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Message to Fr. Melvin Doucette March 3, 2008

 

Remain always close to your Father

 

Reading: Isaiah 40:1-11

 

Dear friends,

 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear Psalm 27:1

 

My time of prayer this morning was spent with God the Father who said, Melvin, I love you and bless you. I hold you in My Heart together with all My sons and daughters living in every country of the world. My Heart is full of joy when you open your heart full of love to Jesus and to your Father in heaven. You know that I am everywhere and if you believe in Me, I am in your heart closer to you than your own breath. If you live close to Me, there is no reason to fear for I will protect you.

 

This is the time of Lent, a time of repentance and of coming close to Jesus, My Son. He spent forty days in the desert without eating or drinking and these days were spent with Me. Only at the end was He tempted by the devil and Jesus rejected him. I call you to fight the good fight and to defeat the evil one. I am your Father who loves you and provides for you. I am your Creator who gave you life and all your gifts. With Jesus, My Son, you can defeat your enemy as He did, but this means that you are always united to Him. Alone you will fail utterly so do not let the enemy have the upper hand, but keep close to Jesus, your Saviour.

 

Prayer is extremely important for a Christian. Without prayer you cannot call yourself a Christian. Prayer keeps the vital link strong with Jesus and your Father. The relationship between us grows when you spend time in prayer. Come to prayer every day and know that We are listening with an open heart to every prayer. Your love for Us will grow and your faith will also increase. For many people, their faith is very weak because they have abandoned private prayer. During this time of Lent you need to pray more intensely and to pray more often during the day. You need to read the Bible and listen to the Word of Life. You are My children and I love you all. Remain always close to your Father.

 

Father Melvin

 

P.S. All the Sunday Masses around here were cancelled yesterday because of the storm. The roads were not cleared all day. I celebrated Sunday Mass at the little shrine of Our Lady of Prince Edward Island but only a few people attended. I celebrated my birthday at home and in a very quiet way as no one could move around outside. Today I will go to the Manor to celebrate Holy Mass at 1:30 p.m. It will be different there now that my mother is no longer there. She passed away on February 27.

 

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Holy Mass                                 Wednesday and Saturday                       9:30 a.m.

 

Rosary and Healing Mass           usually on first Friday                             7:00 p.m.

 

Marian Cenacle              other Fridays of the month                      7:30 p.m.

 

*Schedules may change depending on Fr. Melvin's commitments. The Prayer Room is usually open during the day, but we recommend that visitors call ahead.

 

Message to Louise March 2, 2008

HYPERCRITICAL!
Message via L., V+J
March 2, 2008- - -12:50 P.M.

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

Then your God spoke, " I tell you, there are innumerable electrons (minute in
size) filling your air, your atmosphere. One day soon 'fire will come from the
sky' and the air will burst into flame!

Evil men have destroyed all of My perfect creation. In the end the earth
will be an inferno. 'All will be purified as gold in fire.' Sirach 2:5
Ecclesiaticus 2:5

Anyone, anything not of Me will be completely destroyed!

A dark cloud made by sin hangs heavily above the earth. Be ready in spirit
through prayer and sacrifice to face your Master. There is nothing, absolutely
nothing, that can extinguish this fire.

It has been foretold to My writers of Holy Scripture many, many years ago.
Believe Me, it will be for all is true.

Chemicals, toxins fill the air. 'FIRE WILL FALL FROM THE SKY'.* All will
be reduced to ashes. Nothing not of Me will remain!

Be ready, for this day is VERY, VERY NEAR! Amen, I have spoken!"

* Revelations 13:13, Rev. 8:5-7-8, Rev. 9:6, Rev. 15:1-2

 

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Medjugorje Day By Day Mar 05 - Significance of Ashes

 

"In the Eucharistic sacrifice, we bring the suffering of all our brothers and sisters who live in poverty and darkness to unite with the sufferings of Jesus on the cross" (Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta).

 

 

The Cross is to the creature as the bridle to the horse. What would happen to the horse if man would not use the bridle? The Cross tames him and restrains him. It softens him, pacifies him and leads him by the hand.

 

"The Eucharist is connected with the Passion. If Jesus had not established the Eucharist we would have forgotten the crucifixion. It would have faded into the past and we would have forgotten that Jesus loved us. There is a saying that to be far away from the eyes is to be far away from the heart. To make sure that we do not forget, Jesus gave us the Eucharist as a memorial of his love"  (Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta).

 

 

Mother Teresa -

You have a challenge from Jesus to meet:
He has shed the light, and you will take His light and lighten every heart you meet.

 

 Everything that is suffering to us touches Jesus

 

Pope John Paul II's Message for Lent 2002

 In his annual Lenten Message, Pope John Paul II asks Christians to focus on the theme of "You received without paying, give without pay"(Mt 10:8). This Lent we need to contemplate that everything we have—our life, the Redemption—"has been given to us by God's loving initiative" and that "God has freely given us his Son." We Christians should "marvel in their heart of hearts at the greatness of such a gift."

We need to pull away from the world's focus of human relationships "based on self-interest and personal gain" which fosters "an egocentric vision of life." Instead we need to recognize "every person, even the least gifted, must be welcomed and loved for themselves, regardless of their qualities and defects."

The Pope also continued his stress on the "culture of life," an issue so important during his papacy. The "beginning of life and its marvelous development" is a gift from God. "And because it is a gift life can never be regarded as a possession or as private property." He repeated "that not everything that is technically possible is morally acceptable."

"Since we have received this life freely, we must in turn offer it freely to our brothers and sisters" and the Holy Father concluded with the exhortation to prepare for Lent "in practical generosity towards the poorest of our brothers and sisters!

 

 Significance of Ashes

Ash Wednesday opens up this season of penitence.

"Remember, man, you are dust, and unto dust you shall return."

So says the priest as he makes the sign of cross with ashes on our foreheads. The ashes are made by burning the previous year's blessed palms. This is a vivid reminder of our mortal nature. We are bodies fashioned from dust. "Then the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being" (Gen 2:7). Our bodies were made from nothing, and will return to nothing when we die. Ashes are a symbol of this passing world, a reminder of our death.

The imposition of ashes is also a symbol of penance and sorrow for our sins. The practice of sprinkling ashes on one's head as a sign of penance was customary even in the Old Testament—in the Book of Esther, Mordecai put on sackcloth and ashes (Est 4:1); Job sat in sackcloth and ashes to repent (Job 42:6); all of Ninevah put on sackcloth and ashes to repent after Jonah's preaching (Jon 3:5-6). In early Christian centuries the imposition of ashes was only used for public sinners, but around the year 1000 popes and all faithful started to receive the ashes as a sincere and external token that we are all poor sinners. 

Ashes remind us of the curse from Genesis. After Adam and Eve committed the Original Sin, God expelled them from the Garden of Eden with these words:

Cursed be the ground because of you; in toil shall you eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, and you shall eat the plants in the field. In the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, since out of it you were taken; for dust you are and unto dust you shall return (Gen 3:17-19).

The Church repeats these words as the cross is traced on our foreheads "Remember, man, you are dust and to dust you shall return." Thus this opens a theme that is echoed throughout Lent and then decidedly pronounced during the Easter Vigil. In the Exsultet, the Church rejoices in this Original Sin, because it brought the Redemption: "O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for us so great a Redeemer!"

The liturgy of Ash Wednesday gives us guidelines for our 40 day journey. We pray for blessing upon our endeavors in the opening prayer at Mass:

"Lord, protect us in our struggle against evil. As we begin the discipline of Lent, make this season holy by our self-denial."

The Old Testament reading is from the Prophet Joel 2:18. Here the message is very clear: do penance, but avoid an outward show, "Rend your hearts and not your garments." Our penance should not be mere hypocrisy. It is an interior change that is more important.  

 

 Love is that which goes above everything. Therefore he who loves much, and not he who does much, will be more acceptable to God

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Walk with simplicity in the ways of the Lord and do not torment your spirit. Your must hate your faults, but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless. We must be patient with them and gain from them through holy humility. Without that patience, instead of diminishing, your imperfections will increase constantly, as there is nothing that nourishes our defects like restlessness, and the haste to drive them away.

 

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

There is a difference between good and evil

"Thus humility is the pathway to Truth and inner peace is grounded on the recognition of two dimensions beyond the flatness of the mass level: one is the recognition of the dimension of height, which is the Sanctity above, the other is the dimension of depth, which is the existence of evil within the human heart."

 

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

 When I entered my solitude, I heard these words: At the hour of their death, I defend as My own glory every soul that will say this chaplet; or when others say it for a dying person, the indulgence is the same. When this chaplet is said by the bedside of a dying person, God's anger is placated, unfathomable mercy envelops the soul, and the very depths of My tender mercy are moved for the sake of the sorrowful Passion of My Son.

Oh, if only everyone realized how great the Lord's mercy is and how much we all need that mercy, especially at that crucial hour!       (811)

O bright and clear day on which all my dreams will be fulfilled; O day so eagerly desired, the last day of my life! I look forward with joy to the last stroke the Divine Artist will trace on my soul, which will give my soul a unique beauty that will distinguish me from the beauty of other souls. O great day, on which divine love will be confirmed in me. On that day, for the first time, I shall sing before heaven and earth the song of the Lord's fathomless mercy. This is my work and the mission which the Lord has destined for me from the beginning of the world. That the song of my soul may be pleasing to the Holy Trinity, do You, O Spirit of God, direct and form my soul yourself. I arm myself with patience and await Your coming, O merciful God, and as to the terrible pains and fear of death, at this moment more than at any other time, I trust in the abyss of Your mercy and am reminding You, O merciful Jesus, sweet Savior, of all the promises You have made to me.       (825)

 

 

MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAY

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MARCH 5 - MAKE A SPECIAL DECISION FOR PRAYER

The Mother of Jesus urges us to pray as a defense against evil. To Ivan's prayer group:

"Dear children, your Mother warns you tonight that Satan is active in a special way these days. Do not allow emptiness inside of you, but fill this emptiness with prayer. Dear children, prayer is the best medicine these days to defend yourselves against evil. And so, dear children, make a special decision for prayer during Lent. Tonight I expect you to pray the Glorious Mysteries when you return home." (Visionaries Prayer Group February 19, 1990)

Fittingly, Psalm 54 is entitled, "Confident Prayer in Great Peril": But surely, God is my helper; The Lord is the upholder of my life. He will repay my enemies for their evil. In your faithfulness, put an end to them. With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good. For he has delivered me from every trouble, And my eye has looked in triumph on My enemies. ---Psalm 54:4-7

Reflection:

As Our Lady tells us today, prayer is our chief weapon against evil. It is of such importance that she once told Jelena, the elocutionist, "I have nothing else to tell you, but pray, pray, pray."

In a sermon on prayer, Fr. Tomislav Vlasic, formerly assigned to Medjugorje, made the analogy that, "Just as we find ourselves talking to a friend for hours on end, so it is just as natural to talk with Jesus Christ." On problems in prayer, he suggests that, "If we are distracted or absent-minded in prayer, it may be that we are too far from God, too devoted to the world, and have not given enough time to seeking him in prayer."

He adds: "I therefore invite you to a continuous deepening of prayer. The Holy Spirit will enlighten you each step of the way and Satan will be completely disarmed."

Application:

Let's simply heed the Virgin's advice today: "Don't allow emptiness inside of you; fill this emptiness with prayer…it is the best medicine to defend yourselves against evil."

 

 

Medjugorje Day By Day Mar 04 - JESUS GIVES HIMSELF TO YOU!

 

 


"From the shedding of His blood, came our redemption.  From the beating of His heart in love for us, came the Blessed Eucharist" (Fr. Leonard Feeney, M.I.C.M.).

 

Your Cross St. Francis De Sales

The everlasting God has in His wisdom foreseen from eternity the cross that He now presents to you as a gift from His inmost heart.

This cross He now sends you He has
considered with His all-knowing eyes,
understood with His divine mind,
tested with His wise justice, warmed with
loving arms and weighed with His own hands to see that it be not one inch too large and not one ounce too heavy for you.

He has blessed it with His holy Name,
anointed it with His consolation,
taken one last glance at you and your courage,
and then sent it to you from heaven,
a special greeting from God to you,
an alms of the all-merciful love of God. Amen!

 

To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees.
     ~ Billy Graham

 

Mother Teresa -

Christ must be the light that shines through you, and the people looking at you must see only Jesus.

 

 It is necessary to empty yourself of everything in order to be able to be filled with the All of God.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Let us walk always, even with slow steps, as long as we have good intentions, we cannot but make progress. No, it is not necessary to be always attentive to everything for the exercize of the virtues.

 

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Dare to be right!

"Mediocrity can be a terrific form of tyranny, and it has a thousand and one penalties for those who forsake the external standards for an inward change of heart to a line of conduct above the level. When a thousand people are walking to the edge of an abyss, the one who is seen walking in the opposite direction is taunted for not following the mob. We must be humble to bear up under these reproaches and dare to be right when the majority is wrong."

 

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

Today, I received a letter from Father Sopocko. I learned from it that God Himself is conducting this whole affair. And as the Lord has begun it, so will He continue to carry it along. And the greater the difficulties which I see, the more am I at peace. Oh, if in this whole matter the glory of God and the profit to souls were not greatly served, Satan would not be opposing it so much. But he senses what he is going to lose because of it. I have now learned that Satan hates mercy more than anything else. It is his greatest torment. Still, the word of God will not pass away; God's utterance is living; difficulties will not suppress the works of God, but show that they are God's...       (764)

 

 

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. 

MARCH 4 -  JESUS GIVES HIMSELF TO YOU!

The Virgin speaks to Jelena of the joy of salvation:

How can you not be happy? Jesus gives himself to you! I wish to fill the souls of all. But I am sad this evening, for many have not prepared themselves for Easter. Thus Jesus will not be able to unite himself to their souls on that great day (Locution Jelena and Mirajana April 14, 1984)

Paul explains salvation as a pure gift of Christ:

But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God (Eph 2:4-8).

Reflection:

St. Paul emphasizes that we do not need to live any longer under sin's power. The penalty of sin and its power over us were destroyed by Christ on the cross. Through him we stand acquitted, "not guilty," before God (cf. Rom 3:21-22).

Our Lady urges us to accept and rejoice in this gift of salvation. When someone gives you a gift, do you say, "That's very nice, now how much do I owe you?" No the appropriate response is, "Thank you." Yet some of us, even after we've been given the gift of salvation, feel obligated to try to work or earn our own way to God. But because salvation and even faith are pure gifts, our response can only be one of gratitude, praise, and joy.

Application:

Have we ever accepted, deep down, the gift of salvation? Today, pray that you may experience the awesome impact of this greatest of gifts, as Our Lady urges.

 

 

 

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The cross is to the creature as the bridle to the horse. What would happen to the horse if man would not use the bridle?

 

 

"Jesus in the Eucharist, we glorify You, above all, in union with Mary Immaculate, Queen of Heaven.  We offer You through her, her homage of boundless love and fervent reparation.  Yes, adorable Jesus, it is in union with her that we come today to praise Your infinite mercies; with her we wish to weep over
Your mystic agony in the Tabernacle where You are forsaken and saddened by the  ingratitude of so many!" (Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey).

 

Pope John Paul II to Bishop Hnilica
"Our Lady of Medjugorje will save America." Medjugorje and the Church, Sr Emmanuel & Denis Nolan p 18

 

 

Mother Teresa

The fruit of Silence is Prayer.
The fruit of Prayer is Faith.
The fruit of Faith is Love.
The fruit of Love is Service.
The fruit of Service is Peace.

 

Meditations by Padre Pio -

Don't be upset when you are unable to meditate, receive Communion or carry out all the pious practices. In the meantime, try to make up for this in different manner, by keeping yourself united to Our Lord with a loving will, with ejaculatory prayers and Spiritual Communions.

 

 

 

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

 It takes courage to follow your convictions

"Humility is required to challenge mediocrity; one must be ready to brave the taunts of those who knock anyone in the head who raises himself above the masses."

 

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

Act of total abandonment to the will of God, which is for me, love and mercy itself.

Act of Oblation

Jesus-Host, whom I have this very moment received into my heart, through this union with You I offer myself to the heavenly Father as a sacrificial host, abandoning myself totally and completely to the most merciful and holy will of my God. From today onward, Your will, Lord, is my food. Take my whole being; dispose of me as You please. Whatever Your fatherly hand gives me, I will accept with submission, peace and joy. I fear nothing, no matter in what direction You lead me; helped by Your grace I will carry out everything You demand of me. I no longer fear any of Your inspirations nor do I probe anxiously to see where they will lead me. Lead me, O God, along whatever roads You please; I have placed all my trust in Your will which is, for me, love and mercy itself.

Bid me to stay in this convent, I will stay; bid me to undertake the work, I will undertake it; leave me in uncertainty about the work until I die, be blessed; give me death when, humanly speaking, my life seems particularly necessary, be blessed. Should You take me in my youth, be blessed; should You let me live to a ripe old age, be blessed. Should You give me health and strength, be blessed; should You confine me to a bed of pain for my whole life, be blessed. Should You give only failures and disappointments in life, be blessed. Should You allow my purest intentions to be condemned, be blessed. Should You enlighten my mind, be blessed. Should You leave me in darkness and all kinds of torments, be blessed.

From this moment on, I live in the deepest peace, because the Lord Himself is carrying me in the hollow of His hand. He, Lord of unfathomable mercy, knows that I desire Him alone in all things, always and everywhere.       (1264)

 

 

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. 

Mar 3 - PEOPLE RESUME THEIR BAD HABITS

The Blessed Mother was in tears when she gave this message to the visionaries:

"So many people who have been here, and have started to pray, to be converted, to fast, and to do penance, quickly forget when they return home, and resume their bad habits." (Special Message April 24, 1984)

Our Lady's implicit call to repentance is echoed by the prophet Joel:

Put on sackcloth and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, You ministers of my God! Grain offering and drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. Sanctify a fast, Call a solemn assembly, Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the Lord your God, And cry out to the Lord. Joel 1 :13-14

Reflection :

Lent is a time for renewal and repentance, for turning back to God with our whole heart. Although we may have stepped backwards in our spiritual journey, now is the time to rearrange our priorities, to recommit ourselves to the Lord. Of this renewal, Pope Paul VI wrote :

We must aim above all at an inner renewal, a liberation from the mere following of conventions, a new departure in our way of thinking. More than anything else, we must lament our shortcomings before God, and the community of our brethren. We must renew the self-understanding each must have of himself or herself as a child of God, as a Christian, as a member of the Church. May our Lenten renewal reward us with a deeper share of God's love and peace at the feast of Easter.

Application :

Remembering Our Lady in tears, reflect on how you can deepen your spiritual life during these remaining days of Lent.

Message to Michael DiBitetto March 2, 2008


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


March 2, 2008

Sunday evening 6:00 p.m.


Tonight we prayed The Marian Prayers


(Due to the snowstorm on Saturday we had to cancel the rosary at 12:00noon) It will take place this Saturday on the 8th same time)

 

 At the beginning of the 4th decade, Our Blessed Mother has appeared as…

 

“Our Lady Of Sorrows”
 

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 over everyone’s head … including everyone on the radio internet.

       

And now once again… I see …

 

"OUR LADY OF SORROWS"

 

MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN

        ONLY A FEW WEEKS LEFT OF LENT … HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DONE FOR LENT … IT IS EASY TO SAY:  YOU’VE DONE THIS  OR YOU’VE DONE THAT … BUT


IT’S HARDER TO SAY:  I DID NOT GO HERE BECAUSE I WENT TO GO PRAY … OR I DID NOT HAVE THIS TO EAT … INSTEAD I SAID PRAYERS … THAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF LENT … AND IT SHOULD BE THE TRUE MEANING YEAR ROUND …

 

TO DO SOMETHING FOR OUR LORD … AND TO GIVE UP SOMETHING FOR PLEASURE … BUT MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN I CAN ONLY … TELL YOU A FEW THINGS … I CAN NOT MAKE YOU DO ANYTHING … THAT IS YOUR FREE-WILL … IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN COME TO THE PRAYER GROUP … MAYBE ONCE A MONTH … THAT IS YOUR FREE WILL … THE OTHER NIGHTS … YOUR JUST SITTING HOME … THINK ABOUT IT …

 

MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 

        YES I AM OUR LADY OF SORROWS … AS IN A FEW WEEKS MY SON WILL BE CRUCIFIED ONCE AGAIN … AND HE WILL DIE … FOR YOUR SINS … THINK OF HOW … YOU ARE REPAYING HIM …

 

MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 

        PLEASE … CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR PEACH IN THE WORLD … AS NOW LOOK AT ISRAEL … AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS … LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ISRAEL HAS KILLED … AND THEY ARE IN PEACE TALKS …WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY WERE NOT IN PEACE TALKS?  WOULD THEY KILL MORE THAN THE SIXTY PEOPLE THEY HAVE ALREADY KILLED?

 

IT IS EASY FOR THE POLITICIANS … TO SAY:  WE WILL PULL-OUT TROOPS AND HAVE PEACE … OR WE WILL SEND MORE TROOPS TO SECURE PEACE …

 

NO POLITICIAN CAN DO THINGS ALONE … NO POLITICIAN … IS HONEST … POLITICIANS ONLY SAY:  WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR …

 

MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 

        DISASTER’S HAVE OCCURRED … AND STARTING WITH ISRAEL KILLING OVER SIXTY PALESTINIANS THIS PAST WEEK … AND MORE ARE TO COME …


DISASTERS WILL CONTINUE … AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE DISASTERS THIS WEEK … THEY WILL NOT BE PLEASANT MY DEAR CHILDREN … AS NO DISASTER REALLY IS …

 

 PEOPLE … THEY ARE NOT COMPREHENDING WHAT MY SON YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR HAS SAID:  THERE IS NO PEACE IN THE WORLD … AND THIS IS NOT JUST  PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO MUCH ANGER TODAY … THEY HAVE NO PEACE IN THEIR HEARTS …  THERE ARE SOME … GETTING TO BE MENTALLY  ILL … A WOMAN LEAVING A BABY IN A TAXI … WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? … I PROTECTED THAT CHILD … UNTIL THE PROPER AUTHORITIES ARRIVED …

 

MY DEAR … DEAR CHILDREN …
 

        I AM WELL PLEASED … OF THIS MORNING FOR THE 5:00 A.M.  HOW MANY PEOPLE MADE THE SACRIFICE … AND THEY HAD MOST OF THE DAY TO PRAY FOR THE 5:00 A.M.  AND MANY DID … I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PRAYED … THE PRAYERS OF THE 5:00 A.M.  (Holy Hour)

 

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 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 on the radio internet .

 

* Reminder for Saturday …3-8-08 … we will pray the forty decades of the rosary at 12:00 noon … please join us if you can … and you can also join us here on the radio-internet to pray along with us.   
 

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

 

 

GOD BLESS YOU AND MAY OUR BLESSED MOTHER BE ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE ... The T.R.U.S.T  Prayer- Group ...

 
 

*A special note... The periods that sometimes appear after some of Blessed Mothers words   mean this is where She has .... paused.... before Her next word or paragraph.


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