1 Oct, 12 > 7 Oct, 12
13 Feb, 12 > 19 Feb, 12
9 Jan, 12 > 15 Jan, 12
28 Nov, 11 > 4 Dec, 11
31 Oct, 11 > 6 Nov, 11
24 Oct, 11 > 30 Oct, 11
5 Sep, 11 > 11 Sep, 11
15 Aug, 11 > 21 Aug, 11
25 Jul, 11 > 31 Jul, 11
18 Jul, 11 > 24 Jul, 11
11 Jul, 11 > 17 Jul, 11
4 Jul, 11 > 10 Jul, 11
20 Jun, 11 > 26 Jun, 11
13 Jun, 11 > 19 Jun, 11
6 Jun, 11 > 12 Jun, 11
25 Apr, 11 > 1 May, 11
18 Apr, 11 > 24 Apr, 11
11 Apr, 11 > 17 Apr, 11
4 Apr, 11 > 10 Apr, 11
14 Mar, 11 > 20 Mar, 11
7 Mar, 11 > 13 Mar, 11
28 Feb, 11 > 6 Mar, 11
14 Feb, 11 > 20 Feb, 11
10 Jan, 11 > 16 Jan, 11
3 Jan, 11 > 9 Jan, 11
27 Dec, 10 > 2 Jan, 11
29 Nov, 10 > 5 Dec, 10
13 Sep, 10 > 19 Sep, 10
26 Jul, 10 > 1 Aug, 10
14 Jun, 10 > 20 Jun, 10
7 Jun, 10 > 13 Jun, 10
17 May, 10 > 23 May, 10
26 Apr, 10 > 2 May, 10
12 Apr, 10 > 18 Apr, 10
29 Mar, 10 > 4 Apr, 10
22 Mar, 10 > 28 Mar, 10
15 Mar, 10 > 21 Mar, 10
8 Mar, 10 > 14 Mar, 10
22 Feb, 10 > 28 Feb, 10
15 Feb, 10 > 21 Feb, 10
8 Feb, 10 > 14 Feb, 10
1 Feb, 10 > 7 Feb, 10
18 Jan, 10 > 24 Jan, 10
11 Jan, 10 > 17 Jan, 10
4 Jan, 10 > 10 Jan, 10
28 Dec, 09 > 3 Jan, 10
14 Dec, 09 > 20 Dec, 09
7 Dec, 09 > 13 Dec, 09
30 Nov, 09 > 6 Dec, 09
23 Nov, 09 > 29 Nov, 09
16 Nov, 09 > 22 Nov, 09
2 Nov, 09 > 8 Nov, 09
26 Oct, 09 > 1 Nov, 09
19 Oct, 09 > 25 Oct, 09
12 Oct, 09 > 18 Oct, 09
5 Oct, 09 > 11 Oct, 09
21 Sep, 09 > 27 Sep, 09
14 Sep, 09 > 20 Sep, 09
7 Sep, 09 > 13 Sep, 09
31 Aug, 09 > 6 Sep, 09
24 Aug, 09 > 30 Aug, 09
17 Aug, 09 > 23 Aug, 09
10 Aug, 09 > 16 Aug, 09
3 Aug, 09 > 9 Aug, 09
27 Jul, 09 > 2 Aug, 09
20 Jul, 09 > 26 Jul, 09
13 Jul, 09 > 19 Jul, 09
6 Jul, 09 > 12 Jul, 09
29 Jun, 09 > 5 Jul, 09
22 Jun, 09 > 28 Jun, 09
15 Jun, 09 > 21 Jun, 09
8 Jun, 09 > 14 Jun, 09
1 Jun, 09 > 7 Jun, 09
25 May, 09 > 31 May, 09
18 May, 09 > 24 May, 09
11 May, 09 > 17 May, 09
4 May, 09 > 10 May, 09
27 Apr, 09 > 3 May, 09
20 Apr, 09 > 26 Apr, 09
13 Apr, 09 > 19 Apr, 09
6 Apr, 09 > 12 Apr, 09
30 Mar, 09 > 5 Apr, 09
23 Mar, 09 > 29 Mar, 09
16 Mar, 09 > 22 Mar, 09
9 Mar, 09 > 15 Mar, 09
2 Mar, 09 > 8 Mar, 09
23 Feb, 09 > 1 Mar, 09
16 Feb, 09 > 22 Feb, 09
9 Feb, 09 > 15 Feb, 09
2 Feb, 09 > 8 Feb, 09
26 Jan, 09 > 1 Feb, 09
19 Jan, 09 > 25 Jan, 09
12 Jan, 09 > 18 Jan, 09
5 Jan, 09 > 11 Jan, 09
29 Dec, 08 > 4 Jan, 09
22 Dec, 08 > 28 Dec, 08
15 Dec, 08 > 21 Dec, 08
8 Dec, 08 > 14 Dec, 08
1 Dec, 08 > 7 Dec, 08
24 Nov, 08 > 30 Nov, 08
17 Nov, 08 > 23 Nov, 08
10 Nov, 08 > 16 Nov, 08
27 Oct, 08 > 2 Nov, 08
20 Oct, 08 > 26 Oct, 08
6 Oct, 08 > 12 Oct, 08
29 Sep, 08 > 5 Oct, 08
22 Sep, 08 > 28 Sep, 08
8 Sep, 08 > 14 Sep, 08
1 Sep, 08 > 7 Sep, 08
25 Aug, 08 > 31 Aug, 08
18 Aug, 08 > 24 Aug, 08
11 Aug, 08 > 17 Aug, 08
4 Aug, 08 > 10 Aug, 08
28 Jul, 08 > 3 Aug, 08
21 Jul, 08 > 27 Jul, 08
14 Jul, 08 > 20 Jul, 08
7 Jul, 08 > 13 Jul, 08
30 Jun, 08 > 6 Jul, 08
23 Jun, 08 > 29 Jun, 08
16 Jun, 08 > 22 Jun, 08
9 Jun, 08 > 15 Jun, 08
2 Jun, 08 > 8 Jun, 08
26 May, 08 > 1 Jun, 08
19 May, 08 > 25 May, 08
12 May, 08 > 18 May, 08
5 May, 08 > 11 May, 08
28 Apr, 08 > 4 May, 08
21 Apr, 08 > 27 Apr, 08
14 Apr, 08 > 20 Apr, 08
7 Apr, 08 > 13 Apr, 08
31 Mar, 08 > 6 Apr, 08
24 Mar, 08 > 30 Mar, 08
17 Mar, 08 > 23 Mar, 08
10 Mar, 08 > 16 Mar, 08
3 Mar, 08 > 9 Mar, 08
25 Feb, 08 > 2 Mar, 08
18 Feb, 08 > 24 Feb, 08
11 Feb, 08 > 17 Feb, 08
4 Feb, 08 > 10 Feb, 08
28 Jan, 08 > 3 Feb, 08
21 Jan, 08 > 27 Jan, 08
14 Jan, 08 > 20 Jan, 08
7 Jan, 08 > 13 Jan, 08
31 Dec, 07 > 6 Jan, 08
24 Dec, 07 > 30 Dec, 07
17 Dec, 07 > 23 Dec, 07
10 Dec, 07 > 16 Dec, 07
3 Dec, 07 > 9 Dec, 07
26 Nov, 07 > 2 Dec, 07
19 Nov, 07 > 25 Nov, 07
12 Nov, 07 > 18 Nov, 07
5 Nov, 07 > 11 Nov, 07
BLACK CATHOLICS, BLACK SAINTS
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Prophecy Meditations

 

Medjugorje Day By Day May 23 - THE HOUR OF SATAN

St. Dominic, Priest & Preacher, Founder of Dominicans (1170-1221), Feast,
Aug. 8 It was to St. Dominic that Our Lady gave the Holy Rosary which has become,
next to Mass and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the most powerful prayer in
the Church.

 

Mother Teresa

Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

May 23 Do that penance of remembering, with sorrow, your offenses committed against God; the penance of being constantly good, the penance of fighting against your defects.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen -

Grace is the saving factor!

"The good recover peace of soul; the evil have to be satisfied with peace of mind. The explanation of this phenomenon is that the good have another principle of action in them than the evil. The evil are guided solely by the thought either of the satisfaction of the flesh or the spirit and that this world is all. But the good have another principle in them, entirely above nature, which is called grace, and by it they are united to God. This principle of grace is always rising up against their sin and generally triumphs over it with the slightest cooperation of the will."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

Jesus: My daughter, do you think you have written enough about My mercy? What you have written is but a drop compared to the ocean. I am Love and Mercy itself. There is no misery that could be a match for My mercy, neither will misery exhaust it, because as it is being granted-it increases. The soul that trusts in My mercy is most fortunate, because I myself take care of it. (1273)

 

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.

May 23 - THE HOUR OF SATAN

Our Lady gives us a somber message today:

The hour has come when the demon is authorized to act with all his force and power. The present hour is the hour of Satan (First Years 84-85).

As we see in scripture, evil often attacks those dearest to the Lord:

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent [for] and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men (Mt 2:16).

Reflection:

"This is the hour of Satan," Our Lady warns us. Certainly he has held sway over the last century, which can claim two devastating world wars, the Nazi holocaust, the agonizing rise and spread of Communism, and the wars in Korea, Asia, and the Middle East, to mention only several. It has been the bloodiest century of mankind's history, despite its scientific and material progress.

The hour of Satan also speaks of his relentless attacks on the individual, including the explosion of addictive diseases, thoughtless materialism, an unprecedented crime rate, AIDS, a skyrocketing divorce rate, and an array of other tragedies.

The Blessed Mother wants us to know what we are battling, that Satan attacks the weakest link in both society and the individual, and that his ultimate goal is simply destruction. But she also gives us the weapons to fight the Evil One: conversion, faith, and prayer, the sacraments, and the rosary. To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

Application:

The power of Satan has peaked. Since our chief weapon in his demise is prayer, let us add this to our daily prayer intentions, beginning today.

 

FEAST DAYS OF THE THREE HEARTS -MAY 29, 30, 31 MAY

 

FEAST DAYS OF THE THREE HEARTS -MAY 29, 30, 31


Remember the feast days of the Sacred Heart of God the Father onThursday, May
29th; the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, May 30th, and the Immaculate Heart of
Mary on Saturday, May 31st. Below are the instructions and explanations given
by God the Father, Jesus and Mary through Chris Courtis for observing the three
days.



FEASTS OF THE THREE HEARTS

May 29, 30, 31

On April 13, 2002, in a message to the world through Chris Courtis, God the
Father asked that devotion to His Sacred Heart be spread and that His feast day
be established the Thursday before the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Friday) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Saturday). These are all moveable
feasts and this year they fall on May 29, 30, 31.

The feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary are
well known, and now with the addition of the feast of the Sacred Heart of God
the Father in 2002, they are known as the Feasts of the Three Sacred Hearts.

According to Our Lady, ?It is imperative that men realize that the feasts of
these Three Sacred Hearts are not just to receive graces, but also to make
reparation against the sins committed against Our Three Hearts. These are holy
days, holy days in June when all Three Hearts are united as One.? (May 25, 2002
through Chris Courtis)


Following is

1) The original message from God the Father,

2) A message from Jesus explaining consecration to the Sacred Heart of the
Father, and

3) Our Lady?s instructions for observing the three feast days.



Message from GOD THE FATHER

To THE WORLD

April 13, 2002 through Chris Courtis, a visionary in Maryland, U.S.A.

(I see St. Michael the Archangel. He?s blowing the trumpet. He says, ?All
kneel down before Our Lord, and God and Creator? I see God the Father! I see
Him! I see the Holy Spirit, too. He?s coming to rest on a cloud. By His left
arm I see Jesus. I see His mother holding Jesus in her arms. I see St. Joseph
by the right hand of Jesus. Jesus is a child. He?s nine months old. I see
angels, the little faces that Mary steps on, I see them. I see angels dressed
in blue robes, in white robes. I see St. Michael on the right, St. Gabriel on
the left. I see in the background three people. It?s St. Therese of the Child
Jesus. I see St. Thomas More, but I should point out he doesn?t look like that
in the picture. His nose isn?t big either. I see St. Anna, too, dressed all in
white. Our Lady says that I should look up to see God the Father. God the
Father, there He is. I see His Sacred Heart. He says,)


My dear ones,

Today I come among you to establish devotion to My Sacred Heart. On this
anniversary day and on every anniversary day up until the date that I choose, I
shall appear. Today my message is this: I wish that all people throughout the
world have a devotion to My Sacred Heart. (He?s holding out His Heart.) I wish
My Sacred Heart to be spread and to be put beside the Sacred Heart of My Son,
Jesus, and before the Immaculate Heart of your mother, Mary.

My children, this June shall begin the special day, My feast day of My Fatherly
Sacred Heart. The day established by My Church for the Sacred Heart of My Son,
Jesus, the day before that, is My feast day of My Sacred Heart.

I did not just come to reveal that date to you, but to tell you that I wish for
everyone to know the eight promises that I shall give for those who have a
devotion to My Sacred Heart.


1. I shall establish peace within all families and the father shall be the head
of that household.

2. I will bring peace to a nation who so consecrates themselves to My Sacred
Heart, or in

your case, state.

3. I shall also protect these children from war, poverty and hunger. Plus, I
shall establish peace

within that community who has a devotion to My Sacred Heart.

4. I shall give to you My Divine and Most Holy Will. The people who
consecrate themselves

to the Sacred Heart of Me, their Father, shall learn to live and pray in
The Divine Will. This

gift I can give to anyone I choose and I freely choose to dispose this gift
upon you. When you

consecrate yourselves to My Sacred Heart, you shall live, know, and do My
Will.

5. Those who consecrate themselves to My Sacred Heart shall also be consecrated
to the Sacred

Heart of Jesus and to Mary, your most holy mother. They shall not be My
people, but they

shall be My children, sons and daughters of God most high. As Jesus is My
Beloved Son in

whom I am well pleased, and as Mary is My beloved daughter, so shall you
all be sons and

daughters of God, a beloved royal family, consecrated to My Most Sacred
Heart.

6. (He?s looking over everyone.) I shall establish within each person the
grace of loving Me,

their Father, with all their heart, with all their soul, and with all their
mind. If anyone comes

to Me and consecrates his soul and his life to My Sacred Heart, I shall fill him
with the burning desire of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit shall imprison
his heart with fire and it shall be set on fire for love of Me and their mother
Mary, and Jesus, My Son. I shall do this to every heart that consecrates
themselves to me, the Sacred Heart of the Father.

7. I will answer your prayers powerfully and unexpectedly. But know this, you
shall gain the gift of the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Therefore, if it is not
in The Kingdom of the Divine Will for you to ask of this, then it shall not be
given unto you. If you are led by the Spirit and with the Divine Will, I will
answer your prayers.

8. I will heal the hearts of My children. I see your pain. I see your
sufferings. And if I in all My glory can cry in seeing you suffer, then know
that I rejoice in healing men?s hearts. Come to Me, My children who suffer and
who cry, and I shall heal your heart and make it like unto My Heart, rich in
love and mercy and free from wounds and injuries. Just a touch of the Golden
Love from My Heart is enough to heal your hearts of pain forever. (# 8 was added
by God the Father out of His love for humanity on April 14, 2002 in a private
apparition to Chris.)



This is what I have come to say today. The eight promises I shall give to all
nations, all kindred and tongues and people who accept My Heart as the Sacred
Heart of the Father.



In 1917 your Blessed Mother has asked you for devotion to her Immaculate Heart
to stop World War II. Now, before the coming chastisements and before a greater
war that may be looming in the future, I come to ask for this devotion to not
only be spread, but practiced in all religious institutions and homes throughout
the world. I tell you in truth. Those who love God their Father would humble
themselves before My Son, and those who seek to not only have a devotion to Me,
but to serve Me should love and serve their mother. This is My desire and My
wish. I bless you today with the sign of the Most Holy Trinity, which is the
cross and I extend to you as a blessing My Most Fatherly, Sacred, Loving Heart.
(He?s blessing us with the Sign of the Cross. He says that He will come every
year on this anniversary to speak about this devotion and He also says Mary
shall now give me a private message.)



LESSON 11 ? Part 1


From JESUS, LORD AND LOVER OF THE DIVINE WILL

April 23, 2001 at 3 pm in a private apparition to Chris Courtis.


My dear ones,

Today I stand at the right hand of the Father with majesty and grace, and it is
in that majesty and grace that I rule over everything in this world and in the
next. My lesson today is on a sure way of living in and of doing My Most Holy
Will, and that is by abiding in God My Father's Most Sacred Heart. When you
abide in love, in My Father's Most Sacred Heart, you are attached to one single
Will alone and that is the Will of the Father who has sent Me. To be one in
love in My Father's Heart also means to be one in His Will. Make no mistake
about this, My little ones, God My Father's Heart does exist. It was only
through God's Most Loving Heart, love beating with His Most Holy Will, that
everything did come into being.



And it was at the Immaculate Conception of My Mother that God My Father did
enclose half of His heart to My mother Mary. And it was from her heart that My
Body and Heart were formed.

That is why the Three Hearts, though, separate are joined together as One, One
in love, and One in Will. Everything that God My Father does in His Sheer Will
is done all in love.



But, My little ones, you must ask yourselves how can I be united to the Father's
Sacred Heart?



First, you must love God the Father with all your heart and ask Him to grace you
with love so that you may grow in God's love.



Second, you must love Him back. God the Father, just like Me His Son, waits for
you to be affectionate with Us. Be affectionate with Us, tell God the Father
that you love Him and that you wish to do His Will and thus live in It, for you
cannot hope to live in Our Most Holy Will when you can't even do what He asks of
you. I say to you this, you cannot be united to living in God's Most Holy Will
without being united to His Most Sacred Heart.



The last and final thing you must do is consciously consecrate your heart to the
Sacred Heart of the Father. Pray simply and ask Him thus ;

Our Father who resides in Heaven, I approach your throne and ask that You give
to me the grace of abiding within your Most Sacred Heart. I promise to love
Thee and to adore Thee with all my heart and soul. O Mighty Father, love me and
let me love you so that I may also be one in Your Most Holy Will. You, O God,
are my Creator and my Father of

Mercy and Love, and it is in Thee that I do trust that Thy love becomes my own,
and that Thy Will becomes my will, and that I may live and do Thy Will, not just
in this world, but in the next. O Most Merciful and Loving Heart of the Father,
I love and trust in Thee through Your Son Jesus Christ. Ahmen or Amen,
whichever one you prefer.



I love you all my little ones and I bless you with my peace. Peace be with you
all.

______________________



Message from MARY, MOTHER AND QUEEN OF THE DIVINE WILL

To Jesus and Mary?s Prayer Group

Original Date - May 25, 2002 through Chris Courtis



Praised be Jesus!

My dear little children, I ask you this very day to be united to the Three
Hearts ? to the Sacred Heart of God the Father, to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
and to my Most Immaculate Heart. May 29, 2008 is the feast day of God the
Father?s Sacred Heart. I call you to pray, to prepare yourselves for these
three holy feast days.



On Thursday, May 29, 2008:

If you can, go to Confession that week or on Thursday, and receive the Blessed
Jesus in the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. And I invite you to pray one
rosary and one chaplet (either God the Father Chaplet or the Divine Mercy
Chaplet) in reparation for your sins and for others. (This chaplet is in
addition to your regular daily rosary and chaplet.) Make reparation and console
the heart of your God, your Father, who loves you.
Pray also thus on this day,
? Oh God the Father, I consecrate myself to You in the oneness of Your Holy
and

Divine Will. I pray an act of reparation for the conversion of sinners
and for healing

of our souls and Your Heart. I pray this rosary and chaplet in penance
for my own

sins and for those of others. Amen.?



On Friday, May 30, 2008:

Again go to Mass, receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
Recite again, one chaplet, one rosary, in reparation for the sins committed
against Jesus? Sacred Heart
Pray thus:
?My Lord Jesus, I consecrate myself to Your Most Sacred Heart.

I consecrate my heart, my soul, and my body to Your Most Sacred

Heart, and I pray that You will help me to do and make reparation

and penance for my own sins and those of others. I offer you this

chaplet and rosary in reparation and in penance for my own sins and

for the conversion of all sinners. Amen?



On Saturday, May 31, 2008:

Go to church and receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.
Pray one rosary and one chaplet, (may pray the Mother of Mercy Chaplet)
And pray thus again:
?Oh Mary, my Mother, my Most Holy and Blessed Mother, I come before you to make
reparation for the sins committed against your Immaculate Heart, and I offer up
to you this sacrifice of this rosary and this chaplet for the conversion of
sinners and in penance for my own sins and those of others, to take the wounds
and to heal your wounds, and to take the crown of thorns away from your heart
and to heal your wounds forever more. Amen?

It is imperative that men realize that the feasts of these Three Sacred Hearts
are not just to receive graces, but also to make reparation against the sins
committed against Our Three Hearts.

These are holy days, holy days in June when all Three Hearts are united as One.



I promise you little children, if you pray and do reparation and penance to
console Our Hearts and heal Our Hearts, Our Hearts will heal and We will in turn
heal yours.



Do not underestimate the importance of this message that I give to you. It is
imperative that men amend their ways and return to God and make atonement for
their sins that grievously offend my Heart, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and the
Sacred Heart of God Our Father. He will touch you with the touch of His golden
love and heal your hearts, but He calls you to do the same for His, My Son?s,
and my Immaculate Sorrowful Heart.

website: <http://www.movingheartfoundation.com/>

Sacred Heart Novena

Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart,
never to be forgotten.
Merciful Jesus, I consecrate myself today and always to Your Most Sacred Heart
- make my heart like Your heart.


Novena to the Sacred Heart
The novena is from May 21 thru May 29, 2008.


Feast of the Sacred Heart - May 30, 2008


FIRST DAY - COME TO ME

Scripture Reading [Mt. 11:20-30]
"Come to Me, all who are weary and find life burdensome, and I will refresh you.
Take My yoke upon your shoulders and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble
of Heart. Your souls will find rest, for My yoke is easy and My burden light."

Prayer
With open arms, O Lord, You continue to embrace the universe. I know I am a
small part of that universe. Yet in Your eyes I am also a very important part.
Lord, it is by my surrendering to You, You are able to bring me closer to Your
Heart - the source of all love, compassion and kindness.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


SECOND DAY - LET THE CHILDREN COME

Scripture Reading [Lk. 18:15-17]
"They brought children to be touched by Him. When the disciples saw this, they
scolded them. But Jesus said: 'Let the children come to Me. Do not discourage
them. The Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Trust Me when I tell you that
whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God as a child will not enter it.'"

Prayer
O Lord, we are orphans - lost and alone. But with You we are saved. As I come to
You today, Lord, let me approach You as a child - enthused by Your love of life,
in need of guidance and support. Jesus, protect the children of the world. Give
me the grace to be an example of Your love to them.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


THIRD DAY - DO NOT BE AFRAID

Scripture Reading [Mk. 5:36-47]
"Jesus said to the synagogue officials: 'Do not be afraid, just have faith'
...then he entered the room where the dead child was. He took the child by the
hand and said: 'Little girl, I say to you, arise!' The girl arose immediately
and they all were utterly astounded."

Prayer
Lord, allow Your healing hand to heal me. Touch my soul with Your compassion for
others. Touch my heart with Your courage and infinite love for all. Touch my
mind with Your wisdom, that my mouth may always proclaim Your praise. Bring me
health in body and spirit that I may serve You with all my strength.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


FOURTH DAY - I KNOW MY SHEEP

Scripture Reading [Jn. 10:10-14]
"I came that they may have life and have it to the full. I am the Good Shepherd:
the Good Shepherd lays down His life for His sheep... I know My sheep and My
sheep know Me."

Prayer
Lord, it is written that You care especially for the lost sheep in this world.
Today I place into Your hands someone I care about deeply (mention a particular
person...). To be lost is a terrible feeling, to be unknown and unsure is to
live in fear. With You we have nothing to fear. Let this day, Lord, be another
step closer to Your heart for all of us.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


FIFTH DAY - I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

Scripture Reading [Jn. 6:51]
"I Myself am the living bread come down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread,
he shall live forever: the bread I will give is My flesh, for the life of the
world."

Prayer
O Lord, Your generosity knows no limits! Your burning desire to be one with us
knows no bounds! You gave of Yourself in Bethlehem, in Galilee, at Calvary. In
the gift of the Eucharist, You continue to give of Yourself day in and day out.
Today I ask You, Lord, to forgive my selfishness, my pettiness, my sins. Help me
live like You lived - a life lived for others, filled with the fullness of
grace.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


SIXTH DAY - YOUR WILL BE DONE

Scripture Reading [Mt. 26:37-39]
"Jesus said to His disciples: 'My heart is nearly broken with sorrow. Remain
here and stay awake with Me.' He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer.
'My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by. Still, Your will be
done, not mine."

Prayer
O Lord, You were no stranger to sorrow, to the loss of family and dear friends.
You even knew the fear of death. Why, Lord, did you face such trials? Was it so
You could understand me in my times of trial? Lord, I offer You my suffering
today; do with it as You will, for it is a powerful gift. It is Yours, Lord; let
it be my way of saying "I love You."

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


SEVENTH DAY - THEY CAME TO JESUS

Scripture Reading [Jn. 19:33-34]
"When they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break
His legs. One of the soldiers pierced His side with a lance, and immediately
blood and water flowed out."

Prayer
Lord, it is only because of the foolishness of Your cross that life makes sense.
You abandoned Your own life to teach me what really matters. How I strive after
foolish things and use people rather than love people. You died the shameful
death on the cross to teach us the joyful lesson in life. Today, Lord, give me
the courage to love what is important and to forsake all that is self-serving
and deceitful.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


EIGHTH DAY - MY LORD AND MY GOD

Scripture Reading [Jn. 20:26-28]
"Jesus came and stood before the disciples. 'Peace be with you,' He said; then
to Thomas: 'Take your finger and examine My hands. Put your hand into My side.
Do not persist in your unbelief, but believe!' Thomas responded: 'My Lord and My
God.'"

Prayer
Lord, if only we believed fully in You. Our former Holy Father's motto was 'I am
all Yours.' Help me believe that You are every answer to every problem, that You
are everywhere to guide, strengthen, encourage and lead. Yes, I believe in You,
but my faith is often weak. In times of trial I doubt You and in times of joy I
forget You. In the patience of Your Heart, Lord, continue to reveal Yourself to
me everywhere.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


NINTH DAY - HE SHALL DWELL WITH THEM

Scripture Reading [Rev. 21:1-4]
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... This is God's dwelling among people.
He shall dwell with them and they shall be His people and He shall be their God
who is always with them. He shall wipe every tear from their eyes, and there
shall be no more death or mourning, crying or pain, for the former world has
passed away."

Prayer
O Lord, how often I wonder where life will lead. Where am I going? How will it
end? Life ends where life began - with You, Lord. You said of Yourself: "I am
the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end." I am Yours, Lord -
yesterday, today and forever. I am Yours. Lord, forgive my past, bring light and
peace to my present, and prepare me with a generous heart for the future. I know
You will be there for me, My Lord and My God.

Personal Meditation
Pause for Personal Meditation...
Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!


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Prophecy Meditations II
Topic: Prophecy Meditation

 

Words through Carol Ameche...

MY SWEET LITTLE CHILDREN, MY PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,



YOU HAVE MUCH REASON TO CELEBRATE. YOU HAVE REMAINED TRUE AND FIRM IN YOUR
COMMITMENT, NOT ALLOWING THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE WORLD TO DRAW YOU FROM MY HEART
AND THIS UNITY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO PERSEVERE WHEN YOU ONLY WAIT FOR THE DIVINE
ACT OF MERCY. BUT YOU DO NOT REMAIN COMMITTED ONLY FOR THIS, BUT BECAUSE YOU
LOVE THIS MOTHER AND HOLD FAST TO MY HAND. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I HAVE
TAUGHT YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WILL
BRING ABOUT A NEW ERA, A NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH. YOUR LOYALTY, YOUR
FIDELITY IS NOTED IN HEAVEN, AND, THOSE WHO DO NOT CONCEDE TO THE WHIMS OF THE
WORLD, WILL ENTER THIS PARADISE AND BE FILLED WITH JOY FOREVER.



BE PREPARED ALWAYS, WITH FREQUENT CONFESSION AND RECEPTION OF THE HOLY
EUCHARIST. YOU WILL BE REINFORCED WITH GRACE AND THEREFORE REMAIN STRONG AND
COURAGEOUS. THOSE WHO HAVE DECIDED FOR THE WORLD WILL WEEP FOR WHAT THEY HAVE
FORFEITED FOR THE PLEASURES OF THE WORLD.



TONIGHT MY LOVES, I GIVE MY BLESSING. I GO TO EACH ONE AND GIVE MY KISS. EACH
HEART I SHALL GIVE A TOKEN OF LOVE AND EACH SOUL AN UNSURMOUNTABLE AMOUNT OF
GRACE. THIS I DO FOR YOU WHO REMAIN COMMITTED AND FAITHFUL AND THIS I DO IN THE
NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.



LET YOUR HEARTS BE FULL OF PRAISE AND GRATITUDE AND MAY YOU PRAISE AND THANK
GOD, NOW AND FOREVER.

Message from Jesus to patsy soto May 20, 2008


<I>Note to original editor: ..."please make sure to send all the information that is enclosed with this message
regarding all the novenas that were done and are going to be done during this
Minnesota NFWP its important information to show all how Jesus is sending many
blessings upon the world during all the novenas that are being done, my love and
prayers me, Patsy"</I>

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Feast Day
May 31st


May 20, 2008

Tuesday 8:38 am
Message from Jesus to Patsy Soto
Approved for release by Reverend William Lauriola Spiritual Director for Art &
Patsy Soto

May 20, 2008 10:45 a.m.


Beloved children of My Most Wounded Sacred Heart, Praise be to Jesus for Jesus
is Lord, Savior, Redeemer, Reconciler of all nations. (I plead your most
Precious Blood over the following words My Lord Jesus please only let me hear
what you desire me to hear that it be for your Glory and Honor always and
forever) Thank you My beloved little one for opening your heart to My Words. I
thank you My beloved children who have answered My Call for My Novena For World
Peace especially for now making this novena continuously over thirty days. You
each have brought joy and love to My Father Almighty, My Holy Mother and to My
Heart which has been so wounded. Beloved ones, I Am inviting you to bring your
little children together on the Feast of My Beloved Mother's Visitation to My
Beloved Elisabeth to gather them in prayer with the meditations of Teaching's
for the little children which I have given my little one. I have also given a
Message to be given to all My Little Children who come to gather in Honor of My
Holy Mother on Her Feast Day of the Visitation. I invite you My Ministry and
not only My Ministry but all who desire to give My Holy Mother Honor to bring
your children, your grandchildren, to this gathering at My Beloved Ray and
Christi's Home to pray My Little Children's Meditations' at this very special
Novena For World Peace. I love you each My Children, I bless you each My
Children, your Jesus of Mercy

Jesus is inviting Art and Patsy Soto to stay and continue the Novena For World
Peace in Minnesota for as long as His children open their hearts to have a
novena in their home or in their parish please contact Kathy Schochow (763)
559-9237or Velma Brandt (405) 475-6398 for any information to participate in
Jesus Novena For World Peace

(The NFWP Jesus speaks of in message above will be done at Ray and Christi's
Home Knoblauch Home

2327 129th Lane N.W.

Coon Rapids, MN


Ray & Cristi

763-862-2318


"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why is
this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"

"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my Spirit rejoices in God my Savior..."


HISTORY:

Assuming that the Annunciation and the Incarnation took place about the vernal
equinox, Mary left Nazareth at the end of March and went over the mountains to
Hebron, south of Jerusalem, to visit her cousin Elizabeth, because her presence
and much more the presence of the Divine Child in her womb, according to the
will of God, was to be the source of very great graces to John, Christ's
Forerunner.

The event is related in Luke 1:39-57. Feeling the presence of his Divine Savior,
John, upon the arrival of Mary, leaped within the womb of his mother Elizabeth;
he was then filled with the grace of God.

St. Joseph may have accompanied Mary, returned to Nazareth, and when, after
three months, he came again to Hebron to take his wife home, the apparition of
the angel, mentioned in Matthew 1:19-25, may have taken place to end the
tormenting doubts of Joseph regarding Mary's maternity.

(Principal source - Catholic Encyclopedia - 1913 edition)



Novena for World Peace

Monday, April 14 ? Tuesday, April 22

7:00 p.m. ? Holy Sacrifice of the Mass *

7:30 p.m. ? Rosary & Chaplet of Divine Mercy

* (There will be no 7:00 p.m. Mass on

Saturday, April 19, or Sunday, April 20)

An Additional Message of Preparation VII


The Days of Elijah Are Here ! (1)



Louise Tomkiel(2)
May 14, 2008


God the Father spoke, "IT WON'T BE LONG NOW UNTIL MY SHELTERS ARE OPEN." (3)

2ND "BUY A GOOD MULTI-MINERAL-VITAMIN FORMULA."
(THAT COVERS ALL NUTRITION)

3RD "BUY POWDERED VEGY AND FRUIT FORMULAS."

4TH "BUY PET FOOD BY THE CASE." (CANNED AND DRY)

5TH "PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY"




Footnotes


(1)   "The Days of Elijah are here" (1 Kings 17:10-24). Through my visionary friend, Our Lord has told me "to shout this from the roof tops."

(2)    The visions and messages of Louise have yet-to-be-approved by the Church.
www.giftstor.org/tomkiel05fst.html

(3)    Refer to:  To the Refuges on Wings of Eagles
www.call2holiness.org/RefugesonWings/RefugesonWings.htm



Recommended Reading



At the Yahoo Era Of Peace web site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace

Database:
How to Prepare For the Tribulation


Links:
Home Protection - Food & Water Purification
Warning, the Miracle & the Chastisement
False Prophet
Antichrist
Mark of the Beast
New World Order
Great Apostasy
Plagues, Pestilences & Diseases
Prayers & Prayer Petitions Online


Archived Messages:
#374.......Do Not Buy From China!
#361....... China Is Flooding the American Market with Poisoned Products
#363...... Read All Labels for Poison Content--Purchase Nothing From China
#222......Tomkiel - Crops & Foods Poisoned - How to Purify
#150.......Tomkiel - Water Poisoned, How to Purify
#351........Pray and Bless in Jesus' Name Everything That is Used or Ingested
#293.......Be Prepared, Not Frightened
#297.......Additional Messages of Preparation I
#298......Additional Messages of Preparation II
#299......Additional Messages of Preparation III
#304......Additional Messages of Preparation IV
#319...... Additional Messages of Preparation V
#326..... Additional Messages of Preparation VI
#209......Tomkiel - Brief Equipment & Supplies Checklist
#228......Tomkiel - Wash, Cook, Bless & Sterilize
#255......Tomkiel - Supplement Your Daily Nutrition
#236......Tomkiel - Additional Tribulation Preparations
#281.......Beware of Imports & Synthetics
#318.......Beware of Household Chemicals
#302......Vitamins and Dietary Supplements to be Removed From the Market Soon
#283......Beware of Medication & Evil Men
#342......Heavenly Warnings Reiterated - The Times Are Upon Us
#303......Expect Miracles !
#291.......Everything is Tainted
#360......Disease Tainted Rubber Sandals & Exploding Free Samples
#333......The Plagues Will Now Begin
#287......Avoid Crowds & Strangers - Answer No Questions
#311...... When Afraid, Sing Praises to God
#312..... Wear the Miraculous Medal, Carry Your Rosary
#343..... The Rosary: Protection Against the Antichrist
#352..... Ask For Every Healing Possible
#362..... Never Drink Water From Public Fountains
#364..... Remain Wary At All Times - Go With My Angels
#367...... Carry a Tool in Your Auto to Break Windows in an Emergency
#370..... The Pale Horse Cometh
#225......Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
#179.......Holy Mass Appeases Divine Justice - Fr. Arnoudt
#226......St. Joseph: A Saint For the End Times
#205......Tomkiel - Prayer For Safety
#180.......Lead A Life of Confident Hope - Fr. Arnoudt
#157........Fr. Doucette - Period of Chastisement Has Arrived
#167.......Tomkiel: Plagues, Pestilences & Persecution
#130.......Order Out of Chaos: Freemasonry Motto


At the Call To Holiness web site:
www.call2holiness.org

Prayers of Consecration & the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Tribulation Protection: The Blood of the Lamb
Special Links For Preparation For Various Types of Disasters (includes checklists)
To the Refuges on Wings of Eagles
Refuges For Our Time
After The Warning
The Original Prayer to St. Michael
Ecclesiastical Masonry: The Beast Like a Lamb


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Check out the FILES, LINKS, MESSAGES and DATABASE at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace



Provided by the Grace of God
By Ben J. Verdina

NOTE: We respectfully recognize and accept the final authority regarding apparitions, locutions and prophecies presently being reported around the world rests with the Holy See of Rome and the Magisterium of Holy Mother Church to whose judgment we humbly and obediently submit.

The web site, era-of-peace, together with its mother web site,
www.call2holiness.org

have been designed to serve a very unique purpose. As discussed in greater detail on the home page of era-of-peace, it is used in conjunction with its mother site to assist and guide all of God's children through the Great Tribulation of the book of Revelation.

Accordingly, primary emphasis has been given to the accumulation of few archived messages at the era-of-peace web site, as opposed to many individual emailed messages to members. Our intention is to build a relatively small base of messages, to facilitate the painting of the "big" picture as eschatology is realized daily. As new members join, especially during the foretold confusion associated with the Warning, they will see for themselves the foretold events materializing together with supporting evidence.

We invite you to visit the collection of archived messages, files and links to view the picture that is being developed. The archived messages, files and links can be found in the respective sections of:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace


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Medjugorje Day By Day May 21 - CHANGE YOUR HEARTS

"Today I am suffering; I need beneficent balsam to heal the  wounds of my soul; and Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is the precious balm poured forth upon them" (Fr. Hermann Cohen).
 "To attract souls and transform them into Himself through love, Christ has revealed His own infinite love, His own Heart inflamed by love for souls, a love that impelled Him to mount the Cross, to remain with us in the Eucharist and to enter our souls and to leave us in testament His own Mother as our Mother" (St. Maximilian Kolbe).

Mother Teresa  

Good works are links that form a chain of love.
Meditations by Padre Pio -

May 21 Do your best to conform always and in everything to the will of God, in all eventualities, and do not fear. This is the sure path to heaven.

 
Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We don't know how good we have it until we lose it!

"Picture two men married to two old shrews. One man was married before to a beautiful, wise, devoted wife who died. The other was never married before. Which of the two suffers more? Obviously, the man who once knew love and happiness. So it is with doing evil. He who has known the inner peace of soul that comes from union with God undergoes greater agony and torture in his sin than the one who never was ushered into such treasures. The rich who become poor suffer more than the poor who never were rich. The soul which offends God Whom he loves suffers more than the soul who willed not to have God in his life
St. Faustina's diary  http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html  -
  Today, Jesus entered my room wearing a bright robe and girded with a golden belt, His whole figure resplendent with great majesty. He said, My daughter, why are you giving in to thoughts of fear? I answered, "O Lord, You know why." And He said, Why? "This work frightens me. You know that I am incapable of carrying it out." And He said, Why? "You see very well that I am not in good health, that I have no education, that I have no money, that I am an abyss of misery, that I fear contacts with people. Jesus, I desire only You. You can release me from this." And the Lord said to me, My daughter, what you have said is true. You are very miserable, and it pleased Me to carry out this work of mercy precisely through you who are nothing but misery itself. Do not fear; I will not leave you alone. Do whatever you can in this matter; I will accomplish everything that is lacking in you. You know what is within your power to do; do that. The Lord looked into the depth of my being with great kindness; I thought I would die for joy under that gaze. The Lord disappeared, and joy, strength and power to act remained in my soul. But I was surprised that the Lord did not want to release me and that He is not changing anything He has once said. And despite all these joys, there is always a shadow of sorrow. I see that love and sorrow go hand in hand.       (881)

  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.
 

May 21 - CHANGE YOUR HEARTS

The Mother of God speaks of conversion today:

Dear Children, today I ask you to begin working on your hearts as you have been working in the fields. Work and change your hearts so that the new Spirit of God can dwell in them (Weekly Message April 25, 1985).

Christ speaks of conversion as a "new birth" through water and the Spirit:

Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit." (Jn3:3-6).

Reflection:

What did Nicodemus know about the kingdom? From scripture he knew it would be ruled by God, it would be restored on earth, and it would incorporate God's people. Christ revealed to this devout Pharisee that the kingdom would come to the whole world, not just to the Jews, and that Nicodemus would not be a part of it unless he was personally born again. This was a revolutionary concept; the kingdom was personal, not national or ethnic, and its entrance requirements were conversion and spiritual rebirth.

Christ also taught that God's kingdom had already begun in the hearts of believers through the presence of the Holy Spirit. It will be fully realized when he returns again and abolishes evil forever.

Application:

Today Our Lady calls us to: "Work and change your hearts so that the new Spirit of God can dwell in them," Let us pray for the insight and grace to do just that.

Medjugorje Day By Day May 20 - Testify with your lives

"Since its founding by Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church's  preeminent concern has been the salvation of souls. In that long span of twenty centuries, an uninterrupted stream of immeasurable graces have flowed from its Sacraments and sacramentals.  The lions share of these graces can be attributed to the 'Two Solid Columns,' the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Rosary" (The Eucharist and The Rosary: The Power to Change the World).

Mother Teresa

The poor are Christ Himself.
Meditations by Padre Pio -

Jesus who reigned in heaven with His most holy humanity received from the womb of the Virgin, wanted his mother to be reunited to Him not only with her soul but also with her body and share fully in His glory. And that was right and the just. That body that was not as slave of the devil and sin for one instant was not to be as slave of corruption either.

 
Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We can contradict contradictions by clinging to our crosses. -

"Crosses and contradictions are a part of life. We are to expect them from others simply because they are often as unregenerate as ourselves. Contradictions from others will hurt us less when we have first contradicted ourselves. The hand that is calloused will not pain as much as a soft hand, on catching a hard ball. Contradictions can even be assimilated and used for further taming our own errant impulses."
 
St. Faustina's diary  http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html  -
 

Today during Holy Mass, I was unwittingly absorbed in the infinite majesty of God. The whole immensity of God's love flooded my soul. At that particular moment, I became aware of how much God abases himself for my sake. He, the Lord of Lords-and what am I, miserable being that I am, that You would commune thus with me? The wonder that took hold of me after this special grace continued very vividly throughout the entire day. Taking advantage of the intimacy to which the Lord was admitting me, I interceded before Him for the whole world. At such moments I have the feeling that the whole world is depending on me.       (870)

My Master, cause my heart never to expect help from anyone, but I will always strive to bring assistance, consolation, and all manner of relief to others. My heart is always open to the sufferings of others; and I will not close my heart to the sufferings of others, even though because of this I have been scornfully nicknamed "dump"; that is, [because] everyone dumps his pain into my heart. [To this] I answered that everyone has a place in my heart and I, in return, have a place in the Heart of Jesus. Taunts regarding the law of love will not narrow my heart. My soul is always sensitive on this point, and Jesus alone is the motive for my love of neighbor.       (871)

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.
 

May 20 - TESTIFY WITH YOUR LIVES

In May of 1991, Our Lady called us to live her messages as an example to others:

Dear children, to those who have heard my message of peace, I ask that you take it seriously and live it lovingly in your life. There are many who think they are doing a lot by simply talking about the messages, but are not actually living them. Dear children, I invite you to life, to change all the negativism in you to the positive.

Dear children, I am with you and I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News. I am here, dear children, to help you and to lead you to heaven; the joy of heaven can be lived even now on earth. (Monthly Message May 25, 1991).

Paul urges us as well to be examples of the Christian faith:

Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to day of us (Ti 2:7-8).

Reflection:

Our readings today reflect an ancient truth of Christianity-that it is normally by example, not words, that the faith spreads. In this vein, the 19th Century English novelist Charles Kingsley once wrote:

One good man - one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday suit, but wears it for his working dress, and lets the thought of God grow into him, and through and through him, till everything he says and does becomes religious-that man is worth a thousand sermons. He is a living gospel-he is the Image of God.

Application:

In her message today, the Madonna states that, "I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News." Ask Our Lady's help today in doing just that.

Past Message to Louise

Past Message to Louise

From Mari

These beautiful comforting words from JESUS should be read daily to remind us as
the spiritual battle continues to intensify by the minute and our crosses are
getting more in number and greater also in intensity..too..of couse always
offered up united with JESUS' . TO HELP SAVE SOULS..SOMETIMES WE MUST REREAD THE
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURES WHERE SUFFERING IS MENTIONED AND IT'S IMMENSE
UNFATHOMABLE VALUE WHEN UNITED WITH HIS...IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY IN COMPLETE
SILENCE YOU MAY HEAR HIS BEAUTIFUL VOICE VERY DISTINCTLY..WHILE READING THESE
POWERFUL WORDS OF HIS..I KNOW THE PEACE THAT HE GIVES WITH THESE WORDS WILL
ENCOMPASS YOU AS THEY DID ME..HE KEEPS TELLING US THAT TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE
NOW AND SHORTER THAN SHORT..BUT TO REMAIN ALWAYS AT TOTAL PEACE NO MATTER WHAT
WE SEE, EXPERIENCE OR HEAR...
FATHER, JESUS AND MOST HOLY SPIRIT WE TRUST IN YOU..BLESSED TRIUNE GOD..GRANT US
TOTAL FAITH AND COMPLETE TRUST ALWAYS IN DOING YOUR WILL..FATHER..
LET US CONTINUE PRAYING FOR MIRACLES AROUND THE WORLD IN ALL THE
DISASTERS..(ANOTHER PRECIOUS VICTIM WAS FOUND ALIVE THIS MORNING IN CHINA WHERE
DEATH TOLL IS NOW 40,000 AND CLIMBING AND MUDSLIDES ARE NOW TAKING LIVES)
..HORRIBLE TRAGEDIES IN MYRAMAR WHERE TOLL KEEPS CHANGING AND IS
UNBELIEVABLE..TOO..AND ALSO IN CHINA..AND SO MANY OTHER AREAS..RIGHT HERE IN
US..FIRES IN FLORIDA AND FLOODS IN SEVERAL STATES AND SWARMS OF QUAKES THAT ARE
HAPPENING ALL OVER THE US NOW..SWEETEST BELOVED LORD JESUS OPEN AND CONVERT THE
HEARTS OF ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE DISASTERS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE WORLD AND SATURATE THEM IN YOUR PRECIOUS AND SACRED GOLDEN MANTLE OF
BLOOD..AMEN AND AMEN!
JESUS...IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY!!!

WORDS via L. (this last APRIL)

Your Beloved One, Jesus then spoke, " 'I am the Light of the World.' The Light
of Love and Mercy shone from My Heart and Eyes from the Cross on Calvary's Hill
and encompasses every soul that was, is or still is to come into this world.

Let YOUR light shine and let your love be as a beacon for all you come in
contact with every day. 'Let your light shine for all the world to see'.
Reflect Me THE Perfect Love, THE Heart of Mercy so as to drench all poor souls
in My Love, Mercy and Forgiveness.

Let your tears of love and repentance mingle with the tears of your Jesus,
Mary, Joseph and all Our Angels and Saints to allow Heaven's Perfect Dew to
cleanse all souls, washing away hate and all sin.

Carry Me with you 'everywhere you go.' Forgive everyone! Do good to
everyone! As a carrier of Divine Mercy and Love your tenure on earth will be
hard but I AM ALWAYS WITH MY OWN!!! Be proud to love as My reflection. You
will be blessed eternally. I LOVE YOU!

Amen, let the Light of the World always shine through you thus turning all
darkness into LIGHT! Yes, dear children 'LET THERE BE LIGHT'. Live forever in
THE LIGHT, THE MIGHT which IS your Lord, God and Savior!!!"



Message to Darrell Bennett May 19,2008

Monday, May 19, 2008

BVM to db during 10:00AM Cenacle of Prayer


My children I love you. I draw you near to me under the mantle of my motherly
care.

Dear children clothe yourselves with the mantle of my maternal care. Clothe
yourselves with the scapular of Mount Carmel. Reflect on the choice presented by
Elijah to the people of God.

My dear children recall how God was glorified that day. Glorify God anew each
day as you decide for God. Entrust your yes to me that it may be united with my
Fiat. God be glorified!


Darrell Bennett, President


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Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Prophecy Medications
Topic: Prophecy Meditation

 

Medjugorje Day By Day May 21 - CHANGE YOUR HEARTS

"Today I am suffering; I need beneficent balsam to heal the wounds of my soul; and Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is the precious balm poured forth upon them" (Fr. Hermann Cohen).

 

"To attract souls and transform them into Himself through love, Christ has revealed His own infinite love, His own Heart inflamed by love for souls, a love that impelled Him to mount the Cross, to remain with us in the Eucharist and to enter our souls and to leave us in testament His own Mother as our Mother" (St. Maximilian Kolbe).

 

Mother Teresa

Good works are links that form a chain of love.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

May 21 Do your best to conform always and in everything to the will of God, in all eventualities, and do not fear. This is the sure path to heaven.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We don't know how good we have it until we lose it!

"Picture two men married to two old shrews. One man was married before to a beautiful, wise, devoted wife who died. The other was never married before. Which of the two suffers more? Obviously, the man who once knew love and happiness. So it is with doing evil. He who has known the inner peace of soul that comes from union with God undergoes greater agony and torture in his sin than the one who never was ushered into such treasures. The rich who become poor suffer more than the poor who never were rich. The soul which offends God Whom he loves suffers more than the soul who willed not to have God in his life

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

Today, Jesus entered my room wearing a bright robe and girded with a golden belt, His whole figure resplendent with great majesty. He said, My daughter, why are you giving in to thoughts of fear? I answered, "O Lord, You know why." And He said, Why? "This work frightens me. You know that I am incapable of carrying it out." And He said, Why? "You see very well that I am not in good health, that I have no education, that I have no money, that I am an abyss of misery, that I fear contacts with people. Jesus, I desire only You. You can release me from this." And the Lord said to me, My daughter, what you have said is true. You are very miserable, and it pleased Me to carry out this work of mercy precisely through you who are nothing but misery itself. Do not fear; I will not leave you alone. Do whatever you can in this matter; I will accomplish everything that is lacking in you. You know what is within your power to do; do that. The Lord looked into the depth of my being with great kindness; I thought I would die for joy under that gaze. The Lord disappeared, and joy, strength and power to act remained in my soul. But I was surprised that the Lord did not want to release me and that He is not changing anything He has once said. And despite all these joys, there is always a shadow of sorrow. I see that love and sorrow go hand in hand. (881)

 

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.

May 21 - CHANGE YOUR HEARTS

The Mother of God speaks of conversion today:

Dear Children, today I ask you to begin working on your hearts as you have been working in the fields. Work and change your hearts so that the new Spirit of God can dwell in them (Weekly Message April 25, 1985).

Christ speaks of conversion as a "new birth" through water and the Spirit:

Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above."

Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit." (Jn3:3-6).

Reflection:

What did Nicodemus know about the kingdom? From scripture he knew it would be ruled by God, it would be restored on earth, and it would incorporate God's people. Christ revealed to this devout Pharisee that the kingdom would come to the whole world, not just to the Jews, and that Nicodemus would not be a part of it unless he was personally born again. This was a revolutionary concept; the kingdom was personal, not national or ethnic, and its entrance requirements were conversion and spiritual rebirth.

Christ also taught that God's kingdom had already begun in the hearts of believers through the presence of the Holy Spirit. It will be fully realized when he returns again and abolishes evil forever.

Application:

Today Our Lady calls us to: "Work and change your hearts so that the new Spirit of God can dwell in them," Let us pray for the insight and grace to do just that.

 

Medjugorje Day By Day May 20 - Testify with your lives

"Since its founding by Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church's preeminent concern has been the salvation of souls. In that long span of twenty centuries, an uninterrupted stream of immeasurable graces have flowed from its Sacraments and sacramentals. The lions share of these graces can be attributed to the 'Two Solid Columns,' the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Rosary" (The Eucharist and The Rosary: The Power to Change the World).

The poor are Christ Himself.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Jesus who reigned in heaven with His most holy humanity received from the womb of the Virgin, wanted his mother to be reunited to Him not only with her soul but also with her body and share fully in His glory. And that was right and the just. That body that was not as slave of the devil and sin for one instant was not to be as slave of corruption either.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We can contradict contradictions by clinging to our crosses. -

"Crosses and contradictions are a part of life. We are to expect them from others simply because they are often as unregenerate as ourselves. Contradictions from others will hurt us less when we have first contradicted ourselves. The hand that is calloused will not pain as much as a soft hand, on catching a hard ball. Contradictions can even be assimilated and used for further taming our own errant impulses."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

Today during Holy Mass, I was unwittingly absorbed in the infinite majesty of God. The whole immensity of God's love flooded my soul. At that particular moment, I became aware of how much God abases himself for my sake. He, the Lord of Lords-and what am I, miserable being that I am, that You would commune thus with me? The wonder that took hold of me after this special grace continued very vividly throughout the entire day. Taking advantage of the intimacy to which the Lord was admitting me, I interceded before Him for the whole world. At such moments I have the feeling that the whole world is depending on me. (870)

My Master, cause my heart never to expect help from anyone, but I will always strive to bring assistance, consolation, and all manner of relief to others. My heart is always open to the sufferings of others; and I will not close my heart to the sufferings of others, even though because of this I have been scornfully nicknamed "dump"; that is, [because] everyone dumps his pain into my heart. [To this] I answered that everyone has a place in my heart and I, in return, have a place in the Heart of Jesus. Taunts regarding the law of love will not narrow my heart. My soul is always sensitive on this point, and Jesus alone is the motive for my love of neighbor. (871)

 

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.

May 20 - TESTIFY WITH YOUR LIVES

In May of 1991, Our Lady called us to live her messages as an example to others:

Dear children, to those who have heard my message of peace, I ask that you take it seriously and live it lovingly in your life. There are many who think they are doing a lot by simply talking about the messages, but are not actually living them. Dear children, I invite you to life, to change all the negativism in you to the positive.

Dear children, I am with you and I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News. I am here, dear children, to help you and to lead you to heaven; the joy of heaven can be lived even now on earth. (Monthly Message May 25, 1991).

Paul urges us as well to be examples of the Christian faith:

Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to day of us (Ti 2:7-8).

Reflection:

Our readings today reflect an ancient truth of Christianity-that it is normally by example, not words, that the faith spreads. In this vein, the 19th Century English novelist Charles Kingsley once wrote:

One good man - one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday suit, but wears it for his working dress, and lets the thought of God grow into him, and through and through him, till everything he says and does becomes religious-that man is worth a thousand sermons. He is a living gospel-he is the Image of God.

Application:

In her message today, the Madonna states that, "I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News." Ask Our Lady's help today in doing just that.


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"Since its founding by Jesus Christ two thousand years ago, the Catholic Church's preeminent concern has been the salvation of souls. In that long span of twenty centuries, an uninterrupted stream of immeasurable graces have flowed from its Sacraments and sacramentals. The lions share of these graces can be attributed to the 'Two Solid Columns,' the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Rosary" (The Eucharist and The Rosary: The Power to Change the World).

 

Mother Teresa

The poor are Christ Himself.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Jesus who reigned in heaven with His most holy humanity received from the womb of the Virgin, wanted his mother to be reunited to Him not only with her soul but also with her body and share fully in His glory. And that was right and the just. That body that was not as slave of the devil and sin for one instant was not to be as slave of corruption either.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We can contradict contradictions by clinging to our crosses. -

"Crosses and contradictions are a part of life. We are to expect them from others simply because they are often as unregenerate as ourselves. Contradictions from others will hurt us less when we have first contradicted ourselves. The hand that is calloused will not pain as much as a soft hand, on catching a hard ball. Contradictions can even be assimilated and used for further taming our own errant impulses."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

Today during Holy Mass, I was unwittingly absorbed in the infinite majesty of God. The whole immensity of God's love flooded my soul. At that particular moment, I became aware of how much God abases himself for my sake. He, the Lord of Lords-and what am I, miserable being that I am, that You would commune thus with me? The wonder that took hold of me after this special grace continued very vividly throughout the entire day. Taking advantage of the intimacy to which the Lord was admitting me, I interceded before Him for the whole world. At such moments I have the feeling that the whole world is depending on me. (870)

My Master, cause my heart never to expect help from anyone, but I will always strive to bring assistance, consolation, and all manner of relief to others. My heart is always open to the sufferings of others; and I will not close my heart to the sufferings of others, even though because of this I have been scornfully nicknamed "dump"; that is, [because] everyone dumps his pain into my heart. [To this] I answered that everyone has a place in my heart and I, in return, have a place in the Heart of Jesus. Taunts regarding the law of love will not narrow my heart. My soul is always sensitive on this point, and Jesus alone is the motive for my love of neighbor. (871)

 

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.

May 20 - TESTIFY WITH YOUR LIVES

In May of 1991, Our Lady called us to live her messages as an example to others:

Dear children, to those who have heard my message of peace, I ask that you take it seriously and live it lovingly in your life. There are many who think they are doing a lot by simply talking about the messages, but are not actually living them. Dear children, I invite you to life, to change all the negativism in you to the positive.

Dear children, I am with you and I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News. I am here, dear children, to help you and to lead you to heaven; the joy of heaven can be lived even now on earth. (Monthly Message May 25, 1991).

Paul urges us as well to be examples of the Christian faith:

Show yourself in all respects a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to day of us (Ti 2:7-8).

Reflection:

Our readings today reflect an ancient truth of Christianity-that it is normally by example, not words, that the faith spreads. In this vein, the 19th Century English novelist Charles Kingsley once wrote:

One good man - one man who does not put on his religion once a week with his Sunday suit, but wears it for his working dress, and lets the thought of God grow into him, and through and through him, till everything he says and does becomes religious-that man is worth a thousand sermons. He is a living gospel-he is the Image of God.

Application:

In her message today, the Madonna states that, "I want to help each of you to live so as to testify with your lives to the Good News." Ask Our Lady's help today in doing just that.

 

Medjugorje Day By Day May 19 - PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR FAMILIES

"The Eucharist came from the Paradise of Virginity [Our Lady]" (St. Albert the Great).

 

Mother Teresa

Today it is fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately it is not fashionable to talk with them.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

After Jesus Christ's ascension to heaven, Mary longed continually with burning desire to be reunited with Him. To be without her divine Son was a very harsh exile. Those years of separation from Him were for her a most slow and painful martyrdom of love that consumed her slowly.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

We can't be perfect all the time!

"The good sometimes do wrong. Let us face it. And when they do wrong it is not the same as the evil who do wrong. Evil is an exception in the life of the good; it cuts across the long road of their life as a tangent. But with the evil, good is an exception. A master pianist may hit a wrong note, but everyone still knows him to be a good pianist. A beginner may hit a right note, but everyone knows that he is not a good player."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

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)

O inexhaustible spring of Divine Mercy, pour yourself out upon us! Your Goodness knows no limits. Confirm, O Lord, the power of Your mercy over the abyss of my misery, for You have no limit to Your mercies. Wonderful and matchless is Your mercy, astonishing the human and angelic mind. (819)

 

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.

May 19 - PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR FAMILIES

In December of 1991, the Blessed Mother spoke of love and the family:

Dear children, today in a special way I bring the infant Jesus to you, that he May bless you with peace and love. Dear children, do not forget that this is a grace which many people do not understand or accept.

Therefore, all of you who have said that you are mine and seek my help, give your entire self. First, be an example in your own families and give them your love. Since you say that Christmas is a family feast, then, dear children, put God first in your families; then he can give you peace and protect you not only from war, but also from Satan's attacks during peacetime.

When God is with you, you have everything. But when you do not want him, you are miserable and lost, for you do not know whose side you are on. And so, dear children, decide for God and then you will have everything. (Monthly Message December 25, 1991).

In Matthew's gospel, Jesus also spoke of the family.

Specifically, of marital fidelity and oneness:

He answered, "Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning `made them male and female,' and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate" (Mt 19:4-6)

Reflection:

"Success in marriage," wrote B.R. Brickner, "is more than finding the right person: it is a matter of being the right person."

The sacrament of marriage received special treatment from the fathers of Vatican II; some of the thoughts expressed were quite beautiful, including the following:

Authentic married love is caught up into divine love, and is governed and enriched by Christ's redeeming love.

Such love, merging the human with the divine, leads the spouses to a free and mutual gift of themselves, a gift proving itself by gentle affection and by deed. Such love pervades the whole of their lives. Indeed, by its generous activity, it grows better and grows better and grows greater.

Sealed by mutual faithfulness and hallowed above all by Christ's sacrament, this love remains steadfastly true in body and in mind, in bright days or dark. (The Church Today, 48-49).Application:

Today, pray especially for married couples and, if you are married, for your spouse. This evening, offer a prayer together for God's continued blessings on your family.

Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick May 18,2008


PRAYER GROUP ROSARY / WEDNESDAYS - 7:00P.M. / SUNDAYS - 3:00 P.M
LADY OF LOURDES GROTTO (BEHIND HOSPITAL) PANA, IL
MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN
SHARON FITZPATRICK LOCUTIONIST


SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008


MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,


I GREET YOU TODAY WITH JOY AND WITH A DEEP AND TENDER LOVE. HOW GRATEFUL I AM THAT YOU DESIRE TO COME TO PRAY WITH THIS MOTHER THE MOTHER OF GOD.


I GREET YOU IN THIS WAY BECAUSE YOU ARE THE UNITY, CHOSEN FOR THESE TIMES. YOU HAVE COME TO KNOW THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU KNOW GOD AND HIS THREE PERSONS. FEW KNOW HIM SO INTIMATELY AND SO YOU ARE BLESSED. BE GRATEFUL AND BE WISE. LET THE WORLD CONTINUE IN CHAOS, BUT YOU CONTINUE WITH TRUST. TRUST IN THE BLESSED TRINITY THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.


IT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD AND I SAY ONCE MORE, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT HOLY. THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW GOD, THEREFORE, THEY KEEP NOTHING HOLY. BE CONSISTENT IN PRAYER AND SACRIFICE. YOU ARE ASKED MUCH, BUT MY LOVES YOU ARE GIVEN MUCH. YOU CANNOT KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF YOUR BLESSINGS AND YOUR GIFTS, BUT YOU, MY CHILDREN, HAVE BEEN GIVEN MORE THAN ANY OTHER. CONSIDER THIS, THEN LET YOUR HEARTS SWELL WITH GRATITUDE AND YOUR SOULS REJOICE IN THE LORD.


MY LOVES, MY LOVES, I TELL YOU ONCE MORE, I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE MINE AND I TAKE YOU ALL TO MY HEART. THERE I CARE FOR YOU IN ALL WAYS AND IN ALL MATTERS.


HAVING SAID THIS, I BLESS YOU ALL IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE BLESSING OF CHRIST IS ALSO WITH YOU. MAY YOU CONTINUE TO PRAISE AND THANK GOD, NOW AND FOREVER.

Message to Michael DiBitetto May 18,2008


THE T.R.U.S.T. PRAYER GROUP OF SHELTON, CT


May 18, 2008

Sunday evening 6:00 p.m.

Tonight we prayed The Marian Prayers

Towards the end of the 3rd decade, Our Blessed Mother has appeared as?

?Our Lady Of Fatima?


Michael said: I bow down only to Jesus Christ

Blessed Mother replied: YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR MY SON JESUS CHRIST LOVES AND
PROTECTS YOU.

- now over the picture of The Sacred Heart, St. Padre-Pio has appeared and he is
celebrating mass.

-and now on the-wall ? I see a LARGE BROWN CROSS ? and now I see another LARGE
BROWN CROSS ? underneath the first one ?

-and now I see a LARGE BROWN ANCHOR

-and now I see The Holy Spirit as a ?DOVE? on the-wall ? and It?s coming from
?the-wall- and is going around the room, and It?s going ?THROUGH? everyone?s
heart ? including everyone on the radio internet.

And now once again? I see ?


"OUR LADY OF FATIMA"

MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

DISASTERS CONTINUE ? YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN
CHINA ? AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING: WHY I DID NOT MENTION CHINA? ? YET I MENTIONED
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA ?


MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

MUST I TELL YOU ? OF EVERY DISASTER? ? JUST TO SHOW ? THAT I DO EXIST
AND I SPEAK? ? THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES MUST WORRY FOR THEIR COUNTRY ?
AND THEY MUST WORRY FOR CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA ?

CHINA IS FILLED WITH SO ? SO MUCH EVIL ? THESE DISASTERS IN CHINA ? IS ONLY A
MINOR SET BACK FOR THE EVIL ONES ? FOR THE GOOD ONES ? YES IT IS A MAJOR
DISASTER ? ESPECIALLY LOSING OVER 50,000 LIVES ? AND ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE
TAKEN IN CHINA ? ALL DO NOT GO TO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ?NOR PURGATORY ?

THERE IS ABOUT 20,000 OF THOSE SOULS ? WHICH WERE CONDEMNED TO HELL ? FOR ALL
THE EVIL ? AND NO REPENTANCE ?

MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

AS I HAD JUST SAID: DISASTERS STILL OCCUR ? PRAY FOR CALIFORNIA AND
NEVADA ? THEY MUST BE AWARE OF A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE ? THEY?VE HAD TREMORS AND SOME
VERY MINOR QUAKES ? BUT DO THEY REALIZE ? WHY ? ? ESPECIALLY SAN FRANCISCO ? ?


MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR POPE BENEDICT THE XVI. PRAY FOR HIS
INTENTIONS ? THAT HE FOLLOWS WHAT HE WANTS TO DO ? PRAY FOR YOUR BISHOPS AND
CARDINALS ? AND ESPECIALLY YOUR PRIESTS ? PRAY FOR THE NEW PRIESTS THAT WERE
ORDAINED ? THAT THEY LISTEN TO THE GOOD ONES ? AND NOT TO THE PRIESTS ?THAT DO
NOT CARE ? AND FEEL THEY ARE ONLY DOING ? A JOB ?

MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

LOOK HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING ? YOUR WEATHER ? THE WEATHER PEOPLE SAY ONE
THING ? LIKE IT?S GOING TO BE SUNNY AND WARM ? AND YET IT TURNS OUT TO BE RAIN
AND CHILLY ? NO ONE IS IN CONTROL OF THE WEATHER ? NO ONE EXCEPT GOD ? OUR
FATHER ?

THE DAYS ARE GOING BY ? FASTER AND FASTER ? THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME IN A DAY
FOR EVERYONE TO DO SOMETHING ? BEFORE YOU TURN FOR SOMETHING ? TIME HAS PASSED ?
AND THIS IS THE REASON ?

IS THAT BECAUSE ? THE RETURN OF MY SON ? YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ? IS
NEAR ?

PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME ? TO PRAY ? PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME TO
?BELIEVE? IN YOUR LORD MY SON JESUS CHRIST ? THEY DO NOT HAVE TIME TO ?BELIEVE?
? IN ME ? THAT I APPEAR AND SPEAK ?

WHERE ARE THE BELIEVERS ? THAT THEY SAY: THEY BELIEVE ? ?

BUT DO NOT COME? ?

MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

PLEASE ? ATTEND CONFESSION AS OFTEN AS YOU CAN ? AND MASS ? AND RECEIVE THE BODY
OF MY SON ? YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST ? ALWAYS ? HAVE YOUR SOULS
PREPARED FOR MY SON JESUS CHRIST ?

FOLLOW THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ? LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THY SELF ?

AND THE ONE ? THAT I ALWAYS REPEAT ? IS ?

?HONOR THY MOTHER AND THY FATHER?

DO REMEMBER MY CHILDREN ?

YOUR MOTHER ON EARTH ? GAVE BIRTH TO YOU ? AND NO ONE ELSE ?

SO YOUR MOTHER AND YOUR FATHER ?

SHOULD BE ? NUMBER ONE ?

SIBLINGS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR EARTHLY PARENTS ?

REMEMBER THIS ? MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ?

BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE ? AND YOU CAN NOT HAVE

THE TIME TO CHANGE IT ?


MY DEAR ? DEAR CHILDREN ? I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY ? VERY MUCH ? AND I PROTECT YOU
UNDER MY MANTLE ? AND I BLESS YOU ? IN THE NAME OF ? OUR FATHER ? MY SON ? AND
THE HOLY SPIRIT ? AMEN.

(and now The Blessed Mother has disappeared.)

-and now over The picture of The Sacred Heart ? St.Padre Pio has appeared and
he?s still celebrating mass ?

-and now over The picture of The Divine Mercy ? The Holy Spirit has appeared and
ray?s of light are coming down towards everyone in the prayer group.

-and now ?on the wall ? I see ? St. Padre Pio ? and he?s holding The Eucharist
out towards the prayer group ? and They?re coming from his hand out
one-at-a-time towards everyone in the prayer group ? everyone is receiving
Spiritual Communion from St. Padre Pio this evening.

-Including everyone on the radio internet .

That is all for this evening ? Thank you for joining us in prayer.

Mother of Perpetual Light 05-17-08

Mother of Perpetual Light

The Words of these messages are being received in poetic verse allegedly
from the Blessed Mother under the title "The Mother of Perpetual Light". On
a number of occasions alleged messages were also received from the
Eucharistic Jesus starting with the words "I Am The Bread, I Am The Wine",
also in poetic verse.

For many more messages and information go to www.jesusmaryjoseph.org Only
2008 and Special Needed messages are posted here. All messages are posted
daily at the web site.

We now have three complete books of messages.
You may download the complete books from the web site

See the archives for more information


ALL WILL NOT BE IN VAIN


I KNOW, MY DEAR CHILDREN, THAT YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST,
AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE SO TIRED THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN REST.
THE CROSSES EACH DAY ARE NOW HARDER TO BEAR
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE STILL UNITED IN PRAYER.

YOU ARE ASKING, DEAR CHILDREN, IF THIS WILL EVER END,
AND HOW MANY MORE CROSSES WILL GOD YET STILL SEND.
GOD'S AWARE, MY DEAR CHILDREN, OF YOUR MOUNTING FRUSTRATION;
THESE TRIALS YOU MUST PASS TO SURVIVE THE TRIBULATION.

MAN IS CHANGING THE LAWS THAT GOD ETCHED IN STONE,
AND ARE EVEN ATTEMPTING THEIR OWN IMAGE TO CLONE.
GOD CREATED ADAM AND THEN EVE FOR HIS MATE;
THIS UNION, GOD INTENDED, YOUR NEW LAWS DESECRATE.

THE SWORD THAT THE FATHER NOW HOLDS IN HIS HAND
IS STRIKING THE EARTH AND WILL SOON REACH YOUR LAND.
YOU WILL WITNESS THE PRICE THAT'S ABOUT TO BE PAID
FOR THE SINS OF MANKIND BY THE CHOICES THEY MADE.

IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE REMNANT, GOD THIS EARTH WOULD DESTROY,
BUT HE PROMISED TO THEM A NEW LAND FILLED WITH JOY.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE TEARS, NO MORE SORROW OR PAIN,
AND YOU'LL KNOW THAT YOUR CROSSES WERE NOT CARRIED IN VAIN.

"THY WILL BE DONE"
5-17-2008

Message to Eileen Renders May 18,2008

Joyce

Note to be included:

Yesterday I went to Confession and prayed for all those with special needs
and intentions. Today after receiving Holy Communion, Jesus once again talks to
us regarding our need to repent as time of grace grows short.

Now Jesus seeks ways to command our attention. Let us pray that all will
respond to His call.

Eileen


Sunday, May 18, 2008



Jesus Reminds Us That The Time Of Grace Grows Short


We celebrated the 8:00 A.M. Mass at our parish, Our Lady Of Sorrows where I
prayed for the special needs and intentions of all. After making an Act of
Contrition in preparation of receiving Holy Communion, I offered humble gifts to
Jesus and Mary.



After receiving the Body and Blood of Christ during the Sacrament of Holy
Communion, I knelt in silent commune with Jesus thanking Him for His many
blessings. Then I prayed, Speak Lord (if it be Your will), Your servant listens.
And I prayed Lord, Let my mind not see anything unless it come from You, and let
my hear not hear any words other than those from Your heart.


With my heart and my mind focused only on Jesus, I knelt with my two hands
covering my face and I saw a dark huge tornado and its Eye was very deep. Then
Jesus responded to my prayer saying with this message for all of His children;
As the world begins to experience more severe tornados, take note that now they
will be felt in geographic areas where previously there has been little exposure
to tornados. This is because I want My children to look to the heavens and know
that I AM the only one true God.



Go in peace to love and serve the Lord. Continue to pray for your brothers and
sisters. Amen.


 


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1. - Prayer - Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, Sharolyn Daniels, Rosebud Joyner, MA, Carolyn Burris, Iris Hall, Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Prayer 0:00


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3. - Ave Maria, Jessica Smith - Camino De Vida Black Catholic Film Soundtrack Soundtrack 50:15


4. - Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary -St. Brigid Traditional Choir w/ James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Rosary Africanus Americanus Time:52:38


5. Sorrowful Mysteries & Stations of The Cross -St. Brigid Traditional Choir - - Rosary Africanus Americanus Time:1:16:55


6. - Afrocentric Glorious Mysteries- St. Brigid Tradtional Choir/James Wesly Smith, JD, MA- Rosary Africanus Americanus Time:2:02:55


6b. Afrocentric Chaplet of Divine Mercy with Speaking Drums


7. - Our Father - Ron Smith Camino De Vida Black Catholic Film Soundtrack Time:2:23:01


8. God Has Cleansed My Soul - Robert Hollis - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is God n/a


9. - Who Is God II - Marian Fussey MA,MA, Florence Hawkins, Kelly Hawkins, Kelly Hawkins, Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is god? 2:29:57


10. Who Is God IV - Florence Hawkins, Marian Fussey MA,MA, Patricia Vigne, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is God V Time:2:48:41


11. Who Is God V - Dr. Carolyn Yusef,Ph.D., Patricia Vigne, Florence Hawkins, Marian Fussey MA,MA, Bro. Tom Vincent, SSJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is God? 3:00:48


12. Who Is Christ-Fr. Paul Banet, SSJ, Caroyln Burris, Sharolyn Daniels, Patricia Vigne, Leola Raglin, Marian Fussey MA,MA, Rosebud Joyner, MA, Imogene Lutz, Brenda Johnson, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, For Soul's Sake, Ron Smith, Guardian Angel Choir, St. Brigid Teen Ministry - - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is Christ? 3:40:59


13. Who Is Christ II- Fr. Paul Banet, SJ, Brenda Johnson, Dr.Carolyn Yusef,Ph.D., Patricia Vigne, Rosebud Joyner, MA, Carolyn Burris, Sharolyn Daniels, Marian Fussey,MA,MA, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Who Is Christ 4:25:21


14. Blessed Virgin Mary & Family -Patricia Vigne, Iris Hall, Leola Raglin, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Mary & Family 4:40:14


15. - The Sacraments- Brother Tom Vincent, SSJ, Larry Ewing, Marian Fussey,MA,MA, Dr. Sikele, Sharolyn Daniels, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--The Sacraments 5:09:11


16. Sacraments, Sacramentals, Prayer -James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Sacraments, Sacramentals, Prayer - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- 5:41:19


17. The Mass - Pamalier Perry, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock Series--The Mass Time:5:51:55


18. Transubstantiation -Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, Fr. Paul Banet, SSJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Transubstantiation - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- 6:20:33


19. The Liturgy -Marian Fussey MA, MA, Dr. Carolyn Yusef,Ph.D., Patricia Vigne, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - The Liturgy - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Time:6:43:08


20. The Liturgy II - Marian Fussey MA, MA, Patricia Vigne, Dr. Carolyn Yusef, Ph.D., James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock 7:27:58


21. Afrocentric Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary - St. Brigid Traditional Choir w/ James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Rosary Africanus Americanus 7:43:13


22. Afrocentric Glorious Mysteries - St. Brigid Tradtional Choir/James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Rosary Africanus Americanus 8:07:29


23. Afrocentric Sorrowful Mysteries & Stations of The Cross - St. Brigid Traditional Choir - Rosar Africanus Americanus 8:27:35


24. What Is Sin? - Doris Fork, Larry Ewing, Dr. Sikele Sing, Ph.D., - Teach All Nations Upon This Ro 9:13:36


25. What Is Sin II - Marian Fussey MA, MA, Dr. Sikele Sing, Ph.D. - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock 9:44:28


26. Sex & Christianity -Rosebud Joyner, MA,, Sharolyn Daniels, Carolyn Burris, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Sex & Christianity - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- n/a 9:49:49


27. Rosebud Joyner, MA, Carolyn Burris, Sharolyn Daniels - Epilogue: Sex & Christianity - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock 10:20:23


28. Justice - -Fr. Paul Banet, SSJ, Rosebud Joyner, MA, Desmond Gates, Mary McPherson, Andrew Knox, MA, Carolyn Burris, Sharolyn Daniels, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- Justice Time: 10:22:52


29. Justice II -Desmond Gates, Andrew Knox, MA, Carolyn Burris, Mary McPherson, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Justice II - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- Time: 10:53:09


30. Death & Resurrection -Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, Bro. Tom Vincent, SSJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Death & Resurrection - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- Time:11:04:36


31. Death & Resurrection II -Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, Bro. Tom Vincent, SSJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Death & Resurrection - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock-- Time:11:34:48


32. Death & Resurrection Epilogue --Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - Death & Resurrection, Epilogue - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Time: 12:04:59


33. Salvation & Redemption - -Fr. Fisher Robinson, SVD, Marian Fussey MA, MA, Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, Wayne Richard Smith - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Salvation & Redemption Time: 12:06:47


34. Salvation & Redemption II -Bro. Tom Vincent, SSJ, Fr. Fernando Aritzi, SJ, Scottie Rydell, James Wesly Smith, JD, MA, - - Teach All Nations Upon This Rock--Salvation & Redemption II Time: 12:37:18


35. James Wesly Smith, St. Brigid Choirs, - Missa Africanus Americanus (Introit - Offertory) - Album 12:45:02 Missa_Africanus_Americanus_Introit_- 14:51


36. James Wesly Smith - Missa Africanus Americanus (Consecration--Dismissal Antiphon) - Album Time: 12:59:54


Missa_Africanus_Americanus_Consecration--Time: 0:20

 


Medjugorje Day By Day May 18 - READ SACRED SCRIPTURES

May 18th was the date that Pope John Paul II's celebrated his birthday.

 

"The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on the Cross, Who is present in the Eucharist, and Who rules in Heaven" (Pope Pius XII).

Mother Teresa

If we worry too much about ourselves, we won't have time for others.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Mary's holy soul, like a dove set free, left her saintly body and flew to the bosom of her Beloved.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The magnetic pull of good!

"The psychological effect is entirely different when those who truly love God do wrong. The difference between them and others is like to that between a waif who steals and a devoted son who steals. The first does not feel the rupture of a relationship; the second does. The latter has hurt one whom he really loves. Furthermore, the waif does not feel the urge to restore the broken buds of love, but the ordinary good boy does. There is a mysterious magnet operating in the case of the good. As the steel filings fly to the attraction of the magnet, leaving the dirt behind, so the good are pulled back again to God, but only after having shaken the dust of evil from their lives."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

In that same moment, the soul drowns entirely in Him and experiences a happiness as great as that of the chosen ones in heaven. Although the chosen ones in heaven see God face to face and are completely and absolutely happy, still their knowledge of God is not the same. God has given me to understand this. This deeper knowledge begins here on earth, depending on the grace [given], but to a great extent it also depends on our faithfulness to that grace.

However, the soul receiving this unprecedented grace of union with God cannot say that it sees God face to face, because even here there is a very thin veil of faith, but so very thin that the soul can say that it sees God and talks with Him. It is "divinized." God allows the soul to know how much He loves it, and the soul sees that better and holier souls than itself have not received this grace. Therefore, it is filled with holy amazement, which maintains it in deep humility, and it steeps itself in its own nothingness and holy astonishment; and the more it humbles itself, the more closely God unites himself with it and descends to it.

The soul, at this moment is, as it were, hidden; its senses are inactive; in one moment, it knows God and drowns in Him. It knows the whole depth of the Unfathomable One, and the deeper this knowledge, the more ardently the soul desires Him. (771)

 

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.

May 18 - READ SACRED SCRIPTURES

Today the Blessed Mother urges that we read the Bible:

Dear children, on this great day which you have given me, I wish to bless all of you and say: these days that I am with you are days of grace.

I want to teach you and help you walk in the way of holiness. There are many people who do not want to understand my messages nor to seriously accept what I am saying. Therefore I call you to witness to my presence here through your lives---through your day-to-day living.

If you pray, God will help you discern the true reason for my coming. And so, little children, pray and read the sacred scriptures so that through the graces that have accompanied my coming, you can discern the messages in sacred scripture for you.

St. Paul also emphasizes the importance and power of scripture:

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. In it the righteousness of God is revealed. (Rom 1:16-17).

Reflection:

Mark Twain once wrote that, "Most people are bothered by those passages in scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always noticed that the passages in scripture which they cannot understand; but as for me, I always noticed that the passages in scripture which trouble me most are those that I do understand."

The scriptures are indeed challenging, being much more than poetry and parables; they provide a whole new way of living based on our redemption through Jesus Christ. That is why the Blessed Mother urges us to read the Bible daily, for it reveals her Son to us in greater and greater depth. Thus St. Jerome could say:

"To be ignorant of the scriptures is not to know Christ." And since he is the way, the truth, and the life, it is essential that we know him intimately.

Application:

Today, take several minutes to reflect on the Parable of the Sower as found in Luke 8:4-15.

Apparition Video, LESSONS, St. Rita of Cascia Feast, Trinity Sunday, Pope's
Prayer Intentions...


Apparition Video - May 11, 2008

Video of the May 11, 2008 Public Apparition of Our Lady of Emmitsburg is now
available for viewing.

View Appartion Video... ( <http://www.tfsih.com/090207/Post.aspx> )



LESSONS from Our Lord Revisited - Release 73

Links to the 73rd release of the revisited LESSONS from Our Lord from the I AM
your Jesus of Mercy series are:

Volume IV, Lesson 78 - Novices...

(

http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/foundation/singlenews.asp?item_ID=1356\&comm=0&list_code_int=NEW02-INT <http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/foundation/singlenews.asp?item_ID=1356&comm=0&list_code_int=NEW02-INT> )

Volume IV, Lesson 79 - Motives...

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http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/foundation/singlenews.asp?item_ID=1357\&comm=0&list_code_int=NEW02-INT <http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/foundation/singlenews.asp?item_ID=1357&comm=0&list_code_int=NEW02-INT> )



Feast of St. Rita of Cascia, May 22, Patron of Impossible Cases

More About St. Rita of Cascia... ( <http://saintritashrine.org/ritalife.htm> )



Trinity Sunday - May 18, 2008

Litany of the Most Holy Trinity...

( <http://www.catholictradition.org/Litanies/litanies1a.htm> )

Catechism of the Catholic Church - Could you defend the dogma of the
"Trinity"?...

( <http://www.scborromeo..org/ccc/p1s2c1p2.htm> )



Pope Benedict XVI Monthly Prayer Intentions - May 2008

Join in praying daily for the May 2008 monthly intentions of our Holy Father:

HUMAN DIGNITY: That Christians may use literature, art, and mass media to create
a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person.

MARY'S GUIDANCE: That the Virgin Mary, Star of evangelization and Queen of the
Apostles, may still guide missionaries with maternal affection, just as she
accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church.

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 Christions. 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.



June
1
Sun
Our Lady of Emmitsburg Monthly Marian Prayer Service
Lynfield Event Complex, June 1, 2008

Come pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy at the Our Lady of Emmitsburg
Monthly Marian Prayer Service from 3PM-5PM. All are welcome. (Our Lady has been
giving her monthly message to the world at this service.)


More Info...


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<http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/messages/messages_current_events.asp> )



Visit: www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org & www.prourladyofemmitsburg.org


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Prophecy Meditations II
Topic: Prophecy Meditation

Messages to John Leary April 23-May 7,2008


Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, every family has to deal with the household duties and a
way of bringing in an income. In some instances both the husband and wife work,
which makes it hard on the children when they come home from school. It is even
harder on any single parents when the money brought in is very small. Financing
a house, a car, food, and taxes does not leave much left over for health and
education expenses. With a loss of good paying jobs, and inflated food and gas
prices, families are being stressed to the breaking point. Some families may
even share a house or car to help make ends meet. As your recession and housing
problems continue, more people are at risk to lose their homes and jobs. Pray to
Me for your physical and spiritual needs, no matter how desperate they may be,
and I will answer them in My way.?


Thursday, April 24, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, I am giving you this vision of a lighthouse as an
example about My perpetual love for everyone, and how I am always looking out
for your protection as well. I showed you how much I love you by dying for
everyone?s sins. My love did not stop on the cross because I always love you at
all times just like the constant light of the lighthouse. Even though your love
for Me may be hot or cold at times, My love is forever because I am love itself.
In today?s Gospel I told My disciples that whoever loves Me will keep My
Commandments. Even My Commandments are all based on love of God and love of
neighbor. When you see the gifts that I give you and how much I care for you in
protecting your soul, you can come to know and love Me more. Love is all about
making a commitment between the lovers, just as in a good marriage. Your daily
commitment to Me should be your consecration of everything over to Me. By
focusing on Me at all times for your direction and staying close to Me in My
sacraments, you will always be living in My love. When you truly love Me, you
will do everything in your power to avoid offending Me in sin. Striving to live
according to My Will is all about dying to self and following My ways instead of
your ways. Let your love for Me blossom in your life, and share My love with
others around you.?

Prayer Group:

Jesus said: ?My people, this empty chair with Egyptian markings on it represents
the chair of power for the Antichrist. He will be going to Egypt to be anointed
by the high priest of Satan. He will be put in charge of the European Union and
he will have his brief reign before I will bring his power to a close with My
Comet of Chastisement. Do not have any fear of the evil ones, for I will protect
you from being persecuted when you are made invisible. Trust in Me and you will
soon see My victory once you see the Antichrist taking his seat of power.?

Jesus said: ?My people, as you first are led to your refuges of protection, you
will be awed to see this tall angel who will be protecting each refuge. This
angel will make you invisible to all of man?s means of detection. The angel will
protect you from all of the evil demons and evil people who are trying to kill
you. As you look upon the luminous cross or drink from the miraculous healing
spring, you will be healed of all diseases and infirmities. Give praise to God
for your protection and healing.?

Jesus said: ?My people, I have protected many of My saints and prophets in
caves, even though the caves may be cold and damp. My angels will provide you
with water, air, and light in these caves. Any animals in them will be removed
to avoid any danger. The caves will protect you even from the coming
Chastisement. After that trial, you will be brought out into a renewed earth in
My Era of Peace. Again, have no fear, and put your trust in My power over the
evil ones.?

Jesus said: ?My people, even as you plan ahead for building a house, you also
need prayers and discernment for what is needed at one of My refuges. I will
show you the physical needs and even ways to help the spiritual needs for those
coming to the refuges. I will give everyone who comes to a refuge a grace of
confidence in My miracles of providing shelters and multiplication of all that
you need for food. As soon as the people see these miracles being performed,
they will then relax from any previous anxiety. See the places that I go to
prepare for you for during the tribulation.?

Jesus said: ?My people, as you see people planting seed in their lawns, you can
recall My Parable of the Sower. There is a miracle in the way that new life can
come forth from the seed planted in good soil. In the same way that you see new
grass coming forth, you can also see the joy of a new convert as their love for
Me grows in their heart. Be careful to make fertile ground for each soul to
produce good fruit of a hundredfold.?

Jesus said: ?My people, even as good weather enables you to do more outside,
your spiritual improvement in faith can empower you to do more spiritual good
works. When you are baptized and confirmed into the faith, you now will walk in
My graces so you can perform the works that I will direct you to do. Until you
have the gift of faith, your eyes of faith will not be open to understand My
ways. Give praise and thanks to Me for the power of the Holy Spirit who comes
into your life when you accept My Word.?

Jesus said: ?My people, the more you desire to know and love Me, the stronger
the desire will be to want to receive Me in Holy Communion and visit My Blessed
Sacrament in Adoration or before My tabernacle. Come to Me, My children, and I
will ease your burdens in life. Love of God and love of neighbor should be your
focus in life. You can show Me your love in your daily prayer and the good works
that you do for Me in the people that you help. Your love for My Real Presence
in My Eucharist will always keep you close to Me as our hearts are joined as
one.?


Friday, April 25, 2008: (St. Mark the Evangelist)

Jesus said: ?My people, there are many examples in life where excesses of
ordinary needs can be abused to cause problems for your body or any other living
thing. You have a need to fertilize your lawn to give it nutrients to grow, but
if you place too much in one spot, it could burn the grass and kill it there.
This is true also in some addictions where eating too much food or the wrong
kind of foods can cause obesity or diabetes. Drinking too much alcoholic drinks
or abusing lengthy time on the computer can also cause addictions from excesses.
It requires a person to use moderation by knowing their limitations and having
the will power to avoid excesses that could control the body. If you cannot
control your body?s desires and passions, then your soul is at risk in your sins
of abuse for your body. Sometimes it would be better to practice some fasting so
your soul is in more control of the body?s excessive wants. By practicing
self-control, then you can live a life more in conformity with My laws of life
in My Commandments.?

Jesus said: ?My people, I have shown you before about the evil ones? plan to
eliminate a good share of the people on the earth by using a very virulent virus
that would be spread by using chem trails. Many unknowingly are taking flu
vaccine shots that will make them more susceptible to die from this killer
virus. The evil ones have a special vaccine that will make them immune to this
new virus. Those remaining alive will be the evil ones who are immune, those who
have built up their immune systems with Hawthorn, herbs, and vitamins, and those
protected at My refuges by looking on My luminous cross and by drinking from My
healing spring. After the Warning it would be better that you do not take any
flu vaccine shots because it could cause your death later. Even now it would be
better not to take any flu shots unless there are some who are really vulnerable
and need them. The evil ones will try to force mandatory chips on the remaining
people, but you are to have your guardian angels lead you to the safety of a
refuge that would have angel protection. The Antichrist will rise to power for a
short time before I will vanquish him and all of his evil helpers. Have no fear
of this time because I will always be at your side to protect you. The evil ones
think that their plan will defeat My faithful, but they are so misled that they
do not see My coming victory which can be read in the Scriptures.?


Saturday, April 26, 2008: (Ray Wagner?s Funeral Mass)

Jesus said: ?My people, you are all gathered together as a family to bid
farewell to a husband, a father, and a grandfather. Ray was a lover of life and
he enjoyed get-togethers with family and friends. Wherever there were social
affairs, Ray and his wife, Millie, were there. It is appropriate to have one
last reception even at his funeral. Ray was happy to see the Honor Guard and all
of his family and friends come to his funeral. He sends his great love to his
wife, Millie, and the adult children Carol and Joyce, and to all his relatives
and friends. He wants you all to have a good time at the last of his parties. I
ask you to pray for Ray as you do for all of My faithful departed, and do not
forget him in your prayers.?

(Margaret Mary Finucane and Peter Horvath?s Wedding)

Jesus said: ?My people, you remember the account of My being present at a
Wedding Feast in Cana. I emphasized that a marriage commitment of love is
similar to the love commitment that I want you to make to Me. I also gave the
couple a gift of My first miracle by making the water into wine for their
reception. I know that you are human and that your love is imperfect, but even
as a husband and wife strive to always love one another, you also can strive
with My grace to love Me all of your life. I am showing you this wedding banquet
table because I go to prepare your own special seat at My Banquet Table in
heaven. When you invite someone to a wedding, then on receiving their answer to
come, you prepare an individual place for them at a table with their name.
Marriage is a vocation in life that you choose to be self-giving to your spouse
and to make joint decisions. You need to have Me as the third partner in your
marriage so your family prayer will keep you faithful and united throughout your
years of married life. If and when children come from your love, then you have a
further commitment to bring your children up in the faith and guard their souls
from the evil one. A family love is so precious that I have called My Church My
bride, and I am the Groom. Pray for these young people that they will see the
fruit of their love blossom out into a loving family.?


Sunday, April 27, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, this is a joyous and beautiful day as you see the sun
and My glorious graces being shared with everyone. As you see My Light shining
out from My cross, know that My death on the cross has brought salvation of your
sins to everyone as well. It is every soul?s opportunity to accept My love and
follow Me in My example. Read the Scriptures with love in your hearts so you can
see the power of My Light of understanding to follow My path to heaven through
My Commandments. I call every one to live a life of love by loving Me and your
neighbors unconditionally. It is My unconditional love that reaches out to save
every soul that accepts Me as Master of their lives. Follow My ways instead of
the ways of the world, and you will have your reward in heaven. When you see a
sunny day with all the beauty of the spring flowers, you are just happy to be
alive to drink in the splendor of My creation. At times you need to put aside
all of your troubles and anxieties, and just dwell on all of the beautiful gifts
that I have given you. You are so blessed, but you rarely take the time to thank
Me and give Me praise for all that I do for you. You have food to eat, air to
breathe, and a place to stay. So do not spend all of your time complaining and
worrying about things that you cannot change, but move forward to love Me and
help those around you out of love for Me in them. Enjoy each day that you are
given, and live it the best that you can, and you will have constant joy in your
heart.?


Monday, April 28, 2008: (St. Louis de Montford)

Jesus said: ?My people, you are about to see man?s inhumanity to man by a
flagrant mass killing by putting virulent viruses in the chem trails. So many
will die and the disease will be very contagious. Hospital workers will be given
vaccines so they can work with the sick, but they will be so overwhelmed by the
numbers that are sick. Those, who escape the disease, will not want to bury the
dead for fear of catching the disease. That is why you will see so many decaying
bodies left where they died. The one world people will be behind this gruesome
deed just to lower the earth?s population. They also will have a vaccine to make
them immune, but their plan will compound an unintended destruction of many
plants and animals that will add to the coming world famine. My faithful should
call on Me to have your guardian angels lead you to My refuges where you would
be healed of this pandemic disease by drinking miraculous healing spring water,
or looking on the luminous cross. I will protect My little ones from all of the
evil one?s attempts to kill you. Rejoice in My mercy of protection, and pray for
those being asked to set up My refuges of protection.?

Jesus said: ?My people, you see many beautiful flowers and trees in the spring
that are all a part of My perfect creation. Man in his pride has tried to
improve on My perfection, but he only makes things that look good, and they have
bad side effects or they do not fit into the balance of nature. Some have
proposed other means of creation as the big bang theory, or evolution theory,
but none of these can explain nature totally or could be proven by scientific
methods. No specie has ever been seen to mutate to a higher chromosome specie.
There even has been some links of people believing in evolution to being
atheists. Man can rationalize theories as much as he wants, but in the end it
was My hand in creation that has brought everything into being that you see
before you, whether people want to believe it or not. Trust in My Word of
Scripture as giving you the truth of this life because I would never deceive you
as Satan and man does. Everything that I do is based on love and harmony, and
mankind should base his actions on love as well.?

Tuesday, April 29, 2008: (St. Catherine of Siena)

Jesus said: ?My people, just as St. Paul was persecuted and was imprisoned for
his faith, so also My faithful will face increasing persecution for believing in
Me. The one world people have their plan for a world takeover, but they also
will have to contend with major earthquakes and natural disasters that could
delay their plans. Man thinks that he can control earthly events, but at times
you have no control over weather events, tsunamis, and comets or meteors that
hit the earth. Even solar flares can upset your communications. It is these such
events that should indicate to you that I am in control at all times, and I
allow man?s free will decisions. I also will allow the evil ones to go only so
far because I will always defend My faithful remnant from the gates of hell.
Even during the coming tribulation, I will provide My refuges of protection so
My angels will protect you from the harm of the evil ones. Keep your full trust
in Me, and I will be at your side. Have patience for a time, and I will bring My
victory over Satan and his minions.
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Jesus said: ?My people, I have told you before that there are more souls going
to hell than are going to purgatory and heaven. Many of them are going there by
their own free will, but also because they have no one to pray for them. People
have asked Me what can they do to save more souls from going to hell? These are
some suggestions. You can pray for poor sinners, especially for those whom no
one is praying for. You can pray to call My angels down around them to defend
them from evil temptations. You can pray deliverance prayers to bind any evil
spirits, that are affecting them, to the foot of My cross. You can give good
example by your behavior of love to those who may be weak to sin. The most
difficult task is to personally go out of your comfort zone to evangelize souls
to the faith so they could be saved and converted from their sinful way of life.
If more people took these requests to heart, you could see fewer people being
lost to hell.?


Wednesday, April 30, 2008: (St. Pius V)

Jesus said: ?My people, you have been seeing serious damage from tornadoes in
Virginia, damage from earthquakes in the Middle and West Coast of America, and
also wild fires in various places as well. Many of these natural disasters have
occurred before, but you already are noticing a steady increase in the numbers
and intensities of earthquakes, especially along the West Coast. Many of these
disasters have destroyed homes and have displaced people?s jobs. This is why it
is necessary to help people find housing, food, and help in rebuilding their
homes. You are having financial problems with mortgages, and high food and gas
price problems along with your recession. This damage is just compounding these
problems. This is why volunteer work to repair things may be needed to help your
neighbor because there may not be enough money available to pay for rebuilding.
You may be asked to make donations of your time and money to help. Pray for all
the people being affected by this damage that they can be provided for in their
needs.?

Jesus said: ?My people, when the crucifix was displayed in front of the church
in the vision, there was a strong faith that kept the traditions. When the
crucifix was removed, it represented a loss of tradition, and faith was lost
also. The more that the faith is watered down in reverence and traditions, the
weaker the people become in their faith. The people need to be inspired by good
priests and good prayer habits, along with having a large crucifix on the altar.
Once the churches are cleansed of their reverence, then it becomes just a
building. It is the belief in My Real Presence that makes My churches holy when
I am present in the consecrated Hosts. Give praise and glory to Me in your
Adoration hours and rejoice that I am always with you.?

Thursday, May 1, 2008: (Ascension Thursday)

Jesus said: ?My people, after I resurrected from the dead, I visited My apostles
several times. Before I ascended to My Father in heaven, I commissioned My
apostles to wait to receive the Holy Spirit and then they should go out and
teach My Word to all the nations. (Matt. 28:19-20) ?Go, therefore, and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded
you; and behold, I am with you all days, even unto the consummation of the
world.? Towards Bethany I led My disciples and I blessed them as I ascended into
heaven. (Luke 24:50,51) ?Now He led them out towards Bethany, and He lifted up
His hands and blessed them. And it came to pass as He blessed them, that He
parted from them and was carried up into heaven.? Even as I rose into heaven, My
angels consoled My apostles with these words. (Acts 1:11) ?Men of Galilee, why
are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up
from you into heaven, will return in the same way as you have seen him going
into heaven.? Truly at the height of the Antichrist?s reign I will defeat him,
as I will return on the clouds to bring justice and My Era of Peace.?

Prayer Group:

Jesus said: ?My people, keeping a good factory job is becoming more difficult as
manufacturers are trying to use foreign cheap labor and layoffs because of
reduced demand in a recession. Today is the feast day of St. Joseph the Worker,
but it was secondary to the celebration of Ascension Thursday. World competition
has put American workers at a disadvantage because of your benefits and higher
salary than in third world countries. Instead of making a little less profit,
Wall Street has dictated a desire for cheaper labor costs. By cutting salaries
and worker benefits, it is becoming harder for the average worker to afford a
house and car, let alone other living expenses. Pray for your industries to
offer a fair working wage, and focus more on helping American workers instead of
foreigners.?

Jesus said: ?My people, many of your people are more in favor of having an
English Mass than a Latin Mass. It was a dramatic change to switch to a Mass in
the vernacular language, but there were many liberties taken in this new
translation. With Holy Communion given in the hand standing there has been less
reverence given to My Blessed Sacrament. Many of these changes in tradition and
reverence have made it possible that only a small percentage of the faithful
still believe in My Real Presence in the consecrated Hosts. It is difficult to
have a desire to love Me so much that you would want to visit My tabernacle, if
a person did not believe in My Real Presence. Pray that My faithful will
remember their traditions and reverence for My Eucharist. The younger generation
is falling away from their faith because they do not pray, nor are they taught
the important truths of their faith, including a belief in My Real Presence, and
the value of Confession.?

Jesus said: ?My people, because of the high cost of oil and gasoline, many new
sources are being explored that are now affordable as oil shale. Alternate fuels
have a long time to be economical. Many oil companies are not working too hard
to find new oil because it benefits them to make increased profits on existing
sources of oil. America should work and pray to develop better conservation and
oil research for new sources of fuel. Decreasing demand would make your fuels
more affordable.?

Jesus said: ?My people, just as I commissioned My apostles to go out and preach
My Gospel message to all the nations, so I want to commission all of My faithful
to go and do likewise. Evangelizing souls is not easy, but it is one of your
Christian responsibilities from your Baptism and Confirmation. I told you before
to put your own spiritual life in order, so you can be a good evangelist and not
be a hypocrite who preaches one way, but does another.?

Jesus said: ?My people, your Easter Season is coming to a close and you will
soon celebrate Pentecost Sunday. You have celebrated My Resurrection for forty
days, and you have remembered the many accounts of My visits to My apostles to
encourage them. Now your focus will be on the many Sundays after Pentecost
during the ordinary time. Even though the Church seasons change, your love for
Me should never change. I love you every day of the year, so focus your life on
following Me in imitation of My life.?

Jesus said: ?My people, as your weather has become much warmer, it is more of an
incentive to work on spring cleaning inside and outside of your homes. In
addition to cleaning your physical properties, now right after Easter would also
be a good time for spring cleaning your souls from sin in Confession. You have
such a desire to have your house and yard make a good appearance, but you should
have an even stronger desire to make a good appearance in having a pure soul.
For those, who have their souls pure, they will be ready for My judgment day.?

Jesus said: ?My people, there is always a feeling of joy and excitement as new
life is starting up again in all of nature. This thought of new life and a new
beginning should also be inspired in your new converts who came into the faith
at Easter. You can also experience new life when a lukewarm fallen away person
decides to come back to the sacraments. Pray that souls be renewed or converted
to the faith so they can experience My true love in their lives.?


Friday, May 2, 2008: (First Friday)

Jesus said: ?My people, back in the time of Noah after the flood I made a
covenant with man in the symbol of the rainbow that I would never destroy many
people with a world flood again. This vision of a rainbow over one of My
churches is a remembrance of that covenant. When I was on the earth as a man, I
made another covenant with man in the Institution of My Blessed Sacrament. You
have Me present in My Body and Blood in every consecrated Host. I told you: ?Who
ever eats My Body and drinks My Blood worthily will have life everlasting.? For
My Body is real food, and My Blood is real drink. I want My people to know and
recognize My Real Presence in My consecrated Host, so you can give Me praise and
worship in Adoration. I have told you before that those, who visit Me in
Adoration, are My special admirers, and you will have special graces for being
close to My Blessed Sacrament. Those, who are strong in the faith, need to
promote My Adoration to everyone so they can come and keep Me company in My
tabernacle. Many do not believe in My Real Presence because it has not been
emphasized or taught strongly for people to understand this ongoing miracle of
My grace and covenant with man. There even have been miracles of My Eucharist in
Hosts that bleed My Blood so unbelievers in My Real Presence can believe in this
gift of Mine to man. Give witness to My Real Presence by coming as often as you
can to show Adoration of My Blessed Sacrament. Give reverence to My Eucharist by
receiving Me on the tongue in Holy Communion, and genuflecting when you come
into My Presence. Receive Me worthily in the state of grace only without mortal
sin so you do not commit any sacrilege against My Blessed Sacrament.?

Jesus said: ?My people, you know well of My Blessed Mother under the title of
Our Mother of Sorrows. I am showing you also a vision of swords piercing the
hearts of family members. You are joined at this Mass to share the gift of
enthroning your homes to My Sacred Heart. This enthronement is to protect and
guide your family members with My grace and love. Some of the sorrows that you
may have to endure are when any of your children may fall away from their faith
or join another religion. Another sorrow that you could suffer could be a
divorce of these spouses. Other sorrows could involve serious sickness or the
death of one of the members of the family. Some families may have to endure not
being able to have children. Other sorrows could be lost jobs, loss of a house,
or serious accidents. I know some of these sorrows will befall every family, so
I know your trials and petitions before you ask Me. By prayer, daily
consecration, and the Enthronement of your homes to My Sacred Heart, you will
have strength from My graces to endure any of these sufferings. Keep your
families close to Me in family prayer and I will have My angels watch over you
and protect you from any evil.?


Saturday, May 3, 2008: (St. Philip and St. James)

Jesus said: ?My people, I have a dear love for all of My apostles that I chose
to help spread My Word to everyone. In today?s Gospel I answered St. Philip?s
question when he wanted Me to show him the Father. In essence I gave him a
lesson in trying to understand a little in a human way about the Mystery of the
Blessed Trinity. The Father, I, and the Holy Spirit are Three Persons in One
God. We are inseparable so that when I said the Father is in Me, and I am in the
Father, this was the simplest way that I could explain Ourselves so man could
comprehend the Blessed Trinity. So when My apostles saw Me, truly they also saw
God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit. You will soon be celebrating the feast
of Pentecost and how I had to leave, so My apostles could receive the Holy
Spirit as tongues of fire, so they could be empowered to teach My Word to all
the nations. So My disciples of today, who receive the Blessed Trinity in Holy
Communion, are also empowered with the Holy Spirit to help evangelize souls to
the faith. Call on Us always to guide you what to say in bringing Us closer to
souls in conversion to the faith.?


Sunday, May 4, 2008: (Celebration of Ascension Thursday)

Jesus said: ?My people, I am the Light of the world as I spread My love, graces,
and blessings with everyone. I am also a Light of truth, and My Word of the
Gospels needs to be spread to all the nations. You are seeing in My farewell to
My apostles that I am calling them to go out and spread My Good News to all the
nations. In My Early Church it took courage and the gifts of the Holy Spirit to
even risk the lives of My faithful to preach My Word. Many were martyred for
being a Christian. In today?s world you are not as threatened in most countries
to give witness to your faith. The vision represents two kinds of people in the
small light and the large bright light. I give everyone the same call as My
apostles to go out and share your faith with everyone. You have a choice to keep
your faith to yourself, or to share it with others. When you share your faith,
you take a risk of rejection or even ridicule or persecution. Not everyone that
you try to share My love with will be open to your witness. Still it is better
to follow My call to give witness, even if some refuse to accept Me. There are
many ways that you can share your faith. It should start first with teaching
your own children and grandchildren. You can teach the children in religious
education. You can share in prison ministry, food for the poor, visiting the
elderly, bringing Holy Communion to the sick, and comforting those mourning the
deceased. Whenever you share your faith with others, you are doing it for Me and
My presence in that person. So choose to be the brilliant Light in this world by
sharing My love and faith with everyone that you meet.?


Monday, May 5, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, in today?s Gospel (John 16:29-33) I was speaking plainly
to My apostles without parables, and I explained to them that the Son of Man
must die and be taken away from them so that sinners would be saved by My death.
I also had to leave them so the Holy Spirit could come upon them. The apostles
thought that they knew all about Me, but I always surprised them with deeper
insights of what was happening. I told them that they will scatter and desert Me
when it came time for the Pharisees to kill Me. The apostles could not imagine
them leaving Me, but I told St. Peter that before the cock crowed twice, he
would deny Me three times. At another time I told My apostles plainly that if
they eat My Body and drink My Blood they would have life everlasting. (John
6:54-65) Many of My followers left Me when I said this. So I asked My apostles
if this shaked their faith? But St. Peter said: ?To whom would we go, for you
have the words of everlasting life.? There were many such sayings as when I said
love your enemies, and that it would be very difficult for the rich man to be
saved. Without faith in Me and My Word, it would be difficult to believe all
that I have said. So My apostles and My faithful believe in Me because I give
you the grace to understand how I am calling all of you to be perfect as My
heavenly Father is perfect. Continue to teach My Word, even if the world rejects
Me, because it is a gift of faith to believe.?

Jesus said: ?My people, I am showing you this voting booth because several of
your states are going to have problems verifying the truth of the output of
their new election voting methods. I also told you before that you would be
fortunate to have another presidential election. This event is conditional on
whether terrorism or natural disasters could be severe enough to postpone this
election. With enough prayer, these things could be mitigated, but unless more
prayer is multiplied, they will occur causing great damage and loss of life. You
already are seeing many earthquakes all over your country, and they will
continue. I call you to do some extra prayers and ask to have them multiplied so
these events do not stop your election. Be prepared also to send donations of
money and time to help those who face losses from natural disasters.?


Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, there were many scenes and accounts of how I helped My
apostles in their fishing boats. Several times I provided the fish for them to
catch. At other times I saved them from drowning by calming the violent seas. I
sometimes speak to you about boats and sailing on the sea of life which has its
storms and calm times. This vision of Me at the helm of a ship steering the
course represents how I want you to let Me lead and direct your life. Whether
you accept it or not, you are totally dependent on Me for everything that you
have. I do not force My love on anyone because I want you to love Me of your own
free will. Before you start any project, pray to Me about it so I can tell you
if it is the right thing for your soul, and I will help you to accomplish your
goal. Sometimes you strike out on your own in pride thinking that you can do
things without My help. After some failures, then you come begging on your knees
for help. So pray to Me first, and your work will be much easier with Me helping
you. Another image along with this ship is to have a good anchor. I am that
anchor of faith for you so that you do not drift away from the faith because of
the undercurrents of the world and its distractions. At times you could be
detoured from your goal to follow Me by allowing things in life to become
addictions or obsessions that can control you and take time away from Me and
your prayer time. I am always at your side in Confession for your sins, and to
refocus you so you can see clearly to eliminate things that control you and
steal all of your time. Your purpose on earth is to know, love, and serve Me so
you can become a saint. If you only serve yourself in your addictions, then you
are being selfish with your time and you are not sharing time with Me and your
neighbor. When you truly love Me and your neighbor, you will be more outgoing,
instead of just doing things to serve yourself.?

Jesus said: ?My people, you are witnessing many natural disasters all over the
world, and not just in America. In your own country you are seeing fires and
tornadoes destroy homes with even some deaths. In addition you are seeing many
earthquakes along the Western coast and a major volcano going off in Chile. In
the former Burma you are seeing major destruction of millions of homes with many
deaths, much like when the tsunami killed many people. These major natural
disasters will be continuing to cause record numbers of destruction. Pray that
these disasters be kept to a minimum with a minimum loss of life. Some of these
disasters are a punishment for much sin going on in certain areas. Repent of
your sins in America, or you could see worse things happening here as well. Man
is falling further away from Me in his spiritual laziness and complacency. It is
these natural disasters that wake you up to the reality of the life that I want
you to live.?


Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Jesus said: ?My people, you are seeing sad and desperate soul bodies that are
now in purgatory. These are the souls of those thousands that died in the latest
cyclone that struck Burma (Myanmar). Most people hear the statistics of how many
died, but you should help pray for these souls who were judged to purgatory
without any preparation for their death. This is another example why you need to
have a pure soul by frequent Confession because you also could die suddenly. The
other poor people, that are alive, are the millions of people who are now left
hungry and homeless. Pray for these storm ravaged people and give some donations
to some charities who are sending aid to this disaster. They have little means
to rebuild and feed themselves. Those, who have an excess of this world?s
wealth, can afford to help the needy of the world, and you will store treasure
in heaven.?

www.johnleary.com

An Additional Message of Preparation VII


The Days of Elijah Are Here ! (1)



Louise Tomkiel(2)
May 14, 2008


God the Father spoke, "IT WON'T BE LONG NOW UNTIL MY SHELTERS ARE OPEN." (3)

2ND "BUY A GOOD MULTI-MINERAL-VITAMIN FORMULA."
(THAT COVERS ALL NUTRITION)

3RD "BUY POWDERED VEGY AND FRUIT FORMULAS."

4TH "BUY PET FOOD BY THE CASE." (CANNED AND DRY)

5TH "PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY"




Footnotes


(1)   "The Days of Elijah are here" (1 Kings 17:10-24). Through my visionary friend, Our Lord has told me "to shout this from the roof tops."

(2)    The visions and messages of Louise have yet-to-be-approved by the Church.
www.giftstor.org/tomkiel05fst.html

(3)    Refer to:  To the Refuges on Wings of Eagles
www.call2holiness.org/RefugesonWings/RefugesonWings.htm



Recommended Reading



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Database:
How to Prepare For the Tribulation


Links:
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Warning, the Miracle & the Chastisement
False Prophet
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Mark of the Beast
New World Order
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Plagues, Pestilences & Diseases
Prayers & Prayer Petitions Online


Archived Messages:
#374.......Do Not Buy From China!
#361....... China Is Flooding the American Market with Poisoned Products
#363...... Read All Labels for Poison Content--Purchase Nothing From China
#222......Tomkiel - Crops & Foods Poisoned - How to Purify
#150.......Tomkiel - Water Poisoned, How to Purify
#351........Pray and Bless in Jesus' Name Everything That is Used or Ingested
#293.......Be Prepared, Not Frightened
#297.......Additional Messages of Preparation I
#298......Additional Messages of Preparation II
#299......Additional Messages of Preparation III
#304......Additional Messages of Preparation IV
#319...... Additional Messages of Preparation V
#326..... Additional Messages of Preparation VI
#209......Tomkiel - Brief Equipment & Supplies Checklist
#228......Tomkiel - Wash, Cook, Bless & Sterilize
#255......Tomkiel - Supplement Your Daily Nutrition
#236......Tomkiel - Additional Tribulation Preparations
#281.......Beware of Imports & Synthetics
#318.......Beware of Household Chemicals
#302......Vitamins and Dietary Supplements to be Removed From the Market Soon
#283......Beware of Medication & Evil Men
#342......Heavenly Warnings Reiterated - The Times Are Upon Us
#303......Expect Miracles !
#291.......Everything is Tainted
#360......Disease Tainted Rubber Sandals & Exploding Free Samples
#333......The Plagues Will Now Begin
#287......Avoid Crowds & Strangers - Answer No Questions
#311...... When Afraid, Sing Praises to God
#312..... Wear the Miraculous Medal, Carry Your Rosary
#343..... The Rosary: Protection Against the Antichrist
#352..... Ask For Every Healing Possible
#362..... Never Drink Water From Public Fountains
#364..... Remain Wary At All Times - Go With My Angels
#367...... Carry a Tool in Your Auto to Break Windows in an Emergency
#370..... The Pale Horse Cometh
#225......Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
#179.......Holy Mass Appeases Divine Justice - Fr. Arnoudt
#226......St. Joseph: A Saint For the End Times
#205......Tomkiel - Prayer For Safety
#180.......Lead A Life of Confident Hope - Fr. Arnoudt
#157........Fr. Doucette - Period of Chastisement Has Arrived
#167.......Tomkiel: Plagues, Pestilences & Persecution
#130.......Order Out of Chaos: Freemasonry Motto


At the Call To Holiness web site:
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Prayers of Consecration & the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Tribulation Protection: The Blood of the Lamb
Special Links For Preparation For Various Types of Disasters (includes checklists)
To the Refuges on Wings of Eagles
Refuges For Our Time
After The Warning
The Original Prayer to St. Michael
Ecclesiastical Masonry: The Beast Like a Lamb


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Winter of 2007-08:  Winds, Rain, Tornadoes & Record Snow

As Predicted



John Leary (1)



November 12, 2007:
Jesus said: "My people, the weather this winter will have some unusual high winds that could cause snow and ice which could result in poor visibility and many accidents. This vision of a truck turned over is an example of the accidents that could occur. People in cars or large trucks will have to be wary of the weather reports before they proceed.  Keep some holy water and blessed sacramentals in your vehicles for safety in your travel. When you are traveling to do missions or talks, you will need more spiritual protection against the evil ones who may try to thwart you in your work.  Pray for My protection at the start of every trip, and place holy water around in your vehicle. Give thanks to Me and your guardian angel every time you return from your travels unharmed. "

November 15, 2007:
Jesus said: "My people, some areas will be seeing heavy rains, enough to cause flood warnings into the winter time.  This vision of overflowing rivers is a strong suggestion for these warnings. Even as some experience flooding, others will continue to see droughts with possible fires continuing. This again is nature's reflection of mankind where some are cold in their hearts to Me, while a few are on fire with My love. It is the mission of My strong faithful to try and lead the lukewarm back to their former fervor of faith, and reach out to convert those who have never loved Me. Wake up those who are spiritually asleep because there are many signs of the Antichrist coming before I return. Today's Gospel is warning you also about the false christs who will come to try and deceive you that it is I, but do not follow them. Be always ready, for you do not know the day, nor the hour of My return."

December 3, 2007:
Jesus said: "My people, you are now moving into winter with another set of disasters that could cause trouble in the safety of your car travel and cause power outages.  Already you are seeing considerable high wind events along the Pacific coast, even as I told you windy events will become more common this winter.  You need to have warm clothing, some food and holy water or blessed salt in your cars in case your car quits or has an accident.  In your homes you need back up fuels for heating as wood, kerosene, or propane to provide heat and a means of cooking if you should lose power in a snow storm.  Just as you stay prepared for your physical survival, you also need to be prepared for your spiritual survival against sin.  Frequent Confession is the best means to keep your soul pure and ready for the day of your death and judgment.  You can also pray an Act of Contrition when you go to bed, or if you feel death is imminent.  If you should die overnight, then you have asked to be forgiven, and you may not have time for Confession.  Being prepared for winter, and for your death, are very practical ways for the survival of both your body and your soul."

December 5, 2007:
Jesus said: "My people, you have been witnessing some severe winter weather already with some areas receiving record windds and above average snowfalls or rainfalls.  Even your weather maps have been showing huge storms and erratic jet stream flows causing colder weather than normal.  You may or may not be aware of the HAARP (2) weather making machine that uses extremely powerful microwaves to control and change the jet streams to cause this bad weather.  This maker of bad weather and the chemtrails (3) causing flu epidemics, are all part of the one world plan to cause disruption and create emergency situations for their control of people.  Many of your extreme weather events are due to the use of such machines.  This is just an added insight to how evil these people can be just to manipulate your government and the death culture that they promote.  The evil ones will have a brief reign, but they will soon face My judgment for their evil deeds.  Call on My help and My angels to protect you, and use your Hawthorn pills or tea, herbs, and vitamins to protect yourselves from these man-made viruses."

January 10, 2008:
Jesus said: "My people, you have just witnessed hurricane speed winds and several tornadoes in an unusual time of the year.  Many power outages and some deaths have resulted, and you are still picking up the debris of tree limbs and house parts.  I have told you to expect more winds, disasters, and power outages, and they are coming as I foretold.  Be prepared with extra fuel and food that I will multiply if it is needed.  By preparing as I have warned you, you will be like the five wise virgins instead of the five foolish virgins who had no oil for their lamps."

January 15, 2008:
Jesus said: "My people, this year you will again see some natural disasters, and the amount of snowfalls will be near record amounts in some areas.  This vision of a significant snow blizzard is the kind of weather that will be prevalent this winter.  This is another reason that I warned you to be prepared for some power outages by having extra alternate fuels, and some extra food if you cannot get to the stores or they are shut down.  These recurrent weather problems may also cause you some problems in getting to your speaking commitments.  Pray for safe travel and use your holy water and blessed salt for traveling by car or by airplane.  You are also seeing in your media that the one world people are trying to force microchips into your driver's licenses for tracking purposes.  Providing security identification will also cause you problems in your travels, especially on airplanes and at the borders.  Many people are starting to see your privacy invaded more and more by government controls and regulations."

End of messages



As predicted by Our Lord via John Leary, excessive winds and tornadoes, as well as floods and record snowfall were experienced in many parts of the world during the winter of 2007-2008.

The rate of occurrence of tornadoes in the USA for the first two months of 2008 increased by 300% in January 2008, and increased by over 800% in February 2008, over the respective monthly averages for the preceding three years.  Consider the charts at the link below, as well as the news articles which follow:


US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MONTHLY TORNADO STATISTICS and
ANNUAL TORNADO TRENDS

www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/torn/monthlytornstats.html




Record Snowfall Rings in New Year

January 2, 2008
Tuesday's storm deposits up to 16 inches, knocks out power for 30,000

THE DETROIT NEWS --- The fourth-biggest snowfall in southern Michigan history -- and the biggest ever for a New Year's Day -- dumped up to 16 inches early Tuesday, knocking out power to 31,000 and making travel treacherous.--- "

Source:
http://tinyurl.com/24rdfq


Cold Temperatures Bring Record Snowfall To Daytona Beach

January 04, 2008
CFCNEWS13 - Daytona Beach, Florida ---  "---Daytona Beach did set a record Thursday when the flurries started flying.

It turns out a brief flurry did occur at the Daytona Beach International Airport, which is the official recording site.

The result is a record snowfall in the form of a trace.

Flurries in Central Florida are rare but not unheard of.---"

Source:
http://tinyurl.com/323p3j


Wet, Windy Weather Causes Evacuations, Flash Flood Warnings

January 5, 2008
WEATHERPLUS.COM - Los Angeles -- Wet and windy conditions arrived Friday in the Southland, and residents of Orange County's fire-scarred canyons were under a mandatory evacuation. ---"

"Theres a lot of rain coming down in the valleys, there's a lot of snow coming down in the mountains, there's lot of wind speed, between 100 and 150 (mph), in the Sierra Nevada, so it is very dangerous," Schwarzenegger said. --"

For the complete article see
http://tinyurl.com/2fqj4y


Fiercest Storm In Over 5 Years Hits Bay Area (Hurricane-Force Winds)

January 5, 2008
CBS5.com - San Francisco -- A fierce arctic storm pounded Northern California Friday with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds that toppled trees, knocked out power to thousands and created traffic gridlock.---"

For the complete article see:
http://cbs5.com/local/bay.area.storm.2.623064.html


Levee Breaks as Storms Pummel West Coast

January 5, 2008
YAHOO - A ruptured levee sent a frigid "wall of water" from a rain-swollen canal into this high desert town early Saturday, flooding hundreds of homes and forcing the rescue of more than a dozen people by helicopter and boat.

To the west, a dangerous layer of heavy snow covered the Northern California mountains as rain and wind from the third storm in as many days hit the West Coast. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in California, Oregon and Washington remained without power Saturday.---"

Source:
http://tinyurl.com/2vo22q


Rare Winter Tornadoes Rake Midwest

January 8, 2008
MYWAY - Wheatland, Wis. - A freak cluster of tornadoes raked across an unseasonably warm Midwest, demolishing houses, knocking railroad cars off their tracks and even temporarily halting justice in one courthouse.---

Tornadoes were reported or suspected Monday in southwest Missouri, southeastern Wisconsin, Arkansas, Illinois and Oklahoma. Two people were killed in Missouri.---

"I have never seen damage like this in the summertime when we have potential for tornadoes," Sheriff David Beth said. "To see something like this in January is mind-boggling to me. This is just unimaginable to me." --"

For the complete article see:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080108/D8U1NGKG0.html


More Tornadoes Interrupt a Warm January

January 8, 2008
YAHOO - Little Rock, Arkansas -- A line of thunderstorms fed by warm weather continued spinning off unusual January tornadoes Tuesday, killing a man in Arkansas and carrying a cow close to a mile.---"

Source:
http://tinyurl.com/27z7ba


Tornadoes Were Unusual For Intensity

January 8, 2008
JOURNAL TIMES - Kenosha County -- The tornadoes that roared through parts of the county Monday were unusual not just for the time of year, but also for their intensity.

National Weather Service survey crews looking at the aftermath Tuesday preliminarily rated the tornadoes that struck the Wheatland area at EF3s on the Enhanced Fujita scale. Weather Service Meteorologist Bob McMahon said the teams estimated wind speeds at 140-150 mph.---

Weather experts also estimated, based on damage, the size of the funnels that ripped through Wheatland in western Kenosha County. They estimated the width at ground level was about 200 yards.

In contrast, McMahon said the average tornado in Wisconsin is only an EF0 to EF1. "Those damage paths can be just 10 yards wide," he said.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/2gfodh


Skiers Frolic East and West After Record Snowfall

January 10, 2008
USATODAY -  "--- Many New England resorts logged record or near-record snowfalls in December, a sharp contrast to last season, when significant snow didn't arrive until mid-February, says Mike Doyle, skiing guide for About.com.

Along the West Coast, skiers, snowboarders and other winter-sports enthusiasts are cheering what has been dubbed the "Storm of the Century," a series of three Pacific blasts that pummeled mountain resorts from British Columbia to Southern California last weekend.

In Northern California's Sierra Nevada, the storm system dumped up to 11 feet of white stuff at the ski resorts ringing Lake Tahoe, with a fourth storm delivering more than a foot this week. ---"

"These are equal-opportunity storms, blanketing the entire West," says Dan Sherman of Aspen-based tour packager Ski.com, where sales for the Martin Luther King holiday weekend Jan. 21 are up nearly 20% from last year.

The downside to the prodigious snowfalls: a mounting risk of avalanches.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/2q3ynw


Snow Falls on Baghdad For First Time in Memory

January 11, 2008
REUTERS - Baghdad --- Snow fell on Baghdad on Friday for the first time in memory, and delighted residents declared it an omen of peace.

"It is the first time we've seen snow in Baghdad," said 60-year-old Hassan Zahar. "We've seen sleet before, but never snow. I looked at the faces of all the people, they were astonished," he said.---"

For the complete article see:
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL1146182220080111


Winter Blast: Record Amount of Snow Falls on Metro Area

January 22, 2008
WCF COURRIER - Waterloo, Iowa --- When people think of the worst winter can offer, conditions like those Monday probably come to mind.

A weather system moving across the state produced a steady snowfall, winds whipped the offering into a frenzy and temperatures struggled into single digits.---"

He may be closer to the truth than he realizes. The system that dumped on Northeast Iowa dropped a record amount of snow.---"

But this winter is producing more snow and, lately, less heat than normal. Precipitation totals for January are so far at 12.2 inches, well above the norm of 5.2 inches. The average temperature climbed into the lower 20s after spending the weekend in subzero and single digits.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/2zjy87


Wind Storm Causes Outages Across Europe

Jan. 27, 2008
MSNBC - Warsaw, Poland - Strong winds swept across parts of northern and central Europe on Sunday, toppling trees, downing power lines and causing road and railway disruptions.---"

For the complete article see:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22867635/


Severe Snowstorms Batter China

January 28, 2008
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE --- Severe snowstorms over broad swaths of eastern and central China have wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the country, creating gigantic passenger backups, spawning accidents and leaving at least 24 people dead, according to state news reports.

In many areas, where snow has continued falling for several days, the accumulation has been described as the heaviest in as many as five decades.---"

For the complete article see:
www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/28/asia/china.php


Strong Winds Wreak Havoc in Europe

January 28, 2008
PRESS TV --- Strong winds have swept across parts of northern and central Europe toppling trees, downing power lines and blocking roads.

"--- Austria meanwhile was the worst affected with most regions suffering. Wind gusts of 120 Km (75 miles) per hour hit the lower elevations in northeastern, eastern and southeastern parts of the country. At some higher elevations, gusts reached roughly 145 Km (90 miles) per hour.---"

For the complete article see:
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=40632&sectionid=351020605


Unusual Winter Weather Hits Both Coasts

January 28, 2008
NATIONAL POST - Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton, and Newfoundland were expected to be hardest hit with heavy snowfall and freezing rain for most of the day as Environment Canada issued a number of severe weather warnings for most of the Atlantic provinces Monday.---"

"We've had more snow than the average snowfall up to this point in the winter but the frequency of storms transiting through is definitely above normal," he said.---"

High wind warnings have also been issued for all four Atlantic provinces, Mr. Robichaud said.

Gusts of up to 90 km/h were expected to blow through the areas of Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.---"

For the complete article see:
www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=269796


Arctic Cold, Snow Head Into Midwest

January 29, 2008
USATODAY - A series of winter storms packing heavy snow and stiff wind gusts continued to wallop the West on Tuesday, prompting avalanche warnings, school cancellations, road closings and official notices to take precautions against potentially fatal wind chills.

"It's extremely cold  - even for North Dakota," said Lt. Mike Gerhart of the North Dakota Highway Patrol. "If you get caught in that type of situation and you're not prepared, it can be fatal."

At least four weather stations in the state reported 55 below zero wind chills Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/3cambt


500,000 Stranded at Station

January 28, 2008
THE SCOTSMAN - More than 500,000 travelers found themselves stranded in and around a Chinese city's train station yesterday, as blizzards and ice storms created a transport crisis ahead of the country's New Year celebrations.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/25mrns


Winter Storms Hit Much of Country with Wind, Snow and Hail

January 29, 2008
FOXNEWS - Denver --  A powerful storm system pounded a large swath of the nation Tuesday, spawning everything from heavy snow and numbing cold to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes, and forecasters warned more bad weather was on the way.

High winds associated with thunderstorms may have killed two people in Indiana, authorities said. Snow forced the closure of schools and highways in many areas, and avalanche warnings were issued for some Western mountainous regions.---"

About 3 feet of snow has fallen in the area since Sunday morning, said Kyle Fredin of the National Weather Service. Snow began to taper off Tuesday, but up to a foot more was expected before the weekend, Fredin said.---"

"It's very unusual," said Doug Abromeit, director of the U.S. Forest Service's National Avalanche Center in Ketchum, Idaho. "Typically the storm is not this widespread."

Those storms were followed Tuesday by a third that threatened up to 20 inches of snow in Idaho's mountains into Wednesday, said Jay Breidenbach of the Weather Service office in Boise.

A fourth storm was on the way. "By Thursday, the next storm will be right on our doorstep. This is quite a storm system," Breidenbach said.--- "

The cold air and wind gusts as high as 70 mph headed into the Midwest, where fog created problems for air travel Tuesday in Chicago. About 200 flights had been canceled by afternoon at O'Hare International Airport, said Chicago Department of Aviation spokesman Karen Pride.--- "

The National Weather Service reported an unconfirmed tornado touchdown near Okawville, Ill. A corner of the roof peeled off at Nashville Community High School in Illinois, but no injuries were reported.

In Cape Girardeau County, Mo., winds as high as 70 mph and dime-size hail were reported Tuesday. Two unconfirmed funnel clouds were reported, said Dick Knaup, the county's emergency management director.--- "

For the complete article see:
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,326252,00.html


Most of Canada Hit With Arctic Temperatures, Wind and Snow

January 28
CANADA.COM --  "--- Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg are all seeing their wind-chill temperatures drop into the range of -30 and -40 C through the week. By early Monday morning, Grande Prairie, Alta. recorded a wind chill of -49 C. Many parts of Alberta, including the Calgary airport, Coronation and Del Bonita, saw wind chills drop to -48 C. Winds there have been measured at 63 km/h.--- "

"We've had more snow than the average snowfall up to this point in the winter, but the frequency of storms transiting through is definitely above normal," he said.--- "

High wind warnings were also issued for all four Atlantic provinces, Robichaud said.

Gusts of up to 90 km/h were expected to blow through the areas of Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.--- "

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/yopzvk


Snow Storm Brings China to a Halt

January 28 2008
FINANCIAL TIMES -- China's transport and energy systems have been caught in a perfect winter storm, with hundreds of thousands of people stranded during the peak travel season after train delays caused by heavy snow and power failures.---"

The problem has been amplified by unseasonally large snowfalls in northern and central China, but the root cause is Beijing's attempt to reimpose and tighten price controls on numerous commodities, such as coal and oil.--- "

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/3ylnkj


Severe Storms Race Across Indiana (Tornadoes)

January 30, 2008
USATODAY - Poseyville, Indiana ---  "--- The National Weather Service said a tornado flipped the mobile home the night before near Poseyville, a rural area in southwestern Indiana. Kathryn Mason, 83, and her daughter, Donna Fay Zoph, 57, were among four killed in quick-moving but fierce storms that raced across Indiana, packing wind gusts up to 80 mph.

A second tornado ripped a portion of the roof off an apartment complex on the west side of Indianapolis, said meteorologist Dave Tucek. A weather service team determined damage a little further west in Avon was done by straight line winds estimated up to 100 mph.--- "

For the complete article see:
www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/2008-01-30-in-storms_N.htm


Frigid Winds Whip into the Northeast

January 31, 2008
USATODAY - Buffalo -- Lake Erie surged over its eastern shore Wednesday, adding flooding to the headaches delivered by a windy storm that tipped tractor-trailers, disrupted flights, and toppled trees and power lines across a wide swath of the nation.---"

High winds were suspected of collapsing a scaffold at a Brooklyn building that killed a construction worker and seriously injured another Wednesday morning.

In northern Ohio, a train traveling in high winds derailed on a bridge over Sandusky Bay around 4 a.m., sending about 10 freight cars into the water, said Ottawa County Sheriff Robert Bratton. No injuries were reported.---"

The National Weather Service in Buffalo reported sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph, with a gust of 68 mph. Gusts of 46 mph were reported at LaGuardia Airport and close to 50 mph at Kennedy Airport.---"

As the sometimes unpredictable storm barreled eastward Tuesday, tornadoes or reports of tornadoes surfaced in several communities.

A twister hopscotched through Louisville, on Tuesday night, tearing the roofs from several buildings and toppling trees and power lines. Joe Sullivan, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said tornadoes touched down three times in the metro area.

In Indiana, severe thunderstorms packing wind gusts of 80 mph killed three people in mobile homes and a fourth who died in a car crash, authorities said. Firefighters pulled the bodies of an elderly woman and her daughter from a mobile home flipped over by the wind Tuesday night near Poseyville in southwestern Indiana.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/2sqdzx


Go to Denver for Record Snow, Deals

January 31, 2008
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION --- "--- It took awhile to get going around Christmastime, but since then, a majority of Rocky Mountain ski resorts have seen non-stop and record-breaking snow. You can count on excellent conditions most anywhere you roam. ---"

Source:
http://tinyurl.com/2r8bgn


Wild Weather Battered USA in January

January 31, 2008
USATODAY - Washington --- Rare winter tornadoes in the Midwest. Powerful Pacific storms with hurricane force winds. More than 1,000 daily high temperature records. And that's just in the first month of 2008.---"

"We're seeing an increasing trend in the frequency of extremes," said Karin Gleason, a meteorologist who compiles the U.S. Climate Extremes Index maintained by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.---"

"It certainly seems like something ominous is going on when you experience these extremes," said Gregory Berg, an assistant professor of music at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis.

On Jan. 7, Berg photographed a tornado as it formed less than two miles from campus. His snapshot of the wispy twister appears on the National Weather Service website as part of the agency's report on the event.

"When you see something so unexpected, you feel like you're seeing a unicorn or something," said Berg, who also hosts "The Morning Show" on the local National Public Radio affiliate.

Among the most extreme of all weather events are tornadoes, violent columns of rotating air that have cut a long and tragic path of death and destruction through U.S. history.

Tornadoes raked northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin in early January, a rare event in midwinter.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/34gktf


China's Biggest Desert Taklamakan Experiences Record Snow

February 02, 2008
XINHUA --The Taklamakan, China's biggest desert, has experienced its biggest snowfall and lowest temperature after 11 consecutive days of snow, local meteorologists said on Friday.---"

Continuous snow also caused the temperature to drop drastically to minus 32 degrees Celsius, a record low since meteorological observation began in the desert in 1996, said Wu Xinping, an expert with the observatory.

The previous record was minus 26.1 degrees Celsius in January 2006.

Wu said snow was rare in the desert that covered 337,600 square kilometers, and never before had the whole desert been covered.---"

Unusual cold, heavy snow, sleet and icy rain have combined to hit 17 provinces and regions in central and southern China over the past two weeks, affecting the lives of millions.---"

For the complete article see:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6349771.html


Record Rains Slam Hawaii, Force Evacuations
'Life-threatening situation' in Hilo as 11 inches fall in a single day

February 4, 2008
MSNBC - Honolulu ---  All of Hawaii remained under a flash-flood warning Monday after record rainfall as heavy as 11 inches in 24 hours slammed the island chain, closing schools, damaging dozens of homes and holding out the threat of mandatory evacuations.

The National Weather Service said a "high alert status" was in effect for Hilo on the Big Island, the state's second-largest city, where 10.82 inches of rain was recorded Sunday, breaking the 24-hour record by almost three and one half inches.

"The situation in Hilo is critical and a life-threatening situation now," said Harry Kim, mayor of the Big Island, which is also called Hawaii. As many as 150 homes had been damaged by floodwaters rising as high as 4 feet, he said. ---"

For the complete article see:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22999430/


China Battles "Coldest Winter in 100 Years"

February 4, 2008
REUTERS - Chenzhou, China --- Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.---"

He added the cold snap had caught the country off guard, in an area unprepared for such heavy snow. But climate change could see more extremes in weather in China, Zheng warned.---"

China has largely avoided unrest throughout the crisis, in part due to the 519,000 soldiers and more than 1.6 million paramilitary police that have been deployed throughout the country to help with disaster relief and crowd control.---"

For the complete article see:
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSPEK16157020080204


Despite Warnings, Tornadoes Kill 54

February 6, 2008
YAHOO - Lafayette, Tennessee ---  "--- At least 54 people were killed and hundreds injured Tuesday and Wednesday by dozens of tornadoes that plowed across Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. It was the nation's deadliest barrage of twisters in almost 23 years.---"

Most communities had ample warning that the storms were coming. Forecasters had warned for days severe weather was possible. The National Weather Service issued more than 1,000 tornado warnings from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday in the 11-state area where the weather was heading.

The conditions for bad weather had lined up so perfectly that the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., put out an alert six days in advances.--- "

While the weather was unusually severe, winter tornadoes are not uncommon. The peak tornado season is late winter through midsummer, but the storms can happen at any time of the year with the right conditions.---"

There were 67 eyewitness accounts of tornadoes, but some of those were probably twisters that were counted more than once, said Greg Carbin, the warning coordination meteorologist at the Oklahoma center. The actual number is probably more like 30 or 40, he said.

Thirty people were killed in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky and four in Alabama, emergency officials said. It was one of the 15 worst tornado death tolls since 1950, and the nation's deadliest barrage of tornadoes since 76 people were killed in Pennsylvania and Ohio in May 31, 1985.---"

For the complete article see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080206/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather


China's Freak Snowstorms: 'The New Normal'?

February 6, 2008
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/AMMF-7BKKCD?OpenDocument


Toll of Deadly Tornadoes in South Climbs Past 50

February 7, 2008
NEW YORK TIMES - Atkins,  Ark. --- Residents in five Southern states rose Wednesday to widespread clusters of destruction caused by an unusually ferocious winter tornado system. At least 55 people were killed, and scores more were injured.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/335l83


UN Official Praises China's Swift Response to Snow Disaster

February 7, 2008
XINHUA ---The UN's disaster reduction chief Tuesday praised the swift and effective action by the Chinese government in the face of the country's worst snow disaster for decades.---"

For the complete article see:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/07/content_7579697.htm


Snow Storms Destroy One Tenth of China's Forests

February 10, 2008
TERRADAILY - China has lost about one tenth of its forest resources to recent snow storms regarded as the most severe in half a century, state media reported Sunday.---"

For the complete article see:
www.terradaily.com/2007/080210055140.4jldsnvq.html


Madison Wisconsin Breaks its Record for Winter Snowfall

February 12, 2008
www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2008-02-12-madison-snow_N.htm


Tornadoes Damage or Destroy Nearly 300 Homes in Southern States

February 18, 2008
FOXNEWS - Prattville, Ala. --- Homeowners, utility crews and others worked Monday to clear away wreckage and restore services after the latest round of winter tornadoes to smash through the South.---"

The tornado was part of a system that swept across the Southeast on Sunday, damaging homes elsewhere in Alabama and in parts of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.---"

According to the weather service, a total of 18.5 inches of snow has fallen so far this month at the Des Moines International Airport, compared with the average 5 inches. So far this season, Iowa has gotten 48 inches compared with the normal 26 inches.

For the complete article see:
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330991,00.html


Heavy Snow Brings Greece to Standstill

February 20, 2008
ATHENS NEWS AGENCY --- A raging snow storm that blanketed most of Greece over the weekend also continued into the early morning hours on Monday, plunging the country into sub-zero temperatures. Public transport buses were at a standstill on Monday in the wider Athens area, while ships remained in ports, public services remained closed, and schools and courthouses in the more severely-stricken prefectures were also closed. Scores of villages, mainly on the island of Crete, and in the prefectures of Evia, Argolida, Arcadia, Lakonia, Viotia, and the Cyclades islands were snowed in.---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/2rxg68


Forget Global Warming: Welcome to the New Ice Age
(Record Snow in Toronto)

February 25, 2008
NATIONAL POST -- "---In just the first two weeks of February, Toronto received 70 cm of snow, smashing the record of 66.6 cm for the entire month set back in the pre-SUV, pre-Kyoto, pre-carbon footprint days of 1950.---"

For the complete article see:
www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=332289


Snowstorms Break Records in New England
'People can't keep up with the snow'; cities' snowiest months on record

February 27, 2008
CONCORD, N.H. - Another snowstorm swept across New England on Wednesday, toppling seasonal snowfall records and dumping so much heavy snow on buildings that some collapsed under the weight.---"

Concord already had set a record for the snowiest December, January and February, and the storm pushed the total for the three months to 97.5 inches. For the entire snow season, Concord has seen 99.6 inches, off the record of 122 inches, set in the winter of 1873-74, but still enough to make it the 10th snowiest winter on record.---"

For the complete article see:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23378015/


Hurricane Emma Cuts Swath Across Europe

March 03, 2008
THE AUSTRALIAN NEWS - Vienna, Austria ---  A winter storm with winds of more than 150km/h cut a swath of destruction across Europe from Britain to the Czech Republic, killing at least nine people.

In Europe, where the storm was named Hurricane Emma, airports were shut, transport networks were snarled and power lines cut.---"

For the complete article see:
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23307283-2703,00.html


Snow, Tornadoes Hit Southern Plains

March 3, 2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS - Oklahoma City - "Snow fell across parts of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle on Monday, part of a storm system that produced at least two weekend tornadoes and hail as big as softballs. ---

---The storm system also produced wind gusting up to 70 mph, lightning and hail as large as softballs that caused scattered damage, said weather service meteorologist Chris Sohl in Norman. --- "

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/39kexy


Record Snowfalls Mean Big Meltdown

March 6, 2008
USATODAY -- "For snow-weary residents of the Midwest and New England, spring can't come soon enough.

Locations such as Madison, Wis., and Concord, N.H., endured their snowiest winter since records began, and parts of the western USA also saw a much snowier-than-average winter, according to NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

The U.S. winter of 2007-08 - which meteorologists classify as the months of December, January and February - will go down as the coldest since the winter of 2000-01, with a national average temperature of 33.2 degrees, NOAA reported Thursday. Yet, despite the chill, the winter was still slightly warmer than the 20th-century average of 33.0 degrees.

However, it's the snowfall that may be the most memorable element of this winter.

"We had 13 inches of snow on Feb. 1 alone," said Springfield, Ill., resident Julie Becker. "We haven't had 13 inches of snow in years."

In Madison, the 88.3 inches of wintertime snow shattered the all-time record of 76.1 inches, set in the winter of 1978-79, according to the National Weather Service.

Concord recorded 100.1 inches of snow this season, stressing roofs and frazzling drivers' nerves. Before that, the record had been 78 inches, set during the winter of 1886-87, according to the weather service. ---

---Three straight months of above-average snowfall will benefit residents of Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming because runoff from the Colorado mountains feeds rivers that run through those states.---"

For the complete article see:
www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2008-03-06-winter_N.htm


Tornado Hits Florida; Snow Storm Hits Texas

March 07, 2008
FOX NEWS - Dallas, Texas -- "Snow started falling in a band that stretched from central Texas to southern Ohio on Friday, while severe storms rolling through Florida spawned at least one tornado in the northern part of the state. ---

--- Officials said the tornado in north-central Florida brought down some power lines. Forecasters warned residents in the northern half of the state to monitor the storms because more tornadoes were possible. ---

--- No one was injured by a twister packing 95 to 105 mph winds in Corpus Christi [Texas] on Thursday afternoon, but trees were snapped and several homes were damaged, said Roger Gass, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Corpus Christi.--- "

For the complete article see:
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335894,00.html


Record Snow Buries Columbus

March 9, 2008
MY WAY - Columbus, Ohio -- "Snow plows and clean-up crews were to continue working overtime Sunday to dig out of a record-setting snow storm that buried Ohio's capital city and many parts of Ohio and Indiana.---

---High winds in Ohio whipped the snow into 3-foot-tall drifts in some places and cut visibility to less than a quarter mile, the National Weather Service said.---"

For the complete article see:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080309/D8V9SAKO0.html


Britain Braced for Second Storm Front as Thousands are Hit by Flooding and Power Cuts

March 11, 2008
DAILY MAIL -- "Thousands were left stranded, flooded or without power yesterday as 95mph hailstorms lashed Britain.

Amid widespread travel chaos, more than 10,000 families were plunged into darkness when trees crashed through power lines.

Homes in Wales, Cornwall and Devon were deluged.

Emergency services were at full stretch for the "perfect storm" - a combination of gale force winds and the high spring tide. ---

--- From Cornwall to Kent, spectacular waves came perilously close to breaching sea walls in coastal towns.

The onslaught continued throughout the day and Paul Leinster, director of operations at the Environment Agency, said the "potent cocktail" of strong winds, large waves and high tides would last until tomorrow. ---

--- Winds reached 82mph at Berry Head in Brixham, Devon, between 3am and 5am and peaked at 95mph at The Needles on the Isle of Wight at 1pm. ---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/32dceb


Worst Storms in Decades Blast the UK

March 11, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/2zxesh


Storm Follows Atlanta Twister, Killing 1

Mar 15, 2008
MY WAY - Atlanta, Georgia, -- "Storms killed one person Saturday in northwest Georgia, less than 24 hours after a tornado with wind up to 130 mph cut a 6-mile path through downtown Atlanta, blowing windows out of skyscrapers and injuring dozens. ---

--- A tornado touched down Saturday in Polk County on the Alabama line, killing one person, Janak said. She had no other details, and the National Weather Service had not confirmed the second tornado.---"

For the Complete article see:
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080315/D8VE1RSG1.html


Quebec Children Get Holiday as Snow Piles on Roofs

March 18, 2008:
YAHOO - Montreal, Canada -- "Several dozen schools were expected to remain shut this week in the Canadian province of Quebec over fears their roofs may collapse under the weight of near record amounts of snow, officials said on Monday. ---"

For the complete article see:
http://tinyurl.com/yt3o6g


9 Dead, 4 Missing in Central US Storm

March 19, 2008:
BREITBART - Piedmont, Mo. -- "Flooding forced hundreds of people to flee their homes and closed scores of roads Wednesday across a wide swath of the nation's midsection as a huge storm system poured as much as 10 inches of rain on the region. ---

--- The National Weather Service posted flood and flash flood warnings from Texas to Pennsylvania on Wednesday, and evacuations were under way in parts of Missouri, Arkansas and Ohio. ---

For the complete article see:
www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8VGIIR04&show_article=1&catnum=0


FEMA to Assess South Carolina Storm Damage

March 19, 2008:
WISTV - Columbia, SC -- "People are picking up the pieces all over the state after several severe storms and some tornadoes caused massive damage throughout South Carolina Saturday evening. ---"

For the complete article see:
www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8024349&nav=0RaMeJGD


 

Footnotes


(1)   The messages and visions of John Leary have yet-to-be approved by the Church.  His messages can be found at:
www.johnleary.com

(2)   Refer to www.haarp.alaska.edu

(3)   Refer to Chemtrails:  Smoke Signals of the End Times
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace/message/358



Recommended Reading


At the Yahoo Era Of Peace web site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace

Database:
How to Prepare For the Tribulation

Archived Messages:
#377........ Natural Disasters at Record Level in 2007
#329.......2005 - Costliest Natural Disaster Year For the Insurance Industry
#289.......2004 - Costliest Natural Disaster Year for the Insurance Industry
#217........Natural Disasters at Record Levels During 2002
#53..........Natural Disasters at Record Level in 2000
#258........Insurer Warns of Global Warming Catastrophe
#233........Extreme Weather Events Might Increase
#69..........JPII: "Examine the Signs of the Times - Remain Faithful"
#271.........JPII Tells Bishops to Read the Signs of the Times
#349........Evidence Earth's Magnetic Poles Are Reversing
#355........Tornadoes Rip Through Central USA, As Predicted
#356........Tsunami in the South Pacific, As Predicted
#359........Record Storm in Northeast USA, As Predicted
#365........Japanese Nuclear Plant Leaks After Earthquake, As Predicted
#369........Great Heat During Summer of 2007, As Predicted
#325........Another Prophecy Realized in Hurricanes Katrina & Rita
#324........New Orleans Destroyed
#328........A Surprise in the Atlantic, as Predicted
#327........Is the Voice of God Resounding in Recent Catastrophes?
#290.......The Great Indonesian Quake of 2004
#300.......Visionary Sees More Devastation Coming From Indonesian Fault
#277........Leary and the Hurricane Season of 2004
#285........Re: Leary and the Hurricane Season of 2004
#295........North & South Pole Ice Caps Are Melting
#368........As Polar Ice Melts, Diseases Are Being Released; Seas Rise
#257........Yesterday's Future
#275........Yellowstone: A Disaster in the Making
#262........No More Delays
#225........Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
#226........St. Joseph: A Saint For the End Times
#179.........Holy Mass Appeases Divine Justice - Fr. Arnoudt
#180........Lead A Life of Confident Hope - Fr. Arnoudt
#254........Ever Preserve Peace of Heart - Fr. Arnoudt
#157.........Fr. Doucette - Period of Chastisement Has Arrived
#276........Radiation Leaks From Nuclear Reactors Predicted

Links:
Home Protection - Food and Water Purification      
Weather & Weather Related Disasters
Earthquakes & Volcanoes

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How do we know when to go (to refuges)?

February 24, 2008

It will be after the Warning experience and there will be many problems going on in the world. When we see the three signs: 1)the world famine where people will be killing for food, 2)a division in the Church, 3)mandatory chips in the body will be implemented. Then you are to pray to Jesus for Him to have your guardian angel lead you with a physical sign to the nearest place of refuge. This is similar to the Israelites being led by the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day.

 It is not really necessary to know where you will go, just trust in God. If there is fuel for your car, you may drive at least part of the way, but bicycles or foot will be needed the rest of the way. The refuges will be protected by angels who will be visible and they will protect you even from a nuclear attack. The dwellings will be multiplied in large areas, and floors will be added where there is limited space. We will know the people that will be with us as they will be marked with a cross on their foreheads. Those without a cross will not be with us. Some of the faithful are marked now and the rest will be after the Warning. We know this is very difficult to believe and understand, but the Lord is going to do the impossible.

What supplies should we bring (to refuges)?

February 24, 2008

First, we need our spiritual blessed sacramentals: Bibles, rosaries, scapulars, St. Benedictine crosses, holy water, and blessed candles. Physical things to bring would be extra food, water, warm clothes, a deer knife, and shovel. We are to do what we can to prepare in a reasonable manner. What is needed is trust, love, and prayer and not fear or anxiety. We are to share what we have and not hoard it because what we need will be multiplied.

Where are they (refuges)?

February 24, 2008

They are all over the world. Some are places of Our Lady’s apparitions, monasteries, convents, or churches where the Blessed Sacrament has been honored and adored for many years called holy ground places. Some people after much prayer have been led to prepare their homes for a refuge. In the mountainous regions there will also be caves.

Some may find that difficult, but Jesus reminds us that He was born in a cave and fled to a cave in Egypt. Also, there will be a natural light in the cave and the temperature is around 50° F. All of the places of refuge will have a miraculous spring of water for healing, and there will be a luminous cross over them.

Those who look upon the luminous cross will be healed of all diseases and infirmities. At the refuges the food that you have will be multiplied. The angels will provide the manna and like the quail of the Exodus, deer will be provided. The evil ones will not be able to detect the faithful at the refuges by sight, sound, scent, or any other means of detection.

Refuge Information

February 24, 2008

Since we are asked so many questions concerning the refuges, we are giving you as complete a picture as we can from all of the messages. We are going to experience a modern day Exodus. Just as the Israelites went out into the desert and were given the manna and quail, we will be in a similar situation.
MESSAGE via Louise Tomkiel
April 15, 2008- - -9:50 A.M.

L. began to receive a message from God the Father and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your Most Precious Blood."(and other numerous and various prayers of testing.)


Then your God, your Master spoke, " Soon a 6 plus earthquake will hit the South Central coast of Oregon causing a giant rock formation to break loose under the ocean. An enormous wall of water will, like claws, devour much of the West Coast. Mountains will fall. Dams will break.

This will be the worse scenario (catastrophe) sent to earth in thousands of years. Destruction will seen and felt from coast to coast. Few will survive it. It is a wake-up call- - -a punishment for sin.

There will be a mighty domino effect around USA and the entire world. This hour is very near at hand. Pray for your soul and all souls to come to Me, to return to Me, to cling to Me.

Death, destruction, disease, suffering will follow. Little will remain. Are you prepared to meet your Master, your God?
Amen, I tell you, all will be!"


[Comment: He said “soon”, in God’s ‘time’ that could be a ways off yet….
The messages or Louise Tomkiel have yet-to-be-approved by the Church.
http://www.giftstor.org/tomkiel05fst.html


See what she was provided about this one:

The Great Indonesian Quake of 2004

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/era-of-peace/message/290


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Resend Message to Louise of August 2006

URGENT!
Message via L., V+J
August 15, 2006- - -9 A.M.
Feast of Assumption!

L. began to receive words from God and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your
Most Precious Blood."

Then your Jesus spoke, "Today, I call each of you to join the 'White Army of Our
Lady'. In doing so you must pledge all your love, adoration and devotion to the
Holy Eucharist. If ONLY My words are used in the Consecration 'The Little White
Host IS TRULY MY SACRED BODY.'

Receive Me with true, loving reverence- -on your tongue! NEVER touch IT
with your hands! I am Jesus with you!

Pledge your love to Me today for the dark hours ARE upon you. Soon, very
soon, My tiny, true remnant will be forced underground. There will be few TRUE
Masses, few true priests and an almost minute remnant.

Protect the 'True' Host with your life for in doing so you are protecting
your Jesus thus saving your eternal soul.

Join mother's 'White Army', 'the Eucharistic Army of the 'last times'."

Note: 'White Army' is Our Lady's Cohort or Apostles of the End Times.
(confirmed from reliable source)

 

 

Padre Pio's Words of Faith

I have often raised my hand in the silence of the night and in my solitary cell,
blessing you all and presenting you to Jesus and to our father, St. Francis of
Assisi.

In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless
it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you.

In my greatest sufferings, it seems to me that I no longer have a mother on this
earth, but a very compassionate one in Heaven.

Remember that God is within us when we are in a state of grace and outside of us
when we are in a state of sin; but His angel never abandons us. . . He is our
most sincere and faithful friend even when we sadden him with our bad behavior.

Prayer is the best weapon we possess. It is the key that opens the heart of God.
You must always humble yourself lovingly before God and before men, because God
speaks only to those who are truly humble and He enriches them with His gifts.

Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost
divine.
Hold on tightly to the Rosary. Be very grateful to the Madonna because it was
she who gave us Jesus.

Love our Lady and make her loved; always recite the Rosary and recite it as
often as possible.

Imagine Jesus crucified in your arms and on your chest, and say a hundred times
as you kiss His chest, "This is my hope, the living source of my happiness; this
is the heart of my soul; nothing will ever separate me from His love."

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is I want it to be a place of
consolation for You. .
.
Love Jesus, love Him very much, but to do this, be ready to love sacrifice more.

Our Lord sends the crosses; we do not have to invent them.

Charity is the measure by which Our Lord judges all things.

Don't allow any sadness to dwell in your soul, for sadness prevents the Holy
Spirit from acting freely.

Our present life is given only to gain the eternal one and if we don't think
about it, we build our affections on what belongs to this world, where our life
is transitory. When we have to leave it we are afraid and become agitated.
Believe me, to live happily in this pilgrimage, we have to aim at the hope of
arriving at our Homeland, where we will stay eternally.


Meanwhile we have to believe firmly that God calls us to Himself and follows us
along the path towards Him. He will never permit anything to happen to us that
is not for our greater good. He knows who we are and He will hold out His
paternal hand to us during difficulties, so that nothing prevents us from
running to Him swiftly. But to enjoy this grace we must have complete trust in
Him.

The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire
of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine
in the heavenly palace.


In the spiritual life you must take one step forward each day in a vertical
line, from the bottom up.
Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the
help of the Blessed Mother.
Our Lord sometimes makes you feel the weight of the cross. This weight seems
unbearable but you carry it because in His love and mercy, the Lord helps you
and gives you strength.

You must not be discouraged or let yourself become dejected if your actions have
not succeeded as perfectly as you intended.

What do you expect? We are made of clay and not every soil yields the fruits
expected by the one who tills it. But let us always humble ourselves and
acknowledge that we are nothing if we lack the Divine assistance.

When Jesus wants to make me happy, He fills my heart with that spirit which is
all fire, and speaks to me about His delights; but when He wants to be consoled,
He speaks to me about His pains, and invites me in a manner that is both a
request and a command, to offer my body to alleviate His sufferings.

I have worked and I want to work. I have prayed and I want to pray. I have been
attentive and I want to be attentive. I have cried and I want to cry - always
for all of my brothers who are in exile. I know and understand that this is very
little but this is what I know how to do; this is what I am able to do; and this
is all that I can do.

As gifts increase in you, let your humility grow, for you must consider that
everything is given to you on loan.

Keep your eyes fixed on Him who is your guide to the heavenly country, where He
is leading you. What does it matter to you whether Jesus wishes to guide you to
Heaven by way of the desert or by the meadow, so long as He is always with you
and you arrive at the possession of a blessed eternity?

You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be
pleased.

In the first place, I want you to know that Jesus needs someone to mourn with
Him for human wickedness. This is why he leads me along the sorrowful paths. But
blessed be His charity forever. He knows how to combine the bitter with the
sweet and convert the fleeting pains of this life into eternal happiness.

If God wills to prolong our trials, do not let us lament or try to find out the
reason. . .We have to see God through the fire of thorns, and to do this we must
go barefoot and renounce our own will and affection and accept the will of God
wholeheartedly.

The earth could exist more easily without the sun than without the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass.

If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be
present at a single Mass.

I beg You, O my God, to be my life, my ship, my haven. You have made me ascend
the cross of Your Son and I struggle to accept it as best I can. I am sure that
I shall never come down from it.

Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need
of their help.

As regards mortification of the flesh, St. Paul warns us that those who belong
to "Christ Jesus, have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires" -
Galatians 5:24. From this holy apostle's teaching it is apparent that anyone who
wants to be a true Christian, that is to say, who lives according to the true
spirit of Jesus Christ, must mortify his flesh for no other reason than devotion
to Jesus, who for love of us, mortified His entire body on the cross.

The mortification must be constant and steady, not intermittent, and it must
last for one's whole life.
As the days pass, I see ever more clearly the greatness of God, and in this
light, which grows brighter and brighter, my soul burns with the desire to be
united to Him by indissoluble bonds.

Let us continue to trust, for the God who humiliates us and makes us suffer at
present is the God who is still speaking to us, and the God who still speaks to
us. . . even if He thunders so unpleasantly and severely, is still the God who
loves us.

As long as you receive Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament every morning, you must
consider yourself extremely fortunate.

Don't consider me too demanding if I ask you once again to set great store by
holy books and read them as much as you can. This spiritual reading is as
necessary to you as the air you breathe.

Lord God of my heart, You alone know and see all my troubles. You alone are
aware that all my distress springs from my fear of losing You, of offending You,
from my fear of not loving You as much as I should love and desire to love You.
If You, to whom everything is present and who alone can see the future, know
that it is for Your greater glory and for my salvation that I should remain in
this state, then let it be so. I don't want to escape from it. Give me the
strength to fight and to obtain the prize given to strong souls.

In order that we may willingly accept the tribulations lavished on us by the
Divine mercy, let us keep our gaze fixed on the heavenly home reserved for us. .
. Let us withdraw our gaze, moreover, from those good things which are visible
to our eyes, by which I mean worldly goods, the sight of which fascinates the
heart.

Worldly goods prevent us from keeping our eyes fixed on our heavenly home.
Let us keep before our minds that which makes up real holiness. Holiness means
getting above ourselves; it means perfect mastery of all our passions. It means
having real and continual contempt for ourselves and for the things of the world
to the point of preferring poverty rather than wealth, humiliation rather than
glory, suffering rather than pleasure.

Holiness means loving our neighbor as ourself for love of God. In this
connection holiness means loving those who curse us, who hate and persecute us
and even doing good to them. Holiness means living humbly, being disinterested,
prudent, just, patient, kind, chaste, meek, diligent, carrying out one's duties
for no other reason than that of pleasing God and receiving from Him alone the
reward one deserves.


Take care of your spirit, flee idleness and all immoral conversation. . .always
remembering the words of the apostle, that our virtue is preserved in very
fragile vessels.


The Mother of Sorrows is my confidante, my teacher, my counselor, and my
powerful advocate.

Jesus will assist you and give you the grace to live a heavenly life and nothing
whatever will be able to separate you from His love.

I remind you that I belong with great ardor to everyone and for this reason I am
suffering immensely for all.
Bless Him in all that He makes you suffer on this earth and rejoice in it, for
each victory gained has a corresponding crown in paradise.

Do not let the persecution of worldlings and of all those who live without the
Spirit of Jesus Christ deter you from following the road trodden by the saints.

Continue to love Jesus and make an effort to love Him more and more, without
desiring to know anything else.

Especially during Mass I continually ask many graces for your soul, which I love
as my own. Especially do I ask divine love for you.
This is everything for you.


Jesus permits the spiritual combat as a purification, not as a punishment. The
trial is not unto death but unto salvation.

Renew your faith by attending Holy Mass. Keep your mind focused on the mystery
that is unfolding before your eyes. In your mind's eye transport yourself to
Calvary and meditate on the Victim who offers Himself to Divine Justice, paying
the price of your redemption.

There are moments when I think of the severity of Jesus and I start to worry;
then I begin to think of His tenderness and I am consoled. It would be
impossible for me not to abandon myself to this sweetness, this happiness.
Raise your heart always to those heavenly heights, and do all you can to attain
that eternal beatitude which awaits us. The children of the world usually only
confess their sins on their deathbeds, even though this present life should be
lived in the light of eternal life. The children of God, however, touch this
truth with their very hands their whole lives.

God commands us to love Him, not as much as He deserves, because He knows our
capabilities and therefore He does not ask us to do what we cannot do. But He
asks us to love Him according to our strength, with all our soul, all our mind,
and all our heart.

One day when we are able to see the full midday light, we will know what value
and what treasures our earthly sufferings have been that have made us gain our
everlasting Homeland.

I feel a great desire to abandon myself with greater trust to the Divine Mercy
and to place my hope in God alone.

Let us always bear in mind that if the Lord were to judge us according to strict
justice, none of us, perhaps, would be saved. So let us make righteousness and
peace exchange a kiss, which we shall obtain if we always tend towards mercy
rather than justice, in imitation of our Heavenly Father.

Give yourself up into the arms of your Heavenly Mother. She will take good care
of your soul.

But let us take heart. . .Let us glance at the Divine Master who prayed in the
Garden and we will discover the true ladder which unites the earth to Heaven. We
will discover that humility, contrition and prayer make the distance between man
and God disappear, and act in such a way that God descends to man, and man
ascends to God, so that they end up understanding, loving and possessing one
another.

It is now God Himself who acts and operates directly in the depths of my soul,
without the ministry of the senses, either interior or exterior. . .All I can
say of this present state is that my soul has no concern for anything but God.

I do not wish to have my cross made lighter because suffering with Jesus is very
dear to me; the sight of the cross on Jesus' shoulder never fails to fortify me,
and I exult in holy joy.

In darkness, at times of tribulation and distress of the spirit, Jesus is with
you. In such a state you see nothing but darkness, but I can assure you on God's
behalf that the light of the Lord is all around you and pervades your spirit. .
.You see yourself forsaken and I assure you that Jesus is holding you tighter
than ever to His divine Heart.

Pray for the reestablishment of the kingdom of God, for the spread of faith, for
the praise and triumph of our holy mother Church. . . Pray for the unfaithful
and for heretics and for the conversion of sinners.

Every Holy Mass, heard with devotion, produces in our souls marvelous effects,
abundant spiritual and material graces which we ourselves, do not know.

If we are imitators of Jesus Christ and face up to all life's battles, we too
will share in His victories.
Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.

Jesus, our dear Mother, my little angel, St. Joseph, and our father, St.
Francis, are almost always with me.
Live in such a way that your Heavenly Father may be proud of you, as he is proud
of so many other chosen souls.

O Jesus, how many generous souls. . .have kept Thee company in the Garden,
sharing Thy bitterness and Thy mortal anguish. . .How many hearts in the course
of the centuries have responded generously to Thy invitation. . .May this
multitude of souls, then, in this supreme hour, be a comfort to Thee, who,
better than the disciples, share with Thee the distress of Thy heart, and
cooperate with Thee for their own salvation and that of others. And grant that I
also may be of their number, that I also may offer Thee some relief.

This is my only comfort, that of being associated with Jesus in the Divine
Sacrifice and in the redemption of souls.
Don't lose heart if it is your lot to work alot and gather little. If you
considered what one soul alone costs Jesus, you would never complain.

Let us remember that the Heart of Jesus has called us not only for our own
sanctification, but also for that of other souls. He wants to be helped in the
salvation of souls.

When disturbed by passions and misfortunes, may the sweet hope of His
inexhaustible mercy sustain us. Let us hasten confidently to the tribunal of
penance where He awaits us at every instant with the anxiety of a father; and
even though we are aware of our inability to repay Him, let us have no doubts
about the solemn pardon pronounced over our errors. Let us place a tombstone
over them, just as the Lord has done.
We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of
the use we make of it up to the last cent.

Don't worry about tomorrow because the very same Heavenly Father who takes care
of you today will have the same thought tomorrow and always. . . What does a
child in the arms of such a Father have to fear? Be as children, who hardly ever
think about their future as they have someone to think for them. They are
sufficiently strong just by being with their father.

My only regret is that I have no adequate means with which to thank the Blessed
Virgin Mary, through whose intercession I have undoubtedly received so much
strength from the Lord, to bear with sincere resignation the many humiliations
to which I am subjected day after day. . . And I do not believe this strength
comes to me from the world.

Jesus wants to make us holy at all costs. . .He offers you continual proof of
this.
We must hide our tears from the One who sends them, from the One who has shed
tears Himself and continues to shed them every day because of mans' ingratitude.
Contrary to our every merit, we are on the steps of Tabor, by having a firm
determination to love and serve His divine goodness well. Therefore we must have
great hope. . .Let us, step by step, draw away from earthly affections; let us
strip ourselves of the old man and put on the new man, aspiring to the happiness
that awaits us.

I know that your spirit is always wrapped in the darkness of trials, but it is
enough for you to know that Jesus is with you and in you.

Never fall back on yourself alone, but place all your trust in God and don't be
too eager to be set free from your present state. Let the Holy Spirit act within
you. Give yourself up to all His transports and have no fear. He is so wise and
gentle and discreet that He never brings about anything but good. How good this
Holy Spirit, this Comforter, is to all, but how supremely good He is to those
who seek Him.

Isn't our good God far above anything we can conceive? Isn't He more interested
than we are in our salvation? How many times has He not given us proof of this?
How many victories have you not gained over your very powerful enemies and over
yourself, through the Divine assistance without which you would inevitably have
been crushed?. . .If it was left to ourselves, my dear, to remain on our feet,
we should never be able to do it.

The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be
moved when His children appeal to Him.

At Jesus' school I have learned that silence and hope are the fortress of the
soul.

You ought to ask our Lord for just one thing, to love Him. All the rest should
be thanksgiving.

Jesus is well aware that my entire life, my whole heart is consecrated to Him
and to His sufferings.

Don't worry about anything.
It is enough for you to know that you are doing God's will, therefore I exhort
you to approach God with filial trust. . .He loves you and you must correspond
to the best of your ability to His love. He desires nothing more and you must
trust, pray, hope, and love always.

I confess in the first place that for me it is a great misfortune to be unable
to express and pour out this ever-active volcano which burns me up and which
Jesus has placed in this very small heart of mine. It can all be summed up as
follows - I am consumed by love for God and love for my neighbor.

Do you know what religion is? It is a school in which every soul must be
trained, smoothed and polished by the Holy Spirit, who acts as a physician to
our souls until, well smoothed and polished, they can be united and joined to
the will of God. . .Religion is an infirmary for the spiritually sick, who wish
to be cured and must therefore undergo the pains of surgery.

We must humble ourselves on seeing how little self-control we have and how much
we love comfort and rest.

Always keep Jesus before your gaze; He did not come to rest nor to be
comfortable either in spiritual or temporal matters, but to fight, to mortify
Himself and to die.


My daughters, in Latin, abjection is called humility, and humility - abjection.
. .Nevertheless there is some difference between the virtue of humility and that
of abjection, because humility is the recognition of one's abjection. Now the
highest degree of humility is not only to recognize one's abjection, but to love
it.

This is what I have urged you to do.
Remain calm, because your illness was a little present given to you by Jesus.
The pain caused by this wound which He inflicts on me and the sweetness which
accompanies it are so intense that I cannot even begin to describe it.

However. . . this pain and this sweetness are completely spiritual, although it
is also true that they are shared by the body to a high degree.

I have never trusted in myself; I can state before my conscience that I never
took a step without the advice of another, and as for the steps already taken

I always reconsidered, always asked for new insight from as many people as I
happened upon.

We must keep the eye of faith fixed on Jesus Christ who climbs the hill of
Calvary loaded with his Cross, and as he toils painfully up the steep slope of
Golgotha we should see him followed by an immense throng of souls carrying their
own crosses and treading the same path. Oh, what a beautiful sight this is.

Let us fix our mental gaze firmly on it. We see close behind Jesus our most
holy Mother, who follows him perfectly, loaded with her own cross. Then comes
the Apostles, Martyrs, Doctors, Virgins and Confessors. . .Jesus himself,
despite all our unworthiness, has associated us with this beautiful company. We
must make every effort to merge ourselves increasingly in these ranks and hasten
with them along the road to Calvary.

We should look to the end of the journey and not separate ourselves from this
fine company; we must refuse to follow any other way than the one they tread.

My usual manner of praying is this: I no sooner begin to pray than my soul
becomes enveloped in a peace and tranquility that words cannot describe. . .All
I can say about this prayer is that my soul seems to be completely lost in God
and that in those moments it gains more than it could in many years of intensive
spiritual exercises.

Serene in our faith and tranquil in our soul, let us pray and continue to pray,
because intense and fervent prayer pierces the heavens and is backed up by a
Divine guarantee.

The Lord only allows me to recall those persons and things He wants me to
remember. On several occasions, our merciful Lord has suggested to me people
whom I have never known or even heard of, for the sole purpose of having me
present them to Him and intercede for them, whereupon He never fails to answer
my poor, feeble prayers.

On the other hand, when Jesus doesn't want to answer me, he makes me actually
forget to pray for those persons for whom I had firmly decided and intended to
pray.

My daughter, we should never forget that our self love is the last to die. While
we remain in this base world we will always be affected by its sensitive
assaults and hidden operations; but God's grace is sufficient for us not to
willingly succumb.

This virtue of detachment is so excellent that the old man in us, the man of
sin, nor the senses, nor human nature with its natural faculties were ever
capable of possessing it. Not even the Son of God, who as a Son of Adam,
although without any stain of sin, was completely free. He too confessed to His
apostles that His soul was full of sadness; He too sought consolation; He too
did not wish to die. However, He preserved His detachment, and we too must try
to preserve it in imitation of Him, in times of trial and suffering, in the
faculties possessed by grace.

We must never separate the cross from Jesus; otherwise, it would become a weight
which in our weakness, we could not carry.

Yes, my dear Father, even in the midst of great sufferings I feel happy, for I
seem to feel my heart throbbing in union with the heart of Jesus.

I do not know what will happen to me; I only know one thing for certain, that
the Lord will never fall short of His promises. "Do not fear, I will make you
suffer, but I will also give you the strength to suffer," Jesus tells me
continually. "I want your soul to be purified and tried by a daily hidden
martyrdom". . ."How many times," Jesus said to me a little while ago, "would you
have abandoned me, my son, if I had not crucified you."
In order to attract us the Lord gives us many graces and we imagine we are
almost in Heaven. We do not know, however, that to grow we need hard bread -
crosses, humiliations, trials and contradictions.

You are mistaken, greatly mistaken, when you want to measure the soul's love for
its Creator by the delightful feelings it experiences in loving God.

This kind of love belongs to those who are still spiritually immature. . .On
the other hand, the love of those who have left this spiritual infancy behind
them is a love which experiences neither taste nor delight in what is called the
sensitive part of the soul. We have a sure sign that these people really love
God when we observe their readiness to keep God's holy law; their constant
watchfulness so that they may not fall into sin; their habitual desire to see
the heavenly Father glorified, while losing no chance to spread the kingdom of
God as far as lies in their power; when we see them praying continually to God
the Father in the same words of our divine Master, Our Father. . .Thy kingdom
come.

In the first place, let our prayers be directed towards disarming Divine wrath
with regard to our own country.

This land also has many accounts to settle with God. May she learn at least from
the misfortunes of others, especially from those of her sister country, France,
how harmful it is for the nation to draw away from God, and let her intone in
due course the Miserere.

Protected, or rather covered and defended by the uniform of this most dear Lord,
let us come into His presence and pray to Him with the humility of creatures and
the freedom of sons. And because He finds His delight with the children of men,
let nothing in the world prevent us from delighting in Him, contemplating His
greatness and His infinite titles, for which He has the right to our praise and
love.

Place your heart gently in Our Lord's wounds. Have great confidence in His mercy
for He will never abandon you.

Abandon yourself fully to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, like a child in the arms of
its mother.

Reflect upon and keep before your mental gaze the great humility of the Mother
of God, our Mother.

In this life Jesus does not ask you to carry the heavy cross with Him, but a
small piece of His cross, a piece that consists of human suffering.

You are never without my prayers which you ask for, because you have cost me
such sacrifices that I can never forget you. I gave birth to you in the extreme
pain of my heart.

Jesus did not measure his blood for the salvation of men, and is He likely to
measure my sins to allow me to be lost? I do not think so. . .Tell Jesus too
that I will keep my promise not to offend Him anymore and that I will in fact
make every effort to love Him always.


If there wasn't anything else in a soul but the desire to love God, this would
be sufficient because God Himself is there. He is not present where there is no
desire to love Him.

If nature suffers and demands its rights, this is a condition of mans' life as a
wayfarer. . .As long as we remain in this world we shall always feel a natural
aversion for suffering. This is a chain that will accompany us everywhere.

Pray, pray to the Lord with me, because the whole world needs prayer. And every
day, when your heart especially feels the loneliness of life, pray. Pray to the
Lord because even God needs our prayers.

All our life, all our actions and all our aspirations must be directed in
reparation for the offences that our ungrateful brothers continually commit.

I feel crushed beneath the weight of the long exile which still remains before
me. It is true that just one more step. . .and the cross will be set up on
Golgotha, but you must agree that the step to be taken to set up the cross will
require further time and then, to agonize there with Jesus will take time.

We must believe that Jesus will invariably sustain us by His grace. We must
fight like strong men, with strength of soul, and the prize will not be far off.

The Mass is infinite like Jesus. . .Ask an angel what the Mass is, and he will
reply to you in truth,"I understand what it is and why it is offered, but I do
not, however, understand how much value it has." One angel, a thousand angels,
all of Heaven know this and think like this.

Unfortunately, I am in need of courage, but Jesus will not refuse anything. I
can testify to this from long experience, so we should not stop asking Him for
what we need.

The Heavenly Child suffers and cries in the crib so as to make His suffering for
us loveable, meritorious and sought after. He lacked everything so that we might
learn from Him to renounce earthly goods. He was pleased with humble and poor
adorers so that we might love poverty and prefer the company of the little and
simple ones to those of the great of the world. . .With His birth, He indicated
our mission, namely to dispise what the world loves and seeks.

Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; there is neither goodness nor
love. And where there is no love, there is no God. Without God, we cannot reach
Heaven. These virtues form a ladder; if a step is missing, we fall down.

Believe that Jesus, Sun of justice, is with you, loves you and always will,
although He would like your consent to operate freely in you.

Our imperfections will accompany us to the grave; we cannot walk without
touching the ground. It is true that we must not lie on the ground nor turn our
face to it, but neither should we attempt to fly, for in the ways of the spirit,
we are like young birds that have not yet grown wings.

In our thoughts and in confession, we must not dwell on sins that were
previously confessed.

Because of our contrition, Jesus forgave them at the tribunal of penitence. It
was there that He faced us and our destitution, like a creditor standing before
an insolvent debtor. With a gesture of infinite generosity, He tore up and
destroyed the promissory notes which we signed with our sins, and which we would
certainly not have been able to pay without the help of His Divine clemency.

Remember, our suffering is brief but our reward is eternal. You must remain
calm, or at least resigned, but always convinced in the voice of authority. You
must confide in it, without fearing the rages of the storm, because the vessel
of your soul will never be submerged. Heaven and earth may pass away, but the
Word of God, that assures the one who obeys it will find victory, will never
pass away and will always remain fixed in indelible script in the Book of Life:
I will exist forever.

The thought of God's mercy is the only thing that sustains me.

Souls are not given as a gift; they are bought. Don't you know what they cost
Jesus? They must be paid for with the same coin.

Jesus will never abandon you. I ask you to pray hard for the efficacy of my
ministry. I am afraid of displeasing the Lord in the exercise of my priestly
activity. May Jesus arrange all things for His glory and our salvation.

In Heaven, everything will be spring as far as beauty is concerned, autumn as
far as enjoyment is concerned, summer as far as love is concerned. There will be
no winter; but here winter is necessary to exercise self-denial and a thousand
other little but beautiful virtues which are exercised at times of sterility.

I can only say one thing, that the one who stands at my right side is Our Lord
and no one else; and even before He told me so I was firmly convinced that it
was He.

Jesus, who is infinitely merciful, will not fail to give you now and then a
respite from the trial He has sent you. He is so good that He will never allow
you to give in. The trial is a very hard one, but the Lord who is so very, very
good will not fail to lighten the Cross from time to time.
Remember that our soul is the temple of God, and as such, we must keep it pure
and spotless before God and His angels.

Divine help will not be lacking. Don't desire this state to be removed but say
to Jesus, "Lord, act in the way and to the extent You wish. If You are happy, I
am happy."

Let us always bear in mind that at our baptism we became temples of the living
God and that every time we turn our minds to worldly things, to the devil and
the flesh which we renounced at baptism, we are profaning this sacred temple of
God.
Keep in good spirits, abandon yourself to the Divine Heart of Jesus, leaving all
your anxieties to Him.

Consider yourself always last among our Lord's lovers. . .clothe yourself with
humility toward others, because He resists the proud and gives grace to the
humble. The more the graces and favors of Jesus increase in your soul the more
you must humble yourself, always keeping in mind the humility of our celestial
Mother, who the instant she became the Mother of God, declared herself servant
and handmaid of God.

The grain of wheat does not yield anything unless it suffers and decomposes; it
is the same for the soul and for nations who need trials and sufferings so as to
rise up purified and renewed.

There is one thing I desire from you above everything else: that your normal
meditation be, if possible, around the Life, Passion and Death, and also the
Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ.

You can then meditate on His birth, His flight into Egypt and His life there,
His return and His hidden life in the workshop of Nazareth up to the age of
thirty, His humility in His desire to be baptized by His precursor St. John. You
can meditate on His public life, His most painful Passion and Death, the
institution of the most Holy Sacrament, the very evening men were preparing the
most atrocious sufferings.

You can meditate again on Jesus praying in the Garden of Olives, sweating blood
knowing what sufferings men were preparing for Him and the ingratitude of men
who would not make use of His merits.

You can meditate also on Jesus being dragged and led to the tribunal,
flagellated and crowned with thorns, the course He climbed to Calvary laden with
the cross, His crucifixion and finally His death on the cross with all the
suffering of seeing His most sorrowful mother.


Listen carefully. There is a mother who is embroidering. Her son sitting on a
low stool sees her work, but upside down. He sees the knots of the embroidery,
the tangled threads and says, "Mother, what are you doing? Your work is not at
all clear." Then the mother lowers the embroidery frame and shows the good part
of her work. Each color is in its place and the variety of threads form a
harmonious design. We are seeing the reverse side of the embroidery; we are
sitting on the low stool.


Anxiety is one of the greatest traitors that real virtue and solid devotion can
ever have. . .One must be careful of this on all occasions, particularly at
prayer. And to better succeed it would be well to remember that the graces and
consolations of prayer are not waters of this earth, but of Heaven. Therefore
all our efforts are not sufficient to make them fall, even though it is
necessary to prepare oneself with great diligence but always humbly and
tranquilly.

Always keep close to God. In Him I am with you more than you can know.

Consider Jesus' act of acceptance in the Garden and how much it cost Him, making
Him sweat blood. Make this act yourself when things are going well and also when
they go against you. . .We know that nature shrinks from the cross when things
are hard, but we cannot say the soul is not submissive to God's will when we see
it carrying out that will, in spite of the strong pull it feels in the opposite
direction.

Those souls who throw themselves into the whirlpool of worldly preoccupations
are poor as well as unfortunate. . .they are affected by the shock that breaks
their heart.

The Christian's motto is the cross. You will recognize God's love by this sign,
by the sufferings He sends you.
I no sooner began to pray than my heart is filled with a fire of love. This fire
does not resemble any fire of this lowly earth. It is a delicate and very gentle
flame which consumes without causing any pain. . .This is a wonderful thing for
me, something I will perhaps never understand until I get to Heaven.

I will always seek the company of all those who are lovers of Jesus,
particularly those who are united to us in one and the same spirit.

Science, my son, for all its greatness is nevertheless a small thing and less
than nothing compared to the formidable mystery of the Divinity. You must take
another road. Cleanse your heart of every earthly passion, humble yourself in
the dust and pray. Like this you will certainly find God, who will give you
peace and serenity in this life and eternal beatitude in the next.

The field of battle between God and Satan is the human soul. This is where it
takes place every moment of our lives. The soul must give free access to our
Lord and be completely fortified by Him with every kind of weapon. His light
must illuminate it to fight the darkness of error. He must put on Jesus Christ,
His truth and justice, the shield of faith, the word of God to overcome such
powerful enemies. To put on Jesus Christ we must die to ourselves.

Do not wish greatly to be freed from tests; a soldier needs to have achieved a
great deal in war before he desires its end. We shall never gain perfect
sweetness or charity unless we exercise it amidst repugnance, aversion and
disgust.

The Lord is willing to do great things, but on condition that we are truly
humble.

Let us now consider what the soul must do to be certain of the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit. It is all a question of mortification of the flesh with its vices
and concupiscence. . . . .


On this subject the Apostle warns, "If we live for the Spirit we will walk in
the Spirit," as if he wanted to tell us for our edification: Do we want to live
spiritually, that is to say, to be moved and guided by the Holy Spirit? Then let
us take care to mortify our spirit, which, when it is satisfied, makes us
impetuous and weary. Let us take care to repress vainglory, wrath and envy.
These are three evil spirits that enslave the majority of mankind. These three
evil spirits are extremely opposed to the Spirit of the Lord.

The good we endeavor to do to others will always result in the sanctification of
our own souls.

Let us look at ourselves in Jesus, my dear, as our mirror, in Jesus who led a
hidden life. All His infinite majesty was hidden in the shadows and silence of
that modest little workshop in Nazareth. So let us, too, make every effort to
lead a completely interior life, hidden in God.

We have a double life; one is natural, that which we have from Adam through
human generation and therefore an earthly life - corruptible, self-centered and
full of passions. The other which we have from Jesus in baptism is supernatural
and therefore a spiritual life - heavenly and with a capacity for virtue.
Through baptism, a real transformation is made in us. We are brought to die to
sin; we are grafted onto Jesus Christ in such a manner that we live His very
same life.

When you are exposed to any trial, be it physical or moral, bodily or spiritual,
the best remedy is the thought of Him who is our life, and not to think of the
one without joining to it the thought of the other.


Jesus continues to love me and to draw me closer to Himself. He has forgotten my
sins, and I would say that He remembers only His own mercy. . .Each morning He
comes into my heart and pours out all the effusions of His goodness.

The Spirit of God is a spirit of peace. Even in the most serious faults He makes
us feel a sorrow that is tranquil, humble, and confident. This is precisely
because of His mercy. The spirit of the devil, instead, excites, exasperates,
and makes us feel, in that very sorrow, anger against ourselves. We should, on
the contrary, be charitable with ourselves first and foremost.

Therefore if any thought agitates you, this agitation never comes from God, who
gives you peace, being the Spirit of Peace, but from the devil.

Endure tribulations, illness, and pain, for the love of God and for the
conversion of poor sinners.

May the Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, obtain for us from her Son the grace to
live a life according to the heart of God, a life that is entirely interior and
hidden in Him.

Humility and charity are the main supports of the whole vast building and all
the other virtues depend on them. One makes up the foundation; the other, the
roof of the building, the sturdiness of which depends on both. If the heart
constantly dedicates itself to the practice of these two virtues, it will have
no difficulty with all the others.

I feel all your troubles as if they were my own.

Endeavor to walk in the presence of God, in the ways I taught you and which you
know. Guard yourselves against anxiety and worries, because there is nothing
worse in the way of perfection than agitations, worries and anxieties of soul.

I send you this fervent aspiration from my heart. . .'O Lord, for the
incomparable sadness and great desolation Your heart felt on the Mount of Olives
and on the cross; and for the great affliction Your dear Mother felt when
deprived of Your presence, may You be the joy or at least the strength of this
daughter, when the passion and cross are perfectly joined to your soul.'

The heavenly beings continue to visit me and to give me a foretaste of the
rapture of the blessed. And while the mission of the guardian angels is a great
one, my own angel's mission is certainly greater, since he has the additional
task of teaching me other languages.
Keep always before your eyes as archetype and example, the modesty of our Divine
Master, who according to the expression of the apostle to the Corinthians,
considers the modesty of Jesus Christ equal to His meekness, which was His
proper and almost characteristic virtue.

Our body is like a donkey that we must take a stick to, so as to subdue it, but
not so much that it throws us to the ground and refuses to carry us.

Many times a day I present your heart to the Eternal Father. ..and I present it
to Him without fail at Holy Mass.

I feel powerfully the need for a true, sincere and intimate conversion to God,
and I do not know where and how to start. This is what I assiduously ask of
Jesus: my conversion.

When it pleases Him to place us on the Cross by confining us to a bed of
sickness, let us thank Him and consider ourselves lucky to be honored in this
way.

Our Lord loves you and loves you tenderly; and if He does not let you feel the
sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own
eyes.

I am alone in bearing the weight of everyone. And the thought of not being able
to give some spiritual relief to those that Jesus sends to me, the thought of
seeing so many souls who want to justify their sins and thus spite their highest
good - afflicts me, tortures me, makes me a martyr. It wears me out, wracks my
brain, and breaks my heart.

Let us humble ourselves and confess that if God were not our armor and shield,
we would be pierced by all kinds of sins. That is why we must live in God by
persevering in our practices, and learn to serve Him at our own expense.

Holy Father, give us today our daily bread. Give us Jesus always during our
brief stay in this land of exile. Give Him to us and grant that we may be
increasingly worthy to welcome Him into our hearts.
God has never refused me anything and indeed I must say He has given me more
than I asked.

I suffer greatly, Father, when I see how people ignore Jesus, and what is worse,
how they insult Him, especially by those dreadful blasphemies.

We must rise up and value every instant of time that passes and is in our power.
We must not waste a single moment. By divine grace we find ourselves at the
beginning of a new year.

This year, which only God knows if we shall see its end, must be used in
reparation for the past and in preparation for the future.

Oh my daughter, how beautiful is His face, how sweet His eyes and what a good
thing it is to stay close to Him on the mount of His glory. We must place all
our desires and affections there.

Place all your trust in the heart of sweet Jesus, who is not only mine but is
also your Jesus. Never abandon your faith and renew it always. Faith has never
abandoned any man, and far less so will it forsake a soul that yearns to love
God.

Consider that we are always in the presence of God to whom we have to give
account for our every action, both good and bad.

You think you know my love for you but you don't know that it is much greater
than you can imagine. I follow you with my prayers, with my suffering and with
my tears.
I am ready for anything as long as Jesus is happy and will save the souls of my
brethren, especially those He has entrusted to my care.
Let us pray to our most merciful Jesus to come to the aid of His Church, for her
needs have become extreme.

May the Most Holy Virgin, who was the first to practice the gospel perfectly and
in all its severity, even before it was proclaimed, spur us on to follow closely
in her footsteps.

We shall invariably advance cautiously, but with holy freedom. We shall feel
that the Lord who has chained us to Him by love, is leading us to beware of sin
as of a poisonous viper. And while we take the greatest care never to commit a
deliberate sin, we have a greater fear of mortal sin than of fire.

Be of good cheer; abandon yourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and let Him
take care of everything.

The years have gone by, one after the other, without our reflecting on how we
have spent them, and whether there was anything in our conduct to improve, add
or remove. We have lived thoughtlessly and unmindful that one day the eternal
Judge shall call each of us and ask us to give an account of our deeds and how
we made use of our time. And yet we shall have to give a most strict account of
every minute, every grace, every holy inspiration and every occasion offered to
us to do good.

Living these brief passing moments should matter little to the children of God,
so long as they will live eternally with God in glory.

My daughter, consider that you are already on the way to eternity. You have
already placed one foot there. Provided that it is a happy one for you, what
does it matter if these passing moments are unhappy?

What God wants from you is always right and good. May He be blessed forever. Let
us get to work; in Heaven we'll have no other duty than the fulfillment of God's
will. Let us strive to bless the Lord when we are the object of humiliations and
contempt. Let us bless Him in our spiritual trials and our heartbreaks, for all
is ordained by God with great wisdom.

He who attaches himself to the earth remains attached to it. It is by violence
that we must leave it. It is better to detach oneself a little at a time, rather
than all at once. Let us always think of Heaven.

As the years go by and eternity draws near, we must be twice as courageous and
lift our spirit to God, serving Him with even greater diligence in everything
that our Christian vocation and profession requires from us. Only this can make
us agreeable to God, make us free to leave this great world that is not of God,
free from all other enemies; only this can make us reach the port of eternal
salvation.

Every Christian soul ought to be familiar with this saying of the holy apostle
[St. Paul], "To me to live is Christ" - Philippians 1:2. I live for Jesus
Christ, I live for His glory, I live to serve Him, I live to love Him. And when
God wants to take our life from us, our sentiment and our feeling should be
those of a person who at the end of his toil goes to collect his wages, who, at
the end of the fight, goes to receive the prize.

By justice, Jesus Christ once risen should have ascended at once to the glory of
the right hand of the Father. . .And yet we know very well that for 40 days He
wanted to be seen as risen. And why? To affirm, as St. Leo says, by such an
excellent mystery, the good news of our faith. . .These 40 days before our
ascent to Heaven will pass for us too. Perhaps they will not be days, but months
and years.

I wish you, my brothers and sisters, a long and prosperous life full of
heavenly and material blessings. But finally this life will come to an end. And
then we will be happy, if we have assured for ourselves the joy of a happy
transit to eternity. Then our resurrection will be complete. There will be no
more danger of losing the grace of God. There will no longer be any suffering,
no more death, but instead everlasting life with our Savior Jesus Christ in
Heaven.

May our Lord bless these wishes of mine which I am happy to have demonstrated
to show how much I have your happiness at heart, how much I worry and
unceasingly pray for it.

Let us therefore, love to quench our thirst at this fountain of living water and
go forward all the time along the way of divine love. But let us also be
convinced that our souls will never be satisfied here below. In fact it would be
disasterous for us if, at a certain stage of our journey, we were to feel
satisfied, for it would be a sign that we thought we had reached our goal and in
this we would be deceived.

He wants you entirely for Himself. He wants you to place all your trust and all
your affection in Him alone.

Let us ask the Lord to send us death when His grace is with us, when we are
surrounded by Him, His Mother and Saint Joseph, after having completed our
purgatory here on earth.

May Jesus be always with you and may He be pleased to make all redeemed souls
worthy to be received one day into the kingdom of glory. May He include us in
the great number of those who have known how to make continual progress at the
school of His love.

Let us always keep before our eyes the fact that here on earth we are on a
battlefield and that in paradise we shall receive the crown of victory; that
this is a testing-ground and the prize will be awarded up above; that we are now
in a land of exile while our true homeland is Heaven to which we must
continually aspire.

And if our weakness brings us down, if our ingratitude towards God terrifies us,
if the memory of our sins prevents us from presenting ourselves to God, our
Father, in who we have provoked contempt towards us, let us turn to Mary, our
Mother. She is all sweetness, all merciful, all goodness, and full of tenderness
for us, for she is our Mother.

My daughter, we have to live in this vale of tears whatever length of time God
wishes, totally resigned to His most holy will.
Life is one long struggle. Let's always keep the thought of eternity, redemption
and the preciousness of the soul in mind.

Isn't it wonderful to know that in Paradise there are people dear to us who have
increased their love for us and who intercede for us at the throne of God and
wait for us to come there one day.

May your whole life be spent in giving thanks to the Divine Spouse. . .Live for
Him and let your entire life be spent for Him. Hand over to Him your departure
and the departure of others from this earth, when, where and as He wills. In all
things show yourself ever more worthy of your Christian vocation.

The souls that suffer the most are the favorites of the Sacred Heart; and you
may rest assured that Jesus has chosen your soul to be the favorite of His
adorable Heart. You must hide yourself in this Heart; in this Heart you must
give vent to your ardent desires, in this Heart you must live out the days that
Providence will grant you; in this Heart you must die when the Lord so wishes.

We shall not see each other again in this world; but when I am no longer here,
do not forget me in your prayers before the Almighty and I shall continue as
your guide from Heaven.

Perfect happiness can only be found in Heaven.

I will stand at the gates of Heaven and I will not enter until all of my
spiritual children are with me.


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Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, writes of Eucharistic Adoration: "Only within the breathing space of adoration can the Eucharistic celebration indeed be alive; only if the church and thus the whole congregation is constantly imbued with the waiting presence of the Lord, and with our silent readiness to respond, can the invitation to come together bring us into the hospitality of Jesus Christ and of the Church."

 

"Never forget Jesus, this divine Model. Try to see a certain lovable majesty in his Presence [in the Holy Eucharist]. Try to hear a certain pleasant authority in His manner of speaking . . . . Imagine His extremely composed and sweet expression with which He drew the crowds, making them leave cities and castles, leading them to the mountains, to the forests, and to the solitude of the deserted beaches of the sea. Imagine the crowds totally forgetting food, drink, and their domestic duties in order to follow Him" (St. Padre Pio).

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I ask you one thing: do not tire of giving, but do not give your leftovers. Give until it hurts, until you feel the pain.

 

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Father, today is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows: say something to me. Answer: Our Lady of Sorrows loves us. She gave birth to us in suffering and love. May you never forget Our Lady of Sorrows and May her suffering be engraved in your heart: May she inflame your heart with love for herself and her son.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Enough with the psychobabble, there is only on prescription for happiness and it is in taking up our own cross and following Jesus

"The hour has come for educators, sociologists and citizens to reverse their steps, to see that if the self is to be really happy, it must be disciplined, pruned, denied and negated by itself. No better law for inner peace has ever been given than that of the Divine Savior: 'If any one will come after Me, let him take up his cross daily and follow Me' (Luke 9: 23)."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

There were two occasions when my soul was plunged into despair, once for half an hour, and the second time for three quarters of an hour. Just as I cannot describe the greatness of the graces, so too with these ordeals sent by the Lord; whatever words I might use, they are only a pale shadow [of the reality]. However, just as the Lord plunged me into these torments, so too He brought me out of them. Only this lasted for a few years, after which I again received this extraordinary grace of union which has continued to this day. Still, during this second period of union, there also have been short interruptions. But for some time now, I have not experienced any interruption at all; on the contrary, I am more and more deeply steeped in God. The great light which illumines the mind gives me a knowledge of the greatness of God; but it is not as if I were getting to know the individual attributes, as before-no, it is different now: In one moment, I come to know the entire essence of God. (770)

 

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May 17 - MATERIALISM IS LEADING YOU INTO SLAVERY

During Ivanka's apparition on her birthday in 1989, the Blessed Mother said:

Pray, for you are in great danger and temptation; the world and materialism are leading you into slavery. Satan is in the midst of his. I so want to help each of you in prayer. And I am interceding with my Son for you. (Special Message June 25,1989).

In Luke's gospel, Christ also warns us of materialism and possessiveness:

And he said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions." The he told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, `What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops? Then he said, ` I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones. And there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say. You have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.'

"But God said to him, `You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be? ` So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God" (Lk 12:15-21).

Reflection:

On the triple doorway of the cathedral of Milan, there are three inscriptions spanning the towering arches. Over one is carved a beautiful wreath of roses, and underneath is the inscription, "All that pleases is but for a moment." Over the other is sculptured a cross, and these are the words beneath:

"All that troubles is but for a moment." But underneath the great central entrance in the main aisle is the legend, "That only is important which is eternal."

This is the heart of Our Lady's message today, She urges us to focus our lives on what is truly important, and not on the material, which passes away.

It is the gospel message reworded:

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Lk 12:22, 33-34).

Application:

Today, think of your most precious possessions; how much of your time do they occupy? Do your priorities need rearranging?

 

Resend Message to Louise April 10,2007

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April 10, 2007- -11:10 P.M.

L. began to receive a message from God and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your Most Precious Blood."


Then Jesus spoke, "A great luminous Cross will soon appear in the sky! For some IT will be a Sign of joy while to others IT will bring much fear and even dread.

IT is a Sign that I am near, I am watching over all, I am with you, I will conquer. Rejoice when you see My Holy Cross. Pray for My many Graces and My Mercy to fill your spirit, to comfort you, to strengthen you in the dreadful times that lie ahead.

Today, now is the hour to settle your debts with God! This is the moment of Great Mercy. Accept IT! Use IT! Take IT into your heart!

Behold I am with you but a little while longer. Satan and all evil spirits are loosed to tempt all souls to test your true love, trust and faith in Me. Fear not but rejoice for I AM NEAR! I will NEVER leave My own!

This hour is VERY near dear ones. Offer Me your all! Live only for Me! Adore only Me! I have given you My All and I continually give My All to My little faithful, loving, forgiving, repentant remnant. I love you! I await your return to Our Father's House- - -Heaven eternally.

Look to the sky! This Sign will be seen by all! IT will NEVER fade away but remain so that all may see IT!

Amen, I call to ALL My children! Amen, I love ALL My children!"

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Apostolate of the Green Scapular May 13, 2008


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MESSAGE FROM MOTHER MARY
FEAST DAY OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA
MAY 13, 2008 AT 10:45 P.M.

Anna Marie: My Lady, thank you for coming this night on your holy Feast Day, as you told me earlier today.
Thank you sweet Mother. My Lady, may I ask please, will you bow down and adore your holy Son Jesus of Nazareth,
who suffered and died on the cross for my sins and the sins of the entire world? Then descended to the
dead and after three days arose and ascended into heaven where He now sits at His Father?s right hand side?

Mother Mary: My little one, I your Heavenly Mother, Mary, will now and always bow down and adore my holy and beloved Son Jesus who is the Father?s only-begotten Son. Who did die on the cross, descended to the dead, arose and then ascended into heaven where my son now sits at His Father?s right hand side to judge the living and the dead.

Anna Marie: Yes my Lady, please speak for your sinful servant is listening.

Mother Mary: Now little one, please take down my words as I speak them to you slowly and clearly.

Anna Marie: Yes Mother.

Mother Mary: There is a great sorrow that will befall your nation in a few short months. I am requesting all members of this Apostolate to begin praying hard and earnestly to your Heavenly Father for the mitigation of yet another attack against this great nation.

Anna Marie: Yes Mother.

Mother Mary: If prayers for mitigation do not begin quickly, then you will see mother?s crying in your streets.

Anna Marie: Yes Mother.

Mother Mary: My beloved ones, so many times I have come to this Apostolate in honor of my Immaculate Heart through the sacramental, green scapular. You are my beloved and chosen ones, I keep you and those you have given to me through the simple consecration of writing names on these blessed sacramentals. I have watched over and guarded your family members and friends. I have brought a conversion of heart to them all and even in your own lives, I have brought you into a deeper love relationship with my holy Son, Jesus, your Savior and mine. Yet now, I truly require your full attention to my call for your prayers.

Mother Mary: Great is the hate towards this Christian nation. Great also are the plots being conceived to bring destruction and terror into your cities. I plead with you, my beloved children, to begin praying more, praying with your families and your friends so that my children can plead to the Seat of Mercy and implore my Son?s protection against this great design of evil which plans to destroy what my Son has blessed.

Anna Marie: Yes Mother.

Mother Mary: My children, the time is now approaching when your daily lives will be interrupted with sorrows. I do not wish this to be so, but instead I plead for your gifts of prayers. If you, my children, only knew the true value of a Rosary being recited before my Son in Adoration, you would be content to do so daily. I ask all my children this, that when you receive my Son in Holy Communion, return to your seats and kneel before your King.

Thank my Son for His death and resurrection on the cross and ask Him to speak to you, to guide you, to bless you and your family. Ask my Son to forgive your short comings and to allow the Holy Spirit to renew your love for your Father in heaven. The offer your holy Eucharist, my Sons? body and Blood, to your Heavenly Father for the conversion of all sinners and the protection of your nation.

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Mother Mary: My beloved children, pray now while there is still time to stop the plots of those who plan to harm this nation and other countries around the globe.

Anna Marie: Yes Mother. Thank you Mother.

Mother Mary: Go now daughter, you have much to do.

Anna Marie: Thank you

Mother. Thank you. We all love you Mother, all the Apostles around the world love you Mother. We praise Jesus for your coming Mother.

END OF MESSAGE NOTE: We have included two very beautiful prayers that can be copied, folded and taped or laminated for ease of use.

Prayer of Mercy to GOD THE FATHER (Raccolta # 68)

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the sacrifice wherein Thy dear Son Jesus offered Himself upon the Cross and which He now renews upon this altar to adore Thee and to render to Thee that honor which is Thy due, acknowledging Thy supreme dominion over all things and their absolute dependence on Thee, for Thou art our first beginning and our last end; to give Thee thanks for countless benefits received; to appease Thy justice provoked to anger by so many sins, and to offer Thee worthy satisfaction for the same; and finally to implore Thy grace and mercy for myself, for all those who are in tribulation and distress, for all poor sinners, for the whole world and for the blessed souls in purgatory. Amen.

An indulgence of 3 years for devoutly making this Act of Oblation at the beginning of Mass. A Plenary Indulgence, if this Act of Devotion is performed on every holy day of obligation for one month, even if it is said at a Mass of obligation, provided one has gone to Confession, r e c e i v e d Holy Communion, and prayed according to the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff (Pius X, Audience July 5, 1904, exhib. July 8, 1904; S. P. Ap., Nov. 24, 1936).

Prayer of Mercy to the MOST HOLY TRINITY (Raccolta # 50)

Of Thy tender mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, loose the bonds of our sins, and through the intercession of Mary, the blessed and ever- Virgin Mother of God, together with that of Saint Joseph and thy blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all Thy Saints, keep us Thy servants and our dwelling places in all holiness; cleanse from sin and endue with virtue all those who are joined to us by kindred, affinity and friendship; grant unto us peace and safety; remove far from us our enemies, both visible and invisible; repress all our carnal desires; grant us wholesome air; bestow Thy charity upon our friends and enemies; guard Thy city; preserve our Pontiff Pope Benedict XVI; defend all prelates and princes and Thine entire Christian people from every adversity. Let Thy blessings be evermore upon us, and do Thou grant unto all the faithful departed rest everlasting. Amen.

An indulgence of 3 years. A Plenary Indulgence on the usual conditions, provided that the devout recitation of this prayer be continued daily for a month.
(Leo XII, Rescript in his own hand, July 9, 1828; S.
P. Ap., Dec. 9, 1932).

 

Sharing by Dory Tan on May 3rd 2008 in Marmora.

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On this First Saturday at the tenth Station after the apparition Dory shared this with us.</ >

<> Dory said that today was the longest period of time that Our Blessed Mother appeared to her at the tenth station since she first started coming here in 1992. Dory said it was so beautiful and that we are all very blessed to have Our Blessed Mother remain with us for so long. She said Jesus and Our Blessed Mother are very happy with the way we are gathered here today in prayer. Remember the message from Our Blessed Mother last first Saturday in April. "Why are you here?" Put the answer to that question in your hearts and in your minds.</ > Our Blessed Mother told Dory that all She needs from us now is our prayers. Not just because it is the month of May but everyday throughout the year. Although the month of May is dedicated to Her, She is the same throughout all of time. She is always with us and begging us for our prayers.

<> Our Blessed Mother gave us an example: If people in the world would remain in prayer like we are now, how blessed the world would be. Dory gave another example of how many thousands of people rushed to get a seat in New York to be with the Holy Father as he celebrated Holy Mass. This was very beautiful, but how much more the world would be blessed if people remained the same as on that day and rushed to be before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. Dory believes that if we remained this way in prayer Our Blessed Mother would delay what is going to happen in the world.</ > Today Our Blessed Mother has requested for all of us to pray everyday, The Holy Rosary, The Five Sacred Wounds Chaplet, The Divine Mercy Chaplet, The Precious Blood Prayers and the Crucifix Prayer (See the sharing of 2007 November 3rd,). Dory is asking all of us to share this message with people that were not here today to hear this request from Our Blessed Mother. Dory is begging all of us to help each other to say these prayers. They are very important to save our souls and to save the world, because it is very near. Through our prayers, Our Blessed Mother wants us to be ready when the time comes. Do not waste this time. We will do the will of God, do these prayers, love one another and pray for each other.

<> Our Blessed Mother also reminds us today of the value of wearing the Scapular. Do not ignore this. It is our hope.</ > Dory ends by saying: "God Bless us all."

 

 

Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick May 14,2008


PRAYER GROUP ROSARY / WEDNESDAYS - 7:00P.M. / SUNDAYS - 3:00 P.M
LADY OF LOURDES GROTTO (BEHIND HOSPITAL) PANA, IL
MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN
SHARON FITZPATRICK LOCUTIONIST


WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008


MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,


OH MY LOVES, THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE DROWNING IN UNTRUTHS AND TERRIBLE CHARGES AGAINST THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH. CONFUSION RUNS RAMPANT AND NO ONE SEEMS TO FIND PEACE WITHIN THEMSELVES. BUT YOU LITTLE ONES HAVE THE TRUTH, YOU HAVE THE TRUE CHURCH AND THOUGH THE WORLD GOES AGAINST IT, YOU CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE CHURCH WILL PREVAIL AND NO MAN SHALL CAUSE ITS FALL. SO DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELVES WITH THE EVIL OF OTHERS, INSTEAD PRAY CONFIDENTLY AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE HELD APART FROM THE WORLD TO LOVE AND SERVE THE LORD FOREVER.


I DO NOT LINGER ON THIS, I ONLY SPEAK OF THIS TO DRAW YOU FROM ANXIETY AND INTO THE LOVE AND PEACE YOU FIND IN MY HEART. TONIGHT I ONLY DESIRE TO COMFORT YOU AND HELP YOU. YOU GROW SO TIRED AND YOU OFTEN CALL OUT TO JESUS. LITTLE ONES I AM WITH YOU TO HELP YOU THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS AND BRING YOU TO YOUR DESTINY. BE NOT AFRAID ALL WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. TRUST IN MY GREAT LOVE FOR YOU. RELAX IN MY HEART, THAT YOU DO NOT GIVE IN TO THE TRICKS OF THE WORLD TO CAUSE YOU TO BECOME DISHEARTENED. LOOK TO JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST. HE WILL GIVE YOU THE GRACE YOU NEED TO OVERCOME YOUR TRIALS AND ALL WEARINESS. HE WILL NOT LET THE LIES OF THE WORLD ENTER YOUR HEARTS. HE WILL LOVE YOU, COMFORT YOU, STRENGTHEN YOU.


I LOVE YOU DEAR ONES, WITH DEEP DEEP LOVE. LET THIS LOVE EMBRACE YOU AND KEEP YOU. I GIVE NOW MY BLESSING. I DO SO IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.


THE BLESSING OF CHRIST IS UPON YOU, ACCEPT IT WITH PRAISE AND GRATITUDE NOW AND FOREVER.

 

May 17th begins Mother of Mercy Novena

SATURDAY, MAY 17th begins the Mother of Mercy Novena using the Mother of Mercy Chaplet which Jesus and Mother of Mercy requested in their messages through Chris Courtis in 2005. The novena uses the Mother of Mercy Chaplet and special prayers for each of the nine days and ends on the Feast of the Mother of Mercy on May 25th.

Downloads of the chaplet and novena can be found at
http://movingheartf oundation. com/MotherOfMerc yChaplet. htm <http://movingheartfoundation.com/MotherOfMercyChaplet.htm> and http://movingheartf oundation. com/MotherOfMerc yNovena1. htm <http://movingheartfoundation.com/MotherOfMercyNovena1.htm>

You can also learn the details of the next prayer meeting and participation by phone conference at
http://movingheartf oundation. com/SacredHeartO fGodTheFatherYou AreInvited. htm <http://movingheartfoundation.com/SacredHeartOfGodTheFatherYouAreInvited.htm>


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Medjugorje Day By Day May 16 - YOUR FIRST PRIORITY

"The Eucharist is the secret of my day. It gives strength and meaning to all my activities of service to the Church and to the whole world" (Pope John Paul II).

 

Mother Teresa

We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

What tongue could worthily describe Mary's triumphant entry into heaven? If the triumphs prepared hear below arouse admiration and great enthusiasm that they attract many people to contemplate them, what can be said of the triumphant prepared by God Himself for his mother?

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Pride and conceit make us no better than Pontius Pilate

"Some seek professional advice regarding their confused mental state, and are told that they are suffering from an 'inferiority complex.' The truth of the matter is, nobody who is self-willed has an inferiority complex; he has a superiority complex. He is so full of conceit, pride and aggressive assertiveness that his hurt feelings may for the moment appear as inferiority. But he would not feel hurt if he did not have a diabolic pride, or superiority which would treat anyone who does not flatter him as Pontius Pilate treated Christ. Pilate washed his hands of Christ and had Him executed."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html>

Inner torment for more than two hours. Agony.... Suddenly, God's presence pervades me and I feel as though I am coming under the power of the just God. His justice pervades me to the marrow; outwardly I lose strength and consciousness. With this, I come to know the great holiness of God and my own great misery. A great torment afflicts my soul; the soul perceives its deeds to be not without blemish. Then the strength of trust is awakened in the soul, which longs for God with all its might. Yet it sees how miserable it is and what utter vanity everything that surrounds it. And face to face with such holiness, Oh, poor soul....(672)

Tonight God's presence is pervading me, and in an instant I come to know the great holiness of God. Oh, how the greatness of God overwhelms me! I then come to know the whole depth of my nothingness. This is a great torment, for this knowledge is followed by love. The soul bounds forward vehemently toward God, and the two loves come face to face: the Creator and the creature; one little drop seeks to measure itself with the ocean. At first, the little drop wants to enclose the infinite ocean within itself; but at the same moment, it knows itself to be just one small drop, and thus it is vanquished, and it passes completely into God like a drop into the ocean. At first, this moment is a torment, but so sweet that, on experiencing it, the soul is happy. (702)

 

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.

May 16 - YOUR FIRST PRIORITY

The Blessed Mother reiterates here most important message:

Dear children, today I invite you to prayer. Without prayer, dear children, you will not be able to conceive of either God or myself, nor understand the graces which I am giving you. Therefore, I ask you to begin and end your day in prayer.

Dear children, I wish to lead you day after day toward prayer as much as possible but you will never grow if you do not want to. And so I exhort you, dear children, to make prayer your first priority (Weekly Message July 3, 1986.

In Mark's gospel, Christ also calls us to prayer:

Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, `Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and if you do not doubt in your heart, but believe that what you say will come to pass, it will be done for you. So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours (Mk 11:22-24).

Reflection:

The great mystic, Julian of Norwich, tells us that Christ showed himself to her in different ways. One was as an infant, born of the Blessed Virgin. Another was in his Passion, as he was dying on the cross. Another time, she saw him as if in a point, that is, his presence as Creator in everything, upholding it.

Once he showed himself as if on a pilgrimage, with himself in front leading all his people to heaven. At other times, he was pictured reigning as king. But the way he showed himself to her most often was as king reigning in the soul. "There he has fixed his resting place and his royal city: and out of this worshipful throne he shall never rise, nor forever more his dwelling place from there."

Sometimes we forget that the Lord is both within and without. Our prayer life can often be deepened with the realization that the divine presence abides in our very heart and soul. St. Teresa of Avila spoke of the spiritual journey as a journey inward to the deepest recesses of the soul, where God would be discovered in majesty. "Too few people," wrote Carl Jung, "have experienced the divine image as the innermost possession of their own souls. Christ only meets them from without, never from within, the soul."

Application:

You are a living tabernacle of the divine presence. Today, direct your prayers to the God within

 

OLOE Message, Opening Remarks, Appeal, Prayers

Our Lady of Emmitsburg Public Message - May 11, 2008

The Public Message from Our Lady of Emmitsburg to the World given May 11, 2008
is now available.

"...Never have fear of life or sorrow or pain, but have a holy fear of God that
you would not give all of yourself to Him in response to His desires. ...."

Full Text of Message... (
<http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/messages/messages_current_temp.asp> )



Monthly Marian Prayer Service Opening Remarks

The Opening Remarks from the May 11, 2008 Monthly Marian Prayer Group by Michael
T. Sullivan MD are now available. The theme is appropriate for Mother's Day,
"Our Mother Mary" as found in the messages from Our Lord, Our Lady, and God the
Father over several years.

Read Opening Remarks... ( <http://www.tfsih.com/Remarks/Post.aspx> )



Foundation Appeal

The Foundation of the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary
Needs Your Help!
Our Lady of Emmitsburg
Needs Your Help!

In 2007 alone, people from more than 120 countries visited the Foundation
Website to draw from the past and current Messages from Our Lady of Emmitsburg,
the ongoing Words of God the Father, the Hidden Life of Our Lord, and the
Lessons of Our Lord, all given to Gianna Talone-Sullivan for the world over the
past 20 years. Currently, videos of the monthly Marian Prayer Group held near
Emmitsburg, Maryland are provided on the Foundation website. Also posted for
viewing on the website are videos of guest speakers which have included Prof.
Courtenay Bartholomew, Wayne Weible, Tom Petrisko, Fr. Jack Spaulding, and on
April 6, 2008, Fr. Edward O'Connor, CSC, Marian theologian and mystical scholar
from the University of Notre Dame.

There are fixed monthly costs which include the rental of the building for the
Prayer Group, free message handouts, and maintaining the websites:

www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org and www.prourladyofemmitsburg.org

Travel expenses and a small stipend for guest speakers further adds to this
monthly debt. Up to this point in time, the burden of these costs has fallen on
600-700 persons who participate in the Monthly Prayer Group. However, thousands
of others throughout the world are drawing from this fountain of grace and
inspiration each month.

Please prayerfully consider a one-time, or preaferably a monthly donation to
this critically important ministry. Check or money order tax deductable
donations made payable to "The Foundation of the Sorrowful and Immaculaate Heart
of Mary, Inc." a Maryland Charitable 501(c)(3) Corporation (EIN: 20-3236643).
Please send them to:

The Foundation of the Sorrowful and Immaculaate Heart of Mary
101-2 Silo Hill Road
Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727

The following message was given by Our Lady to Gianna very early in her public
appearances in Emmitsburg which began in late 1993:

"I need an army who will face challenges with love and fidelity to God,
and who will surrender in faithfulness to Him.
The battle against the Truth strikes,
but the power of persistence, perseverance and love
results in victory, feedom and peace." (OLOE December 8, 1994)

Full Text of Message... (

http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/messages/singlenews.asp?item_ID=408&co\mm=0&list_code_int=NEW03-INT <http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/messages/singlenews.asp?item_ID=408&comm=0&list_code_int=NEW03-INT> )



Pope Benedict XVI Monthly Prayer Intentions - May 2008

Join in praying daily for the May 2008 monthly intentions of our Holy Father:

HUMAN DIGNITY: That Christians may use literature, art, and mass media to create
a culture which defends and promotes the values of the human person.

MARY'S GUIDANCE: That the Virgin Mary, Star of evangelization and Queen of the
Apostles, may still guide missionaries with maternal affection, just as she
accompanied the Apostles in the early stages of the Church.

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 Christions. 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.



June
1
Sun
Our Lady of Emmitsburg Monthly Marian Prayer Service
Lynfield Event Complex, June 1, 2008

Come pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy at the Our Lady of Emmitsburg
Monthly Marian Prayer Service from 3PM-5PM. All are welcome. (Our Lady has been
giving her monthly message to the world at this service.)


More Info...


( <http://www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org/messages/messages_current_events.asp>
)

Visit: www.centeroftheimmaculateheart.org & www.prourladyofemmitsburg.org


URGENT:5 POWERFUL ONE LINER MESSAGES FROM GOD THE FATHER via Louise

DADDY GOD via L., V+J

URGENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Then God the Father spoke, " IT WON'T BE LONG NOW UNTIL MY SHELTER ARE OPEN."


2ND "BUY A GOOD MULTI-MINERAL-VITAMIN FORMULA."
( THAT COVERS ALL NUTRITION)

3RD " BUY POWDERED VEGY AND FRUIT FORMULAS."

4TH " BUY PET FOOD BY THE CASE." (CANNED AND DRY)

5TH " PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY"

Resend Message to Louise of April 25,2008

HYPERCRITICAL
2nd Message via L., V+J
April 25, 2008- - -11:40 P.M.

L. began to receive a message and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your Most Precious Blood." (and many other numerous prayers)

Then your Father spoke, " Dear daughter, tell My people, one more time, that the earth is slowly going through a drastic change. Big cities will be no more. Rivers will be dry land and new rivers will form. Many homes and much industry will never again be seen. 'Mountains will fall. Hills will turn to dust.'

There will be a New Heavens and a New Earth with no more sin OR sinners. All must be purified and all WILL now be purified. I've told you 'Heaven and earth will pass away but, My word will NEVER pass away.'

This, children, is true for I am Truth and I speak ONLY truth.

Boundaries will change. Many countries will be obliterated, states will too, although some will remain but- - -smaller. The hour is coming when all will happen at breakneck speak. Look reality in the eye. Take off your rose-colored glasses. Accept the truth for very soon you'll have no other choice! The purification IS upon you!

Be reconciled to Me- - -IMMEDIATELY! !! Only I, your Father God, know the day or the hour. All has begun! Preparedness is of utmost importance. Amen I say- - -make HASTE!!!"


Medjugorje Day by Day May 15 - GIVE THEM LIGHT

Saints are not people who plan and organize their particular style of life and perfection and follow it strictly on their own strength. Saints are people who love and trust God to the point that they let Him guide them and lead them where He wants.

Catholic Insight Magazine May 2004 page 21 (quote from Vatican website)

Become a saint by doing God's Will!

Mother Teresa

We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

May the Mother of Jesus, and our Mother, always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The clash of egos is always a losing proposition

"When a person builds his philosophy of life on the principle of self-will, he is in for a tremendous shock. It happens that most other people he meets in the world have exactly the same principle. The result is that one individual has self-will contradicted by another; the ego is negated by another ego; wishes are not fulfilled; whims are negated, crossed and rejected by other egos equally bent on self assertion."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

My Jesus, despite Your graces, I see and feel all my misery. I begin my day with battle and end it with battle. As soon as I conquer one obstacle, ten more appear to take its place. But I am not worried, because I know that this is the time of struggle, not peace. When the burden of the battle becomes too much for me, I throw myself like a child into the arms of the heavenly Father and trust I will not perish. O my Jesus, how prone I am to evil, and this forces me to be constantly vigilant. But I do not lose heart. I trust God's grace, which abounds in the worst misery. (606)

 

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.

May 15 - GIVE THEM LIGHT

Today the Blessed Virgin calls us to light:

Dear children, you have all experienced light and darkness during your lives. God gives every person the power to recognize good and evil. I am calling you to light, which you must carry to all who are in darkness. From day to day, people who are in darkness come into your homes. You, dear children, must give them the light (Weekly Message March 14, 1985).

As we see in John's gospel, Jesus himself is the light

Jesus said to them, "The light is with you a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness May not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going. While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you May become children of light." (Jn 12:35-36).

Reflection:

There is a famous cave, some 60 miles from Auckland in New Zealand. It is known as the cave of the glowworms. You reach it in a boat which is pulled by a wire for silence. As you glide down the stream, you suddenly come across a soft light gleaming in the distance; then you enter a magic world. From the top of the cave, thousands of threads hang down from the glowing insects. So great is the light that it is possible to read a book there. But if there is a slightest noise, the bright light dies out, just as if a switch had been turned off.

The light to one committed Christian can illuminate not only his family, but also the parish and community in which he lives. Most of us have known someone like this; their kindness, unselfishness, and love have had special effect on our lives. If you multiply such an individual several million times, you have a power which can enlighten an entire world. This is the reason why Our Lady came to Medjugorje, and why we have been asked to live her messages.

Application:

Carry the light of faith and peace to all you meet today. May your example draw them closer to Christ.

Plenary indulgence announced for anniversary of the Apostle to the G

Plenary indulgence announced for anniversary of the Apostle to the Gentiles


Vatican City, May 12, 2008 / 11:11 am (CNA)

.- On Saturday a decree from the Vatican stated that Benedict XVI will grant the faithful plenary indulgence for the occasion of the two-thousandth anniversary of the birth of St. Paul. The gift of indulgences, states the document, assist in the attainment of purification and honor the great saint.
The Plenary Indulgence will be valid throughout the Pauline Year which will run from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009.


Plenary indulgences, if all the conditions are fulfilled, remove all temporal punishments that afflict people as a result of their sins. The scriptural roots of indulgences are found in Matthew 16.
The decree states that the Holy Father is granting the indulgences to provide the faithful with â spiritual treasures for their own sanctification in honor of St. Paul.

"In fact, the gift of indulgences which the Roman Pontiff offers the Universal Church, facilitates the way to interior purification which, while rendering honor to the Blessed Apostle Paul, exalts supernatural life in the hearts of the faithful and spurs them on ... to produce fruits of good works."


The means to obtain the plenary indulgence are as follows:
The indulgences are available to "All Christian faithful - truly repentant, duly purified by the Sacrament of Penance and restored with Holy Communion. The faithful must undertake a pious visit in the form of a pilgrimage to the papal basilica of St. Paul on Rome's Via Ostiense and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff to be granted and imparted Plenary Indulgence for the temporal punishment of their sins.
Each person may obtain an indulgence for themselves or for anyone who is deceased as many times as the aforementioned acts are undertaken; it remains the case, however, that Plenary Indulgence may be obtained only once a day.


"In order that the prayers pronounced on these holy visits may lead and draw the souls of the faithful to a more intense veneration of the memory of St. Paul, the following conditions are laid down: the faithful, apart from pronouncing their own prayers before the altar of the Blessed Sacrament, ... must go to the altar of the Confession and pray the 'Our Father' and the 'Creed', adding pious invocations in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Paul; and such acts of devotion must remain closely linked to the memory of the Prince of the Apostles St. Peter."


The document mentions those who may have difficulty traveling to the basilica can receive the indulgence by participating in a celebration for St. Paul. "Christian faithful from the various local Churches, under the usual conditions (sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, prayer in keeping with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff) and completely unattached to any form of sin, may still obtain the Plenary Indulgence if they participate devotedly in a religious function or in a pious exercise held publicly in honor of the Apostle of the Gentiles: on the days of the solemn opening and closing of the Pauline Year in any place of worship; on other days determined by the local ordinary, in holy places named for St. Paul and, for the good of the faithful, in other places designated by the ordinary."
The decree concludes by addressing Catholics who are suffering from sickness or are unable to fulfill the necessary requirements for a legitimate reason. These people may still receive a plenary indulgence even if they are unable to leave their homes. In these situations, the faithful must fulfill three conditions: While striving to refrain from sin, the person must spiritually unite themselves to a Jubilee celebration in honor of St. Paul, offering their prayers and suffering to God for the unity of Christians.

 

 

Medjugorje Day By Day May 14 - GOD RULES OVER ALL RELIGIONS

"Especially from the Eucharist, as from a font, grace is poured forth upon us; and the sanctification of men in Christ and the glorification of God, to which all other activities of the Church are directed as toward their end, is achieved in the most efficacious possible way" (Sacrosanctum Concilium).

Mother Teresa

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

 

Padre Pio -

My son, you do not know the effects of obedience. Well, for a yes, for a single yes, be it done onto me according to Your word, to do God's will, Mary became the mother of mother of the Most High, professing herself to be His handmaid and keeping her virginity which was so dear to God and herself. Thanks to this "yes" pronounced by Mary Most Holy, the world obtained salvation and humanity was redeemed. Let us always do God's will and always say yes to the Lord

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

The separation of state from man's soul

"The stubborn worship of a theory has had most appalling consequences in our day. To the theorist, it does not seem to matter that whole nations are deprived of liberty, that millions starve, that thousands are purged - so long as the theory is maintained in power. Instead of making the hat of governmental policy fit the head of man, the modern tendency is to cut off the head if it does not fit the hat - to demand that institutions, political schemes and social theories must prevail, no matter if their cost proves to be the destruction of man himself."

 

St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -

My Jesus, despite Your graces, I see and feel all my misery. I begin my day with battle and end it with battle. As soon as I conquer one obstacle, ten more appear to take its place. But I am not worried, because I know that this is the time of struggle, not peace. When the burden of the battle becomes too much for me, I throw myself like a child into the arms of the heavenly Father and trust I will not perish. O my Jesus, how prone I am to evil, and this forces me to be constantly vigilant. But I do not lose heart. I trust God's grace, which abounds in the worst misery. (606)

 

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.

May 14 - GOD RULES OVER ALL RELIGIONS

The Mother of God speaks of ecumenism, or brotherhood, today. In answer to the question, "Are all religions good?" she responded:

All religions are similar before God. God rules over them just like a sovereign over his kingdom. In the world, all religions are not the same because people have not complied with the commandments of God. They reject and disparage them (First Years October 1, 1981).

In this same spirit, St. Paul calls us to be ambassadors of reconciliation among God's people:

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and had given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. (2 Cor 5:18-20).

Reflection:

Both Our Lady and St. Paul call us to reconciliation with each other, both as individuals and as groups. Today the Gospa tells us that, "All religions are similar before God, "although not the same. Her desire is that our common brotherhood unite all faiths, each respecting the other.

This is the spirit that underlies the story of the Grand Rabbi of Lyons, who was a Jewish chaplain to the French during World War I. One day, a wounded man staggered into a trench and told the Rabbi that a Roman Catholic was on the point of death in no man's land, and was begging that his priest should come to him with a crucifix.

The priest could not quickly be found. The Jew rapidly improvised a cross, ran out with it into no man's land, and was seen to hold it before the dying man's eyes.

Almost immediately, he was shot by a sniper. The bodies of the Catholic and the Jew were found together.

Application:

Today, pray especially for the unity of all God's children. If you ever have the opportunity to go to an ecumenical service(often held on special holidays), make a special effort to attend in response to Our Lady's message today.


Posted by realm/blackcatholics at 7:29 AM PDT
Updated: Wednesday, 14 May 2008 1:03 PM PDT
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