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1825  Forums / Book Study / Re: Left to Tell - The True Story of a Survivor of the Rwandan Holocaust on: January 25, 2010, 10:42:00 PM
Yes, a book that grips you to the end. It will definitely be more appreciated by Catholics. Dyer is a secular person and  has unwittingly propagated the Holy Rosary and the Catholic faith by giving Immaculee a platform to speak  about the horrors of the genocide and her survival. Immaculee tells her story  in a simple and candid manner. She doesn't hide her Roman Catholic faith and speaks about her faith in a matter-of-fact manner. Her pure faith shines through!
1826  Forums / Pro-Life News & Talk / Re: NEWS: Young Canadian Parents Fighting Hospital to Save Their Baby's Life on: January 24, 2010, 11:08:46 AM
Imagine the frustration of the parents. We live in dark times indeed. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!
1827  Forums / Book Study / Excerpt from 'Glories of Mary' By St. Alphonsus de Liguori on: January 23, 2010, 04:29:13 PM
Moreover, our Mother loves us much, because we were recommended to her by her beloved Jesus, when he before expiring said to her, Woman, behold thy son! for we were all represented in the person of St. John, as we have already observed: these were his last words; and the last recommendations left before death by persons we love are always treasured and never forgotten.

            But again, we are exceedingly dear to Mary on account of the sufferings we cost her.  Mothers generally love those children most, the preservation of whose lives has cost them the most suffering and anxiety; we are those children for whom Mary, in order to obtain for us the life of grace, was obliged to endure the bitter agony of herself offering her beloved Jesus to die an ignominious death, and had also to see him expire before her own eyes in the midst of the most cruel and unheard-of torments.  It was then by this great offering of Mary that we were born to the life of grace; we are therefore her very dear children, since we cost her so great suffering.  And thus, as it is written of the love of the Eternal Father towards men, in giving his own Son to death for us, that God so loved the world as to give His only-begotten Son ("Sic Deus dilexit mundum, ut filium suum unigenitum daret."—John, iii. 16).  "So also," says St. Bonaventure, "we can say of Mary, that she has so loved us as to give her only-begotten Son for us" ("Sic Maria dilexit nos, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret").  And when did she give him?  She gave him, says Father Nieremberg, when she granted him permission to deliver himself up to death; she gave him to us, when, others neglecting to do so, either out of hatred or from fear, she might herself have pleaded for the life of her Son before the judges.  Well may it be supposed that the words of so wise and loving a mother would have had great weight, at least with Pilate, and might have prevented him from sentencing a man to death whom he knew and had declared to be innocent.  But no, Mary would not say a word in favor of her Son, lest she might prevent that death on which our salvation depended.
1828  Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Saints for Teenage Girls (Don't forget Our Blessed Mother) on: January 22, 2010, 04:51:27 PM
I welcome your suggestions, Vicky. Thanks. She joins us for Mass and nightly prayers. Willingly reads from the Bible and saint's books aloud for the family. Her only objection is to take the RCIC course which will teach her about the Catholic faith and prepare her for the sacraments. She says she is not ready yet.  I will search for the novena to St Dymphna. Ive also been praying to St Philomena another teenage saint who is very powerful.  I know that she identifies herself as Catholic and that she loves Our Lady, but seems to be reluctant to attend the weekly classes that will lead her to Baptism and the other sacraments.  I guess Im going to have to be firm with her. My mother did send her a book on the life of Maria Goretti, but she has not been interested enough to read it yet.   
1829  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: Need prayers on: January 22, 2010, 10:01:15 AM
Thank you, Shin and Brigid, for your prayers. I know I need it .
Shin, I read that book too. The woman is Immaculee.  Amazing faith and courage! To lose your loving family to senseless violence and still rise above it all is surely the grace of God. She forgave the killers. I forget the name of the book. My husband had bought it for me and I passed it on to my brother in India.
1830  Forums / Prayer Requests / Need prayers on: January 21, 2010, 11:47:01 AM
Please remember my family during your Rosary. I just lost my husband . I have four children to raise and since I was a house wife all these years have to look for a job and think of a career to begin. I need more strength than ever.  I don't have a family around to help me. I pray God sends me a job that will help us and also not let me neglect my children in any way!
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