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Serapion with Patamon, Pantherus, martyred at Alexandria 18 May, or 19 May.
Serapion with Theonas, and Hippeas, Romanus, Saturninus, Pinnutius, Bastammonius, Papas, and Pantherus. We preached Christ in the South of Kemet. Martyred in a slowly burning fire with Paul, 18 Jan.
Serenus (Amba Serenus), Archimandrite, I was martyred. Coptic Calendar
Serenus, Presbyter (Elder), Possibly a duplicate name, but a Presbyter (Elder), of the (Africa) Mareotis area in Kemet, 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).
Serenus, martyr, of Thynissa, and another Felix
Sergius with Theodore, I was martyr at Atrib, 7 Feb.
Sergius, Presbyter (Elder), at Tiberiopolis (361 A.D. 362 A.D.), martyr. 28 Nov.
Sergius with my parents Theodore, and Maryam. We are martyrs at Atrib, Kemet. Beheaded after torture. 7 Feb. Coptic Calendar.
Sergus, bishop, martyred with7 Children, at Antinoe, Kemet with Theodorus, beheaded with Kapalichus, Antinoe (313 A.D.), in Africa under the reign of terror and persecutions of Roman Emperor Diocletian.
Sertza Hawaryat, I was called Gem of the Apostles. I am an Abyssinian Coptic friend of god. 10 July, Abyssinian Coptic Calendar
Servanus, martyr in Africa withVincent, 20 April
Servilianus. Martyred in Mauretania, under Roman Emperor Diocletian. 17 Oct.
Severus of Alexandria. A Kemetian, martyred 309 A.D. at Alexandria, Kemet with Leucius of Alexandria and Peter of Alexandria for proclaiming Christ crucified and resurrected. 11 Jan.
Servulus martyred Felix, martyredSiricius, martyred Secundinus, Verulus Saturninus, Fortunatus, with 16 companions. Martyred at Adrumentums, in the Western and North part of Africa. Traditions say Arian Vandals, most probably killed us as Catholics around 430 A.D. or 534 A.D. 21 Feb.
Servus, martyred at Hippo with Siddinus, 15 Nov.
Servus, martyred at Tuburbum in Africa. I was of the nobility. I proclaimed Christ before Geiseric. I was hassled under the succeeding king, Hunneric, dragged through the streets, and killed, 483. Victor of Vita, the historian, tells of me in the Life of Saint Eugene. 7 Dec.
Servus, Rusticus, Septimus, and Maximus, martyrs
Servus, Siddinus, Saturninus, Calendion, Galanus, Primigenus, Secundus, Theodotus, Demetrius, Parens, Satura, Victoria, the persecutions of Valeriana, and Firma. Martyrs at Hippo Regius, Africa Proconsularis, 15 Nov.
Severus, I was of Turririo royalty, Northwestern Africa. In 484 A.d. Executioners under King Hunneric threw me airborne then jerked me down to the pavement. I was pulled up again, my body weight kept by wrist bound ropes. They drug me throughout the city streets until my bones were exposed. Through the grace of God, I survived. 6 Dec.
Severus, martyred in Africa with Victorinus, ,2 Dec.
SEVERUS of Alexandria--I was the Kemetian martyred in 309 A.D. at Alexandria with St Peter of Alexandria along with St Leucius of Alexandria. We preached Christ boldly. 11 January.
Severus martyred in Alexandria with Mansuetus, 30 Dec.
Severus, (also known as Verus) with Securus, Januarius, and Victorinus. Martyred in Africa. 2 Dec.
Shanudin (Abba), of Behnesa. martyred calendar, Coptic Church , 12 March.
Shenuf (Chenoufe) with my brothers, martyred in Kemet, 4 Oct.
Shenus (Susita) martyred inBelkim, in Kemet, Originally shepherd, and the authorities of Governor Arahianus ordered me to death in Antinoe, during the persecutions of Roman Emperor Diocletian. 20 May.
Shenute (Sinuthius, Shnudi, Sannitius), as the Father of the National Church of Kemet (Egypt). The sunrise of my life came in or about 350 A.D. through the village of Shenalolet, Shmin territory, Kemet. I took the tonsure of monks 371 A.D. In or about 388 A.D. I was Archimandrite and abbot of a double monastery near Atrib (Atripe) Kemet.
My uncle, Plog had originally established one of them. There 3200 monks and nuns worshiped Christ. I went with Saint Cyril of Alexandria to the Council of Ephesus, 431 A.D. I was a delegate. Cyril of Alexandria, appointed archimandrite.
I was reportedly a hard man, but I loathed false and self-ascetism and false mysticism . The sunset of my life came in or about 466 A.D. at one of the monasteries I administered. I am mentioned in the diptychs of the Coptic Church, 1 July
Shenute, Abbot, and Companion martyr, group of 41 martyrs
Sibelius (Sobel) of Kemet (Egypt) martyr Aug. 7
Sibelius (Sobel) of Kemet, and others, martyrs. Aug. 5
Siddinus, Saturninus, Servus, Calendion, Galanus, Primigenus, Secundus, Theodotus, Demetrius, Parens, Satura, Victoria, the persecutions of Valeriana, and Firma. Martyrs at Hippo Regius, Africa Proconsularis, 15 Nov.
Siddinus, Secundus. Martyred in Hippo Carthage with 15 Nov.
Siddinus, Servus with Satura, martyred at Hippo with Fortunatus and Marcian, and possibly, Theodotus, 15 Nov.
Sidonius (Amba), I was a Kemetian hermit. 13 Nov. Coptic Calendar.
Silar, Paulus and we are martyrs of the Abyssinian Coptic Church, 16 Jan.
Silvanus. Mentorer saint of Amba Betra (Peter).
Silvanus with Secundianus, the bishop, and Jacobus, Marianus, Concordia, Marina, Heliodorus, Saturninus, and . We were martyred in Africa. 6 May.
Silvanus, 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).
Silvius (also known as Salvius) martyred at Alexandria with Arator, 21 April
Silvius, (martyred at Africa with Catulinus, 23 April,
Simeon (Symeon) of Kemet, April 5
Simeon and Salus, Legionnaires, frozen while naked at Sebaste (Sivas, Turkey), Martyrs
Simeon of Thou, priest with Iraja (Herais) with brother, Abadir. We are children martyrs of Saint Basilides sister. Basilides is called the Father of Kings. We were brought under arrest to Antinoe, Kemet, beheaded with 3685 companions and other martyrs with Cluthus, a physician and priest.
Also martyred with us were Apa Paphnutius of Tentyra, priest; Apa Isaac of Tiphre, priest; Apa Shamul of Taraphia, priest; Apa Simeon of Tapcho, priest; Sissinius of Tantatho, priest; Theodore of Chotep, priest; Moses of Psammanius, priest; Philotheus of Pemdje, priest; Macarius, of Fayum, priest; Maximus of Vuchim, priest; Macroni of Thoni, priest; Senuthius, of Buasti, priest; Ptolemaeus, priest; who was son of the Eparch, priest; Thomas of Tanphot, priest. Coptic calendar, 25 Sept.
Simeon, (Afa Marjam), I was an Abyssinian Coptic firend of God 2 Dec. Coptic Calendar.
Simeon, Salus Sisins, Theban Legionnaires, frozen while naked at Sebaste (Sivas, Turkey),
Simeon, disciple of Theon (also known as Theonas) the hermit who practiced the virtue of silence 30 years. I died about 395 A.D withForbinus (Pherbinus), in the area of Oxyrinchus, Kemet. 4 April.
Simeon, I was a confessor in Abyssinia Ethiopia with Samuel, 19 Dec.
Simeon, Samuel my father, and Gabriel, my brother. We are Abyssinian Coptic friends of God, through the grace of the Almighty, we made “fire fall from the skies”. 19 Dec.
Simon of Cyrene, his children, Rufus and Alexander became missionaries.
Simon Zelotes, Apostle, the Coptic Church shares a tradition that Simon traveled in Kemet, and other parts of Africa. including what is now Tunisia, Mauritania Caesariensis (now part of Morocco and Algeria). (Ruffin the 12 Apostles, pg 146), which puts Simon Zelotes in Mauritania, Kemet , and Libya Traditions hold (through theologian called Dorotheus, bishop of Tyre) Simon preached in Mauritania, Kemet, Libya, before going to Britain.
Simplicius. Martyred in Africa withQuintus, 18 Dec.
Sina. Martyred in Pelusium Kemet, under the persecutions of Roman Emperor Diocletian. 19 April.
Siricius, martyred, see Secundinus ,Verulus, Felix, Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, with 16 companions. Martyred at Adrumentums, in the Western and North part of Africa. Traditions say Arian Vandals, most probably killed us as Catholics around 430 A.D. or 534 A.D. 21 Feb.
Sirohoneus (sp? Sirophoneus?) I was a Coptic friend of God, 11 March.
Sirus (also known as Horus), Bishop with Serapion, priest. Martyrs in Kemet, 11 Sept.
Sisinnius. Martyred in Alexandria, 19 July
Sisoes “The Theban”, I lived in Celamon at Arsinoe.
Sisoes, I was called “The Great”, I Was an abbot and hermit. I was also a friend of Saint Anthony of the desert. I lived alone in the desert of Scete. I later moved to Mountain Saint Anthony and lived there for 72 years. 6 July.
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Test! Discern The Spirit! Accept what speaks to YOUR SOUL/SPIRIT. Disregard the rest!
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Fr Doucette - Sun, Feb 15, 2009: "I am your God who died to save you"
FATHER MELVIN DOUCETTE
"I am your God who died to save you"
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Dear Friends,
He (Jesus) entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven." At that, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming."
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said, "Why do you harbor evil thoughts? Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --he then said to the paralytic, "Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
He rose and went home. When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings. Quotation from Matthew 9:1 8
We had a partly sunny day yesterday. When the clouds came, it would snow a bit and then the sun was out again. It was cold the whole day. Today we will have more snow.
I celebrated Holy Mass yesterday morning at the little shrine of Our Lady of Prince Edward Island. Although the weather was not good, a number of people came. Today I will go to the Church of the Assumption in Miminegash to celebrate Holy Mass at 9:00 a.m. and in the evening I will go to the Immaculate Conception Church, Palmer Road, to attend the Seminar in the Spirit, which begins at 8:00 p.m.
We will have a seven-week seminar and will pray with all the people who attend.
Here is another message from Our Lord and Savior addressed to Joseph. Jesus spoke to him in these words, During My public life it was very difficult for the Jewish people to accept that I was the Son of God. They thought I was just a human being. To show them that I was divine, I performed a miracle.
I first told a paralytic to take courage as his sins were forgiven. The scribes objected to this because they thought I was blaspheming. However to show them that I had the power to forgive sins, I told the paralytic to get up, take up his stretcher and go home. He got up and did what I told him. He was completely healed. The common people glorified the Father at seeing such a great miracle.
I wish to speak about this miracle because there are many today who do not believe in Me. They think I am just a good man but I am not divine. This healing shows that they are wrong for I have all the power of God because I am the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. I did many great miracles when I was on earth such as raising the dead to life to show that I have a divine nature.
I bless you all who believe in Me and I will give you many gifts. Ask for what you need and you will receive it. I am your God who died to save you.
Father Melvin
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Prophecy of Sr. Marianne de Jesus Torres being fulfilled in our time...
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Our Lady told Sr. Marianne de Jesus Torres (17th century - Our Lady of Good Success, Quito, Ecuador):
"The Church will find itself attacked by waves of a secret sect ... corrupted priests will scandalize the Church ... Moreover, in these unhappy times there will be unbridled luxury which, acting thus to snare the rest into sin, will conquer innumerable frivolous souls who will lose themselves.
Innocence will almost no longer be found in children, nor modesty in women, and, in this supreme moment of need of the Church, those whom it behooves to speak will fall silent."
As for the Sacrament of Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with His Church, it will be attacked and deeply profaned. Freemasonry, which will then be in power, will enact iniquitous laws with the aim of doing away with this Sacrament, making it easy for everyone to live in sin and encouraging the procreation of illegitimate children born without the blessing of the Church.
The Catholic spirit will rapidly decay; the precious light of Faith will gradually be extinguished until there will be an almost total and general corruption of customs. Added to this will be the effects of secular education, which will be one reason for the dearth of priestly and religious vocations. The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be ridiculed, oppressed, and despised, for in this Sacrament, the Church of God and even God Himself is scorned and despised since He is represented in His priests.
The Devil will try to persecute the ministers of the Lord in every possible way; he will labor with cruel and subtle astuteness to deviate them from the spirit of their vocation and will corrupt many of them.
These depraved priests, who will scandalize the Christian people, will make the hatred of bad Catholics and the enemies of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church fall upon all priests. "This apparent triumph of Satan will bring enormous sufferings to the good Pastors of the Church, the many good priests, and the Supreme Pastor and Vicar of Christ on Earth, who, a prisoner in the Vatican, will shed secret and bitter tears in the presence of his God and Lord, beseeching light, sanctity, and perfection for all the clergy of the world, of whom he is King and Father.
Our Lord told her: "My Justice will be tried to the limit by the evils and sacrileges of the 20th Century ... I shall punish heresy, blasphemy and impurity."
What then? Shall we resign ourselves to despair? Never! Now, more than ever, faithful Catholics need to rally and enter the battle for souls. Now, more than ever, we need to pray for priests and religious. Now, more than ever, we need to pray and fast and offer deliverance prayers for a Church besieged on so many fronts.
To put it simply: now is the time to pray for the Holy Spirit's Gift of Fortitude and to engage (to borrow from this week's Catholic Free Press) in spiritual guerilla warfare. We need soldiers. This old war dog is trying to do his part. Let's all cry out with Cicero: "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war."
For our war, our battle, is with principalities and powers. Ours is a spiritual war. And what is at stake is souls! Souls created in the image and likeness of God! Think of that as you pick up your "sword, breastplate and shield."
Father James Farfaglia is saying essentially the same thing at his Blog. Read what this militant priest (the best kind) has to say about the meltdown here.
Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 17 - MASS IS THE GREATEST PRAYER TO GOD
"Jesus is 'a man Who knows suffering'. In this year consecrated to the Eucharist, I invite you to unite yourselves in your thoughts and in your heart to the sacrifice of the Mass, an endless source of hope for all of life's trials"
(Pope John Paul II, Feb. 12, 2005).
The Center of Her Love
"Mary lived in the divine Eucharist, the center of her love.
All her thoughts, words and actions sprang from It like the rays from the sun."
(St. Peter Julian Eymard)
Mother Teresa -
Love one another as I have loved you.
As the Father loves me, love one another. "
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Reflect upon and keep before your mental gaze the great humility of the Mother of God, our Mother. The more She was filled with Heavenly gifts, the more deeply She humbled Herself.
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
Jesus, You have given me to know and understand in what a soul's greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love they become great and powerful before God. (889)
Love is a mystery that transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and pleasing to God. The love of God makes a soul free. She is like a queen; she knows no slavish compulsion; she sets about everything with great freedom of soul, because the love which dwells in her incites her to action.
Everything that surrounds her makes her know that only God Himself is worthy of her love. A soul in love with God and immersed in Him approaches her duties with the same dispositions as she does Holy Communion and carries out the simplest tasks with great care, under the loving gaze of God. She is not troubled if, after some time, something turns out to be less successful.
She remains calm, because at the time of the action she had done what was in her power. When it happens that the living presence of God, which she enjoys almost constantly, leaves her, she then tries to continue living in lively faith. Her soul understands that there are periods of rest and periods of battle.
Through her will, she is always with God. Her soul, like a knight, is well trained in battle; from afar it sees where the foe is hiding and is ready for battle. She knows she is not alone-God is her strength.
(890)
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.
Feb 17 - MASS IS THE GREATEST PRAYER TO GOD
Today Our Lady emphasizes the importance of preparing for Mass:
The Mass is the greatest prayer to God. You will never be able to comprehend its importance. That is why you must be perfect and humble at Mass, and should prepare yourselves beforehand (First Years 1983).
The word "eucharist" translates into "thanksgiving," which is the spirit of Psalm 116:
What shall I return to the Lord
for all his bounty to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord. --Psalm 116:12-13
Reflection:
In reflecting on the eucharist today, as the readings indicate, it would be appropriate to hear as well from one of the visionaries on its importance to our spiritual lives. Several years ago, Vicka said:
"Before going to holy Mass, focus intently on who you will be receiving. During Mass, open your heart to Jesus. See him with the "eyes" of your heart. We see and experience and live with Jesus through faith. That's why, during Mass, our faith must be very strong. The stronger our faith, the better prepared we are to welcome him in the Holy Eucharist.
We must not only listen during Mass, we must really experience all the holy words of the Mass with love.
That's why, toward the end of Mass when you are receiving Jesus alive, if your heart is open, he is truly with you. When the Mass ends and you leave the church, you will be filled with unspeakable joy!"
Application:
When attending your next Mass, arrive early so you can prepare. Think of Christ, as Vicka recommends, and give him any worries or problems that might distract you from the eucharist. Review the day's readings from the Sunday missalette, or if attending a daily Mass, use a weekday missal for this purpose (available at religious goods stores).
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"Every Catholic devotion, when stripped down to its bare elements, is directly or indirectly aimed at finding the Child with Mary his mother (cf. Lk 2:12). These two are inseparable, the two hearts are intimately allied.
This explains why Our Lord, as Lucia of Fatima was instructed to tell us, wishes his own Eucharistic Heart and that of his mother to be placed alongside each other and jointly honoured.
"In this way it comes about that we meet the alliance of hearts in all Marian sanctuaries. There, along with God's mother, we offer our homage and adoration to him who was the fruit of her shining faith as much as of her womb. For she is called blessed because she believed (Lk. 1:45). And now in
turn Mary helps pilgrims to believe ever more strongly—especially in the sacrament of her Son's loving presence" (Mary and The Eucharist, Fr. Richard Foley, S.J.).
Eve of Mary, Help of Christians
St. John Bosco had a dream in which he saw a vision of the Church, represented by a huge ship, being attacked by enemies of the faith. A great Pope was raised up by God to lead the Church to triumph with the "Twin Pillars of Victory," The Holy Eucharist and Our Lady. Beneath the statue of Our Lady, in St. John Bosco's dream, was the inscription "Help of Christians."
"Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary Help of Christians and you will see what miracles are" (St. John Bosco).
Mother Teresa -
Jesus loved and still loves the unwanted and the unloved.
He loves them deeply.
He died for them, and He doesn't stop saying:
Meditations by Padre Pio -
All prayers are good when they are accompanied by good intentions and good will.
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 -
Jesus, You have given me to know and understand in what a soul's greatness consists: not in great deeds but in great love. Love has its worth, and it confers greatness on all our deeds. Although our actions are small and ordinary in themselves, because of love they become great and powerful before God. (889)
Love is a mystery that transforms everything it touches into things beautiful and pleasing to God. The love of God makes a soul free. She is like a queen; she knows no slavish compulsion; she sets about everything with great freedom of soul, because the love which dwells in her incites her to action.
Everything that surrounds her makes her know that only God Himself is worthy of her love. A soul in love with God and immersed in Him approaches her duties with the same dispositions as she does Holy Communion and carries out the simplest tasks with great care, under the loving gaze of God. She is not troubled if, after some time, something turns out to be less successful.
She remains calm, because at the time of the action she had done what was in her power. When it happens that the living presence of God, which she enjoys almost constantly, leaves her, she then tries to continue living in lively faith. Her soul understands that there are periods of rest and periods of battle. Through her will, she is always with God. Her soul, like a knight, is well trained in battle; from afar it sees where the foe is hiding and is ready for battle. She knows she is not alone-God is her strength. (890)
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.
Feb 16 - HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS
Today Our Lady speaks of our need to recognize her love:
Dear children, today I wish to give you my love. You do not realize, dear children, how strong my love is or how to accept it. I wish to show it to you in many ways, dear children, but you do not recognize it. You do not listen to my words with your hearts, and thus you do not comprehend my love. Dear children, accept me into your life and then you will be able to accept all that I tell you and all that I am calling you to (Weekly Message 5-22-86).
In Psalm 19, the author sees creation as an expression of God's love:
The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words;
their voice is not heard;
Yet their voices go out to all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world. Psalm 19:1-4
Reflection:
Today the Blessed Mother says that she attempts to show us her love in various ways, but often we do not recognize it. The same is true of God's love; we seem to need "new eyes" to look about and see his gifts around us. One of the ways he shows us this love is in creation, as our psalm reveals: "The heavens declare the glory of God." Indeed, some people have actually come to faith by seeing the Lord in nature, in the beauty of the created world. The following verses speak of this insight:
Who sees his lord
Within every creature
Deathlessly dwelling
Amidst the mortal:
That man sees truly...
--- The Bhagavad-Gita
Application:
This week, try to spend some time outdoors, perhaps taking a walk in the park, or just around the neighborhood. Try to be conscious of God's presence in his creation, aware that this also is prayer.
Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 15 - A YEAR FOR YOUTH - Sr Lucia dies at 97
"The prayer of the Rosary, or five decades of it, after the Sacred Liturgy of the Eucharist, is what most unites us to God by the richness of the prayers . . . we see that it is indeed a Trinitarian and a Eucharistic prayer, even more than a Marian one. I do not know if we can find prayers more sublime or more appropriate to recite before the Blessed Sacrament" (Sr. Lucia of Fatima).
"It is from this fruit that other generation of this Immaculate Heart is to be fed, as Jesus said: 'I am the bread of life. He who eats my flesh and
drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As [...] I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me' (Jn 6:48, 56-57). And to live thus because of Christ is also to live because of Mary, since Jesus had received his body and blood from Mary. It was in this Heart that the Father placed his Son, as if in the first Tabernacle. Mary was the first pyx that held him, and it was the blood of her Immaculate Heart which communicated to the Son of God his life and his human nature from which we all, in turn, receive 'grace upon grace'" (Jn 1:16). (Sister Lucia of Fatima)
Meditations by Padre Pio
Jesus and your soul must cultivate the vineyard together. It is for you to pick up and carry away the stones, to pull out the thorn bushes. It is the task of Jesus to sow, plant, cultivate, to water.
Mother Teresa -
Jesus, you have given everything, life, blood, all.
Now it is my turn.
I put everything into the field also.
The common soldier fights in the ordinary lines, but the devoted one tries to be near the captain to share his fate.
This is the spirit of Christ.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
I will never tire of praying to Jesus. It is true that my prayers deserve punishment rather than reward, for I have offended Jesus only too often by my innumerable sins; but in the end He will be moved to pity.
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
I am reliving these moments with Our Lady. With great longing, I am waiting for the Lord's coming. Great are my desires. I desire that all humankind come to know the Lord. I would like to prepare all nations for the coming of the Word Incarnate. O Jesus, make the fount of Your mercy gush forth more abundantly, for humankind is seriously ill and thus has more need than ever of Your compassion.
You are a bottomless sea of mercy for us sinners; and the greater the misery, the more right we have to Your mercy. You are a fount which makes all creatures happy by Your infinite mercy. (793)
During Holy Mass, the little Infant Jesus brings joy to my soul. Often, distance does not exist-I see a certain priest who brings Him down. I am awaiting Christmas with great yearning; I am living in expectation together with the Most Holy Mother. (829)
December 23, 1936. I am spending this time with the Mother of God and preparing myself for the solemn moment of the coming of the Lord Jesus. The Mother of God is instructing me in the interior life of the soul with Jesus, especially in Holy Communion. It is only in eternity that we shall know the great mystery effected in us by Holy Communion. O most precious moments of my life! (840)
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.
Feb 15 - A YEAR FOR YOUTH
The Blessed Mother speaks of youth today:
Dear children, from today I would like you to begin a special "year for youth." Pray for young people during this year; talk with them. Today our young people find themselves in a very difficult situation, and so I ask you to help each other....Pray, dear children (Visionary Prayer Group 8-15-88).
In his first letter to Timothy, St. Paul encourages his young friend:
Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity (Tim 4:12).
Reflection:
Both Our Lady and St. Paul emphasize the special role of young people in the church. Paul's friend Timothy was a young leader in the early church at Ephesus, of whom the apostle wrote: "I have no one like him who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare. All of them are seeking their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ."
In Timothy's assignment at Ephesus, Paul knew that it would be easy for older Christians to question his leadership because of his youth, but he earned their respect by setting an example in his teaching, life, love and faith. Regardless of age, the Lord uses us in his great plan of salvation. Clearly the zeal and enthusiasm of youth are not only treasures of the church, but also its bright future.
Application:
Let us simply heed the Madonna's advice today: "Pray for young people, talk with them."
Message to J.N.S.R. Dec.3rd for Dec.25, 2008
I give you My Most Beautiful Gift
on this Day of My Holy NATIVITY
for the 25th of December 2008, says JESUS to us all
December 3, 2008
JESUS: My child, write what I give to all of you for Christmas: it is My Nativity, Heaven comes down to Earth with its Suite of Joy.
I AM coming to transform all the sorrows, all the concerns, all the tears, into Joy. For in each sorrow, there is hope that is hiding, GOD comes to console His own.
My child, I AM bringing you on this great Day when Heaven touches the Earth, LOVE for all the mothers. The LOVE that they expect from their children, those living on Earth and those in Heaven, departed too soon for those who witnessed their birth, and felt them in their own flesh, to leave always too soon to the Father's House.
They are with you as they are with Me, their GOD and Father. Their love is even stronger, shared with all of Heaven, that on this Day, is reaching down to you on your Earth. The Earth becomes Heaven for all those who loved you, and even for those who forgot to show you their Love, the Love that they have just found in Heaven.
Those children, big or little, are yours as well as Mine, with their LOVE multiplied in MINE. They come to you on this Day of My Holy Nativity, to bring you My Pardon with their Pardon, My LOVE with their LOVE. By loving them, you love Me. By loving Me, they are All loved, and also receive the most beautiful gift of the Earth for all of Heaven.
Love one another, as I love you.
I love you, as no one has ever known to love you, and still loves you, and always will love you, I, the Eternal SAVIOR GOD, come to Earth to teach you the one key that can open all doors, even those with the strongest locks.
I say to you, again and again, "It is through My Holy Cross", which is for you, who search without finding, who find without making use of it, who look at IT without any further thought, wondering how to use IT? It is so high, so out of reach to those who do not yet know Me, as they were not interested to know Me, some being blinded by their insane passions of the Earth, others preoccupied with their own worries, and all others by the indifference of what My CROSS has come and still comes, to bring you, My SAVING LOVE.
You look for the mystery in the depth of the Oceans, as you do in the immensity of the Heavens; even more in documents retrieved after millenniums. You even search in the depth of your Earth, the secrets of a long gone past; you even search in the cards and also in coffee/tea grounds residues, for what? A future? A past? Your origin?
- The future is in ME -
- The ancient Mystery is in ME -
- The way is in ME -
- Everything is in My Holy CROSS -
- And you are still searching -
- And you pass by without seeing ME.
I AM that GLORIOUS CROSS.
You are in this CROSS. It has everything. Your origin is in My Holy CROSS, your past is in your origin, your future is also in your beginning, and you are All with ME, with your sufferings, your sorrows, your tears, your struggles, your Future not yet revealed to you.
All of you, I have carried you, on My Holy CROSS, with each of your NAMES - ALL of you, in your sinful flesh, and to the tomb, where I obtained from Our Father, your own Resurrection in My Holy Resurrection.
What is this mystery that has all your answers - that will console your anguish from your birth until My future Advent, which is already in you, until My Advent on your Earth, when all eyes will see Me, because everyone will then understand that I AM returning, since it is for Me also, My duty as the One Unique SON of GOD, (begotten of the Father before all the Centuries), will be accomplished upon My Return in glory, because you will realize at last with ME, that I AM from the Father. I come in His Most Holy NAME, still rejected by those who are dearest to Me, to My Divine Sacred Heart - My COUNTRY and My Holy Church, the one that will rise from its ashes by calling Me, by making everyone understand, even the most recalcitrant, that I AM in the Father, as the Father is in ME and My Divine NAME (GOD-made-man), to immerse man in this very reality of GOD in His Divinity.
On Palm Sunday, in Jerusalem, the crowd chanted:
"Blessed is He who comes in the NAME of the Lord,
the King of Israel!"
The original Hebrew text says literally "in the NAME of YHWH": Yeshoua (as read in the Holy Spirit - pronounced in the Holy Spirit).
"We are," John Paul II wrote, "the Church of the New ADVENT, the one preparing for the Glorious Advent of Christ."
Each time we take action through the love of GOD, and for our brothers, we advance the Reign of Christ the KING, until the day - sooner than we think - when Zachariah's prophecy shall be reality:
"The Lord shall be King over all the Earth. Unique shall be the Lord - Unique is His NAME. As of old, with the children of Israel, let all peoples acclaim today: "Blessed is He who comes in the NAME of
Y H Sh W H, Yeshoua - JESUS."
This NAME, which in itself, contains the whole truth about the person of Christ, it is the NAME of which JESUS was thinking of when He said to His disciples: "You will be hated by all, because of MY NAME." (The Lord repeated that word to Madeleine in Dozulé on His 28th apparition.)
The religious Authorities in Jerusalem formally prohibited the very pronunciation of the "NAME of JESUS". Why prohibit Christians to even pronounce one of the most common names of that time? Barabbas himself was called Jesus.
Why? One sole name was never uttered by the Jews: the proper NAME of GOD, the sacred Tetragram: Y H W H. That NAME, "which is above every NAME", Saint Paul states that JESUS received it as His share for His obedience, "so that at the NAME of JESUS, every knee shall bend, and all tongues proclaim that JESUS Christ is Y H W H - to the Glory of GOD the Father".
This is how it is suggested that the Divine NAME is all one Y H W H, which is the NAME of GOD (we have but one GOD).
In fact, if the letter "Shin" (sh) is inserted in the center of the unspoken, mystical locution, also called Tetragram, the NAME Y H Sh W H can also be pronounced "Yeshoua". JESUS is the Son in the Father Y H Sh W H - only one GOD.
The heads of Jerusalem were not mistaken, they understood that Christians held JESUS as GOD - Y H W H - the "Lord". This is why they prohibited the very pronunciation of the NAME.
That NAME, Y H Sh W H, was found in a document of the XVII century, under an image of the glorious Christ, seated as a King with the insignia of His universal Royalty.
Here JESUS stands holding in His Hand, the globe, dominated by the glorious CROSS.
The Name of JESUS Glorified coming on the clouds of Heaven.
That name, made up of the Tetragram and of the Shin, symbolizing the Lord's human nature, expresses the perfect truth of HIS Person. So it is "JESUS- YESHOUA" who created us and redeemed us; He also could say: "All Power was given to Me in Heaven and on earth."
Every man must obey Him without reservation, all Nations must acknowledge His rights and accept "His Yoke", the yoke "sweet and light", "of the Prince of PEACE."
The day is near when the prediction made to the Jews on Palm Sunday is realized: "Behold, your House - the Temple of YHWH - will be left deserted! And I say to you: from now on you will not see Me-
I, YHshWH - until you say:
"Blessed is He who comes in the NAME of YHshWH - Yeshoua.
"Behold He whose NAME has an Eternal Reign":
Ecce Cujus imperti NOMEN est in aeternum"
The One who came down from Heaven,
The Man JESUS - Y H Sh W H,
the same One who went up and returns on the clouds of Heaven,
in the Power and the Majesty of GOD Y H W H!
These words heard by Madeleine at Dozulé, have been announced since 1972, in the Message of the glorious CROSS:
On this Christmas Day, it is possible for us to offer a gift to GOD, to our Sweet JESUS of LOVE, to spread all over the Earth and in every language, the Sacred NAME of JESUS - He who reveals to us so many of His secrets!
Let us all unveil to the whole World, the Divine NAME once given by Our Lord to the ancient Patriarchs. That NAME which was occulted 270 years before the Birth of Christ, so as not to offend the wish of the Jewish People, which was monotheistic, and did not admit the divinity of JESUS Christ in the Almighty Father.
Today, since the death of Simeon, the Just, the Jewish People will not admit JESUS in the Sacred Tetragram, except for a few who have become"Messianic", in other words, who believe in JESUS Christ.
At this time, because of their insane refusal, and of this same refusal "to not offend the Jews", the Christian Community prefers to please men rather than please GOD. So the words of Zachariah the prophet, are coming back to us: "if you want My Return on your Earth, acclaim Me as your King". "Blessed is He who comes in the NAME of Y H Sh W H" - (Yeshoua, is JESUS of Nazareth).
"I shall save you"
Meanwhile, the CROSS of Lebanon is being elevated, little by little, to be ready to welcome the Lord of Lords, (JESUS Christ - Y H Sh W H ) - when He will have already been welcomed in every Heart, and when all our prayers go up together to Him, who only waits for the Voice of our LOVE for Him, and for our brothers. For the Love of GOD, that has been transformed in the living CROSS for us all, is JESUS.
When the LOVE of JESUS meets our own love, we become those thousands of CROSSES in the World.
When these thousands of CROSSES meet the CROSS of the Return in Glory of JESUS in LEBANON, They shall be glorified - for then, prompt will be the Return of JESUS - Yeshoua, on Earth.
"Come Lord JESUS."
http://www.jnsr.be/uk.htm
Message to Eileen Renders Feb.15,2009
After all the wind, we now can look forward to some flooding, truly this is the time of Chastisement.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Jesus Asks For His Remnant To Pray For Their Brothers And Sisters
Today we attended the 8:00 A.M> Mass at our parish, Our Lady Of Sorrows, where I made small offerings to Jesus and Mary and prayed for the special needs and intentions of all.
Before receiving the most sacred Body and Blood of Christ, I made a sincere Act of Contrition After receiving the Holy Eucharist, I knelt on bended knee with both hands covering my face. After giving thanks to God and professing my love, I prayed that God would remove all outside extraction and that I would see and/or hear only that which comes from Him.
Then I prayed, Speak Lord (always and only if it be His will), Your servant listens.
Initially I did not hear Jesus, but could only see dark deep waters from the Sea, As they began to stir and sway, I saw that the Sea level was rising!
Then Jesus spoke to my heart saying My child Eileen, soon the Sea will rise and give way to flooding, this in an attempt to flush out Christians and renew their faith with a fear of God. I love you as I love all My children. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Continue praying for your brothers and sisters. Amen.
SHORT POWERFUL PRAYER THROUGH ST. JOSEPH
"Glorious St. Joseph, tenderhearted father, faithful
guardian of Jesus, chaste spouse of the Mother of
God, I ask you to join me in praising God the Father
through His Divine Son who died on the cross and
rose again to give us sinners new life. Through the
Holy Name of Jesus, pray with me that we may obtain
from the eternal Father the favor we ask. (here
state your intention)."
Say this prayer for nine consecutive days.
Fear not! God is your shelter (the 23rd Psalm and the Lord’s Prayer. God never fails. Don’t fail him. Call on Jesus. Jesus on the mainline, tell him what you want!
http://www.live365.com/stations/283424
BLACK CATHOLIC GOSPEL RADIO (Afrocentric Rosary, Stations of Cross, Chaplet of Divine Mercy)
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"
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/
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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Attorney James Wesly Smith is a 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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