Love Mary!

"Love Mary! She is loveable, faithful, constant. She will never let herself be outdone in love, but will ever remain supreme. If you are in danger, she will hasten to free you. If you are troubled, she will console you. If you are sick, she will bring you relief. If you are in need, she will help you. She does not look to see what kind of person you have been. She simply comes to a heart that wants to love her."
— St. Gabriel Possenti of Our Lady of Sorrows

Fatima, the Assassination attempt and the secret

 

Pope John Paul II had asked to read the third secret after the attempt on his life on May 13, 1981, and today the bullet that was extracted from his abdomen forms part of the crown of the statue of the Virgin, to whom he also offered the ring of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński (former Primate of Poland). Indeed, on May 13, 1981, at 5:17 pm, the hand of Ali Agca pulled the trigger but "someone else" diverted the bullet, in the opinion of John Paul II himself, who saw the intervention of the Virgin Mary: it was the feast of Our Lady of Fatima. Blessed John Paul II also wished that the text of the secret be published on May 13, 2000, for the beatification of the two young shepherds Jacinta and Francisco. The message of the Virgin Mary was entrusted to the third visionary, Lucia, who became a Carmelite nun in Coïmbra and died not long before John Paul II, on February 13, 2005. In this visit, John Paul II gave the ring that Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski had given him to the Virgin of Fatima, on which the words Totus Tuus (totally yours) were inscribed.

May God add to my Rosary what is missing

 

Queen of the Holy Rosary, pray for us, that God may add what is missing to this modest Rosary prayer of his humble servant. You were the one who gave me this handful of wooden beads in the year of my conversion, in 1905. I remember experiencing God's presence in the courtyard of the hospital, in the naïve marching band, the bending movement of the crops under the gentle breeze, and the women who, when they saw the approaching monstrance, would kneel and bend their heads like mown hay. I have prayed my Rosary. I am pressing its simple cross as I am writing this. I know how much strength I have drawn from it since the day that I thought I was going to die, until now that, filled with eternal life and confidence, I am listening to the song of the wind. (…) I will praise my God, and before him I will press my heart against the earth. This handful of beads, O Virgin Mary, is the humble sheaf of wheat it has yielded.

A good deed is never lost

"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."
-- St. Basil the Great

It's also Mary's Hour

(…) The Hour of the Passion, the greatest of all loves and Jesus’ total gift of himself, is also Mary’s Hour. In this Hour Mary is intimately associated to the sacrifice of her Son, as she stands at the foot of the cross. She is not, as we sometimes represent her, crushed and collapsing on the ground. She is standing up, because she intensely participated in her Son’s sacrifice as he gave up his life and his blood.

In the suffering of her heart, Mary offered up the life of her Son as the same time as he did. This is what Simeon had predicted to Mary at the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple: “A sword of suffering will pierce your soul”(Lk 2: 35). At the same time that the soldier's lance pierced Jesus' heart to release all mercy and forgiveness, a bitter sword pierced Mary's soul.

Mary is so closely united to the sacrifice of her Son. It is the first meaning of this passage from the Gospel, the mystery referred to as Mary's compassion. We have Jesus’ Passion on one hand, and Mary's compassion on the other. Compassion means: “suffering with.”

The weapon of the Christian is the Rosary

Predestinate souls, you who are of God, cut yourselves adrift from those who are damning themselves by their impious lives, laziness and lack of devotion—and, without delay, recite often your Rosary, with faith, with humility, with confidence and with perseverance.

Anyone who really gives heed to this Our Master's commandment will surely not be satisfied with saying the Rosary once a year or once a week but will say it every day and will never fail in this—even though the only obligation he has is that of saving his own soul.
St. Louis De Monfort

Mary's Pain from Losing Jesus

Mary's suffering from losing Jesus for three days surpassed not only the power of silence, but also the right of silence. Those days brought Mary's nature to the limits of its capacity to endure suffering (…). They forced her to react in proportion to the violence done to her, and to seek the last refuge given to a creature, by pouring out her heart before the Creator.

The perfection of Our Lord, in his human nature, reached its highest degree in the impact of one phrase. His silence certainly was an adorable perfection, but the cry that escaped his lips was even more sublime: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” This is where the Christ’s Passion reached the utmost limits of his humanity.

This is how our beloved Mother experienced her passion at the end of Jesus' childhood, and her compassion during the Passion of Our Lord.
Frederic William Faber (1814-1863)

The Prophetic Mission of Fatima

We would be mistaken to think that Fatima’s prophetic mission is complete. Here there takes on new life the plan of God which asks humanity from the beginning: “Where is your brother Abel (…) Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!” (Gen 4:9). Mankind has succeeded in unleashing a cycle of death and terror, but failed in bringing it to an end…

In sacred Scripture we often find that God seeks righteous men and women in order to save the city of man and he does the same here, in Fatima, when Our Lady asks: “Do you want to offer yourselves to God, to endure all the sufferings which he will send you, in an act of reparation for the sins by which he is offended and of supplication for the conversion of sinners?” (Memoirs of Sister Lucia, I, 162).

(…) At that time it was only to three children, yet the example of their lives spread and multiplied, especially as a result of the travels of the Pilgrim Virgin, in countless groups throughout the world dedicated to the cause of fraternal solidarity. May the seven years* which separate us from the centenary of the apparitions hasten the fulfillment of the prophecy of the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to the glory of the Most Holy Trinity.

Pope Benedict XVI Homily for the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 2010 *(1917-2017) www.vatican.va

Mary gave birth to all of us

At that moment, when Our Lady received the love of the Holy Spirit as the wedded love of her soul, she also received her dead son in her arms. (…) She trusted God, she understood on earth that which many mothers will only understand in heaven. She was able to see her boy killed, lying there (…), dead, and to believe the Father’s cry: “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” God asks for extreme courage in love, the Bride of the Spirit must respond with strength like His own strength. Our Lady did this. How much easier it would have been for her, had she been asked to withdraw from common life, (…) renouncing all “earthly joys,” bring forth Christ in cloistered security. (…) But she was consenting not only to bear her own child, Christ, but to bear Christ into the world in all men, (…) in all times (…). She was consenting not only to give birth to Christ (…), but to give Him death. In her brief historical life (…) the history of the world is concentrated, particularly the lives of all the common people of the world, who often do not know themselves that they are Christbearers, living the life of the Mother of God.

Caryll Houselander
In: The Reed of God, Sheed and Ward, New York, 1944, pp.32-33.

Courage in the midst of Temptation

"Temptation to a certain sin, to any sin whatsoever, might last throughout our whole life, yet it can never make us displeasing to God’s Majesty provided we do not take pleasure in it and give consent to it. You must have great courage in the midst of temptation. Never think yourself overcome as long as they are displeasing to you, keeping clearly in mind the difference between feeling temptation and consenting to it."
-- St. Teresa of Avila

Our Actions and Love

"You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love at which we do them."
-- St. Therese of Lisieux

One Act of Humility

God alone suffices

"Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. "
-- St. Teresa of Avila - Teresa of Jesus

Devotion to the Eucharist

"The devotion to the Eucharist is the most noble, because it has God as its object; it is the most profitable for salvation, because it gives us the Author of Grace; it is the sweetest, because the Lord is Sweetness Itself. "
-- St. Pius X

A "YES" like Mary's "YES"

 

Mary answered: “Here I am, the handmaid of the Lord, let your word be accomplished in me.” God did not impose himself on Mary against her will. He wanted her consent, her own “yes.” Not the “yes” of someone who cannot say “no.” He did not want the “yes” of someone who did not understand the scope of the issue; not the quick and superficial “yes” of someone who was devoid of interiority and depth or a temporary and conditional “yes.” Her “yes” had to have the force and impact of a free person who engaged her whole heart and soul. (…) God wanted to enter our humanity and history by and through Mary’s “yes,” full of daring and audacity, the “yes” of someone who responds as “the handmaid of the Lord” (…) Without this daring and risky “yes,” there would be no faith, because faith is present only if we consent to God's call. There would be no spouses, since they are sustained by the “yes” they exchanged. And there would be no priests or religious either, since their lives are based on the “yes” they gave at the beginning of their journey. Fr. François-Xavier Dumortier S.J. Rome, October 10, 2013, Zenit.org

Like Mary, do not be afraid

The Angel Gabriel said, “Do not be afraid, Mary.” If a new experience of God always causes a certain degree of fear—because we feel safer when we have everything under control—then these are the key words we are invited to hear: “Do not be afraid.” Not being afraid means trusting in God, believing in his Word, and counting on his faithfulness. Not only does trust give the courage to live a new experience, it also enables us to look at the invisible world (…). Mary said to the Angel: “How will this be possible?” Mary's question did not disclose any doubt, but rather revealed her desire to understand. (…) Trusting does not mean renouncing reason and intelligence. Through this question, Mary voiced her wish to fully comprehend this event involving her, and she expressed her desire to make God's project her own, because for her reason and faith formed a whole. (…) Christian faith is not an irrational experience. God's revelation demands efforts from our reason and our intelligence.  Fr. François-Xavier Dumortier S.J.

Like Mary let God Suprise you

The Angel Gabriel arrived without being announced; he entered Mary's home to greet her and called her “full of grace.” This was a totally unexpected visit. God always comes to us at a time and in a way when we least expect it. This kind of visit supposes a lifetime of listening to the Word of God and waiting for his will (…) an expectation that requires a humble heart, open to God's surprises.

Mary knew the texts that spoke of God's fidelity and mercy towards his people and the whole human race, including those who walk away from him. These words from the Scriptures had shaped Mary's heart—a heart that was able to grasp and understand things, events and people from the inside—now ready to welcome the Lord intimately.

But Mary “remained troubled,” probably puzzled, and she wondered: “Why? Why me? Why now? Why in this way?” God often surprises us and we must, like Mary, let ourselves be surprised by him (…). 

Let Go Let God

If God diligently and relentlessly provides for the littlest sparrows, how much more will he provide for us if we turn to him in trust? Do we have a childlike heart that trusts in our Father, who wants nothing but the best for us? Do we truly believe that he will take care of us? Is our relationship with him a passionate love affair that cannot be extinguished, no matter the trials we face? Wonderful fruits are lavished upon us when we abandon ourselves to God’s will–when we lose ourselves in his love.
May you bear your own crosses with love, patience and trust in the Lord, and with the knowledge that if God closes one door, he is sure to present you with an even greater opportunity through another. You do not walk alone in your journey home to heaven, but rather in the warm company of those around you, and most importantly, with God, nudging you in the right direction every step of the way.

The Rosary Delivers Souls from Purgatory

A young girl of noble station named Alexandra had been miraculously converted and enrolled by Saint Dominic in the Confraternity of the Rosary. After her death, she appeared to him and said she had been condemned to seven hundred years in purgatory because of her own sins and those she had caused others to commit by her worldly ways. So she implored him to ease her pains by his prayers and to ask the Confraternity members to pray for the same end. Saint Dominic did as she had asked. Two weeks later she appeared to him, more radiant than the sun, having been quickly delivered from purgatory by the prayers of the Confraternity members. She also told Saint Dominic that she had come on behalf of the souls in purgatory to beg him to go on preaching the Rosary and to ask their relations to offer their Rosaries for them, and that they would reward them abundantly when they entered into glory. St. Louis De Montfort

Joseph and Mary

Joseph and Mary...the same noble spirit and the same holiness Let us talk now about the relationship between Saint Joseph and Our Lady. It is a natural law that people wanting to unite in wedlock, as husband and wife, share a strong resemblance in their physical and spiritual qualities. This is why the only man who could be chosen as the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by divine predisposition, had to possess similar nobility in the temporal order and similar holiness in the spiritual order. But since God's works are perfect, it was fitting that this resemblance continue to exist beyond the limits of this life, and last in heaven through all eternity; so that, as the Bride was first in glory, the Bridegroom has true precedence over all the saints. Cardinal Lépicier

Queen of all hearts

"When will the happy time come when the divine Mary will be established Mistress and Queen of all hearts, in order that she may subject them fully to the empire of her great and holy Jesus? When will souls breathe Mary as the body breathes air? When that time comes, wonderful things will happen in those lowly places where the Holy Ghost, finding His dear spouse, as it were, reproduced, in all souls, shall come in with abundance, and fill them to overflowing with His gifts, and particularly with the gift of wisdom, to work miracles of grace."
-- St. Louis de Montfort, p.118-119

The Blessed Virgin Mary will take care of them

In June 1912, Charles Peguy's son Pierre fell seriously ill. Peguy made a vow and went on pilgrimage to Chartres. “My old friend,” he wrote to Lotte, “I felt this could be very serious...I went on pilgrimage to Chartres... walked 144 km in three days... It is possible to see the bell tower of Chartres Cathedral from 17 km away, while still walking on the plain... As soon as I caught sight of it, I was enraptured. I was no longer aware of my fatigue and my sore feet. All my impurities fell off of me at once and I was a new person. I prayed for about an hour in the Cathedral on Saturday night and I prayed for an hour on Sunday morning before the High Mass... I prayed as I have never prayed before; I was able to pray for my enemies... My child is saved. I offered the three of them (Peguy's wife did not believe in God) to Our Lady. I can't take care of everything... My children are not even baptized. So I leave it all up to the Blessed Virgin Mary—she will take care of them."  The Miraculous Medal #65

Don't Judge

"Don't judge without having heard both sides. Even persons who think themselves virtuous very easily forget this elementary rule of prudence. "
-- St. Josemaria Escriva

Never worship without Her

Jesus gave us his Mother, who has the mission to take our hand and lead us to his Tabernacle. The Blessed Virgin became our Mother to help us receive the Eucharist. She is in charge of helping us find our Bread of Life, and to make us appreciate and desire it—her mission is to teach us how to worship. She has to tell us: “Come and pray with me.” Our Lord placed Mary on our path, to be the link between him and us.

This is my message to you: Always worship Our Lord in the company of the Virgin Mary. I am not saying to abide in her alone. No, Jesus is there in front of us so you can talk to him directly, but pray with Mary—live with her—live under her roof. Since Our Lord gave her to us as a guide, never worship him without her. Say to her: “Blessed Mother, come with me; as a mother always goes where her child goes; without you I wouldn't know what to say.”
St. Julian Eymard

He creates every soul for a purpose

"Everyone who breathes, high and low, educated and ignorant, young and old, man and woman, has a mission, has a work. We are not sent into this world for nothing; we are not born at random...God sees every one of us; He creates every soul, . . . for a purpose. He needs, He deigns to need, every one of us. He has an end for each of us; we are all equal in His sight."
-- St. John Neumann

The Glory of Her Children

 

How could she ever take away the glory of her children? Mary will always have an important place in my life, partly because I was born near the Shrine of Our Lady of the Cape, a major shrine in Quebec. Each time I pray to her, for instance by reciting or "walking" the Rosary with my wife, I know that the saints are not too far off, not to mention all the angels. (…) Mary intercedes for us here below. Mary cannot be separated from her children, in heaven or on earth, no more than Jesus can be separated from the Church. To pray to Mary is to pray to Jesus. (…) She is close to us because she is close to God. How could we not love her? Just by looking at her, we become better people. She is more a mother than a queen. To think that she could ever take away the glory of her children! The little Therese exclaimed, on August 21, 1897: "We shouldn't say that because of her prerogatives, she eclipses the glory of all the saints, like the rising sun causes the stars to disappear. My Lord! How strange that is! A Mother taking away the glory of her children! As for me, I think quite the opposite; I believe that she will make the splendor of the elect even greater."

Inviting the Holy Family of Nazareth into Our Homes

March 8 – Our Lady of Graces (Italy, 1487) - St John of God

 

Mary never frightened anyone. That’s the way I want to describe her first of all. Remember when the apostles were afraid before Pentecost? They asked her to stay with them and prepare them to receive Jesus in the upper room of the Cenacle. She knew how to rejoice, even to have fun, as we see at the wedding in Cana, all the while remaining attentive to other people's wishes, even the simplest folk. She knew how to mingle with those around her, she talked with the women of Nazareth and raised Jesus with patience, kindness and humility. It is important to invite the Holy Family of Nazareth into our homes, so they can teach us how to be like them and how to act in times of difficulty. We see in the Gospel (…) that the Holy Family went through very trying moments. Joseph and Mary worried, looked for Jesus, then talked with him and accepted what he told them. Everything was done without violence, but with gentleness and humility.

Charity

Charity, then, love of God and of our neighbor, is the most excellent fruit of the Holy Spirit's indwelling; and the
way of love is the more excellent way
(cf. 1 Cor 12:31-13:1-13).

Charity is the fountainhead of all the
other fruits of the Holy Spirit's action in us
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, long-
suffering, gentleness, faith, modesty, self-control,
chastity- as St. Paul writes to the Galatians
(5:22), contrasting  a life lived in the Spirit
with the kind of behavior that belongs to the
flesh: "Now the works of the flesh are plain:
fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger,
selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy,
drunkenness, carousing, and the like" (Gal
5:19-21 RSV).

Morning Time Offering

O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day for all the intentions of your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, for the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians, and in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month. Amen.

Our True Worth

"Our true worth does not consist in what human beings think of us. What we really are consists in what God knows us to be. "
-- St. John Berchmans

Magnificat



 

My soul magnifies the Lord, and my
spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;

Because He has regarded the lowliness
of His handmaid; for, behold,
henceforth all generations shall call me blessed;

Because He who is mighty has done
great things for me, and holy is His name;

And His mercy is from generation to
generation on those who fear Him.

He has shown might with His arm,
He has scattered the proud in the conceit
of their heart.

He has put down the mighty from
their thrones, and has exalted the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good
things, and the rich He has sent away empty.

He has given help to Israel, His servant,
mindful of His Mercy-

Even as He spoke to our fathers- to
Abraham and to His posterity forever.

Her Heart was Pierced by Seven Swords

 

Her Heart was Pierced by Seven Swords

To illustrate the sorrows of the Virgin Mother, painters represent her Heart pierced by seven swords, a symbol of the seven principal sorrows of the Mother of God, which is why she is crowned as Queen of Martyrs. Here is a list of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, whose evocation is dear to her true children: 1. Saint Simeon’s Prophecy (Luke 2:34-35) 2. The Flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-21) 3. The Loss of Jesus in the Temple (Luke 2:41-51) 4. The Meeting of Mary and Jesus on the Way to Calvary (Luke 23:27-31) 5. The Crucifixion and Death of Jesus on the Cross (John 19:25-27) 6. After His Descent from the Cross, Mary Receives the Body of Her Dead Son 7. The Burial of Jesus.

Pope Francis The Possessions of ones heart

A heart that is preoccupied with the desire to possess is a heart that is full of this desire to possess, but it lacks God

But considering the many people who live in precarious conditions, or in a misery that offends their dignity, these words of Jesus might seem abstract, if not illusory. But in reality they are more actual than ever! They remind us that you cannot serve 2 masters: God and wealth. So long as everyone is out to get whatever he can for himself, there will never be justice. We must understand this well! So long as everyone is out to get whatever he can for himself, there will never be justice. If, however, trusting in God’s providence, we seek his kingdom together, then no one will lack what they need to live with dignity.

 

Pope Francis March 2nd 2014 Sunday Address

Lady of Lourdes "Use that one instead" The Rosary

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On Monday, March 1st, Bernadette's father accompanied her to the Grotto for the first time. There were 2,600 people already there waiting. They would experience a profound sense of joy for the next 45 minutes during the heavenly apparition whose beauty was reflected in Bernadette's face. On that day, the Lady gave Bernadette and the entire crowd this unforgettable lesson: to love your own rosary—no matter how humble it may seem—and to carry it on you at all times. As the visionary was using someone else's rosary, the Lady asked her: "What happened to your rosary?" Bernadette took it out of her pocket and showed it to the Lady. The Virgin smiled and said: "Use that one instead."