2023年9月1日 星期五

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 My child, you complain because I Will to keep you in the dark; but remember that after darkness comes light, and then you shall have light indeed. 


I put you to this test for My greater glory, to give joy to the Angels, for your greater gain and also for example to others. 


If you do really love Me, you should love Me even in the midst of darkness. 


I delight in and play with souls. I play through love. 


Be not afflicted if I begin to abandon you.


Do not think it chastisement. 


It is truly My own Will in order to detach from creatures and unite you to Myself. 


When I appear to be far away then I am near at hand. 


Take courage, for after the battle comes peace. 


Fidelity and love must be thy necessary weapons. 


For the present, therefore, be patient if I leave you alone. 


Suffer, be resigned and be consoled. 


I am leading you by rough and sorrowful ways, and you should consider yourself honoured when I treat you thus and when by a daily and hidden martyrdom I allow your soul to be tried and purified. 


Think only for the present of how you art to practice great virtue. 


Make haste in the ways of Divine Love, humble yourself and rest assured that if I keep you on the Cross, I love you.


Be not like some who, being attached to consolations and spiritual satisfactions, care but little for the Cross. 


Finding themselves in desolation of spirit, they shorten by degrees the time of prayer because they no longer find in it the consolations they had before experienced.


– Jesus: to St. Gemma Galgani

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JESUS APPEALS TO THE WORLD

The Unceasing Act of Love Revealed to the Capuchin Nun, Sister Mary Consolata
(1903-1946)

Jesus and Mary, I love You, save souls! 🙏❤️

On their behalf and for those of the coming centuries, Sister Consolata's spiritual director requested a letter from her in which she would expound her own thoughts on how to practice the unceasing act of love and offer some practical advice. We reproduce this letter almost in its entirety, and every Littlest One may consider it to have been written expressly for her or for him. Its content is all the more valuable since it has found confirmation in Sister Consolata's own life which will hardly ever be surpassed in continuity and virginity of love.

DEAREST LITTLEST ONE OF THE HEART OF JESUS

“When you go to rest in the evening, you should ask your good guardian angel to love Jesus on your behalf while you are asleep, to awaken you in the morning, and to inspire you to the act of love. If you will be faithful in asking this of him each evening, he will be faithful in awakening you every morning with a 'Jesus, Mary, I love You! Save souls!’
"Begin your day in this way, and continue to love until you meet Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. That does not mean that you should neglect all other prayers. No! Carry on your usual practices of piety, but do not add any others. Let your act of love absorb your every spare moment, and in the future even some of your vocal prayers if Jesus so inspires you.
"In Holy Communion entrust and abandon yourself to Jesus, your troubles, projects, desires, and sorrows, and then think no more about them. For the whole life of a Littlest One is based upon this
Divine promise: - “I will think of everything, even to the least detail; you must think only of loving Me!” - Copy these words out under an image of the Sacred Heart, and do it in such a way that they will be always in sight. They will be a great help to you in freeing your spirit from all preoccupation, and you will experience in yourself how faithfully Jesus keeps His promise.

"After having abandoned everything to Jesus during Holy Communion, renew to Him your promise of the unceasing act oflove, your 'yes' to everything He will demand of you throughout the day, and determine to see Him, to speak with Him, and to serve Him lovingly in all His creatures with whom you will come in contact.
"Form your intention once and for all that your every act of love may ascend to heaven as a supplication, to implore fidelity for yourself in persevering uninterruptedly until your next Communion, and that it be in reparation for your every infidelity.

"As you leave the church, begin with your act of love, and continue it on your way, at home, and while carrying out each of your duties. Remember that Jesus has given His promise that while you are writing, or praying, or meditating, or while you must speak out of necessity or charity, your act of love will continue just the same.
"Arrange to have before you, if possible, while you work an image or a card with the words: 'Jesus, Mary, I love You!
Save souls!' This will serve as a reminder to you.
*Among the obstacles which prevent you from offering
Jesus the unceasing virginal act of love, Our Lord teaches us to combat three: useless thoughts, useless talk, and outside inter-ests. As for thoughts and preoccupations, everything becomes useless from the moment that Jesus promises His Littlest One that He Himself will think of everything, even to the smallest details. As for useless talk, if you speak when you are not obliged to do so out of necessity, charity or propriety, then it is a waste of time; you steal time from Love. As for extraneous interests, curiosity, etc., all these detach your spirit from the one thing to which you have vowed yourself: to love Jesus unceasingly and with a virginal love.
"It is necessary, however, for you to realize that, to carry out the divine wishes, never to lose one act of love or one act of charity from one Communion to another, will require arduous work from your soul (sustained by grace), no small amount of time, and a generous, constant effort; above all, never let yourself become discouraged.

*At every more or less voluntary infidelity, renew your determination of virginal love, and start afresh. If your fault causes you suffering, you should offer it to Jesus... as an act of love!
You will see and will be able to experience with what tenderness Jesus raises you up again after each fall or infidelity, how He hastens to put you on your feet again, so that you may continue your canticle of love.

"What will aid you most in offering Jesus the unceasing act of love, is to renew your resolution at every hour and to make a particular examen of your conscience concerning it.
Keep in mind that in this particular examen about the unceasing act of love you are to note as faults only the time which you have wasted in useless talk or in following your imagination, vain thoughts, etc...
.. Make good your shortcomings, and
then take up your loving again with tranquillity.
The resolution, however, to which you must consecrate all your energies should always concern the unceasing act of love. Have no fear! Jesus will aid you. He has said: I ask only one thing of you: an unceasing act of love..
Love Me, for I thirst
for your love.... Love Me, and you will be happy; the more you will love Me, the happier you will be!... Jesus keeps His word!
"So, have courage! Jesus and Mary will aid you! Never have any fear, but trust and believe in the love which He has for you!"

Affectionately,
SISTER CONSOLATA, R.C.

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 HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD IS CALLING YOU? 


If one day, you are called to become a sister, what will you do? Deny, ignore, or pursue what you believe is a call. BUT FIRST HOW DO YOU KNOW GOD IS CALLING YOU? 


God’s invitations can come in many different ways. A call is unique for each person in each circumstance.  This invitation may start within you when:


–a voice within you keeps calling you to be a sister.


–you experience a hunger for intimacy with God.


–an inspiring quote, a sister’s story, or the works of a religious community touches you deeply and leads you to consider becoming a sister.


–you dream of working with the poor or working for justice and peace.

you experience something missing in your life and you want to work for something bigger than yourself.


In some cases, the invitation can be unexpected:


–a thunderbolt hitting your ears when someone says: “Have you ever thought of becoming a sister?”


–a joke you may really hate; “You act or look like a nun, why don’t you be one of them?”


–a bet between you and someone encouraging you to contact a religious community.


God’s invitation can also seem confusing or unsettling. For example:


Your fiancé hands you a retreat registration; “I registered you for a retreat. You should explore your call before we get married.” Don’t feel resentful towards him.


You often don’t feel peaceful, but have a sense of emptiness while dating, or even one or two weeks before getting married. Pay attention to that sign.


Remember


 “For humans, it is impossible; but for God, all is possible.” (Matthew 19:26).


–Blog by Sr. Mai Dung Nguyen

2023年8月31日 星期四

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 PROMISES OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST 

           TO THOSE WHO VISIT HIM 

        IN THE BLESSED SACRAMENT 

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           With Ecclesiastical Approval


1. I promise the Soul to visit me frequently in the Blessed Sacrament that I will receive such soul affectionately along with all the Blessed and Angels of Heaven; that each visit of yours will be inscribed in the Book of his Life and grant him:


2. All petitions to be presented before the altar of God in favor of the Church, the Pope and the Consecrated Souls.


3. Cancellation of Satan's power over your person and loved ones.


4. Special protection in case of earthquakes, hurricanes and other natural disasters that would otherwise affect it.


5. She will be lovingly cut off from the world and its attractions, which are cause of doom.


6. The elevation of the Soul, wishing to reach SANCTIFICATION, in visits to the contemplation of My Face.


7. Relief from the purgatory pains of your loved ones.


8. My Blessing for all material and spiritual projects you undertake, if it is for the sake of your own Soul.


9. Receive My visit, in the company of My Mother, at the time of death.


10. *Listening and attending to the needs of the people he asks for.*


11. The intersection of Saints and Angels at the hour of death, to reduce the temporary sentence.


12. May My Love arouse holy callings consecrated to GOD among your loved ones and friends.


13. The Soul that keeps true devotion to My presence in the Eucharist will not be condemned, you will not die without the sacraments of the Church.


14. To the priests and religious who spread devotion to worship, I grant you many special thanks, the total acknowledgement of your sins and the grace to repent.


15. I will help you form faithful devout communities and Saints and achieve many privileges.


16. I promise these things to all people, with only two conditions; which are the fruit of genuine love towards My Royal presence in the Eucharist, and which are absolutely indispensable to make reality in their lives my promises.


I. LET THEM FIGHT TO PRESERVE DIGNITY ON MY ALTARS.


II. BE MERCIFUL TO YOUR NEIGHBOR.


Oh our Eucharistic Jesus, inflame my soul with Your love 💕

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 🌹BEHOLD THE 15 HUMILITY TIPS  🌹

                           FROM 

  ST. MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA 

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             In Other To Mount High

                 You Must Descend

           Because The Knowledge

            Of God Can Be Attained

                             But By 

                          HUMILITY


🙏🏻🌹BELOVED ❣️ Souls, let us reflect on this Great Virtue of HUMILITY with St Mother Theresa of Calcutta. While she was head of the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa kept a list of ways to cultivate humility for the sisters in her care...


1💥. Speak as little as possible about yourself.


2💥. Keep busy with your own affairs and not those of others.


3💥. Avoid curiosity (she is referring to wanting to know things that should not concern you.)


4💥. Do not interfere in the affairs of others.


 5💥. Accept small irritations with good humor.


 6💥. Do not dwell on the faults of others.


7💥. Accept censures even if unmerited.


8💥. Give in to the will of others.


9💥. Accept insults and injuries.


10💥. Accept contempt, being forgotten and disregarded.


11💥. Be courteous and delicate even when provoked by someone.


12💥. Do not seek to be admired and loved.


13💥. Do not protect yourself behind your own dignity.


14💥. Give in, in discussions, even when you are right.


15💥. Choose always the more difficult task.


🌹"I worry some of you still have not really met Jesus—one to one—you and Jesus alone. We may spend time in the chapel—but have you seen with the eyes of your soul how He looks at you with love? Do you really know the living Jesus—not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you? Ask for the grace; He is longing to give it. Until you can hear Jesus in the silence of your own heart, you will not be able to hear Him saying 'I Thirst' in the hearts of the poor. Never give up this daily intimate contact with Jesus as the real living person—not just the idea." 


-WORDS OF ST. MOTHER

 THERESA OF CALCUTTA

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🙏🏻O dear God grant us through the powerful intercession of St Mother Theresa the True and profound HUMILITY which is the foundation of all VIRTUES. 

Amen🌹🌹🌹

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 .💥🌹POWERFUL MEDITATION🌹💥 

            ON THE MALICE OF SIN

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            A Thought Provoking Piece

A MUST READ For All Who Desire Salvation


🙏🏻 “ I have brought up children and exalted them, but they have despised me.” (Isah.1:2)


🙏🏻🌹 Beloved in Christ, Sin as we all know is an offense against God, by any thought, word, deed or omission against the law of God. 


🔥In the very moment in which sin is committed, the soul, from being a likeness of God, becomes transformed into a very horrible monster. It is not possible for a man to comprehend the wonderful beauty with which a soul which enjoys God’s grace, is adorned. When in that state it is a portrait and a copy of the Divine Beauty. For its formation, nothing less is required than infinite Wisdom and power. 


🔥The beauty of a soul in a state of Grace is so great that one day when God had enabled St. Theresa of Avila to see this beauty, she declared “I would gladly give a thousand lives and suffer a thousand deaths, to preserve the beauty of a single such soul, “But just as grace makes a soul lovely, sin makes it ugly. A soul in sin and a condemned spirit are equal in ugliness. Just as a man could not see a demon in any vision that would fairly represent it, without dying of fright, neither could he see a soul that is in sin without dying of terror. 


🔥In the moment in which sin is committed, a soul becomes extremely repulsive of God. It is not possible for any intelligence in Heaven or on earth to come to comprehension of how great the abhorrence is, how profound the hatred is, with which God regards sin. Yes, indeed! God hates sin and necessarily abhors it. Just as it is not possible for Him to cease loving Himself as Supreme Good likewise, it is not possible that He cease hating sin as the supreme evil. 


🔥The moment one sins, his soul from being a child of God, becomes a slave of the devil. The condition of a possessed person moves us to compassion; for he is compelled to make room day and night within his body for a demon from Hell. But much more pitiful is the condition of someone’s soul who, by sin, becomes a slave of the devil and is constrained to live under his tyrannical power. 


🔥Now, someone possessed may happen to be the child of God and enjoy His grace, having full confidence that he will succeed in enjoying Him forever in Heaven. But one in sin is God’s enemy, is without His grace, and is liable to fall into hell at anytime, with the same slave-mater accompanying him to torment him there forever. 


🔥The moment one sins, his soul falls into the vilest, most deplorable condition. There is nothing more shameful than sin, nothing more blame worthy than the sinner. Imagine Oh Christian soul, that God opened everyone’s eyes so that they could look into your heart clearly and see all your vices, all the sins you have committed during your lifetime by thought, word and deed. 


🔥Oh! What a shame would you have? Ah! What an embarrassment to God? If it were like these, would you not first seek a hiding place in the grottos and caves of deserts rather than appear before men? Even in the judgment of the same natural right of reason, there is nothing more shameful than sin, nor anything more vile than the sinner. 


🔥“We read, in the life of Sister Catherine of St. Augustine, that in the place where she resided, there was a woman, of the name of Mary, who in her youth was a sinner, and in her old age continue, so obstinate in wickedness. As a result of her sinful life, she was driven out of the city, and reduced to live in a secluded cave, there she died, half consumed by disease, without the sacraments, and was consequently interred in a field like a beast. Ah! If we mortals hate a sinful man like this, how much hatred must he not be before God?


🔥Oh! Christian soul, if you know how you ought to blush before God, in whose presence you have committed so many sin and before whose eyes all the hideous things of your life continually lie bare and before whom nothing unclean could stand, you ought to be very careful with the salvation of your soul. 


🔥Oh! Unhappy tongues! How many loose words have you not uttered? Oh! Unworthy hands! How many forbidden acts have you not performed? Oh! Disorderly heart! How many objects have you not wrongfully love or wrongfully hated?


🔥Oh! My God exclaimed St. Anthony Mary Claret, “if a single sin arouse in thee a horror and an infinite  , how in your sight does my soul appear in which nothing else is seen but only sin? Where shall I flee to hide myself and conceal my shameful guilt? O sin! How lovable you seem to one who commits you. How bitter and hateful you are after you have been committed. Truly, if everybody knew me as God does, there would not be a saint in Heaven nor a man on earth who would not look away in greatest horror.    


🙏🏻O GOD, You made us for  Yourself, and souls are restless until they rest in Thee. Teach us O Lord, the way to Thy kingdom. And grant us the grace to resist and hate sin even the least one with every possible means and see it as the greatest of all evil. Above all, turn us from sinners into great Saints. Amen🌹🌹🌹


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TO BE CONTINUED*

2023年8月30日 星期三

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 A person in the state of grace can put on the mind of Christ, be filled with peace, and live a life of virtue.God showed a vision of a soul in the state of grace to St. Catherine of Siena. This is how she described it to her spiritual director:


"Father , I cannot find anything in this world that can give you the smallest idea of what I have seen. Oh, if you could but see the beauty of a soul in the state of grace, you would sacrifice your life a thousand times for its salvation. It is the image and likeness of God in that soul, and the Divine Grace which made it so beautiful."


For our mortal sins to be forgiven, we must confess them to a priest. But that is not all. We must be sorry and must want to never commit that sin again. If the person confesses, but intends to go out and continue to live in the state of sin, his sins are not forgiven.And if he dies in that state, unrepentant, he will not go to Heaven.


Note: A person may fall after leaving the confessional, but if his intention was not to sin again, his sins are forgiven. So, if you confess and fall again, confess again. God knows how weak we are. That's why he gives us many opportunities to start anew.


People were in darkness and experienced the tremendous joy when they went to confession after years away from the Church. One such person said, after coming from Confession:


" After a priest prayed over me, a cloud lifted from my head and I saw clearly for the first time in many years, even though I had been against the Catholic Church, I understood that the Catholic Church was true!....I never thought it was possible to have so much joy on this earth ! ....I felt inebriated with joy! I knew His great love for me, and I felt great love for Him , and for everyone!"


Pope Francis said," God forgets sins absolved within the confessional."


" After Confession, a crown is given to penitents." by St John Chrysostom.


Resolve: Thank God for the great gift of Confession, and get into the habit of going to Confession at least once a month.

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 Confession is a gift from God. If you take advantage of this gift and humbly confess your sins to a priest, your reward will be peace of soul in this life. How said it would be to refuse this gift! Those who do refuse will suffer in time and eternity. For a person living in the state of sin there are real-life consequences: a deep emptiness in the depths of the soul and lack of a sense of meaning and purpose in life are just some of the results of living in sin . As St Augustine said ," You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You."


Sin darkens the mind. It can make us slaves to our passions, and the more we sin, the more we become like beasts. Some people don't go to Confession or to church, but they think they are good people because they don't commit heinous sins, and they do some good things. But good deeds don't get us to heaven. When the soul is dead in sin , good deeds do not merit that person anything, because they are separated from God. It is being the state of grace, union with God that allows us entry into His Kingdom.


2023年8月29日 星期二

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Nine First Wednesdays dedicated to St. Joseph


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“My dear son, Our Lord God has sent me to tell you about all the graces the faithful will receive from my Most Chaste Heart which Jesus and my blessed spouse wish to be honored.” – St. Joseph



The First Wednesday of every month is dedicated in devotion to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph and it derives from Church-approved apparitions in Itapiranga, Brazil and the United States. The apparitions were approved by a Bishop Dom Carillo Gritti in 2010 and the Feast is usually celebrated on the first Wednesday after the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.


Confession: This confession can be made 9 days before or after the First Wednesday, provided that Holy Communion be received in the state of grace.


Holy Communion: Offer your First Wednesday Mass and Communion in honor of St. Joseph, for the salvation of the dying, most especially for an undying sinner who is to lose his soul without the grace of final repentance.


Prayers: The Go to Joseph Prayers (below), you can also pray the Litany to St Joseph or other prayers to honour St Joseph.


Promises

The Ten Promises to those who are devoted to the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph:



1. I promise to all that honor this Most Chaste Heart of mine, and who do here on earth good deeds in favor of the most needy, especially of the sick and dying for whom I am a consoler and protector, to receive in their last moment of their lives the grace of a good death. I myself will be to these souls their petitioner to my Son Jesus and, together with my spouse, Most Holy Mary, we will console them in their last hours here on earth with our holy presence, and they will rest in the peace of our Hearts.


2. I promise to all the faithful that honor my Most Chaste Heart with faith and love, the grace to live with holy purity of soul and body and the strength to resist all attacks and temptations by the Devil. I myself will preciously protect you.


3. I promise to intercede before God for those who come to me, honoring this Heart of mine. I will give them the graces to be able to resolve the most difficult problems and urgent necessities, that to the eyes of man seem impossible, but that, through my intercession to God, will be possible.


4. I promise all who will trust in my Most Chaste Heart, devoutly honoring it, the grace to be consoled by me in their greatest afflictions of the soul and in the danger of judgment, when by misfortune lose divine grace because of their grave sins. To these sinners, who have recourse to me, I promise the graces of my Heart for the purpose of amendment, of repentance and of sincere contrition of their sins.


5. To all who honor this Heart of mine and trust in me and in my intercession, I promise they will not be abandoned in their difficulties and in the trials of life. I will ask Our Lord to help them with his Divine Providence in their material and spiritual problems.


6. Mothers and fathers – consecrate yourselves to my Heart, likewise your families, and you will receive my help in your afflictions and problems. Just as I brought up the Son of the Most Hight in his holy laws, I will assist you with the upbringing and education of your children. I will help all fathers and mothers that consecrate their children to me, to bring them up with love in the holy laws of God, so they may find the secure road to salvation.


7. So then, my son, tell all those that honor this Chaste Heart of mine they will receive the grace of my protection from all evils and dangers. For those who surrender to me will not be slaughtered by misfortunes, by wars, hunger, by diseases and other calamities, they will have my Heart as a refuge for their protection. Here, in my Heart, all will be protected against the divine justice in the days that will come. All who consecrate themselves to my Heart, honoring it, they will be looked upon by my Son Jesus with eyes of mercy. Jesus will pour out his love and will take to the glory of his Kingdom all those I put in my Heart.


8. All those who propagate the devotion to my Heart, and practice it with love, have the certainty of having their names engraved on it just as my Son Jesus’ cross and the “M” of Mary are engraved on it, as formed by wounds. This also applies for all priests whom I love with predilection. The priests who have a devotion to my Heart and spread it will have the grace of touching the most hardened hearts and convert obstinate sinners.


9. All who honor the Most Chaste Heart of St. Joseph will benefit with my maternal presence in their lives in a special way. I will be at the side of each son and daughter of mine, helping and comforting them with a mothers’ Heart, just as I helped and comforted my Most Chase Spouse Joseph in this world. To those who ask of his Heart with trust, I promise to intercede before the Eternal Father, my Divine Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I will obtain for them, from God, the grace to reach perfect sanctity in the virtues of St. Joseph, this way reaching the perfect love in which he lived. Men will learn to love my Son Jesus and myself with the same love as my Most Chaste Spouse Joseph, receiving the most pure love from our Hearts.


10. All who will honor my Virginal Father Joseph’s Most Chaste Heart, will receive at the hour of death the grace to resist the schemes of the enemy of salvation, receiving victory and the deserved recompense in the Kingdom of my Heavenly Father. Those who devoutly honor this Chaste Heart in this world have the certainty of receiving great glory in Heaven. The devoted souls of my Virginal Father Joseph will benefit from the beatific vision of the Holy Trinity and will have the profound knowledge of the One Triune God, the thrice Holy. They will enjoy the presence of my Heavenly Mother and my Virginal Father Joseph in the heavenly Kingdom. These souls will be loved by the Holy Trinity and by my Holy Mother Mary and will encircle the Most Chaste Heart of my Virginal Father Joseph like the most beautiful of lilies.


Prayers

The Go to Joseph Prayers


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In the miseries of this vale of tears, to whom shall we have recourse, O blessed Joseph, if not to thee, to whom thy beloved spouse Mary entrusted all her rich treasures, that thou might keep them to our advantage? “go to my spouse, Joseph,” Mary seems to say to us, “and he will comfort you, he will deliver you from the misfortunes which now oppress you and will make you happy and contented” Have pity on us, therefore, O St. Joseph; have pity on us through that love which thou didst cherish toward a spouse so worthy and amiable. Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …




II




We are fully conscious that we have offended the justice of God by our sins and deserve His most severe chastisements. Not what shall be our place of refuge? “go to Joseph,” Jesus seems to say to us; “Go to Joseph, in whom I was well pleased and whom I had for My foster father. To him, as to a father, I have communicated all power, that he may use it for your good according to his own desire.” Pity us, therefore, O blessed Joseph, pity us, for the great love thou didst bear toward a Son so admirable and so dear. Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …




III




Unhappily the sins we have committed call down upon the heaviest scourges: this we must confess. In what ark shall we take refuge in order to be saved? Where shall we find the blessed rainbow that shall give us comfort and hope in the midst of our afflictions? “Go to Joseph,” the Eternal father seems to say to us: “Go to him who took My place on earth with regard to My Son made man. I entrusted to his keeping My Son, who is the unfailing source of grace; therefore, every grace is in his hands.” Pity us, then, dear St. Joseph, pity us by thy great love for Almighty God, Who has been so generous to thee. Our Father … Hail Mary … Glory Be …


Act of Consecration to St. Joseph

To your Chaste Heart we consecrate ourselves, on this day, O Glorious Saint Joseph. We consecrate our families and all that we have. Just as you protect Jesus and Mary, protect my soul and my life also, O my Beloved Protector, against the dangers that surround me and attack me. O Glorious Saint Joseph, teach me to love deeply the most Holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, so that you may come to love deeply as they your Most Chaste Heart, honoring it and making it known, as you deserve and ought to be Honored and loved for all eternity. Amen!

Daily Prayer to St Joseph

Hail, Guardian of the Redeemer,

Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

To you God entrusted his only Son;

in you Mary placed her trust;

with you Christ became man.


Blessed Joseph, to us too,

show yourself a father

and guide us in the path of life.

Obtain for us grace, mercy, and courage,

and defend us from every evil. Amen.


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 The Fifteen Secret Tortures And Sufferings Of Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ.

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Yea, dogs are round about me; a company of evildoers encircle me; they have pierced my hands and feet--I can count all my bones.

(Ps 22:16-17)

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"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed. "

(Isaiah 53:5)

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I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none — Psalm 69:20

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Revealed to the pious, God-loving Sister Mary Magdalen of Sancta Clara Order, Franciscan, who lived, died and was beatified in Rome. Jesus fulfilled the wish of this Sister, who desired to ardently know something about the secret sufferings which He endured the night before His death.

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This devotion is approved and recommended by His Holiness Clement XII, (1730-1740)

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1. They fastened My feet with a rope and dragged Me over the stepping stones of the staircase, down into a filthy, nauseating cellar.

2. They took off My clothing and stung My body with iron joints.They attached a rope around My body and pulled Me on the ground from end to end.

3. They hanged Me on a wooden piece with a slip knot until I slipped out and fell down. Overwhelmed by this torture, I wept bloody tears.

4. They tied Me to a post and pierced My body with various arms.

5. They struck Me with stones and burnt Me with blazing embers and torches.

6. They pierced Me with awls; sharp spears tore My skin, flesh and arteries out of My body.

7. They tied Me to a post and made Me stand barefoot on an incandescent metal sheet.

8. They crowned Me with an iron crown and wrapped My eyes with the dirtiest possible rags.

9. They made Me sit on a chair covered with sharp pointed nails, causing deep wounds in My body.

10. They poured on My wounds liquid lead and resin and, after this torture, they pressed Me on the nailed chair so that the nails went deeper and deeper into My flesh.

11. For shame and affliction, they drove needles into the holes of My uprooted beard.

12. They tied my hands behind My back and led Me walking out of prison with strikes and blows.

13. They threw Me upon a cross and attached Me so tightly that I could hardly breathe anymore.

14. They threw at My head as I lay on the earth, and they stepped on Me, hurting My breast. Then, taking a thorn from My crown, they drove it into My tongue.

15. They poured into My mouth the most immodest excretions, as they uttered the most infamous expressions about Me.

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Then, Jesus added,

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"My daughter, I desire that you let everybody know the Fifteen Secret Tortures in order that everyone of them be honored."

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"Anyone who daily offers Me, with love, one of these sufferings and says with fervor the following prayer, will be rewarded with eternal glory on the day of judgment."

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PRAYER

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My Lord and My God, it is my unchangeable will to honor Thee in these Fifteen Secret Torments when Thou shed Thy Precious Blood; as many times as there are grains of sand around the seas, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as flowers in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as creatures on earth. So many thousands of times may Thou be glorified, praised and honored, O Most love-worthy Lord Jesus Christ - Thy Holiest Heart, Thy Precious Blood, Thy Divine Sacrifice for mankind, the Holiest Sacrament of the altar, the Most Holy Virgin Mary, the nine glorious choirs of Angels and the Blessed Phalanx of the Saints, from myself and everyone, now and forever, and in the eternal ages.

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In like manner, I desire, my dear Jesus, to give Thee thanksgiving, to serve Thee, to repair and atone for all my ignominies, and to offer Thee my soul and body as Thy possession forever. Likewise, I regret all my sins and beg Thy pardon, O my Lord and my God. And I offer Thee all the merits of Jesus Christ to repair everything, to obtain a happy dying-hour and the deliverance of the souls from Purgatory. This prayer I desire to renew at each hour until my death, O lovable Jesus. Sweet Savior, fortify my resolution and permit not that neither wretched men nor Satan destroy it. Amen.

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Promises of Our Lord Given to St. Gertrude for those Who Honor His Holy Wounds:

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One day as St. Gertrude was completing her prayers and salutations in honor of the Wounds of the Savior, her compassion was rewarded by a vision of Our Lord, on whose Wounds rested golden roses. Our Lord said to her: "Behold, I will appear to you in this refulgent form at the hour of your death, and I will cover all your sins, and adorn you with a glory like that with which you have adorned My Wounds by your salutations. All who do so shall receive the like favor." It was also revealed to St. Gertrude that reading and meditating on the Passion are far more useful and efficacious than all other spiritual exercises. As those who handle flour cannot avoid contracting some of the flour's powdery substance, so no one, however imperfect his devotion may be, can occupy his mind with the Passion of Our Lord without receiving some benefit therefrom. And, however cold and lukewarm our devotion, Our Lord will look upon us with greater long-suffering and mercy if we never omit the memory of His Passion.

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Promises of Our Lord to Sister Mary Martha Chambon to Those Who are Devoted to His Holy Wounds.

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Those who pray with humility and who meditate on My Passion, shall one day participate in the glory of My Divine wounds. Their members will receive from them a resplendent beauty and glory.

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The more you shall have contemplated My Painful wounds on this earth, the higher shall be your contemplation of them glorious in Heaven.

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The soul who during life has honored and studied the Wounds of Our Lord Jesus Christ and has offered Them to the Eternal Father for the Souls in Purgatory will be accompanied at the moment of death by the Holy Virgin and the Angels; and Our Lord on the Cross, all brilliant in glory will receive her and crown her.


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 !!! THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES !!!


Masonic plan to destroy the Catholic Church


"(The following astonishing document is from the estate of a hungarian catholic priest who died two years ago. It was found only a few days ago among the priest's personal papers. Its author, past and origin are unknown, and since its keeper is dead, we are unable to learn from him. Similar documents have been circulating in the world for a long time. But especially in view of the latest one, the Lugano study, and the fact that in our time both what is written in it and what is written here have been fulfilled almost to the letter, we must assume that we are dealing with genuine instructions.)


Grand Master Masonic directives to Masonic Catholic Bishops, March 1962


- All Masonic Brethren should report on the progress of the implementation of these crucial instructions;

- Revised in October 1993 for the final stage;

- All Freemasons active in the Catholic Church should take the following in hand and carry it through.


1. Remove St. Michael, the patron of the Catholic Church, from all prayers in and out of Mass once and for all. Remove his statues, say they are a distraction from Christ.


2. Cease penitential practices during Lent, such as not eating meat on Fridays or fasting. Discourage all acts of self-denial, replacing them with acts of joy, happiness and physical love. Say that "Christ has already earned for us the kingdom of heaven" and that "all human effort is in vain". Tell people to "take seriously the care of their health". Encourage them to eat meat, especially pork.


3. Appoint Protestant pastors to review and desacralize the Mass. Dispel the seeds of doubt about the real presence of the Eucharist in the Eucharist, and demonstrate that the Eucharist, closer to the Protestant faith, is only bread and wine, and is to be understood symbolically. Employ Protestants in schools and seminaries. Encourage ecumenism as the way to unity. Accuse all who believe in the Real Presence of disobedience to the Church.


4. Forbid the Latin liturgy of the Mass, the adoration of the Sacraments and the singing of hymns, because they create a sense of reverence for the mystery. Set them up as "hocus-pocus" of the prophets. People will then no longer look up to priests as highly intelligent and respectable mysterious persons.


5. Encourage women not to wear hats in church. Hair is sexy. Require women to be preachers, communion assistants, deaconesses and priests. Make this a democratic ideal. Start a women's liberation movement. Make church-goers dress sexy, it will diminish the importance of the Mass.


6. Tell parents and guardians to discourage children from folding their hands before and after communion. Tell them that God loves them just the way they are and wants them to feel completely at ease. Stop all kneeling and genuflecting in church. Remove the kneelers. Tell people to witness standing during the Holy Mass.


7. Bring guitars, Jewish harps, drums, "foot stomping", and "holy laughter" into the churches. This prevents people from personal prayer and conversation with Jesus. Do not give Jesus time to invite children to religious life. Perform liturgical dances at the altar in sexy costumes, plays and concerts.


8. Take away the sacral character of the hymns to the Mother of God and to St. Joseph. Say that their worship is idolatry. Ridicule those who insist on their worship. Introduce Protestant hymns. This will give the appearance that the Catholic Church is finally acknowledging that Protestant is the true religion, or at least equal to Catholic.


9. Introduce new hymns, thus convincing people that the older rites were somehow wrong. Make sure that in every Mass there is at least one hymn that does not mention Jesus, but is only about love for people. Young people will be inspired when they hear about brotherly love. Preach a sermon about love, tolerance and unity. Don't mention Jesus. Forbid the preaching of the Eucharist in any form.


10. Remove from the altar the relics of the saints, and then the altar itself. Replace it with pagan, unsanctified tables suitable for the presentation of living sacrifices at satanic masses. Abolish the church law that states that Holy Mass can only be celebrated on an altar containing relics.


11. Abandon the practice of saying Mass before the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. Do not allow altars used for Mass to have tabernacles. Make the table look like a dining room table. It should be portable to indicate that it is not a sacred thing, but something that serves a dual purpose, such as a conference table or a card table. Later, add at least one chair to the table. The priest should sit on it, indicating that he will rest after communion - after the meal. During the Holy Mass, the priest should never kneel or genuflect. It is not customary to kneel at meals. The priest's chair should be in the place of the tabernacle. Encourage people to venerate the priest and not the Eucharist, to obey him and not the Eucharist. Tell them that the priest is the Christ, he is the Head. Put the tabernacle in another room, out of sight.


12. Remove the saints from the church calendar, a few at a time. Forbid priests to preach about saints unless they are mentioned in the Gospel. Say it would offend any Protestants who might be present in the church. Avoid anything that would bother Protestants.


13. When reading the Gospel, omit the word "holy", e.g. instead of "Gospel according to St. John", simply say "Gospel according to John". This will show people that they are no longer to be respected. Keep writing new Bibles that are identical to the Protestant Bibles. Drop the word "holy" in connection with the Holy Spirit. This will open the way. Emphasize the feminine character of God as a loving mother. Do not allow the word "Father" to be used.


14. Then the litanies to the Heart of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph and the prayers in preparation for Communion will be omitted. Then the thanksgiving after Communion becomes superfluous.


15. Why should the statues of our enemies be there? Call them myths or bedtime stories. Don't let them talk about angels, because that would discourage our Protestant members.


16. Abolish the little exorcism used for exorcisms, work on it, and preach it to make people believe there are no devils. Say that this is the Bible's way of saying evil, and no good story is without a villain. Then they won't believe in hell, and they won't be afraid to go there. Say that hell is just the absence of God's presence, and that's not so terrible, because life there is the same as it is here on earth.


17. Teach that Jesus was only a man with brothers and sisters, and that he hated all kinds of institutions. Say that he loved the company of prostitutes, especially Mary Magdalene. Say that he did not use the churches and synagogues, and advised them not to obey the church magistrates. Say that he was a great teacher, who, however, went astray when he disobeyed the church teachers. Speak of the cross not as a victory but as a defeat.


18. Remember that you can persuade nuns to abandon their vocation by appealing to their vanity, their kindness and their beauty. Allow them to change their monastic habit, which will automatically lead them to throw away the rosary. Show the world that there are differences of opinion in the convents. By doing so you will dry up the vocations. Tell them that they are not accepted in the habitus, and it will discredit them in the eyes of the people.


19. Burn all catechisms. Tell the teachers of the faith to teach the children to love God's people instead of God's love. It is a sign of maturity to love openly. Let the word "sex" be used every day in religion classes. Make a new religion out of "sex". Bring "sex pictures" to the faith lessons to introduce children to the facts. Make sure the pictures are easy to understand. Encourage schools to be progressive in sex education. Introduce sex education through the dioceses so that parents will not object.


20. Close all Catholic schools by reducing the number of monastic vocations. Tell the sisters that they are unpaid social workers and the Church wants to get rid of them. Insist that Catholic lay teachers be paid the same as in public schools. Employ non-Catholic teachers. Priests should be paid the same as similar lay officials. All priests should remove their cassocks and crosses so that they are acceptable to all. Make a mockery of those who do not hold to this.


21. Destroy the Pope by destroying his universities. Separate the universities from the Pope. Tell him that the government will then support them. Change the names of the religious institutions and give them profane names. Tell them it is ecumenical. Establish ecumenical chapters in every diocese. Make sure they are under Protestant control. Do not allow prayers to the Pope or to Mary, because that would discourage ecumenism. Proclaim that the diocesan bishops are to be regarded as the competent authority, the Pope merely a figurehead. Tell the people that the Pope's teaching is for entertainment only, but is otherwise of no importance.


22. Attack the authority of the Pope by setting an age limit on his office. Push this through by all means.


23. Be bold. Weaken the Pope by making bishops' synods regular. The Pope will then be a figurehead, like in England, where the upper and lower houses rule and the Queen takes her orders from them. Then weaken the authority of the bishops by creating a counter-institution at the clerical level. Say that this is how priests get the recognition they deserve. Then weaken the authority of the priests by setting up lay groups to rule over them. This will create so much hatred that even cardinals will leave the Church, and the Church will now be democratic.


24. Reduce the priestly vocations so that the laity lose respect for them. A publicized priestly scandal will destroy thousands of vocations. Praise the fallen priests who gave up everything for the love of a woman. Call them heroes, heroic. Honour as martyrs the lay priests who were so oppressed that they could bear it no longer. Condemn and call scandalous the publication of the names of our practising Masonic brothers. Be tolerant of homosexuality in priests. Tell people that priests are lonely.


25. Start by closing churches for lack of priests. Call it economical and good business practice. Tell them that God answers prayer everywhere. So churches are an extravagant waste of money. First close churches where old-school traditions are cherished.


26. Use lay committees and priests of weak faith who are quick to reject and condemn all apparitions of Mary and all alleged miracles, especially those involving the Archangel St Michael. Make sure that after Vatican Council II, nothing of the sort is recognized. Say that it is disobedience to authority to follow or think about the messages. Say of the prophets that they are disobedient to the authority of the Church. Bring them into disrepute and then no one will think to pay attention to the messages.


27. Elect an antipope. Say he will bring Protestants back into the Church, and maybe even Jews. The way to elect an antipope is to give the right to vote to the bishops. Then they will elect so many popes that the antipope can be appointed as a compromise. Tell me the real pope is dead.


28. Abolish confession before Holy Communion for children in grades II and III, so that confession is no longer important for them when they enter grades IV, V or higher. Then confession will disappear. Introduce group confessions (silently) and group absolutions. Tell people it is because of the lack of priests.


29. Allow women and lay people to give holy communion. Say that this is the time for the laity. Start by handing over the sacrament like Protestants. Say that Christ did the same. Collect some wafers in our churches for "black masses". Then, instead of giving personal communion, give wafers in a container to take home. Tell them that this is how God's gift can be incorporated into daily life. Employ communion vending machines and call them tabernacles. Say that the sign of peace is to be passed on to one another. Encourage people to go around so that devotion and prayer may be interrupted. Do not make the sign of the cross, but instead use the sign of peace. Say that Christ also went out to greet his disciples. Do not allow any form of piety at this time. Let the priests turn their backs on the Eucharist, and let the people pay homage.


30. After the election of the antipope, dissolve the synods of bishops, priestly associations and parishes. Forbid priests to question the new directives.

Tell them that God is a lover of humility and hates those who seek respect.

Accuse all those who question disobedience to church authority. Discourage obedience to God. Tell the people that these church leaders must be obeyed.


31. Give the antipope supreme power to choose his followers. Under pain of excommunication, command all who love God to wear the mark of the beast. Do not call it the "mark of the beast". Do not put the cross on people, nor they on themselves. (Do not bless.) Cross-bearing is to be called idolatry and disobedience.


32. Declare the old dogmas false, except the one about the infallibility of the Pope. Say that Jesus Christ was a revolutionary, but a failure. Say that the true Christ is coming soon.


33. Order all the Pope's subjects to fight in the "holy crusade" to spread the one "world religion". Only the elected antipope is to be obeyed. Tell the people that they must bow down when his name is spoken. Satan knows where all the lost gold is. Conquer the world ruthlessly!"


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With thy tears of blood, O sorrowful Mother, destroy the rule of satan. Through Thy divine tenderness, O bound and fettered Jesus, defend the world from the errors which threaten it. Amen.


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UNMASK SATAN, OH LORD, WITH HIS LYING, CHEATING, THIEVING MINIONS!

EXPOSE THEM AND SWEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!


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Since the number of Satan worshippers is increasing and Satan has infiltrated even the church through the masonic peace priests, and into our families and into our environmental and public life, let we reverently pray this exorcism prayer preferably fifty times on our prayer chain/rosary:


UNMASK SATAN, OH LORD, WITH HIS LYING, CHEATING, THIEVING MINIONS!

EXPOSE THEM AND SWEEP THEM OUT OF HERE!

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Saint Pio said: 


Supplicant prayer has tremendous power.

2023年8月27日 星期日

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 Over the centuries, many saints are known to be devoted to St. Joseph. Let us remember St Teresa of Avila who said: " No matter how great your needs, turn to the powerful help of St. Joseph...rest assured that your pleas shall certainly be heard... His help has always been greater tham I could hope for. I cannot remember one single time in which I prayed to him for a grace without having it obtained . He greatly helps those who recommend themselves to him."


St Joseph Marello used to say to his faithful followers:" We need to ask St Joseph to be our spiritual director. We need to be inspired by him who was the first on earth to care for Jesus. He looked after Him as an infant, protected Him as a child, and was father for the first years of His life."


Blessed Luigi Guanella describing St . Joseph as model of piety, hard work and dignifying poverty said: " When overwhelmed by necessity , tiredness, or sadness, we feel the need for a powerful voice to intercede for us before the Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Let us have recourse to St . Joseph ; he, who many times experienced the strains and humiliations of poverty, will become our powerful advocate and father.


Pope Leon XIII proclaimed St Joseph patron of all Christians. In his writings we read :" To all fathers he will grant the grace to raise their children with vigilance and educate them in a Christian way. To all spouses he will grant the gift of a reciprocal and long-lasting love, or perfect unity in the sacrament of marriage. To single men and women , he will grant the spirit of perfect purity and chastity. To the rich, he will teach to sanctify themselves through work and to accept poverty with serenity ."


Blessed Pope John XXIII said:" O St Joseph! I love him so much that I cannot either start or close the day without first giving to him my first word and last thought."


Blessed John Paul II declared : " The Heavenly Father put all treasures of redemption , which are Mary and Jesus, in the hands of St Joseph."

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 Sorrows and Joys of St. Joseph:


The origin of this devotion dates back to the 5th century; it was spread by an Italian Capuchin monk, John da Fano(1469-1539)and was revealed by St. Joseph himself who, after having saved two ship-wrecked monks off the coast of Flanders, appeared to them and said," I am St. Joseph, most worthy spouse of the Blessed Mother of God,to whom you have recourse.I recently obtained from the infinite Divine Mercy of God that anyone who, everyday for one full year, will pray seven Our Father's and seven Hail Mary's meditating on the seven sorrows I had on earth , will obtain any grace if it conforms to the greatest spiritual good ." St Joseph then explained to the monks his seven sorrows;to these later also the joys were added. This devotion, approved by the Catholic Church, spread widely under the name " The Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys" of St . Joseph. The beauty of this devotion is to be found in the mystery of the hidden life of Jesus witnessed by both St. Joseph and Mary.


" The Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys " should be prayed everyday consecutively for one year.


The prayers are very effective if done with firm faith to overcome periods of suffering such as sickness, anguish , moral decadence, family and marital crisis , lack of work, etc. It is used to be enlightened before an important decision , to be healed, consoled , or to ask any type of help in small or great matters. It is also a wonderful way to offer thanksgiving for the immense graces that one constantly receives from the Lord.


(1.) St Joseph 's sorrow before comprehending Mary's vocation and the joy in discovering God's plan upon him.


Prayer (optional): St. Joseph, you received the gift of knowing God's divine plan for you. Help me to discover my own vocation and to respond to God's call without hesitation by doing His will every day of my life.


Our Father

Hail Mary


(2.) St . Joseph's sorrow for the hardships in Bethlehem and the joy for the birth of Jesus


Prayer: St Joseph, you who were unable to find a room in Bethlehem for the birth of your Holy Child, help me to discover God in all those who are near to me and to understand that by serving my neighbour I give my service toward the Lord. Help me to learn that my daily challenges are treasures for my interior life.


Our Father

Hail Mary


(3.) St Joseph's sorrow for the circumcision of the Holy Child and the joy in giving Him the name of Jesus


Prayer: St Joseph, you who took part in the story of salvation by fulfilling your duties of father and spouse, grant me to also comprehend what my role is in this incredible story. Give me the strength not to sin, and , should I sin, to deeply repent and make reparation.


Our Father

Hail Mary


(4.) St Joseph's sorrow and joy for Simeon 's prophecy


Prayer: St Joseph, you who accepted with trust the only saving truth, help me to accept with humility the sufferings that sometimes I need to face; let me accept that they are part of everyone's daily life and we must carry our crosses with love. Help me to entrust myslf to God who knows everything and to choose everything according to His plan.


Our Father

Hail Mary


(5.) St Joseph's sorrow for the exile in Egypt and joy in submitting himself to God.


Prayer: St. Joseph, teach me to work with passion and commitment to do God's will. Help me to be honest , to not only think of my own interest but also to watch over the people that , everyday , work with me or for me.


Our Father

Hail Mary


(6.) St Joseph's sorrow and joy in coming back to Nazareth from Egypt .


Prayer: St Joseph help me to be obedient as you were during your life, to respond with dociltiy and without fear everyday to God's call knowing that His will is the very best for me.


Our Father 

Hail Mary


(7.)St. Joseph's sorrow for losing Jesus and joy for finding Him among the teachers in the Temple.


Prayer: St Joseph, most righteous man on earth and most pure saint in heaven , help me to always find the path that leads to Jesus Christ, without getting lost and being discouraged when sin takes over me. In these difficult moments, be next to me to lead me to deep repentance and reconciliation. Help me to be faithful to my vocation and to sanctify myself in work and good deeds. Protect my family.


Our Father

Hail Mary


2023年8月24日 星期四

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 Now our task is to do all we can to be saints--- saints who love Jesus with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind; love as God commanded us to love! He commanded it, so it is possible. Nothing is impossible for God. 


To run the race to its completion, we need to love God. That is the essence of everything: Love. True love for Him will compel us to want to obey Him. Yes, we will fail at times; He knew that. So He became man to give us gifts, tools that will empower us to cross the finish line. What did He give? First, He became man and died to make it possible for us to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. But He also became man to stay with us in the Holy Eucharist.


For this He founded the Church, the Catholic Church that , guided by the Holy Spirit , would protect the truths He had taught and be the means for Him to remain with us on earth. Jesus gave the Apostles the power to change bread and wine into His Body and Blood, and the power to pass on that power to those whom they would ordain.He would continue to choose men to guide His Church , making it possible for Jesus to remain with us in the Most Holy Eucharist.It is the greatest gift Jesus has given us, for by loving and adoring Him in the Holy Eucharist, and lovingly receiving Him in Holy Communion, we receive great graces that make it possible for us to avoid sin and live in the state of grace, which is a share in His Divine Nature! What an immensely great gift , a gift that divinizes us, if we cooperate with His grace.


Sadly, many of His followers walked away. They did not believe Jesus. But faithful Catholics believe Him; He is Truth , He is love, He is the way to the Father. We believe because He said it , and He said it clearly, repeatedly.


" In the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ Himself ."( Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324)


" Eucharistic Adoration will make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in Heaven." ---- St Mother Teresa of Calcutta.


Resolve: Pray fervently for Christian unity, so that all will come to know the joy, and all the benefits, of being united in the one true Faith.

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 Prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success about our times.


During the 15th and 16th centuries, Our Lady of Good Success appeared in Quito, Ecuador, to a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Below is part of Her message:


" Unbridled passions will give way to a total corruption of custom because Satan will reign through the Masonic sects, targeting the children in particular to ensure general corruption. 


In those times the atmosphere will be saturated with the spirit of impurity which, like a filthy sea, will engulf the streets and public places with incredible license...


Innocence will scarcely found in childen, or modesty in women...


He who should speak seasonably will remain silent...


There shall be scarcely any virgin souls in the world. The delicate flower of virginity will seek refuge in the cloisters ... without virginity , fire from heaven will be needed to purify these lands...


Sects, having permeated all social classes, will find ways of introducing themselves into the very heart of homes to corrupt the innocence of children. The children's hearts will be dainty morsels to regale the devil...


Religious communities will remain to sustain the Church and work with courage for the salvation of souls. The secular clergy will fall far short of what is expected of them because they will not pursue their sacred duty. Losing the divine compass, they will stray from the way of priestly ministry mapped out for them by God and will become devoted to money, seeking it too earnestly...


Pray constantly, implore tirelessly, and weep bitter tears in the seclusion of your heart, beseeching the Eucharistic Heart of my most holy Son to take pity on His ministers and to end as soon as possible these unhappy times by sending to His Church the prelate who shall restore the spirit of her priests."



Resolve: To live in the state of grace and preserve peace of heart, and combat evil with love of God.


2023年8月22日 星期二

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 To complete our remarks on active prayer and explain more fully what is the remote preparation for prayer it is necessary to deal with active purgation or purification. This means nothing more or less than the self -denial which ought to be practised by a soul which desires to advance in prayer , but especially by a contemplative soul. It is but striving to practise in a perfect degree that penance without which , our Saviour assures us , we must perish, that hatred of ourselves without which we cannot be His true disciples.


This purification is necessary to secure that peace of soul so necessary for the spirit of prayer. It means a detachment from all that is not God. It consists in the perfect mortification of all unruly desires or inclinations. It does not necessarily embrace austerities except in so far as some of these, like fasting and abstinence, may be prescribed by the law of the Church or by our rule, to help us in this purification. But the purification must extend to all the powers of our soul. The exterior senses must be brought under control. The sight and the hearing must be restrained not merely from what is sinful but from all that serves only to pander to curiosity. There is usually not so much difficulty about the smell , but in exercising it , as in using the taste and the touch we must endeavor to be led by the dictates of reason alone. In a word, the exercise of the exterior senses must be made subject to reason.


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 In regard to the interior senses, especially the imagination, we must be watchful. There are few who are not aware of the evils to which they may be led by an uncontrolled imagination. We must eliminate daydreaming, whims and idle or useless imagery , and not merely dangerous or bad images.


It is especially when the passions have been aroused that we must exercise vigilance. We control the senses, external and internal,mainly that we may be able to keep the passions in check. Our sensible feelings of love and desire must be directed towards what is truly good, our hatred and aversion retained for what is truly evil, our delight must be reserved for the accomplishment of good deeds, our sadness felt that good has been frustrated . We must keep up our hope to obtain all that is good , and never yield to despair except in regard to evil projects; we must use courage to make us surmount the difficulties we experience in attaining our good proposals and never yield to fear except in regard to what will estrange us from God. Finally our anger must be exercised only when , after the example of our Lord , it is reasonable to be angry.All are aware by experience how very necessary it is to control our passions if we are to retain that peace of soul so necessary for a life of prayer.

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 Divine Mercy Daily: Daily reflections from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska

Recommend the Chaplet to Sinners

Meditation:

I heard these words in my soul: Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation. Even if there were a sinner most hardened, if he were to recite this chaplet only once, he would receive grace from My infinite mercy. I desire that the whole world know My infinite mercy. I desire to grant unimaginable graces to those souls who trust in My mercy (Diary, 687).


My Prayer Response:

Lord Jesus, teach priests to love and pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. May they recommend it to sinners as their last hope of salvation and to all at the hour of death so as to receive great mercy.


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 But loneliness (feeling alone) and solitude (being alone) are not the same thing. And lessons can be learned from those who have found solitude essential for inspiration.


In praise of solitude

Solitude – being alone – has long been praised as a necessary condition for creativity. Author Virginia Woolf, in her book “A Room of One’s Own,” offered an extended meditation on the writer’s need for solitude. So did many poets. In their writings, May Sarton (“alone one is never lonely”) and William Wordsworth (“the bliss of solitude”) were especially eloquent in their praise of solitude. Poet Marianne Moore has even argued that “the cure for loneliness is solitude.”


My research on the history of religious hermits shows that there have long been individuals who seek solitude in remote and silent places, and there are many lessons to be learned from them. The etymological history of the word “hermit” is itself telling: “Hermit” comes from an ancient Greek word, “eremos,” that means both a desolate and lonely place and a state of being alone.


Hermits exist in many of the world’s major religious traditions: They are individuals who choose temporary or permanent solitude in remote and isolated locations, such as mountains, caves and deserts. These locations are frequently depicted as sites for revelation and transformation.


Romantic longing of solitude

The emergence of hermits in early Christianity is particularly striking.


A common theme in stories about early Christian desert hermits is a desire to leave the distractions of urban life and live a precarious existence in isolation in order to achieve holiness.


The most famous Christian hermit was Antony, whose story was told by Athanasius, the fourth-century bishop of Alexandria. As Athanasius tells it, Antony one day heard a passage from the Gospel of Matthew in his church:


“If you want to be perfect, go, sell all your possessions and give to the poor, and come follow me, and you will have treasure in heaven.” (Matthew 19:21)


He felt the passage had spoken to him directly.


Antony sold his property and departed for the desert. The story of Antony’s withdrawal into the desert became an example for later Christians eager to pursue solitude and contemplation. Athanasius says that, in spite of his quest for solitude, the desert “was made a city” by visitors to Antony’s hermitage and by monks who wished to emulate him. Antony needed to move into more and more remote areas to find the isolation he was seeking.


The joy of loneliness

Eventually, forms of monasticism developed that embraced both the solitary and the communal: Monasteries developed around communities of monks in the mountains and canyons of Egypt, Sinai and Palestine. Nearby caves served as hermitages.


This way of life was in keeping with what many Christians believed – that suffering was necessary for salvation. They praised the hermits who rejected the comforts of city and adopted the communal life. To them, the hermits were models of holiness and, paradoxically, happiness.


Loneliness was transformed into joy. Athansius describes Antony’s face as “radiant” after a long period of isolation.


The lives of hermits may seem distant from our busy contemporary lives. But the romantic appeal of an unencumbered and undistracted life has not disappeared. Hermits in the 21st century come from all walks of life, religious and secular, but share with those from the past a longing for quiet solitude and simplicity.

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 All the saints would point to self-knowledge as a necessary ingredient to discover God as the source of our fulfillment and hope.


We can only come to know ourselves fully in the light of being, in the presence of the Lord, in silence and solitude. Loneliness is being alone and resisting it. Solitude is being alone and embracing it as the beautiful place of encountering God.


I have always been fascinated with the mystery of Jesus’ prayer life. The Scriptures narrate how often the Lord would spend the whole night, off in a deserted place or on a mountaintop, completely absorbed in prayer to the Father.


What happened when the Son of God prayed to His Father? What did He say and feel?


Clearly, Jesus needed to be wrapped in a silent solitude, which gave Him the time and space to simply rest in the heart of the Father.


Prayer was to Jesus what sleep is to us, deeply refreshing and absolutely needed.


Loneliness versus solitude

When I did formation work in the seminary, many young men preparing for the priesthood would share with me their deepest fear about embracing a life of celibacy — their dread of being lonely.


I would speak to them about the things I am sharing in this column — the difference between loneliness and solitude, the need for the Lord to be the center of our lives, including our affective and emotional aspects.


I also shared how I discovered in my parish ministry that many married people seemed more lonely than I was.


Our culture embraces two fallacies. Get married and never be lonely again. Be celibate and always be lonely. Neither one of those is true.


Until I come to realize that only the love of God can satisfy my deepest desires for love, acceptance, intimacy, and meaning, I will always be looking for some relationship, achievement, possession, or experience to fill the God-shaped hole at the center of my heart.


When I have grappled in the dark with my fears, inadequacies, temptations, and sins, and come to the point of surrendering all of my poverty to the Lord, trusting in His unconditional love for me, then I am able to love other people, not from a position of clinging neediness, but from a holy freedom which leaves a sacred space of distance for God to live and act in both of us.


We will always experience moments of loneliness. It is part of the human condition.


We are each individuated selves. We are born alone and we die alone. I uniquely bear both the blessing and the burden of being me. I can be no other.


Freedom comes when we stop running away from ourselves and allow the Lord to love, heal, bless, and forgive us. This unconditional embrace of the Good Shepherd leads us to a peace and joy this world cannot give.


When I am completely immersed in Christ, I can find solace, laughter, and grace in every moment, when I am alone or with others, when I am accepted and understood and when I am rejected or ignored, when I am on the top of the world, and when I am filled with sorrow and grief.


Prayer becomes the sacred place where I both discover God and my deepest self.


Prayer is the precious means by which the Lord transforms our fearfully dark loneliness into a richly joyful solitude.


Do not be afraid of being alone. God is waiting for you there, wanting to give you spiritual treasures which can only be perceived and received in the mystery of solitude.

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 Meditation


The Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of the world, of the universe, of the Angels, of Heaven, Prophets, Apostles, Martyrs, Confessors, Virgins, all Saints, of Families, Queen conceived without original sin Queen assumed into Heaven, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Queen of Mercy, Queen of Peace. Amen, Holy Queen and Mother. - Pope Pius XII


Sing Your Love


Jesus, I love You. Jesus, I love You.


Let every beat of my heart, and every breath I take


A thousand times repeat this act of love.


Give the Lord your best


There has never been in the history of the Church a time, where the sacrament of the Eucharist has been abused and outraged to such an alarming and grievous extent as in the past five decades, especially since the official introduction and Papal approval in 1969 of the practice of Communion in the hand. These abuses are aggravated, furthermore, by the widespread practice in many countries of faithful who, not having received the sacrament of Penance for many years, nevertheless regularly receive Holy Communion. The height of the abuses of the Holy Eucharist is seen in the admittance to Holy Communion of couples who are living in a public and objective state of adultery, violating thereby their indissoluble valid sacramental marriage bonds, as in the case of the so-called “divorced and remarried”, such admittance being in some regions officially legalized by specific norms, and, in the case of the Buenos Aires region in Argentina, norms even approved by the Pope. Additionally to these abuses comes the practice of an official admittance of Protestant spouses in mixed marriages to Holy Communion, e.g., in some dioceses in Germany. - Taken from the July 22, 2020 article- The Sins Against the Blessed Sacrament and the Need of a Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation By Bishop Athanasius Schneider.


Prayer


"Lord Jesus, in the Holy Eucharist, we believe You are with us in the Blessed Sacrament. We believe You are inviting us to join with You in conquering the world for Your Heavenly Father. But we are blind. Enlighten our minds. We are weak. Strengthen our hearts. Make us Disciples of Our Eucharistic Lord; make us Disciples of Life through the Eucharist. Help us to understand the Eucharist now on earth by faith - as a prelude to seeing You, our Incarnate God, face to face, for all eternity. Amen."


-Servant of God Fr. John A. Hardon, SJ (adapted to read "Disciples of Our Eucharistic Lord" instead of Fr. Hardon's "Apostles of the Eucharist")

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 In times of difficulties, the way of sanctity:

In that very obedience he should embrace patient suffering in hard and contrary things----- or even whatever wrongs are inflicted---- with a quiet conscience , and , enduring it, not grow weary or withdraw . As the Scripture says: He who shall have persevered to the end, he shall be saved , and , again: Make strong thine heart and endure the Lord.And to show that the faithful man ought also to endure all contrary things for the Lord, it says in the person of the suffering : For Thee we are afflicted with death all the day, we are counted among the sheep of the slaughter. Then , secure in the hope of divine reward, they continue , rejoicing and saying : But in all these we overcome because of Him who hath loved us; and, again, in another place, the Scripture : Thou has searched us, O God, with fire tried us as with fire is silver tried. Thou has led us into a trap. Thou hast placed tribulations on our back. Then, to show we ought to be under a superior, it continues, saying: Thou hast established men over our heads. Moreover, fulfilling the command of the Lord through  patience amid misfortunes and wrongs, they who, struck on one cheek , offer the other , and pressed into going a mile, go two; with Paul the Apostle, they endure false brothers , and those cursing them they will bless.


Through humble confession he hide not from his Abba all the bad thoughts entering his heart or the evils done by him in secret. Begging us to do this, the Scripture says:"Unveil thy way to the Lord and hope in Him. Confess to the Lord, because He is good, because His mercy is unto the age." And, again , the Prophet: "My offense I made known to Thee and my injustice I hid not." I have said: "Unto the Lord mine injustice shall I pronounce against myself---- and Thou hast forgiven the impiety of mine heart."

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 Keep away from the evil 


We are taught aright not to do our own will when we are wary of what Holy Scripture says: There are paths that seem right to men whose ending sinketh them even down to the depths of hell, and , again , when we tremble at what has been said of the negligent : They are corrupt and are made abominable in their wishes. Moreover, in the flesh 's desires let us believe God is thus ever present to us, when the Prophet says to the Lord: Before Thee is mine every desire.


So one must therefore be wary of evil desires, since death is positioned near the doorway of delight. Whence has Scripture commanded , saying: Go not after thy concupiscences. Therefore , if the eyes of the Lord watch the good and the evil, and the Lord from heaven looks ever upon the sons of men to see if one is understanding or seeking God, and if day and night the products of our deeds are announced to the Lord through angels deputed for us , we must thus beware at every hour , O brethren( as the Prophet says in a psalm), lest at any hour God sees us declining to evil and made unprofitable ; and lest, sparing us at this time( for He is tender and faithful and keeps watch for us to convert unto better), he say to us in the future: These things thou didst, and I held my peace.

2023年8月19日 星期六

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 Benedict rules:


The eleventh degree of humility consists in this, that the monk speak gently, seriously, humbly, gravely, with sober and prudent words, without raising his voice ,just as it is written:The wise man is recognized by his few words.



The word of the disciple of Jesus Christ should above all be meek, just like the Divine Master Himself. And all the more so since it is written: A mild speech breaks up wrath . The ancient masters especially abhorred laughter , because levity is most unbecoming to a religious person.


The very condition of the monk , that is , of the Servant of God, expresses humility , so much so that in the blessing of the monastic habit it is said of these black garments: the holy fathers decreed that they should be worn as a sign of innocence and of humility. Now, would it not be a contradiction to bear outwardly a habit of humility , and then to cultivate an arrogant and proud manner of speaking that is unbecoming even to men of the world? . St Bernard wrote," We , monks, wearing the cowl and full of pride , are horrified by fur , as if humility covered by fur were not far more valuable than pride covered by a cowl!"


One who is grasping for words chatters much, and still does not know what he wants to say, because he does not have clear ideas on the subject. On the other hand, a thinker, a clear mind, reveals even in his words someting of the geometrician: well-crafted ideas and words, and nothing more.

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 Benedict rules

humility:

Brethren, sacred scripture cries to us saying: everyone who elevates himself shall be humbled, and the one who would humble himself shall be elevated. As it says these things, it shows us that all elevation is a sort of  

overarching pride. The prophet indicates he is wary of this, saying : O Lord, mine heart is not elevated, nor mine eyes lifted up, nor have I walked in great things, nor in marvels over me. But why ? If I were not to sense humbly, if I elevated my soul on high, as one whom his mother denied milk, so wouldst Thou make retribution to my soul .


Whence , brethren, if we wish to touch the peak of highest humility, and we wish to arrive speedily to that heavenly elevation to which we climb up through the humility of this present life, by our scaling deeds, we must erect a ladder----that ladder that appeared to Jacob in a dream , on which were shown him angels scaling up and down. That scaling up and down should, doubtless, not to be understood otherwise than that we scale down by elevation and up by humility. Now, the ladder to erected is our life in this age, which is erected by the Lord even unto heaven in a humbled heart. For the sides of this ladder we say to be our body and soul. The divine summoning has inserted different steps for scaling into these sides, those of humility or discipline.


 If one, putting ever before the eyes the fear of the Lord, should flee forgetfulness completely, and always remember all things God has commanded, so that he ever turn over in his mind both the way Gehenna burns for their sins those disdaining God, and the eternal life that has been prepared for those fearing God.And, guarding himself at every hour from sins and vices----namely those of thoughts, tongue , hands, feet, or of his own will , as also the desires of the flesh---- a man think himself ever watched from heaven by God, at every hour, and his deeds seen everywhere by the divine gaze and reported by angels every hour. This the Prophet indicates to us when he shows that God is always present in our thoughts, saying: God who searcheth hearts and reins; and again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men. And again, He says: Thou hast understood my thoughts from afar, and: For the thoughts of man shall confess to Thee. For, in order to be careful of his own twisted thoughts, the profitable brother should always say in his heart: Then shall I be without blemish before Him, if I shall have kept myself from my iniquity.


Now we are indeed prohibited to do our own wills when the scripture says to us: And turn away from thy own wishes. And , again, we beseech God in the prayer that His will be done.















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 多告解, 多次顯現中耶穌已説過, 在告解中, 不是神父赦你罪, 在耶穌站在神父後面赦你的罪。

多次聖體奇蹟: 聖體聖血變成耶穌真正的身體。


天主教相信聖體是真耶穌身體聖血。 基督教不信。 話這是象徵, 不真是耶穌身體。 但很多聖體奇蹟中麵餅變成血和肉

若果你在Google play 能下載我靈讚頌主apps , 就不用買中文聖經。


懂英文的, type catholic bible , 有很多免費apps.


在Google book, 很多很便宜的聖書英文天主教的, 十元八塊已很多頁。 用支付宝就可付錢


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 活在純潔的愛內。 只有天主才是愛。 但一定很多困難, 令我們放棄。 要堅持。 有誘惑, 有痛苦, 這些東西克服了有功勞, 有天上光榮, 死後有很大賞報。 在天堂永享天福, 光榮無盡, 快樂到不得了。


 世界的愛總有污染。 跟魔鬼, 魔鬼給你榮華富貴, 但你內心是不快樂, 你覺得自己滿身罪, 無平安, 無喜樂, 魔鬼是不會愛你, 你無人愛你。 天主的路是狹窄, 是很多困難, 但祂保證, 只要克服它們, 就有無限功德, 在天堂永生永王, 歡樂無盡。 在世上跟魔鬼拜魔鬼, 有很多錢, 內心不平安, 不敢面對自己的罪, 空虛了就更犯罪, 死後受耶穌天主審判, 下地獄。 若生前仍有做好事, 但一生多數不悔改, 屢犯罪仍不悔改, 可能下煉獄, 受很長痛苦才上天堂。 若一生不肯做好事, 死做壞人, 犯罪賺錢邪淫邪惡, 死後大多下地獄了。 無人知自己是下地獄還是煉獄, 所以每天省察自己, 每晚臨睡前祈禱天主原諒, 第二天努力改善自己, 定期告解, 多領聖體, 天天看天主教聖經, 有閒瑕多做義工, 避免犯罪的機會, 遠離不好的人, 有愛心, 死前上等痛悔, 這樣大多上天堂


聖母已曾許諾: 戴棕色聖母聖衣的人一定不下地獄,但不可因此亂犯罪。

戴聖衣, 而一生守貞潔, 及每天唸玫瑰經一串( 五端) , 或, 每天唸日課, 或, 每天唸聖母小日課( 香港中國都無貨, 要買英文), 或, 週六和週三不吃肉, 這樣, 這些人即使死後入煉獄, 死後第一個星期六從煉獄入天堂


聖母是非常愛我們。

聖母曾說過, 有一天, 她藉聖衣和玫瑰經拯救世界

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 痛苦是一定有, 因為世界有罪惡。 惡人和好人都會痛苦, 但惡人的痛苦無價值, 善人的痛苦忍受了不犯罪會成聖自己, 立許多天國功勞。 在世上短短幾十年, 雖有苦受, 死後無限的光榮和快樂。 惡人在地上受苦, 死後也受苦。


因原祖父母的罪過, 痛苦進入這世界


聖母是無染原罪, 她一生也沒犯罪, 但她也受很多苦, 死後成最偉大的聖人


很多人受苦就看三世書, 話前世犯錯, 今世報應。

煉靈顯現說, 人只有一世。 人痛苦不是因上一世。 是因世界有罪惡, 痛苦來到 世界, 人也藉痛苦考驗出他是否是真聖人,在天國大享光榮。 失敗了做不到聖人, 只要真懺悔, 謙卑自己, 就一定可上天國。 聖母常顯現說: 悔改! 祈禱! 


最重要的是悔改, 跌倒後肯改過, 謙卑自己, 愛天主在萬有之上, 愛人如己。

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 要愛。 要寬恕。 福音的精神。 有顯現說, 人死後, 耶穌會問, 你要我原諒你, 你有否也原諒人, 為仇人祈禱? 希望他改過? 和你和好? 還是你心裏一直咒他死? 


這是福音的精神


愛, 謙卑, 寬恕, 愛主愛人, 純潔, 為愛人而作犧牲


例如


為救煉靈, 為臨終者悔改, 我今天不吃肉, 不化妝, 也是很好的克己, 可以幫助罪人悔改和煉靈得救


福音的精神是要我們肯為愛人而奉上小小的犧牲, 付出。 愛主愛人


所以天主教強調星期五為煉靈和罪人悔改得救守齋, 不吃肉。 身體太差可吃海鮮魚, 但熱血動物不吃

2023年8月18日 星期五

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 Heart of Jesus, I adore Thee! Heart of Mary, I implore thee! Heart of Joseph, pure and just! In these three Hearts I place my trust! 


TRIDUUM OF HEARTS 


Though not liturgically venerated in the Church, private devotion to the Chaste / Pure Heart of St. Joseph has been around for centuries, as was the case with the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary before their own approval.


Private devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an offshoot of the Holy Wounds devotion, began as early as the 11th century, but was not granted a liturgical feast day until 1670, for select seminaries. Over time, and little by little, the Church allowed for more places to celebrate this private feast day of the Sacred Heart. It was not until 1856 that Pope Pius IX established the Feast of the Sacred Heart as obligatory for the whole Church.


As with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary was being venerated as early as the 11th century. It was not until 1855 that the Congregation of Rites approved the Office and Mass of the Most Pure Heart of Mary without, however, imposing them upon the Universal Church. After centuries of private devotion, the Immaculate Heart of Mary finally received its official feast day in 1944, granted by Pope Pius XII.


It is natural, and worthy, that devotion to the Heart of St. Joseph follow the same path as those Hearts which were entrusted to his care. Taking from the example of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, it is acceptable to also practice a private devotion to the Heart of St. Joseph.


Though modern-day apparitions (alleged or approved) support devotion to the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph, one may be confident in this devotion by reflecting on the closeness of the marital and virginal hearts of Joseph and Mary. As given to us in the Book of Genesis and in the Gospel of St. Matthew, when a man and wife are brought together in marriage, their hearts become one:

Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh (Genesis 2:24).


Therefore, now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder (St. Matthew 19:6). Throughout their holy and virginal marriage, the hearts of Joseph and Mary were ever united in the life they shared. Since these hearts became as one, it is right that we should honour them both, neither excluding one or the other, as they both loved, nurtured, upheld, and suffered for, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in unison.


Though private devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary began long before, it was in the late 1600’s that the Heart of Joseph, united to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, began to emerge in the piety of the faithful and in works of art.


In 1668, Fr. Bartolomeu do Quental, founder of the Oratorians in Portugal, began propagating devotion to the three Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, after he settled in Minas Gerais, Brazil.


In 1744, a brotherhood was formed in Seville, Spain, under the banner: “Slaves of the Heart of St. Joseph”. Their emblem featured the Heart of Joseph with flames issuing from its top and encircled with lilies. The heart is crossed with his flowering staff and a sword, while the monogram of St. Joseph is seen in the center. The brotherhood was permitted to privately celebrate the feast of the Heart of Joseph on September 18.


In 1843 a certain Carmelite Father, Elia of the Three Hearts, is said to have actively promoted devotion to the Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with the approval of Pope Gregory XVI throughout Italy and France. Traces of this devotion are found in the form of medals and prayer cards depicting the three Hearts, which began to surface.


In 1846, Fr. Michele Rocco, an Oblate of the Virgin Mary, established the Pious Union of the Most Pure Heart of St. Joseph in Italy.


Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, there have been alleged apparitions of St. Joseph, notably in the United States and in Brazil, in which he implores the faithful to have recourse to his Heart.

In 2021, the Year of St. Joseph as declared by Rome, devotion to St. Joseph has finally begun to flourish on a global scale, and, as a result, there has been a renaissance in Josephite art – including depictions of his most Chaste Heart.


Aside from St. Joseph’s liturgical feast days, Wednesday is the traditional day of the week on which we are to honour St. Joseph in some way (Benedict XV, Bonum Sane 1920). Because of this, it would be pious for us to celebrate (privately) a feast day of the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph on the Wednesday after the Sacred Heart of Jesus.


By José Rodrigues

2023年8月17日 星期四

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St Benedict is ruthless against murmuring.God Himself was revealed as fearsome against the murmurers, especially during the 40 years of the desert crossing. The experience of community life teaches that sometimes even the good and simple end up suffering the unhappy influence of these murmurers. It should further be pointed out that one can also murmur with the heart or with the simple frown of one's face, without opening one's mouth. These hidden murmurers, too , in no way escape the judment of Him who searches hearts.


Here the murmurers are those who spread rumour, destroy the peace of the community, spread division in the convent.


( Advice from my confessor: if we are insulted unreasonably by others, and we want an outlet to express our anger, we can talk to our closest friend or relatives. But the grumble should not be repeated again and again. We should forgive. The best way to express your anger is to talk to God in your own cell, where nobody can hear you. You can write diary. Ask God to guide you in your writing. Forgive, improve ,be more mature and grow up, learn from a lesson, from your anger and pains)

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 Also for those who are not nuns and monk. Can be applied to every lay catholics:


The habit of regular observance sometimes runs up against a danger: namely that of carrying out the prescribed exercises almost mechanically, through habit and without the fervor of devotion. Woe to a religious house when, in place of the fervor of charity, there prevails only the iron discipline of the rules!


A broad and open heart is required. In order that such narrowness may never oppress the heart, it is necessary to feed in it the fire of divine charity with daily exercises and holy meditations.The abbot will feed this flame by means of ---- the daily exercise of mental prayer.


Very simple for everyday mental prayer: read a paragraph from the Bible or Gospel, meditate, reflect, write on diary. Act of contrition. Resolution to improve in certain aspects. Talk to God by your own words. Develop affection to God by your own conversation with Him.


Medjugorje atheist prayer

 At the apparition site of Medjugorje, Our Lady gave five wonderful promises, on September 2, 2012, for those who pray for atheists (the ones "who have not come to know the love of the Heavenly Father").


The promises:


1. "I will strengthen you."

2. "I will fill you with my graces."

3. "With my love, I will protect you from the evil spirit."

4. "I will be with you."

5. "With my presence, I will console you in difficult moments."


The prayer:


"In the Name of Jesus, Who said that anything we ask in His Name will be given to those who believe, I ask that those who have not come to know the love of the Heavenly Father will be blessed with the knowledge that they are loved by Him beyond all human reasoning and understanding. Please grant them the gift to feel His love as it enfolds them to such an extent that they will be unable to resist or deny it. May the knowledge of the Heavenly Father's infinite love stir within their hearts the desire to return that love to Him, and to reflect it to all others. May their lives be a pure reflection of His resplendent love. I ask this in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Amen"


Dramatic Photo that is on the cover of Wayne Wieble’s famous book is an actual photo of the Virgin Mary


“According to the story behind it, a nun from the Vatican on pilgrimage to Medjugorje, had been invited to be present in the room during the time of an apparition. She had taken a picture of a crucifix on the wall, above where the young visionaries appeared to be looking during the apparition. When the photograph was developed a close-up of a beautiful young woman’s face appeared on the film. One of the visionaries later stated that it looked very much like Our Lady, “But” he had added, “she is even more beautiful!”

聖神七恩在俗會會規

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