As we begin the Holy Week of Christ's Passion and death...let us hope in Him who is All in All....
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Our Lady of La Salette
There is a seamless thread uniting the apparitions from La Salette, through those of more recent times--Fatima, Lourdes, Akita, Medjugorge, San Nicolas, Fr. Stefano Gobbi (MMP). All concern the need for repentance, fasting, daily prayer [in particular, the Holy Rosary], and each more urgent in content. During this season of Lent, I hope that a reading and meditation on this particular apparition may bring more to an understanding of what is needed for conversion. I would also add that it would be beneficial for those seeking daily conversion of heart and a deeper relationship with the Mother of Mercy to read and reflect on the subsequent apparitional messages. You will gain a keen awareness and understanding of the times in which we are now living--from heaven's perspective. And, she will bring you to an ever deeper love for her Divine Son--He Who is Mercy Itself,and His Church...God bless you!
Our Lady of La Salette
Our Lady of La Salette
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Hear My Call...a meditation
October 16, 1987
"My heart rejoices on seeing the children, who, after lying listlessly, awake to the voice of the Mother. Awaken my dears, because one day the Lord with His justice will arrive. Amen. Amen. Read: Is. 56:1."
*The Blessed Mother often asked in her messages for Gladys Quiroga de Motta to read and meditate on a particular part of Holy Scripture to encourage this humble, uneducated woman to knowledge of God and His Divine Revelation, so that she would have a clearer understanding of the messages.
--Messages of Our Lady at San Nicolas, Faith Publishing Company (1990).
"My heart rejoices on seeing the children, who, after lying listlessly, awake to the voice of the Mother. Awaken my dears, because one day the Lord with His justice will arrive. Amen. Amen. Read: Is. 56:1."
*The Blessed Mother often asked in her messages for Gladys Quiroga de Motta to read and meditate on a particular part of Holy Scripture to encourage this humble, uneducated woman to knowledge of God and His Divine Revelation, so that she would have a clearer understanding of the messages.
--Messages of Our Lady at San Nicolas, Faith Publishing Company (1990).
Monday, April 11, 2011
Victory over Physical Death....
VATICAN CITY, April 10 (CNA/EWTN News) - The resurrection of Lazarus showed Christ’s victory over physical death, but Jesus' crucifixion defeated the “spiritual death” of sin, said Pope Benedict XVI at the Sunday Angelus.
Death, the Pope said, is like "a wall" that impedes man from seeing what lies beyond. "Our heart pushes out beyond this wall, and even if we cannot know what it hides, we still think about it, we imagine it, expressing ... our desire for eternity."
Christ, in his resurrection, destroyed this "wall of death," the Pope told those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Sunday's Gospel reading from St. John recounted Jesus’ words to Martha in the moments before he raised her brother Lazarus from the dead.
Pope Benedict explained that Jesus proposed a complete "novelty" when he proclaimed himself "the resurrection and the life" and said "whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live."
This new conception of the resurrection "breaks down and goes beyond every barrier."
"Christ destroys the wall of death. In him dwells all the fullness of God, who is life, eternal life," the Pope said.
Christ had thus conquered physical death and Lazarus' resurrection was "a sign of his full dominion over (it)."
The "spiritual death" of sin, however, posed "the toughest fight" for Christ, who paid "the price of the cross" to defeat it.
"To conquer this death, Christ died, and his resurrection is not the return to the former life, but the opening to a new reality, a 'new earth,' finally joined together again with the heaven of God."
The Pope cited the words of St. Paul to the Romans, "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you."
Each person, said the Pope, aspires to this "personal resurrection" made possible through Christ's death.
Although faith in the resurrection and eternal life may be accompanied by doubt and confusion, even from Christians, "it is always about a reality that goes beyond the limits of our reason, and requires an act of faith," he said.
Pope Benedict concluded his Angelus address with a call for everyone to turn to the Virgin Mary in prayer that she might assist them in discovering salvation in Christ.
*Bold italics added by blog author.
Death, the Pope said, is like "a wall" that impedes man from seeing what lies beyond. "Our heart pushes out beyond this wall, and even if we cannot know what it hides, we still think about it, we imagine it, expressing ... our desire for eternity."
Christ, in his resurrection, destroyed this "wall of death," the Pope told those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. Sunday's Gospel reading from St. John recounted Jesus’ words to Martha in the moments before he raised her brother Lazarus from the dead.
Pope Benedict explained that Jesus proposed a complete "novelty" when he proclaimed himself "the resurrection and the life" and said "whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live."
This new conception of the resurrection "breaks down and goes beyond every barrier."
"Christ destroys the wall of death. In him dwells all the fullness of God, who is life, eternal life," the Pope said.
Christ had thus conquered physical death and Lazarus' resurrection was "a sign of his full dominion over (it)."
The "spiritual death" of sin, however, posed "the toughest fight" for Christ, who paid "the price of the cross" to defeat it.
"To conquer this death, Christ died, and his resurrection is not the return to the former life, but the opening to a new reality, a 'new earth,' finally joined together again with the heaven of God."
The Pope cited the words of St. Paul to the Romans, "If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit dwelling in you."
Each person, said the Pope, aspires to this "personal resurrection" made possible through Christ's death.
Although faith in the resurrection and eternal life may be accompanied by doubt and confusion, even from Christians, "it is always about a reality that goes beyond the limits of our reason, and requires an act of faith," he said.
Pope Benedict concluded his Angelus address with a call for everyone to turn to the Virgin Mary in prayer that she might assist them in discovering salvation in Christ.
*Bold italics added by blog author.
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