Fr Doucette - "I will refresh you" - Mon, August 4, 2008
FATHER MELVIN DOUCETTE
"I will refresh you"
Monday, August 4, 2008
Dear Friends,
Great crowds came to Jesus, having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute and many others. They placed them at his feet, and he cured them. The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the deformed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind able to see, and they glorified the God of Israel. Matthew 15: 30 31
We had a cloudy day yesterday but very little rain. The roads were dry in the afternoon but it started to rain in the evening and it rained the whole night. It is still raining this morning. I doubt we will see the sun today.
I will celebrate Holy Mass today at the Manor in Alberton at 1:30 p.m. Yesterday evening I went to visit my brother in O'Leary and Father Nicholas and I stopped to visit our new neighbours who moved next to me. Although it is raining, some visitors will come today to visit the little shrine of Our Lady of Prince Edward Island. Father Nicholas will celebrate Holy Mass at the little shrine at 10:30 this morning. The well-known Ralph Martin will be in Tignish tomorrow evening to give a talk. I hope to be able to go and listen to him.
I will now give you Joseph's message given to him by Jesus. Jesus said to him these words, When I was on earth I always showed great compassion for the sick, the lame, the blind, the mute and the deformed. The people would bring them to Me and I would lay My hand on each one of them and heal them. It was My joy to make them whole and completely well.
I always asked from the sick and those who brought them to Me that they believe in Me. When I was in My hometown of Nazareth, I could not cure many people because of their unbelief. They did not believe that I had the power to heal them because they knew Me as the son of Joseph and Mary. However, in many places I went, the people came with faith and I was able to cure them all. The healing of all these people is a sign that I am the Messiah, the Saviour.
It is a fact that only God has the power to make the blind see or the lame walk. No doctor is able to heal a person with such problems. Whenever you see a person that brings about such a healing, you can be sure that the power of God is at work. I healed many people when I was on earth and today I continue these healings through those I gave the gift. There are more healings today in different parts of the world than ever before. That shows that I am at work in a very powerful way in the world. It is also a call to all to believe in Me as their Saviour. If I can heal their bodies, I can surely heal their souls. Come to Me all you who are burdened and I will refresh you. I will heal your spirit and your heart. I will make you well and fill you with My peace.
Father Melvin
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Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick August 3,2008
PRAYER GROUP ROSARY / WEDNESDAYS - 7:00 P.M. / SUNDAYS - 3:00 P.M.
LADY OF LOURDES GROTTO (BEHIND HOSPITAL) PANA, IL
MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN
SHARON FITZPATRICK LOCUTIONIST
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008
MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,
I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE COME TO PRAY HERE, HERE AT THIS PLACE
DESIGNATED BY GOD AS A HOLY PLACE AND A PLACE OF GRACE. I WELCOME YOU
MY LOVES AND I EXTEND TO EACH OF YOU MY DEEPEST LOVE.
SWEET CHILDREN, IT IS SO IN MY HEART TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THOSE OF
THE WORLD THAT ARE BLINDED BY PRIDE AND ARROGANCE. IT IS A TIME WHEN
THOSE SO PLAGUED REFUSE THE GRACE OF GOD TO DISPEL THIS PRIDE AND COME
INTO THE TRUTH. MY HEART WANTS FOR THEM THIS GRACE AND PEACE, SO I SAY
TO YOU PRAY AS I HAVE TAUGHT YOU. GIVE ME YOUR ROSARIES THAT I MAY USE
THEM FOR CONVERSION AT THIS TIME - THIS TIME.
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE LORD AND I WANT NOT FOR YOU SAD HEARTS, BUT
JOYFUL ONES. SO LISTEN THEN AS I GIVE TO YOU THE WORDS OF LOVE, PLACED
IN MY HEART BY GOD THE FATHER. FOR YOU THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE. YOU
HAVE FORGED YOUR DESTINY WITH SUFFERING AND SACRIFICE. THIS IS YOUR
TIME MY LOVES, BUT YOUR PLACE IS STILL BEING MADE READY. THEREFORE, BE
ALERT AND KEEP YOUR SOULS BEAUTIFUL WITH GOD'S GRACE AND KEEP OPEN
YOUR HEARTS THAT I MIGHT FILL THEM WITH THOSE THINGS NECESSARY FOR YOU
NOW. I WILL PLACE IN YOUR HEARTS THE WISDOM YOU HAVE WON FROM THE HOLY
GHOST. YOU WILL RECEIVE UNDERSTANDING FOR YOUR PERPLEXITIES. YOU WILL
BE GIVEN A SUBSTANTIAL STRENGTH FROM THE EUCHARISTIC JESUS, AND YOU
WILL FIND YOURSELVES HUMBLY IN THE HOLY WILL OF GOD. AND SO I SAY TO
YOU, RECEIVE ALL THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU BY THE HOLY GHOST AND
DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MY IMMACULATE HEART TAKE IN IT ALL WITH GREAT JOY
AND REMAIN EVER GRATEFUL.
MY LOVES, MY LOVES, WITH A TENDER KISS AND WITH DEEPEST LOVE DO I
BLESS YOU, AND I DO THIS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
HOLY GHOST.
LET THE BLESSING OF CHRIST GIVEN WITH TRUE LOVE FROM MY BELOVED PRIEST
- SONS COME UPON YOU, AND MAY YOU RECEIVE IT WITH TRUE AND HUMBLE
HEARTS.
BRING TO GOD, YOUR PRAISE AND GRATITUDE AND I SAY TO YOU, DO THIS NOW
AND FOREVER.
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August 1, 2008
8:45am
Adoration Chapel
Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe
Orlando, Florida
From Our Queen of the Universe
My dear son,
I come to you today as Mary, Queen of the Universe. It is not by happenstance that I have brought you here to this Shrine that has been dedicated in my honor, and I have specifically brought you to the very Sacred Chapel within my Shrine where My Son, the Saviour and Redeemer of the world, is venerated by His Presence in the Most Holy Eucharist, where He is also venerated by my faithful remnant in the most important times in the history of humanity.
You sit within an edifice that is A Beacon of Light to the Heavens in a geographical area that has become devoted to the entertainment and amusement of humanity. God has always chosen for his creations to be living fulfilling lives within your world that include time for all of you to enjoy the fruits of the world. Nothing pleases your Lord and Saviour more than to see His children, His loving creations, enjoying their lives in this world when it is filled with the laughter of His children.
But the times have come in this world and among humanity when the plans of the evil one include turning the entertainment and amusement of the peoples into an opportunity to control and exercise power over you that is part of the evil one?s plans to tear humanity away from its connection to the God and Creator of all of you.
Your places of entertainment have become secular havens devoid of any connection to the spiritual nature of mankind; secular havens that are intentionally designed to brainwash humanity into a strictly secular lifestyle devoid of a connection to the Lord and Saviour, My Son, the Redeemer of all of you, as well as from your God and Creator.
You must become aware of the plans of the ministers of the evil one here on Earth, who have intentionally gained control of your providers of entertainment and of the media entities that are now working in league with the dark one to secularize all of humanity and to exercise a dominance and control over all of humanity, which is so contrary to God?s plans for mankind that great corrections must now be made to return mankind to God?s plan which is the Original Order of Creation.
Surrounding this beautiful edifice, which has become a beacon of light for humanity to reach out to God in this area, there are places of entertainment and amusement that draw families and especially the children from throughout the world to enjoy their times together as families. However, the design and inspiration for these places of entertainment ignores the creation of all that is good as a result of everything that has been created for humanity by your God and Creator.
The motivation of the powerful designers and operators of these places of entertainment is aligned with the dark one who intends to enslave all of you and to use such amusement and entertainment to motivate you to accept such enslavement by masking the true intentions of the dark one by blinding you with stimulations that allow you to feel good, but only fleetingly, while you grow in a direction that removes you from your soulful nature and true spirit.
I have invited you specifically to this chapel where my Son is exposed through the Presentation and Adoration of the Holy Eucharist, because I want to emphasize to you and to your brothers and sisters the importance of recognizing my Son through the power of the Holy Eucharist and to accept the Holy Eucharist into your hearts, minds, and souls as the most powerful form of prayer and reception of the nature of God that is available to mankind.
I ask you now, all of you, my faithful remnant, in a special plea for you to reach out to the young people of the world, who have been inculcated with the propaganda of the evil one, who is attempting to secularize and dehumanize the young people to achieve his plans for global domination.
It is important in these times that you reach out to the children to save their souls for the Lord and Saviour and, in particular, to emphasize to them the importance of the Lord and Saviour in their lives through the frequent reception of the Holy Eucharist.
You are now in the time of great struggle for the souls of mankind, and it is in these times that you must, I beg of you, you must reach out to your children who are falling away from the Church of my Son. All of you have a mission in life that has been ordained by your God and Creator, but the most important mission in these times is for you to save the souls of your own children who are being led astray.
This is the plan of the evil one to not only dominate and control all of humanity but to create through scientific evolution a race of soulless beings devoid of any connection to the God and Creator of all that is. But this blasphemy will not succeed for the God and Creator of all, through His Son and Redeemer, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, is manifesting Himself directly to you in these times to bring about an Era of Peace, a time when the dark one will be defeated in his plans.
All of you share an important mission in this regard in these times, and that mission that I speak about to you today must immediately address and emphasize the importance of your mission to reach out to your children and to bring them back to the arms of the Lord and Saviour, My Son, Jesus Christ.
This is a time of extreme importance and urgency in this world, and in this regard, I ask that you dutifully accept this mission to reach out to your family members and friends and especially to the younger children to stop the evil one from taking over their lives.
Introduce the children to Jesus again through the Blessed Sacraments. Bring the children back to the Church to frequent Communion and attendance at Mass. Reeducate your children to the mysteries of the faith, and to the wonderful and miraculous stories and miracles of your religious heritage that are available to you through the written word in the Holy Bible.
This is a time for all of you to energize your family members and friends and rekindle in them the faith that the Lord desires of you. Turbulent times are ahead for all of humanity and I call upon you now, my faithful remnant, to answer the call to arms through your most powerful weapon, my Holy Rosary.
Know now that you will be rewarded in Heaven for the good works that you perform now in answering my call. Understand that to ignore this message and its warning is to risk the souls and the futures of your dearly beloved ones. So act now in the names of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit to assist in bringing about the Era of Peace not only for your own family members, friends, and children, but also for all of humanity for it is the intention of your God and Creator that all souls are to be saved.
I plead with you now to answer my call. The trumpets are already sounding in Heaven in anticipation of you commitment to My Son, your Lord and Saviour.
I come to you today as Mary, Queen of the Universe.
Bless you my son for the work that you are doing for me.
Message ended 9:18am
Brides of The Most Blessed Trinity July 26,2008
One Hundred and Twelfth Visitation of Our Lady
July 26, 2008 Last Saturday of July Priest?s Saturday Theriot, LA U.S.A
Claire Rose wrote: Today is a beautiful day! My husband blessed inside and outside of our home with Holy Water. We are blessed by the presence of two holy priests, one from Uganda the other from Louisiana, also two Religious Brothers and two Sisters and about 100 pilgrims.
At noon the Stations of the Cross were prayed. At 1:30pm we prayed the Chaplet of Divine Love for Priests. Both priests heard Confessions. Just before 2p.m. Our Mother asked me to sprinkle Holy Water. At 2pm Holy Mass of the Feast Day of Sts. Joachim and Anne was offered. Our Mother has been visible to me since this morning.
Our Mother was present before Holy Mass began. She remained throughout Holy Mass. At times She sat in the empty chair near the altar. Our Mother was dressed as Mother of Divine Love with no crown until after Holy Mass when the crown on Her Head was so resplendent with Light I could barely see Our Mother except for Her silhouette.
After Holy Mass we prayed the Luminous Mysteries. Our Mother spoke. ?My Beloved Priest Sons, I love you! I love you! I love you! I have brought you here today My beloved priest sons, Sons of My Immaculate Heart. I am present here today O My sons. I come to you here My own sons. I come to this quiet and hidden place for you My own sons. O how I love you! I come here to love you. I come to bring Divine Love to you. I come to teach all of My children to love one another. My beloved priest son ?Tony,? Father Tony, I have carried you My son from a far away place. I thank you for your holy presence here today. I thank you for your ?yes!? I am with you My chosen son and I am within you! I thank you for offering the Holy Sacrifice of the Holy Mass for My precious children. I bless you My son. I will continue to be with you as you walk your journey of Faith among My precious children. I receive you through My children?s hearts. My precious priest son Fr. Simon, I love you! I love you! I love you! Thank you from Your Mother?s Heart. I thank you both My sons for hearing the Confessions of My precious children. You are greatly blessed and chosen My two priest sons.
My beloved religious My little children I love you! I love you! I love you! I thank you My precious ones My doves. I thank you for wearing your habits. I thank you for your many years of faithful service to My Beloved Son Jesus and to Your Immaculate Mother. I remain within you My chosen children.
My beloved children I love you all. I encompass you all under My Mantle of Protection. I hear the prayers of your hearts My children. You pray and ask Our Father to bless you with holy priests. Your prayers are heard My children and Heaven?s response to your call is at hand. Among you today are those who desire to become priests. Today each of these receives a special blessing to persevere in a holy journey of life.
My children I ask you all to open your hearts completely to Your Immaculate Mother. Open your hearts fully to Your Mother. Surrender to Your Mother all that troubles, you all that crowds your heart, all that keeps you from total peace. Come to your Mother. I will help you to clean out your heart and remove all that is blocking you from having refreshing peace and healing.
O My children I love you! Each new person today receives an Angel of Protection, one who will protect your faith in My Son Jesus.
The Most Holy Blessed Trinity has visited you today and blesses each one of you through the holy and anointed hands of My priest sons. Love your priest. Defend your priest. Help your priest. Pray and sacrifice for your priest. They, My beloved priest sons are a special gift to you all. A gift from our God. A gift to be treasured and honored always. I love you! All will return home safely! I am Your Mother. I have many titles. I am one Mother Your Mother, Lady of the Bayou, Mother of Divine Love, Patroness of Priests.?
As we prayed the Divine Mercy Chaplet Padre Pio appeared. There was a tear in his left eye. Then he smiled as we continued to pray.
end of Claire Rose________ _________ _________ _
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Message to Michael DiBitetto August 3, 2008
THE T.R.U.S.T. PRAYER GROUP OF SHELTON, CT
August 3, 2008
Sunday evening 6:00 p.m.
Tonight we prayed The Litany Prayers
At the end of the 3rd decade, 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 now I see a LARGE BROWN ANCHOR (The Anchor signifies hope)
-and now I see The Holy Spirit as a DOVE on the-wall and Its coming from the-wall- and is going around the room, and Its going through everyones heart including everyone on the radio internet.
And now once again I see
"OUR LADY OF FATIMA"
MY DEAR DEAR CHILDREN
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD � PRAY FOR EVERYONE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
MY DEAR DEAR CHILDREN
I HAD SAID A WHILE AGO OF AN OLDER MESSAGE THAT PRAYER IS YOUR MOST POWERFUL WEAPON TO HAVE YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED IS TO PRAY BUT TO PRAY FROM YOUR HEART AND PRAYER IS YOUR ONLY WEAPON AGAINST SATAN
LOOK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE READ MY MESSAGES THAT CALIFORNIA WOULD BE WIPED OFF AND WOULD NOT EXIST AS PART OF THE UNITED STATES THAT A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE WOULD HIT
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRAYING WHETHER PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA OR PEOPLE IN OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE LOVED ONES IN CALIFORNIA BUT PRAYERS HAVE BEEN SAID AS THEY HAD AN EARTHQUAKE BUT NOT A MAJOR DISASTER TYPE PRAYERS EASED THE EARTHQUAKE IT COULD NOT STOP IT AS THINGS LIKE THAT MUST TAKE ITS COURSE AND STILL OCCUR BUT AT A LOWER RATE
THAT EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA ONCE AGAIN WAS LIKE A WARNING FOR CALIFORNIA THAT THEY MUST CHANGE THEIR WAYS ESPECIALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HOW UNFORTUNATE IN THAT STATE WHICH IS FOR ST. FRANCIS
MY DEAR DEAR CHILDREN
I ASK YOU TO CONTINUE TO PRAY AND PRAY FOR CALIFORNIA TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE AS THINGS WILL HAPPEN THROUGH OUT THE WORLD AND NOT FOR THE BETTER
DISASTERS WILL BE OCCURRING CALIFORNIA IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE FOR A MAJOR DISASTER IT WILL OCCUR ALL AROUND THE WORLD ANOTHER PART OF THE UNITED STATES AS I HAD SAID A WHILE AGO: AND STILL IS IS FLORIDA THEY MUST BE AWARE OF DISASTERS ALSO
OTHER DISASTERS HAVE OCCURRED THIS PAST WEEK MANY MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HEAR OF THEM NOR DID THEY READ OF IT LIKE AN AVALANCHE THAT OCCURRED IN PAKISTAN A PLANE CRASHED IN THE UNITED STATES A SMALL PLANE AND TAKEN A FEW LIVES BUT YET AS I HAVE SAID: EVEN IF ONE LIFE IS LOST IT IS A DISASTER
IT MAY NOT BE A DISASTER FOR YOU BUT FOR THAT PERSONS FAMILY IMAGINE LOSING A LOVED IN A PLANE CRASH OR A BOMB BLOWS UP AND YOU LOSE A LOVED ONE YOU ARE DEVASTATED AS TO YOU IT WAS A MAJOR DISASTER AND A LOSE
MY DEAR DEAR CHILDREN
PLEASE GO TO CONFESSION HAVE YOUR SOULS CLEANSED� ATTEND MASS AND RECEIVE THE BODY OF MY SON AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
AS THE RETURN OF MY SON IS GETTING CLOSER BY EACH DAY�
MY DEAR DEAR CHILDREN � I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY � VERY MUCH � AND I BLESS YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF OUR FATHER MY SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN.
(and now The Blessed Mother as Our Lady Of Fatima has disappeared. )
-and now over The picture of The Sacred Heart St.Padre Pio has appeared and he’s still celebrating mass
-and now over The picture of The Divine Mercy The Holy Spirit as a dove has appeared and rays of light are coming down towards everyone in the prayer group.
Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 04 - ST. JOHN VIANNEY
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5TH 1984
The celebration of the second millennium of Mary's birthday was preceded by three days of fasting and continuous prayer. Seventy priests heard confessions without respite; there were conversions in great numbers. Never in my life have I cried with sorrow, as I have cried this evening with joy. Thank you! (RN 18,27).
In anticipation of this day the Gospa had said:
The priest who will hear confession will have great joy on that day.
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"How kind is our sacramental Jesus! He welcomes you at any hour of the day or night. His love never knows rest. He is always gentle toward you. When you visit Him, He forgets your sins and imperfections and speaks only of His joy, His tenderness and His love" (St. Peter Julian Eymard).
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"Let us with Mary [Magdalene] also sit in devout meditation [with Jesus in
the Holy Eucharist], and hearken well what our Savior, being now our guest, will inwardly say unto us" (St. Thomas More).
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Pope John Paul II -
Pope John Paul II to Cardinal Tomasek
"If I were not Pope, I would be in Medjugorje already." Medjugorje and the Church, Sr Emmanuel & Denis Nolan p 19
Mother Teresa -
The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. That is the fullness of our heart expressing itself in many different ways.
Padre Pio -
Nevertheless there is some difference between the virtue of humility and that of abjection, because humility is the recognition of ones abjection. Now the highest degree of humility is, not only to recognize one's abjection, but to love it. This is what I have exhorted you to do (Letters III p 570).
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Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
"Parents hold the place of God in the home. If they act as tyrants they will develop unconsciously anti-religious sentiments in their children. Children love approbation and can be easily cast down into despair when blamed excessively for trivial faults. With great difficulty can children ever be taught the Love and Mercy of God if His vice-regents in the home act without it and are so difficult to please. When good intentions are rated low, and children are put under the ban of dishonor, they are likely to show they are no better than their parents think they are."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian. org/directory_ flash.html -
There is a series of graces which God pours into the soul after these trials by fire. The soul enjoys intimate union with God. It has many visions, both corporeal and intellectual. It hears many supernatural words, and sometimes distinct orders. But despite these graces, it is not self-sufficient. In fact it is even less so as a result of God's graces, because it is now open to many dangers and can easily fall prey to illusions. It ought to ask God for a spiritual director; but not only must it pray for one, it must also make every effort to find a leader who is an expert in these things, just as a military leader must know the ways along which he will lead [his followers] into battle. A soul that is united with God must be prepared for great and hard-fought battles.
After these purifications and tears, God abides in the soul in a special way, but the soul does not always cooperate with these graces. Not that the soul itself is not willing to work, but it encounters so many interior and exterior difficulties that it really takes a miracle to sustain the soul on these summits. In this, it absolutely needs a director. People have often sown doubt in my soul, and I myself have sometimes become frightened at the thought that I was, after all, an ignorant person and did not have knowledge of many things, above all, spiritual things. But when my doubts increased, I sought light from my confessor or my superiors. Yet I did not obtain what I desired. (121)
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.
AUGUST 4 - ST. JOHN VIANNEY
The Madonna speaks of prayer today:
When you pray you must feel more. Prayer is a conversation with God. To pray means to listen to God. Prayer is useful for you because after prayer everything is clear. Prayer makes one know happiness. Prayer can teach you how to cry. Prayer can teach you how to blossom. Prayer is not a joke. Prayer is a dialogue with God (First Years October 20, 1984).
And from Paul's first letter to Timothy: I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument (1 Tm 2:8).
Reflection:
St. John Vianney, the Cur� of Ars, was born in France in 1789. After ordination to the priesthood, he was appointed pastor of a parish in the town of Ars. He was renowned for his preaching, works of charity, and devout prayer. He died on this date in 1859.
Rather than delineate his thoughts on prayer, let us listen to one of his catechetical instructions:
My little children, reflect on these words: the Christian's treasure is not on earth but in heaven. Our thoughts, then, ought to be directed to where our treasure is. This is the glorious duty of man; to pray and to love. If you pray and love, that is where a man's happiness lies.
Prayer is nothing else but union with God. When one has a heart that is pure and united with God, he is given a kind of serenity and sweetness that makes him ecstatic, a light that surrounds him with marvelous brightness. In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding.
How similar are the thoughts of St. John and Our Lady on prayer and the goodness of God. May their words become a part of our lives.
Application:
Through the intercession of St. John Vianney, ask the Lord today for a deeper spirit of prayer
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