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Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette January 7, 2008
If you respect life, you will respect Me
Reading: John 14:15-18
Dear friends,
I am the way and the truth and the life? John 14, 6
Today I will go to the Manor in Alberton to visit my mother and to celebrate Holy Mass with the Catholics there. I will bring Father Richard to visit the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in Tignish and we will spend some time in adoration. Tomorrow evening at 7:00 p.m. I will have a Healing Mass at the church in Summerside, P.E.I.
My half-hour of prayer this morning was spent with our Heavenly Father who said, Melvin, My son, I love you. It was out of love that I created you and all My sons and daughters throughout the world. I love you all, especially those who believe in Me and My Son Jesus. I am the master of life for I gave to you all the gift of life. You are to respect life from the moment of conception until natural death. No one has the right to tamper with life or destroy life.
All kinds of killings including abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment and the destruction of embryos are a grave offense against Me. No one has the right to destroy life for any reason. Life is sacred as it comes from Me, your Creator and Father. Today, unfortunately, many millions of unborn children are killed by abortion and I hear the cry of all these. The blood of these innocent children is staining many countries of the world. These crimes are affecting you, My children, and what are you doing about it? You must do all you can to stop these killings so that all will follow My commandment, Thou shall not kill. If you believe in My Son Jesus, you cannot remain passive but you must react to get the governments to stop this carnage.
My dear children, may these words be engraved on your heart, Life is sacred and we must not tamper with it. Where there is life, there is a human being and did not Jesus teach you to love every person? Love all the children, especially the most defenseless who are still in the womb of their mother. If you respect life, you will respect Me, the author of life. Learn from Mary, the Mother of Jesus, My Son, who had such love for her Son from the moment of His conception. I bless you and fill you with the graces you need.
Father Melvin
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Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick Jan.6,2008
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, JANUARY 6, 2008
MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,
TODAY WE PONDER THOSE THREE KINGS WHO HONORED MY SON WITH THEIR VISIT AND WITH
THEIR GIFTS, EACH ONE SIGNIFICANT. LITTLE ONES, YOU ARE MUCH LIKE THESE WISE
MEN. YOU HONOR MY SON AND YOU GIVE OVER YOUR HEARTS TO HIM, FILLED WITH TRUE AND
DEEP LOVE. THESE ARE THE TREASURES YOU GIVE JESUS.
MY LITTLE CHILDREN, LET THIS DAY BE A REMINDER TO YOU THAT EVIL DOES TRY TO
DECEIVE AND DETOUR YOU. KEEP YOURSELVES WISE BY KEEPING YOUR SOULS PURE AND FULL
OF GRACE. PRAY MUCH, ALWAYS KNOWING THAT WHEN YOU PRAY I AM IN YOUR MIDST. I
WILL TAKE YOUR PRAYERS BEFORE THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST. I TAKE
THEM TO THE BLESSED TRINITY. YOU ARE BLESSED TO KNOW THIS AND HAVE THIS PROMISE,
AND THIS SHOULD BE YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT EACH AND EVERY DAY.
MY CHILDREN, I GIVE TO YOU TODAY A SPECIAL BLESSING. I HAVE WELCOMED YOU INTO MY
HEART AS I DID THOSE WHO VISITED ME SO LONG AGO. I ACCEPT ALL YOU OFFER IN
JESUS? NAME AND I BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY
GHOST.
LET THOSE PRIESTS WHO LOVE YOU, GIVE TO YOU THE BLESSING OF CHRIST, AND THEN I
SAY TO YOU, PRAISE AND THANK GOD, FOREVER, FOREVER, AND FOREVER.
Medjugorje Day By Day Jan 07 - DEEPEN YOUR FAITH
"The eucharistic blessing shows us how close Jesus is to us in our humble lives. 'God with us.' His blessing falls upon our troubles and afflictions, our anxieties and temptations, our failings and weaknesses" (Pope Bl. John XXIII).
Mother Teresa -
I believe that the most important thing is for us to love Jesus, then to love one another ourselves and the members of our families and to show our love for the poor
Meditations by Padre Pio - We must always strictly observe these two virtues: sweetness with our neighbors and holy humility with God
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Getting away from the Maddening Mob
"It is much easier to find a television program on a prize fight than one on Shakespeare. As the English philosopher, C.E.M. Joad put it, `Those things which are peculiar to each of us and may in their forms of expression well be different in all of us cannot be catered for in bulk by commercial agencies.' When you want to enjoy an individual pleasure, even though it be but an hour of chamber music in the privacy of your own room, or a page of Pepys' Diary, you must isolate yourself from those who cater to the mob."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
O Most Holy Trinity! As many times as I breathe, as many times as my heart beats, as many times as my blood pulsates through my body, so many thousand times do I want to glorify Your mercy.
I want to be completely transformed into Your mercy and to be Your living reflection, O Lord. May the greatest of all divine attributes, that of Your unfathomable mercy, pass through my heart and soul to my neighbor.
Help me, O Lord, that my eyes may be merciful, so that I may never suspect or judge from appearances, but look for what is beautiful in my neighbors' souls and come to their rescue.
Help me, that my ears may be merciful, so that I may give heed to my neighbors' needs and not be indifferent to their pains and moanings.
Help me, O Lord, that my tongue may be merciful, so that I should never speak negatively of my neighbor, but have a word of comfort and forgiveness for all. (163a)
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.
Jan 7 - DEEPEN YOUR FAITH
The Blessed Mother speaks today of deepening our faith:
For you who have the faith, this time constitutes a great opportunity for you to be converted, and to deepen your faith (Locutionists Jelena & Mirjana December 15, 1982).
And Jesus speaks of the great power of faith:
He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, move form here to there, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" (Mt 17:20).
Reflection:
There is a story of the poet Coleridge who one day listened to a visitor's vehement argument against religious education of the young. His acquaintance had concluded with a statement of his determination not to prejudice his children toward any faith or religion, but to let them make up their own minds when thy reached maturity. Coleridge made no immediate comment, but shortly afterwards asked this same visitor if he would like to see his garden. Receiving a positive response, he led his guest to a strip of lawn that was overgrown with weeds.
"Why, this is no garden. It's nothing but a weed patch", said his guest.
"Oh", replied Coleridge, "that's because it hasn't come to its maturity yet. The weeds, you see, have taken the opportunity to grow, and I thought it would be unfair of me to prejudice the soil toward roses and strawberries".
Clearly one of the responsibilities of faith is to pass it on to the next generation. If we believe it to be the most precious of gifts, as Jesus and his Mother teach us today, then we will be anxious to share it with others, especially those closest to us.
Application:
In your life, who was most instrumental in handing on the faith to you? In prayer, reflect on the ways that you in turn can pass on your faith to others.
Medjugorje Day By Day Jan 06 - LIFE WILL FLOW FROM YOUR HEARTS
It moves me to see how the joy of Eucharistic adoration is increasing throughout the Church, and how its fruits are appearing. During the period of liturgical reform, Mass and Eucharistic adoration outside of Mass were often seen as
being in opposition." "[However,] receiving the Eucharist means adoring Him Whom we receive." (Pope Benedict XVI, Dec. 22, 2005)
"If you ate only one meal a week would you survive? It is the same for your soul. Nourish it with the Blessed Sacrament." (Bl. Andre Bessette)
SATAN FEARS MARY
"Satan fears Mary, and he especially fears Her in Her promise of 0salvation. How could we better practice an apostolate against him at the present stage, than by dispelling the clouds of ignorance which hide Her there? ...'They who explain Me shall have life everlasting' is a passage of Scripture (Ecclus. 24:31) that has caused many men to write about the Blessed Virgin. She has already promised life everlasting; but if we explain Her, spreading books written about Her, may we not hope that so bountiful a Mother will give us life everlasting more abundantly? Not only is She never outdone in generosity, but today, more than ever, She wants it to be known that She may draw men to Her Son" (Haffert).
Mother Teresa -
Love has to hurt to be true.
It hurt Jesus to love us.
It truly hurt Him
Meditations by Padre Pio - Love does not tolerate delay and immediately upon arrival, they [the Magi] did everything within their power to make Him known; He who had conquered their hearts through the influence of grace, wounding them with the kind of charity that must overflow, because it cannot be contained in the small structure of the heart and must therefore be communicated.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Reaching the masses has turned into a mess
"Our complex modern society is directed to the creation of mass entertainment rather than individual pleasure. Movies, television, advertising are geared to the masses, and generally to their lowest common denominator. Their aim is to satisfy what all have in common, rather than what they have individually."
St. Faustina's diary http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html -
November, 1932. Today I arrived in Warsaw for the third probation. After a cordial meeting with the dear Mothers, I went into the small chapel for a moment. Suddenly God's presence filled my soul, and I heard these words, My daughter, I desire that your heart be formed after the model of My merciful Heart. You must be completely imbued with My mercy.
Dear Mother Directress [Margaret] at once asked me whether I had had a retreat that year, and I said no. "Then you must first have a retreat of at least three days." Thanks be to God there was at Walendow an eight-day retreat in which I could take part. But difficulties arose in regard to my leaving for this retreat. A certain person opposed my going very much, and it already [appeared that] I was not to go. After dinner, I went into the chapel for a five-minute adoration. Suddenly I saw the Lord Jesus, who said to me, My daughter, I am preparing many graces for you, which you will receive during this retreat which you will begin tomorrow. I answered, "Jesus, the retreat has already begun, and I am not supposed to go." And He said to me, Get ready for it, because you will begin the retreat tomorrow. And as for your departure, I will arrange that with the superiors. And in an instant, Jesus disappeared. (167)
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.
Jan 6 - LIFE WILL FLOW FROM YOUR HEARTS
The following locution was received by Jelena Vasilj for her prayer group:
If you pray, a source of life will flow from your hearts. If you pray with strength, if you pray with faith, you will receive graces from this source, and your group will be strengthened (Locutionists Jelena & Mirjana October 24, 1983).
Jesus speaks of group prayer in the following passage from scripture:
Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about everything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them (Mt 18:19-20).
Reflection:
In Medjugorje, Our Lady has made a point of encouraging group prayer, and has founded two prayer groups herself, one led by Ivan and Marija, the other by the two young locutionists, Jelena and Mirjana Vasilj.
Concerning such groups, Ivan has said, "The Gospa would like prayer groups throughout the world. Through prayer we come to know God, and there is much power in group prayer".
With regard to the organization of such groups, Ivan emphasizes the importance of a dedicated and reliable leader. Also, he says, "the prayer group should have a definite goal. The members should have a reason to meet and pray and fast". The goal of his own group is to help the Blessed Virgin to achieve God's plans, no less than the conversion of the world. "We do this", he says, "through living the messages and encouraging others to live them."
Application:
Have you considered joining a prayer group in your local area, or perhaps starting one if none exist? You could count on an array of blessings from the Mother of God in doing so.