BLACK CATHOLICS AFRICAN DIASPORA CHRISTIAN PROPHECY MEDITATIONS
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BLACK SAINTS OF THE DAY
Leonitus, Hiero Moor from Maurentania
Leontius, Venusta, and Florentius with Theodore. We are Bishops, along with Cajus, Catulinus, killed in the North and Western part of Africa, 10 March.
Leontius of Alexandria, martyr, Sept. 13. (Probbly the same as
Leontius, Serapion, and Cronides (Hieronides) of Alexandria, martyrs. 11 Sept).
Leontius the Philosopher of Sabbas’ monastery, 19 Oct.
Leo, a subdeacon, Timotheus, Zoticus, Zoilus, Gelatus (or Cursicus), I was a prie Martyrs in Africa. 30 June.
Leucius of Alexandria . I was a Kemetian, martyred 309 A.D in Alexandria with Peter of Alexandria and Severus of Alexandria. We published and proclaimed the faith of Jesus Christ. 11 Jan.
Liberatus, Abbot, Patron of Carthage. I was killed with oars.
Under order of Arian Kiang of the Vandals Huneric, along with deacon
Boniface, Subdeacons Servis, Ruicus, the monks Rogatus, Septimus, and a boy at the monastery of Capsa named Maximus, 19 Aug.
Longinus of Kemet (4th century), 17 Nov.
Longinus, Paulus, Zaina (Zeina). We are martyrs, celebrated in the Coptic Church, 21 Oct.
Longinus and Paulus, Agatho and Arsenius Pachomius, collective memorial celebrated on 17 Jan.
Longus, Presbyter (Elder), Possibly a duplicate name, but a Presbyter (Elder), in Alexandria, Kemet (Africa), who agreed to the deposition at Alexandria in 321A.D.in a synod of more than one hundred African Kemetian (Egyptian) and Libyan bishops of Heretic priest Arius and his wicked, irreverent henchmen. (One of the holy folk).
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WEDNESDAY- AFROCENTRIC GLORIOUS MYSTERIES OF ROSARY by St. Brigid Traditional Choir (Los Angeles)
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Pray the Joyful mysteries on Monday and Saturday, the Luminous on Thursday, the Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday (with this exception: Sundays of Christmas season - The Joyful; Sundays of Lent - Sorrowful)
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TODAY’S PROPHECY MEDITATIONS
Test! Discern The Spirit!
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FATHER MELVIN DOUCETTE
"I call you to come to Me now"
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Dear Friends,
"There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, 'Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?' Jesus said to him, 'What is written in the law? How do you read it?'
He said in reply, 'You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.' He replied to him, 'You have answered correctly; do this and you shall live." Luke 10: 25 - 28
We had a cool morning yesterday with plenty of clouds but the sun came out in the afternoon and it was warm. Today we will have a beautiful sunny day with the temperature past 20 degrees Celsius.
Yesterday I had an hour of adoration at our church between 11:00 a.m. and noon. In the afternoon I took our visitor to North Cape to see the many windmills there and we walked along the path near the sea.
Then we went to Tignish Shore to walk along the beautiful beach where some people were sitting and hundreds of birds were grouped together here and there. I celebrated Holy Mass in the evening at 7:00 p.m. in the little shrine of Our Lady of Prince Edward Island, and I will celebrate Holy Mass at the little shrine this morning at 9:30 a.m.
Our Lord gave a message to Joseph and these are the words Jesus gave him, "Many people ask themselves this question, 'What is the purpose of life? Why are we here in this world with all the suffering, so many people are starving and there are so many sicknesses?'
Those who believe in God will ask like this scholar of the law, 'What must I do to inherit eternal life?' Eternal life here means to be with God in heaven where you will live forever.
Heaven is life after death where there is no longer any suffering or death or starvation and all are filled with joy and happiness being with God and seeing Him forever. There you will never be tired and indeed you will be blessed.
You were born in this world to live in union with God so that after the test you would enjoy the glory of heaven for eternity. In order to reach heaven, you need to love the Lord, Your God. He must be first in your life every day and you must love your neighbor as yourself.
I came into the world to teach you what God expects of you. I called you all to believe in Me with all your heart for I am the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. I came with one purpose to help you get to heaven. Without My help you cannot achieve the purpose for which you were born.
Throw away all your hesitations, your pride, your fears and the thought concerning what others will think of you, and come and follow Me. Make this leap of faith and become My follower and I will be there to help you. I am always ready to give you all you need, if you will believe in Me and enter My Church and My Kingdom. Do not delay for it might be too late. I call you to come to Me now."
Father Melvin
Fr Doucette - "They did not believe" - Tue, Aug 26, 2008
FATHER MELVIN DOUCETTE
"They did not believe"
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Dear Friends,
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter's son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this? And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house. And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith. Matthew 13: 54 58
Below is another message received by Joseph from Our Lord. Jesus spoke to him saying, I grew up in Northern Israel in the town of Nazareth. Joseph and My Mother, Mary, had a home there and many people knew Me. I attended the synagogue regularly especially after I was 12 years of age.
After I began My public life I returned at times to My native town and I spoke in the synagogue I attended when I was younger. The people of Nazareth refused to accept Me because I lived there. They believed that I was an imposter showing off with such wisdom and power. They did not believe that I was the Messiah, the Saviour, and that I was the Son of God. I was unable to heal many people because of their unbelief.
Many of those I have chosen to do My work are also rejected by their family and friends. They still see them as one of theirs with whom they went to school and it blocks them to accept that they have the power to do My work.
These are accepted by strangers who can read the signs and accept the message. Because of My rejection in Nazareth, they will understand that I am an example for them. Indeed a prophet is accepted everywhere except in his native place and in his own house. This is a trial, which all have to go through and it brings pain to the one who is treated like this. Without faith it is impossible to do much among these people. Pray that they open their hearts to the people I sent them.
Father Melvin
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Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 27 - ST. MONICA
"We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist." (St. Augustine)
Mother Teresa -
Total surrender consists in giving ourselves completely to God. We must give ourselves fully to God because God has given Himself fully to us. If God owes nothing to us and is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves?
Meditations by Padre Pio -
In order to reach our final goal, we must follow our Divine Leader who usually leads chosen Souls by the path He Himself has trodden and by no other; by the path, I tell you, of self-denial and suffering.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Making truth personal through solitude with God
"Only in solitariness is true spirituality born, when the soul stands naked before its God. In that moment these are the only two realities in the universe. In this discovery is born love of neighbor, for then we love our fellow human beings, not because of what they can do for us, but because we see that they too are real or potential children of God. Though truth is not personal, we make it personal by contemplation. "
We must passionately guard our passions!
"Listening to a political figure give a television report in the nation on a world crisis with somewhat the same passion that he would read off the price of cheese in Switzerland and Burma makes one wonder if there is any fire or enthusiasm left for great causes. Obviously, enthusiasm has something to do with passion.
But that word generally evokes two kinds of extreme and wrong reactions: one view is that passion is something we ought to be ashamed of; the other is that passion is always right, and that if we do not give way to its demands, we hurt our personality. "
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian. org/directory_ flash.html -
This deeper knowledge of God gives me full liberty and spiritual freedom, and nothing can disturb my close union with Him, not even the angelic powers. I feel that I am great when I am united to God. What happiness it is to have the consciousness of God in one's heart and to live in close intimacy with Him. (1135)
In the evening, He gave me to understand how fleeting all earthly things are, and [how] everything that appears great disappears like smoke, and does not give the soul freedom, but weariness.
Happy the soul that understands these things and with only one foot touches the earth. My repose is to be united with You; everything else tires me. Oh, how much I feel I am in exile! I see that no one understands my interior life. You alone understand me, You who are hidden in my heart and yet are eternally alive. (1141)
Today, my soul entered into close union with the Lord. He made known to me how I should always abandon myself to His holy will: In one moment, I can give you more than you are able to desire. (1169)
Aug 27 - http://www.catholic -forum.com/ e-pistle. html
Quote of the Day - Son, nothing in this world now affords me delight. I do not know what there is now for me to do or why I am still here, all my hopes in this world being now fulfilled. -St. Monica about the conversion of Augustine
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
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AUGUST 27 - ST. MONICA
Today the Blessed Mother speaks of faith as the foundation of our lives:
From the very beginning I have been conveying the messages of God to the world. It is a great pity not to believe it. Faith is essential, but one cannot compel a person to believe. Faith is the foundation from which everything else flows (First Years December 31, 1981).
In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul defines faith:
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible (Heb 11:1-3).
Reflection:
Today we honor one of the great women of faith, St. Monica, the patroness of Christian mothers. Born in 331, she married and had children, one of whom was Augustine. She poured forth many tears and prayers for his conversion, which she witnessed in her lifetime.
He later went on to become a priest, bishop, and one of the church's greatest theologians. It is appropriate that our readings today deal with faith, for this was the foundation of Monica's life and her legacy to her children.
Application:
Faith is a gift. Today, pray in thanksgiving for this most precious of gifts, and ask the Lord to deepen it.
Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 28 - ST. AUGUSTINE
"It seems that, after nineteen centuries of extraordinary glorification, the
small Host for which so many cathedrals have sprung up, the small Host that
has rested in millions of breasts and that has found a tabernacle and
worshippers even in the desert—it seems that the triumphant Host of Lourdes
and the Eucharistic Congresses of Chicago and Carthage remains as unknown, as
secret as when it appeared for the first time in a room in Jerusalem.
Light
is in the world as in the days of St. John the Baptist, and the world does
not know it." (Francois Mauriac, Holy Thursday: An Intimate Remembrance)
Mother Teresa -
To possess God we must allow Him to possess our souls. How poor we would be if God had not given us the power of giving ourselves to Him; how rich we are now!
Meditations by Padre Pio - Padre Pio's Prayer After Holy Communion
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength,
that I may not fall so often.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and always be in Your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.
Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.
Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close and life passes, death, judgment and eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You. Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.
Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You, if not by Communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love,Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more. With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
True passion takes guts and courage
"To revive passion in hearts, one must first understand it. Passion signifies receiving or suffering something or submitting to something. From this, follow two indispensable conditions for passion: knowledge, and some organic or physical change in our sensible nature."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
August 1937. After Holy Communion, I saw the Lord Jesus in all His majesty, and He said to me, My daughter, during the weeks when you neither saw Me nor felt My presence, I was more profoundly united to you than at times [when you experienced) ecstasy.
And the faithfulness and fragrance of your prayer have reached Me. After these words, my soul became flooded with God's consolation. I did not see Jesus, and there was only one word I could utter and that was: "Jesus." And after pronouncing that Name, my soul was again filled with light and deeper recollection, which lasted uninterruptedly for three days. However, outwardly I could still carry out my usual duties.
My whole being was stirred to its most secret depths. God's greatness does not frighten me, but makes me happy. By giving Him glory, I myself am lifted up. On seeing His happiness, I myself am made happy, because all that is in Him flows back upon me. (1246)
Aug 28 - http://www.catholic-forum.com/e-pistle.html
Quote of the Day - He who faithfully prays to God for the necessaries of this life is both mercifully heard, and mercifully not heard. For the physician knows better than the sick man what is good for the disease. -St. Augustine
Today's Tidbit - Late have I loved Thee, O Lord; and behold, Thou wast within and I without, and there I sought Thee. Thou was with me when I was not with Thee. Thou didst call, and cry, and burst my deafness. Thou didst gleam, and glow, and dispel my blindness. Thou didst touch me, and I burned for Thy peace.
For Thyself Thou hast made us, and restless our hearts until in Thee they find their ease. Late have I loved Thee, Thou Beauty ever old and ever new. Thou hast burst my bonds asunder; unto Thee will I offer up an offering of praise. St. Augustine
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
AUGUST 28 - ST. AUGUSTINE
The following is Our Lady's monthly message for May, 1990:
Dear children, I wish to help you grow in renunciation
and mortification. In this way you will be able to understand the beautiful life of those who especially give themselves to me. Dear children, God blesses you day after day and wishes to change your life. Therefore, pray that you may have the strength to change it (Monthly Message May 25, 1990).
John the Baptist also called the people to change their live by turning from sin:
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near"(Mt 3:1-2).
Reflection:
St. Augustine was born in Africa in 354. His young adulthood was a stormy period, including fathering a child out of wedlock. In his twenties he moved to Milan, Italy, where he became a professor of rhetoric, but his personal life continued to be stormy and wayward.
While in Milan, two things happened to him. First, he became increasingly unhappy with his personal life, and second, he became attracted to Christianity. It was in this frame of mind that he sat down one day and began to ponder his life. Suddenly de broke into tears and began to cry out to God: "and you, Lord! How long will you be angry with me? Forever? Why not at this very hour put an end to my life?"Augustine said later:
I was crying out like this when, suddenly, I heard the voice of a child. It seemed to say, "Take and read! Take and read!" I stood up, for now the voice seemed like a command to read the Bible. I got a Bible and opened it, and the first words my eyes fell upon were from the letter of Paul to the Romans.
They read: "Throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in orgies and drunkenness. not in rivalry and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh"(Rom 13:12-14).
When Augustine read this, he stopped. There was not need to go on. He says: "My heart was suddenly flooded with a light that erased all my doubts. And my soul was filled with a deep peace."
Application:
Today, as Our Lady asks, pray for the strength to continue your ongoing conversion
Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 27 - ST. MONICA
Message of August 25, 2004
"Dear children! I call you all to conversion of heart. Decide, as in the first days of my coming here, for a complete change of your life. In this way, little children, you will have the strength to kneel and to open your hearts before God.V God will hear your prayers and answer them. Before God, I intercede for each of you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"We do not sin when we adore Christ in the Eucharist; we do sin when we do not adore Christ in the Eucharist." (St. Augustine)
Mother Teresa -
Total surrender consists in giving ourselves completely to God. We must give ourselves fully to God because God has given Himself fully to us. If God owes nothing to us and is ready to impart to us no less than Himself, shall we answer with just a fraction of ourselves?
Meditations by Padre Pio - In order to reach our final goal, we must follow our Divine Leader who usually leads chosen Souls by the path He Himself has trodden and by no other; by the path, I tell you, of self-denial and suffering.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Making truth personal through solitude with God
"Only in solitariness is true spirituality born, when the soul stands naked before its God. In that moment these are the only two realities in the universe. In this discovery is born love of neighbor, for then we love our fellow human beings, not because of what they can do for us, but because we see that they too are real or potential children of God. Though truth is not personal, we make it personal by contemplation."
We must passionately guard our passions!
"Listening to a political figure give a television report in the nation on a world crisis with somewhat the same passion that he would read off the price of cheese in Switzerland and Burma makes one wonder if there is any fire or enthusiasm left for great causes. Obviously, enthusiasm has something to do with passion.
But that word generally evokes two kinds of extreme and wrong reactions: one view is that passion is something we ought to be ashamed of; the other is that passion is always right, and that if we do not give way to its demands, we hurt our personality."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
This deeper knowledge of God gives me full liberty and spiritual freedom, and nothing can disturb my close union with Him, not even the angelic powers. I feel that I am great when I am united to God. What happiness it is to have the consciousness of God in one's heart and to live in close intimacy with Him. (1135)
In the evening, He gave me to understand how fleeting all earthly things are, and [how] everything that appears great disappears like smoke, and does not give the soul freedom, but weariness.
Happy the soul that understands these things and with only one foot touches the earth. My repose is to be united with You; everything else tires me. Oh, how much I feel I am in exile! I see that no one understands my interior life. You alone understand me, You who are hidden in my heart and yet are eternally alive. (1141)
Today, my soul entered into close union with the Lord. He made known to me how I should always abandon myself to His holy will: In one moment, I can give you more than you are able to desire. (1169)
Aug 27 - http://www.catholic-forum.com/e-pistle.html
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
AUGUST 27 - ST. MONICA
Today the Blessed Mother speaks of faith as the foundation of our lives:
From the very beginning I have been conveying the messages of God to the world. It is a great pity not to believe it. Faith is essential, but one cannot compel a person to believe. Faith is the foundation from which everything else flows (First Years December 31, 1981).
In his letter to the Hebrews, Paul defines faith:
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible (Heb 11:1-3).
Reflection:
Today we honor one of the great women of faith, St. Monica, the patroness of Christian mothers. Born in 331, she married and had children, one of whom was Augustine.
She poured forth many tears and prayers for his conversion, which she witnessed in her lifetime. He later went on to become a priest, bishop, and one of the church's greatest theologians. It is appropriate that our readings today deal with faith, for this was the foundation of Monica's life and her legacy to her children.
Application:
Faith is a gift. Today, pray in thanksgiving for this most precious of gifts, and ask the Lord to deepen it.
MOTHER MARYAM’S MEDJUGORGE Message of August 25, 2008
"Dear children! Also today I call you to personal conversion. You be those who will convert and, with your life, will witness, love, forgive and bring the joy of the Risen One into this world, where my Son died and where people do not feel a need to seek Him and to discover Him in their lives.
You adore Him, and may your hope be hope to those hearts who do not have Jesus. Thank you for having responded to my call."
Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 25 - ST. JOSEPH CALASANCTIUS
"Love the Immaculate with all your heart, fly often to Her by means of
ejaculations, or simply with the thought of Her, and She will teach you how
to return to Jesus a love without measure for the love which He showed on the Cross and in the most Blessed Sacrament of the altar." (St. Maximilian Kolbe)
Mother Teresa -
There is no limit to God's love. It is without measure and its depth cannot be sounded.v
Meditations by Padre Pio - My children, we can never prepare ourselves too much for Communion
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Honesty and innocence are lost too soon in growing out of childhood
"In regards insincerity, children do not have this duplicity because they are natural and it is acquired. If their mother tells them to tell a stranger at the door that she is not at home, they will invariably say, `My mother told me to tell you that she is not at home.'
I know of a mother who, after an introduction to several ladies who had dropped in for tea, asked her child, `Now which one did I say was my best friend?' The child in the presence of all answered, `The one with the big teeth.' It takes some falling away from the childlike simplicity that purchases Heaven, before one develops the film of dishonesty."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
Today, the Majesty of God enveloped and transpierced my soul to its very depths. The greatness of God is pervading my being and flooding me so that I am completely drowning in His greatness. I am dissolving and disappearing entirely in Him as in my life-source, as in perfect life. (983)
My Lord and my God, You know that it is You alone whom my soul has come to love. My soul is entirely drowned in You, O Lord. Even if I did not accomplish any of the things that You have made known to me, O Lord, I would be completely at peace because I would have done what I could. (989)
This evening, when I heard the hymn, "Good night, Holy Head of my Jesus," on the radio, my spirit was suddenly swept away to God's mysterious bosom, and I knew in what the greatness of a soul consists and what matters to God: love, love, and once again, love.
And I understood how all that exists is saturated with God, and such a love of God inundated my soul that I am at a loss to describe it. Happy the soul that knows how to love unreservedly, for in this lies its greatness. (997)
Aug 25
Quote of the Day - In order to avoid discord, never contradict anyone except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradict others, do it with tact and not with temper. -St. Louis IX
Today's Tidbit - The Piarists were formed in 1597 and are still dedicated to offering free education to the poor, especially children. The order has more than 1400 members and operate schools and colleges throughout Europe
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 25 - ST. JOSEPH CALASANCTIUS
We are called to evangelize through the Madonna's words and miracles at Medjugorje:
I am anxious for people to know what is happening in Medjugorje. Speak about it so that everyone will be converted (Special Message 1985).
And in Matthew's gospel, the risen Christ also gives his disciples a special charge:
Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you (Mt. 28:19-20).
Reflection:
St .John Calasanctius took this commission of Christ to heart in his evangelization and teaching of the young.
Born in 1557, he was ordained a priest and later dedicated himself to caring for poor children, founding a religious order pledged to that work. "This ministry," he once wrote, "is directed to the well-being of body and soul. At the same time that it shapes behavior, it also fosters devotion and Christian doctrine."
Application:
Deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin, St. Joseph Calasanctius wrote this Trinitarian Prayer of Praise to Mary. Let us offer it now for all children that live in poverty:
Let us offer praise and thanksgiving to the Most Holy
Trinity who has shown us the Virgin Mary,
Clothed with the sun, the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a mystic crown of 12 stars.
Let us praise and thank the divine Father who elected her for His daughters. Our Father.v
Praised be the divine Father who predestined her to be the Mother of his divine Son. Hail Mary.
Praised be the divine Father who preserved her from all stain in her conception. Hail Mary.
Praised be the divine Father who adorned her at her birth with his most beautiful gifts. Hail Mary.
Praised be the divine Father who gave her St. Joseph to be her companion and chaste spouse. Hail Mary. Glory be..
Let us praise and thank the divine Son who chose her for his Mother.
Our Father.
Praised be the divine Son who became incarnate in her bosom and there abode for 9 months. Hail Mary.
Praised be the divine Son who was born of her and was nourished by her. Hail Mary..
Praised be the divine Son who in his childhood was taught by her.
Hail Mary.
Praised be the divine Son who revealed to her the mystery of the redemption of the world. Hail Mary. Glory be.
Let us praise and thank the Holy Spirit who took her for his spouse.
Our Father.
Praised to the Holy Spirit who took her for his spouse. Our Father.
Praised to the Holy Spirit who revealed first to her his name of Holy Spirit. Hail Mary.
Praised to the Holy Spirit by whose miracle she was at once Virgin and Mother. Hail Mary.
Praised to the Holy Spirit by whose power she was the living temple of the ever blessed Trinity. Hail Mary.
Praised to the Holy Spirit by whom she was exalted in heaven above every living creature. Hail Mary. Glory Be.
Medjugorje Day By Day Aug 26 - FASTING WITH THE HEART
Message of August 25, 2007 "Dear children! Also today I call you to conversion. May your life, little children, be a reflection of God's goodness and not of hatred and unfaithfulness. Pray, little children, that prayer may become life for you. In this way, in your life you will discover the peace and joy which God gives to those who have an open heart to His love.
And you who are far from Gods mercy, convert so that God may not become deaf to your prayers and that it may not be too late for you. Therefore, in this time of grace, convert and put
God in the first place in your life. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"For on that day when her death was so close, she was not concerned that her body should be sumptuously wrapped or embalmed with spices, nor with any thought of choosing a monument or even for burial in her own country.
Of such things she gave us no command, but only desired to be remembered at Thy altar, which she had served without ever missing so much as a day, on which she knew that the Holy Victim was offered, by whom the handwriting is blotted out of the decree that was contrary to us, by which offering too the enemy was overcome who, reckoning our sins and seeking what may be laid to our charge, found nothing in Him, in Whom we are conquerors.
Who shall restore to Him His innocent blood? Who shall give Him back the price by which He purchased us and so take us from Him? To this sacrament of our redemption
Thy handmaid had bound her soul by the bond of faith." (St. Augustine, writing of his mother St. Monica)
Mother Teresa -
I for God and God for me. I live for God and give up my own self, and in this way God lives for me.
Meditations by Padre Pio - If you succeed in over coming temptations it has the effect of soap on dirty linen (AdFA, 158).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
The less said the better sometimes!
"There are moments when it is very difficult to express one's views, for example, when a husband is asked how he likes his wife's new hat, or how he likes her new Italian haircut - which to him resembles unstrung spaghetti.
Women, when faced with something they do not like, generally go into ecstasies of praise in order to cover up their real mind. Men generally descend to monosyllables or a long grunt.
When a man gets mad at his wife at cards he generally calls her `dear' but with such a coolness as to make her think she is a `Frigidear'. Tact, in such difficult moments, does not mean lying, nor smoothness at the expense of truth, but it does mean circumspection."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
At eleven o'clock Jesus said to me, My host, you are refreshment for My tormented Heart. I thought, after these words, that my heart would burn up. And He brought me into such close intimacy with Himself that my heart was espoused to His Heart in a loving union, and I could feel the faintest stir of His Heart and He, of mine.
The fire of my created love was joined to the ardor of His eternal love. This one grace surpasses all others in its immensity. His Trinitarian Being enveloped me entirely, and I am totally immersed in Him.
My littleness is, as it were, wrestling with this Immortal Mighty One. I am immersed in incomprehensible love and incomprehensible torture because of His Passion. All that concerns His Being is imparted to me also. (1056)
Up to now, Jesus has been bringing me to know about, and to have a presentiment of, this grace, but today He granted it to me. I would not even dare to dream about it.
My heart is in ceaseless ecstasy, as it were, although outwardly nothing disturbs my contacts with my neighbor or my attending to various matters. Nothing is capable of interrupting my ecstasy, nor can anyone suspect it, because I have asked God to protect me from detection by people.
And, together with this grace, there entered my soul a whole ocean of light, enabling me to understand God and myself. Amazement overwhelms me entirely and leads me as if into a new ecstasy [aroused by the fact] that God has deigned to descend to me, who am so little. (1057)
Aug 26 - http://www.catholic-forum.com/e-pistle.html
Quote of the Day - Remember that the Christian life is one of action; not of speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be done will. -St. Vincent Pallotti
Today's Tidbit - Icons are Byzantine-style paintings or representation of Christ, the Blessed Mother and other saints. Icons are a dominant religious artistic form in Eastern Churches. Icons often take the places of statutes when they are used.
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.
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AUGUST 26 - FASTING WITH THE HEART
Today Our Lady speaks of fasting "with the heart":
Dear children, today I call you to begin fasting with the heart. There are many people who fast only because everyone else is fasting. It has become an empty practice. And so I ask the parish to fast out of gratitude to God for allowing me to remain so long with you. Dear children, fast and pray with the heart (Weekly Message September 20, 1984).
In Luke's gospel, Jesus fasts in the wilderness:
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the Devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished (Lk 4:1-2).
Reflection:
At times, Our Lady of Medjugorje speaks of "fasting with the heart," a term meaning, first of all, accepting the invitation to fast with confidence in God, who will bring forth beautiful fruits from our efforts.
Second, it means to anticipate and welcome the spiritual dynamic that will begin to reshape our lives; this includes a deeper sense of repentance, a joyous realization of God's forgiveness, and a growing love, faith and hope.
Fasting with the heart also means experiencing a new freedom from material things, for we will begin to see the essential in life and not be mired in the superfluous. It means growing in a profound love for God and neighbor, a deepening joy in Christ, and new eyes to see as the Lord sees. Ultimately, to fast with the heart is a gift of grace, not a penance, from the heavenly Father.
Application:
Can you identify any changes that have happened to you since you began fasting? What changes would you like to see?
DAILY OFFERING PRAYER - O Jesus, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin, and the reunion of all Christians. I offer them for the intentions of our bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended by our Holy Father this month.
AFROCENTRIC CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY DEVOTION
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/ChapletofDivineMercy.mp3
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/ChapletPtII.wma
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/streamaudio/Chaplet_Pt_lII.wma
FRIDAY-AFROCENTRIC SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF ROSARY , AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Part I
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/11_AfrocentricSorrowfulMysteries--TheCrossScourge_Artis.mp3
Part II
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/12_AfrocentricSorrowfulMysteries-CrownofThorns-Carrying.mp3
Part IIII
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/13_StationsoftheCrossI-VII_Artist_Album.mp3
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Part I
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/13_StationsoftheCrossI-VII_Artist_Album.mp3"
Part II
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/14_StationsoftheCrossVIII-End_Artist_Album.mp3"
St. Brigid Traditional Choir (Los Angeles)
Pray the Joyful mysteries on Monday and Saturday, the Luminous on Thursday, the Sorrowful on Tuesday and Friday, and the Glorious on Wednesday and Sunday (with this exception: Sundays of Christmas season - The Joyful; Sundays of Lent - Sorrowful)
See http://www.rosary-center.org/howto.htm
http://www.live365.com/stations/283424
BLACK CATHOLIC GOSPEL RADIO (Afrocentric Rosary, Stations of Cross, Chaplet of Divine Mercy)
For further information:
BLACK CHRISTIANITY’S AFRICAN BEGINNINGS
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/
BLACK CATHOLICS BLOG
http://blackcatholicsprophecymeditations.blogspot.com
Black, African Saints
www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/BlackSaintsMysticHoly.html
Black and African Catholics Prophecy Meditations
www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics.recentmeditations.html
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/
http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackMaleLaw/
http://blackinamerica.com/cgi-bin/blog.cgi?blog_id=79514&cid=10&reading=
http://www.blackplanet.com/your_page/blog/index.html?profile_id=39803060&profile_name=BlackMaleLaw&user_id=39803060&username=BlackMaleLaw
Black African Catholics Coptic, Latin rite, Orthodox Prophecies Meditations
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/blackcatholics/blog/
Black Saints Videos Part I
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James Wesly Smith is an attorney and writer/producer of more than 30 audio visual film projects on the Black Genesis of Christianity, with an emphasis on the Early African Liturgical Churches. His 30 year effort resulted in the reference tome, Black Saints, Mystics, Holy Folk, (Ancient African Liturgical Church) Volume I, and II detailing Black involvement in the Church from before 1 A.D. (See Out of Africa I called my Son, Hosea 11:1, Matthew 2:13-15). Smith may be reached at stbernice@yahoo.com
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