A SHORT illustrated HISTORY of the FLAME OF

A SHORT illustrated HISTORY of the FLAME OF LOVE PART 1 : ELIZABETH KINDELMANN Father Edilberto García Rodríguez Coatepec, Mexico October 2005 1

“I am depositing a beam of Light in your hands: it is the Flame of Love of my Heart. To the Flame of Love of my Heart, add your love and hand it to others, my little one!” Spiritual Diary, page 37 2

This presentation comprises six parts: • PART 1 : The author of the Spiritual Diary, Elizabeth Kindelmann, and her first translators • PART 2 : Birth of the Movement of the Flame of Love Hungary, Ecuador and Mexico • PARTS 3 -4 -5 : The national and international congresses • PART 6 : The Movement spreads to many countries 3

PART 1 : THE AUTHOR OF THE SPIRITUAL DIARY AND HER FIRST TRANSLATORS • Who is Elizabeth Kindelmann • Sister Anna Roth spreads the Message to the whole world • Father Gabriel Rona, S. J. , translator in Spanish 4

HUNGARY CRADLE OF THE FLAME OF LOVE OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY Portal of the Diary in Hungarian 5

WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE DIARY? Elizabeth Szántó Kindelmann was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1913. She was the thirteenth of a humble family. When she was eleven years old, she became an orphan. Her life ‘s hardship marked her personality. 6

She wanted to become a nun, but tried vainly. In 1930 she got married to an honest craftman. In 1946 Elizabeth became a widow with six young children. 7

The struggle to nourish her family became extremely hard, superhuman. She occasionally worked a double day (once in an iron foundry). It is only in such a way that she could make a living for her family and educate her children. Her providential mission began in the year 1961: after that, we can know her spiritual life, owing to her SPIRITUAL DIARY, written by hand, in 423 pages, by Elizabeth. 8

Elizabeth studied only up to the fourth year of primary school God Himself is talking to us through his “human instrument” Sheet of Elizabeth‘s copy-book 9

“Take this Flame, my little one, you are the first who I entrust it with. It is the Flame of Love of my Heart. Burn your heart with it and hand it to others!” Diary, page 38 Wood-carved bust of the Virgin entrusting Elizabeth with the flame of Love 10

Church of Érd Ófalu, where Elizabeth went to visit her 11 confessor, who accompanied her in her last years.

Elizabeth with Angela, in Törönkbálint, near Budapest 12

“When you will wake up in this new day, in millions of souls will have been restored the good intention of conversion” Diary, page 399 13

Elizabeth lived her last 15 days at Angela’s. 14

Elizabeth Szántó Kindelmann went back to the Lord on April 11, 1985. She was buried in the cemetery of Érd Ófalu, at about 20 kilometers southwest of Budapest, on the banks of the Danube “After your death, your place will be close to Me” Diary, page 322 15

“Let our feet walk together, and our hands gather in unison…” 16

“Let our hearts beat in unison, and our interior feel the same…” 17

“Let our eyes penetrate profoundly one in the other, melting…” “Let the thought of our spirits be one, and our ears listen together to the silence” 18

“Let our lips implore together the Eternal Father to obtain Misericordia” Prayer for Unity Diary, page 57 19

At her funeral, her confessor was present, who assisted her during her last years The Blessed Virgin asked Elizabeth that she be buried in the cemetery of Érd Ófalu, where her mortal remains lay 16 years. 20

“A so great grace (the Flame of Love) has only been given to very few” Diary, page 398 21

Today , Elizabeth’s mortal remains lie in the family crypt, situated in the church of the Holy Spirit, in Budapest, which she attended daily. 22

ALtar of the Chapel of the Flame of Love in Törönkbálint, Hungary 23

This chapel was builded on the very site of the house where Elizabeth died 24

The chapel of Our Lady of the Flame of Love, in Törönkbálint. Place highly frequented by pilgrims 25

Father GABRIEL RONA S. J. lives in Budapest, Hungary. He lived 30 years in Ecuador. At that time, he received the written documents of Elizabeth and discerned in them a celestial message of the Heart of Mary. He devoted himself to the task of translating them from Hungarian to Spanish. 26

“My drops of Blood are a blank cheque in your hands. Bow down before my Holy Cross and let come down on yourselves this blessed Blood” Diary, page 255 27

Father Gabriel Rona and Ana Maria de Moreno, coordinator of the Flame of Love in Mexico 28

Hungary and Mexico, united by the Flame of Love 29

Father Gabriel Rona in the church of Maria Rémete, in Budapest. There he felt the effusion of graces of the Flame of Love in 1980, during a stay in his country. He then promised to the Virgin to translate the Diary 30

Father Gabriel Rona, in Hungary, with relatives and nuns, and a few coordinators of the Movement from Mexico 31

Sister ANNA ROTH Hungarian nun, principal publicist of the Flame of Love in the whole world. To many priest friends from Hungary, Canada, Spain, United States, Brazil, Ecuador, etc. , she asked for translations in different languages 32

• Sister Anna Roth died on february the First, 1998 and was buried beside Elizabeth at Érd Ófalu, Hungary “The Flame of Love is the Love of the Most Holy Trinity, who gives us the plenitude of graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary with her maternal Love! May the Flame of Love of Jesus and Mary burn in our heart for ever. ” Sister Anna Roth to Ana María de Moreno, from Mexico. May 1993 33

The first translation of the message of the “Flame of Love” was made in German by Sister Anna Roth who lived in Germany 34

With the Heart of Jesus in the back, irradiating HIS LIGHT, we see Mary spreading her graces on the earth covered with thorns of sin, where she powerfully fans the fire of the Divine Love 35

SAINT JOSEPH “Our celestial Protector, you looked for a shelter for the Most Holy Virgin in Bethlehem. Help us in looking for a refuge for her Flame of Love in human hearts” 36

SAINT MICHAEL ARCHANGEL “Defend us in our battle; and be our protector against the wickedness and ambushes of the Devil. May God Almighty command him, we implore you. . . ” 37

The Most Holy Trinity delights in the humble soul whom It is in possesion of, and who fully lives in Its Holy and Divine Will The Sacred Hearts are our defense and our shelter 38

END OF THE PART 1 TO BE CONTINUED THANKS! MAY THE FLAME OF LOVE BURN FOR EVER IN YOUR HEART 39