Fr. Joseph Iannuzzi’s commentary on the illness and death of Vassula
As many of you know, the Will of God foresees all times and seasons, distributes grace accordingly and calls each person to a mission before bestowing upon them the heavenly bliss of eternal beatitude.
Vassula entered her eternal reward. She is now with our Lord.
We are blessed to have an advocate on high pleading our cause before God. Therefore, we ought to pray to her for the continuation of the mission begun on earth that God has entrusted to her. Jesus reassures us that the True Life in God prophetic messages will remain for “many generations to come” (Jan. 7, 2002; June 12, 2020; Jan. 2, 2023) through which He wishes to bestows on us, as He did upon Vassula, the extraordinary grace of his “perpetual Presence”, whereby we become “living Tabernacles.” (Oct. 25, 1994)
Jesus reveals:
“O come beloved of My Soul! My thirst for you to join Me in this way is insatiable; I have given you My Word to observe you and guard you from pitfalls; blessed are you, who serve the cause of righteousness with child-like faith! as on a harp, My Words will resound like musical notes preserving their melodious tones; My delightful Words will be given rhythmically with angelic melodies to become sonorous and audible, reaching this generation and the generations to come… do not fear, for I have attached your soul safely in Me as an embryo with an umbilical cord; I will keep animating you to enliven My Church, to console My Church and to spread My Messages with courage and zeal; your zeal for My House has been a spur to many, but be confident for I am with you; My Hand will be constantly on you; Love loves you, ic.” (Jan. 7, 2002)
“My daughter… I have courted you and given you gifts, I have clothed your soul with My Presence, I have embroidered your being with the jewels of My Son, Jesus, jewels that were used to crucify Him; in My infatuation with you, I uprooted you from the house of your ancestors to place you in My garden of delights, in My own Royal dwelling place, to address My poem to you; this poem that I have written for you and for all generations to come; and I will continue to shepherd My people…” (Jan. 2, 2023)
“I Am; be blessed; remember that My Presence is perpetually with you; you have nothing to fear, My child… never doubt of My Presence; I am always with you; peace! Ic” (Feb. 15, 2008).
“My Vassula… I have set My Throne inside you; I revealed My gifts and My treasures to you, and I adorned you with My mere Presence, it pleased Me to possess you, and pour in you My Wisdom so that your soul shines forth in splendour; I have immersed you in Our limpid springs…”
[Vassula replies]: ‘And I can say now:
‘I found rest, and I am enjoying Your Riches;’
even when I depart from this earth
I will leave these Treasures
for future generations that are to come’.” (March 9, 1999)
[Vassula replies]: ‘And I can say now:
‘I found rest, and I am enjoying Your Riches;’
even when I depart from this earth
I will leave these Treasures
for future generations that are to come’.” (March 9, 1999)
Vassula received the Sacraments before her surgery and repeatedly told others, “I am in the hands of God now,” and “I am in good hands.” She was offered opportunities to travel to other places in order to receive treatment from the best surgeons, but discerned it best to remain close to her family and loved ones.
It appears that Vassula, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, had an inkling, days before her surgery and even before she was diagnosed, of the importance of relocating her prophetic revelations, paintings and other articles to a TLIG center. She sent me many photos of her doing so in recent days with the assistance of the TLIG support team.
I wish to express my deepest gratitude to many of you who went the extra mile to ensure her the best physical welfare by joining in the all-night Eucharistic vigil, as well as for your prayers, fasts and other sacrifices. We are now called to display before the world our unanimity and support for one another in love and humility as members of the one household of faith, for this is the Will of God. Let us continue to pray as we have and hold fast to the peace that comes only from God. Jesus tells and Vassula:
« Do not lose My Peace and may you remain strong » (Dec. 12, 1996).
« Vassula, do I ever abandon you? I am God; lean on Me, trust Me… have My peace; beloved, I have prepared a place for you » (April 7, 1987).
In many ways, Jesus reassured her of his predilection and of her place in heaven:
« Then as a Bridegroom who leads his bride to the Altar, your head leaning on My Shoulder, I will lead you to My Royal Banquet, with My left Arm around your waist, while holding you tightly in My embrace, so that together we may feast on the bounty of My Royal House; with Me, you will lack nothing; I will provide you and adorn your soul with the Glory of My Name and My Divinity, I will dress you with brocades, with myrrh and aloes wafting from your bridal robes; and while we will be sitting later near each other on our Matrimonial bed, covered with a golden canopy, I will shroud you entirely with Myself effacing the sins of your youth » (July 9, 2020).
« Daughter! lily among thistles, My beloved, I am yours as much as you are Mine… I have brought you, My beloved, into My Kingly Courts, in the presence of My Father, O yes! your Father too! at His Presence, like a young stag your heart leaped with joy when you recognized Him; the Rays from His Mouth, when He had called you by your name, covered you in His Glory like a veil; this was a formidable moment of joy in heaven amongst all My Angels” (Sept. 17. 2023).
« I, in My turn, will reveal to you the heavenly hosts while singing to you religion and righteousness in poetry; I will assemble all the saints in heaven, I will assemble all the courts of heaven to reveal to them My majesty and My sovereignty in you and how I made out of you a royal diadem for My Head, a royal prodigy of your times; all your ornaments will be divine as they would be offered by Me; your former slavery will become freedom in Me » (Jan. 20, 2021).
God the Father reveals:
“I have displayed My power in you, My Vassula, and performed marvels, and through you, My bride, I have revealed my Tenderness and My Mercy to the world… I have treated you as I treat My chosen ones; 1 behold, I have been clothing you with My Son, Jesus Christ;
and I, I who am the Gateway through which the virtuous enter heaven, tell you solemnly: remain as a lily, having been distilled by pure myrrh in that Lake of Agony which in reality represents the Tears of Christ, so that We would say to Our beloved: “how fragrant your perfume, more fragrant than all the other spices, adorned with Our ineffable Light, keep spreading your sweet fragrance so that you find the promised joy at the end of the path We prepared for Our bride, there you will find your loveliest rest in Eternity” (Nov. 30, 1998).
Jesus reveals:
« Behold! now I am calling all of you who are My seed, who are the bone of My Bone, the flesh of My Flesh, to come and taste the intimate delights of Your Bridegroom’s Heart and you will have the entire Godhead living in you! repose now your head on Me, My dove, and allow Me to repose in your silence; ic” (July 9, 2020).
“in your graciousness, My child, you have obtained your reward in heaven” (June 18, 1994).
God revealed to Vassula that she would indeed accomplish the apostolic mission He entrusted to her:
“I guarantee to you that you will reach the end of the road I have laid out for you; although you will continue to be a sign of contradiction, you will accomplish your mission with Me, and you will glorify Me…” (May 12, 1995).
Fr Joseph Iannuzzi, STL, S.Th.D.