As the MOC were praying the rosary, Mary came to me interiorly… In her hands, she held a crown of thorns. As she presented it to me, I received the understanding that the crown of thorns of Jesus was the same crown of thorns of Mary. I saw the Two Hearts in the center of the crown as ONE.

Then I saw myself standing next to Mary, holding with my two hands the crown of thorns. I saw all the MOC kneeling as they prayed the rosary, wearing white veils and white gowns. Mary wanted to place the crown of thorns on each mother’s head, but as we began walking toward the mothers, she hesitated. I asked, “What is wrong, Mother?”

Mary explained that each mother needed to receive the crown by giving her “fiat.” I said to Mary that all the mothers had given their fiats to be victim souls, but Mary had me understand that our fiat must be lived in every moment, every trial, every suffering, and every hardship. She will not bless us with each thorn if we do not receive it.

I shared this with all the mothers, and then Mary placed the crown on each mother. I would hand her the crown, and she would place it on each mother’s head.

Then I saw blood dripping down all the faces and garments of all the mothers. When I saw them all white in purity, they were beautiful, but now, dripping in blood, they resembled the beauty of Jesus. At this very moment, Mary disappeared, and an immense force drew all the mothers clothed in blood into Jesus Crucified on the Cross. I saw the mothers as white lilies all around the bottom of the Cross; they were being united through their blood in suffering into Jesus Crucified.

I remembered the words our Lord had spoken to me in the past about the MOC being the “sweet fragrance” that reaches the throne of the Father. Through this visitation from our Mother, I understood clearly how we are the “sweet fragrance” that Abba is so pleased with when we are ONE with the Word of the Cross.

Through this visit and experience, Mary was forming us, the MOC! She taught us the value of each thorn. We could not shed our blood without the thorns penetrating our hearts. The gift of the crown of thorns made us resemble the beauty of Jesus crucified. We were beautiful when I saw the mothers dressed all in white, but it wasn’t until we received the thorns and began to bleed that we resembled the beauty of Jesus Christ. It was then that we were drawn through the power of the Holy Spirit into oneness with Jesus Crucified and our lives became, through the hands of Mary, a gift of sweet fragrance to the Father.

She also taught us that the crown is presented to us as a GIFT. Mary cannot crown us without our “fiat”; therefore, we must live our fiat in every instant of our lives. Mary today was perfecting and purifying our fiat!