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Hawthorn
Crataegus
Rosaceae
Commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, Mayflower, or hawberry, is a genus of several hundred species of shrubs and trees native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, North Africa, and North America. It can be found in open or rocky woodlands, meadows or fields or man-made disturbed areas. The plant has long, straight thorns, bears white blossoms in the spring, and produces edible fruit in the fall.
A future plague and its remedy was given to Marie-Julie Jahenny who is considered the greatest mystic in the history of the Church. Marie died in 1941 at the age of 92. Throughout her life Marie-Julie lived as a victim soul, suffering the stigmata. Blind, deaf, dumb and crippled, she had subsisted miraculously on the Blessed Sacrament alone, for the last many years of her life.
On August 5th, 1880, Our Blessed Mother had given Marie-Julie a remedy to use against a future plague that would strike humanity:
"There will be a grave illness which human science will not be able to alleviate. This illness will attack firstly the heart, then the spirit, and at the same time, the tongue. It will be horrible. The heat accompanying it will be a devouring fire insupportable and so intense that the members of the body affected will be red -- an unendurable fiery red. At the end of seven days this disease, sown like a seed in the field (incubation period) will spread everywhere rapidly and make great progress."
"My children, here is the ONLY remedy which could save you. You are familiar with the Hawthorn which grows practically in all hedges. The leaves of the Hawthorn, not the wood, can arrest the progress of this disease. You will gather the leaves, not the wood. Even dry, they will keep their efficacy. You will put them into boiling water and leave them there for 14 minutes, covering the receptacle so that the steam remains therein. At the onset of this disease, one must use this remedy three times a day."
"This disease will produce a continual vomiting and nausea. If the remedy is taken too late, the part of the body affected will become black and in the black there will be seen a sort of pale, yellow streak."
On another occasion she was instructed to take Hawthorn for cholera. Cholera is a bacterial disease usually spread through contaminated water. Cholera causes severe diarrhea and dehydration. Left untreated, cholera can be fatal within hours.
Maria Esperanza of Betania is considered to be one of the greatest mystics of our modern time. Before Esperanza's death on August 7, 2004 at the age of 75, Wendy Benedick, who worked with Esperanza for over 14 years, says Jesus gave the mystic a remedy for a plague that was to come.
"I am going to give you a remedy for the illness of infants (and small children}. You must take the leaves from the hawthorn plant and steep them into a tea for 8 minutes. Then administer the tea orally to the infant {or child} 1/4 cup at a time, continually throughout the day and night, until the ravages of the illness subside. The symptoms will be flu-like, with a high fever, purple-blackened color to the lips, jerking and flailing like convulsions."
According to Benedick, this remedy was given to Maria Esperanza for the times we are living. Esperanza told her that this plague would take many babies and children and there will be no ordinary remedy, or medicine that will work.
January 31st, 2015
"Another disease is spreading affecting the respiratory system; it is highly contagious. Have Holy Water; use the White Hawthorn* and the Echinacea plant to fight it."
*Not sure if "White Hawthorn" is the same as the other varieties of hawthorn. This site suggests they are the same: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/crataegus-intricata/common-name/white-hawthorn/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus
https://plantura.garden/uk/trees-shrubs/hawthorn/types-of-hawthorn-trees
https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-hawthorn-89057