The Great Crusade of Love

On March 9, 1995, in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba, the bust of a plaster Christ bled more than two hundred times. After receiving the scientific report (human blood containing the tip of a thorn), the local archbishop, Mgr R. F. Apaza, authorized the veneration of the statue and, for the second anniversary, presided over the celebrations in the cathedral.

In the same city, a humble servant of God, named Catalina, receives the stigmata of Jesus, which appears on Thursday night, manifests itself with great pain on Friday, and disappears on Saturday.

Catalina receives messages from Jesus who expresses his love for Bolivia and for the world and seeks the support of her children to spread a new breath of reparation through the nations: "The Great Crusade of Love".

In these messages Jesus explains:

"My daughter, a great campaign will have to take place, a crusade of atonement and penance. The world must prepare itself to resist the assaults of the Beast. The Beast is preparing for the great tribulation. And the universe will weep tears of blood... We must begin the crusade without delay. Mankind needs it. We must pray and atone for the people who have forgotten me and sowed hatred and violence." (CA 32)

"These messages will be received as a ray of light and as a beating of my Heart... They will be like a new and recent revelation of my unchanging love for mankind, like a call to all to return to my Heart that yearns for love..." (CA 180)

"Before the Lord sets the world ablaze with the fire of his wrath, the good ones must kindle the fire of love in the hearts of their brothers. That is why it is urgent to instruct your brothers. It is a responsibility that falls on every soul. Let the whole world proclaim the Creator's love for his creature... The hour is grave, the danger imminent. Only love can save the world!" (CA 173)

The original Spanish version of these messages appeared with the Imprimatur of Archbishop René Fernandez Apaza of Cochabamba (Bolivia).