Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 07 - FAMILIES NEED TO PRAY TODAY

"The Power of One Hail Mary can change the world. In all our efforts and
endeavors, we can never underestimate the power of prayer, and must always rely upon the help of God. In a special way we commend our efforts to the Mother of God and our own Blessed Mother.

The Rosary, especially prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, is a powerful means of spiritual grace. In all of our efforts to promote the sanctity of human life, prayer is our first and strongest resource. May we rely upon the power of our Lord's presence in the Blessed Sacrament and the intercession of His Blessed Mother to guide and help us in fostering a greater respect for human life and an end to abortion in our
society" (Bishop Thomas Daily).

"The secret of this spiritual ardor is the Eucharist, the inexhaustible source of faithfulness to the Gospel, because in this Sacrament, the heart of ecclesial life, we achieve intimate identification and total  conformity with Christ, to whom consecrated men and women are called."  (Pope John Paul II, February 3, 2005)

Meditations by Padre Pio       

In order to reach our final goal, we must follow our Divine Leader who usually leads chosen Souls by the path He Himself has trodden and by no other; by the path, I tell you, of self-denial and suffering.  
Pope John Paul II -

Mother Teresa  -
God wants our will and our desire to be
for him, for our family, for our children,
for our brethren, and for the poor.

Meditations by Padre Pio -
 If you can speak to the Lord, do so, praise Him, pray to Him, listen to Him. If you are unable to speak due to your clumsiness, don't worry. In the ways of the Lord, stop in your room, like the courtesans, and pay Him homage. He, who will see this, will be pleased with your patience, will favor your silence, and on another occasion you will be consoled.


 Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Surrendering morality will be our downfall!
"At present two currents manifest themselves in our American way of life: one is in the direction of a great development of moral character both in individuals and in the nation; the other is toward the surrender of morality and responsibility through a socialist state in which there will be no morality but state-morality, no conscience but state-conscience. Of the two the first is by far the stronger, though neither politics nor economics has seen it."

St. Faustina's diary
Once when I was suffering greatly, I left my work and escaped to Jesus and asked Him to give me His strength. After a very short prayer I returned to my work filled with enthusiasm and joy. Then, one of the sisters [probably Sister Justine] said to me, "You must have many consolations today, Sister; you look so radiant. Surely, God is giving you no suffering, but only consolations."

"You are greatly mistaken, Sister," I answered, "for it is precisely when I suffer much that my joy is greater; and when I suffer less, my joy also is less." However, that soul was letting me recognize that she does not understand what I was saying.

I tried to explain to her that when we suffer much we have a great chance to show God that we love Him; but when we suffer little we have less occasion to show God our love; and when we do not suffer at all, our love is then neither great nor pure. By the grace of God, we can attain a point where suffering will become a delight to us, for love can work such things in pure souls.       (303b)

MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY
These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
 
Feb 7 - FAMILIES NEED TO PRAY TODAY

Speaking of the family to Ivan's prayer group, Our Lady said :
Dear children, tonight your Mother wishes to call you, as I have before, to renew prayer in the family. Dear children, families need to pray today. It is my wish, dear children, that you would live my messages through family prayer (Visionary Prayer Group January 1, 1990).

St. Paul also speaks of the family, specifically, of husband and wives :
"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. " This is a great mystery, and I am applying it to Christ and the church. Each of you, however, should love his wife as himself, and a wife should respect her husband (Eph 5 :31-33).
 
Reflection :
There has never been a time when the institution of marriage has been threatened more. With a divorce rate of over 50%, a culture that denigrates commitment, and a prevailing atmosphere of narcissism, the support beams of marriage appear to have fallen away. But Our Lady gives us a simple yet profound remedy in family prayer. When the presence and nurtured by the hand of God himself, and is no longer dependent on solely human factors.
 
Application :

If you are married, the initiative to talk with your spouse about a prayer time together. You can begin, perhaps, by offering the following Marriage Prayer : Lord Jesus, grant that we may have a true and understanding love for each other. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Grant that we may both be filled with faith and trust. Give us the grace to live with each other's strengths. Help us to forgive one another's failings, and grant us patience, kindness, cheerfulness, and the spirit of placing the well-being of one another ahead of self.

May the love that brought us together grow and mature with each passing year. Bring us both ever closer to you through our love for each other. Let our love grow to perfection. Amen.

Message to Michael DiBitetto feb.3, 2008

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

February 3, 2008
Sunday evening 6:00 p.m.
Tonight we prayed The Marian Prayers
 
 At 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 very LARGE BROWN CROSS
…
-and now I see a very 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 … FIRST … A SMALL PLANE CRASH CARRYING ONLY
SIX PEOPLE … JUST IMAGINE IF IT WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PEOPLE … IT WAS A SMALL AIRPLANE … BUT YET SIX LIVES WERE TAKEN …
 
THE STORMS IN THE MID-WEST … IN CHICAGO … SNOW … THAT HAS PILED UP OVER THREE FEET … SOME PEOPLE ALSO HAVE DIED IN THESE STORMS … DUE TO THE COLD … YOU DO NOT FEEL THESE ARE DISASTERS … YES … THEY ARE DISASTERS …
 
SO MUCH IS OCCURRING …AND THEY ARE DISASTERS … BUT PEOPLE DO NOT LOOK AT IT … AS DISASTERS … JUST AS SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED … AND THEY GO ON … WITH THEIR MERRY-WAY …
 
PEOPLE WILL START PRAYING MORE … WHEN IT STARTS HITTING THEIR OWN FAMILIES … THAT’S WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO PRAY … THEN … IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE …
 
MANY … MANY PEOPLE … DO NOT WANT TO BELIEVE … AND MANY PEOPLE DON’T EVEN WANT TO READ ‘MY MESSAGES’… AND CHECK THEM ON THE INTERNET… THE WEB SITE OF THE T.R.U.S.T. PRAYER GROUP … ALL I CAN SAY IS … ‘SHAME’ … SHAME ON THESE PEOPLE …
 
MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 
        WHEN WILL PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE WORD ‘SACRIFICE’ MEANS?  THERE ARE ONLY A FEW … THAT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS … AND IT STARTS HERE AT THE TRUST PRAYER GROUP … THAT TODAY IS THAT FAMOUS – AS THEY CALL IT- ‘SUPER BOWL SUNDAY’ … AND YET EVERYONE IN THE PRAYER GROUP MADE THAT ‘SACRIFICE’ TO BE HERE … TO PRAY … AND THEN WHEN IT’S OVER … THEY WILL GO AND WATCH THEIR ‘SUPER BOWL’ … THAT IS A ‘SACRIFICE’ OF MISSING THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME …
 
BUT DO OTHER PEOPLE THINK OF THAT … NO … THEIR SUPER-BOWL PARTY COMES FIRST … AND MY SON JESUS CHRIST COMES ‘SECOND’ … AND IF THAT’S HOW IT IS TODAY … THAN THAT’S HOW IT WILL BE TOMORROW …
 
I DO NOT DEPRIVE ANYONE OF HAVING A GOOD TIME … EVEN FOR A SUPER BOWL SUNDAY … BUT  INSTEAD OF STARTING AT 6:00 … START IT AT 6:30 OR 7:00.

LEAVE SOMEONE HOME TO GREET YOUR COMPANY … AND HAVE ONE OF TWO ATTEND THE PRAYER GROUP … NO … THIS CAN NOT BE DONE …

‘BECAUSE … YOU MAY MISS TOO MUCH FUN’
 …
WELL IN THE NEAR FUTURE … WHEN THINGS DO NOT GO RIGHT …
ENJOY … YOUR FUN … AND DON’T PRAY …

REMEMBER YOU CAN NOT PRAY … WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING …
 
YOU PRAY WHEN YOU WANT … “NOTHING” …

THAT IS THE FIRST OF ALL …

YOU PRAY WHEN YOU WANT NOTHING AND THEN

YOU PRAY FOR SOMETHING …
 
MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 
        FORGIVE ME IF I SOUND BITTER … AS YES … I AM BITTER … BITTER THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT MAKE ‘SACRIFICES’ … I HAVE GIVEN PRIVATE MESSAGES FOR PEOPLE TO PRAY MORE … AND DO THEY … NO … THEY PRAY LESS …
 
BUT YET … THAT DOES NOT GO FOR EVERYONE … AS TONIGHT … THERE IS ANOTHER ‘SPECIAL PERSON’ IN THIS WORLD … AND IN THIS COUNTRY … ANOTHER PRAYER GROUP WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRUST PRAYER GROUP … HERE IN SHELTON CONNECTICUT … AND THAT IS MY DEAR DAUGHTER BARBERA FLORES IN NEW MEXICO … WHO TODAY STARTS HER PRAYER GROUP …
 
I WANT TO THANK BARBERA SO MUCH … AS SHE PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO COMMITTING TO THIS PRAYER GROUP AND ORGANIZING IT AND GETTING IT STARTED … SO MY DEAR DAUGHTER  BARBERA … YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE  IN MY HEART … AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY … VERY MUCH … AND THIS WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED …
 
AND ALSO … AND I HAVEN’T IN THE PAST … BUT I WILL TONIGHT … TO WISH MY DAUGHTER JEAN … A HAPPY … HAPPY BIRTHDAY …
 
MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN … I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH … AND I BLESS YOU ALL … 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 as a dove and ray’s of light are coming down towards everyone …
-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 who usually goes on to the radio internet –that is not working this evening.
       
That is all for this evening … Thank you for joining us in prayer.

Message to Darrell Bennett Feb.4, 2008

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Monday, February 04, 2008
BVM to db during 10:00AM Cenacle of Prayer
 
My children I love you. I intercede for you always with my Son, Jesus.
 
Dear children give thanks to God for the countless blessings and graces He has bestowed on you and continues to bestow from moment to moment.
 
My dear children give thanks to God for the gift of penance. Heed my plea, Penance! Penance! Penance!
 
Darrell Bennett, President
Miracle of the Rosary Mission, Inc.
1444C Hwy 1
Thibodaux, LA 70301
USA

Message to Louise Feb. 5, 2008

Message via L., V+J
February 5, 2008- - -10:40 A.M.

L. began to receive a message from St. Peter, and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your Most Precious Blood."

"People of the world, hear me. I am your first Pope, Peter, chosen by God, Jesus, assisted by Mary, to spread Jesus' word around the world. His Church's foundation is built on a Rock, I am that Rock.

Priests today do not vow poverty, chastity, obedience with celebacy to our God. The majority want all that the world offers and priesthood too. You cannot have both! Each is a full time job that requires your full attention, all your love, all your strength.
I gave my all to set a firm foundation for what is called 'The One, Holy, Catholic, Apostolic Church'. The Apostles and I went out to teach you the TRUE word of Jesus Christ that we were taught by Him.

Many priests today DO NOT believe in transubstantiation! Even the Commandments are ignored. Oh, what they have to answer for before God!
You men have a great responsibility. Fulfill your mission! Life is short!
ETERNITY IS FOREVER! Give your life to God! Live your life for God! Lead your flock!

Heaven or Hell is your final reward. Choose one!

your brother in Christ, Peter (Saint) V+J


Medjugorje Day By Day  Feb 05 - CHARITY CANNOT REPLACE FASTING
 
 
After our affections have been moved in prayer, we need not multiply considerations, but stop a little and dwell upon those already made; then from time to time, say to Our Lord some word of compunction, love or resignation, according as we feel ourselves inclined. This is the best kind of prayer. -- St. Jane Frances de Chantal (BC Catholic)

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"All the sacraments, O Jesus, and especially this sacrament of the Eucharist, flow forth from your loving heart.  I wish I could give you as much honor and glory as you give your Father in this divine mystery.  I know you love me now with the same degree of love that compelled you to die on the cross for me.
Divine Heart, introduce yourself to those who do not know you....  I adore
you, I thank you, I love you, with every soul who loves you at this  moment." (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

Pope John Paul II -

Pope John Paul II to Bishop Hnilica August 1, 1989
"Medjugorje is the fulfillment and continuation of Fatima." Medjugorje and the Church, Sr Emmanuel & Denis Nolan p 19
 
Mother Teresa  -
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine and the branches, which is the illustration Jesus gives us in the Gospel of John.
We need prayer.
We need that union to produce good fruit.

 Meditations by Padre Pio -
 
 
One searches for God in books.
One finds Him in meditation.
-
 Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
 
Tears of salvation!
"Even in their early failures, the parents are not to be discouraged, remembering that fifteen centuries ago when the heart of a mother was broken for her wanton boy, St. Ambrose said to her: `Fear not, Monica; the child of so many tears cannot perish.' That vain and wanton boy grew up to be the great and learned St. Augustine, whose Confessions everyone ought to read before he dies."

St. Faustina's diary
 
Jesus told me that I please Him best by meditating on His sorrowful Passion, and by such meditation much light falls upon my soul. He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. When I meditate upon the Passion of Jesus, I get a clear understanding of many things I could not comprehend before. I want to resemble You, O Jesus,-You crucified, tortured, and humiliated. Jesus, imprint upon my heart and soul Your own humility. I love You, Jesus, to the point of madness, You who were crushed with suffering as described by the prophet [cf. Isaiah 53:2-9], as if he could not see the human form in You because of Your great suffering. It is in this condition, Jesus, that I love You to the point of madness. O eternal and infinite God, what has love done to You?...       (267)
 
When Jesus ravished me by His beauty and drew me to Himself, I then saw what in my soul was displeasing to Him and made up my mind to remove it, cost what it may; and aided by the grace of God I did remove it at once. This magnanimity pleased the Lord, and from that moment God started granting me higher graces. In my interior life I never reason; I do not analyze the ways in which God's Spirit leads me. It is enough for me to know that I am loved and that I love. Pure love enables me to know God and understand many mysteries.       (293)

 
MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY

These thoughts for a day are taken from a daily meditation book based on the Messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje by Father Richard J. Beyer, Ave Maria Press.
 
Feb 5 - CHARITY CANNOT REPLACE FASTING

Our Lady speaks of something very important to her:
"The best fast is on bread and water. Through fasting and prayer, one can stop wars, one can suspend the laws of nature. Charity cannot replace fasting. Those who are not able to fast can sometimes replace it with prayer, charity, and a confession; but everyone, except the sick, must fast. (First Years Message July 21,1982)

In Matthew's gospel, Jesus answers a question on fasting: Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?" And Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom will no longer be with them, and then they will fast" (Mt 9:14-15)
 
Reflection:

As we await the second coming of the bridegroom, we are now in that perilous time when it is proper to fast. Since the seers of Medjugorje have been advised on fasting by Our Lady, it would be wise to hear their views.
When asked the purpose of fasting, Vicka responded:
"Through fasting we purify our hearts. In order to have a pure heart, we need the grace that comes from fasting. And when we totally cleanse our hearts, we are able to realize the Blessed Mother's plan, and what she is expecting from us.
Concerning problems we may encounter in fasting, Vicka advises:
The first time is always the most difficult. When we try to fast, Satan tries hard to distract us, to make us think, "Well, I could eat a little something extra." We have to pray hard this first time, really hard. When we pray and when we fast, Satan can do nothing to us. The second time will be easier, and the third time even easier. Then it will become natural.
 
Application:

Make a commitment in prayer to fast this Friday. If it is your first time, be sure to set aside extra time for prayer to ward off diversions by the Evil One.

Mark Mallett How Cold is it in Your House?
 
http://www.markmallett.com/blog/
 
http://www.markmallett.com/blog/?p=640

WHEN I visited former Yugoslavia just over a year ago, I was taken to a little make-shift village where war refugees were living. They came there by rail-car, fleeing the devastating bombs and bullets which still mark many of the apartments and businesses of Bosnia’s cities and towns.
 
Even though the war has been over for several years, these refugees are still living in these little shacks, put together with various board and metal scraps, with dangerous asbestos roofs… and children playing in and around them. For doors and window coverings, many families only had curtains—not much protection against a cold winter day.

Without social assistance, these families are doing what they can to survive. And a little nun from England is doing what she can to help. Sr. Josephine Walsh started a project called "Housing Aid Bosnia." With the donations she’s receiving, she’s building homes, one at time, for these destitute families.

When I was there, I put on an impromptu concert for the village. I had a chance to share with them, especially the teenagers, the Gospel message. I told them that, though they were poor, North American kids were often much poorer because they have everything, except in many souls, Jesus. When it was time to leave, the village gathered round, and I promised them that I would tell my readers about their dire situation.

I recently found the contact information for Sr. Josephine which I had misplaced. I phoned her in January, and she said the need there is more desperate than ever.

Pray about it. If you can give, here is the address below to which you can mail a donation (in US or Canadian currency). Also… is there anyone out there able to take this project under their wing? A businessman, or philanthropist?

God bless you, and thank you for letting me ask this of you. I won’t do this often here (other than begging every blue moon for my own minstry’s needs):
 
Housing Aid Bosnia
C/O Sr. Josephine Walsh
13 Aspreys
Olney, Bucks
MK46 5LN
England, UK
Phone: +44 0 1234 712162