| Urgent Message to Carlos Lopez Feb.8,2012
Message from Our Blessed Mother to Carlos Lopez
February 8, 2012 St. Brunos Church, San Bruno, CA Dear children, Praised be Jesus! I come this night as the Immaculate Conception and Patroness of this great nation of the United States of America.
I come with urgency to ask you to pray, pray, pray. My little ones, Satan is trying to destroy my plans; therefore, I desire that with a spirit of humility, faith and trust, you listen well to what I come to ask you.
I desire that each one of you do penance and fast; the fast should be with bread and water every Friday. I desire that after each Communion you pray 3 Hail Mary’s for my intentions that I have for this nation. I desire that you consecrate (everyday) to my Immaculate Heart this country that I love with a profound love. Satan believes that he is winning the battle, but in the depth and intimacy of my Immaculate Heart I am winning the battle. Listen to my pleas and put into practice each one of my requests. If you do, I will be able to help you. Dear children, thank you for having accepted my message of this night. I bless you in a special way. Do not be afraid for I am with you. If you obey me you will see the triumph of my Immaculate Heart. I thank my beloved priests and deacon who helped me this night. May the peace of Almighty God be with all of you. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Our Lady said: If someone, due to illness cannot fast, let them offer me any sacrifice that day.
FR. MELVIN DOUCETTE Friday, February 10, 2012 “My Flesh is True Food”
Dear Friends,
Below you will read the passage from St. John‘s Gospel 6:52-59.
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.” These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
(Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Redeemer given to Father Melvin. Jesus gave him the message that follows.) “I call you, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters scattered all over the world, to come to believe that I am truly present in the Eucharist. When I taught the people about the Eucharist, I stressed the fact that after consecration they are eating My flesh and drinking My blood. Yes, it is no longer bread and wine, but My flesh and My blood. You who are of age to understand and to receive the Eucharist must take My words in this passage of the Bible to heart. If you do not eat the Eucharist, you do not have eternal life in you. If you eat My flesh and drink My blood then I come and live in you and if I live in you, then you have truly eternal life and you will be in heaven one day. The Eucharist is My greatest gift to you because it is the gift of Myself. I bless you all.” Father Melvin
Thursday, February 09, 2012
“I am the Bread of Life”Dear Friends, I am the Living Bread The Jews murmured about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven,” and they said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop murmuring among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets: ‘They shall all be taught by God.’
Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” (John 6:41-51) Last evening I was at the Acadian Museum in Miscouche near Summe (Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Savior given to Father Melvin. Jesus gave him this message.) “I love you, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters spread throughout the world. I have given you the greatest gift I could give you, namely Myself. I am the Bread of Life and anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The Bread of Life is the Eucharist, which I celebrated with My Apostles on Holy Thursday. I took bread and wine and changed them into My Body and Blood and gave these to My Apostles to eat and drink. They did so and they were united to Me in a very special way.
I want all those, who believe in Me and have repented of their sins, to come and receive Me in the Holy Eucharist as often as possible. Holy Mass is offered every day in most parishes and the priest who has received the power to consecrate the bread and wine into My Body and Blood prepares this gift for you. Come and eat My flesh and My blood and I will live in your heart at all times. Remember that the Eucharist is the gift of Myself to you. Through the Eucharist you are united to Me and I will help you and guide you all the days of your life. Believe in the great miracle of the Eucharist and come often to adore Me in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you all.” Father Melvin
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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The Bread of LifeDear Friends, Below you will find the passage from the Gospel of St. John 6:34-40.
Jesus said to the crowd, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst. But I told you that although you have seen me, you do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and I will not reject anyone who comes to me, because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.” Last evening I went to our Parish Church for one hour of adoration. The Blessed Sacrame (Below you will find the message of Our Lord and Redeemer given to Father Melvin. This is the message Jesus gave him.) “As I bless you, My brother Melvin and all My brothers and sisters living in every part of the world, I call you all to believe in Me with all your heart. So many today are losing their faith because they do not put it in practice. I want you all to go to church at least every Sunday. I call you to believe that I am the Bread of Life. When the Jews were in the desert, I gave them manna to eat and this manna was a foretaste of what I would give you during My stay on earth with you. I gave you Myself as food and drink. As you know I took bread and spoke the words, ‘This is My Body,‘and then gave it to the Apostles to eat. What they ate was My flesh under the appearance of bread. Then I took the chalice filled with wine and I said, ‘This is the chalice of My Blood,‘ and I gave the chalice to the Apostles to drink. They drank My Blood. So I am truly present under the species of bread and wine. Believe these words.” Father Melvin Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The World’s HatredDear Friends, Please read Jesus’ words below from the Gospel of St. John 15:18-27.
“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own; but because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world, the world hates you. Remember the word I spoke to you, ‘No slave is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. And they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin; but as it is they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me also hates my Father. If I had not done works among them that no one else ever did, they would not have sin; but as it is, they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But in order that the word written in their law might be fulfilled, ‘They hated me without cause.’ “When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.” I was at the Manor yesterday afternoon and I celebrated Holy Mass with a big group of people and right after the Mass I visited those Catholics who could not come and gave them Holy Communion. They are always very happy to receive the Eucharist. Below you will find the message Jesus gave me, “Melvin My brother, I love you and I love all My brothers and sisters living in every part of the world. I have a special love for all My friends who suffer at the hands of their fellow men. You hear almost every day of the death of a Bishop, a priest, a religious or a lay Catholic killed because of their faith in Me. I told the Apostles before I ascended into heaven that they would suffer. You know the way they treated Me, so many will be treated the same way and they will be martyred because of their faith in Me. There were many great martyrs at the beginning of the Church and there are still many today. Because of their supreme witness to the faith, these martyrs are all in heaven with Me filled with peace and joy. My friends, do not fear those who can kill the body but cannot touch your soul. Offer your sufferings together with My suffering to the Father for the conversion of all the people of the world but especially for the conversion of the members of your family. If you are persecuted, rejoice because you are following in My footsteps. When I was on earth, many hated Me, lies were told against Me and at times, when I healed someone, I was told I was healing through the power of the devil. Do not worry about what people think of you but instead be My disciples. Lift up your heart and mind to Me every day and love all your friends and neighbours. Be a witness of your faith and love in Me and a faithful member of My Church. When life is a struggle, remember I am even closer to you than before. I love you and bless you.“ Father Melvin
http://www.thewarningsecondcoming.com/satan%e2%80%99s-last-days-like-a-wasp-when-dying-the-sting-will-be-the-most-painful/ Satans last days: Like a wasp when dying the sting will be the most painful
Monday, February 13th, 2012 @ 03:30 pm
My daughter please remember that man only has to look around him to know big changes have come into the world.
Normal every day events no longer seem the same. The joys you receive children from material gain have lost their lustre. They no longer appeal. They are tinged with a mask of nothingness.
Why is this? Don't you know that it is the scourge of the antichrist and his presence on earth which casts these shadows?
He, the spawn of Satan infects every level of your society including politics, the military forces, financial institutions, humanitarian organisations and even your churches.
Not one sector has been spared in order that he can inflict pain on humanity in these his last days on earth.
Remember that I, your Jesus, have given you, My followers, the power of the Holy Spirit to render these evil perpetrators impotent.
The more you rise in battle through the strength of your faith then the weaker will be the grip of the antichrist.
Prayer, and especially the Crusade Prayers given to you, My messenger, will help drive out this evil.
All evil can be destroyed through prayer. It is that simple.
The days are numbered for the survival of satan and his army. However, like a wasp when dying, the sting will be the most painful.
Show patience and perseverance during these trials and you, My army, in hope and confidence will march in unity towards the gates of My New Paradise on earth.
Your saviour Jesus Christ
Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 12 - A TIME OF TEMPTATION
Our Lady of Lourdes, (France)—Feast, February 11
"The unique glory of the sanctuary of Lourdes resides in this fact, that people are attracted there from everywhere by Mary for the adoration of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, so that this sanctuary—at once the center of Marian devotion and the throne of the Eucharistic Mystery—surpasses in glory, it seems, all others in the Catholic world" (Pope St. Pius X).
"Perpetual adoration is the most beautiful thing you could ever think of doing. People are hungry for God." (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
Mother Teresa - Before we share the gospel with the poor, this is what we must do: we must first satisfy the needs of the body, so we can then bring them Christ.
We stand before the world as ambassadors of peace by preaching the message of love in action that crosses all barriers of nationality, creed, or country.
Meditations by Padre Pio - Save souls by continuous prayer.
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 O my Jesus, I understand well that, just as illness is measured with a thermometer, and a high fever tells us of the seriousness of the illness, so also, in the spiritual life, suffering is the thermometer which measures the love of God in a soul. (774) And God has given me to understand that there is but one thing that is of infinite value in His eyes, and that is love of God; love, love, and once again, love; and nothing can compare with a single act of pure love of God. Oh, with what inconceivable favors God gifts a soul that loves Him sincerely! Oh, how happy is the soul who already here on earth enjoys His special favors! And of such are the little and humble souls. (778) O Love, O queen! Love knows no fear. It passes through all the choirs of Angels that stand on guard before His throne. It will fear no one. It reaches God and is immersed in Him as in its sole treasure. The Cherubim, who guards paradise with flaming sword, has no power over it. O pure love of God, how great and unequaled you are! Oh, if souls only knew your power! (781) 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 12 - A TIME OF TEMPTATION - To Ivan's prayer group in 1988: Dear children, I am your Mother and I warn you this time is a time of temptation. Satan is trying to find emptiness in you, so he can enter and destroy you. Do not surrender! I will pray with you. Do not pray just with your lips, but pray with the heart. in this way prayer will obtain victory! (Visionary Prayer Group Message 7-4-88).
In Matthew's gospel, the powers of evil retreat when confronted by the Son of God: When he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way. Suddenly they shouted, "What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
Now a large herd of swine was feeding at some distance from them. The demons begged him, "If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go!" So they came out and entered the swine; and suddenly the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the water (Matthew 8:28-32).
Reflection: Our Lady always seeks to protect us from harm, and so naturally warns us of approaching danger. Thus she reveals Satan to us, although he would much rather remain hidden. "Satan is trying to find emptiness in you," she says, "so he can enter and destroy you. Do not surrender!" The gospel writers also reveal to us the Evil One and his cruelty, but show us as well his powerlessness when confronted by the Son of God. This eternal victory of Christ over evil is also our victory. When calling on his name in time of temptation, the enemy is immediately routed.
It is tapping into this power of Christ through prayer that is our chief weapon against Satan. This is why the Gospa urges us not to pray in rote fashion, "but pray with the heart. In this way prayer will obtain victory!"
Application: For the next few days, offer the Prayer to St. Michael, perhaps forming a daily habit: Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 13 - DEVOTE YOUR PRAYERS TO ME Mother Teresa - The humbler the work, the greater should be your love and efficiency. Meditations by Padre Pio - Prayer must be insistent since insistence denotes faith.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen - Embracing the etimology of kindness "The word `kindness' is derived from kindred or kin, and therefore implies an affection which we bear naturally to those who are our flesh and blood. The original and archetypal kindness is that of a parent for a child and a child for a parent, an idea which is preserved in the German language where Kind means `child.' Gradually the word gained in extension until it embraced anyone whom we are to treat as a St. Faustina's diary Jesus, my Love, today gave me to understand how much He loves me, although there is such an enormous gap between us, the Creator and the creature; and yet, in a way, there is something like equality: love fills up the gap. He Himself descends to me and makes me capable of communing with Him. I immerse myself in Him, losing myself as it were; and yet, under His loving gaze, my soul gains strength and power and an awareness that it loves and is especially loved. It knows that the Mighty One protects it. Such prayer, though short, benefits the soul greatly, and whole hours of ordinary prayer do not give the soul that light which is given by a brief moment of this higher form of prayer. (815)
I have come to understand today that even if I did not accomplish any of the things the Lord is demanding of me, I know that I shall be rewarded as if I had fulfilled everything, because He sees the intention with which I begin, and even if He called me to himself today, the work would not suffer at all by that, because He himself is the Lord of both the work and the worker. My part is to love Him to folly; all works are nothing more than a tiny drop before Him. It is love that has meaning and power and merit. He has opened up great horizons in my soul-love compensates for the chasms. (822) MEDJUGORJE DAY BY DAYThese 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 13 - DEVOTE YOUR PRAYERS TO ME
From a monthly message in 1988:
Dear children, again I call you to prayer and complete surrender to God. You know that I love you, and have come here out of love so that I could show you the way to peace -- and to salvation for your souls. Do not let Satan corrupt you -- obey me in this. Satan is very strong and therefore I ask you to devote your prayers to me, so that those who are under his influence may be saved. Witness by your lives. Sacrifice your lives for the salvation of the world. Know that I am with you and am grateful to you' in heaven you will receive the Father's reward, as he has promised. And so, dear children, do not be afraid. If you pray, Satan cannot harm you in the least, for you are God's children and he watches over you. Pray, and let the rosary always be in your hands as a sign to Satan that you belong to me (Monthly Message 3-25-88). In Matthew's gospel, Jesus also calls us to prayer. Note that the Our Father contains a prayer against Satan as well: "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." In Matthew, this petition is expressed in these words: "And do not bring us to the time of trial, but deliver us from the evil one" (Matthew 6:13).
Reflection:
At times we may notice that our prayer has become too self-centered. This is an opportunity to again focus on others, on "we" rather than "I", which is the spirit of the Lord's Prayer. In this vein, Charles Thompson writes:
You can not pray the Lord's Prayer and even once say "I." You can not pray the Lord's Prayer and even once say "My." Nor can you pray the Lord's Prayer, and not pray for another; for when you ask for daily bread, you must include your brother.
For others are included in each and every plea: from the beginning to the end of it, it does not once say "Me."
Application: Review the focus of your prayer today. Is it weighted more to yourself or to others? How can you correct the imbalance?
Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 14 - ST. VALENTINES DAY
"Our Lord finished His work, but we have not finished ours. He pointed the way we must follow. He laid down the Cross at the finish, but we must take it up. He finished Redemption in His physical Body, but we have not finished it in His Mystical Body. He has finished salvation, we have not yet applied it to our souls. He has finished the Temple, but we must live in it. He has finished the model Cross, we must fashion ours to its pattern. He has finished sowing the seed, we must reap the harvest. He has finished filling the chalice, but we have not finished drinking its refreshing draughts. He has planted the wheat field; we must gather it into our barns. He has finished the sacrifice of Calvary; we must finish the Mass. The Crucifixion was not meant to be an inspirational drama, but a pattern act on which to model our lives. We are not meant to sit and watch the Cross as something done and ended . . . What was done on Calvary avails for us only in the degree that we repeat it in our own lives" (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Calvary and the Mass). "I have a burning thirst to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament, and I find hardly anyone who strives, according to my desire, to allay this thirst by making me some return of love." (Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary) Mother Teresa - Be not afraid of the life of sacrifice.
Padre Pio - The prayers of the saints in Heaven and of just souls on earth are perfume which will never be wasted. Archbishop Fulton Sheen - A kind person is one of a kind! "Because kindness is related to love, it follows that the kind person loves another not for the pleasure the other person gives, nor because the other person can do us a kindness in return, but because the other person is loveable in himself. The basic reason why everyone is lovable is because God made him." St. Faustina's diary In the evening, a great longing took possession of my soul. I took the pamphlet with the Image of the Merciful Jesus on it and pressed it to my heart, and the following words burst forth from my soul: "Jesus, Eternal Love, I live for You, I die for You, and I want to become united with You."
Suddenly I saw the Lord in His inexpressible beauty. He looked at me graciously and said, My daughter, I too came down from heaven out of love for you; I lived for you, I died for you, and I created the heavens for you. And Jesus pressed me to His Heart and said to me, Very soon now; be at peace, My daughter. When I was alone, my soul was set afire with the desire to suffer until the moment when the Lord would say, "Enough." And even if I were to live for thousands of years, I see in the light of God that is but one moment. Souls...[unfinished thought]. (853)
During the morning meditation, I felt an aversion and a repugnance for all created things. Everything pales before my eyes; my spirit is detached from all things. I desire only God himself, and yet I must live. This is a martyrdom beyond description. God imparts himself to the soul in a loving way and draws it into the infinite depths of His divinity, but at the same time He leaves it here on earth for the sole purpose that it might suffer and die of longing for Him. And this strong love is so pure that God himself finds pleasure in it; and self-love has no access to its deeds, for here everything is totally saturated with bitterness, and thus is totally pure. Life is a continuous dying, painful and terrible, and at the same time it is the depth of true life and of inconceivable happiness and the strength of the soul; and because of this, [the soul] is capable of great deeds for the sake of God. (856) 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 14 - ST. VALENTINE'S DAY On this Valentine's Day, the Blessed Mother asks for our hearts: Dear children, today I invite you to offer me your hearts so that I can change them to be like my own. You ask yourselves why you are not able to satisfy my requests? You are not able to because you have not entrusted your hearts to me, so that I can change them. You give me words, but you do not act. So then, do all that I tell you. Only in that way can I be with you (Weekly Message 5-15-86). Reflection: On this feast of St. Valentine, Our Lady asks for our hearts, "so I can change them to be like my own." Once we give them, they are filled with God's own life and love; indeed, they are made eternal: See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is (1 Jn 3:1-2). This is the great inheritance of love, a gift beyond imagining -- to share in the very life of God. This is also the reason Our Lady asks for our hearts today, that she can begin to transform them into the image of her Son's. We can then begin to live the life of heaven while on earth, embracing others with the divine love that has been given to us. As St. Teresa of Avila wrote: O soul in God hidden from sin, What more desires for thee remain, Save but to love, and love again, And all on flame with love within, Love on, and turn to love again? Application: In prayer today, simply ask the Lord to deepen his love within your heart. Holy Love Feb.13, 2012
February 13, 2012
Public
AN ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIENCE
"I am your Jesus, born Incarnate."
"I tell you, at some point in each soul's life, his heart is convicted in the Truth of where he stands before God. For some, it is an ongoing process; for others, it is momentary; but for each one, it is the choice of conversion to a deeper faith life or rejection of good and the choice of continuation in error."
"My Mercy is always at work drawing souls into a deeper relationship with Me. My Mercy is the Light of Truth and the hope of salvation. It is the decision of each soul whether or not to accept it."
February 13, 2012
Monday Service - Peace in All Hearts through Holy Love
Jesus is here with His Heart exposed. He says: "I am your Jesus, born Incarnate."
"My brothers and sisters, tonight I ask you to please empty your hearts of all unforgiveness and negative feelings towards one another; then I can truly fill your hearts with love, and we will be united in Holy Love."
"Tonight I'm blessing you with My Blessing of Divine Love."
http://www.thewarningsecondcoming.com/the-holy-bible-is-not-being-shoved-aside-in-favour-of-these-messages/ The Holy Bible is not being shoved aside in favour of these messages
Sunday, February 12th, 2012 @ 03:00 pm
My dearly beloved daughter I missed you yesterday. I woke you during the night do you remember? You were too tired but how I wanted to speak to you then.
Today I must urge you to tell the world that war is to escalate and that, unless more of My followers pray, there will be a nuclear war inflicted.
This is close and prayer can avert this along with the hand of My Eternal Father.
I need more of My followers to spread My Holy Word given to all of humanity for the good of your souls.
You, My daughter, are being attacked by those who say that the Holy Book of My Father is being shoved aside in favour of these messages. This is not so.
My messages today are to reinforce the teachings contained in the Holy Bible because so many in the world today do not know what is contained therein.
Nor will they know the warning signs of the end times unless I reveal them to you now.
Why is this? I must prepare your souls for My New Paradise. Never feel I am trying to bring you on a different path.
For there is only one path to Paradise and I am the one who will guide you to its gates.
Heed My word.
Listen to My call. Walk with Me with your heads high without fear in your hearts as I lead My army to help Me to reclaim My Kingdom on earth. Your beloved Jesus Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 14 - ST. VALENTINES DAY
Our Lord finished His work, but we have not finished ours. He pointed the way we must follow. He laid down the Cross at the finish, but we must take it up. He finished Redemption in His physical Body, but we have not finished it in His Mystical Body. He has finished salvation, we have not yet applied it to our souls. He has finished the Temple, but we must live in it. He has finished the model Cross, we must fashion ours to its pattern. He has finished sowing the seed, we must reap the harvest. He has finished filling the chalice, but we have not finished drinking its refreshing draughts.
He has planted the wheat field; we must gather it into our barns. He has finished the sacrifice of Calvary; we must finish the Mass. The Crucifixion was not meant to be an inspirational drama, but a pattern act on which to model our lives. We are not meant to sit and watch the Cross as something done and ended . . . What was done on Calvary avails for us only in the degree that we repeat it in our own lives" (Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Calvary and the Mass).
"I have a burning thirst
to be honored by men in the Blessed Sacrament,
and I find hardly anyone
who strives, according to my desire,
to allay this thirst by making
me some return of love."
(Words of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
Mother Teresa -
Be not afraid of the life of sacrifice.
Padre Pio -
The prayers of the saints in Heaven and of just souls on earth are perfume which will never be wasted.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
A kind person is one of a kind! "Because kindness is related to love, it follows that the kind person loves another not for the pleasure the other person gives, nor because the other person can do us a kindness in return, but because the other person is loveable in himself. The basic reason why everyone is lovable is because God made him."
St. Faustina's diary
In the evening, a great longing took possession of my soul. I took the pamphlet with the Image of the Merciful Jesus on it and pressed it to my heart, and the following words burst forth from my soul: "Jesus, Eternal Love, I live for You, I die for You, and I want to become united with You." Suddenly I saw the Lord in His inexpressible beauty. He looked at me graciously and said, My daughter, I too came down from heaven out of love for you; I lived for you, I died for you, and I created the heavens for you. And Jesus pressed me to His Heart and said to me, Very soon now; be at peace, My daughter. When I was alone, my soul was set afire with the desire to suffer until the moment when the Lord would say, "Enough." And even if I were to live for thousands of years, I see in the light of God that is but one moment. Souls...[unfinished thought]. (853)
During the morning meditation, I felt an aversion and a repugnance for all created things. Everything pales before my eyes; my spirit is detached from all things. I desire only God himself, and yet I must live. This is a martyrdom beyond description. God imparts himself to the soul in a loving way and draws it into the infinite depths of His divinity, but at the same time He leaves it here on earth for the sole purpose that it might suffer and die of longing for Him. And this strong love is so pure that God himself finds pleasure in it; and self-love has no access to its deeds, for here everything is totally saturated with bitterness, and thus is totally pure. Life is a continuous dying, painful and terrible, and at the same time it is the depth of true life and of inconceivable happiness and the strength of the soul; and because of this, [the soul] is capable of great deeds for the sake of God. (856)
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 14 - ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
On this Valentine's Day, the Blessed Mother asks for our hearts:
Dear children, today I invite you to offer me your hearts so that I can change them to be like my own. You ask yourselves why you are not able to satisfy my requests? You are not able to because you have not entrusted your hearts to me, so that I can change them. You give me words, but you do not act. So then, do all that I tell you. Only in that way can I be with you (Weekly Message 5-15-86).
Reflection:
On this feast of St. Valentine, Our Lady asks for our hearts, "so I can change them to be like my own." Once we give them, they are filled with God's own life and love; indeed, they are made eternal:
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is (1 Jn 3:1-2).
This is the great inheritance of love, a gift beyond imagining -- to share in the very life of God.
This is also the reason Our Lady asks for our hearts today, that she can begin to transform them into the image of her Son's. We can then begin to live the life of heaven while on earth, embracing others with the divine love that has been given to us. As St. Teresa of Avila wrote:
O soul in God hidden from sin,
What more desires for thee remain,
Save but to love, and love again,
And all on flame with love within,
Love on, and turn to love again?
Application:
In prayer today, simply ask the Lord to deepen his love within your heart.
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