The Treasures of My Son

In Pellevoisin, Estelle Faguette, who suffered from tuberculoses, received a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which we can be divided in three parts. The first was to cure Estelle. The second was to coach Estelle and prepare her for her task. The third was about the messages. On the feast of the Visitation (July 2 on the old calendar), the Virgin said to her, "My Son's Heart has so much love for my own that it cannot refuse my requests. Through me, he will touch the even most hardened hearts." Since Estelle asked for a sign, she answered, "I particularly came for the conversion of sinners." On Saturday, September 9, 1876, Estelle received a 9th visit from the Blessed Virgin who appeared to her at the end of her rosary prayers and gave her a sign. No doubt poor Estelle was ashamed when she heard the Virgin's reproaches. "You deprived yourself of my visit on August 15, because you were not calm enough. You have the true French attitude. You want to know everything before learning, and to understand everything before knowing. As recently as yesterday, I would have come, but you were deprived again. I was waiting for an act of submission and obedience." (...) As she made these statements, the Virgin lifted up a small piece of white cloth which she wore on her chest. Estelle had already seen this small piece of cloth, without knowing what it was, because, hitherto, it had seemed all white. However, as Mary lifted the cloth, she saw that it had a red heart on it. Estelle thought it was a Sacred Heart scapular. The Virgin said to her as she lifted it up, "I like this devotion." She was silent for a moment, and then she began again. "This is how I would like to be honored."