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February 12, 2010
Dear Children of Medjugorje, praised be Jesus and Mary!
1 - On February 2, 2010, Mirjana received her monthly apparition in Naples (Italy), and over 15,000 people gathered for the event. They came from all four corners of the area, believers as well as unbelievers. Although they gathered as early as 6am to 10am, a deep calm reigned, which is unusual for the people of Naples!! During the apparition, a perfect silence was kept and many experienced an overwhelming grace, almost tangible. The Cardinal of Naples, Mgr. Slawomir Oder, was informed of the event to take place. After the apparition, Mirjana transmitted the following message:
"Dear children! With motherly love, today I call you to be a lighthouse to all souls who wander in the darkness of ignorance of God's love. That you may shine all the brighter and draw all the more souls, do not permit the untruths which come out of your mouth to silence your conscience. Be perfect. I am leading you with my motherly hand - a hand of love. Thank you!"
2 - How wonderful that Angels exist! The tragedy in Haiti left us all broken. A feeling of powerlessness took hold of us as we faced the magnitude of the needs and the depth of the suffering – actually the torture – lived by those people. But, no, we are not powerless to help! In addition to the act of supporting the good work being done there (see PS2), we have a marvelous means which we don’t think about enough. To illustrate this resource, here is an occurrence that my brother Pascal (a deacon) related to me:
Here is the story of a Russian writer, Alexander Ogorodnikov, taken from his own words. Before his conversion, he had delved into all the nihilist, destructive philosophies of the 20th century. He was a professor of philosophy and had one great passion: breaking into apartments at night with his buddies! He experienced a conversion in the 70’s at the same time as another intellectual, Tatiana Goritcheva.
He then founded a “seminary” in Moscow. By seminary we mean a sort of community of intellectual believers who prayed together, reflected on the faith, searched . . . in an obviously clandestine (hidden) way. Not that clandestine, however, since he was arrested several times, ultimately given the alternative: exile or prison. Alexander refused exile and was therefore incarcerated. For a period of ten years, he experienced many types of incarceration: political, of common law criminals, or others, but the worst for him was when, in the end, he was thrown into a freezing cell (the walls were covered with ice), completely nude, and in total, agonizing solitude. The worst of tortures!
He knew he was dying. I don’t know how he was able to smuggle a letter to his mother, in which he described the conditions of his detention, his agony, the psychological torture, etc. He begged his mother to get this letter to the West. The letter was published in Germany and in France in the spring of 1986. Thousands of petitions were gathered, and Alexander was freed. When my brother discovered this letter in France, he cried over it and decided along with his fiancé to offer all their sufferings and their prayers for him. But, in addition, they decided to send their Guardian Angels into his cell to comfort him and to help him survive.
After his liberation in 1986, Alexander was able to make a pilgrimage to Lisieux (France) in 1987 with Sr. Tamara, who had organized a busload of 50 Russians citizens for the purpose of learning about the Little Flower and praying to her. During a meal, my brother Pascal who was there that week-end, found himself in front of a man with a tiny beard; they introduced themselves. It was Alexander Ogorodnikov!! There is no way to describe the emotion they both felt when Pascal told him how he had sent him his Angel each day, exhorting others to do the same. It was then that Alexander confided to him that, in that horrible freezer where they had put him to let him die, he had been visited by the Angels of the Christians of the West who were praying for him. He felt the warmth of the angels who surrounded him like a cloak, and he sensed that it was connected to the prayer of these Westerners. He owed his survival both to the Angels and to the warmth of the prayers which came to comfort him in his solitude.
This fervent orthodox man, who still lives in Moscow, had numerous mystical experiences when he was in prison, cut off from everything. He almost came to regret his re-found liberty, which made him lose this proximity to the Divine.
In Haiti, those many victims who cry out in their pain, need your Angels today, all our Angels. We will never regret sending them to the Haitians every day, especially when we see in Heaven all the good they were able to do on these special missions ! (See PS3)
3 – The Procurator of the cause of Beatification of Pope John Paul II, Mgr. Slawomir Oder, has confirmed that “JPII wanted to go to Medjugorje in order to go to confession.” To other witnesses, the Pope said also that he wanted to go there in order to hear confessions and be at the service of the pilgrims. In preparation of his beatification, all of these statements will be officially published (See PS5). John Paul II is already declared Venerable. Click on the picture below for the official website of the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of John Paul II.
4 - Year of Priesthood: Here is a new prayer for priests that we may recite for a month:
"Dear Lord,
We pray that the Blessed Mother wrap Her mantle around Her priests and through Her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow Her own words, "Do whatever he tells you". May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary's most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother's own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your love, seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen!”
St. John Marie Vianney, pray for us!
(From Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated life and Vocations. Year for Priests. USA)
5 - St. Joseph's Feast Day is March 19th. Let’s pray a novena to him, we all need him so much! (See his Litany PS7).
Dearest Gospa, Lent approaches, please help us to pray and fast better!
We want to accompany and console Jesus in His work of Redemption!
Sister Emmanuel +
(Translated from French)
PS 1 – Organized by the Organization Cieli Nuovi at Napoli : info@cielinuovi.org
PS 2 – Our faithful friends at Mary’s Meals, which I spoke of in my report of Dec. 12, 2008, are working hard in Haiti. To make a donation, visit www.marysmeals.org For more information, write to info@marysmeals.org
PS 3 - See § 328 to 336 about Angels in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Listen to our CD “Make Friends With Your Angel“ by Sr. Emmanuel, and watch her DVD about Angels in Volume Twelve of Our Mother's Last Call.
PS 4 – Sister Emmanuel’s latest teachings are NOW AVAILABLE on both CD and DVD format! Choose a single title or purchase all six: Take the Hand of Your Heavenly Mother; Make Your Peace With God; Embrace Suffering As Your Way to Joy; Pray With Your Family: A Remedy for our World Today; Responding to Our Lady's Call to Holiness; Prayer Groups: Our Lady's School for Holiness.
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PS 5 - The Postulator has published it in Italian, at Editrice Rizzoli
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PS 7 – On Feb. 18, we’ll start a powerful 30-day novena to dear St. Joseph! Or we can choose a 9-day novena, starting on March 10. His Feast Day is March 19th. We may choose our favorite prayer to him, or these traditional litanies.
V/ Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
V/ Christ, have mercy. R/ Christ, have mercy.
V/ Lord, have mercy. R/ Lord, have mercy.
V/ Jesus, hear us. R/ Jesus, graciously hear us.
V/ God, the Father of Heaven, R/ have mercy on us.
V/ God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, R/ have mercy on us.
V/ God, the Holy Spirit, R/ have mercy on us.
V/ Holy Trinity, One God, R/ have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, R/ pray for us.
St. Joseph, R/ pray for us.
Renowned offspring of David, R/ pray for us.
Light of Patriarchs, R/ pray for us.
Spouse of the Mother of God, R/ pray for us.
Chaste guardian of the Virgin, R/ pray for us.
Foster father of the Son of God, R/ pray for us.
Diligent protector of Christ, R/ pray for us.
Head of the Holy Family, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most just, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most chaste, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most prudent, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most strong, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most obedient, R/ pray for us.
Joseph most faithful, R/ pray for us.
Mirror of patience, R/ pray for us.
Lover of poverty, R/ pray for us.
Model of artisans, R/ pray for us.
Glory of home life, R/ pray for us.
Guardian of virgins, R/ pray for us.
Pillar of families, R/ pray for us.
Solace of the wretched, R/ pray for us.
Hope of the sick, R/ pray for us.
Patron of the dying, R/ pray for us.
Terror of demons, R/ pray for us.
Protector of Holy Church, R/ pray for us.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, R/ spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, R/ graciously hear us, O Lord
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world. R/ have mercy on us.
He made him the lord of his household. R/ And prince over all his possessions.
Let us pray. O God, in your ineffable providence you were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your most holy Mother; grant, we beg you, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector: You who live and reign forever and ever. R/ Amen.
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