Monday, July 05, 2010

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RT @Christomicro: @traddeacon Great idea - once a month at least: / Yes, At least! Sunday homily mentioned USA problems but not abortion; :(

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RT @frfrankpavone: If you could have the Church do 1 thing it isn't doing now to stop? #prolife Have priests/deacons preach pro-life issues!

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It's amazing that the temperature in New York City is 97 and here in Central Florida it's only 81! This is caused by the Gulf storm; :-)

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The Venerable Mary of Agreda http://bit.ly/bbtmhr who wrote "The City of God" (the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary) approved by many Popes!

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Pope Benedict XVI Homily in Sulmona, July 4th:

Coronation of Pope Celestine V.

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VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Sulmona: “The characteristics of the brief and trying pontificate of Celestine V are also the characteristics of the missionary activity of the Church in every age.”

Sulmona (Agenzia Fides) – St. Peter, although he lived as a hermit, was not “closed in on himself” but was filled with passion to bring the good news of the Gospel to his brothers. And the secret of his pastoral fruitfulness was precisely in 'abiding' in the Lord, in prayer, as we were also reminded by today’s Gospel passage.” These were the words of the Holy Father Benedict XVI during the Mass celebrated in Garibaldi Square in Sulmona, where he paid an apostolic visit on July 4, on the occasion of the Jubilee Year to celebrate the 800th anniversary of birth of the monk St. Peter da Morrone, who became Pope and took the name of Celestine V. 
Recalling the text from the Gospel of St. Luke, the Pope highlighted that “the first priority is always to pray to the Lord of the harvest (cf. Luke 10:2). And it is only after this invitation that Jesus outlines some of the essential duties of the disciples: the serene, clear and courageous proclamation of the Gospel message -- even in moments of persecution -- without ceding to the allurement of fashion nor to that of violence and imposition; detachment from worry about things -- money, clothing -- confiding in the providence of the Father; attention and care especially for the sick in body and spirit.” He then concluded: “These were also the characteristics of the brief and trying pontificate of Celestine V and these are the characteristics of the missionary activity of the Church in every age.”


In his homily, Benedict XVI showed his particular closeness to those living in precarious conditions “because of the lack of work, the uncertainty of the future, physical and moral suffering,” and because of the earthquake that took place on April 6, 2009. He then recalled parts of the life of St. Peter Celestine, highlighting that “he remains in history on account of the notable events of his pontificate and, above all, because of his holiness.”
A “Seeker of God” from the time of his youth, Peter was able to listen to God's voice in exterior silence, but above all interior silence, and here the Pope highlighted: “We live in a society in which it seems that every space, every moment must be “filled” with initiatives, activity, sound; often there is not even time to listen and dialogue. Dear brothers and sisters! Let us not be afraid to be silent outside and inside ourselves, so that we are able not only to perceive God’s voice, but also the voice of the person next to us, the voices of others.”
The discovery of the Lord was, therefore, possible for Peter thanks to the Grace of God: “Even if our life is very different from his, the same thing is also true for us: the entirety of what is essential in our existence was bestowed upon us without our intervention...We could have done nothing ourselves if it had not been given to us.” Peter da Morrone also developed a living experience of the beauty of creation, work of God's hands; thus, the Pope exhorted everyone: “I encourage you in this effort, exhorting everyone to feel responsible for their own future, and that of others, respecting and caring also for creation, fruit and sign of God’s love.” (SL) (Agenzia Fides 5/07/2010)

Links: 
Complete text of the Holy Father's homily, in Italian
http://www.fides.org/ita/documents/Ben_XVI_Sulmona_94072010.doc


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The Star Spangled Banner American Patriotic Hymn 1776 4th of July

Saturday, July 03, 2010

THIS LADY IS AMAZING: SHE LOOKS LIKE "THE REAL DEAL" FOR AMERICA (attached PDF see latimes.com July 3, 2010)

From my friend John Renshaw:

Click on this link to read the whole article:

It's interesting is that, in the literal sense, her "costume"
should make her appear much older.  Yet when you see her close
up as a real living, breathing, person----you know something, it
makes her look much younger than she really is!

(A message and inspiration for people of all ages, and all THE
AGES!)

Don't let a young person come up to you and say (arrogantly),
"BAHHH....THAT LOOKS SO....SO FIFTH CENTURY" (Athens, Greece, as
in Democracy) or  "BAHHH.....THAT LOOKS SO....SO 18th CENTURY"
(The U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights)  or "BAHHH...THAT
LOOKS SO....SO 19th CENTURY" (Our gift from the appreciative
French)

"BAHHH....THAT LOOKS SO....SO 20th CENTURY"  (Yes, the lady
Jennifer Stewart was one of those born in that "drab" century.)

"BAHHH....THERE WAS NEVER A WORLD BEFORE THE YEAR 2000!"  (ask a
third grade elementary student)

(Older people may be out-run, but never out-reasoned!)


And I, for one, am just a lil' teeny-bit "smarter than a fifth
grader."    Not by much, but still smarter.

Spoken with a touch of American "noblesse oblige."


"AMEN,BRUDDA !!!"


John A. Renshaw


I personally saw this lady perform at the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan. She is amazing, especially how she stays so still as if she was a real statue. The children are mystified looking at here.

Deacon John 


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The Love of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary: "Am I Acting Like Christ To My Brothers?" by Rita Ring

August 21, 1994

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Am I Acting Like Christ To My Brothers?

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Messenger: We must see Christ's love poured out to us through one another. He operates in our brothers. One of the ways He loves us is through others. We must see Christ in each person.

Am I acting like Christ to my brothers?

Am I the reflection of the Christ Who lives within me?

Christ wants to love His beloved ones through me. Am I loving my brothers as He wants me to?

Did I act like Christ would?

Jesus, help me to let You live through me. Help me to be the empty vessel You use to spread Your love to others.

I love You so, thank You for the love You pour out to me this day. I am Your grateful child and I love You.

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Independence Day Message from Fr. Corapi:


Tribulation Times

READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/july.asp?version=63&startmmdd=0101

July 3, 2010 

THE TRIB TIMES WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK, GOD WILLING (James 4:15).

(Psa 119:30) I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.



FROM THE MAILBAG
VIA Father Corapi
Independence Day Message

I have fond memories of the 4th of July going back to when I was probably only four or five years old. We remember the parades, the picnics or barbecues, and the happy gathering of families. During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the American colonies from Great Britain actually took place on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve the resolution of independence previously put forth by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. After debate and revision Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4th.

Of note is the letter John Adams, one of only two Founding Fathers who went on to become president, wrote to his wife Abigail:

…This day ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. (Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive. Massachusetts Historical Society)

Like so many of the Founding Fathers, Adams recognized that the day of deliverance came from the providential hand of almighty God. I am not sure about large numbers of duplicitous politicians and other so-called public servants today, whether elected or appointed.

Freedom is a great thing, and we do well to celebrate it on the 4th of July. That being said, it’s something rooted in truth, and apart from the truth there can be no authentic freedom.

If you continue in my word [truth] you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. (John 8:31-32)

An individual, a country, or a world that does not remain rooted in objective truth cannot ultimately live in freedom. If you are serious about your faith, my dear friends, I strongly recommend that you read # 1730-1748 as we approach the wonderful celebration of Independence Day, or the 4th of July.

Some highlights of this reality:

1731: Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. By free will one shapes one’s own life. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God, our beatitude [true happiness].
 
1733: The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes… One of the most common errors of all time is to confuse freedom and license. Today, frequently under the specious pretext freedom, mankind acts in a manner that is really license. We are not morally free to do whatever we choose to do. Only when rooted in truth and acting in objective truth can we hope to be free. No one has the moral right to do evil. No one has the moral right to choose to take an innocent life or to engage in actions that are out of accord with right reason or any objective standards of morality we have ever known.

The inevitable consequence of abusing freedom is losing freedom. Soon, if we do not alter our present course, the United States will no longer be the home of the brave and the land of the free. Loss of personal freedoms, one at a time, is already well underway. One day we shall awake from our moral slumber and find that we have become slaves.

We must live in truth and act in truth if we are to remain free. Abuse it and I assure you we shall lose it! Wake up America! God is not a disinterested spectator. Let’s thank God for our freedom, but let’s not sit by idly while the forces of darkness divorce freedom from truth. For, as Jesus says, “The man who sins is the slave of sin.” (John 8:34)

I’ll leave you with the motto of the United States Army Special Forces on this 4th of July:

De oppresso liber! (To free the oppressed)

Indeed, Jesus came to set the captives free. Let’s do our part for our country and our world that we might all remain free in the glorious freedom of the children of God.

God bless you, Fr. John Corapi 


Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 26- "On discernment of thoughts, passions, and virtues"

64. Demons leave us of their own accord so as to lead us to carelessness, and then suddenly carry off our wretched soul.       

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From Mark Mallett: Time to Set Our Faces [Video Link]

Time to Set Our Faces

 

WHEN it came time for Jesus to enter His Passion, He set His face toward Jerusalem. It is time for the Church to set her face toward her own Calvary as the storm clouds of persecution continue to gather on the horizon. In the next episode ofEmbracing Hope TV, Mark explains how Jesus prophetically signals the spiritual condition necessary for the Body of Christ to follow its Head on the Way of the Cross, in this Final Confrontation that the Church is now facing…

 To watch this episode, go to www.embracinghope.tv

 

 

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Friday, July 02, 2010

"If you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another." Galatians 5:15 [The Cardinals Quarrel]

While Rome Is Under Siege, the Cardinals Quarrel

Schönborn against Sodano, Sepe against Bertone. The serious case of the archbishop of Vienna. Benedict XVI chastises, makes peace, and takes the long view. Including with three appointments to three key posts in the curia 

by Sandro Magister


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The Love of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary: "I Cried as I Knew the Suffering of Jesus and Mary" by Rita Ring

August 20, 1994

Title:  I Cried as I Knew the Suffering of Jesus and Mary


R.  Praying the peace rosary, I couldn't look at Mary's statue. I instantly started to cry and was so connected to her suffering. Just wanted to cry--it wasn't my tears as I was really happy, but I felt so close to her. Same as when I sat in front of the tabernacle and cried. I just have to wait and feel the sorrow and cry until it passes, and then I am close to Them.

     I remember at a Friday Sacred Heart Mass, Father Carter said "they broke the legs, then they pierced Jesus' Heart and blood and water came out. I wanted to cry. I feel such sorrow every Friday from 12 to 3 o'clock - it is especially awful during these hours.

     It began on December 18, 1993: Jesus said, "I died for you-what more do you want?" I had such presence of Him. It was as though He was sitting there. I felt His emotions in myself. It felt as if He was there with me even though I didn't see Him. I am so united to Him.

     I feel Jesus' or Mary's emotions, they let me feel their emotions.


     The tears that come from my eyes, and I feel this intense pain in my heart, it is deep-seated, deeper than I can express. It is so deep, I cannot get to the bottom of it, but it is a silent, accepting cry, a wanting to scream from the very depth of my soul, but a silent surrender to the will of God and acceptance of this suffering for the greater good, knowing this is coming from God.

     This closeness in the suffering of Jesus, I receive at this point I am in this union so deep in God. An ecstasy involves so deep a connection with God - this is a suffering ecstasy. I am given this emotion--it is from God.

     A total submissiveness to express these emotions. Time stands still. I am removed in a way from this world.

     Knawing pain in my heart, and awareness of my heart. I feel so close to Mary and God now. I feel removed from this place. It is like I have been touched and have seen heaven and I know we are not to worry, only love God and help others to get there.

     My letters have progressed to such emotion when I receive them. He said, "I watched you" - such connection to Him, as if He and Mary are here!

     When I am experiencing this, such intense awareness of their presence to the point the world around me seems non-existent. I am united to God.

    This is real. We are living in God's world. We must love God and one another and help others to get to heaven. Pray constantly.

     I realize how souls are going to hell, how souls need my prayers, how souls all over the world are in darkness and I realize the urgency of this call.

    Jesus told me He wanted me to go through these experiences at His Mother's House (the old seminary where Mary was appearing to me daily). He told me to pray here and I would have such experiences. I have written most of His letters here and experienced so many deep presences of the Almighty God here at His Mother's House (the old seminary).

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TESTIMONY: Confession lets me hand off my sins:


Tribulation Times

READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/july.asp?version=63&startmmdd=0101

July 2, 2010 

(John 20:22-23)
When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.

TESTIMONY: Confession lets me hand off my sins

FROM THE MAILBAG
Reflection by Father Ted
Thank You, dearest Jesus for allowing me to hear the confessions of so many novices of Your Missionaries of Charity this afternoon.

You offered to them the opportunity of confessing their sins, and they took full advantage of this gift of Yours.

They were forgiven; they were blessed; and they were offered strength to resist future temptations.

They take advantage of this gift of love that You offer to them weekly.

They do.  Yet how many others do not.

Why don’t they?

I believe that they have been conned into believing that they do not need this awesome gift.

I believe that many do not believe that they have sinned and that this denial is one of the factors why many are not truly happy and at peace.

During the past forty years there has been a devious effort to deprive Your children not only of the awareness of their purpose in life, but also of the opportunities to experience Your guidance and help.

They have not been taught that You made us to know You, to love You and to serve You in this world so that we can be with You in heaven.

They have been taught that they do not need to worship the Father with You.  And so they deprive themselves of the privilege of Sunday Mass; and they deprive themselves of the nourishment and strength that comes from hearing Your Word and from receiving You in the Holy Eucharist.

They have been taught that they do not need to have an intimate relationship with Your Mother whom You gave to them to be their Mother.  They have been deceived into rejecting the power of the Rosary.

They have been deluded into accepting many false teachings which have prevented them from enjoying Your Wisdom and Your Life and Your Truth.

Lord, have mercy on them.

Persuade Your shepherds to seek out their lost sheep.  Inspire Your shepherds want to feed Your lambs; tend Your sheep; feed Your sheep.  Teach Your shepherds to sanctify Your flock.

O Good Shepherd, send forth Your Spirit and enkindle within us the fire of Your love.

Come Holy Spirit, come; place within us the desire to become saints.

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 26- "On discernment of thoughts, passions, and virtues"

63. The material of the passions is destroyed when consumed by Divine fire. And while this material is being uprooted and the soul purified, the passions all retire; that is, if the man himself does not attract them again by worldly habits and indolence.       

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[MaryVitamin] Behold your Mother

 

Mary Vitamin for July 2nd
 
Topic: Behold your Mother
 
Quote:
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." 
Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I thirst."
 
Meditation:
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
She is there at the foot of the Cross, standing, full strength and courage, and here my Master says to me: "Ecce Mater tua." He gives her to me for my Mother. And now that He has returned to the Father and has substituted me for Himself on the Cross so that "I may suffer in my body what is lacking in His passion for the sake of His body, which is the Church," the Blessed Virgin is again there to teach me to suffer as He did, to tell me, to make me hear those last songs of His soul which no one else but she, His Mother, could overhear.
The Complete Works, Volume One
 "The Last Retreat"#40
 
Resolution:
Today, if I have to endure some trial, I will not try to endure it alone. I will make no other resolution than to promise to turn to Our Lady the moment I have to endure a trial. I will remember the words of Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Blessed Virgin is again there to teach me to suffer as He did.
 
Marian Vow:
Father Stefano Manelli, FI
The highly dramatic scene portrayed finds its meaning, as part of the last testament of Jesus, the supreme and final act of love that brings to fulfillment the salvific plan for all humanity. This sense of final accomplishment is also conveyed by the more immediate context of the verses. After the words spoken by Jesus to Mary and John, in fact, there follows immediately the pericope in which the Evangelist says that for Jesus "all things were now accomplished". Entrusting us to Mary and giving Mary to us, then, Jesus brings to fulfillment the salvific work of mankind.
All Generations Shall Call me Blessed, 325
Academy of the Immaculate
 
I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
 
Thanks be to God for graces received.
 

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Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s July 2, 2010 Message Given on the Day for Non-Believers

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A Call of Truth is to Result in a Return to Truth

 

It was a warm early morning in Medjugorje this July 2, 2010. The first pilgrims gathered at the Blue Cross at 10:00 p.m. to spend the night in preparation for Our Lady’s apparition to Mirjana on the day for non-believers. Rosaries were prayed all night long, along with singing. During the night, more and more pilgrims joined the others already present at the Blue Cross. By early morning, there were thousands of pilgrims present, praying and waiting for Our Lady. Mirjana arrived at 8:32 a.m. The Rosary continued until Our Lady appeared to Mirjana. The apparition lasted about 4 minutes. The following is Our Lady’s message:


Our Lady Queen of Peace of Medjugorje’s July 2, 2010 Message
Given on the Day for Non-Believers
 

“Dear children, my Motherly call, which I direct to you today, is a call of truth and life. My Son, who is Life, loves you and knows you in truth. To come to know and to love yourself, you must come to know my Son; to come to know and to love others, you must see my Son in them. Therefore, my children, pray, pray, that you may comprehend and surrender with a spirit that is free, be completely transformed and, in this way, may have the Kingdom of Heaven in your heart on earth. Thank you!”
 

Mirjana relayed after the apparition the following: “Our Lady blessed us all and all our religious articles and in a special way Our Lady blessed all priests.”



A Call of Truth is to Result in a Return to Truth

Preparing for a radically different future

“…Come to know My Son.” To know Her Son is to know His principles. To know His principles is to know truth. To know truth is to rid oneself of all that is untrue, thereby content with self, you will love self, knowing you stand true before God. You then can love others, giving them truth. You cannot love others, see in them Christ, without yourself coming to know Her Son. Through knowing Jesus, you will recognize Him in others. Being right with truth is being right with Christ. It is liberating because, as Scripture states, “the truth will set you free,” as Our Lady says, “…a spirit that is free…”


It is most amazing how many read the newspapers, watch news on the television, listen to it on the radio and how uninformed of truth they are. Of course, everyone believes their own beliefs to be truth. But there is no truth in culture where there is rejection of Christ, who is Truth. 
 


However, this does not mean that if you have Christ, you have the truth, because a properly formed conscience and discernment is necessary.

This means if you really have an understanding of Christ, you have the truth about culture, economics, relationships, the environment, and on and on. Many today profess Jesus, but many today do not know the real Jesus because they do not recognize truth. You cannot recognize Jesus in others without truth. Many ways and falsehoods in the culture is illogical and based in lies, yet is accepted by the Church membership. Our Lady of Medjugorje comes with Her call to guide you directly to truth. Yes, to guide you to Her Son, but also to truth in all things, ranging from sin to science, from economics, to global warming – most all of which today have been built on lies. This is why Our Lady is preparing us for a time that is coming, in which all that was built on this foundation of untruth is about to crumble. It is very important in your life today, as it was for those in the World Trade Center on 9/11, not only to be out of the building, but as far as possible away from it when the collapse takes place. You cannot be narrow in limiting Our Lady’s messages to only the four basic messages: prayer, fasting, peace, and penance.* These are only the beginning ingredients to bring you and form you to recognize truth. Once your heart is opened, your eyes will see and you will be shocked at what you contributed in building in your life and the world around you: a life of chokingmodernism, of which is about to be rearranged, along with major aspects which will totally collapse. 
 


With changes we are about to undergo, do you want to be prepared only physically? No. Do you want to be prepared only spiritually? No. You want to be prepared both spiritually and physically. You live this life as a test to see where you will spend eternity. Therefore, physical life, all areas of culture and all temporal goods, are to be a help in passing the test that will affect your spiritual life for eternity. Many discount the effect of modernism in the world, sticking their heads in the sand, not understanding that the fall of culture sends multitudes into perdition. We must fight for a moral culture and stand up to untruth, by all means at our disposal. The spiritual life is affected by the physical life. Our Lady wants Jesus to be a part of our culture, not locked inside a church.

If you look on the cover of the newest Medjugorje book, It Ain’t Gonna Happen, you will see the words, “A Return to Truth.” It is not by chance that today’s message says what it says, just after the book’s release a few days ago. This book is a liberating book about freeing yourself and others. In fact, this message of Our Lady today could have been printed as the introduction to the book. It Ain’t Gonna Happen contains everything Our Lady says in today’s message, including “love of others” in the most radical circumstances. With intent, the book is filled with revelations of truth for which it was written to bring you back to truth, as Our Lady said today, “…a call to truth.” Is it just another book to read on your read list? No. It is the most important book to read now, anurgent immediate read in a return to truth of which this message is calling. If Our Lady’s message today can be the book’s introduction, the book can be this message’s detailed, broad explanation.

The book was presented to Our Lady on June 24, 2010, during Our Lady’s apparition in Medjugorje. The message today, while speaking to you personally, also is a sign for the message in this book. No reason is presented to you to persuade you of why this is said. There is no need, for when you read the book, you will come to connect Our Lady’s message given today with the book’s message of truth, to Her call “direct to you today.” The reading of It Ain’t Gonna Happen is not an option, or even a maybe read, it is a “have to” must read to understand your life and the decisions that must be made right now for where you will be in the future. The book is a help for you to remove thekingdom of the world from your heart in order to have “…a spirit that is free…” for the Kingdom of Heaven to be in your heart “on earth.” You must make concrete physical decisions today to pass the test for your spiritual life eternally. The book’s purpose will reveal this to you.

In the Love of Truth,

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* Four basic messages: Our Lady said on June 6, 1988:

"Dear children, it’s going to be seven years soon that I have been coming to you. I ask you to renew in yourselves the messages I have given to you. These are messages of prayer, peace, fasting, and penance. Make some penance yourselves. All of the other messages come from these four basic ones, but also live the other ones. Thank you for responding to my call. I am your Mother. Open your heart to the grace."


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Caritas community members left for Apparition Mountain at 11:30 p.m. the night of July 1, in order to spend the night in prayer at the Blue Cross in preparation for Our Lady’s apparition to Mirjana this morning. As they walked through the fields, the lights of Medjugorje, Apparition Mountain and an almost full moon guided their way.

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Mirjana, having just arrived at the site of the Blue Cross, today, July 2, 2010, enters inside herself, seemingly oblivious to the thousands of people who surround her. What thoughts are hers at this moment? What prayer fills her heart?

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Mirjana receives Our Lady in the apparition of July 2, 2010. Time continues to move forward, to the fulfillment of Our Lady’s plans, and for Mirjana it goes from month to month as she prays, suffers and waits until the 2nd of every month comes around again. Mysteriously, she briefly enters a timeless world kneeling before her Queen and Mother. Scientists who have studied the visionaries through the years explain this state of being as the visionaries actually enter into a deeper reality than what is normally experienced in our human nature. They see Our Lady with much greater depth than how we see and experience each other in our daily lives. There are no words that can help us grasp their experience. But prayer can do what words cannot.

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No eye has seen, no ear has heard….

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“…No one in the world has had the grace which you, your brothers, and sisters have received…” These were words spoken by Our Lady to Medjugorje visionary Ivanka on her last daily apparition on May 7, 1985, speaking specifically of the six visionaries of Medjugorje.

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As we look upon Mirjana’s face who is looking upon Our Lady’s face, we can’t help but be filled with a holy envy to have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.


Prayer for Non-Believers

  

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Thursday, July 01, 2010

‘Top 50 Most Popular Phrases From The Bible’

The canonical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke &...

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“Commonly used”



(Editor’s Note: This article was previously published on the Aggie Catholics blog -- marysaggies.blogspot.com/. The author, Marcel LeJeune, is the assistant director at the largest campus ministry in the country -- St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A&M University. Mr. LeJeune’s book, "Set Free to Love: Lives Changed by the Theology of the Body," will be released in September 2010 by Servant Books. To find out more or have him come speak to your group, visit his website -- Click Here.) 

In our modern culture, we commonly use phrases which have originated from the Bible without even knowing their origin. 

After doing a bit of research, I have compiled my top 50 list of commonly used phrases which originate from the Bible. 

Note -- I have put the phrase and the reference where it originated from, which may or may not be a direct quote from the Bible. Some originate from the Bible yet have changed over time. 

50 - "My cup runneth over" -- Psalms 23:5 
49 - "O ye, of little faith" -- Luke 12:28 
48 - "Living off the fat of the land" -- Genesis 45:17-18 
47 - "Like a lamb led to the slaughter" -- Jeremiah 11:19 / Isaiah 53:7 
46 - "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" -- Matthew 26:41 
45 - "Flesh and blood" -- Matthew 16:17 
44 - "Spare the rod and spoil the child" -- Proverbs 13:24 / 23:13 
43 - "Forbidden fruit" -- Genesis 2 & 3 
42 - "Can a leopard change his spots?" -- Jeremiah 13:23 
41 - "A man after my own heart" -- Samuel 13:14 / Acts 13:22 
40 - "Do not cast your pearls before swine" -- Matthew 7:6 
39 - "The fruit of your loins" -- Genesis 35:11 
38 - "The powers that be" -- Romans 13: 1-2 
37 - "Drop in the bucket" -- Isaiah 40:15 
36 - "Eat, drink, and be merry" -- Ecclesiastes 8:15 
35 - "Eye for an eye" -- Exodus 21:24 / Leviticus 24:20 / Deuteronomy 19:21 / Matthew 5:38 
34 - "The good Samaritan" -- Luke 10:25-37 
33 - "He that is without sin, cast the first stone" -- John 8:7 
32 - "Labor of love" -- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 
31 - "The root of the matter" - Job 19:28 
30 - "Fight the good fight" -- 1 Timothy 6.12 
29 - "Letter of the law" -- 2 Corinthians 3:6 
28 - "Many are called, but few are chosen" -- Matthew 22:14 
27 - "Man does not live by bread alone" -- Deuteronomy 8:3 / Matthew 4:4 
26 - "Salt of the earth" -- Matthew 5:13 
25 - "No rest for the wicked" or "No rest for the weary" -- Isaiah 57:21 
24 - "Sweat of your brow" -- Genesis 3:19 
23 - "Apple of my eye" -- Deuteronomy 2:10 / Zechariah 2:8 
22 - "The love of money is the root of all evil" -- 1 Timothy 6:10 
21 - "All things must pass" or "This too shall pass" -- Matthew 24:6-8 
20 - "The truth shall make you free" -- John 8:32 
19 - "There's nothing new under the sun" -- Ecclesiastes 1:9 
18 - "For everything there is a season" -- Ecclesiastes 3:1 
17 - "As old as Methuselah" -- Genesis 5: 25-27 
16 - "Ashes to ashes" -- Genesis 3:19 
15 - "Twinkling of an eye" -- 1 Corinthians 15:52 
14 - "A fly in the ointment" -- Ecclesiastes 10:1 
13 - "Faith will move mountains" - Matthew 21:21 
12 - "Signs of the times" -- Matthew 16:3 
11 - "It is better to give than to receive" -- Acts 20:35 
10 - "My brother's keeper" -- Genesis 4:9 
9 - "Physician, heal thyself" -- Luke 4:23 
8 - "Out of the mouths of babes" -- Psalm 8:2 
7 - "How the mighty have fallen" -- 2 Samuel 1:19 
6 - "Bite the dust" -- Psalms 72: 9 
5 - "Sour grapes" -- Ezekiel 18:2 
4 - "The writing on the wall" -- Daniel 5:5 
3 - "At my wit's end" -- Psalm 107:27 
2 - "Blind leading the blind" -- Matthew 15:14 / Luke 6:39 
1 - "By the skin of our teeth" -- Job 19:20


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9 Most Popular Novenas & Stories from America Needs Fatima:


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 Friends,Please see below the 9 MOST READ novenas and stories from our website.

But first, a friendly reminder:

Please pray the Rosary for America on Sunday, July 4th, at 6PM.

Because America is in bad shape and without Our Lady's urgent intervention, things will only get worse.

As Our Lady asked for sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, please take 
a minute from your busy schedule and 
invite your friends to join the 
Rosary for America.

Invite friends to join the Rosary for America

And here's the:

9 MOST READ ITEMS from the America Needs Fatima website.

Hopefully, you'll enjoy them. And please have a very blessed, prayerful and wonderful 4th of July.

Sincerely in Jesus and Mary,

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Monthly message as given to Anne, a lay apostle:


On the first of every month, our Lord gives Anne a new message about His call to service.
July 1, 2010
 
Jesus
 
My beloved apostles, I send many graces into the world through your commitment to Me. You do not see the graces but sometimes you see the effect of the graces. When you see the effect of the graces I send through you, rejoice. Thank Me. Your gratitude expressed to Me gives Me consolation. Also, your gratitude expressed to Me, gives you a disposition that is joyful. I want you to be joyful, dear apostles, because I am giving you so much. You are cooperating with Me and working hard, it is true, but you are also benefiting because My heart is so grateful to you for your fidelity that I hasten to answer your prayers, both for your loved ones and for the whole world. When a traveller goes a short distance, he can become a little tired. When a traveller goes a greater distance, he can become a little more tired. When a traveller travels a distance that stretches out for the remainder of his time on earth, as in your case, that traveller understands that fatigue will be his companion. This companionship should accomplish two things. One, it should provide a bond between the saved and the Saviour because I, too, experienced fatigue and I, too, devoted My life to the Kingdom. The other thing fatigue should provide for you is a compelling need to adapt your service to My pace which is a steady pace, as opposed to a hurried pace. I ask for steady service. I do not want hesitation in My service, no, but neither do I want irresponsible treatment of either your physical wellness or your spiritual wellness. If you are standing next to a well and do not drink, you will become dehydrated, regardless of your proximity to the well. Drink, dear apostles. Experience each day the grace that you are urging others to accept. I am with you and I feed you steadily. You have the grace for today. You will have to return to Me tomorrow to accept the grace for that day. I want My beloved apostles to be sustained and I offer them sustenance. Dear friends, all is well. You are working hard as I worked hard but you will be given all that you need. I am so grateful to you. I am so pleased with you. Believe Me when I say this. It is very important for the world that you accept My gratitude because if you do not accept My gratitude, truly, the world will not understand Me and the world will not understand service to Me. People must look at you and see that service to Me brings blessings. I am with you and My gratitude to you will be evident for eternity.
 
 
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