Whether we like it or not, the 2012 presidential election is off and running...please watch this video, be informed according to Catholic teaching and share this-- and your voice-- with friends, those who are lost, and those who would oppose Christ and the teachings of His Holy Catholic Church. In particular, we have an obligation to inform our Catholic brothers and sisters who voted in 2008 for this man. God calls all of us to obedience to the truth. And we, the faithful remnant have a great responsibility!
Pace Christi
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Sacrament of Reconciliation...
The Diary
of the Servant of God
Sister M. Faustina Kowalska
Perpetually Professed member
of the
Congregation of Sisters of
Our Lady of Mercy
NOTEBOOK VI
J.M.J.
Praise, O my soul,
The incomprehensible mercy of God.
May all be for His glory.
Cracow, February 10, 1938.
Today, the Lord said to me, Daughter, when you go to confession, to this fountain of My mercy, the Blood and Water which came forth from My Heart always flow down upon your soul and ennobles it. Every time you go to confession, immerse yourself entirely in My mercy, with great trust, so that I may pour the bounty of My grace upon your soul. When you approach the confessional, know this, that I myself am waiting there for you. I am only hidden by the priest, but I myself act in your soul. Here the misery of the soul meets the God of mercy. Tell souls that from this fount of mercy souls draw graces solely with the vessel of trust. If their trust is great, there is no limit to My generosity. The torrents of grace inundate humble souls. The proud remain always in poverty and misery, because My grace turns away from them to humble souls.
Jesus, call those who have fallen away to return to you, O Fountain of Mercy! Amen.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Your Refuge...
San Leonardo (Sardinia, Italy); June 11, 1994
"I open the door of my motherly Heart in order to have enter there all my children, exposed to many dangers, stricken by many sorrows, wearied by many battles, wounded by many defeats. In these difficult and painful years, I open, especially to my young people, the refuge of my Immaculate Heart. My motherly Heart thus becomes for you your secure refuge.
---It is your refuge, in which you take shelter from the grave and threatening dangers which surround you. The pagan society in which you live--a society which has denied its God, in order to build the idols of pleasure and money, of pride and egoism, of amusement and impurity--constitutes for you a grave danger of betraying your baptism and of violating the obligations which you have assumed before God and the Church.
In my Immaculate Heart you will be formed to the perfect glory of the Lord, through your promise of a life offered to Him, in the fulfillment of the Divine Will and in the observance of His Law.
My Immaculate Heart is your refuge. It is given to you precisely for these times of yours. Enter in, my dearly beloved children, and thus you will journey along the road which brings you to the God of salvation and peace.
My Immaculate Heart is your refuge, in which I gather you together, as in a new spiritual cenacle, to obtain for you the gift of the Holy Spirit, who would transform you into apostles of the second evangelization.
I am with you and am lighting up for you the way along which you must go. Today I look upon you with motherly tenderness, and, with all those who are dear to you, I bless you and encourage you to walk along the way of holiness and love, of purity and joy,"--To The Priests-Our Lady's Beloved Sons, MMP [2009]; Interior locutions to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, MMP [1973-97]. #522, pp.817-18.
Sub Tuum Praesidium [We Turn to you for Protection]
We turn to you for protection, holy Mother of God.
Listen to our prayers, and help us in our needs.
Save us from every danger, glorious and blessed Virgin Mary...Amen
"I open the door of my motherly Heart in order to have enter there all my children, exposed to many dangers, stricken by many sorrows, wearied by many battles, wounded by many defeats. In these difficult and painful years, I open, especially to my young people, the refuge of my Immaculate Heart. My motherly Heart thus becomes for you your secure refuge.
---It is your refuge, in which you take shelter from the grave and threatening dangers which surround you. The pagan society in which you live--a society which has denied its God, in order to build the idols of pleasure and money, of pride and egoism, of amusement and impurity--constitutes for you a grave danger of betraying your baptism and of violating the obligations which you have assumed before God and the Church.
In my Immaculate Heart you will be formed to the perfect glory of the Lord, through your promise of a life offered to Him, in the fulfillment of the Divine Will and in the observance of His Law.
My Immaculate Heart is your refuge. It is given to you precisely for these times of yours. Enter in, my dearly beloved children, and thus you will journey along the road which brings you to the God of salvation and peace.
My Immaculate Heart is your refuge, in which I gather you together, as in a new spiritual cenacle, to obtain for you the gift of the Holy Spirit, who would transform you into apostles of the second evangelization.
I am with you and am lighting up for you the way along which you must go. Today I look upon you with motherly tenderness, and, with all those who are dear to you, I bless you and encourage you to walk along the way of holiness and love, of purity and joy,"--To The Priests-Our Lady's Beloved Sons, MMP [2009]; Interior locutions to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, MMP [1973-97]. #522, pp.817-18.
Sub Tuum Praesidium [We Turn to you for Protection]
We turn to you for protection, holy Mother of God.
Listen to our prayers, and help us in our needs.
Save us from every danger, glorious and blessed Virgin Mary...Amen
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
On the Feast of Divine Mercy....
November 5, 1934. One morning, when it was my duty to open the gate to let out our people who delivered baked goods, I entered the little chapel to visit Jesus for a minute and to renew the intentions of the day. Today, Jesus I offer You all my sufferings, mortifications and prayers for the intention of the Holy Father, so that He may approve the Feast of Mercy. But Jesus, I have one more word to say to You; I am very surprised that You bid me to talk about this Feast of Mercy, for they tell me that there is already such a feast and so why should I talk about it?
And Jesus said to me, "And who knows anything about this feast? No one! Even those who should be proclaiming My mercy and teaching people about it often do not know about it themselves. That is why I want the image to be solemnly blessed on the First Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.
"Make a novena for the Holy Father's intention. It should consist of thirty-three acts; that is, repetition that many times of the short prayer - which I have taught you -to the Divine Mercy." -From the diary of St. Faustina
The devotion to this request by Our Lord Jesus was first, and for many years, met with indifference or, total neglect. This is not the case today. Divine Mercy Sunday is observed on the first Sunday after Easter...if your parish does not have a copy of the Divine Mercy front and center, so to speak, this coming Sunday--ask your priest why? Jesus has asked for this special day where he offers an outpouring of His Divine Mercy and grace on souls so disposed to receive Him. Hopefully, your priest will express the depths of Christ's Mercy always...and in particular on this day!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Holy Saturday Meditation...
The Sabbath Which Is About to End [Holy Saturday, April 2, 1994]
"Spend this day with me, my beloved children, and open your hearts to hope. My Son Jesus rests today in his new sepulchre.
It is the only day when I remained without my Son.
It is the first day of my new and universal motherhood.
It is the day which precedes the greatest feast: Easter!
On this day we commemorate the departure of the Chosen People from the long slavery spent in Egypt. It is the passage of the Angel of the Lord, who strikes the first-born of the Egyptians and spares the houses of the Hebrews, marked with the blood of the lamb.
The true Lamb of God has now been immolated on the Cross. His blood has descended upon the houses of all and has redeemed the entire human race. The Lamb immolated for you now lies in His new sepulchre.
The Mother keeps watch in sorrow and in tears, in faith and in prayer, in love and in hope. This day has been dedicated by the Church to a special veneration of your heavenly Mother, because on it the tomb is transformed into a crib, in which humanity is placed, redeemed and now born to a new divine life.
My Immaculate Heart is opened to receive here each of my new children. The tears unfold into a smile, the sorrow into joy, the hope into the greatest certitude.
Within a few hours my Son Jesus will come forth triumphant from the sepulchre, Victor over sin and death.
This is the Sabbath which prepares the radiant day of the resurrection.
This is the sorrow which leads to joy.
This is the death which opens upon life
This is the Sabbath which is about to end.
Humanity, corrupted by sin, slave to Satan, wounded by evil, oppressed under the yoke of a great slavery, still lies in its sepulchre. The hour is drawing close when Jesus, who has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father, will return to you on the clouds of heaven, in the splendor of His divine glory, thus bringing to perfect fulfillment the work of His redemption."
Our Holy Mother also communicated this message on Good Friday, April 1, 1994--
"The bright cross, which will extend from east to west and will appear in the heavens, will be the sign of the return of Jesus in glory.
The bright cross, will be transformed from a gibbet to a throne of His triumph, because Jesus will come upon it to establish His glorious reign in the world.
The bright cross, which will appear in the heavens at the end of the purification and the great tribulation, will be the door which opens the long and dark sepulchre in which humanity is lying, to lead it into the new reign of life which Jesus will bring with His glorious return."
Mary states, "the hour is drawing close...." Let us lift our eyes to heaven and pray for that bright cross "that will extend from east to west and will appear in the heavens...the sign of the return of Jesus in glory.
--Both messages are from--To The Priests- Our Lady's Beloved Sons, MMP (2009); Interior locutions to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, MMP [1973-97]. #516, pp. 808-09; #515, p.807
"Spend this day with me, my beloved children, and open your hearts to hope. My Son Jesus rests today in his new sepulchre.
It is the only day when I remained without my Son.
It is the first day of my new and universal motherhood.
It is the day which precedes the greatest feast: Easter!
On this day we commemorate the departure of the Chosen People from the long slavery spent in Egypt. It is the passage of the Angel of the Lord, who strikes the first-born of the Egyptians and spares the houses of the Hebrews, marked with the blood of the lamb.
The true Lamb of God has now been immolated on the Cross. His blood has descended upon the houses of all and has redeemed the entire human race. The Lamb immolated for you now lies in His new sepulchre.
The Mother keeps watch in sorrow and in tears, in faith and in prayer, in love and in hope. This day has been dedicated by the Church to a special veneration of your heavenly Mother, because on it the tomb is transformed into a crib, in which humanity is placed, redeemed and now born to a new divine life.
My Immaculate Heart is opened to receive here each of my new children. The tears unfold into a smile, the sorrow into joy, the hope into the greatest certitude.
Within a few hours my Son Jesus will come forth triumphant from the sepulchre, Victor over sin and death.
This is the Sabbath which prepares the radiant day of the resurrection.
This is the sorrow which leads to joy.
This is the death which opens upon life
This is the Sabbath which is about to end.
Humanity, corrupted by sin, slave to Satan, wounded by evil, oppressed under the yoke of a great slavery, still lies in its sepulchre. The hour is drawing close when Jesus, who has risen and ascended to the right hand of the Father, will return to you on the clouds of heaven, in the splendor of His divine glory, thus bringing to perfect fulfillment the work of His redemption."
Our Holy Mother also communicated this message on Good Friday, April 1, 1994--
"The bright cross, which will extend from east to west and will appear in the heavens, will be the sign of the return of Jesus in glory.
The bright cross, will be transformed from a gibbet to a throne of His triumph, because Jesus will come upon it to establish His glorious reign in the world.
The bright cross, which will appear in the heavens at the end of the purification and the great tribulation, will be the door which opens the long and dark sepulchre in which humanity is lying, to lead it into the new reign of life which Jesus will bring with His glorious return."
Mary states, "the hour is drawing close...." Let us lift our eyes to heaven and pray for that bright cross "that will extend from east to west and will appear in the heavens...the sign of the return of Jesus in glory.
--Both messages are from--To The Priests- Our Lady's Beloved Sons, MMP (2009); Interior locutions to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, MMP [1973-97]. #516, pp. 808-09; #515, p.807
Monday, April 18, 2011
Felix culpa...
"In Lent, the liturgy recalls the effect of Adam's sin in the life of man. Adam did not want to be a good son of God; he rebelled. But we also hear the echoing chant of that felix culpa: o happy fault, which the whole Church will joyfully intone at the Easter vigil.
Let us be happy. I am happy. I shouldn't be, looking at my life, making that personal examination of conscience which Lent requires. But I do feel happy, for I see that the Lord is seeking me again, that the Lord is still my Father. I know that you and I will surely see, with the light and help of grace, what things must be burned and we will burn them; what things must be uprooted and we will uproot them; what things have to be given up and we will give them up.
It's not easy. But we have a clear guide, which we should not and cannot do without. We are loved by God, and we will let the Holy Spirit act in us and purify us, so that we can embrace the Son of God on the cross, and rise with him, because the joy of the resurrection is rooted in the cross.
Mary, our Mother, "help of Christians, refuge of sinners": intercede with your Son to send us the Holy Spirit, to awaken in our hearts the decision to go ahead confidently, making us hear deep in our soul the call which filled with peace the martyrdom of one of the first Christians: "Come, return to your Father," he is awaiting you" [St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistola ad Romanos, 7, 2 (pg. 5, 694):Veni ad Patrem.
--St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Christ is Passing By, Homilies (1982), Four Courts Press Limited, Dublin, Ireland; The Conversion of the Children of God, [Homily given the first Sunday of Lent, March 2, 1952] pg. 94-95.
Let us be happy. I am happy. I shouldn't be, looking at my life, making that personal examination of conscience which Lent requires. But I do feel happy, for I see that the Lord is seeking me again, that the Lord is still my Father. I know that you and I will surely see, with the light and help of grace, what things must be burned and we will burn them; what things must be uprooted and we will uproot them; what things have to be given up and we will give them up.
It's not easy. But we have a clear guide, which we should not and cannot do without. We are loved by God, and we will let the Holy Spirit act in us and purify us, so that we can embrace the Son of God on the cross, and rise with him, because the joy of the resurrection is rooted in the cross.
Mary, our Mother, "help of Christians, refuge of sinners": intercede with your Son to send us the Holy Spirit, to awaken in our hearts the decision to go ahead confidently, making us hear deep in our soul the call which filled with peace the martyrdom of one of the first Christians: "Come, return to your Father," he is awaiting you" [St. Ignatius of Antioch, Epistola ad Romanos, 7, 2 (pg. 5, 694):Veni ad Patrem.
--St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Christ is Passing By, Homilies (1982), Four Courts Press Limited, Dublin, Ireland; The Conversion of the Children of God, [Homily given the first Sunday of Lent, March 2, 1952] pg. 94-95.
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