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1st Message to Louise Feb.6,2008
Supercritical!
Message to L. ,V+J
February 6, 2008- - -11:35 A.M.
ASH WEDNESDAY
L. began to receive a message and said, "Jesus, please cover me with Your Most
Precious Blood." (and other various prayers of testing the spirits)
Then your Loving God spoke, "Dear daughter, take up your pen and write for Me
again: Due to the extremes in the weather you will have many severe storms-
-tornadoes. Many areas are due for distruction, complete annihilation.
Look at the sky for signs. Newcasters will be amazed and all will be taken
off guard. PRAY!!! It is time to let go of the world and cling to Me for only
I can be your strength when these dreadful hours come to pass.
Seek your refuge in Me! Say the prayer to Holy Michael often for
Heaven's protection. Find comfort in Me! These hours are upon you and all will
come to pass. PRAY!!!
Amen! Watch and be alert! Be at peace for I am always with My own. I am
warning you of events to come. Be prepared! PRAY!!!"
Note: mk
L. very seldom watches or sees any news so at this point in time when she had
received these words from the Father she had no knowledge of the devastating and
damaging tornadoes yesterday and today that had ripped through the Southern
states. After words the Father then told her to turn on the news and see the
terrible devastation caused by tornadoes.
Heard that 55 people had been killed. So very, very sad. But there were some
awesome miracles among the sadness..thanks be to God. The news described areas
as 'looking as though a bomb had hit!' Areas in other states were hit with snow
storms again also. He keeps telling us to prepare spiritually especially and
physically also but again especially to pray unceasingly now for every man,
woman and child! His Fatherly Arm of Justice is now falling and He weeps that He
has to punish His unrepentant and sinful children. These words of warning
through so many of His messengers have been such loving gifts to His faithful
and obedient remnant children. (of course this could be from the weather
machines (Harpp machines..also)
Message From Jesus Thru Lec - February 8, 2008
Message From Jesus
February 8, 2008
6:45 AM
Son, your prayers for the delay of dire prophesied events are all heard but how
long can you and others like you persevere in this respect?
Prayers of the chosen souls are always heard by the Father. It is for the sake
of the faithful that a full blown chastisement is not yet in place but being
human as they are, their weariness as far as their role as RESTRAINERS will
finally surface and prevail thus giving the opening for the Son of Perdition to
appear into the scene.
THE RESTRAINERS WIL BE TAKEN OUT before my enemy declares his forceful presence.
Woe to the people of the world when this Man of Iniquity takes over for he will
be allowed for a time to test people whether they indeed are for me or to the
enemy.
The Son of Perdition is just waiting in the wings. Circumstances that favor his
appearance are now fast shaping into place for his eventual Day of Declaration.
Scriptures will be fulfilled!
Message Reception Ended: 7:00 AM Duration: 15 Minutes Scripture Reading:
2 Thessalonians 2 The Man of Lawlessness
1Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him,
we ask you, brothers, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some
prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of
the Lord has already come.
3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the
rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness[a] is revealed, the man doomed to
destruction. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is
called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple,
proclaiming himself to be God.
5Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things?
6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the
proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the
one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the
way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will
overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his
coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of
Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10and
in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish
because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God
sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that
all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in
wickedness.
Stand Firm
13But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because
from the beginning God chose you[b] to be saved through the sanctifying work of
the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 14He called you to this through our
gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15So then,
brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings[c] we passed on to you, whether
by word of mouth or by letter.
16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his
grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
Footnotes:
a. 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Some manuscripts sin b. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some
manuscripts because God chose you as his firstfruits c. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Or
traditions
Message to Ned Dougherty Feb.2, 2008
The February 2, 2008 Message from Jesus of Nazareth follows this:
Message from Ned Dougherty
Where, O death is your victory? Where, O death is your sting?"
On the evening of Friday, February 1, 2008, I anticipated receiving a monthly
and heavenly message. Instead I received a stinging message from my mother's
physician that she was going to be released from her most recent hospitalization
to be returned to her home under hospice care.
My mother, Isabelle Dougherty, has been struggling with colon cancer for over
three years now, and my sister and I have been caring for Mom mostly at home
with intermittent hospital and nursing home stays. Since both my sister and I
have assumed the responsibility of being Mom's primary caregivers during her
illness, we have been able to provide a loving and nurturing environment at home
during the progression of her illness.
I had previously limited my speaking engagements to care for Mom, but now, with
the progression of her illness, it is necessary for me to postpone or cancel all
speaking engagements for the foreseeable future.
The St. Augustine Weekend Retreat, originally scheduled for March 1-2, 2008,
will be postponed to a future date. I will be returning reservation deposits
promptly. I have also postponed future events in The Villages, FL and Syracuse,
NY. Please keep me in mind for future speaking events in your area, since I
intend to greatly increase my schedule of events when God's plan permits me to
do so.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with hospice, most communities in the United
States now have a hospice service that provides at-home care services to allow
the terminally ill to die at home with dignity. Hospice services typically
provide palliative care and services with nurses, health aids, and volunteers
who provide for the physical, emotional, and spiritual well being of terminally
ill patients.
Unfortunately, the East End Hospice of Long Island is currently experiencing a
shortage of home health aids and volunteers, so the demands on my sister and I
to provide home care for Mom is even greater now than before. If you live in the
East Moriches, NY area (near the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island) and have
experience as a volunteer or health aid, and would consider making visits,
please call me at (800) 253-5218.
The sting of the physician's message for me last Friday evening was like the
sting of a bee, temporarily paralyzing, but healing with time. It is the sting
of anticipating my mother's inevitable passing for which I have had much time to
prepare, but the sting of the inevitable is still just as brutal at first bite.
The impending death of a loved one is painful, but knowing what I know, death in
its finality is not painful, but a glorious victory! Someday for all of us, that
sting of death will be gone forever!
I spent a restless Friday night and early Saturday morning alternating between
coping and praying, and despite my experiences of the Afterlife, even
questioning and challenging God, ever so briefly, on my mother's behalf. On
Saturday morning at 8:00am, I received the following message from Jesus of
Nazareth instilling in me a sense of peace and serenity that only comes with
acceptance of God's will.
Now it's my turn to ask for your prayers for my mother, Isabelle.
God bless you and your family!
Ned Dougherty
February 2, 2008
8:00am
Southampton Pines
East Quogue, NY
From Jesus of Nazareth
My son,
Today is a day of great struggling for you and understandably so. You have
journeyed with me throughout your existence partly in walking with me and partly
in protesting my journey with you. It is difficult for a soul, such as you
possess, to do the work of the Father, because you have chosen to seek pleasures
and desires in the material world in which you live.
But, alas, you know where your eternal home exists and you long to come home as
all souls eventually do. Where do you go from here? You are experiencing great
sorrow and loss in your life at this point in your journey, and this loss and
sorrow is also part of the journey of life in which the soul is nourished and
refreshed in ways that you do not completely understand.
The journey of the soul in the physical world requires you to live the
experiences of love as well as the experiences of hardship. When the Father and
Creator of all souls created you, He created you with great love and hope that
your journey into His existence would be rewarding for you. This journey
requires your cooperation to work with your Father and Creator to become a
soulful being who is eternally rewarded with the fruits and gifts with which
your eternal existence can be rewarded.
The journey here on Earth for all souls is a difficult one that is made more
difficult for those of you who journey throughout your lives without even an
acknowledgement of He who has created you.
For this reason, I have made this journey among you as Jesus of Nazareth to
bring you the Good News of the Eternal Promises that have been made to you by
the Father. My journey among you is as real today as it was 2,000 years ago,
when I actually walked the face of the Earth to convey the Good News of the
Father.
The Good News that must be conveyed to all brothers and sisters on the face of
the planet is the promise of the Eternal Home that is available to all souls
when you journey home to be with the Father in Heaven.
You must realize and all souls must realize that your existence here on Earth is
temporary, that you are here to learn and grow, and that when your life here is
over, you will return to God who is your home. While you are here, you are only
experiencing a glimpse of your total existence, but this glimpse of life that
you are experiencing can be difficult and troubling, and you may find yourself
wondering why there seems to be so much deprivation for some of your brothers
and sisters, while others among you seem to flourish in a material world.
The creature comforts that you experience here on Earth are fleeting and
temporary and many of you will be experiencing hardship and deprivation in this
regard, because your own personal journey requires you to make great sacrifices
to become the powerful, courageous, and loving soul that the Father has always
intended you to be.
Remember on this journey that you are here to please God and not yourself. You
are here to convey His love to all mortals and that you will be judged by how
you conduct yourselves with your brothers and sisters.
I ask you to contemplate my journey and how I chose to spread the love of the
Father during my earthly life. Do you recognize that great sacrifices were made
by me to be among you? Do you recognize that great sacrifices were made by my
mother Mary, by my earthly father Joseph, and by all the family members and
disciples who walked with me during that journey in time?
Recognize that much is also expected of you on your own journey. For those who
have received many gifts from the Father, much is expected, and in this regard,
greater sacrifices are expected from those who answer the calling from the
Father to lead all brothers and sisters back to the Father and to a recognition
that life here on earth is a temporary journey that ultimately leads to a higher
form of existence for all souls in the eternal and heavenly realms. So when you
find yourself in your journey experiencing difficulties that seem to be beyond
your ability to handle, recognize that I am here with you on this journey, that
I am walking your journey at your side, and that when the journey becomes too
heavy for you to bear, that I am carrying you throughout the most difficult
times to bring you back home to the Father.
If you remember these things when the times are difficult, then your life will
become easier for you to bear. Although great sacrifices are being made by those
of you who live in recognition of the Fatherâ??s role and my role in your
journey, you will benefit from the knowledge that you are loved by your Creator,
that you are loved by me as His Son, and that you are nourished by the power of
the Holy Spirit, a Triune of One that is all that is ultimately bringing you
home to your eternal reward.
I come to you today as Jesus of Nazareth. I come to you today to lessen your
pain, to lighten your load, and to give you the inspiration and the knowledge to
understand the importance of your role in the future of humanity.
I address that importance to all my brothers and sisters equally. Each and every
one of Godâ??s children has a very important role in the journey of
humanity. So much has happened in this world that draws humanity away from the
path of the Father, but the Father is persistent and patient with His children,
and He only wants the best for you.
Do you not recognize the Father's role in all that is good in creation? You must
focus your attention on this one thought, that all the goodness in the world
comes from your Lord and Creator, who has destined you to be a loving soul with
a very important mission in life.
Seize this one thought and make it part of your daily life, in fact, make it the
most important thought in each and every moment of each and every day and live
that one thought.
May the knowledge of God's infinite mercy be with each and ever one of you, each
and every day.
From Jesus of Nazareth
Message ended 8:37am
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Message From Mother Mary Thru Lec - February 8, 2008
Message From Mother Mary February 8, 2008
7:00 AM
Son, I am the person in Scripture called "The Woman Clothed With The Sun". I
am part of the Prophecies of the End Times. Contrary to what others believe,
the Father has given me an assigned role for the liberation of planet earth and
its ushering into a New Era of Peace, the second Eden. My Son Jesus wants me
where He shall be, hence, I am giving notice of my visible presence on the
glorious earth era when the lambs lie down with the lion, when the deserts
bloom, when love prevails everywhere and war is no more.
Look forward to the New Era.
Message Reception Ended : 7:05 AM Duration: 5 Minutes Scripture Reference:
Revelation 12 The Woman and the Dragon
1A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,
with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2She was
pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. 3Then another
sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns
and seven crowns on his heads. 4His tail swept a third of the stars out of the
sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was
about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.
5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an
iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. 6The
woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might
be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Further Readings:
Woman Clothed with the Sun
By Fr. William P. Saunders Herald Columnist (From the issue of 8/26/04)
Last Sunday [the Solemnity of the Assumption] we had a reading from the Book of
Revelation that mentioned a lady clothed with the sun, a child and a dragon.
Does the lady refer to the Blessed Mother? A Protestant friend in my Bible
study said it did not. A reader in Sterling First, let's refresh our memories
with the passage from the Book of Revelation (11:19 - 12:6): "Then God's temple
in heaven opened and in the temple could be seen the Ark of the Covenant. There
were flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, an earthquake and a violent
hailstorm. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with
the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Because she
was with child, she wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. Then
another sign appeared in the sky: it was a huge dragon, flaming red, with seven
heads and ten horns; on his heads were seven diadems. His tail swept a third of
the stars from the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood
before the woman about to give birth, ready to devour her child when it should
be born. She gave birth to a son ? a boy destined to shepherd all the nations
with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne. The woman
herself fled into the desert, where a special place had been prepared for her by
God; there she was taken care of for 1260 days."
Since the time of the early Church fathers, this image of "the woman clothed
with the sun" has had a threefold symbolism: the ancient people of Israel, the
Church and the Blessed Mother. Regarding the ancient people of Israel, Isaiah
described Israel as follows: "As a woman about to give birth writhes and cries
out in her pains, so were we in your presence, O Lord" (Is 26:17). Of course,
one must remember too that it is from the ancient people of Israel that both
Mary and the Messiah came.
The "woman clothed with the sun" may also represent the Church.
Later in verse 17, we read, "Enraged at her escape, the dragon went off to make
war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep God's commandments and give
witness to Jesus." The "offspring" being the baptized children of God, the
members of the Church. Pope St.
Gregory posited, "The sun stands for the light of truth, and the moon for the
transitoriness of temporal things; the holy Church is clothed like the sun
because she is protected by the splendor of supernatural truth, and she has the
moon under her feet because she is above all earthly things" (Moralia, 34, 12).
Finally, the woman can be identified with the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary gave birth to our Savior, Jesus Christ. St. Bernard commented, "The sun
contains permanent color and splendor; whereas the moon's brightness is
unpredictable and changeable, for it never stays the same. It is quite right,
then, for Mary to be depicted as clothed with the sun, for she entered the
profundity of divine wisdom much, much further than one can possibly conceive"
(De B.Virgine, 2).
In identifying the image of "the woman clothed with the sun" as our Blessed
Mother Mary, the fullness of the imagery of the ancient people of Israel and the
Church emerges. Consider the ancient people of Israel. When the Archangel
Gabriel appeared to Mary, he declared (as translated in the New American Bible,
1968), "Rejoice, O highly favored daughter! The Lord is with you. Blessed are
among women" (Lk
1:28). Then continuing, he said, "Do not fear, Mary. You have found favor with
God. You shall conceive and bear a son and give him the name Jesus. Great will
be His dignity and He will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will
give Him the throne of David His father. He will rule over the house of Jacob
forever and His reign will be without end" (Lk 1:30-33).
These statements reflect the prophecy of Zephaniah regarding the ancient people
of Israel and the coming of the Messiah: "Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing
joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter
Jerusalem! The Lord has removed the judgment against you, He has turned away
your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord is in your midst, you have no
further misfortune to fear. On that day, it shall be said to Jerusalem: `Fear
not, O Zion, be not discouraged!'"
(Zep 3:14-16). Therefore, Mary, the mother of the Messiah, as the "woman
clothed with the sun" represents the fulfillment of the prophecy given to the
people Israel.
Likewise, Mary, again seen as "the woman clothed with the sun,"
rightfully represents the Church, for Mary is the Mother of the Church. St.
Paul is his Letter to the Galatians asserted, " ... When the designated time
had come, God sent forth His Son born of a woman, born under the law, to deliver
from the law those who were subject to it, so that we might receive our status
as adopted sons"
(4:4-5). Expounding upon this point, the Vatican Council II's Dogmatic
Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium), teaches, "At once virgin and mother,
Mary is the symbol and the most perfect realization of the Church: "the Church
indeed ... by receiving the Word of God in faith becomes herself a mother. By
preaching and Baptism she brings forth sons, who are conceived by the Holy
Spirit and born of God, to a new and immortal life" (No. 64). Moreover, the
Vatican Council II continued, that in her glorious assumption, Mary "is the
image and beginning of the Church as it is to be perfected in the world to come"
(No. 67). Finally, at the end of the third session of Vatican Council II,
November 21, 1964, when Lumen Gentium had been promulgated, Pope Paul VI
declared, "We proclaim the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church, i.e.
of the whole people of God, faithful and pastors, and we call her most loving
Mother." Therefore, the Blessed Mother represents the fulfillment of the image
of the Church: she who is the mother of the Savior who founded the Church, is a
spiritual mother to all who through baptism are the adopted children of God and
members of the Church.
Here it is worth citing the teaching of Pope St. Pius X in his encyclical, Ad
Diem Illum Laetissimum (1904): "Everyone knows that this woman signified the
Virgin Mary John therefore saw the most Holy Mother of God already in eternal
happiness, yet travailing in a mysterious childbirth. What birth was it?
Surely it was the birth of us who, still in exile, are yet to be generated to
the perfect charity of God, and to eternal happiness" (24).
At this point, we will pause and continue our discussion next week, examining
other reasons why the woman "clothed with the sun" refers to our Blessed Mother.
Fr. Saunders is pastor of Our Lady of Hope in Potomac Falls and a professor of
catechetics and theology at Notre Dame Graduate School in Alexandria.
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Answers, and another 100 articles in Straight Answers II. These books are
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God the Father, Apparitiont Video, Spe Salve (2), Intentions, ...
The Words of God the Father - February 8, 2008
The Words of God the Father for February 8th, 2008 are now available.
Full Text... (
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Daily Consecration to the Eternal Father
For the greater glory of God and for the salvation of all, I consecrate myself
to You, O' Eternal Father, as one of Your faithful remnant. Behold, I come to do
Your Will. With the help of Your Grace, I will keep Your Commandments. I will
love and reverence You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. I will love
my neighbor as You love me.
I make this Consecration through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary and
the Sacred Heart of Your beloved Son, Jesus.
O' Eternal Father, send forth Your Holy Spirit to restore my/our broken image
and likeness of You. Send forth also Your entire Heavenly Court, all the
celestial choirs of Your angels and all Your Saints, to aid me/us in my/our
struggle against all the forces of evil in this present darkness. Amen. (Adapted
from the Father of All Mankind Apostolate).
Apparition Video
Video of the February 3, 2008 Public Apparition of Our Lady of Emmitsburg is now
available for viewing.
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Spe Salve - Pope Benedict XVI Encylical on Hope - Release 2
The heavens are not empty and life does not end in nothingness. Faith in Gods
existence is the origin of Christian hope, it gives meaning to our existencethe
existence of each person and everyone togetherand it allows us to look beyond
fear towards the Last Judgment.
In his 2nd encyclical Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope) Pope Benedict XV affirms that
the current faith in scientific progress and contesting of Gods existence based
on the injustices of this world, are incapable of giving a true answer to mans
questions on the future. Hope is learned and exercised in places of Prayer,
action, sufferance and waiting for Gods Judgment. (Asia News11-30-07)
Over the next 7 weeks this new encyclical will be provided in its entirety, but
in several parts to encourage those, who might not otherwise take the time to
read it, to ponder the mystery of Hope in Gods Plan of salvation. Release 2:
ENCYCLICAL LETTER
SPE SALVI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE
[10-12] Eternal life - what is it?... (
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[13-15] Is Christian hope individualistic?... (
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Pope Benedict XVI Monthly Prayer Intentions - February 2008
Join in praying daily for the February 2008 monthly intentions of our Holy
Father:
FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED: That the mentally handicapped may not be
marginalized, but respected and lovingly helped.
FOR THE INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE: That the Institutes of consecrated life
in mission countries may rediscover the missionary dimension and generously
proclaim Christ to the ends of the earth.
What has Our Lady of Emmitsburg said about the Founders of the Institutes of
Consecrated Life? Read the Public Message of April 6, 2000...
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mm=0&list_code_int=NEW03-INT )
DAILY OFFERING PRAYER - O Jesus, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day in union
with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. I offer them for all
the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: the salvation of souls, reparation for sin,
and the reunion of all Christions. I offer them for the intentions of our
bishops and of all Apostles of Prayer, and in particular for those recommended
by our Holy Father this month.
February
24
Sun
Our Lady of Emmitsburg Monthly Marian Prayer Service
Lynfield Event Complex, February 24, 2008
Come pray the Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy at the Our Lady of Emmitsburg
Monthly Marian Prayer Service from 3PM-5PM. (Our Lady has been giving her
monthly message to the world at this service.) All are welcome. Please note that
there will be no Prayer Group in March. In April there will be two meetings of
the Prayer Group: on April 6th & April 27th.
More Info...
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)
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Medjugorje Day By Day Feb 09 - The Rosary in Your Hands
Thanksgiving!
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Jesus then took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted. John 6:11
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"Eucharist" means "thanksgiving." It is startling, in our age of hedonism, to think of a ritual commemoration of a brutal death on a cross as an occasion of thanksgiving. Yet we do so because the Victim of that death insisted on it. For Jesus, even His death, horrible as it was, was to be an occasion of celebration because of the joy it would ultimately given birth to in the resurrection. And so the One who was about to offer His body on the Cross gave thanks for bread and declared "This is My body." Today, give thanks!
"Give me, good Lord, a longing to be with Thee ... give me warmth, delight and quickness in thinking upon Thee. And give me Thy grace to long for Thine holy Sacraments, and specially to rejoice in the presence of Thy very blessed Body, Sweet Saviour Christ, in the Holy Sacrament of the altar." (St. Thomas More)
Mother Teresa -
It takes humility to recognize the greatness of God shining through us. Boasting of our greatness before men is pride. Great humility arises when we recognize that it is God's kindness and His greatness that shows through our hands, our work, and our love because that is the simple truth.
Jesus is the Truth that must be shared.
Meditations by Padre Pio -
When you find yourself close to God in prayer, speak to Him if you can, and if you unable to do so stay this way. Let yourself be seen, and do not disturb yourself further.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen -
Pilgrimage toward the Ecstasy of Love
"Too many husbands and wives expect their partners in marriage to give what only God can give: eternal ecstasy. Yet if any man or woman could do that, he would be God. We are right to want the ecstasy of love; but if we expect to enjoy it through the flesh, which is merely on pilgrimage to God, we prepare ourselves for disappointment. The first ecstasy of love is not an illusion; but it is only a kind of travel folder, a foretaste, a preview, urging body and soul to start the journey towards eternal joys. If the first ecstasy passes, this change is not an invitation to love another person, but to love in another way - and the other way is Christ's way, the way of Him Who said: `I am the Way.'"
St. Faustina's diary
True love is measured by the thermometer of suffering. Jesus, I thank You for the little daily crosses, for opposition to my endeavors, for the hardships of communal life, for the misinterpretation of my intentions, for humiliations at the hands of others, for the harsh way in which we are treated, for false suspicions, for poor health and loss of strength, for self-denial, for dying to myself, for lack of recognition in everything, for the upsetting of all my plans.
Thank You, Jesus, for interior sufferings, for dryness of spirit, for terrors, fears and incertitude's, for the darkness and the deep interior night, for temptations and various ordeals, for torments too difficult to describe, especially for those which no one will understand, for the hour of death with its fierce struggle and all its bitterness.
I thank You, Jesus, You who first drank the cup of bitterness before You gave it to me, in a much milder form. I put my lips to this cup of Your holy will. Let all be done according to Your good pleasure; let that which Your wisdom ordained before the ages be done to me. I want to drink the cup to its last drop, and not seek to know the reason why. In bitterness is my joy, in hopelessness is my trust. In You, O Lord, all is good, all is a gift of Your paternal Heart. I do not prefer consolations over bitterness or bitterness over consolations, but thank You, O Jesus, for everything! It is my delight to fix my gaze upon You, O incomprehensible God!...
O Uncreated Beauty, whoever comes to know You once cannot love anything else. I can feel the bottomless abyss of my soul, and nothing will fill it but God himself. I feel that I am drowned in Him like a single grain of sand in a bottomless ocean. (343)
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 9 - THE ROSARY IN YOUR HANDS
Today the Mother of God speaks of love and the rosary:
May the love of God always be within you, for without it you cannot be fully converted. Let the rosary in your hands make you think of Jesus (Locutionist Jelena & Mirjana June 1, 1984).
After Christ's resurrection, his Mother and the apostles often met in prayer in the legendary upper room :
When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying…All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers (Acts 1 :13-14).
Reflection:
Not surprisingly, sacred scripture places the same emphasis on prayer as Our Lady does in her messages at Medjugorje.
Her message today to, "Let the rosary in your hands make you think of Jesus," calls to mind the special "Rosary of Jesus" that she asked Jelena and her prayer group to offer. Dictated to her by the Virgin, each of the seven mysteries has the following format :
1) Announcement of the mystery; 2) Announcement of the prayer intention; 3) Quiet reflection on the mystery and then a spontaneous prayer from the heart; 4) Five Our Fathers; 5) and last, the phrase : "O Jesus, be our strength and protection." The following are the mysteries and prayer intentions :
FIRST MYSTERY :
The birth of Christ .
Prayer intention : for peace in the world
SECOND MYSTERY :
The compassion and love Jesus for the poor and afflicted
Prayer intention : For the Holy Father and the bishops
THIRD MYSTERY :
The trust of Jesus for his Father and the performance of his will
Prayer intention : For priests, religious, and all who are consecrated to God in a special way
FOURTH MYSTERY :
Jesus willingly came to earth, suffered and died, because of his great love for us.
Prayer intention : For families, parents, and their children.
FIFTH MYSTERY :
Jesus gave his life as a sacrifice for us
Prayer intention : That we too will be capable of offering our lives for others
SIXTH MYSTERY :
The resurrection of Jesus his victory over Satan and death
Prayer intention : For the elimination of all sin in our lives so that Jesus may relive in our hearts.
SEVENTH MYSTERY :
The Ascension of Jesus to heaven
Prayer intention : For the triumph of God's will, and that we may always be open to his will in our own lives
CONCLUSION :
Jesus sends forth the Holy Spirit
Prayer intention : That the Spirit may descend upon us
Seven Glory Be's
Verse or refrain from a suitable hymn.
Application :
Pray the "Rosary of Jesus" for the next several days to familiarize yourself with it.