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The Little Pebble in private audience with Pope John Paul II in 1985

"...prophecy is directed to the knowledge of Divine truth, by the contemplation of which we are not only instructed in faith, but also guided in our actions...Wherefore at all times men were Divinely instructed about what they were to do, according as it was expedient for the spiritual welfare of the elect." St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica Part II-II Q.174 article 6

This brief introduction is about the last Pope of the Catholic Church. It is about a new Covenant that God is making with His people. It is about a Catholic married layman named William Kamm, also known worldwide as "The Little Pebble". He is a public Seer of an internationally known Apparition near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. Our Lady appears to Him under the Title of "Our Lady of the Ark, Mary our Mother, Help of Christians". He is the Founder of a "new form of consecrated life" (Canon 605) known already around the world as the Order of Saint Charbel.


The Seer

A Spark of Goodness

His life portrays a truly human drama of epic proportion! It is to be hoped that the viewer of this Website will gain an insight into his Mission and be able to glimpse something of the beauty of God's grace in his soul. The Divine Mercy of God shines profoundly upon his life. William has been the first to appreciate God's benevolence to him and the importance of God's private revelations. These graces have borne good fruit in his life which he has shared with those of good will. The Love of Mary Immaculate Mother of God and Her many words and images through so many messages over the years are engraved upon his heart. 

He not only sees the visions of the Triune God, the Mother of God, the Angels and Saints, but feels in his heart the passion of Love that God has for His children. He also feels the tenderness and compassion of the Mother of God - Her maternal solicitude for each and every person! Most of all William has experienced their personal love for himself and others! This cannot be underestimated because as time passed, it has been an overwhelming experience for him to gradually perceive the Plan that God had for his life. He has realised from his obedience of faith that the many cross-roads of his life were providentially allowed to lead him to the point where God wanted him to be!


A Busy Man

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Little Pebble and Companions in Pope's private Chapel

William responded to this Love. He realised the responsibility that such Benevolence of God placed upon him. First of all he has tried to live the messages God has given to him. He continued to receive more and more spiritual direction as well as guidance in this way. He has always acted upon the directions that Jesus and Mary have given for his sake and for the sake of other people. Even when these directions met with incredulity and scepticism in the persons for whom they were meant. William learned a lot about suffering because of the persecution and rejection he has encountered more and more over these years. Through all of this he became a "sign of contradiction" for many - especially the clergy. However, William also began to realise that God always makes His Prophet a sign for the people as a whole, and that no prophet ever gains acceptance in his native place. (A good example are the Prophets Jeremiah and Ezechiel). Over the years, William has been an exceptional example of virtue for many people.

The Plan of God

Since 1968, at the age of 18, William Kamm's life has been continually directed by the progressive unfolding of supernatural private revelations. God revealed to him future events about the Catholic Church specifically, and about societies in general. Our Lady pointed out many dangers of wars among the nations. She constantly asked for prayers, penance and the offering of sacrifices in order to mitigate these chastisements. War is always a punishment for sin. The messages increased over the years until in 1983 when Our Lady began Her public apparitions to the Little Pebble upon the Holy Grounds of the Apparition site near Nowra, New South Wales, Australia. To date there are over 600 public messages given to the Little Pebble. These are given out by over 50 Promoters around the world.


Little Pebble meets
 John Paul II in
public Audience 1988

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

However, Our Lord's word's in the Holy Gospel are verified here, "But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place. Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned. For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children" (Matthew 11:16-19).


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 Many persons of our generation, having heard the messages -- have not "danced" for joy nor have they "mourned" with Our Lady in Her suffering appeals to Her children! These persons have been completely indifferent and even cold-hearted. However, many other persons of pure hearts and good-will, like little children - have accepted Our Lady's fervent appeals. These messages have revealed that William is part of a very special spiritual bond with Pope John Paul II. It is revealed that both carry the cross for the sake of the Church. This relationship is providential and concerns the fulfilment of prophecy. In a wonderful message Our Lady explained:

 Our Lady: "... You see the Mystery of the stump of Jesse [Isaiah 11:1f] represented in the old Church governed by Our Holy Vicar, Pope John Paul II. Also, in the middle, My dear child, you see the Church of today where the old Church has been totally renewed and modernised. You see the cross that hangs over this Church? -- it is the martyrdom of Holy Mother Church in time to come. John Paul II governs this Church too, yet there is only one. Inwardly, My dear child, you are the Mystical Vicar of Christ, spiritually guiding the Church through your sufferings and your prayers -- your counsel of wisdom from Our Mouths to the Church. Silently you govern the new Church. The gold Church that you see, My dear child, is the purified Church that you will lead physically upon earth until the time My Divine Son, Jesus, returns to the earth. You, My dear child, will govern this Church with the strong Arm of the Divine Lord. The Church of today must be lifted out of the pits of impurity, debauchery and corruption" (Message 333, Our Lady to the Little Pebble, June 13, 1991).


The Little Pebble at Fatima Portugal
in 1988.

The Gospel of Suffering

Like Job, God intervened in William's life in a profound way. The path that God placed him upon necessarily involved suffering. Certainly, William could be compared with Job because both were innocent. However, Job's friends thought he was punished by God for something wrong that he must have done. Today, many people are like Job's friends - they also accuse William in this same way. However, it is not so. The real meaning of suffering can only be found in the mystery of Christ's Passion, Death and Resurrection. Our Lord was accused of being the greatest sinner. Yet, innocent as a lamb, it was our iniquity He bore. He was the Suffering Servant foreseen by the Prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 53:1-12). God has placed upon William's shoulders a heavy burden - it is the Cross -- a sharing in the Mystery of Christ's Love. God permitted that William suffer great trials, especially persecution, and to be seen by others as a sign of contradiction.

As the years went by, God also permitted that people judge him to be a "great sinner", a "charlatan", and a dangerous "cult" leader. Furthermore, God permitted that the Church Hierarchy label him as a deluded and misguided visionary at best. He was accused of leading Catholics away from the Church. William suffered more and more the deeper he entered into the Plan of God. The perennial question is: why must the innocent suffer? What is the answer to this question? How can we understand the suffering's of the Little Pebble and all good souls who strive to do God's Will? The viewer must firmly grasp the answer to this question. The Catholic teaching is very rich and will enable an integral comprehension of the authenticity and truth of God's Plan for him. The following explanation will prove helpful.

Pope John Paul II made a profound explanation of the mystery of suffering in his encyclical Salvifici Doloris ("On the Meaning of Christian Suffering"). His Holiness coined the phrase "Gospel of Suffering" to explain the mystery of Christ's Suffering and especially the concept of co-redemption. This phrase "Gospel of Suffering" refers to Christ Himself who wrote this Gospel by His own sufferings accepted with love so that mankind might not perish. The first person to contribute in an entirely unique and exalted way and by Her whole life, and especially on Calvary, is the Mother of God.


Little Pebble at the Holy Grounds in February 1988 - 4,000 pilgrims present (see Little Pebble in lower left corner of this picture)


Little Pebble speaking in America about Our Lady's Apparitions

 Mary is truly the Mediatrix of All-Grace and the Co-Redemptrix with the Saviour, Her Divine Son. Like Mary, but to a far lesser degree, all who suffer "for Christ", "for the sake of Christ", "for His Name sake" (cf. Luke 21:12-19) are a particular proof of likeness to Christ and union with him (cf. Salvifici Doloris, article 25). In 1986 William received from God the invisible stigmata. He has willingly and with love responded to Jesus and embraced this gift of God to himself. He has suffered with this for many years. In 1995 the Mother of God explained that the Church must go through the Passion of Jesus because many people will not believe unless they see. Thus the visible stigmata is for the conversion of sinners:

LITTLE PEBBLE: "Now I can see Jesus coming through the white Cross -- and He is nailed upon a wooden Cross, but is still alive. Angels hold the Cross which bears Our Lord upon it, and they bring Him slowly through the tunnel of Holy Angels. I can now also see Our Holy Mother -- and She, too, is on a Cross! I have never seen Our Lady like this before!! She is fully clothed, and is placed upon the Cross in a manner similar to the way Our Lord is -- the only difference is that She stands upon a small shelf which is fixed to it. Now, to the left of Our Lord, I can see coming -- through the white Cross -- the Holy Father, who is also on a wooden cross. I can see the `sign'. Many other crosses begin to come through the white Cross. On the first one I see myself; it moves to the right of Our Holy Mother. On another is `Thornbush' -- and this goes to the left of the Holy Father. Underneath them there are many, many, other souls who are on wooden crosses. And, strangely enough, all these crosses are starting to form a multi-coloured rainbow -- blending in, each cross with another. I can see now Saint Peter's, which hovers underneath all these people upon the crosses -- and Blood flows from Jesus to Our Lady; from Jesus to the Holy Father. From Our Lady -- it is most unusual -- Blood flows right through all the members of the Mystic Church, along with those souls on the crosses..." (Message 502, given to the Little Pebble, December 2, 1995).

OUR LADY: "This evening I have shown My `Little Pebble' a vision of profound meaning, for the Church is being placed upon the cross. What My little son described this evening is to give you, My sweet children, an indication of the times that you are now about to incur. The Mystic Church upon earth will go through its `Calvary'. All those children who carry a heavy cross --with My Divine Son -- for the Church, will become a visible sign for the Church and the world ... My Divine Son desires that many visible signs be now given through those who profess the Word of God in their body and their souls -- especially through the visible stigmatisation of some of Our children in Holy Mother Church. It is important for Our children to know and understand why My Divine Son is reliving His Passion in the souls of His children. It is because mankind have become weak; they will not believe -- unless they see -- and even some, when they do see, will still not believe! For as it was with My Divine Son when He walked the Earth, so shall it be now -- for Christ walks the earth in souls dedicated to His Glory, and the salvation of sinners ... You are entering a time, My sweet children, when not only will there be signs to bring you back to the Faith -- or to strengthen you -- but with these signs also comes the cross; not only for the souls who have offered themselves up for the children of the world -- but, rather, for those who have become weak; for those who have denied God ..." (Message 502, given to the Little Pebble, December 2, 1995).

All Christians must understand this central tenet of Christianity. To be Christian is to be Christ-like in joys as well as in the sufferings they carry for the sake of Christ. There are many Seers and Mystic souls who suffer this way to an heroic degree -- for the sake of the Church.  His Holiness John Paul II writes:

"Faith in sharing in the Suffering of Christ brings with it the interior certainty that the suffering person `completes what is lacking in Christ's afflictions'; the certainty that in the spiritual dimension of the work of Redemption he is serving, like Christ, the salvation of his brothers and sisters. Therefore he is carrying out an irreplaceable service ... It is suffering, more than anything else, which clears the way for the grace which transforms human souls ... Those who share in the Sufferings of Christ preserve in their own sufferings a very special particle of the infinite treasure of the world's Redemption, and can share this treasure with others" (John Paul II, Salvifici Doloris, article 27)

So, does that mean that the Redemption achieved by Christ was incomplete?

"No. It only means that the Redemption, accomplished through satisfactory Love, remains always open to all love expressed in human suffering. In this dimension -- the dimension of love -- the Redemption which has already been completely accomplished is, in a certain sense, constantly being accomplished. Christ achieved the Redemption completely and to the very limit; but at the same time He did not bring it to a close. In this redemptive suffering, through which the Redemption of the world was accomplished, Christ opened Himself from the beginning to every human suffering and constantly does so. Yes, it seems to be part of the very essence of Christ's Redemptive Suffering that this suffering requires to be unceasingly completed" (John Paul II, Salvifici Doloris, article 24)

Thus the Little Pebble carries the cross like Jesus for the sake of Christ's Mystical Body -- the Church. This is not surprising. Saint Paul is a wonderful example of what I am trying to say. In many ways, there is a good comparison between Saint Paul and the Little Pebble:

"You have been taught that when we were baptised in Christ Jesus we were baptised in His death; in other words, when we were baptised we went into the tomb with Him and joined Him in death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father's Glory, we too might live a new life. If in union with Christ we have imitated His death, we shall also imitate Him in His Resurrection. We must realise that our former selves have been crucified with Him ... But we believe that having died with Christ we shall return to life with Him" (Romans 6:3-6,8).

In a profound text of Saint Paul, he explains:

"We are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming Power comes from God and not from us. We are in difficulties on all sides, but never cornered; we see no answer to our problems, but never despair; we have been persecuted, but never deserted; knocked down, but never killed; always, wherever we may be, we carry with us in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus, too, may always be seen in our body. Indeed, while we are still alive, we are consigned to our death every day, for the sake of Jesus, so that in our mortal flesh the life of Jesus, too, may be openly shown. So death is at work in us, but life in you" (2 Corinthians 4:7-12).

It is truly a sign to the people of God that the Little Pebble is authentic -- when you consider the truth of his immolation for the sake of so many souls who persecute him and make his life so full of penances. How sad that for many -- unable to recognise such virtue -- they rashly judge him. Nevertheless, the Little Pebble, believes deeply in these Messages so therefore he speaks out on behalf of the Mother of God. Saint Paul continues:

"But as we have the same spirit of faith that is mentioned in Scripture -- `I believed, and therefore I spoke' -- we too believe and therefore we too speak, knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus to life will raise us with Jesus in our turn, and put us by His side and you with us. You see, all this is for your benefit, so that the more Grace is multiplied among people, the more thanksgiving there will be, to the Glory of God." (2 Corinthians 4:13-15).

The Little Pebble gives honour to the One who sent him to preach and teach. He does not seek his own glory. Thus, the Holy Ghost bears witness to the Truth through all of the trials and crosses that the Little Pebble carries -- just like Saint Paul -- and more Glory is given to God. It is the Mission of the Holy Ghost, to convince the world wrong about the real meaning of Christ's Passion and as well the passion of every soul in relation to the Cross of Christ:

"By convincing the `world' concerning the sin of Golgotha, concerning the death of the Innocent Lamb, as happens on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit also convinces of every sin, committed in any place and at any moment in human history; for He demonstrates its relationship with the Cross of Christ. The `convincing' is the demonstration of the evil of sin, of every sin, in relation to the Cross of Christ" (Dominum et Vivificantem, article 32).

Thus the real fruits of God's work can be seen by anyone with good-will. Thus you can distinguish between the children of God and the children of the devil:

"In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God. This is the message as you heard it from the beginning: that we are to love one another ... You must not be surprised, brothers, when the world hates you; we have passed out of death and into life, and of this we can be sure because we love our brothers. ... This has taught us love -- that He gave up His life for us; and we, too, ought to give up our lives for our brothers ... My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active; only by this can we be certain that we are children of the truth ..." (1 John 3:10-11,13-14,16,18-19).

I hope this brief introduction inspires the reader to want to read the Messages given by Our Lady to the Little Pebble. It will be increasingly clear that there is a very big difference between the works of God and the works of the devil. May Jesus Bless you and Our Lady caress you tenderly to Her Immaculate Heart.

 

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