ABOUT 'CARMELITE OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY'  

Carmelite of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is the nickname given by the Blessed Virgin Mary to Delmis, a mother of three children, originating from El Salvador, who has resided in Montreal, Canada, for many years now. 

The Lord Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary started to appear to her in March 1998, after her conversion which took place following a fulgurating encounter with the Lord Jesus in the sanctuary of Esquipulas, in Guatemala. Encounter whose result has been a complete upheaval of her life. And as she explains, during the years of her life spent far from the Lord, her knowledge of spiritual matters was quite inexistent. Despite a desire, deep inside of her, to know the Truth, the things of the world were taking all the room.

But God’s plans are beyond our human plans. By depriving her of what kept her heart attached to the material and by driving her to the desert, the Lord started to prepare her for the mission He was about to entrust her with, and He did so through certain events that took place a few months before her conversion. In the beginning, the messages were intended for the visionary only. In February 1999, the Virgin Mary entrusted her with the first public message. 

 

EXCERPTS OF A TEXT WRITTEN BY DELMIS'S
SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR

Dear readers,

As we enter the world of revelation, our mind is faced with two reflexes: one of distrust, the other of welcome.

Indeed, it is not always easy to come to a decision. It is a rather delicate matter, and one must take the time to look and take a step back.

Three attitudes can be noted concerning this question:

a) The first is one of distrust, where the content is promptly rejected without having taken the time to study and absorb the material. Everything is condemned in advance: the content, and unfortunately sometimes, the persons receiving the messages or experiencing the mystical phenomena.

We have only to remember the great St. Theresa of Avila who was considered by most in her days as a crank possessed by the devil. God knows how she suffered because of it! And how many more have known a similar fate. Padre Pio himself did not have an easy time. And what could be said of Sister Faustina who was recently raised to the altar by the Pope?

b) The second attitude is to accept all revelations (without any exception or almost so) as an absolute truth coming directly from God, and to rely on these to lead or direct one’s life, and sometimes that of others. Such a lack of prudence runs the risk of being most dangerous for oneself and for others.

c) The third attitude consists in a disposition that is both receptive and prudent, whereby one takes the time to examine the origin of the message or the mystical phenomena.

Allow me to recall the three possible sources of messages or certain mystical phenomena. They may originate either:

    a) from God
    b) from the person (imagination, etc.)
    c) from the evil one, the monkey of God, who is capable of many things to lead someone astray.

Things are far from being always evident, and it is therefore not always easy nor prudent to decide for or against at first glance. One must take the time to study the messages and to determine whether they are in contradiction with Revelation, and whom we are dealing with as an instrument.

One can very well reject a message coming from one person or another, but charity requires that we never discredit the person as such, even if we disagree with one part of the content or another. Let us recall the sufferings endured by St. Bernadette and the three children of Fatima because of man’s rejection.

LET US NOW CONSIDER THE RECIPIENT OF THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES

... She possesses a quality that is not easily found in everyone: the simplicity of a child’s heart. During my discussions with this “child of God” as her spiritual director, I became aware of the respect with which she received given directives; she always proves to be of the utmost obedience and docility, which seems to me quite fundamental for the present subject. God chooses His instruments with care, He moulds them in suffering and invites them to follow Him on the path He Himself has taken: that of the Cross, and sometimes even to undergo the same fate: “You will be taken for fools because of me.”

LET US DISCUSS THE PRESENT MESSAGES

They are of a great simplicity and invite us to reappraise the way we lead our lives. They add nothing to the Gospel, but bring it to mind. As at la Salette, Fatima or Medjugorje, they pinpoint areas that need adjustment, invite us to change our lives, stir in us the need for conversion, and remind us of the great commandment of charity towards God and our neighbour, as well as the great respect we must have for our God.

But if everything is already in the Bible, one might ask why these new messages? I think God must know what He is doing. He is free to do as He wants, when He wants and the way He wants. That is the way I see it at least. I don’t believe He has to consult us to know what He must do or say, and how. Who are we to dare say to God what He must do or not, and how He must do it? Is it humble on our part and on the part of those who reject everything that does not come directly from the Bible? God is God! He is free to act as He pleases!

God is a father to His children: He teaches us, He steadily reminds us of the same truths under different angles, adding a new flavour each time. The content may be nearly the same as that of certain revelations we already know, but the presentation is different. Why does God do this? Like children, we do not always listen! In all humility and truth, we have to admit that we are not always docile and that obedience is not our strong point. Thus, God finds Himself compelled to continuously reiterate certain points. Merciful, patient and slow to anger as He is, He bestows upon us opportunities to redeem ourselves, time and time again. If the present messages can help us to grow, and for some to rediscover the path of salvation, they will have served a very good purpose. Isn’t the most important thing to conform our will to the will of God, to love Him with all our hearts, to love our neighbour and thus to reach salvation? Such is the end that all messages coming from God are aiming to.

Raymond Pearson, priest