“I say to you on this day, ‘I am a Saint Here in the Heavens.’ It is difficult for men to understand how Saints speak through a man, but nonetheless, it is true. I am Saint Bernadette.

I speak to you as children. I speak to you in a manner you will understand, and I speak to you, because you see, it is God’s Will I do. I speak to you to teach you, to direct you, and to show you that the best way to walk the human path is to walk holding God’s Hand, not man’s.

I take you to a garden and I say to you now: ‘Is the garden beautiful? What flowers in the garden do you like best?’ Some of you will say, ‘Bernadette, there are weeds in the garden.’ And I will say to you, ‘Take them out so the flowers will show at their best.’ And so it is in the world. There are weeds every place you go, and I say to you, ‘Take them out.’ If you are one, remove yourself. Look to the truth. I know you understand what I am saying to you. Don’t be a weed. Be a flower.

I, Saint Bernadette, have taught many things through this child to you, and on this day I say, ‘Be concerned that your feet are on the ground and that you think for yourself; and that in all things, you hold God’s Hand.’ Men walk in great knowledge, and sometimes the knowledge becomes such a part of them that they forget the beauty of Faith in holding God’s Hand.

And now, let’s get back to the garden that someone else planted for us to enjoy. The flowers are blooming but so are the weeds growing. Let us, you and I, clear the path so others who follow will not see the weeds. Let us take one each at a time, and throw them in a pile. And now, let us take the weeds and put them in a place where they will not have the chance to grow, for you see, weeds have a way of destroying beautiful things, and yet we all know that there is a place for weeds in the world. God told us so, for Who created the weed in the beginning? God Himself. And now I say, ‘Don’t be a weed in the garden of beauty, but help the weeds in another place.’ So be it.”