It is Jesus who gives you mercy and hope

I see Saint Charbel enveloped in light. He stands before us with his hands folded in prayer and speaks to us:

“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Friends of the Lord, pray fervently for peace, and amid all the confusion surrounding you, do not let it enter your hearts! Wash away everything that weighs you down with the blessing of Jesus. Have courage and hope, and be strong in faith! Do not look at the confusion the world presents to you—and it is presenting it in abundance at this time. Look to the promises of Christ! In these promises, hope is given to you. When you look to Jesus, your discouragement falls away from you. Place all your worries and needs into His heart. I have always looked to the promises of Christ and not to the world. It is Jesus who gives you mercy and hope, and when you look to His love, you have everything! What He gives you, the world cannot give! Place all hostility into the blessing of Jesus and into His Most Sacred Heart, into His Precious Blood. Just look at how unloving and hard-hearted people are. Divisions constantly arise simply because people lack love. Be different! Love, because Jesus loved you first! The Lord has allowed me to plant cedars of faith in Germany, and I do this gladly so that the West, in the heat of confusion, may find the coolness of the shade and come to its senses. Pray fervently, for your prayer is not lost and softens hardened hearts. Pray and love!”

Saint Charbel says that he will bless us later, together with the priest. He takes his leave and vanishes into the light. During his apparition, we detect the scent of oriental incense and the fragrance of oil—amber and myrrh.