Topic: Prophecy Meditation
Medjugorje Day By Day May 10 - Celebrate the Eucharist
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."
St. Juan Diego, Visionary of Guadalupe, Mexico (1474-1548)—December 9
"A peasant named Juan Diego saw before him, on the rugged slopes of Tepeyac hill, the Virgin Mary bathed in supernatural radiance.
`I ardently desire'' she said, `that a church be built here.' Right from the start, then, God's mother indicated the Eucharistic orientation of her mission.
Very significantly, too, Juan Diego was at the time making his way to Mass" (Fr. Richard Foley, S.J.).
Meditations by Padre Pio -Do not be so completely dedicated to Martha's activity that you forget the silence or self-abandonment of Mary. May the Virgin, who combines the duties so well, be your model and inspiration.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Look for the good in others and you'll feel better about your own soul
"By finding black spots in others, they believe they distract attention from their own miserable state. The good conscience, on the contrary, finds good in others even when there is some discontent with self."
St. Faustina's diary <http://www.marian.org/directory_flash.html> -
Once when I was being crushed by these dreadful sufferings, I went into the chapel and said from the bottom of my soul, "Do what You will with me, O Jesus; I will adore You in everything. May Your will be done in me, O my Lord and my God, and I will praise Your infinite mercy."
Through this act of submission, these terrible torments left me. Suddenly I saw Jesus, who said to me, I am always in your heart. An inconceivable joy entered my soul, and a great love of God set my heart aflame. I see that God never tries us beyond what we are able to suffer.
Oh, I fear nothing; if God sends such great suffering to a soul, He upholds it with an even greater grace, although we are not aware of it. One act of trust at such moments gives greater glory to God than whole hours passed in prayer filled with consolations.
Now I see that if God wants to keep a soul in darkness, no book, no confessor can bring it light. (78)
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 10 - CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST
Our Lady speaks today of cherishing the Mass:
You do not celebrate the Eucharist as you should. If you knew what graces and what gifts you receive, you would prepare yourselves for it for at least and hour every day. (First Year 1985)
In the chapter six of John's gospel, Christ speaks of the Eucharist:
So Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Those who eat my flesh and drink up on the last day; for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink" (Jn 6:53-55).
Reflection:
The western church has often taken the Mass for granted; we have been spared the persecutions that once tormented Easter Europe and the former Soviet Union under Communism. The following story May help us change our perspective:
In 1956, news came through about one of Stalin's forced-labor camps in Siberia, by way of a Dr. Joseph Scholmer, who had been a prisoner there. He said that 4 bishops, 700 priests, and 900 monks and nuns had been deported from Lithuania, as well as many lay Catholics, They worked in mines 600 feet below the ground, and Mass was often said down there by some priest dressed in his usual overalls.
The altar-hosts came by mail from Lithuania, allowed through as "Lithuanian bread," and the wine was from the Crimea. The miners had made a tiny silver chalice only one and one-quarter inches high. At Easter over 400 of the Lithuanian miners received their Easter communion hidden in tins of cigarettes which were being distributed.
Each host, wrapped in a small piece of linen, was hidden under a top layer of cigarettes, and broken up for four communicants.
Application:
Have you ever complained about attending Mass because of the weather, distance, or other reasons? Today, pray especially for a greater love for the sacrament.
Public Message
Our Lady of Emmitsburg
To the World
through Gianna Sullivan
May 15, 2005
Pentecost Sunday
Little children, praised be Jesus!
Little ones, receive the Holy Spirit! Receive the gift of wisdom, the gift of piety, the gift of knowledge, the gift of understanding, the gift of fortitude, the gift of counsel, and the gift of holy fear of God.
May all give praise and honor and glory to God the Father, God the Son & God the Holy Spirit!
What a wondrous day today! I, a humble servant, receive your prayers most graciously and I present them to my most adorable Son. How blessed you are to gather in His Most Holy Name and to give him honor and praise!
I take all of your petitions; and at the same time, I see within your hearts all the suffering and pain. For this you must bow most graciously to His Divine Will, for in suffering there is healing; and my Son will lift your suffering just as quickly as it was given to you, in good time and with good reason.
Unite together and know that people must love you to love God within you, not love your outward appearances but your inward love of God. When you are close to God, they oftentimes see what they want; and when they cannot have what you have, then sometimes other human elements get in the way.
But in silence and in prayer, all shall come to know the Truth, that the glorified God is in each person in the spirit of humility, Love and compassion.
Through the gifts of the Holy Spirit, all shall rise to a level that can be attainable only through God Himself.
I love you. I thank you in His Most Glorious Name. Peace to you.
Current Message
Public Message
Our Lady of Emmitsburg
To the World
through Gianna Sullivan
April 6, 2008Little children, praised be Jesus!
Alleluia! He is your risen Savior! As a human body will die, He lives and will never die. His suffering was for your redemption, so that death from all evil would never take hold of you and so that you would have the opportunity to live with Him forever. What love surpasses His Love?
Throughout my life I was His most faithful disciple. I surrendered everything unto Him to follow Him wherever He went, no matter how painful, no matter how sorrowful. This is why I say: "Do whatever He tells you!" (John 2:5)
As your Mother, I love you. I am with you, taking your petitions to my most Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart. My Son is a unifying source of all love.
Trust Him. Never be afraid, because He is with you; and His Death was just for that—that you would be free to live in Him forever.
Rejoice, and be glad!
I take all of your petitions, and I thank God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for allowing me to distribute graces and healing to all of you.
Follow Him! Follow Him! Follow Him and only Him! Do whatever He tells you to do. Peace.Reflection by Fr. John B. Wang
Jesus is the only WAY to Heaven. "Follow Him," thus insists our anxious Mother in this message. Jesus alone is LIFE, for by His death He destroyed death, and by His rising He restored life. Jesus is our Savior and it is in Him that we are saved.
Mary followed Jesus. No one is more intimately united to Him than She. Mother and Son are purely blended in Twin Hearts. Jesus and Mary lived, prayed, suffered and, in a certain sense, died together.
One is the Master, the Other the most faithful disciple. One was transfixed by a lance, the Other by a sword. One is the Redeemer, the Other the Co-Redemptrix.
Rejoice, and be glad!
We are people of Resurrection. We are Heaven-bound, led by two firm and loving hands.
The Hidden Life of Our Lord as told to Gianna Sullivan
Current Release
My HIDDEN LIFE
By Our Lord Jesus Christ
to
Gianna Talone Sullivan
11/03/0331. The Love of My Mother
I was sitting on My mother's lap facing her. She was looking at Me. I put both my hands out (palms down) towards her. She kissed both my hands, one first and then the other.
Then I turned My hands over. She kissed the other side of My hands, one first and then the other. I did this three times, and each time she kissed My hands. Then I put My hands on her neck, and I laid My little head on her shoulder.
She held me ever so lovingly. She did not say anything to me. Our Love for one another joined the Love of the Holy Trinity. How important this is for people to take time to love one another.
A moment's rest, a prayerful smile, a genuine look of concern, all send the love and embrace of comfort My mother gave to Me, joined with the Love of the Holy Trinity.
When I was little, times like that gave me the strength later to endure and persevere the torment and agony from people's lack of love. There were moments when I was young that I never wanted to leave My mother's arms.
That is why I held on to her for comfort. I would experience a fear of being alone and abandoned. I did not know at that age what the extent of my anguish later would entail, but I would feel alone and frightened.
My mother would hold me. She did not need to say anything. I wanted her comfort. I was safe with her. She knew exactly how too calm me, love me and protect me with her motherly Love.
No one could replace the Love My mother had for Me and continues to have for Me as well as for all the children of the world. She formed me in her womb, and my soul knew her well.
O' would it be wise and well if people took these words of mine and placed them in their hearts! Praise is ever fitting and necessary to comfort me and to assist in My designs.
All is in the Hands of God! I am here and very much aware of the situations at hand. Do not doubt in the Way of God, but believe and be glad.
My mother will comfort you as she comforted me. She will hold you, calm you, love you and protect you. She is your Mother, too. She will teach you as she taught Me. She will show you the Way and lead you to Me.
She will take you the safest and most direct Way. So, if you ever feel alone or abandoned, you too will have the strength to endure and persevere.END OF VOLUME I.
LESSONS from Our Lord for the World
Final Lesson
Lesson #30 (Final Lesson)
In private chapel at home
November 11-12, 1995, midnightRETURN TO GOD
My dear little one, if ever I wanted to stress upon My people the importance and significance of prayer, there would be no more opportune time than the present. I am not asking My people to give Me all of their undivided attention.
I am asking them to return back to God and to give even a little of their time in prayer and thanksgiving to My Father for all the wonders He gives to all people continuously and unconditionally.
If all My people would pray daily even for a small amount of time, there would be peace and unity. Some of My beloved ones are praying, yet many are not. If ALL would pray, there would be peace through love and mercy.
I desire to give to My people all good things from above. I have given My words of love and My teachings in hope that My people will return to the Way of truth. The future is contingent upon prayer. Much can be mitigated through prayer.
My Father is merciful and kind, especially to the repentant sinner. Just as Nineveh was spared, so too can the world in which you live be spared. Love and mercy are key elements and virtues of the truth. My Father is tender and kind.
He seeks the humble hearts and He is a patient God. There is tremendous hope for the journey for all who desire to know and live the truth. I would like to continue to give My lessons to My people, but I have given My Word through the Scriptures, and I am still waiting for My people to live My Word.
My Word is THE Word. It is already written. It has been available to My people for 2000 years. No new words will make any difference if My Word through Scripture is not practiced.
My beloved priests, bishops, cardinals, deacons, religious, nuns, and even Christian evangelicals and ministers may have studied My Word, but I have invited ALL My people of the world to live My Word.
There comes a time, little one, when no additional words from Me will make any difference or make a greater impact on people.
Those who desire My Word have it already. For those who do not desire to know My Word, then no other words from Me will change their hearts.
Pray for all people. Pray and love all people, even those who seem to be farthest away. Do not be afraid to pray for those who are your enemies.
Do not harden your hearts, but walk through clouds of anger and bitterness and meet them with love, strength and mercy on the other side. There is no need to take justice into your own hands.
There is no need to take prosecution to the full extent of the law. What are needed are contrite hearts, merciful hearts, patient hearts, and hearts of compassion. Those who live My Word have hearts of love, mercy, patience and compassion.
Those who do not live My Word have hearts of stone and live not in My world but in their own. You cannot serve two masters. Those who live by My Word of truth and love know that justice will be fulfilled at the hand of My Father.
You cannot say you are a child of God, a chosen people, and then through words and actions contradict the law of love as I have given it to you.
If you pray, you will know the truth, for the least contradiction to loving would cause inner division, for love and hate are not able to be mixed.
I await My people to return to Love. This does not mean that man is perfect or will not fail. If that were the case, My death for love of you would have been in vain.
It means that through prayer and humility in accepting yourself in failure, you are able to grow in holiness and reach the Kingdom through patience and the virtues dispensed from God. It does not mean that you are not to live by the law established by mankind for structure and organizational standards in society.
What is needed to return to God is to live in a world by the virtues of love and dignity, not revenge, resentment, or hatred. It is so necessary, little one, that My people return to Me soon, before it becomes any more difficult to change.
The longer My people delay, the colder the heart becomes, more and more like stone. But prayer, love and mercy chip away at the stony heart, and soon enough purity radiates beneath all layers.
I am here, little one, for all people. I love all people. I died for all people, and I would die again if I could because of My love for all people. Listen to the teachings of My Church. Listen to My Word and live it.
Just take a few minutes to be with Me, to ponder My love in your life. I want to call all My people to Me. Return to God, My loved ones. Please return. Change the current path towards human destruction to one of love, peace, unity and life.
Live in freedom through living the truth of My Word. I shall not give any new words until My people begin to live My current words, for all is written. My Word will not change. It stands as is for I am the living Word.
Those who live in Me live My Word. So many have chosen to walk away. Come, return to My love. Live My Word of truth. I love you, My beloved people.
I am your Jesus of Mercy. I am Love, and I have so much to give you, more than you could ever imagine. Come, come to Me. Return back to Me. Return to God. All I can ask of you and all I can invite you to is to RETURN TO GOD!
End of Lesson 30.
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