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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary Protectress of Africa
Holy Mary, Mother of God, Protectress of Africa, you have given to the world the true Light, Jesus Christ. Through your obedience to the Father and the grace of the Holy Spirit, you have given us the source of our reconciliation and our justice, Jesus Christ, our peace and our joy.
Mother of Tenderness and Wisdom, show us Jesus, your Son and the Son of God. Guide our path of conversion, so that Jesus might shine his glory on us in every aspect of our personal, familial and social lives.
Mother, full of Mercy and Justice, through your docility to the Spirit, the Counselor, obtain for us the grace to be witnesses of the Risen Lord, so that we will increasingly become the salt of the earth and the light of the world.
Mother of Perpetual Help, we entrust to your maternal intercession the preparation and fruits of the Second Special Assembly for Africa. Queen of Peace, pray for us! Our Lady of Africa, pray for us!
BLACK SAINTS OF THE DAY
Black Saints of the day—From the Black Saints reference book (James Wesly Smith), 456 pages, paperback, 1000 lines of Black and African Saints in the Latin Rite, Coptic and Orthodox branches of the Mystical Body of Christ (all Christianity combined) to year 599 A.D. Order from BarnesandNobles.com, Ingram Book Group internationally, Amazon, wherever online books are sold, or quickly from www.booklocker.com/books/3088.html
Paul (Phaulios) of Tamawi, I was a Kemetian Hermit, 2 July Abyssinian Coptic Church.
Paul. Martyred in Alexandria with Dionysius, 14 Feb.
Paul of Thebes, (Abba Paulus)…I am called “Prince of Hermits”, and “The First-born of the Desert Monks” My parents were wealthy, when I was born about 230 A.D. My life came in the Theban desert. during the persecution of Decious. My parents were frightened of my brother in law. I fled into a mountain desert. I lived for meditations and mortification for 90 years, devoid of human contact. I was 113 when Saint Anthony found me. He came later, but I was by then, gone to glory. It is tradition that a raven fed me with food. 10 Jan, 14 Nov. and 15 Jan in Kemet.
Paul of Thebes (341 A.D.), 15 Jan.
Paul (Amba Baula). I was called the Just. I was a confessor. I was born in Tuwa, kemet, and lived at Mt. Ansina. My disciple was Barakial. I was a friend of Psoi. 4 Oct. In the Coptic Calendar.
Paul. Martyred in Alexandria with Peter, 3 Oct.
Paul. Martyred in Africa with Donatus, 6 Nov.
Paul. Martyred in Africa with Maximus, 16 Feb.
Paul. Martyred in Africa with Publius, 19 Feb.
Paul. Martyred in Africa with Victorinus, 22 Feb.
Paul. Martyred in Kemet with Mucus, 5 Dec.
Paul. Martyred in Kemet with Victor, 27 April, Paulus, Anteon, Quadratus, Rufinus, Magnus, and Valeria, we were martyrs in Africa. 26 May.
Paul, son of Thecla I was a friend and nephew of Abba Isa, and Appolonius. Martyrs in Kemet, 4 Dec.
Paul with Rufinus. Martyred at Africa, 16 Nov.
Paul, Papias, Dioscurus, Heron, Potammon, Pethacus, Oeconomus, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and Ammonius, We were crucified martyrs who preached Jesus in Western Kemet. 18 May with Paul.
Paul with Successus, martyr in Africa, 19 Jan. (probably the same as Paul, with Saturninus. Martyred in Africa, 19 Jan.)
Paul with Pantius. Martyred in Africa 18 Jan.
(Same as Paul with Sarmata, I was a missionary in Kemet, 18 Jan.
(Probably the same as Paul with Theodotion. Martyred in Cleopatria Kemet, 22 Oct.)
Paul with Theodulus, martyred in Carthage, 15 March
Paul with Theonius. Martyred in Kemet, 18 Jan.
Paul the Hermit
Paul the Simple and Ammon of Kemet (350 A.D.), 4 Oct.
Paul the Simple of Kemet (Egypt) Oct. 8
Paul, Pausirius, and Theodotian of Kemet (3rd century), martyrs, 24 Jan.
Paul with Valeria, martyred in Africa, 26 May.
Paulillus, I was the boy and brother of courtiers Eutychianus and Pascharius, under King Geiseric. I refused the Arian heresy. I was clubbed, and sold into slavery, 437 A.D. 13 Nov.
Paulus, Deacon, Possibly a duplicate name, but a deacon 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).
Paulus, 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).
Paulus, Anteon, Quadratus, Magnus, and Valeria, we were martyrs in Africa. 26 May.
Paulus, and Bassus, we were martyrs at Carthage, the persecution of Decius. We died tortured, April 251 A.D. 17 April.
Paulus, Dionysius, Ammonius with companions, we were martyrs at Alexandria, 9 Feb.
Paulus. Martyred in Kemet with Ammonius, 1_Jan
Paulus, Januarius, Geruntius, Saturninus, Successus, Julius, Catus, Pia. Martyrs in Africa, around 300 A.D. 19 Jan, with Paul, 14 Jan.
Paulus, Longinus, Zaina (Zeina). We are martyrs, celebrated in the Coptic Church, 21 Oct.
Paulus, and Longinus with Agatho and Arsenius Pachomius, collective memorial celebrated on 17 Jan.
Paulus, Pansius, Dionysius, Thonius, Hopaesius, Hor, another Dionysius, Ammon, Bessammonius, Agatho, Recumbus, Bastmus, Sarmathus, Proteheas, Orion, Colluthus, Didymus, Pelesius, Arates, Theonas, Hippeas, Romanus, Saturninus, Pinutus, Serapion, Papias, Bastamonus, Pantherus, Papia, Dioscurus, Heron, Cyriacus, and Ammonius. We are martyrs who preached Jesus in Kemet, martyred in Alexandria, 18 Jan.
Paulus, Pausirius, and Theodotion, we were martyrs, brothers, and hermits. We suffered at Cleopatris, Kemet, 303 A.D. 24 Jan.
Paulus, Solutor, Alexander, Theodulus, Theohilus, Octavius, Petronius, and Manilus, Martyrs at Carthage, 15 March
Paulus, Successus, Victorinus, Saturus, (Saturninus) Missor, Geruntius, Lucentius, Januarius, Florida, Theocosia, and 8 companions. We were martyred in Africa, 14 Jan. Also 19 Jan in some dioceses.
Paulus with Paul. Martyred in Kemet with Victor, 27 April,
Paulus, Rufinus, Marcus, Valerius VictorHonoratus, Donatus, Baricus, Vitalis, Januarius, and Justus, martyred in Africa. 16 Nov.
Paulus, Anteon, Quadratus, Rufinus, Magnus, and Valeria. We were martyred in Africa. 26 May.
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ORTHODOX RITE
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dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/
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COPTIC RITE
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LATIN RITE
catholicism.about.com/cs/saints/
directory.google.com/Top/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/ Christianity/Denominations/Catholicism/Saints/
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And still more…
Ecole Glossary,
Open Directory Project
For All The Saints
Catholic Encyclopedia
e.g. Passion of Saint Menas of Cotyaeum
Coptic Encomium
Ethiopic Synaxarium
Be aware that Yeshua, Jesus the Christ, wants His Church reunited.
It will be!
For in God’s eyes, there exists one, holy catholic (which means universal), and apostolic church in the Mystical Body of Christ(all Christianity combined).
Black Saints Videos
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PROPHECY MEDITATIONS TODAY
Test! Discern The Spirit! Accept what speaks to YOUR SOUL/SPIRIT. Disregard the rest!
from such as Seers, OLOE, ERA OF PEACE, J.Leary, and Fr. Doucette, Anne Hidden Lay Apostle, Sharon Fitzpatrick, Lousie Tomkiel, Carol Ameche, and others.
Fair use, educational and religious purposes, 17 U.S.C. for those in the African Historic and Geologic Diaspora who would otherwise not be exposed to such,
Medjugorje Day By Day Apr 18 - THEY WILL BE CURED
"This providential initiative [witnessing to the presence of the Risen Lord], falling appropriately in the context of the year dedicated to the Eucharist, will surely be a source of renewed apostolic vitality and missionary daring for everyone . . . to bear witness, in modern society, to the presence of the Risen Christ, the center of the Church." (Pope John Paul II, February 19, 2005)
Mother Teresa
I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your faults, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless (Letters III p 383).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Christ's Resurrection dignified both His Divinity and His humanity.
"The Resurrection is the only answer to the question of the breach that we all feel psychologically in ourselves between the body and the soul. Some thinkers through the ages sacrificed the body to the soul; today the tendency is to sacrifice the soul to the body. The Resurrection reveals the sacredness of both. No mere rational doctrine of immortality can do this perfectly. Furthermore, as for the Risen Lord, it lifts Him out of history and makes it possible for Him to enter into new relations with mankind."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
My daughter, if I demand through you that people revere My mercy, you should be the first to distinguish yourself by this confidence in My mercy. I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.
I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor: the first-by deed, the second-by word, the third-by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy. Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must also be acts of mercy, and I demand the worship of My mercy through the solemn celebration of the Feast and through the veneration of the Image which is painted.
By means of this Image I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of no avail without works. O my Jesus, You yourself must help me in everything, because You see how very little I am, and so I depend solely on Your goodness, O God. (742)
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.
APRIL 18 - THEY WILL BE CURED
In answer to the visionaries' questions about the sick, Our Lady responded:
"Have a strong faith, pray, and fast and they will be cured. Be confident and rest in joy. Go in the peace of God. Be patient and pray for their cure. Goodbye, my angels (First Years November 16,1981).
In John's gospel, Christ also answered questions about the sick and disabled:
As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God's works might be revealed in him" (Jan 9:1-3)
Reflection:
A common belief in Jewish culture was that calamity or suffering was the result of some great sin. But Christ used this man's suffering to teach about faith and to glorify God.
We live in a fallen world where good behavior is not always rewarded and bad behavior not always punished. Therefore, innocent people sometimes suffer. This is part of the mystery of evil which distorts and corrupts that which was originally good. But regardless of the reasons for suffering, Jesus has the power to renew and heal us.
When you suffer from a disease, tragedy, or handicap. Remember that it is not a punishment or rebuke from God, just as the suffering of Jesus was not inflicted by the Father, but by the sin and evil of the world. One positive response is to pray for the Lord's help and strength in dealing with your trial, and to link it to the passion and cross of Christ, which will give your suffering a redemptive value---a sharing in the saving work of Christ and the Blessed Mother. This is how the visionary Vicka coped with her own illness at the advice of the Gospa.
Application:
There is a Latin proverb that, "In time of illness the soul collects itself anew." Today, pray for the strength you will need for any future hardship, and pray especially for those who are bearing trails now.
Fair use for those in the African Diaspora who would otherwise not be exposed to such 17 U.S.C
Medjugorje Day By Day Apr 19 - May Jesus truly rise in your families
"Jesus is present in the Eucharist to be met, loved, received and consoled" (Pope John Paul II, June 14, 1979).
Mother Teresa
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
Confession which is the purification of the soul should be made no later than every eight days; I cannot bear to keep souls away from confession for more than eight days (AP).
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
A life to be lived and a communion to be shared.
"If Christ stayed with us in the flesh, He would have come no closer to us than the touch of a hand or an embrace. But ascending to the Father and sending His Spirit of Love into our hearts, He became not an example to be copied, or a fact to be remembered, but a life to be lived and a communion to be shared. Now it is possible for us to embrace the crosses and trials of this life, knowing that the `sufferings of this life simply cannot be compared to the glory that is to come' (Romans 8: 18)."
St. Faustina's diary-http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
I have understood that at certain and most difficult moments I shall be alone, deserted by everyone, and that I must face all the storms and fight with all the strength of my soul, even with those from whom I expected to get help. But I am not alone, because Jesus is with me, and with Him I fear nothing. I am well aware of everything, and I know what God is demanding of me. Suffering, contempt, ridicule, persecution, and humiliation will be my constant lot. I know no other way. For sincere love-ingratitude; this is my path, marked out by the footprints of Jesus.
My Jesus, my strength and my only hope, in You alone is all my hope. My trust will not be frustrated. (746)
My union with the dying is still as close as ever. Oh, how incomprehensible is God's mercy that the Lord allows me, by my unworthy prayer, to come to the aid of the dying. I try to be at the side of every dying person whenever I can. Have confidence in God, for He is good and inconceivable. His mercy surpasses our understanding. (880)
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.
APRIL 19 - MAY JESUS RISE IN YOUR FAMILIES
The spirit of the resurrection colors Our Lady's message today:
"Pray a great deal at Easter. May Jesus truly rise in your families. Where there is war, let there be peace. May your become new people.
My children, I thank you. Continue to bring about the Resurrection of Jesus in all men". (Locutionist Jelena & Mirijana February 21, 1984).
And in Matthew's gospel, the account of the resurrection:
And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. For fear of him the guards shook and became like dead men. But the angel said to the woman, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples, "He has been raised from the dead, and indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.' This is my message for you (Mt 28:2-7)
Reflection:
The Chinese princess Tou Wan, who died about 104 B.C., was buried in a jade suit. Her husband, who had died nine years earlier, was given a suit. The pair were laid to rest in vast tombs hollowed out of a rocky hillside.
In 1969, when their tombs were discovered, they created a sensation because of the staggering wealth of the 2,800 funeral offerings. Most spectacular of all were the jade suits, each made up of more than 2,000 tiny plates of thin jade, sewn together with gold thread. Nobles of the period believed gold and jade would stand the ravages of time, and so confer immortality.
St. John Chrysostom wrote, "After the royal throne comes death; but after the dunghill comes the kingdom of Heaven." Despite failure, mankind has been undeterred in its attempts to conquer death. But the message of Our Lady and St. Matthew is one of genuine hope and shinning promise: "Do not fear. You are eternal, like the stars of heaven. You are the heirs of God."" We have no need, then, of jade garments, for we have the promise of Jesus Christ.
Application:
Today, while praying the first Glorious Mystery of the rosary, reflect on the gift of eternal life.
Jesus to Sister Josefa Menendez
23rd March 1923
We are going to make souls understand how many allow themselves to be
deceived by pride.
Crowned with thorns and clothed in the purple mantle and amidst
overwhelming insults and mockeries, I was brought back by the
soldiers to Pilate. Finding in Me no crime worthy of death, he
questioned Me again and asked Me why I did not reply, seeing that he
had the power to crucify Me or release Me.
Then breaking silence I said: 'Thou wouldst have no power over Me
unless it were given thee from above, but the scriptures must be
fulfilled! After which I resumed My silence, surrendering Myself wholly to God.
Pilate, meanwhile troubled by a message from his wife, and worried by
the remorse of his conscience and fearing that the people might turn
against him if he refused to sentence Me to death, sought for a
pretext to release Me. So presenting Me to the people in the pitiable
plight to which I had been reduced, he offered to free Me and condemn
instead Barabbas the thief. But the multitude cried out angrily with
one voice "let Him die. He must die and let Barabbas be set free".
O all ye who love Me, consider how I was compared to a thief..or
rather valued lower than a degraded criminal, one of the wickedess of
men. Hear their cries of rage against Me and their vociferous
clamours for My death.
Far from seeking to escape this affront, I lovingly accepted it for
love of souls, for love of you, desirous of showing you that My love
was leading Me not only to death but to contempt, ignominy and hatred
of those very men for whom I should shed My Blood in such profusion.
I was treated as a disturber of the peace, as insane, a madman, and I
accepted it all with the utmost meekness and humility. Do you think
that in My human nature I felt no repugnance and grief?
I willed to know experimentally all that would have to be undergone
by you, that you might draw strength from My example for all the
circumstances of your life. So I did not free Myself, though this
would have been easy, I accepted all lovingly, that thus fortified
you might understand how to sacrifice every repugnance in order to
accomplish the Holy Will of God, My Father.. repair His
Glory...expiate the sins of the world and win the salvation of many souls.
Here I once more addressed Myself to the souls to whom I spoke
yesterday. You who are called to a life of perfection, who parley
with grace, and answer thus: 'How can I live in continual obscurity?
I am not accustomed to that kind of life..to such lowly work...my
family and friends will thnink me ridiculous.. . For I am gifted and
could be more uselful elsewhere.
To you I make My answer: When I was born of poor and humble parents.
far from My own country and home... in a stable...in the severest
season of the year and trhe coldest of nights..did I hesitate? Did I refuse?
During thiry years I knew the hard toil of an obscure workshop,
bearing the contempt and indifference of those for whom My father St.
Joseph worked, nor did I distain to help my Mother in the humble and
hidden occupations of Her poor household. Had I not more knowledge
than was needed for the humble trade of a carpenter, I who at twelve
years of age taught the Doctors in the Temple? But such was My
Father's will and consequently it was in this way that I gave Him glory.
From the beginning of My Public life, I could not have made Myself
known as the Messiah and Son of God, so as to attract the attention
and veneration of men to My teaching. I did not do so, because My one
desire was to follow in all things My Father's Will.
And when the hour of My Passion had struck, see how inspite of the
cruelty of some, the insults of others, the desertion of My own, the
ingratitude of the crowds... the unspeakable martyrdom of My Body and
the intense repugnance of My human nature, I embraced with ever more
love that Holy Will.
Thus when you submit yourselves generously to the Will of God inspite
of natural interior opposition to it.. the resistance of your own
family.. the judgements of the whole world. When you have given
yourself generously to the Will of God, then shall you be closely
united with Him and taste ineffable sweetness.
What I have said to souls who experience this keen repugnance to a
humble and hidden life, I repeat to those called on the contrary to
spend themselves in the service of the world when their whole
attraction is for a life of solitude and hidden labour.
O chosen souls, your happiness and perfection do not lie in following
your attraction, nor in living known or unknown to the world, in
using or hiding the talents with which you have been endowed, in
being thought much of or little.. in having good health or not..but
only and soley in embracing with love God's Will, and being in
perfect conformity with it in all it requires of you for His glory
and your holiness.
Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick April 18,2009
PRAYER GROUP ROSARY - WEDNESDAYS, 7:00 P.M. - SUNDAYS, 3:00 P.M.
OUR LADY OF LOURDES GROTTO (BEHIND HOSPITAL) PANA, IL
MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN
SHARON FITZPATRICK - LOCUTIONIST
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009 - CORE GROUP
MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,
I GREET YOU WITH A JOYFUL HEART AND I ENCLOSE YOU THERE. YOU COME TOGETHER AS FRIENDS, SHARING AND DISCUSSING AS DID THE APOSTLES. YOUR NEEDS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SUCH A SIMPLE GATHERING, EXCHANGING THOUGHTS, HOPES, AND EVEN WOULD BE FEARS. I AM GRATEFUL THAT YOU HEED MY WORDS AND EXPEL ALL FEARS BECAUSE OF THEM. LET THIS TIME BE A PEACEFUL TIME FOR DEAR FRIENDS.
MY CHILDREN, YOU SEE THE WORLD IN SUCH UPHEAVAL AND THE SIN COVERING EVERYTHING. YOU SEE THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE WITHIN YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU PONDER THEIR DESTINY. BE AFRAID FOR THOSE WHO REFUSE GOD AND ARE THE CAUSE OF SUCH HORRENDOUS ACTIONS AGAINST THESE LITTLE ONES, SO LOVED BY GOD. THEIR FATE CANNOT BE MENTIONED, THEIR SIN SHALL BRING DOWN UPON THEM THE WRATH OF GOD AS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. ONLY A SINCERE CONTRITE HEART CAN HELP THEM, THOSE SOULS THAT HAVE CAUSED SIN TO ENTER THE YOUNGEST HEARTS.
YOUR NATION IS NOT WITHOUT HOPE, YOU WHO PRAY CAN CAUSE THIS CHANGE, BUT ONLY FEW PRAY. LET THOSE WHO READ THESE WORDS, OPEN THEIR HEARTS, THAT WHAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THESE PETALS FROM HEAVEN, OPEN THEIR SOULS TO GODS GRACE, THEIR EYES TO THE EVIL ABOUT THEM, AND THEIR HEARTS TO COMPASSION SO NEEDED FOR THOSE SO LOST. THE SOUL CANNOT BECOME BEAUTIFUL IF IT DENIES GOD. GRACE CANNOT PENETRATE THE SOUL THAT DOES NOT LOVE GOD. PRAY WITH ALL SINCERITY, TRUSTING THAT THIS SITUATION OF GODLESSNESS BE REVERSED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL MANKIND.
YOU PONDER OFTEN MY WORDS CONCERNING YOUR FAMILIES AND LOVED-ONES. AS YOUR MOTHER, I UNDERSTAND THIS, FOR I TOO AM CONCERNED FOR MY CHILDREN. BUT I MUST SAY TO YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE MOTHER OF GOD TO HELP YOU, GUIDE YOU, AND PROTECT YOU. MY PRAYERS ARE OFFERED FOR YOU DEAR ONES, THAT YOU DO NOT BECOME WEAK, THAT YOU REMAIN STRONG IN THE TRUTH, AND WILLING TO PROTECT IT, EVEN UNTO DEATH. WHAT YOU MUST THINK AS I REPEAT THESE WORDS. YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND THAT YOU WOULD BE ASKED SUCH A SACRIFICE. BUT I AM HERE AT THE FATHERS REQUEST, RELAYING TO YOU HIS MESSAGE. ONCE MORE. I ASSURE YOU THAT YOU NEED NOT HAVE ANY FEAR - NONE. YOU WERE CHOSEN AND YOU WILL BE FORTIFIED BY ALL THE GRACE YOU NEED, IF YOU ONLY LISTEN AND REMAIN WITH ME. ALL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO GODS HOLY WILL, AND YOU WILL MARVEL AT GODS LOVE AND MERCY.
I BRING TO YOU THIS DAY A SERIOUS MESSAGE, YET IT IS FILLED WITH HOPE AND WITH LOVE. I BRING TO EACH OF YOU A SPECIAL GRACE THAT SHALL HELP YOU AS YOU PROCURE FOR OTHERS THIS HOPE AND CONFIDENCE THAT CAN COME ONLY FROM GOD. BE OPEN TO ALL THE WONDERFUL GIFTS THAT ARE YOURS. SECURE IN YOUR HEARTS THE TRUTH AND BE PROTECTORS OF IT, ALWAYS TRUSTING IN MY SON WHO WILL COME TO YOU, MUCH AS HE DID TO THE APOSTLES AFTER HE HAD RISEN FROM THE DEAD. TRY NOT TO CALCULATE, BUT INSTEAD MAKE READY WITH FREQUENT AND SINCERE CONFESSION AND THE RECEPTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST. BE AWARE, BE ALERT, BE PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN.
AS YOU CONTINUE YOUR DAY WITH REGARDS TO EACH OTHER, GIVE OF YOURSELVES THAT YOU SHARE AND FIND EACH OTHERS NEEDS SPIRITUALLY. THEN BE FOR EACH OTHER. LOVE EACH OTHER, AND ALWAYS BE READY TO FORGIVE EACH OTHER.
I GIVE NOW MY BLESSING. ON THIS OCCASION I GO TO EACH ONE TOUCHING YOUR HEARTS AND GIVING TO EACH ONE MY KISS, AND THIS I DO IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
JESUS, THIS DAY, GIVES HIS BLESSING DRAWING YOU DEEP WITHIN HIS HEART WHERE YOU CAN REJOICE IN HIS DIVINE MERCY AND HIS LOVE.
GIVE MUCH THANKS DEAR CHILDREN, PRAISING AND THANKING HIM WITH TRUE LOVE, NOW AND FOREVER.
The Mother of Perpetual Light
CONTINUE YOUR MISSION
WITH DIGITAL TVS, RADIOS, AND COMPUTERS,
EVERY WORD WILL BE TRACKED BY OUTSIDE INTRUDERS.
THEY’LL BE ABLE TO DISTORT WHAT IS TRUE INTO LIES
WHEN THE POWERS TO BE ALL SIGNALS DIGITIZE.
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE THEIR TRAPS TO AVOID
UNLESS YOU REFRAIN NOW FROM WHAT’S BEING DEPLOYED.
THE TIME HAS NOW COME THAT YOU NOW SHOULD END
MY MESSAGES GIVEN WHICH TO THE WEBSITE YOU SEND.
THE WEBSITE SPANNED THE WORLD AND REACHED MANY A SOUL
AND FREED THEM FROM SHACKLES AND SATAN’S CONTROL.
MANY RETURNED TO THE SACRAMENTS, WHICH THEY HAD NOT FOR YEARS;
MANY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, WHICH PREVENTED MORE TEARS.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE
TO MY CHOSEN WEBMASTER, WHO HAS DONE SO MUCH GOOD.
I THANK HIM FOR ENGAGING IN SUCH AN ARDUOUS TASK,
WHICH HE CHOSE TO DO WHEN YOU DID NOT EVEN ASK.
CONTINUE, DEAR CHILDREN, THE ROSARY TO PRAY
FOR THIS WAS YOUR MISSION, AND IT STILL IS TODAY.
I WILL CONTINUE FOR YOU TO INTERCEDE
AND SHIELD YOU WITH MY ROSARY DURING YOUR TIME OF NEED.
THY WILL BE DONE
4-8-2009
Message to Eileen Renders April 19,2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Compassion Sunday
Today we attended the 8:00 AM Mass at our parish, Our Lady Of Sorrows where I made small offerings to Jesus and Mary and prayed for all with special needs and intentions.
Last evening on EWTN I watched a little movie about the life of Saint Faustina and it was special because it included many of her prayers to Jesus as well as Jesus' messages to her. And the most significant message to her (at this time) was His desire to have the first Sunday after Easter be designated Compassion Sunday.
It was explained to us in a way that helps to insure your prayers are answered. We must take our cross (emotional, physical, financial whatever) and unite them to the blood and tears of the crucified Jesus in an offering to God His father. In that way, God The Father will answer our prayers on this, Compassion Sunday.
After making an Act of Contrition, I received the Body and Blood of Christ in the sacrament of Holy Communion. With the sacred Eucharist on my tongue, I knelt in prayer and silent commune with God the Father, praying and uniting my own crosses with Christ and making an offering to God the Father for His mercy in receiving a special intention-request.
On my knees, with two hands covering my face, I prayed to God, asking Him speak Lord (if it be Your will), Your servant listens.
I saw very soft colors of blue and saw that there was a small darker blue opening that appeared to be an opening that caused the lighter blue to be sucked into it, sort of like a small whirlpool.
Then Jesus spoke to my heart saying; My child Eileen, the eye sees light, uses light and reflects what is in the heart. Therefore the manner in which you see all things will reflect how you interpret and manage life's challenges.
See with a clean heart and you will be protecting your soul.
Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Continue to pray 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
LINKS
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Google, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo, Viddler and Howcast
Part II
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=jMnYwZEfBg4
LINKS
YouTube, Yahoo, MySpace, Google, Revver, DailyMotion, Blip.tv, Veoh, Stupid Videos, Sclipo, Viddler and Howcast
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, Attorney James Wesly Smith ‘s 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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