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Medjugorje Day By Day June 29 - SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
"I wish I could help people understand that the Eucharist is a heaven.
Heaven is only a tabernacle without doors. God lives on altars with infinite love in order to unite our souls to Him" (St. Teresa of the Andes).
"Do not be ashamed of your convictions . . . When you kneel before the altar, do so in such wise that it is evident you are before Him before whom you kneel" (St. Maximilian Kolbe).
Mother Teresa
God will never, never, never let us down if we have faith and put our trust in Him.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
See how much scorn and sacrilege is committed by the sons of men towards the most holy humanity of His Son in the sacrament of love? It is up to us to defend the honor of the meek Lamb who is always concerned when the case of souls is in question, but always silent where His own case is concerned (Letters III p 64-65).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The blind we see, but the deaf we do not hear
"One of life's greatest joys comes from loving those whom no one else loves. Thus do we imitate Our Heavenly Father Who certainly cannot see much in any of us creatures that is very attractive. It is curious that most people are more kind to the blind than they are to the deaf. Aristotle commented upon this fact, saying that sight is the most spiritual of all the senses and hearing the most material. For that reason we are moved by sympathy towards those who are afflicted in the most spiritual way."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
January 30, 1930. One-day retreat. The Lord gave me to know, during meditation, that as long as my heart beats in my breast, I must always strive to spread the Kingdom of God on earth. I am to fight for the glory of my Creator.
I know that I will give God the glory He expects of me if I try faithfully to cooperate with God's grace. (1548)
O my Jesus, Life of my soul, my Life, my Savior, my sweetest Bridegroom, and at the same time my Judge, You know that in this last hour of mine I do not count on any merits of my own, but only on Your mercy. Even as of today, I immerse myself totally in the abyss of Your mercy, which is always open to every soul.
O my Jesus, I have only one task to carry out in my lifetime, in death, and throughout eternity, and that is to adore Your incomprehensible mercy. No mind, either of Angel or of man, will ever fathom the mysteries of Your mercy, O God. The Angels are lost in amazement before the mystery of divine mercy, but cannot comprehend it. Everything that has come from the Creator's hand is contained in this inconceivable mystery; that is to say, in the very depths of His tender mercy, When I meditate on this, my spirit swoons, and my heart dissolves in joy. O Jesus, it is through Your most compassionate Heart, as through a crystal, that the rays of divine mercy have come to us. (1553)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 29 - SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
Jelena received the following message intended for the Pope:
In my messages, I recommend to everyone, and to the Holy Father in particular, to spread the messages which I have received from my Son here at Medjugorje. I wish to entrust to the Pope, the word with which I came here: `mir' (peace), which he must spread everywhere.
And here is a message which is especially for him:
that he bring together the Christian people through his word and his preaching; that he spread, particularly among the young people, the messages which he has received from the Father in his prayer, with which God inspires him.
(LJM 9-16-83)
St. Paul charges Timothy with preaching the word:
Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching (2 Tm 4:
Reflection:
Peter and Paul no doubt were the greatest evangelists of the church, converting in turn the Jews and Gentiles of their age. In his second letter to Timothy, Paul charges him to, "preach the word...put up with hardship, perform your work as an evangelist, fulfilling your ministry."
In a similar way, today Our Lady charges the successor of Peter, and all of us really, to evangelize as well by carrying her messages to others. She entrusts to us the message of peace.
As Paul exhorts Timothy, so the Blessed Virgin encourages the Holy Father to "bring together the Christian people through his word and preaching..."
On this feast of two great evangelists, the Mother of God urges us again to spread her messages by our words and by our lives. May the example of Peter and Paul inspire us to active roles in this great work.
Application:
Reflect today on the ways you can spread Our Lady's messages. Possibilities include word-of-mouth, printed material and audio/video cassettes, a program in your home or parish hall, and volunteer work or financial assistance for your nearest Medjugorje center.
Our Lady of All Nations to littlest of servants June 26,2011
OUR LADY OF ALL NATIONS HAS REQUESTED THAT HER MESSAGE GIVEN AT AKITA BE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THOSE WHO READ THIS MESSAGE PLEASE PASS IT ON TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DELAY BUT SEND IT OUT IMMEDIATELY.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE MESSAGE GIVEN AT AKITA ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1973.
"If men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never have seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests not faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the Bishops, and the priests.
"The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see Cardinals opposing Cardinals, Bishops against other Bishops. The priests who venerate Me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres (other priests). Churches and altars will be sacked. The Church will be full of those who accept compromises, and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.
"The demon will be especially implacable against the souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of My sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will no longer be pardon for them. Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. I alone am able to still save you from the calamities which approach. Those who place their confidence in Me will be saved."
Message/Visions Thru Marie - May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011 (Sunday - Mother's day) 7:50 am during rosary time...
Me: Mother, teach me about the Will, how do I stay in His Will, Fight
His Battle, Know it is His Will? I sometimes wonder what His plan is for me,
since its easier to follow my plans - etc?
Mama mary: I am the woman spoken of who shall lead the army in the
Greatest battle this world faces for in the end, stands eternal bliss or
eternal fire for my children.
If you wish to take up arms, it is by the weapon of the rosary and
my Son's Divine Mercy (the Mass or the chaplet) You must often say to the Father,
'behold I am the servant of the Lord, be it done to me according to your
will.' The Will of the Father is the will of perfect submission to the
ways of My Son. In your desire to stay close to me, I bring you to my
Son always.
The Father knows that you, without a plan, can be pulled in so many
directions. The Father teaches you stillness, in order to hear and discern
His Will and how it plays out in your plans. More and more you are allowing
His Spirit to direct you blindly. This develops as your Trust in Him develops.
Also a synchronicity develops in events when the Father's plan is followed.
Me: I ask something personal, here - how to reply to this person whose nature
is very 'hateful'.
Mama Mary: Do you know my child who will lead in this Great Battle? Who I have
chosen to help me win the battle? It is Mothers! The lay! The broken and injured!
In particular, those who have experienced and lived in my maternal heart who
know no limits when it comes to forgiving, that who have treated or accused you
falsely, who forgive those who have betrayed your trust again and again,
who forgive because you live in my maternal heart.
Those who forgive circumstances, events when my children lost a loved one
too soon...Mothers naturally have this experience close to their hearts but I do not
necessarily speak of only women. Rather those whose hearts closely resemble mine
in faithfulness, in submission to the Father's Will, especially in the time of your
personal experience of your own crucifixions..
When you extend your Heart regardless of the lacerations received, when you
extend Your Faith regardless of the hopelessness(seeming) of the situation,
when you extend your Mercy (My Mercy) regardless of the painful blows you receive,
when you extend my charity regardless of the desire of your ego to say no
because of the pains you received and the weariness of your soul...
Reflect the heart of my Son.
Let your hearts likewise bleed open so the precious blood of My Son can pour
through you and once in you, your renewed hearts can immerse others in
my Son's love, peace and forgiveness.
My Child, mothers do not waste the leftovers. For ex, left over cloth is turned
into material for patching up other clothes, or used for quilting, or to be sown
together as a kitchen towel etc. Left over food is mixed with other ingredients
and turned into 'new' food.
Do you know why I love these people? It is because you carry a maternal heart
everywhere you go. You re evangelize by your daily actions and sacrifices.
All over the world, this nation's workers have taken on the scraps (jobs others
would not normally want) as domestic helpers, caring for the elderly, sweeper
type of jobs, hard labor. Your people know the sacrifice they make in order to turn
scraps into 'gold' to send to their families.
Look at this world and the great garbage coming out of it now? You pick up the
garbage and find creative ways to turn it into Gold. Is this not similar to
what My Son did by picking up the Cross of Humiliation and Sin? He embraced
that which the world looked down upon.
When you encounter a difficult situation, one that is difficult to swallow
(at this point I recalled my question on what to do with a particularly difficult person)
think and connect to your filipino brothers abroad, who endure so much more and
knowingly swallow the sacrifices in order to give much needed help back home
who unlike you, must swallow, must continue to sacrifice, out of love, out of
necessity, who come to Me always, whose trust in My Son is great because
great too are their crosses. Pray for them. They suffer potential of so much ---a broken
family, children who become wayward, spouses who lose fidelity to their vows and engage in
affairs, depression and suicidal thoughts that set in when in a foreign land and abuses from difficult
bosses, situations are prolonged.
They endure so much out of Love and so, they are close to my heart. Their heart resembles My Son's
the most, a constant sacrifice, prolonged sacrifice,( lasting years) all for love of family.
For their generosity, faithfulness, obedience to the Father's will,and enduring sacrifice,
i cover them with my Immaculate mantle.
end of message
Note: during the mass, as only the Lord knows, I had my doubts as to this message and
I was praying for some kind of confirmation re: this message when during homily, though not a part of the gospel,
the priest started to talk about praying for the Overseas contract workers all over the world who sacrifice much etc...
and this startled me somewhat because he talked about them at length and out of the blue and I felt it was
a confirmation of the message.
Medjugorje Day By Day June 28 - FAST
"God is waiting for us in Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us not leave him waiting in vain! Let us not, through distraction and lethargy, pass by the greatest and most important thing life offers us . . . . Let us not pass it heedlessly by. Let us take time, in the course of the week, in passing, to go in and spend a moment with the Lord who is so near. During the day our churches should not be allowed to be dead houses, standing empty and seemingly useless. Jesus Christ's invitation is always being proffered from them.
This sacred proximity to us is always alive in them. It is always calling us and inviting us in. This is what is lovely about Catholic churches, that within them there is, as it were, always worship, because the Eucharistic presence of the Lord dwells always within them" (Pope Benedict XVI).
"In the Blessed Sacrament a heavenly school is open to me, with the best teacher one can possibly imagine, Jesus Christ himself" (Bl. Pope John XXIII).
Mother Teresa
Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice, continual union with God, fervor and generosity.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
I end here because the bell is calling me and urging me. I am going to the wine press of the church, to the holy altar where the sacred blood of that delicious and singular grape, with which only very few are allowed to inebriate themselves, drips continually. There - and you know I cannot do otherwise - I will present you to the Heavenly Father in union with His Son, to whom, for whom, and through whom I am totally yours in the Lord (Letters III p 593).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Impressions are a reflection of behavior or image!
"People are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind man bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles and avoids a spirit of fault finding. He knows that the trouble with most people in the world is that they are unloved. No one cares for them either because they are ugly or nasty, or troublesome, or so-called bores. To a great extent their character is made by the resentment they feel toward others who are unkind."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
At that moment, I saw Jesus, who said, I am pleased with what you are doing. And you can continue to be at peace if you always do the best you can in respect to this work of mercy. Be absolutely as frank as possible with your confessor.
Satan gained nothing by tempting you, because you did not enter into conversation with him. Continue to act in this way. You gave Me great glory today by fighting so faithfully. Let it be confirmed and engraved on your heart that I am always with you, even if you don't feel My presence at the time of battle. (1499)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press. To order
JUNE 28 - FAST
In a special apparition to Ivan in 1984, the Blessed Mother asked him to convey the following message:
I would like the people to pray with me as much as they can during these days. Fast strictly on Wednesdays and Fridays and each day pray at least one full rosary, the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries. (Special Message 8-14-84)
In Acts we see the infant church engaged in fasting and prayer:
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off (Acts 13:2-3)
Reflection:
Although fasting may seem to be a difficult teaching, the rewards far outweigh its inconvenience. Our Lady wants us to be aware of its power, especially when combined with prayer. It is by prayer, of course, that we attach ourselves to God, but it is by fasting that we detach ourselves from the world. Thus fasting leads to a new freedom of mind and heart.
"Fasting," says Fr. Slavko Barbaric, "is a call to conversion directed to our body. And as we free ourselves from things outside of ourselves, we also free ourselves from the passions within us that are keeping our interior life in chains."
This new freedom allows us to embrace spiritual values through which we can experience true happiness. In this way fasting liberates us from bondage and sets us free to life the joyous life for which we were created.
Application:
On your next fast day, pray especially for freedom from the material.
"This day is sacred to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10)
Medjugorje Day By Day June 23 - HAVE A PURE HEART
"Man should tremble, the world should vibrate,
all Heaven should be deeply moved
when the Son of God appears on the alter in the hands of the priest."
~ St. Francis of Assisi
"The celebration of the Holy Mass
is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the Cross."
~ St. Thomas Aquinas
Mother Teresa
There are no great deeds, only small deeds done with great love.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
We must learn from the Humblest of Servants
"Unconscious influence is never superior. As Our Divine Lord said: `I am among you as One Who serves' (Luke 22: 27). From that basic humility came the advice to His disciples, that one who would be greatest among them should be the least of all (Matthew 23: 11). At the same time, He was never so royal as when He committed Himself to death in order to save others."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
When once I asked the Lord Jesus how He could tolerate so many sins and crimes and not punish them, the Lord answered me, I have eternity for punishing [these], and so I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of [sinners]. But woe to them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation. My daughter, secretary of My mercy, your duty is not only to write about and proclaim My mercy, but also to beg for this grace for them, so that they too may glorify My mercy. (1160)
O Jesus, I want to live in the present moment, to live as if this were the last day of my life. I want to use every moment scrupulously for the greater glory of God, to use every circumstance for the benefit of my soul. I want to look upon everything, from the point of view that nothing happens without the will of God.
God of unfathomable mercy, embrace the whole world and pour Yourself out upon us through the merciful Heart of Jesus. (1183)
MedjugorjeInspirationals] Medjugorje Day BY Day June 30 - THE MIRACULOUS
"All of us can only stand before him and adore. Even the authority of a priest must in the end be adoration, must spring from adoration and culminate in adoration. And thereby something else becomes clear: Communion and adoration do not stand side by side, or even in opposition, but are indivisibly one" (Pope Benedict XVI).
"If you ate only one meal a week would you survive? It is the same for your soul. Nourish it with the Blessed Sacrament." (Bl. Andre Bessette)
Mother Teresa
I Thirst: "On the Cross Jesus said: `I thirst.' From the Blessed Sacrament Jesus continues to say to each of us: `I thirst.' He thirsts for our personal love, our intimacy, our union with Him in the Blessed Sacrament. His longing for us to be with Him in the Blessed Sacrament is infinitely greater than our longing to be with Him."
Meditations by Padre Pio -
My Jesus, save everyone; I offer myself as a victim for everyone; strengthen me, take my heart, fill it with Your love and then command me to do whatever You want (AD 53).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
A compassionate man always has time!
"The truly compassionate and kind man who gives up his time for others manages to find time. Like the bread, miraculously multiplied, he gives, and yet he gathers up for himself more than he gave."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
As I took the pen in hand, I addressed a short prayer to the Holy Spirit and said, "Jesus, bless this pen so that everything You order me to write may be for the glory of God." Then I heard a voice: Yes, I bless [it], because this writing bears the seal of obedience to your superior and confessor, and by that very fact I am already given glory, and many souls will be drawing profit from it. My daughter, I demand that you devote all your free moments to writing about My goodness and mercy. It is your office and your assignment throughout your life to continue to make known to souls the great mercy I have for them and to exhort them to trust in My bottomless mercy. (1567)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 30 - THE MIRACULOUS
Concerning the miracle of a fire that several hundred people saw burning on Mt. Podbrdo, but which did not consume anything, the Gospa said:
The fire seen by the faithful was miraculous. It is one of the signs -- a forerunner of the great sign. (First Year, 10-28-81)
In the gospel of Luke, we see the miraculous healing of a crippled woman:
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, "Woman, you are set free from your ailment." When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God (Luke 13:10- 13)
Reflection:
A striking miracle occurred in Medjugorje involving a forty-three- year-old Italian secretary and mother of three, Diana Basile. Multiple sclerosis had been diagnosed in 1972, along with total urinary incontinence, perineal dermatitis, blindness in one eye, difficulty in walking and, to compound matters, a severe clinical depression. In May of 1984, a friend persuaded Diana to join a pilgrimage group going from Milan to Medjugorje.
On the evening of May 23, she was in the church and a friend helped her to climb the steps to the side chapel where the apparitions were then occurring. From the records kept at the parish in Medjugorje, here are her own words:
At that point I no longer wanted to enter the chapel...but the door was opened and I went in. I knelt just behind the door. When the children came in and knelt down...I heard a loud noise. After that I remember nothing, except an indescribable joy and certain episodes of my life passing before my eyes as though on film.
When it was all over, I followed the children, who went straight to the main altar in the church. I was walking just like everybody else, and I knelt down just as they did. It didn't actually occur to me that anything extraordinary had happened, until my friend came up to me in tears.
Diana's cure had been instantaneous. Later that night she found that she was no longer incontinent, and the dermatitis had completely disappeared. Her right eye, useless for twelve years, had regained perfect vision. The following day she walked the six miles from her hotel in Ljubuski to the church in Medjugorje, and later climbed Mt. Podbrdo.
Application:
Today, offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the miracles at Medjugorje, which give witness to the world of the love of Christ and the Blessed Mother.
MedjugorjeInspirationals] Medjugorje Day By Day June 29 - SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
I wish I could help people understand that the Eucharist is a heaven.
Heaven is only a tabernacle without doors. God lives on altars with infinite love in order to unite our souls to Him" (St. Teresa of the Andes).
"Do not be ashamed of your convictions . . . When you kneel before the altar, do so in such wise that it is evident you are before Him before whom you kneel" (St. Maximilian Kolbe).
Mother Teresa
God will never, never, never let us down if we have faith and put our trust in Him.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
See how much scorn and sacrilege is committed by the sons of men towards the most holy humanity of His Son in the sacrament of love? It is up to us to defend the honor of the meek Lamb who is always concerned when the case of souls is in question, but always silent where His own case is concerned (Letters III p 64-65).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The blind we see, but the deaf we do not hear
"One of life's greatest joys comes from loving those whom no one else loves. Thus do we imitate Our Heavenly Father Who certainly cannot see much in any of us creatures that is very attractive. It is curious that most people are more kind to the blind than they are to the deaf. Aristotle commented upon this fact, saying that sight is the most spiritual of all the senses and hearing the most material. For that reason we are moved by sympathy towards those who are afflicted in the most spiritual way."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
January 30, 1930. One-day retreat. The Lord gave me to know, during meditation, that as long as my heart beats in my breast, I must always strive to spread the Kingdom of God on earth. I am to fight for the glory of my Creator.
I know that I will give God the glory He expects of me if I try faithfully to cooperate with God's grace. (1548)
O my Jesus, Life of my soul, my Life, my Savior, my sweetest Bridegroom, and at the same time my Judge, You know that in this last hour of mine I do not count on any merits of my own, but only on Your mercy. Even as of today, I immerse myself totally in the abyss of Your mercy, which is always open to every soul.
O my Jesus, I have only one task to carry out in my lifetime, in death, and throughout eternity, and that is to adore Your incomprehensible mercy. No mind, either of Angel or of man, will ever fathom the mysteries of Your mercy, O God. The Angels are lost in amazement before the mystery of divine mercy, but cannot comprehend it. Everything that has come from the Creator's hand is contained in this inconceivable mystery; that is to say, in the very depths of His tender mercy, When I meditate on this, my spirit swoons, and my heart dissolves in joy. O Jesus, it is through Your most compassionate Heart, as through a crystal, that the rays of divine mercy have come to us. (1553)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 29 - SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
Jelena received the following message intended for the Pope:
In my messages, I recommend to everyone, and to the Holy Father in particular, to spread the messages which I have received from my Son here at Medjugorje. I wish to entrust to the Pope, the word with which I came here: `mir' (peace), which he must spread everywhere.
And here is a message which is especially for him:
that he bring together the Christian people through his word and his preaching; that he spread, particularly among the young people, the messages which he has received from the Father in his prayer, with which God inspires him.
(LJM 9-16-83)
St. Paul charges Timothy with preaching the word:
Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching (2 Tm 4:
Reflection:
Peter and Paul no doubt were the greatest evangelists of the church, converting in turn the Jews and Gentiles of their age. In his second letter to Timothy, Paul charges him to, "preach the word...put up with hardship, perform your work as an evangelist, fulfilling your ministry."
In a similar way, today Our Lady charges the successor of Peter, and all of us really, to evangelize as well by carrying her messages to others. She entrusts to us the message of peace.
As Paul exhorts Timothy, so the Blessed Virgin encourages the Holy Father to "bring together the Christian people through his word and preaching..."
On this feast of two great evangelists, the Mother of God urges us again to spread her messages by our words and by our lives. May the example of Peter and Paul inspire us to active roles in this great work.
Application:
Reflect today on the ways you can spread Our Lady's messages. Possibilities include word-of-mouth, printed material and audio/video cassettes, a program in your home or parish hall, and volunteer work or financial assistance for your nearest Medjugorje center.
MedjugorjeInspirationals] Medjugorje Day By Day June 27 - MAY PRAYER BE YOUR JOY
Message of June 25, 2004
"Dear children! Also today, joy is in my heart. I desire to thank you for making my plan realizable. Each of you is important, therefore, little children, pray and rejoice with me for every heart that has converted and become an instrument of peace in the world. Prayer groups are powerful, and through them I can see, little children, that the Holy Spirit is at work in the world. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"Most sacred, most loving Heart of Jesus, You are concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and you beat for us still. Now, as then, you say: 'With desire I have desired . . .' I worship you with all my best love and awe, with fervent affection, with my most subdued, most resolved will " (Ven. John Henry Cardinal
Newman).
Mother Teresa
It is not what we do but how much love we put into it.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
In these sad times when faith is dead and wickedness is triumphant; when we are surrounded by those who have perpetual hatred in their hearts and blasphemy on their lips, the surest way to remaining immune from the pestiferous disease which surrounds us is to strengthen ourselves with the Eucharistic food. This cannot be achieved by those who, month after month, live without satiating themselves with the Immaculate Flesh of the Divine Lamb (AdFP 463).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
We reap what we sow!
"If we start with the belief that most people in the world are crooks, it is amazing how many crooks we find. If, however, we go into the world with the assumption that everyone is nice, we are constantly running into nice people. To a great extent the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness we harvest love and happiness. "
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
O my God, let everything that is in me praise You, my Lord and Creator; and with every beat of my heart I want to praise Your unfathomable mercy. I want to tell souls of Your goodness and encourage them to trust in Your mercy. That is my mission, which You yourself have entrusted to me, O Lord, in this life and in the life to come. (1325)
After Communion today, Jesus told me how much He desires to come to human hearts. I desire to unite Myself with human souls; My great delight is to unite Myself with souls. Know, My daughter, that when I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, My hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul. But souls do not even pay any attention to Me; they leave Me to Myself and busy themselves with other things. Oh, how sad I am that souls do not recognize Love! They treat Me as a dead object. I answered Jesus, "O Treasure of my heart, the only object of my love and entire delight of my soul, I want to adore You in my heart as You are adored on the throne of Your eternal glory. My love wants to make up to You at least in part for the coldness of so great a number of souls. Jesus, behold my heart which is for You a dwelling place to which no one else has entry. You alone repose in it as in a beautiful garden. (1385)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 27 - MAY PRAYER BE YOUR JOY
Today Our Lady speaks of joy in prayer:
Dear children, may your prayer be a joyful encounter with the Lord. But know that I cannot guide you as long as you do not experience joy in prayer. From day to day I wish to lead you more deeply into prayer, but I cannot force you. (Weekly Message 8-14-86)
Psalm 34 is a prayer of rejoicing:
I will bless the Lord at all times:
his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul makes its boast in the Lord:
let the humble hear and be glad
.O magnify the Lord with me,
and let us exalt his name together. Psalm 34:1-3
Reflection:
Our Lady of Medjugorje emphasizes that it is the quality of our prayer which is most important. It is to be an intimate encounter with God, a touching of our heart to his. The story is told by the English journalist William Aitken of a certain priest who was disturbed to see a shabby old man go into his church at noon every day and come out again after a few minutes. What could he be doing? He informed the caretaker and bade him question the old man. After all, the place contained valuable furnishings.
"I go to pray," the old man said in reply to the caretaker's questioning.
"Come, come now," said the other, "you are never long enough in the church to pray."
"Well, you see," the shabby old man went on, "I cannot pray a long prayer, but every day at twelve o'clock, I just comes and says, `Jesus, it's Jim' and waits a minute and then comes away. It's just a little prayer, but I guess he hears me."
When Jim was injured some time later and taken to the hospital, he had a wonderful influence on others in the ward. Grumbling patients became cheerful and often the ward would ring with laughter.
"Well, Jim," said the sister to him one day, "the men say you are responsible for this change in the ward. They say you are always happy." "Aye, sister, that I am. I can't help being happy. You see, it's my visitor. Every day he makes me happy."
"Your visitor?" The sister was puzzled. She always noticed that Jim's chair was empty on visiting days, for he was a lonely old man, with no relations. "But when does he come?"
"Every day," Jim replied, the light in his eyes growing brighter. "Yes, every day at twelve o'clock he comes and stands at the foot of my bed. I see him and he smiles and says, "Jim, its Jesus."
Application:
Today seek to make your prayer a meeting of hearts, an encounter with love.
MedjugorjeInspirationals] Medjugorje Day By Day June 26 - THE PRAYER GROUP
Message of June 25, 2006
"Dear children! With great joy in my heart I thank you for all the prayers that, in these days, you offered for my intentions. Know, little children, that you will not regret it, neither you nor your children. God will reward you with great graces and you will earn eternal life. I am near you and thank all those who, through these years, have accepted my messages, have poured them into their life and decided for holiness and peace. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Birth of St. John the Baptist—Feast, June 24
"To adore Jesus Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament is first of all to
acknowledge him truly, really and substantially present therein by the humble
sentiment of a lively and spontaneous faith: humbly surrendering our feeble reason
to the divinity of this sublime Mystery; asking neither to see or touch, like
the unbelieving Apostle, before accepting the truth of Jesus Hostia; merely
waiting, to prostrate ourselves at His feet, for the infallible and gentle word
of the Church telling us like Saint John the Baptist: `Look, this is the Lamb
of God; look, this is he who takes away the sin of the world'" (St. Peter
Julian Eymard).
Mother Teresa
I serve Jesus twenty-four hours a day. Whatever I do is for Him. And He gives me strength.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Each holy Mass heard with devotion, produces marvellous effects in our souls, spiritual and material graces, that we ourselves do not know. For such purposes do not spend your money uselessly, make a sacrifice of it and come here to hear holy Mass (FSP 45).
It would be easier for the earth to exist without the sun than without the holy sacrifice of the Mass (AP).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
The golden rule of love!
"Since God finds us lovable because He put some of His love into us, so we can find others lovable because we put some of our love into them. But to do this implies a basic kindness which is always prepared to be pleasant with other people."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
Reverend Father Sopocko left this morning. When I was steeped in a prayer of thanksgiving for the great grace that I had received from God; namely, that of seeing Father, I became united in a special way with the Lord who said to me, He is a priest after My own Heart; his efforts are pleasing to Me. You see, My daughter, that My will must be done and that which I had promised you, I shall do. Through him I spread comfort to suffering and careworn souls. Through him it pleased Me to proclaim the worship of My mercy. And through this work of mercy more souls will come close to Me than otherwise would have, even if he had kept giving absolution day and night for the rest of his life, because by so doing, he would have labored only for as long as he lived; whereas, thanks to this work of mercy, he will be laboring till the end of the world. (1256)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 26 - THE PRAYER GROUP
On this day after the anniversary, Our Lady said to Ivan's prayer group:
Dear children, your Mother told you yesterday (the anniversary) to renew the messages from now on. Your Mother asks, especially from the prayer group, that you live my messages in prayer from this time forward. If you want your Mother to give other and new messages, you have to first live the messages I have already given. (Visionary Prayer Group 6-26-89)
In the Acts of the Apostles, we find that Our Lady too was part of a very special prayer group:
"When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers." (Acts 1:13-14)
Reflection:
Prayer groups have played a major role in Medjugorje. At the request of Our Lady, Ivan and Marija formed a group, as did Jelena and Marijana, the locutionists. Among the prayer guidelines the Madonna gave them are the following:
Pray in deep meditation. Do not look at your watch all the time, but allow yourself to be led by the grace of God. Do not concern yourself too much with the things of this world, but entrust all that in prayer to the Heavenly Father.
If one is greatly preoccupied, he will not be able to pray well because internal serenity is lacking. God will contribute to bring a successful end to the things of here below, if one strives to work for the things of God.
Those who attend school or go to work must pray half an hour in the morning and in the evening and, if possible, participate in the Eucharist. It is necessary to extend the spirit of prayer to daily work, that is to say, to accompany work with prayer.
Application:
Consider attending a prayer group meeting in your local Catholic community in the next week or two. If there are not any, would you consider organizing a group with the help of your parish priest?
MedjugorjeInspirationals] Medjugorje Day By Day June 28 - FAST
"God is waiting for us in Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Let us not leave him waiting in vain! Let us not, through distraction and lethargy, pass by the greatest and most important thing life offers us . . . . Let us not pass it heedlessly by. Let us take time, in the course of the week, in passing, to go in and spend a moment with the Lord who is so near. During the day our churches should not be allowed to be dead houses, standing empty and seemingly useless. Jesus Christ's invitation is always being proffered from them.
This sacred proximity to us is always alive in them. It is always calling us and inviting us in. This is what is lovely about Catholic churches, that within them there is, as it were, always worship, because the Eucharistic presence of the Lord dwells always within them" (Pope Benedict XVI).
"In the Blessed Sacrament a heavenly school is open to me, with the best teacher one can possibly imagine, Jesus Christ himself" (Bl. Pope John XXIII).
Mother Teresa
Cheerfulness is often a cloak which hides a life of sacrifice, continual union with God, fervor and generosity.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
I end here because the bell is calling me and urging me. I am going to the wine press of the church, to the holy altar where the sacred blood of that delicious and singular grape, with which only very few are allowed to inebriate themselves, drips continually. There - and you know I cannot do otherwise - I will present you to the Heavenly Father in union with His Son, to whom, for whom, and through whom I am totally yours in the Lord (Letters III p 593).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Impressions are a reflection of behavior or image!
"People are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast. The kind man bears with the infirmities of others, never magnifies trifles and avoids a spirit of fault finding. He knows that the trouble with most people in the world is that they are unloved. No one cares for them either because they are ugly or nasty, or troublesome, or so-called bores. To a great extent their character is made by the resentment they feel toward others who are unkind."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
At that moment, I saw Jesus, who said, I am pleased with what you are doing. And you can continue to be at peace if you always do the best you can in respect to this work of mercy. Be absolutely as frank as possible with your confessor.
Satan gained nothing by tempting you, because you did not enter into conversation with him. Continue to act in this way. You gave Me great glory today by fighting so faithfully. Let it be confirmed and engraved on your heart that I am always with you, even if you don't feel My presence at the time of battle. (1499)
My health has improved somewhat. I went down to the refectory and the chapel today. I still cannot resume my duties, and so I stay in my cell at the hand-loom [making borders for altar linens]. I enjoy this work very much, but still, even with such light work, I tire easily. I see how feeble I am. There are no indifferent moments in my life, since every moment of my life is filled with prayer, suffering, and work. If not in one way, then in another, I glorify God; and if God were to give me a second life, I do not know whether I would make better use of it... (1545)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press. To order
JUNE 28 - FAST
In a special apparition to Ivan in 1984, the Blessed Mother asked him to convey the following message:
I would like the people to pray with me as much as they can during these days. Fast strictly on Wednesdays and Fridays and each day pray at least one full rosary, the Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious Mysteries. (Special Message 8-14-84)
In Acts we see the infant church engaged in fasting and prayer:
While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off (Acts 13:2-3)
Reflection:
Although fasting may seem to be a difficult teaching, the rewards far outweigh its inconvenience. Our Lady wants us to be aware of its power, especially when combined with prayer. It is by prayer, of course, that we attach ourselves to God, but it is by fasting that we detach ourselves from the world. Thus fasting leads to a new freedom of mind and heart.
"Fasting," says Fr. Slavko Barbaric, "is a call to conversion directed to our body. And as we free ourselves from things outside of ourselves, we also free ourselves from the passions within us that are keeping our interior life in chains."
This new freedom allows us to embrace spiritual values through which we can experience true happiness. In this way fasting liberates us from bondage and sets us free to life the joyous life for which we were created.
Application:
On your next fast day, pray especially for freedom from the material.
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
UNE 23 - HAVE A PURE HEART
On this day in 1988, the Madonna said to Ivan's prayer group:
Dear children, I am happy and so is my Son. Go to confession to have a pure heart for the anniversary. Come to pray on the hill tomorrow between ten and midnight, but I will not appear. (Visionary's Prayer Group 6-23-88)
St. John also speaks of confession: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us (1John 1:8-10).
Reflection:
John's words speak to our times. Today there is a growing tendency to joke about sin, to downplay it, or to deny it. For example, people nowadays no longer lie; they merely juggle the facts or stretch the truth. People no longer steal: they rip-off, lift, or `borrow'. People no longer commit adultery; they fool around or live in the fast lane. People no longer cheat; they pad expenses or fudge figures. People no longer kill unborn children; they terminate a pregnancy or remove an unwanted fetus.
Downplaying or denying sin inevitably leads to downplaying or denying one's need for Christ. For if we have no sins that need forgiving, we have no need for Jesus Christ. Thus the worst evil is not to commit sin, but to commit sin and then to deny it. Theologian Louis Evely once said: `It is better to sin with sincerity than to lie to oneself in order to stay virtuous.'
Concretely, as Our Lady asks of us today, this means using the sacrament of reconciliation: admitting our sin, seeking forgiveness, and receiving absolution. For it was for this gift that Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, offered himself for us on Calvary. Its fruit is new life.
Application:
This week, if you have not done so for a while, receive the sacrament of reconciliation so as, `to have a pure heart for the anniversary,' as Our Lady urges.
On the 25th of each month, Our Lady appears to the Medjugorje visionary Marija to give us her message to the world. Below is the latest official English translation as provided by the Information Center in Medjugorje.
Message of May 25, 2011:
“Dear children! Give thanks with me to the Most High for my presence with you. My heart is joyful watching the love and joy in the living of my messages. Many of you have responded, but I wait for, and seek, all the hearts that have fallen asleep to awaken from the sleep of unbelief. Little children, draw even closer to my Immaculate Heart so that I can lead all of you toward eternity. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
“And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.” (Rom. 13:11-14)
Message of June 2, 2011:
“Dear children! As I call you to prayer for those who have not come to know the love of God, if you were to look into your hearts, you would comprehend that I am speaking about many of you. With an open heart, sincerely ask yourselves if you want the living God, or do you want to eliminate Him and live as you want? Look around you, my children, and see where the world is going, the world that thinks of doing everything without the Father, and which wanders in the darkness of temptation. I am offering to you the light of the Truth and the Holy Spirit. According to God’s plan, I am with you to help you to have my Son, His Cross and Resurrection, triumph in your hearts. As a mother, I desire and pray for your unity with my Son and His works. I am with you; you decide. Thank you.”
Mary asks us to look into our own hearts and see what we have put in first place there. Many of us in this world have decided to search for love and happiness by following common idols, such as money, prestige, power, lust, pleasure, greed, looking sexy, and our own personal version of what we think Church teachings should be. And, oh, those sneaky, less obvious idols, which can trap our souls, even for those of us who go to Mass and say we believe in God. . . These covert habits sneak up on us, such as judgment of others, thinking oneself as somehow better than our neighbor, being unkind, overly fearful or negative, unforgiving, addicted to food, drink, sexual fantasies–you name it, refusing to say the name Jesus or evangelize for fear of persecution, prolonged rage at God, cursing the darkness, not trusting God, putting a relationship above God, or not asking God if we’re supposed to have the relationships we do, wanting to be liked more than wanting to love, wanting the world to think we’re “great” or “cool,” caring too much what others think, focusing too much on appearance, not speaking up or acting when injustices occur, putting our security or sense of well-being in stuff, not helping the poor, the difficult, the lonely, refusing to love everyone–yes, everyone, or just sitting down every evening to be entertained in front of mindless T.V. shows, rather than praying to Almighty God, alone, or with our families. All these habits reveal what we’re attracted to and what we have placed as first in our hearts.
We will always be tempted, but not to fear. We’re human. Mary isn’t expecting us to never fall or to be perfect. Mary is simply asking us the most important question there is. Have we chosen God? She wants us to ask ourselves, Have we allowed God first place in our lives? Are we willing to speak up and say whatever He tells us to? Are we willing to let Him take us wherever He wants us to go?
Message of May 25, 2011:
“Dear children! My prayer today is for all of you who seek the grace of conversion. You knock on the door of my heart, but without hope and prayer, in sin, and without the Sacrament of Reconciliation with God. Leave sin, and decide, little children, for holiness. Only in this way can I help you, hear your prayers, and seek intercession before the Most High. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Knock with hope and with prayer, says Our Lady. Make a choice of the will to leave behind sin and be completely forgiven and renewed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If we cannot envision holiness for ourselves, then we will not be able to move toward it. Envision for yourself a life without sin, imagine how beautiful it could be. And move, each day, a step in that heavenly direction. Then you will surely see the effect of your prayers and those of your Mother.
Message of May 25, 2011:
“Dear children! My prayer today is for all of you who seek the grace of conversion. You knock on the door of my heart, but without hope and prayer, in sin, and without the Sacrament of Reconciliation with God. Leave sin, and decide, little children, for holiness. Only in this way can I help you, hear your prayers, and seek intercession before the Most High. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Knock with hope and with prayer, says Our Lady. Make a choice of the will to leave behind sin and be completely forgiven and renewed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If we cannot envision holiness for ourselves, then we will not be able to move toward it. Envision for yourself a life without sin, imagine how beautiful it could be. And move, each day, a step in that heavenly direction. Then you will surely see the effect of your prayers and those of your Mother.
Message of May 2, 2011:
“Dear children; God the Father is sending me to show you the way of salvation, because He, my children, desires to save you and not to condemn you. That is why I, as a mother, am gathering you around me, because with my motherly love I desire to help you to be free of the dirtiness of the past and to begin to live anew and differently. I am calling you to resurrect in my Son. Along with confession of sins renounce everything that has distanced you from my Son and that has made your life empty and unsuccessful. Say ‘yes’ to the Father with the heart and set out on the way of salvation to which He is calling you through the Holy Spirit. Thank you. I am especially praying for the shepherds (priests), for God to help them to be alongside you with a fullness of heart.”
Our Lady is calling us to to confess our sins. She want us “to begin anew and live differently,” and asks us not just to go to confession, but with the force of our human wills, renounce everything that has distanced us from Jesus and made our lives “empty” and “unsuccessful,” in any way. To this end, we are still in a time when the promises of Divine Mercy Sunday–of forgiveness for ALL our sins and any punishment due to sin–is ours, if we went to Mass and received Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday, and if we went, or will go to, Confession soon. Click here to read of Jesus’ great promise.
Message of April 2, 2011:
“Dear children; With motherly love I desire to open the heart of each of you and to teach you personal unity with the Father. To accept this, you must comprehend that you are important to God and that He is calling you individually. You must comprehend that your prayer is a conversation of a child with the Father; that love is the way by which you must set out – love for God and for your neighbor. That is, my children, the love that has no boundaries, that is the love that emanates from truth and goes to the end. Follow me, my children, so that also others, in recognizing the truth and love in you, may follow you. Thank you.”
Once again Our Lady called us to pray for our shepherds (priests) and said: ”They have a special place in my heart. They represent my Son.”
Message of March 25, 2011:
“Dear children! In a special way today I desire to call you to conversion. As of today, may new life begin in your heart. Children, I desire to see your ‘yes’, and may your life be a joyful living of God’s will at every moment of your life. In a special way today, I bless you with my motherly blessing of peace, love and unity in my heart and in the heart of my Son Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
Annual Apparition of Our Lady to Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo on March 18, 2011
The visionary Mirjana Dragicevic-Soldo had daily apparitions from June 24th 1981 to December 25th 1982. During the last daily apparition, Our Lady gave her the 10th secret, and told her that she would appear to her once a year, on the 18th of March. It has been this way through the years. Several thousand pilgrims gathered in prayer of the Rosary at the ‘Blue Cross’. The apparition lasted from 13:46 to 13:50.
“Dear children! I am with you in the name of the greatest Love, in the name of dear God, who has come close to you through my Son and has shown you real love. I desire to lead you on the way of God. I desire to teach you real love so that others may see it in you, that you may see it in others, that you may be a brother to them and that others may see a merciful brother in you. My children, do not be afraid to open your hearts to me. With motherly love, I will show you what I expect of each of you, what I expect of my apostles. Set out with me. Thank you.”
Message of March 2, 2011:
“Dear children; My motherly heart suffers tremendously as I look at my children who persistently put what is human before what is of God; at my children who, despite everything that surrounds them and despite all the signs that are sent to them, think that they can walk without my Son. They cannot! They are walking to eternal perdition. That is why I am gathering you, who are ready to open your heart to me, you who are ready to be apostles of my love, to help me; so that by living God’s love you may be an example to those who do not know it. May fasting and prayer give you strength in that and I bless you with motherly blessing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Thank you.”
Our Lady was very sad.
“Dear children! Nature is awakening and on the trees the first buds are seen which will bring most beautiful flowers and fruit. I desire that you also, little children, work on your conversion and that you be those who witness with their life, so that your example may be a sign and an incentive for conversion to others. I am with you and before my Son Jesus I intercede for your conversion. Thank you for having responded to my call.
Our conversion, our daily walk to let the glory of God within us shine forth to others is “work,” as Mary says. We are made in the image of God, and who we human beings are lies far beyond our own comprehension. To discover and reveal our divine nature takes vigilance on our part–a shedding of the ego, and of sin, to radiate beams of God’s heart, through our words, our actions, and our eyes. This work of conversion is nothing less than helping God reveal Himself to the world, for as a priest friend of mine once said, “If we could but see the beauty of just one human soul, we would weep with joy and wonder.”
Message of January 2, 2011:
“Dear children; You are gathering around me, you are seeking your way, you are seeking, you are seeking the truth but are forgetting what is the most important, you are forgetting to pray properly. Your lips pronounce countless words, but your spirit does not feel anything. Wandering in darkness, you even imagine God Himself according to yourselves, and not such as He really is in His love. Dear children, proper prayer comes from the depth of your heart, from your suffering, from your joy, from your seeking the forgiveness of sins. This is the way to come to know the right God and by that also yourselves, because you are created according to Him. Prayer will bring you to the fulfillment of my desire, of my mission here with you, to the unity in God’s family. Thank you.”
Our Lady blessed everyone present, thanked them and called us to pray for priests.
“Dear children! Also today I am with you and I am looking at you and blessing you, and I am not losing hope that this world will change for the good and that peace will reign in the hearts of men. Joy will begin to reign in the world because you have opened yourselves to my call and to God’s love. The Holy Spirit is changing a multitude of those who have said ‘yes’. Therefore I desire to say to you: thank you for having responded to my call.”
Joy is a fruit of the Spirit. It is a gift to those who strive towards holiness. Scripture speaks of this true joy, rooted in heaven, not on earth, which the world cannot take away. When Jesus spoke to his disciples in the Gospel of John, Chapter 15, verses 10 and 11, he said, “If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.”
And then he said these words to reassure his disciples, because he was headed for his crucifixion, “I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.”
Message of January 2, 2011:
Mirjana arrived at the Blue Cross at 8:55 a.m. Our Lady came in the apparition at 9:02 a.m. and stayed for approximately seven minutes. It was very cold, but despite the cold, the thousands who had gathered were very joyful. Having just been to the mountain the night before, with Ivan, during a special prayer group apparition, most only had a few hours sleep before waking, dressing and heading back to Apparition Mountain for Mirjana’s second of the month apparition—a beautiful grace.
“Dear children; Today I call you to unity in Jesus, my Son. My Motherly Heart prays that you may comprehend that you are God’s family. Through the spiritual freedom of will, which the Heavenly Father has given you, you are called to become cognizant of the truth, the good or the evil. May prayer and fasting open your hearts and help you to discover the Heavenly Father through my Son. In discovering the Father, your life will be directed to carrying out of God’s will and the realization of God’s family, in the way that my Son desires. I will not leave you alone on this path. Thank you.”
Mirjana felt that she could say to Our Lady: “We have all come to you with our sufferings and crosses. Help us, we implore you.” Our Lady extended Her hands towards us and said:
“Open your hearts to me. Give your sufferings to me. The Mother will help.”
Mirjana also stated, after the apparition, that Our Lady emphasized the importance of the priest’s blessing.
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Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s Prayer Group Apparition
through the visonary, Ivan:
Message of January 1, 2011
Our Lady appeared to Ivan on top of Apparition Mountain at a little after 10:00 p.m. on January 1, 2011. The apparition lasted about 10 minutes. There were thousands of pilgrims present for this apparition.
The following is Ivan’s description of the apparition:
Tonight, as after every day after every encounter with Our Lady, I want to describe also to you what was the most important from this meeting tonight. Tonight Our Lady came to us very joyful and happy and greeted all of us at the beginning with Her usual Motherly greeting: “Praised be Jesus, my dear children.” Afterwards Our Lady said:
“Dear children also today the Mother calls you with joy – pray, pray, pray. Pray, dear children, and help me realize my plans which I desire to realize with the world and with this parish. Dear children, in a special way today I call you to pray for vocations in the Church, for a firm faith of my priests. Know, dear children, that I always pray with you when it is the most difficult for you, therefore, persevere in prayer. Pray together with me. Also today I want to say thank you to you for having responded, for having accepted my messages and for living my messages.”
Afterwards, Our Lady prayed for a longer time over all of us here with Her arms extended. She blessed us all with Her Motherly blessing and blessed everything you brought to be blessed. After that, She prayed especially over you the sick who are present here. I recommended all of you, all your needs, your intentions, your families and in a special way, as always, I recommended the sick. Afterwards a conversation followed, I spoke to Our Lady and She spoke to me. After that conversation, Our Lady continued to pray over all of us and in that prayer She left in an illuminated Sign of the Cross with the greeting: “Go in peace, my dear children”.
“Dear children! Today, I and my Son desire to give you an abundance of joy and peace so that each of you may be a joyful carrier and witness of peace and joy in the places where you live. Little children, be a blessing and be peace. Thank you for having responded to my call.”
At first glance, perhaps this message seems too simple, even childish. But I invite you, I invite myself, to live this message in each moment of each day, and lo, suddenly it gains a complexity of difficulties, excuses, and repeated failures. When we fall short of being carriers of joy and witnesses of peace where we live, let us not forget this message, that Jesus and Mary desire to GIVE US AN ABUNDANCE OF JOY AND PEACE. Let us say Thank You, even if we feel like carriers of turmoil and woe, and let us embrace Their gift with the full force of our will. Join me in saying, Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Mary. Let us enter into this glorious Christmas season, with hearts open to the peace and joy God and Mary wish to give us, as we collapse like a child, embracing the one he/she loves most.
Message of November 2, 2010:
“Dear children; Today I am praying here with you that you may gather the strength to open your hearts and thus to become aware of the mighty love of the suffering God. Through this His love, goodness and meekness, I am also with you. I invite you for this special time of preparation to be a time of prayer, penance and conversion. My children, you need God. You cannot go forward without my Son. When you comprehend and accept this, what was promised to you will be realized. Through the Holy Spirit the Kingdom of Heaven will be born in your hearts. I am leading you to this. Thank you.”
Medjugorje to be featured on an ABC News “Nightline Prime
http://www.medjugorjemiracles.com/2011/06/medjugorje-to-be-featured-on-an-abc-news-“nightline-prime”-show-about-the-virgin-mary-called-“the-miracle-mysteries”/
Medjugorje to be featured on an ABC News “Nightline Prime” show about the Virgin Mary, called “The Miracle Mysteries”
Message to Michael DiBitetto June 21, 2011
THE T.R.U.S.T. PRAYER GROUP OF SHELTON, CT
June 21, 2011.
Tuesday evening 7:00 p.m.
Tonight we prayed The Marian Prayers
trustprayergrp.org
The beginning of the 4th decade (Luminous Mystery) “Our Blessed Mother” has appeared as…
“OUR LADY OF FATIMA”
Michael said: I bow down only to Jesus Christ
BLESSED MOTHER replied: YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR MY SON JESUS CHRIST LOVES AND PROTECTS YOU.
- now over the picture of The Sacred Heart, St. Padre-Pio has appeared and he is celebrating mass.
-and now on the-wall … I see a very, LARGE BROWN CROSS …
-and at the bottom of the cross I see a very LARGE BROWN ANCHOR (The Anchor signifies ‘hope’)
-and now on the wall I see The Holy Spirit as ‘THE DOVE’ and it’s coming from the wall and it’s going -around the room and it’s going THROUGH everyone’s heart…. And I’m being told it is going through the hearts to everyone who’s listening on the Radio Internet.
Now once again I see …
“OUR LADY OF FATIMA”
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
FIRST… GOD THE FATHER WANTS ME TO TELL EVERYONE … THANK YOU … FOR ALL THOSE WHO WISHED HIM A HAPPY FATHERS DAY … AND THERE WERE SO , SO MANY THAT STOPPED AND THOUGHT THAT GOD IS OUR FATHER.
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
DISASTERS CONTINUE … NOT ONLY WITH THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ … BUT ALSO DISASTERS CONTINUE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES IN ARIZONA WITH THE WILD FIRES THAT HAS DESTROYED HUNDREDS, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL LAND THAT WAS ONCE MADE BY GOD OUR FATHER …
AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN NOT HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL … AS IT IS SPREADING … IT IS SPREADING, THAT IT STILL CAN GO TO NEW MEXICO AND NOW ALSO … IT CAN DO SO MUCH DAMAGE.
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
PLEASE … NEVER STOP PRAYING … THINK OF ALL THE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD … PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT SURVIVE WITH OUT HAVING A MEAL … YES THE HOMELESS … THINK OF THE ELDERLY THAT CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY THEIR BILLS … OR THEY PAY VERY LITTLE … AND THEY MUST CONSERVE …
AND THIS SUMMER THEY WILL GO WITH OUT AIR-CONDITIONING … AND DUE TO THE DRASTIC HEAT … MANY WILL DIE.
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR POPE BENEDICT THE XVI AND FOR HIS MISSION TO BE ACCOMPLISHED … PRAY FOR YOUR BISHOPS, PRAY FOR YOUR PRIESTS, PRAY FOR YOUR DEACONS … PRAY THAT THE CHURCH STAYS UNITED AS ONE.
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
THIS MONTH OF JUNE IS FOR THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS … BUT SO MUCH HAS STILL TAKEN PLACE IN THIS MONTH … YOU HAD THE HOLY TRINITY … PENTECOST, AND YOU WILL HAVE ALSO … THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST … WHICH WILL BE CELEBRATED NEXT SUNDAY …
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR AN END TO ABORTION … MANY, MANY INNOCENT BABIES … ARE BEING KILLED THROUGH ABORTION … AND YES THEY ARE … BABIES … WHICH MAKES THEM MY CHILDREN …
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT MY SON YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, GOD OUR FATHER, AND I MYSELF, ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU … JUST REMEMBER … GOD WILL HELP THOSE … WHO HELP THEMSELVES.
MY DEAR, DEAR CHILDREN …
REMEMBER YOU ARE PROTECTED UNDER MY MANTLE AND I LOVE YOU ALL … AND I BLESS YOU ALL … IN THE NAME OF … OUR FATHER, MY SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.
(and now Our Blessed Mother has disappeared. )
-and now over The picture of The Sacred Heart … St.Padre Pio once again has appeared and he’s continuing to celebrate mass …
-and now over The picture of The Divine Mercy … The Holy Spirit has appeared and ray’s of light are coming down towards everyone.
-and now on the wall St. Padre Pio has appeared he’s holding the Eucharist up towards the heavens to be consecrated and now he’s lowering it and he’s turning towards the prayer group and The Eucharists are coming from his hand one at a time out towards everyone in the prayer group, Everyone is receiving spiritual communion from St. Padre Pio this evening. INCLUDING EVERYONE ON THE RADIO INTERNET …
That is all for this evening.
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US IN PRAYER THIS EVENING.
- SPECIAL NOTES -
The periods that sometimes appear after some of Blessed Mothers words mean this is where She has .... paused.... before Her next word or paragraph.
And to all our brothers and sisters everywhere…Thank you all for joining us in prayer…. Especially those who live too far away to join us here in Shelton….MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY OUR BLESSED MOTHER BE ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE…. AND MAY THEY BLESS AND INCREASE THE PRAYER-GROUPS THAT HAVE STARTED……..for more information e-mail us at trustprayergrp@sbcglobal.net
Medjugorje Day By Day June 22 - PREPARE YOURSELF WITH LOVE
"Behold the source of every good, Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrament, who says, If any man thirst, let him come to Me. Oh, what torrents of grace have the saints drawn from the fountain of the Most Blessed Sacrament! for there Jesus dispenses all the merits of his Passion, as it was foretold by the Prophet: You shall draw waters with joy out of the Saviour's fountains" (St. Alphonsus Liguori).
Mother Teresa -
Reflect today on these words of Pope Paul VI on peace : "If we wish to have true peace, we must give it a soul. The soul of peace is love."
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Do not be discouraged if you do not succeed in doing everything as you desire, force yourself to do what you have to do and see to it that you never fall short of anything in this respect, taking no account of whether you feel comfort or tediousness and boredom. Always be upright in this resolution (Epist IV p 466).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
The only way to solve the hunger problem
"The problem is the whole world is dying of hunger - the Eastern world is dying of hunger of body; the Western world is dying of hunger of soul. The first will be fed, but not by those who hate liberty when they give them flour; the Western world will be saved by feeding the East while recognizing their own hunger of the Spirit and by seeking again the true King of Hearts Who alone gives `The Bread of Life'."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
Then, in an instant, I was caught up to stand near Jesus, and I stood on the altar next to the Lord Jesus, and my spirit was filled with a happiness so great that I am unable to comprehend it or write about it. A profound peace as well as repose filled my soul. Jesus bent toward me and said with great kindness, What is it you desire, My daughter? And I answered, "I desire worship and glory be given to Your mercy." I already am receiving worship by the institution and celebration of this Feast; what else do you desire? I then looked at the immense crowd worshiping The Divine Mercy and I said to the Lord, "Jesus, bless all those who are gathered to give glory to You and to venerate Your infinite mercy." Jesus made a sign of the cross with His hand, and this blessing was reflected in the souls like a flash of light. My spirit was engulfed in His love. I felt as if I had dissolved and disappeared completely in God. When I came to myself, a profound peace was flooding my soul, and an extraordinary understanding of many things was communicated to my intellect, an understanding that had not been granted me previously. (1048)
On several occasions, I have learned how some religious defend their own glory under the pretext of being concerned for the glory of God, whereas it is not a question of the glory of God, but of glory of self. O Jesus, how painful this has been for me! What secrets the day of Your judgment will bring to light! How can one steal God's gifts? (1149)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 22 - PREPARE YOURSELF WITH LOVE
As we approach the anniversary, Our Lady asks us to prepare with love:
Dear children, your Mother is happy to be with all of you. Dear children, you have helped me to realize the plans of God.
I wish to speak to you of love, and give you love. During these days, prepare yourselves for the anniversary with love, with my messages, and with joy. Your mother will help you, dear children, and your Mother will remain with you. There is nothing more important for you than to make what I have said your first priority. (Visionary's Prayer Group 6-6- 98)
St. John also recognizes the primacy of love:
"We love because he first loved us. Those who say, `I love God,' and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The commandment we have from him is this; those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also (1John 4:19-21).
Reflection:
Some years ago the BBC sent its star journalist, Malcolm Muggeridge, to India to do a documentary on Mother Teresa. The BBC wanted to televise her and her sisters picking up the dying in the slums of Calcutta and caring for them at a shelter they ran. Here the dying are washed up and cared for, as Mother Teresa puts it, `within the sight of a loving face.'
The shelter is dimly lit by tiny windows high up in the walls. The television crew had not anticipated the poor lighting inside the building, and had not brought any portable lights with them. They concluded that it was useless to try to film the sisters working with the dying inside the building. But someone suggested they do it anyway. Perhaps some of the footage would be usable. To everyone's surprise the footage turned out to be absolutely spectacular. The whole interior was bathed in mysterious warm light. Technically speaking, the camera crew said, the results were impossible to explain.
Muggeridge has his own theory about the mysterious light: `Mother Teresa's home for the dying is overflowing with love...This love is luminous, like the haloes artists have seen and made visible round the heads of the saints. I find it not at all surprising that the luminosity should register on photographic film.'
Application:
Today, pray especially for this gift of luminous love, as Our Lady urges us today.
Message Thru Marie- June 19, 2011
June 19, 2011,
I had just ended the Creed, when visions came to me, still I continued the rosary
but had to stop to begin writing already so I don't forget...
1st vision
Mary at the foot of the Cross with her mantle
wide open and full of her children crowded together within,
Jesus crucified is above her, then above the cross
the light of God spreading upwards and outwards as a ray of light
2nd vision
World (globe) with a lot of cracks and big tears
ready to tear open wide in many places
3rd vision
bodies, dead bodies piled on top of the other, all drenched in water- or so it seemed
debris also everywhere but no structure anywhere just rubble
4th vision
plain Cross is to my left as the message below flows from the Lord,
from previous visions, I know that the cross is a sign to Trust
This time, I am to guided to answer 'Trust' and my answers are led by Him...
Lord: when you see the great darkness easily oppress and
take over my weak children, they become despondent, heavy, what will you do
Me: I will trust you, lord. Trust in your goodness and ask for the grace to pray
for all and for those I can reach, to bring your healing grace to them for you
are the Light that shall dispel the darkness
Lord: When I shake your false foundations ( I see and sense big money
institutions, big business, multinationals, big homes, luxurious stuff tumble and destroyed)
what will you do
Me: I will trust in you, Lord. Trust always in your goodness. I will ask for the grace of
detaching from these idols and desire simplicity. I will ask too for the grace of conversion
for all in my family, my loved ones, my various circles who may also be clinging to the treasures of
this world. That we all cling to you instead, in total trust
and believe a greater good shall arise once you tear down this present world
Lord: When I shake the world (I saw again earth with cracks enlarging) and great cities
fall, many lives lost, much death surrounding you, what will you do
Me: I will trust you, Lord, for I know you love me. Even if I suffer also to my death (sudden or slow)
I will persevere and offer whatever pain to yours. I know you are bringing about the renewal of the earth.
I will close my eyes to the gruesome sight of death all around, pray to You and pray for all my
brothers and sisters. I will ask for the grace of conversion, but mostly, I will find that state of serenity
only to be found when in close communion with You.
Even if I were to be surrounded by death, I will have You in me, Hope in me, to move on, if only inch by
inch, to live your truth and bring your love and your peace to whoever needs it. All you taught me
I will do the same for those you put in my path, in patience and compassion through your grace.
Lord: When the warning comes will you not cease praying for all your loved ones, for my mercy to pour
limitlessly in order to melt hardened hearts, lost hearts, distant hearts, bitter hearts? (at this I feel His
great pain at the large number of distant souls who may not turn towards him and I too cry)
me: Yes, Lord, I will pray for all but I ask for the grace to be strong enough to recall all the lessons,
prayers you taught me and the grace not to be led to despair or panic. I will ask for a faith strong enough
as to never doubt or be tempted to doubt your great love expressed in your great forgiveness for all of us
who repent, and that you have healed me whole and continue to rebuild me into a living holy tabernacle
of your Love.
Lord; When violence, hate, greed , despair take over lost souls, when men's actions turn to beasts' and
the evil spirit takes over, what will you do
Me: I shall trust in you. I shall trust in your precious blood and ask that it cover all of us, your faithful few.
so that evil cannot enter our sanctuaries. I shall call on Our Mother's protection with her mantle, to cover
us whole, body mind and soul. I shall call on the angels too, the saints, esp too St. Michael, St Raphael.
Also I shall pray to my guardian angel. We shall trust in these shields of protection because only by this
total trust can we survive the enemy's violent thrashing.
Also I will not forget to pray for the grace to pour upon the Martyrs of the latter days. For their blood shall
also help protect us who are weaker and will fall if not for their sacrifices.
Lord: When all the earth lies prostrate before me, when all the enemies are locked in hell, bounded by
chains of your Mother (rosaries), all that arise from the ashes of destruction shall form the renewed kingdom.
So glorious in Light, Simple in stature, great in faith, boundless in charity, extending my compassion to all, there
will be no more false treasures to attach to as all of you are restored back to Me. All gifts of My Spirit will
pour unbounded to heal all pain you suffered, and all shall turn towards Me, your Triune God.
When all reverberate in my goodness, witness the miracles unfold. Miracles yet to be, shall flow outside of time
and love shall rebuild nations.
I am then shown circles -concentric circles, I see how there is a total unrestricted flow of riches/graces/talents from
the innermost smallest circle of the individual and his small family, flow, to the community, to the nation, to the
world. It is as though the walls between concentric circles have been broken and they now flow freely...the other image
shown is a circle that has rays of light all emanating from the center - this is what happens when the borders between circles collapse,
the light flows outward unimpeded.
I sense that everywhere it will be this way. There are no distinction in the amount of grace flowing from the inner to the outer circle.
For ex, normally we tend to protect and save the best for the innermost circle,our immediate family, but in this case
our transformation is such that the love for the community becomes as great as that normally reserved for the inner
circle - the immediate family (this is my interpretation) Kindly discern as well. God bless.
end message
New words and vision to Prayer Warrior
6/20/11 late afternoon - heard "Sam Brown"
6/21/11 - 3:30 p.m. - after receiving Holy Communion - vision of St. Michael the Archangel, immediatlely followed by vision of a pay phone. I take this to mean (it pays to) call on St. Michael. We definitely need his protection more than ever.
6/22/11 - 12:55 a.m. - while writing about St. Michael - heard "City of Atlanta"
Holy Love June 18 & 20,2011
June 18, 2011
Public
"I am your Jesus, born Incarnate."
"Hope is the filigree around trust. Or let Me put it like this. The cake would be Holy Love. The frosting would be trust. The decorations on top of the frosting would be hope. The plate it all rests on would be faith."
(Maureen: "I had made a chocolate cake earlier in the day.")
June 20, 2011
Public
"I am your Jesus, born Incarnate."
"I have come specifically to dissect the beautiful grace of forgiveness. Forgiveness flows directly from Truth. It is Truth that helps the unforgiving heart to make allowances in Holy Love. It is God's Wisdom which allows the soul to accept the human frailty which needs forgiveness. It is humility of heart which finally embraces forgiveness."
June 20, 2011
Monday Service - Peace in all Hearts through Holy Love
Jesus is here with His Heart exposed. He says: "I am your Jesus, born Incarnate."
"My brothers and sisters, with simplicity lead all people and all nations into the Truth of Holy Love, for this is My Father's Holy and Divine Will. Be united in this effort."
"I'm extending to you My Blessing of Divine Love."
Holy Love Ministries
Maranatha Spring and Shrine
Medjugorje Day By Day June 21- SURRENDER YOURSELVES
Jesus Christ, my Lord and my God, whom I believe to be really present in the
Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, receive this most profound act of adoration
to supply for the desire I have to adore You unceasingly, and in thanksgiving
for the sentiments of love which Your Sacred Heart has for me in this
Sacrament" (St. Margaret Mary Alacoque).
Mother Teresa
To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of his love ... When you look at the Crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you then, when you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now."
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Father, why do you cry when you receive Jesus in Holy Communion?" Reply: "If the Church can utter the words: speaking of the incarnation of the Word in the womb of the Immaculate Virgin, what should be said of us miserable creatures? But Jesus said to us: 'He who does not eat my Flesh and does not drink my Blood will not have life everlasting,' so then let us approach Holy Communion with great love and fear. Let the whole day be a preparation and thanksgiving for Holy Communion" (LdP,55)
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Both body and soul must be fed
"Let it not be forgotten that He Who promised the spiritual did not deny bread to the poor. Our hopes and our liberties are sold too cheap when they are bartered away to him who feeds the body and leaves the soul unsatisfied."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
Today, I took part in a one-day retreat. When I was at the last conference, the priest was speaking of how much the world needs God's mercy, and that this seems to be a special time when people have great need of prayer and God's mercy. Then I heard a voice in my soul: These words are for you. Do all you possibly can for this work of My mercy. I desire that My mercy be worshiped, and I am giving mankind the last hope of salvation; that is, recourse to My mercy. My Heart rejoices in this feast. After these words, I understood that nothing can dispense me from the obligation which the Lord demands from me. (998)
Let the glory and praise to The Divine Mercy rise from every creature throughout all ages and times. (1005)
Praise and glory be to You, O Holy Trinity, Eternal God. May the mercy springing from Your very bowels protect us from Your just anger. Let the praise of Your incomprehensible mercy resound everywhere. All Your works bear the seal of Your unfathomable mercy, O God. (1007)
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
JUNE 21 - SURRENDER YOURSELVES
In anticipation of the anniversary, the Virgin calls us to surrender ourselves to God:
Dear children, until the anniversary day, I call you, the parish, to pray more and to let your prayer be a sign of surrender to God. Dear children, I know that you are all tired, but you don't know how to surrender yourselves. During these days, surrender yourselves completely to me! (Weekly Message 6-13-85)
Perhaps the greatest example of surrender was that of Job, who remained faithful in prosperity and poverty, in illness and in health, in joy and in tragedy. His simple words were:
"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord (Job 1:21)."
Reflection:
Surrender to God is one of the most difficult tasks of the spiritual life, for we are ingrained with a self-centeredness and egotism (original sin) that impels us to seek control not only over our own lives, but over everyone and everything around us. Left unchecked, this sometimes unconscious attitude leads inevitably to emptiness and despair.
However, turning from self to God allows us to enter a new life of God-centeredness, oneness, and joy that we were created for. Instead of moving inward, we move outward, and become free. It all begins, as Our Lady says, with a conscious choice.
Application:
Today, let us make that choice -- using a special prayer written by St. Therese of Lisieux, "The Little Flower":
"I consider that `all is vanity but to love God and serve him alone.' The grace which I especially ask, O Jesus, is never to offend you. My gifts are all unworthy, and so I offer you my very soul, O most loving Savior.
I fear only one thing, my God, to keep my own will.
Take it, therefore, for I choose all that you choose. O my Beloved, I offer myself to you, that you may perfectly accomplish in me your holy designs, and I will not allow anything created to be an obstacle to their accomplishment."
May 25th messages to the world through Chris Courtis
Message from MOTHER OF MERCY
To THE WORLD
May 25, 2011, through Chris Courtis, a visionary in Maryland, U.S.A.
(She wants me to remind people that next year on October 13, (2012), she will appear again with a public message for the world in honor of Fatima. She says,)
And now, some instructions on the Mother of Divine Mercy. I desire that it be made known to the world. I desire that everyone pray the Mother of Divine Mercy Chaplet* along with the Mother of Mercy Chaplet. They should be prayed at 4:00 pm, even the Mother of Divine Mercy Chaplet. I desire also to make it known that next year, the following Sunday after Jesus’ Divine Mercy, the following Sunday after shall be celebrated in honor of me as Mother of Divine Mercy.
Do not concern yourself with the novena which I will give slowly through this year and next year privately. For now, it is enough that you pray both chaplets and make the Novena of the Mother of Mercy Chaplet which I have so often called you to do. Please understand, dear children, that Mother of Divine Mercy is the culmination of Mother of Mercy. I hold Jesus in my arms as Mother of Mercy. I am presented in Mother of Divine Mercy as the key to Jesus’ Divine Mercy. You see Jesus standing behind a door. To open that door, you need the key. I am the key to Jesus’ mercy. All this will be explained more later on. For now, I wish to continue giving you my messages to the world. (She’s changing. There’s a light that’s enveloping her. The light is dimming. She’s Our Lady of America! [see next message]
Copying and distribution of this message is permitted and encouraged as long as nothing is changed, added, or deleted. Other messages of God the Father, Jesus, and Mary may be read atwww.movingheartfoundation.com
* CHAPLET OF
MOTHER OF DIVINE MERCY
“I am the Mother of Divine Mercy because Jesus has filled me with His Divine Mercy. Those who are afraid to approach Jesus as Divine Mercy may approach me as Mother of Divine Mercy with assured confidence that I will give to them the Divine Mercy of my Son with the blessings of my own motherly mercy.” *
1. The Sign of the Cross: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
2. Opening Prayer: In your anguish, Oh Holy Lady, you stayed beneath your Son’s Cross, and the prophecy of Simeon was fulfilled. A sword pierced your innermost heart, thus opening wide your tender and motherly mercy. Empty your mercy on us and on the whole world.
Oh, great mercy which gushed forth from the heart of Mary as a fountain of thy Son’s mercy for us, I trust in you. (x3)
3. One Our Father: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen
4. One Hail Mary: Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
*www.movingheartfoundation.com/wd10-m2-jun2.doc
5. The Apostles’ Creed: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day, He rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
6. On the five large beads: Eternal Father, I offer you the emotional and bodily sufferings of your dearly beloved daughter, the Blessed Mother Mary, in reparation for our sins and those of the whole world.
7. Ten small beads: For the sake of Our Lady’s sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
8. On each of the three small beads:
Holy Mary, Holy Mother of God, Holy Immaculate One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
9. Closing Prayer:
Eternal God, whose mercy is found in the Blessed Virgin Mary, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence, come to know your Divine Will through Mary, ever blessed, and then come to submit ourselves to Your Holy Divine Will which is love and mercy itself.
10. Sign of the Cross
Prayer to Mary, Mother of Divine Mercy:
(Optional)
Oh Holy Lady, in your profound humility you sought nothing and yet you gained everything. The idea of a God who wanted to love and save humanity was not foreign to you because, in you, you bore the God of love, light, and mercy.
So many times did you ponder your Son Jesus’ divine mercy. So many times did you see His mercy. So many times did you hear His mercy. So many times did you speak of your Son’s mercy. Only Heaven could have seen, only Heaven could have known the heights of mercy that you would obtain within you.
It was at the Cross where as the spear which opened up your Son Jesus’ Divine Mercy to flow, so did the sword which pierced your heart, thus opening wide your motherly divine mercy.
Who is it that can open the doors of divine mercy at any time, night or day? Is it not she who bore within herself the Incarnate Word, or Mercy
Oh, Holy Lady Mary, thy wound in thy heart is most venerable to God because through that wound in thy heart, all of thy mercy for humanity was poured out for all. No one ever will be turned away from thee, unless it is by their own free will.
So we come to thee, you who are the channel of Jesus’ mercy to us, and thus remembering this: Those who come to know Jesus’ divine mercy, come to know God the Father’s mercy, and in like fashion, all those who come to know the Mother of Divine Mercy come to know, honor, venerate, and love the Divine Mercy of Jesus Christ. Remember, to Jesus through Mary, or is it
through Mary to Jesus? Amen
Message from OUR LADY OF AMERICA
To THE WORLD
May 25, 2011, through Chris Courtis, a visionary in Maryland, U.S.A.
(It’s Our Lady of America! with the crown, with the lily, with her Immaculate Heart, everything. She’s so pretty! She says,)
Dear children of America,
The time has come for you to awaken spiritually and return back to my Son. I have called, and I have called, and I have called, and you have turned a deaf ear to my messages. My little children, my only advice for you at this time is return to Jesus through prayer. Nothing is more important to me now than your prayers and your sacrifices for your nation. If you offer me your prayers and your sacrifices, I will mitigate what is happening and what is to come soon, but I cannot do this without your help. Yes, I need more prayers and sacrifices on your part. Pray! Pray! Pray! (She has a Rosary in her right hand. She’s lifting it up. She says,) Pray the Rosary together as a family and dwell closer to God. I’m inviting you through your prayers to find peace again with God.
After you discover this peace through prayer, I invite you, for your individual conversion, to go to Confession. Cleanse your soul of the sins which, by your own actions, you have caused by not listening and by not heeding my requests. Know, dear children of America, every sacrifice that is offered to me I take to my Son and give to Him, with my own blessing, to obtain an alleviation of His justice. He loves you and He does not desire to punish anyone, but through His justice, He will bring many back to His mercy.
Again, my call is the same as in Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Please, dear children, you must STOP OFFENDING GOD! I have warned you throughout last year of greater suffering and natural disasters of all kinds. Where were the sacrifices on your part? I tell you in truth, the sins of America are great, and in order to preserve peace, my Son’s justice must be given to you in all its measures. But you can help alleviate this through your prayers and sacrifices. My heart is mourning for all the lost souls in this country. With a mother’s pleading, I say to all of you, my dear little children, please, STOP OFFENDING GOD! Be my prayer warriors and help me bring peace to this nation. More suffering will befall you unless you amend your ways. Tell America and the world to STOP OFFENDING GOD! Tell them I desire nothing more and nothing less than their total conversion. Let me, as your mother and Lady of America, lead you to that which is right and just in His sight. Thank you for your response to my call. (The light is radiating even more. The light is now slowly fading. She’s Our Lady, Mother of Mercy. ) [see next message]
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Message from OUR LADY, MOTHER OF MERCY
To THE WORLD
May 25, 2011, through Chris Courtis, a visionary in Maryland, U.S.A.
My dear little children, praised be Jesus!
My dear children, I come because I love you. I come here to encourage you on your road to conversion and peace. You ask me, “Oh mother, where is it that I can find your mercy? Where does your mercy dwell? Where do I look for your mercy?” And I say, “Look no further than my Immaculate Merciful Heart.”
Yes, it is through my heart that you will find all my mercy and all my loving embrace. My Immaculate Heart is merciful because God has made me the mother of everyone in the whole world. All children are loved by me whether they honor me or not. My heart is so merciful towards the whole world that it does not matter to me what race or religion or creed you confess to. I still pour forth graces and mercy upon you because I love you, I am your Mother of Mercy, and because Jesus desires my mercy to be victorious.
Where did my mercy come from? It came to me by Jesus’ own mandate at the foot of the Cross making me your mother. So, in a way, I am pointing you to Jesus. He is the one who fills my heart with the most tender of mercy for all God’s children. I desire for you to love Jesus and thank Him for the mercy that He has given to me that I am able to share with you. I point you to His Cross and to my Most Immaculate Heart. From my heart and the Cross flow abundant mercy, enough to save the whole world. (She’s smiling.) That is why I desire you to consecrate yourself seriously to my Immaculate Heart so that through my mercy, I may protect you, and that I may present you pure and innocent before my Son. Focus on the Cross and my heart! Focus on the Cross and my heart! Focus on the Cross and my heart and you will discover the richness and blessing that I give as Mother of Mercy!
My call is for you to come to me, and pray, and have a strong confidence in my mercy. I am so merciful that I will wrap you in my mantle and you will be protected from all that is evil and unclean. Have confidence in me, and I will protect you and lead you, deeper and deeper in the spiritual life, to Jesus. Surrender yourselves completely to my Most Merciful Heart and have a devotion to my Most Merciful Immaculate Heart. This is the message that I come to deliver to you today under the title of Mother of Mercy.
And now, I shall bless you and all that is here, all that is in this room, all that you have on, all that’s on the altar, by the altar, and under the altar, I am blessing, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. As I depart, please know that I take your petitions into my heart, and I will present them as your Most Merciful Mother to the throne of the Most Holy Trinity which is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now as I make the Sign of the Cross again, I shall depart. I shall depart, dear children, but I shall always be with you, with each and every one of you when, and especially when, you pray your Rosaries.
Thank you for responding to my call. Go in the great peace, love, and mercy of God Most High. Ad Deum. (The light is developing around her. She’s in the blue mantle and the white dress. The light is very bright. All I see is the light. The light is dimming as it floats upwards. I can barely see the light. It’s gone.)
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Message from OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE
To THE WORLD
May 25, 2011, through Chris Courtis, a visionary in Maryland, U.S.A.
(She has twelve, blue, twinkling stars as a crown. Her veil is long and flowing. Some parts of it are like see-through but because it’s so long and flowing, the thickness varies, especially around the top, the covering of her head which is thicker. Her hair is dark, beautiful blue eyes. She’s in a bluish-grey dress. She’s on a pure white cloud. She’s all bathed in light. She says,)
Praised be Jesus!
Dear children,
Today, like never before do I wish to urge you to conversion. The only word I wish to say to you is “convert!” Give time to your prayers. Do not simply recite the Rosary or your prayers quickly but give time to your prayers. Pray the Rosary slowly. Meditate upon the meaning of each prayer. Then, and only then, shall you discover the richness of prayer, and the fruit of the mysteries will come alive and blossom in your heart.
Pray! Pray! Pray! Pray from your heart! Do not just recite words but speak as if I or God were right in front of you. There’s no reason to hold anything back. Speak and pray from your heart. Conversion will become easier to obtain for those who want it and desire it if they listen to my call and do as I ask.
Also, dear children, do I invite you to come and look for me. You ask where can you find me when I am not appearing. I say to you, I am present when you recite your Rosary. I am present during Adoration. There, you can also pray and speak to me, and it is a perfect time because there I will intercede to my Son who is present in the Eucharist. You can find me at Mass. During the Sacrifice of the Mass, when Jesus is lifted up, pray to me, and I will intercede to my Son there at the foot of His Cross in the Eucharist where the Living Sacrifice is offered up. I say to you, seek me there and you shall find me.
Go to your churches, kneel in front of the tabernacle, and pray to me there also, for I am there. Go to Confession, be cleansed of your sins, and pray from your heart. Seek me where I ought to be sought, where I have told you so many times. Wherever Jesus is present, I am there. I desire for you to remember my messages of Medjugorje and to live them, twice a month, as they are still being given.
I, as your mother and Queen of Peace, bless you. (She’s blessing us with the Sign of the Cross, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen.) Now I shall extend my hands and pray over you.
Dear children, may you seek me where I am asking you to find me.
May you find what you are seeking there, and may your hearts burn
with fervor for the faith of Jesus and for love of me, Amen.
And now, I extend to you my motherly blessing of peace and love which you can extend to others with the Sign of the Cross. (Her hands are open. Rays of light are streaming out. There’s a beautiful cross forming behind her. It’s a cross of light.) Remember, dear children, I am always with you when you pray your Rosary. Teach others to pray the Rosary, especially those who desire to know more about my appearances in Medjugorge. I thank you for having responded to my call. Go in the peace of God. (The cross of light is enveloping her. It’s just so bright! Now Our Lady is all light. I do see a cloud, just a big oval of light is resting on it. It’s making its ascent up towards the ceiling. The light is still there, going through. The light is gone.
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FROM Patricia
WORDS FROM ROMANS AND PROVERBS AND A PRAYER
THESE ARE SOME WORDS FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 1 STARTING WITH VERSE 21...AS WE KNOW NY NOW CONDONES MARRIAGES THAT ARE NOT OF SOLELY CONSISTING OF A MEN AND WOMAN....BUT OUR GOD HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ON THIS...SO I WILL TYPE HIS FEELINGS AS EXPRESSED IN THIS CHAPTER AND ONWARDS.
ALSO ON PROVERBS, ON WHAT WE SAY COUNTS MORE THAN WE KNOW. OUR THOUGHTS TAKE UP MOST OF OUR LIVES AND WHAT WE SPEAK OUT LOUD STEMS FROM THEM OF COURSE. PROVERBS HAS MUCH TO SAY. I PRAY OTHERS WILL FEEL INFORMED AND ENCOURAGED TO APPLY THE TEACHINGS FROM THIS BOOK OF THE BIBLE.
GOD BLESS AND LOVE YOU ALL ~ THROUGH MOTHER MARY'S HEART, SORROWFUL AND IMMACULATE ~
Verse 21 from Romans: For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. {22} Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools {23}
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
{24} Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. {25} They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen.
{26} Because of this God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for un-natural ones. {27} In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions.
{28} Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. {29} They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, {30} slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; {31} they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. {32} Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans Chapter 2: God's Righteous Judgment
You, therefore have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. {2} Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. {3} So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? {4} Or do you show contempt for the riches of His kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?
{5} But because of your stubborness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed. {6} God will give to each person according to what he has done. {7} To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life. {8} But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. {9} There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; {10} but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, and then for the Gentile. {11} For God does not show favoritism.
FROM PROVERBS: On the words that proceed from the mouth....do they honor God?
Chapter 8 ~ vs.8: All the words of my mouth are just: non of them is crooked or perverse.
Chapter 11 ~ vs. 9: With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.
Chapter 12 ~ vs. 18: Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Chapter 13 ~ vs. 3: He who guards his lips, guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.
Chapter 15 ~ vs. 4: The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.
Chapter 15 ~ vs. 28: The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.
Chapter 17 ~ vs. 4: A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.
Chapter 20 ~ vs. 19: A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.
AND A PRAYER TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN....
Eternal loving Father please open up all hearts, especially hardened sinners that Your Son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ can live therein and have His own way. Cover sinners with His most Precious Blood and Holy wounds leading to their conversion ~ that they will praise and give you glory one day and have contrition for their sins and be re-instated to Your loving kindness because of your awesome, great merciful Heart.... Do remember His Words from the eternal Cross of suffering dearest Father... Father forgive them for they know not what they do.... Have mercy on all of us dearest Father. Free us from the influence of the enemy of our salvation. Grant peace to this darkened world! Oh, Lord Jesus...return to us Beloved Savior! Have mercy on us! Amen and amen.
All through Mother Mary's Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart ~ Our Virgin Mother of Seven Sorrows ~
THREE OCLOCK PRAYERS
The Miracle Prayer
Lord Jesus, I come before You just as I am. I am sorry for all my sins. I repent of my sins, please forgive me. In Your name, I forgive all others for what they have done against me. I renounce Satan, the evil spirits and all their works. I give You my entire self, Lord Jesus, now and forever. I invite You into my life Jesus. I accept You as my Lord, God and Saviour. Heal me, change me, strengthen me in body, soul and spirit. Come Lord Jesus, cover me with Your Precious Blood and fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I love You Lord Jesus. I Praise You Jesus. I Thank You Jesus. I shall follow You every day of my life. Amen. Mary my Mother, Queen of Peace, all the Angels and Saints, please help me. Amen
Three O'Clock Prayer to the Divine Mercy
You expired, O Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and an ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us. O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in You. Amen
The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
For use with Rosary Beads
One Our Father...One Hail Mary...The Apostles' Creed
On the five large beads of the Rosary: Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.
On the ten small beads: For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Conclude with (recited three times): Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world
Prayer to the Divine Mercy
O Lord, behold here before You a soul who exists in this world in order to allow You to exercise Your admirable MERCY and manifest it before heaven and earth. Others may glorify You through their faithfulness and perseverance, thus making evident the power of Your grace. How sweet and generous You are to those who are faithful to You!
Nevertheless, I will glorify You by acquainting others of Your goodness to sinners and by reminding them that Your MERCY is above all malice, that nothing can exhaust it, and that no relapse, no matter how shameful or criminal, should allow the sinner to despair of forgiveness.
I have offended You grievously, O Beloved Redeemer, but it would be still worse if I were to offend You by thinking that You were lacking in goodness to forgive me. I would rather He deprive me of everything else than the TRUST I have in Your Mercy.
Should I fall a hundred times or should my crimes be a hundred times worse that they actually are, I would continue to trust in Your MERCY. Amen
Prayer for Mercy for the Dying
O merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I beseech You, by the agony of Your Most Sacred Heart and by the sorrows of Your Immaculate Mother, wash clean in Your Blood the sinners of the whole world who are now in their final agony, but especially those on their way to eternal damnation and who are to die this day. Heart of Jesus who suffered death's agony, I beg You have mercy on these poor souls. Amen.
Prayer for Mercy for the Souls in Purgatory
Eternal Father, I offer You the most precious blood of Your Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, for those in my own home and within my own family. Amen.
Prayer For A Lonely Soul
Jesus, Friend of a lonely heart, You are my haven, You are my peace. You are my salvation, You are my serenity in moments of struggle and amidst an ocean of doubts. You are the bright ray that lights up the path of my life. You are everything to a lonely soul even though it remains silent. You know the weaknesses and You comfort and heal, sparing us sufferings. Amen.
Divine Mercy Direct Me
Eternal God, Goodness itself, whose mercy is incomprehensible to every intellect, whether human or angelic, help me, your feeble child, to do Your holy will as You make it known to me. I desire nothing but to fulfill God's desires. Lord, here is my soul and my body, my mind and my will, my heart and all my love. Direct me according to Your eternal plan. Amen.
NOVENA TO THE DIVINE MERCY
Jesus, I Trust in You
"...Jesus instructed me to write down and make before the Feast of Mercy. It begins on Good Friday." #1209 (57) of the Diary of Saint Faustina - Divine Mercy in My Soul.
I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fount of My mercy, that they may draw there from strength and refreshment and whatever graces they need in the hardships of life and, especially, at the hour of death.
On each day you will bring to My Heart a different group of souls, and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy, and I will bring all these souls into the house of My Father. You will do this in this life and in the next. I will deny nothing to any soul whom you will bring to the fount of My mercy. On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My bitter Passion, for graces for these souls."
I answered, "Jesus, I do not know how to make this novena or which souls to bring first into Your Most Compassionate Heart." Jesus replied that He would tell me which souls to bring each day into His Heart.
FIRST DAY
Today, bring to Me all mankind, especially all sinners and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way you will console Me in the bitter grief into which the loss of souls plunges Me.
Most Merciful Jesus, whose very nature it is to have compassion on us and to forgive us, do not look upon our sins, but upon the trust which (58) we place in Your infinite goodness. Receive us all into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart, and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by Your love which unites You to the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Oh omnipotence of Divine Mercy,
Salvation of sinful people,
You are a sea of mercy and compassion;
You aid those who entreat You with humility.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon all mankind and especially upon poor sinners, all enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, show us Your mercy, that we may praise the omnipotence of Your mercy forever and ever. Amen.
SECOND DAY
Today, bring to Me the souls of priests and religious, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me the strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them, as through channels, My mercy flows out upon Mankind.
Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, increase Your grace in us, that we may perform worthy works of mercy, and that all who see us may glorify the Father of Mercy who is in heaven.
The fountain of God's love
Dwells in pure hearts,
Bathed in the Sea of Mercy,
Radiant as stars, bright as the dawn.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gave (59) upon the company {of chosen ones} in Your vineyard-- upon the souls of priests and religious, and endow them with the strength of Your blessing. For the love of the Heart of Your Son, in which they are enfolded, impart to them Your power and light, that they may be able to guide others in the way of salvation, and with one voice sing praise to Your boundless mercy for ages without end. Amen.
THIRD DAY
Today bring to Me all devout and faithful souls, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. These souls brought Me consolation on the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness.
Most Merciful Jesus, from the treasury of Your mercy, You impart Your graces in great abundance to each and all. Receive us into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart and never let us escape from It. We beg this of You by that most wondrous love for the heavenly Father with which Your Heart burns so fiercely.
The miracles of mercy are impenetrable.
Neither the sinner nor just one will fathom them.
When You cast upon us an eye of pity,
You draw us all closer to Your love.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon faithful souls, as upon the inheritance of Your Son. For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, grant them Your blessing and surround them with Your constant protection. Thus may they never fail in love or lose the treasure of the holy faith, but rather, with all the hosts of Angels and Saints, may they glorify Your boundless mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FOURTH DAY
Today bring to Me the pagans and those who do not yet know me. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My mercy.
Most Compassionate Jesus, You are the Light of the whole world. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of pagans who as yet do not know You. Let the rays of Your grace enlighten them that they, too, together with us, may extol Your wonderful mercy; and do not let them escape from the abode which is Your Most Compassionate Heart.
May the light of Your love
Enlighten the souls in darkness;
Grant that these souls will know You
And, together with us, praise Your mercy.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of pagans and of those who as yet do not know You, but who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Draw them to the light of the Gospel. These souls do not know what great happiness it is to love You. Grant that they, too, may extol the generosity of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
FIFTH DAY
Today bring to Me the souls of heretics and schismatics, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart; that is, My Church. As they return to unity with the Church, My wounds heal, and in this way they alleviate My Passion.
Most Merciful Jesus, Goodness Itself. You do not refuse light to those who seek it of You. Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of heretics and schismatics. Draw them by Your light into the unity of the Church, and do not let them, escape from the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart; but bring it about that they, too, come to adore the generosity of Your mercy.
(61) Even for those who have torn the garment of Your unity,
A fount of mercy flows from Your Heart.
The omnipotence of Your mercy, Oh God,
Can lead these souls also out of error.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls of heretics and schismatics, who have squandered Your blessings and misused Your graces by obstinately persisting in their errors. Do not look upon their errors, but upon the love of Your own Son and upon His bitter Passion, which He underwent for their sake, since they, too, are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Bring it about that they also may glorify Your great mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SIXTH DAY
Today bring to Me the meek and humble souls and the souls of little children, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony, I saw them as earthly Angels, who would keep vigil at My altars. I pour out upon them whole torrents of grace. Only the humble souls is able to receive My grace. I favor humble souls with My confidence.
(62) Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said "Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of Heart." Receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart all meek and humble souls and the souls of little children. These souls send all heaven into ecstasy, and they are the heavenly Father's favorites. They are a sweet-smelling bouquet before the throne of God; God himself takes delight in their fragrance. These souls have a permanent abode in Your Most Compassionate Heart, O Jesus, and they unceasingly sing out a hymn of love and mercy.
A truly gentle and humble soul
Already here on earth the air of paradise breathes,
And in the fragrance of her humble heart
The Creator Himself delights.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon meek and humble souls, and upon the souls of little children, who are enfolded in the abode which is the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls bear the closest resemblance to Your Son. Their fragrance rises from the earth and reaches Your very throne. Father of mercy and of all goodness, I beg You by the love you bear these souls and by the delight You take in them; bless the whole world, that all souls together may sing out the praises of Your mercy for endless ages. Amen.
SEVENTH DAY
Today bring to Me the souls who especially venerate and glorify My mercy, and immerse them in My mercy. these souls sorrowed most over My Passion and entered most deeply into My Spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls will shine with a special brightness in the next life. Not one of them will go into the fire of hell. I shall particularly defend each one of them at the hour of death.
(63) Most Merciful Jesus, whose Heart is Love Itself, receive into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls of those who particularly extol and venerate the greatness of Your mercy. these souls are might with the very power of God Himself. In the midst of all afflictions and adversities they go forward, confident of Your mercy. These souls are united to Jesus and carry all mankind on their shoulders. These souls will not be judged severely, but Your mercy will embrace them as they depart from this life.
A soul who praises the goodness of her Lord
Is especially loved by Him.
She is always close to the living fountain
And draws graces from Mercy Divine.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls who glorify and venerate Your greatest attribute, that of Your fathomless mercy, and who are enclosed in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. These souls are a living Gospel; their hands are full of deeds of mercy and their spirit, overflowing with joy, sings a canticle of mercy to You, O Most High! I beg You O God; Show them Your mercy according to the hope and trust they have placed in You. Let there be accomplished in them the promises of Jesus, who said to them, I Myself will defend as My own glory, during their lifetime, and especially at the hour of their death, those souls who will venerate My fathomless mercy.
EIGHTH DAY
Today bring to Me the souls who are in the prison of Purgatory, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making retribution to My justice. It is in your power to bring them relief. Draw all the indulgences from the treasure (64) of My church and offer them on their behalf. Oh, if you only knew the torments they suffer, you would continually offer for them the alms of the spirit and pay off their debt to My justice.
Most Merciful Jesus, You Yourself have said that You desire mercy, so I bring into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart the souls in Purgatory, souls who are very dear to You, and yet, who must make retribution to Your justice. May the streams of Blood and Water which gushed forth from Your Heart put out the flames of the purifying fire, that in that place, too, the power of Your mercy may be praised.
From the terrible heat of the cleansing fire
Rises a plaint to Your mercy,
And they receive comfort, refreshment, relief
In the stream of mingled Blood and Water
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon the souls suffering in Purgatory, who are enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. I beg You, by the sorrowful Passion of Jesus Your Son, and by all the bitterness with which His most sacred Soul was flooded, manifest Your mercy to the souls who are under Your just scrutiny. Look upon them in no other way than through the Wounds of Jesus. Your dearly beloved Son; for we firmly believe that there is no limit to Your goodness and compassion.
NINTH DAY
Today bring to Me souls who have become lukewarm, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were the reason I cried out: "Father, take this cup away fro Me, if it be Your will." For them, the last hope (65) of salvation is to flee to My mercy.
Most Compassionate Jesus, You are Compassion Itself. I bring lukewarm souls into the abode of Your Most Compassionate Heart. In this fire of Your pour love let these tepid souls, who, like corpses, filled You with such deep loathing, be once again set aflame. O Most Compassionate Jesus, exercise the omnipotence of Your mercy and draw them into the very ardor of Your love; and bestow upon them the gift of holy love, for nothing is beyond Your power.
Fire and ice cannot be joined;
Either the fire dies, or the ice melts
But by Your mercy, O God,
You can make up for all that is lacking.
Eternal Father, turn Your merciful gaze upon lukewarm souls, who are nonetheless enfolded in the Most Compassionate Heart of Jesus. Father of Mercy, I beg You by the bitter Passion of Your Son and by His three-hour agony on the Cross; Let them too, glorify the abyss of Your mercy...
O day of eternity, O day so long desired,
With thirst and longing, my eyes search you out.
Soon love will tear the veil asunder,
And you will be my salvation.
O day most beautiful, moment incomparable,
When for the first time I shall see my God,
The Bridegroom of my soul and Lord of lords,
And fear will not restrain my soul.
O day most solemn, O day of brightness,
When the soul will know God in His omnipotence
And down totally in His love,
Knowing the miseries of exile are o'er.
O happy day, O blessed day,
When my heart will burn for You with fire eternal.
For even now I feel Your presence, though through the veil.
Through life and death, O Jesus, You are my rapture and delight.
O day, of which I dreamed through all my life,
Waiting long for You, O God,
For it is You alone whom I desire.
You are the one and only of my heart; all else is naught.
O day of delight, day of eternal bliss,
God of great majesty, my beloved Spouse,
You know that nothing will satisfy a virgin heart.
On Your tender Heart I rest my brow.
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