The Palm Crosses

(The following information was provided by the mother superior of a Carmelite monastery.)

Feast of the Holy Cross, May Third

At no time in the history of the Church was the true cross of our Savior needed more to subdue His enemies than in these, our days. The wicked spirits dread and flee from this Sign of our Redemption and from the blessings of Holy Mother, the Church. She blesses crosses on this day o protect us, our property and crops against these evil spirits who, as St. John in his Apocalypse warns, are permitted to molest us. Plant one of these crosses (blessed twice: on Palm Sunday and on May 3rd, Feast of the Holy Cross) on each of the four corners of your property, and keep one in your home. In the future, make crosses yourself out of your blessed palms, and ask your Rev. Pastor to bless them for you on May 3rd, or on the Octave of the Feast of the Holy Cross. The official blessing is given in the Large Roman Ritual.

Testimonials of visible protection from these crosses are numerous.

From among the many letters received, we quote excerpts from the letter of an Order Priest.

"....While I was in T________, A________, it was Cross blessing time in May, 1940. I had burned midnight oil making them, and I had a box of them on my desk. A priest came visiting from our Monastery, on his way to Mexican Missions in California. He made fun of me and my crosses. He said we had the Blessed Sacrament, why bother about those little things. For a moment, I thought: Maybe he is right. Yet, I told him to take some along, and finally he did. Two weeks after that, May 18th, Saturday, 7:30 o'clock, they had that terrible earthquake in the Imperial Valley where he was stationed. The good Lord showed him what those crosses were good for. There was a government school for 1300 children just across the street from him. It was a complete wreck. There was a Catholic church and school eight blocks from his. Both buildings were wrecked. Statues fell to the floor. The school had to be torn down. At his place, not even a statue came down. No damage whatsoever. He learned his lesson. The Blessed Sacrament was in the other church too. After that, I put a cross in the Tabernacle under the corporal to protect our dear, humble Savior."

Devotedly and gratefully yours,

Rev. M_____ ________________

( This letter is dated September 26, 1946).

PS Before planting the crosses, we would suggest putting them in jars, (any kind, from capsule to mayonnaise, and close the lids tightly), otherwise the palms would soon decay.

If you do not have free ground around your house, then, (with scotch tape) paste a palm cross inside your home on the wall in 4 extreme parts. The 5th palm cross, paste over the main entrance.

(For palm crosses, send a self addressed, stamped envelope and donation of $1.00 to: Block Rosary, PO Box 748, Waxhaw, NC, 28173-1004