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Monday, 23 June 2008
Prophecy Meditations
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Ampellius with Saturninus, and four children,  the lectors Saturninus (another) and Felix, and the nun, Maria, and the toddler, Hilarion; Senator Dativus; Thelica, Emeritus, Felix, Rogatianus. Victoria, 37 other Christians ( Felix, Quintus, Maximianus, Rogatianus, Rogatus, Januarius, Cassianus, Victorianus, Vincentius, Caecilianus, Restituta, Prima, Rogatianus, Eva, Givalius, Rogatus, Pimponia, Secunda, Januaria, Saturnina, Martinus, Datus, Felix, Margarita, Major, Honorata, Regiola, Victorinus, Pelusius, Faustus, Datianus, Matrona, Caecilia, Heredina, Secunda, Matrona (another), Januaria, of Abitine, in Northwestern Africa.   

   Arrested having prayed the Divine Mysteries in the Emeritus’ house, we proclaimed the faith.  I, Saturninus, was clubbed and died in jail, 12 Feb. 304 A.D.  11 Feb. Roman calendar, 20 Feb.  In Algiers.

 

 

 

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Message to Michael DiBitetto June 22,2008


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

June 22, 2008

Sunday evening 6:00 p.m.

Tonight we prayed The Litany Prayers

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

Our Lady Of All Nations

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 ?OVE 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 ALL NATIONS"



MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN
YOU SEE  DISASTERS CONTINUE  AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY WILL NOT STOP THINGS WILL ONLY  GET WORSE  LOOK AT THE PHILIPPINES ? WITH A TYPHOON  THERE
WILL BE OVER 700 PEOPLE THAT WILL HAVE DIED  AND IT CAN RISE ON THAT NUMBER
ALSO  PRAY THAT IT DOES NOT
THE UNITED STATES IS STILL IN DISASTER IN THE MID WEST  IN IOWA  THEY ARE VERY
CONCERNED  ABOUT THEIR FLOODS ? AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE  NOT ONLY IF
PEOPLE LOSE THEIR HOMES  BUT  THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL FOR THE WATER TO BE
CONTAMINATED  IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DRINK
THEIR FARMS  MOST  MOSTLY ALL OF THEM  HAVE BEEN DAMAGED.



AND AS I HAD SAID: ?IT WILL NOT STOP? ? DISASTERS WILL CONTINUE ?



I HAD SAID QUITE AWHILE AGO: THAT ENGLAND MUST BE AWARE ... OF AN ATTACK  AND
THEY STILL  MUST BE AWARE  THEY MUST BE ON ALERT
ISRAEL IS ON THE ALERT  AS THEY FEEL  IRAN WOULD WANT TO USE THEIR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AGAINST ISRAEL  AND ISRAEL IS WELL PREPARED  BUT ARE THEY PREPARED
?ENOUGH? FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS


MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN
PRAY  PRAY  PRAY  THAT IS  YOUR ONLY SALVATION
AND WHEN YOU PRAY  PLEASE  PRAY FROM YOUR HEART
THINK OF THE WORDS THAT YOU ARE SAYING
AS IF YOU ARE JUST   SAYING A PRAYER
  YOU ARE  NOT PRAYING
IT MUST COME FROM YOUR HEART
THAT IS THE ONLY WAY  YOU CAN FIGHT EVIL
AND AVOID  SIN
AND ALSO  BY GOING TO CONFESSION OFTEN
AND ATTENDING MASS  AND RECEIVING THE BODY OF MY SON
YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST


MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN
THE TIME IS GOING BY  SO FAST  LOOK AT YOUR DAYS  BEFORE YOU TURN AROUND  IT IS ALREADY SO MUCH LATER  DO YOU EVER SAY  
WHERE HAS TIME GONE TODAY AND THAT IS THE TRUTH  BUT IT'S GOING RIGHT BY YOU
  AND IT'S GOING FAST
THAT'S WHY  YOU MUST BE PREPARED

FOR THE RETURN OF MY SON

YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST



THERE ARE MANY  MANY PEOPLE  THAT PRAY SO MUCH
AND THEY PRAY FROM THEIR HEART
THEIR PRAYERS ARE WORTH SO-SO MUCH


MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN
THERE IS NO TIME ? FOR ?ENJOYING YOUR LIFE? ? WITHOUT HAVING PRAYER ?
PRAYER MUST BE PART OF YOUR ?DAILY-ROUTINE? ?



MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN
PLEASE DO REMEMBER  YOU HAVE YOUR FREE-WILL TO DO AS YOU PLEASE  AND
YOU HAVE THE FREE WILL  IF YOU WISH TO BE UNDER MY MANTLE  BUT IT  MUST  BE
FROM YOUR HEART  AS  BEING UNDER MY MANTLE  YOU WILL BE PROTECTED  UNDER MY
MANTLE


MY DEAR  DEAR CHILDREN  I LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY  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 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 nowThe Eucharist are 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.



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 BlessedMothers words mean this is where She has .... paused.... before Her next word or paragraph.

 

Message to Sharon Fitzpatrick June 22, 2008


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


SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2008


MY DEAR DEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN,


IT IS THE DAY OF THE LORD. HOW GLORIOUS - HOW BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU FOR  KEEPING THIS DAY HOLY.


DEAR CHILDREN IT IS GOD'S LOVE AND MERCY THAT DIRECTS ME. HE INITIATES  ALL I SAY TO YOU. YET IN THIS LOVE AND MERCY, I AM ALSO ALLOWED TO  GIVE YOU WORDS THAT COME FROM MY OWN HEART. TODAY I DO THIS AND DO  THIS SO THAT YOU FEEL LOVED AND Cherished BY THIS MOTHER.


MY PRECIOUS LITTLE CHILDREN, IT IS OFTEN THAT I GIVE TO YOU MY KISS,   MY EMBRACE. I OPEN MY HEART TO YOU AND I WHISPER OFTEN TO YOUR HEARTS  - I LOVE YOU. I TELL YOU LITTLE ONES THAT I REMAIN WITH YOU BECAUSE I  PLEADED FOR YOU BEFORE THE FATHER THIS IS MY TRUE AND DEEP LOVE FOR  YOU. I DESIRE THAT YOU HOLD THESE WORDS THESE OFFERINGS OF LOVE IN  YOUR HEARTS AND REFLECT ON THEM OFTEN. THE DAYS AHEAD WILL BE MOST 
DIFFICULT, SO I AM SAYING TO YOU, TRUST IN THIS MOTHER. I AM YOUR  MOTHER AND I WILL CARE FOR YOU ALL IN A SPECIAL WAY. YOU WILL NOT HAVE  TO FEAR ANYTHING, NOR WILL YOU FEEL ABANDONED. I AM YOUR MOTHER AND I  WILL LOVE AND PROTECT YOU ALWAYS. THE ONLY THING YOU MUST DO IS TRUST 
- TRUST TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY. WE ARE FOR EACH OTHER. LISTEN  CAREFULLY, MY DEAR ONES AND RESPOND WITH TRUE LOVE. BE ALERT TO WHAT HAPPENS NOW, BUT ALWAYS REMAIN WITHIN MY HEART. BE AWAKE. LISTEN  CAREFULLY AND BE ALSO FOR EACH OTHER.


AND NOW I GIVE MY BLESSING. IT SHALL BEGIN WITH A KISS AND END IN   EMBRACE. AND SO I GIVE THIS BLESSING OF LOVE IN THE NAME OF THE   FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.


THE BLESSING OF CHRIST COMES ALSO UPON YOU AND IT ALSO COMES TO YOU   WITH THE LOVE AND MERCY OF JESUS AND IT COMES FROM THE LOVING HEARTS   OF MY PRIEST- SONS APPRECIATE THESE BLESSINGS OF LOVE BY PRAISING AND 
THANKING GOD, NOW AND FOREVER.

 

This is What I heard - June 21, 2008 - Lec


This is What I heard June 21, 2008
6:45 AM

Son, hear my words for you and the faithful remnant!

I will not allow destruction of the world in an instant but will permit its
chastisement in phases so as to give those who are still living a chance to
change their ways, repent and seek my face. Each tribe of people has its own justification before me, hence, the judgments to be allowed come in varying degrees for each country, each group and race of people. Do not judge that  because the color of a man's skin is yellow, black, red or brown and they are not like the others of an apparently superior culture that they appear less in my estimation. What appears as most essential to me is the kind of life that  people live  whether love predominates in their conscience or entirely without it in which case  judgments could me more severe than others who do my commandments of love.

I will not belabor the point on who deserves more to enter my Kingdom and who  does not but always seek to love and serve not only God your Creator but your  fellowmen as well. The degree to which you love determines the final and  eternal destiny.

My Son Jesus' sacrifice for justification of mankind's sins to temper my
judgment is not over yet to warrant an outright reward of my Kingdom promises  but mankind has to collaborate in their exercise of free will choice to choose  salvation thru the narrow way?the way of love and sacrifice.

Message reception ended: 7:00 AM Duration: 15 Minutes

Scripture References:

Philippians 2:12-13 (New International Version)
12Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed?not only in my presence,  but now much more in my absence?continue to work out your salvation with fear  and trembling, 13for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to  his good purpose.

1 Corinthians 15:2 (Today's New International Version)
2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to
you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.


On Attaining Perfection Philippians 3:12-15 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

Pressing on Toward the Goal
12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one
thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I  press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward
in Christ Jesus.
15All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some  point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
On Love:
1 Corinthians 10:24 (New International Version)
24Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.
1 Peter 4:8 (New International Version)
8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of  sins.
Galatians 5:6 (New International Version)
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The  only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Galatians 5:14 (New International Version)
14The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as  yourself."[a] John 13:34 (New International Version)
34"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

ON VARIOUS RACES Acts 10:34-35 (New International Version)
34Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.

 

 

No Message to Eileen Renders June 22, 2008

There was no message today from Jesus. However, after Holy Communion on my knees and in total commune with Jesus, I saw

"Darkness all around with the Sacred Heart of Jesus outlined and shining as bright as the eyes could behold as Jesus shined His mercy on us

 

Medjugorje Day By Day June 24 - ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEDJUGORJE APPAR

 

"What would your wife say if you were a whole month without showing her any marks of affection?  She would say that you do not love her.  You would cause trouble in your home. 

Well, when you do not receive Communion God says to Himself that you do not love Him.  And there is trouble in your soul" (Bl. Br.
Andre Bessette).

 

me, after having been admonished by the Holy Father for not stopping in Medjugorje on his return trip to Rome from a meeting in Moscow on behalf of the Pope.

 

Mother Teresa 
When you accept a task, do it willingly. If not, don't accept it!

 

Padre Pio -

Jesus alone can understand what I suffer when the painful scene of Calvary is enacted before my eyes. It is equally incomprehensible how Jesus can be consoled not merely by those who sympathize with His torments, but when He finds a soul who, for love of Him, asks no consolations and only wants to be allowed to share in his sufferings (Letters p 377).

Archbishop Fulton Sheen

Strange metamorphosis as strangers behind the wheel!

"Many people who are very kind in their own homes and offices can become very unkind and selfish once they get behind the steering wheel of an automobile.

This is probably due to the fact that in their own home they are known; in the automobile they have the advantage of anonymity and hence can be almost brutal without the fear of discovery. To be kind out of fear of others thinking we are unkind is not real kindness, but rather a disguised form of egotism."

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

When once I asked the Lord Jesus how He could tolerate so many sins and crimes and not punish them, the Lord answered me, I have eternity for punishing [these], and so I am prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of [sinners].

But woe to them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation. My daughter, secretary of My mercy, your duty is not only to write about and proclaim My mercy, but also to beg for this grace for them, so that they too may glorify My mercy.      (1160)

O Jesus, I want to live in the present moment, to live as if this were the last day of my life. I want to use every moment scrupulously for the greater glory of God, to use every circumstance for the benefit of my soul. I want to look upon everything, from the point of view that nothing happens without the will of God.

God of unfathomable mercy, embrace the whole world and pour Yourself out upon us through the merciful Heart of Jesus.       (1183)

 

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.

 

JUNE 24 - ANNIVERSARY OF THE MEDJUGORJE APPARITIONS

On the sixth anniversary of the apparitions, Marija invited the pilgrims to climb Krizevac at 11:30 p.m. A crowd of thousands climbed the rocky footpath.

After reciting the rosary, toward midnight, Marija told the pilgrims the content of the apparition.

"The Blessed Virgin was joyful. First of all, she prayed over all of us. We asked her to bless us. She did. Then she gave us, in substance, this message":

Dear children, I want to lead you on the road to conversion. I desire that you convert the world and that your life be a conversion for others. Do not fall into infidelity.

Let each one of you be completely submitted to my will and to the will of God. Beginning this day, I give you special graces, and in particular the gift of conversion. let each one of you take home my blessing, and motivate others to a real conversion (Special Message).

Also speaking of conversion, Psalm 51 relates:

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance. Psalm 51:12-14

Reflection:

Appropriately, on this anniversary of the apparitions of Medjugorje, which is also the feast of St. John the Baptist, Our Lady speaks of conversion, the primary reason for her coming.

The world was in darkness, careening blindly toward catastrophe in its sin. But the Virgin again came to earth to save humanity by calling it back to God; in her words: `I want to lead you to the road of conversion.'

This call to conversion, to change, to transformation, is uppermost in the plans of the Blessed Mother, and she gives us the tools to achieve it: prayer, fasting, confession, Mass, sacred scripture, and peace.

It is important then to reflect on these core messages as we celebrate this anniversary. It calls us to a renewed commitment to our ongoing conversion, to an ever deeper relationship with God.

 

Lastly, in her message today she asks us "to convert the world, that your life be `conversion for others.' We are to be her partners in bringing the world back to God, chiefly through prayer and a living faith that invites others to experience the peace of Christ as we have. It is a `ministry of attraction.'

Application:

At church or home this week, light five votive candles symbolizing the five core messages of Medjugorje: prayer, peace, fasting, the sacraments, and sacred scripture. Ask Our Lady to help you live each of these messages, these `tools of conversion,' more fully in the months ahead.

 


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