faith, due to the faith of the people he encountered. However, his skepticism held him back. One night, he entered a church that was dark except for a small sanctuary candle before the tabernacle. Kneeling, Charles prayed, “My Go, if you exist let me know.”

     Back in France, Charles began a quest to find God. In this quest, he was aided by his cousin Marie. She would talk to him for hours about faith and gave him books to read on the subject. Finally, she convinced him to talk to her confessor, Abee Henri Huvelin, a priest of great holiness. Late in October of 1886, Charles went to visit the priest and found him in the confessional. Instead of kneeling, Charles leaned forward and said, “Father, I have not faith. I have come to ask you to instruct me.” The Abbe replied that if he knelt and confessed his sins he would believe. He obeyed and confessed his sins. Upon receiving absolution, Charles was told by the Abbe to go to Communion. It was here at the Altar of God, that Charles eyes were opened to the truth. He said, “As soon as I came to believe there was a God, I understood that I could not do otherwise than live only for Him alone.”

     In 1888, Charles visited the Holy Land. Here he fell in love with Nazareth and the hidden, ordinary life of the Holy Family. Two years later, he entered the Trappist monastery in Syria. However, this only lasted for seven years because even this order renowned for its austerity and rigor was not enough. When the monks were allowed to butter their cooked vegetables, Charles decided that he needed more mortification, not less. He left the monastery and became a hermit in Nazareth. He was ordained a priest in June of 1901. After his ordination, he moved to North Africa and lived as a hermit among the Muslims. He spent his time translating the Gospels into the Touareg language and caring for the poor and forgotten. Most nights were spent in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. He wrote, "What a tremendous delight, my God!  To spend fifteen hours without anything else to do but look at You and tell You, 'Lord I love You!' Oh what sweet delight!" "The goal of every human life should be the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament."

    When war broke out in Europe, the Muslim tribes took advantage of the situation and started to rebel against the French. Charles built a small fort around his hermitage, hoping to create a sanctuary for the locals if fighting should breakout. However, he was capture by tribesmen who hoped to use him as leverage. They bound him and tortured him. Finally, they shot him when he refused to renounce his faith in favor of Islam. Charles had sensed how he would die early on. In 1897, he wrote, “Remember that you ought to die as a martyr . . . killed violently and painfully . . . Remember that your death must inevitably flow out of your life, and on that account, realize the insignificance of a great many things.” He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on November 13, 2005. He is honored on December 1.

"My child, you will make it known that Our children upon earth must speak often in the spirit with the good souls who are waiting to join them. Ask and they shall receive guidance.
     "In human understanding, My child, it must be made known to mankind that your saints who are now in the heavens, in the Kingdom of your Father, they have full knowledge of the trials of earth and mankind, and therefore will be of great solace to you. Learn by their example. They did not seek the treasures of the world, but they truly sought to store these graces of treasures in the Kingdom.” – Our Lady, November 1, 1975 

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These prophecies came from Jesus, Mary, and the saints to Veronica Lueken at Bayside, NY, from 1968 to 1995:

Reflection: Read the lives of the Saints, and you will find yourself living amid company to whose standards you will be forced to raise, at least in some measure, your own in your daily life.

Veronica - Our Lady now is rising very high up into the sky, and She's--now the sky is becoming very, very bright, very bright, and Our Lady is pointing upward with Her hand, and there is a tremendous white cross now forming in the sky. It's a brilliant cross. And now--it's a large cross, but behind it, I see many, many smaller crosses. They are also white. It's like a field, a whole field of crosses.
Our Lady - "My child, you are observing many who shall wear the white robes in Heaven. Many martyrs shall be made, My child, in the days ahead. Many shall gain their crowns through suffering. It is truly the way of the cross, My child, to Heaven. Do not let a moment go by, My child, without using, without putting your suffering to good cause." - September 14, 1976

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    Our Lady of the Roses, Mary Help of Mothers promises to help protect our children. On September 13, 1977, She said, "He has an army of ogres wandering now throughout your country and all of the countries of the world. They are in possession of great power; so wear your sacramentals, and protect your children and your households. Learn the use every day of holy water throughout your household. Insist even with obstructions, insist that your children always wear a sacramental. One day they will understand that they will repel the demons."
    On February 1, 1974, Our Lady said, "My children, know the value of these sacramentals. Guard your children well. You must awaken to the knowledge that you will not be protected without the sacramentals. Guard your children's souls. They must be surrounded with an aura of purity. Remove them if necessary from the sources of contamination, be it your schools or even false pastors."
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A great obligation to go forward... "It is not by accident that you are called by My Mother, for it is by merit and the prayers that have risen to Heaven for your salvation.  For those who have received the grace to hear the Message from Heaven, you have a great obligation to go forward and bring this Message to your brothers and sisters.  Do not expect a rest upon your earth, for you will have eternal rest very soon." - Jesus, June 12, 1976