Show Posts
|
Pages: [1] 2 3 4
|
2
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 27, 2016, 05:37:04 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Preparation for Death.
Description of One Departed.
My brother, in this description of death, you see yourself, and that, which one day you will be, "Dust you are, and unto dust shall you return." Reflect, for in a few years, no, perhaps in a few months, and even days, you will become a mass of corruption and worms. By thinking upon this, Job became a Saint, "I have said to corruption, "You are my father, to the worm, you are my brother and sister." (Job 17,14)
Everything must have an end; and if, when the hour of death arrives, your soul is lost, everything will be lost for you. St. Lawrence Justinian says, "Consider yourself as dead already, since you know already you must die. If now the hour of your death were approaching, what is there of good, that you would not like to have done? Now, that you are still living, reflect, that one day you must die.
St. Bonaventure observes, that in order to guide the vessel aright, the pilot must place himself at the helm; even so must a man, if he wishes to lead a Holy Life, reflect that death is ever nigh. Therefore, St. Bernard observes, "Look upon the sins of youth, and blush; look upon the sins of manhood, and weep; look upon the present evil habits of your life, and tremble, and hasten to make amends."
When St. Camillus de Lellis beheld the graves of the dead, he said within himself, "If all these dead bodies could come back again to life, what would they not do to gain Eternal Life? And I, who have now the opportunity - what am I doing for my soul?" Yet it was Humility on the part of this Saint which caused him to say this. But perhaps, my brother, you might with reason fear, lest you should be like that barren fig-tree, concerning which our Blessed Lord said, "Behold these Three years I come seeking fruit in this fig-tree, and find none." (St. Luke 13,7) You, who for many more years than Three have been living in this world, what fruits have you yielded?
Take Care, remarks St. Bernard, for the Lord does not require flowers only, but seeks for fruits also; that is to say, not only good desires and resolutions, but also good works. Therefore, Take Care to make Good Use of the Time which God in His Mercy grants to you; do Not wait until "Time shall be no longer" to desire to do good - when it shall be said to you: "Time shall be no longer, Depart." Make haste, it is now almost time to leave the world; make haste, what is done, is done.
St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. God Bless you.
|
|
|
3
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 27, 2016, 04:42:07 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's.... (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
The 1st. Increment.
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
4
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 26, 2016, 07:28:13 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Divine Mercy in My Soul.
Diary Entry 40 and 41.
40. The year 1929. Once during Holy Mass, I felt in a very special way the closeness of God, although I tried to turn away and escape from Him. On several occasions I have run away from God because I did not want to be a victim of the evil spirit; since others have told me, more than once, that such is the case. And this incertitude lasted for quite some time. During Holy Mass, before Communion, we had the renewal of vows. When we had left our kneelers and had started to recite the formula for the vows, Jesus appeared suddenly at my side clad in a White garment with a golden girdle around His Waist, and He said to me, I give you Eternal Love that your purity may be untarnished and as a sign that you will never be subject to temptations against Purity. Jesus took off His golden cincture and tied it around my waist.
Since then I have never experienced any attacks against this Virtue, either in my heart or in my mind. I later understood that this was one of the Greatest Graces which the Most Holy Virgin Mary had obtained for me, as for many years I had been asking this Grace of Her. Since that time I have experienced an Increasing Devotion to the Mother of God. She has taught me how to love God interiorly and also how to carry out His Holy Will in All things, O Mary, You are Joy, because through You, God descended to Earth [and] into my heart.
41.On one occasion I saw a servant of God in the immediate danger of committing a mortal sin.
I started to beg God to deign to send down upon me all the torments of hell and all the sufferings He wished if only this priest would be set free and snatched from the occasion of committing a sin. Jesus heard my prayer and, that very instant, I felt a crown of thorns on my head. The thorns penetrated my head with great force right into my brain. This lasted for three hours.
The servant of God was set free from this sin, and his soul was strengthened by a Special Grace of God.
St. Maria Faustina - Helen Kowalska. God Bless you.
|
|
|
5
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 26, 2016, 05:58:10 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's.... (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
The 1st. Increment.
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
6
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 25, 2016, 08:03:44 AM
|
Peace be with you.
The Holy Rosary.
A Red Rose.
3. Poor men and women who are sinners, I, a greater sinner than you, wish to give you this rose, a crimson one, because the precious blood of our Lord has fallen upon it. Please God that it may bring true fragrance into your lives - but above all, may it save you from the danger that you are in. Every day unbelievers and un-repentant sinners cry, "Let us crown ourselves with roses." But our cry should be, "Let us crown ourselves with the roses of the Holy Rosary." How different are theirs from ours! Their roses are pleasures of the flesh, worldly honours and passing riches which wilt and decay in no time, but ours, which are the Our Father and Hail Mary which we have said devoutly over and over again, and to which we have added good penitential acts, will never wilt or die, and they will be just as exquisite thousands of years from now as they are today. On the contrary, sinners' roses only look like roses, while in point of fact they are cruel thorns which prick them during life by giving them pangs of conscience, at their death they pierce them with bitter regret and, still worse, in eternity they turn to burning shafts of anger and despair. But if our roses have thorns, they are the thorns of Jesus Christ, who changes them into roses. If our roses prick us, it is only for a short time, and only in order to cure the illness of sin and to save our souls. 4. So by all means we should eagerly crown ourselves with these roses from Heaven, and recite the Entire Rosary Every Day, that is to say, Three Rosaries each of Five Decades, which are like three little wreaths or crowns of flowers. There are two reasons for doing this: first of all, to honour the three crowns of Jesus and Mary - Jesus' crown of grace at the time of his Incarnation, his crown of thorns during his passion, and his crown of glory in heaven, and of course the three-fold crown which the Blessed Trinity gave Mary in heaven. Secondly, we should do this so that we ourselves may receive three crowns from Jesus and Mary, the first a crown of merit during our lifetime; the second, a crown of peace at our death; and the third, a crown of glory in Heaven. If you say the Rosary faithfully until Death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins "you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory." Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do who practice black magic, and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, If - and Mark Well what I Say - If you say the Rosary Devoutly Every Day Until Death for the purpose of Knowing the Truth and Obtaining Contrition and Pardon for your sins.
St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montford.
God Bless you.
|
|
|
7
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 25, 2016, 05:41:50 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
The Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's. (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
(The 1st. Increment.)
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, my prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
8
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 24, 2016, 06:37:33 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Purgatory
First Account of St. Pio:
One evening Padre Pio was resting in a room of the guest quarters on the ground floor of the convent. He was alone and he had been lying on his cot for a short time when, suddenly, there appeared to him a man wrapped in a black cloak. Padre Pio asked the man who he was and what he wanted. The man answered that he was a soul of Purgatory.
‘I am Pietro Di Mauro. I died in a fire on September 18, 1908, in this convent, used as a home for the elderly after the expropriation of ecclesiastical property. I died in the midst of the flames in my bed, overtaken during sleep, exactly in this room. I am coming from Purgatory: the Lord has allowed me to come to ask you to offer for me the Holy Mass of tomorrow morning. Thanks to this Mass I will be able to enter Heaven.’
“Padre Pio assured that he would offer the Mass for him: ‘I wanted to accompany him to the door of the convent. I became fully aware of having spoken to a deceased person only when, going out to the churchyard, the man who was beside me, suddenly disappeared. I must confess that I reentered the convent somewhat frightened. I asked permission to Padre Paolino da Casacalenda, superior of the convent, to whom my agitation did not go unnoticed, to celebrate the Holy Mass in supplication of that soul after, naturally, having explained to him all that had happened.’ ”
A few days later, Padre Paolino wanted to verify the information and went to the registry office of the Town of San Giovanni Rotondo to consult the register of the dead for the year 1908. In the records listing the people deceased in the month of September, Padre Paolino found the man's first name, surname and the cause of death: “On September 18, 1908, in the fire of the home for the elderly died Pietro Di Mauro, son of the late Nicola.”
Second Account of St. Pio:
Another episode was told by Padre Pio himself to Padre Anastasio: “One evening while I was praying in the choir alone, I heard the rustling of a robe and saw a young friar puttering around the main altar, as if he were dusting the candle holders and arranging the flower vases. Convinced that it was Fra Leone organizing the altar, and since it was the time for supper, I approached the banister and said to him: ‘Fra Leone, go to eat, it is not the time to dust and set up the altar.’
But a voice that was not the one of Fra Leone answered me: ‘I am not Fra Leone.’ ‘So who are you?’ I asked. “ ‘I am one of your fellow friars who did his novitiate here. For obedience I received the task to keep the main altar clean and orderly during my year of probation. Unfortunately, many times I was disrespectful to Jesus in the sacrament by passing in front of the altar without revering the Most Holy One kept in the tabernacle. For this grave omission, I am still in Purgatory. Now the Lord, in his infinite goodness, sends me to you so that you may determine how much longer I must suffer in those flames of love. Help me.’
“ ‘I, believing to be generous towards that suffering soul, exclaimed: You will remain here until the Mass of tomorrow morning. That soul yelled: You are cruel! Then he screamed loudly and disappeared. That wailing created a wound in my heart that I have felt and shall feel all my life. I, who through divine delegation could have sent that soul immediately to Heaven, condemned him to remain another night in the flames of Purgatory.’ ”
St. Pio of Pietrelcina.
My Opinion on the Second Account of St. Pio
I just want to elaborate on the second account of St. Pio in regards to his conduct for that Soul. The Soul was correct in what he said about St. Pio at that point in time. The Soul came to offer St. Pio advice in a round about way by way of reminder of the reason why he was in Purgatory, that the Soul had treated the Altar of the Lord and the Host in the Tabernacle without Holy Reverence or in an improper manner befitting the vocation of that Soul. St. Pio did not understand what the Soul was trying to tell him at that time as St. Pio himself demonstrated.
That is why the Soul told St. Pio, "You are Cruel!" And St. Pio's heart was wounded by God's Providence to teach St. Pio a lesson that befitted his vocation. The Soul came by God's Providence to inform St. Pio of his lack of Reverence and Mercy in regards to his conduct befitting his vocation and also St. Pio's lack of understanding at the Altar of the Lord in terms of Grace and Mercy. The Soul by God's Providence was asking St. Pio to render him assistance and this was being asked for and done at the Altar of the Lord. St. Pio's reply was one of judgment instead of gratitude to the Soul for having reminded St. Pio of his duties of his vocation.
God bless you.
|
|
|
9
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 24, 2016, 04:57:34 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
The Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's. (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
(The 1st. Increment.)
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, my prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
10
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 23, 2016, 05:36:28 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Counsel of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth of Toss:
"If therefore you wish to obtain that Love, do as I did in the Temple in my earliest youth. For I would rise in the middle of the night and, standing before the Altar with complete concentration of Mind, I would ask the Lord for His Grace by which I might be able to keep these Commandments I have mentioned, and I would make seven petitions, one after the other, in Prayer before the Altar.
"The first was, that he would give me His Grace by means of which I should be able to Fulfill the First Commandment, that is, on loving God Above All Things, with All my Heart, All my Mind and All my Strength.
"The second was, that I should be able to Fulfill the Second Commandment, on Loving my Neighbour as myself, and that He should make me Love what He Himself Loved.
"The third was, that I should be able to Fulfill the Third Commandment and that He should make me hate the enemy of the human race because from him derive vice, sin, and whatever He Himself hates.
"The fourth was, that He should give me Humility, Patience, Kindliness, Gentleness and other Virtues, by which I might be made Lovely in His Eyes. "The fifth was, that He should allow me to see the Time when that Blessed Virgin should be born who, according to the sayings of the Prophets, was to bear His Son; and that He would keep safe my eyes with which I might see Her, my ears with which I might hear Her speak, my tongue with which I might praise Her, my hands with which I might touch Her, my feet with which I might run to Her, my knees on which I might do Her Homage, and see and do Homage to Her Son lying on Her lap.
"The sixth was, that He would give me Grace by which I might be able to Keep All the Commandments of the Priests and the Rules of the Temple.
"The seventh and last was that he would deign to keep safe his holy Temple and all his own People, to Serve Him forever."
The Blessed Virgin Mary Speaking with St. Elizabeth of Toss.
God bless you.
|
|
|
11
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 23, 2016, 04:41:54 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
The Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's. (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
(The 1st. Increment.)
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, my prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
12
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 22, 2016, 04:04:39 AM
|
Peace be with you.
The Great Tribulation, Preceding the End of the Age.
Russia, the Scourge of God.
"Tell them, Father, that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not beforehand obtain the conversion of that poor nation."
Sister Lucia of Fatima, 1917.
2nd Apparition of Akita on August 3, 1973:
"With My Son, I desire souls who will have to make reparations for the sinners and the ungrateful, by means of their own suffering and their poverty. In order that the world may know His Anger, the Heavenly Father is preparing to inflict a Great Chastisement on All Humankind. I intervened many times with My Son to appease the Anger of the Father. I prevented the arrival of calamities by offering Him the Sufferings of the Son on the Cross, His Precious Blood and the Beloved Souls who console Him forming a Cohort of Victim Souls. Prayer, penance and courageous sacrifices can mitigate the Wrath of the Father. I desire also this from your community... that it love poverty, that it sanctify itself and pray in reparation for the ingratitude and the offences of many people..."
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Last Apparition of Akita on October 13, 1973:
"As I told you, if people will not repent and will not improve themselves, the Father will Inflict a Terrible Chastisement on All Humanity. It will be a Punishment Greater than the Deluge, such as it was never seen before. Fire will fall from the Sky and will Wipe Out a large part of humanity, the Good as well as the bad, without sparing either the priests or the faithful. The survivors will find themselves so afflicted that they will envy the dead. The only weapons that will remain for you are the Holy Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Recite every day the Prayers of the Holy Rosary. With the Holy Rosary, pray for the Pope, the Bishops and the priests. The work of the devil will enter also into the Church in such a way that one will see Cardinals opposing other Cardinals, Bishops against Bishops. The priests who venerate me will be despised and hindered by their fellow priests... churches and altars will be sacked; the Church will be filled by those who accept compromises and the devil will lead many priests and consecrated souls to leave the Service of the Lord. The devil will be implacable especially against the souls consecrated to God."
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
My Opinion:
I have a strange feeling that if the Blessed Virgin Mary has run out of Victim Souls to do reparations to the Heavenly Father, that the Great Chastisement will begin after October 13, 2017 which is after 100 years of the Apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima. God would allot a specific amount of time after the Fatima Apparitions for Humanity to Repent. Once the time is up, Humanity either repented or did not. I have a feeling that allotted time is 100 years, a nice whole number. The Evidence is Clear that Humanity has Not Repented and Has Rejected Jesus Christ and His Ways. In fact, the Greater Portion of Humanity has embraced Materialism and Hedonism to its Grandeur and is now wallowing in the Effects of loving wickedness and sin, the ways of the devil and darkness.
So the Great Chastisement and Tribulation is Inevitable and only a Very Short time away from now. It also looks like the Blessed Virgin Mary is unable to hold back all the floods and droughts that are occurring currently and with greater and larger effects. So we have to look forward to More Bigger Earthquakes, Bigger Floods, Bigger Droughts, Bigger Tornadoes, Bigger Hail Storms, Bigger Violent Rainfalls, Violent Wind Storms, Bigger Sink Holes, Bigger Tsunami's, Mass Nuclear Oblivion, preceeding Mass Famine, Mass Pestilence, Mass Plague, Mass Suffering, Mass Death, Mass Damnation preceeding the Second Coming, Absolute Mass Salvation for the Good and Absolute, Utter and Total Mass Death and Damnation for the Wicked.
God bless you.
|
|
|
13
|
Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: The Perpetual Rosary at Saints
|
on: October 22, 2016, 02:44:56 AM
|
Peace be with you.
Prayers done today:
The Hail Mary's. (x150) Glory Be's. (x15) O my Jesus'. (x15) Our Father's. (x15)
(The 1st. Increment.)
Prayer:
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with You. O Blessed Mother Marie, I offer through You, to Holy Almighty God, my prayers for Your Gracious, Holy and Merciful Intentions and also for You to keep watch over all of Shin's Friends and Family. Thank you, O, Holy Mother of God, Most Blessed are You among women. Amen.
God bless you.
|
|
|
14
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 21, 2016, 02:04:54 AM
|
Peace be with you. Description of One Departed. In order more clearly to see what indeed you are, my Christian soul, St. John Chrysostom observes, "Go to a sepulchre, contemplate dust, ashes, worms and sigh." See how that corpse becomes at first yellow, and then black. Afterwards there is seen upon the body a white and unpleasant mould. Then there issues forth a foul and corrupt matter, which sinks into the ground. In that corruption many worms are generated, which feed upon the flesh. The rats then come to feast upon the body, some on the outside, others entering into the mouth and bowels. The cheeks, the lips, and the hair fall in pieces; the ribs are the first to become bare of flesh, then the arms and the legs. The worms after having consumed the flesh eat each other, and, in the end, nothing remains of that body but a fetid skeleton, which, in course of time, is divided, the bones being separated, and the head falling from the body: they "become like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors, and the wind carried them away." Behold, then, what man is - a little dust upon a threshing-floor, which is carried away by the wind. St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori. Mark C9 43 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 45 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. 47 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. God Bless you.
|
|
|
16
|
Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Day
|
on: October 20, 2016, 05:22:29 AM
|
Peace be with you. A White Rose 1. Dear ministers of the most high God, you my fellow priests who preach the truth of God and who teach the gospel to all nations, let me give you this little book as a white rose that I would like you to keep. The truths contained in it are set forth in a very simple and straightforward manner, as you will see. Please keep them in your heart so that you yourselves may make a practice of the Rosary and taste its fruits. Please have them always on your lips too, so that you will always preach the Rosary and thus convert others by teaching them the excellence of this holy devotion. I beg of you to beware of thinking of the Rosary as something of little importance - as do ignorant people, and even several great but proud scholars. Far from being insignificant, the Rosary is a priceless treasure which is inspired by God. Almighty God has given it to you because he wants you to use it as a means to convert the most hardened sinners and the most obstinate heretics. He has attached to it grace in this life and glory in the next. The saints have said it faithfully and the Popes have endorsed it. When the Holy Spirit has revealed this secret to a priest and director of souls, how blessed is that priest! For the vast majority of people fail to know this secret or else only know it superficially. If such a priest really understands this secret, he will say the Rosary each day and will encourage others to say it. God and his blessed Mother will pour abundant grace into his soul, so that he may become God's instrument for his glory; and his word, though simple, will do more good in one month than that of other preachers in several years. 2. Therefore, my dear brothers and fellow priests, it will not be enough for us to preach this devotion to others; we must practice it ourselves, for if we firmly believed in the importance of the holy Rosary but never said it ourselves, people could hardly be expected to act upon our advice, since no one can give what he does not have: "Jesus began to do and to teach." We ought to pattern ourselves on our Lord, who began practising what he preached. We ought to emulate St. Paul, who knew and preached nothing but Jesus crucified. I could tell you at great length of the grace God has given me to know by experience the effectiveness of the preaching of the holy Rosary, and of how I have seen, with my own eyes, the most wonderful conversions it has brought about. I would gladly tell you all these things if I thought that it would move you to preach this beautiful devotion, in spite of the fact that priests are not in the habit of doing so these days.
|
|
|
|
|