On this day, 19 September, in 1846 Our Lady appeared to two young shepherds at La Salette in France. She appeared seated on a rock, weeping, with her face in her hands. She wore a headdress like a bright crown with a band of roses, a dress with beams of light, slippers edged with roses. Around her neck hung a golden crucifix. On one end of the cross beam was a hammer and nails. On the other, a tongs for extracting the nails. On her shoulders was a large chain. In tears, she stood and spoke in their local French dialect.
She said, “The Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.”
Great saints have been devoted to Our Lady of La Salette, including St. John Bosco, St. John Vianney, and St. Madeleine Sophie Barat.
Secrets were given to the two shepherd children, Maximin and Melanie. Neither told the other what they were. They sent them to Pius IX in 1851. In October 1999, Fr. Michel Corteville discovered the original secrets buried for more than a century in the Vatican archives.
Maximin’s Secret HERE
Melanie’s Secret HERE
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I recall reading in the biography of St. Jean Vianney that his devotion to LaSallette cooled after he met Maximin.
Read the message and then consider there are multiple paths. Fascinating
Reading these messages, it is striking how many of the events mentioned did not come to pass within the specified timeframe.