As we began to pray, I saw Mary interiorly with her hands covering her face as our Lady of La Salette (Today is her feast day). She did not speak. Then she lifted her head, and I saw her face wearing a large crown with many thorns. She just looked at me, but still did not speak. I continued praying the rosary and just kept my gaze upon her.

—She said, “Provided you suffer with me(Cf. Rom 8:17) I suffered united with My Son” …

—She then began to teach me. I understood that every thorn from Jesus is an immense gift. Interiorly, I saw a field with a tractor that plowed the soil. I saw the blades entering deep into the ground. Mary explained that the ground needs to be plowed and pierced so that the seed can produce an abundance of fruit. Our hearts are very hardened by sin. The seed of the Word of God nor the gift of grace can take root in such hardness. Every thorn serves to enter our hearts to plow, open, and soften so that the seed can be received and bear much fruit. At first, these piercings hurt, but then they produce life.

Our hearts are called to resemble the Heart of Mary, full of thorns so that our lives give away an abundance of roses.