"Mankind will not have peace until it
turns with trust to My Mercy." (Diary 300)
Please Note:
This Flash Memoir is written
on behalf of a friend named "Rosemary Angel Lily, BA. BEd." Names and identifying
details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.
Please refer to the "Private Revelation" page of the web site to
get a better understanding of what private revelations are and
why they are of benefit to the Church.
"I bear a special
love for Poland, and if she will be obedient to My will, I will
exalt her in might and holiness. From her will come forth the
spark that will prepare the world for My final coming." (Diary
1732)
"Oh, what happens to a soul that meets the Lord face to face, no
pen has ever expressed or ever will express!" (Diary 691)
"And instruct them to keep everything whatever I have commanded
you, and behold, I am with you every day, even unto the end of
time." (Matthew 28:20)
** Private
Revelation: Sunday, January 23/2022
"The House of God" or
"The House of Man"?
"The Bread of Life"
"He who is not with
Me is against Me." (Matthew 12:30)
“Once, after
receiving Holy Communion, I heard these words: ‘You are Our
dwelling place’. At that moment, I felt in my soul the presence
of the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. I
felt that I was the temple of God."(St.
Faustina, Diary 451)
I woke up this particular morning with a
very "heavy weight on my shoulders." I am sure all of us have experienced periods in our
lives where we felt overwhelmed with our responsibilities etc.
Now that our last child has left home, I recently made the
decision to repair the areas of our home that needed repair. If
you have raised children, you will most certainly understand
that your home will have taken quite a "beating" over the years!
For the past month I have taken on the "seemingly endless" task
of repairing all of the drywall damage throughout the house -
mudding, sanding, priming etc to prepare the walls for the much
needed repainting. The knicks, tings and divets are absolutely
everywhere! If any of you know anything about repairing drywall,
it requires quite the skill, time and effort to get it
perfectly blended! Being the perfectionist that I am, makes it
quite the chore! There are a lot of seemingling endless walls,
trim and doors etc needing repair! Not to mention, this is
absolutely one of the messiest jobs on the planet - dust flying
everywhere, no matter how hard you try to contain it, yuk! The
following gospel verse most certainly came to mind this morning.
“Come to Me, all you
who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." (Matthew
11:28)
Needless to say, I had a lot on my mind
(the other areas of your life don't just disappear), as doing
any kind of renovations to your home with the associated
disorder and mess is stressful and exhausting as I am sure most
homeowners can attest! When I woke up this morning, I felt so physically exhausted in that I simply did not have the
energy to get up to go to church, so I fell back to sleep. Much
to my horror, I realized later, that today was the mass being
offered for a family friend who recently passed away and I had
missed it! Even though I had gone to the liturgy mass the day
before, it was no consolation at all. I felt just horrible, even though I am sure that God understood.
Once I did finally get up out of bed, I decided to go for a
walk in the early afternoon, to pray the rosary and the chaplet
for this family friend. I decided to stop by a park to rest and
reflect on the beautiful bright sunny day (but terribly cold)
and give thanks to God. Little did I know that Jesus had
something else planned for me today.
As I had just finished praying the rosary,
I heard some footsteps behind me so I turned around and said
"hello" to the man walking behind me. We chatted
for a few moments about the weather and then he asked me if I
went to the local Catholic Church. I responded by telling him
that I did and then he informed me that he was a parishioner
there also. He said that he went to the church this
morning and that when he got there, someone came out and
informed him that the church was closed. He thought that the
mass was still at 10 AM on Sundays so had arrived a little late.
I told him that he must have been misinformed, in that the
church was not closed, but rather the Sunday mass time had
changed to 9:15 AM. I realized that he was late for mass,
however it is beyond me why someone would tell a fellow
parishioner (or any one for that matter) that the church was closed? I
can't imagine that the Lord would be happy about one of his
children being turned away from His Father's house in this way!
As we conversed some more, I learned that
he had not been to church since it had been closed previously
and was watching a televised mass instead. Then he continued to
say that he often worked on Sundays and couldn't always attend
mass on that day anyways. Therefore, I suggested that he attend
the Saturday evening mass at 7:00 PM instead .To this he
responded saying, "It doesn't matter, it is too cold
and I'm not going to start up the car just to make a short trip
to church." I was rather surprised to hear this response as
I had expected he would have wanted to take advantage of the
Saturday evening mass.
I recommended that he pray the rosary (if
he wasn't already doing so). Then I showed him the rosary that I
carry in my coat pocket when I go for a walk. He let me know
that he had rosaries and religious statues all over his house -
I got the feeling that he did not pray the rosary or he would
have certainly said so. I pointed out to him that it is good
that you have these religious objects but that you must use them
to get closer to God and receive His graces through them.
Well as much as I don't enjoy
admonishing people and the backlash I usually get afterwards, I
could not ignore Jesus pulling at my heart strings! This is one
of His children after all (we all are)! As one can guess, the conversation went
downhill after that. I very sincerely tried to explain to him
that as Catholics we need to attend mass weekly in order to
fulfill the Sunday obligation. Then he responded by
saying "I can do the same thing by watching mass on TV." I
insisted, "No you can't, as you are not able to receive the
Holy Eucharist, unless you attend mass." My response
did not seem to faze him in the least! Then I explained that
Jesus states this truth in John 6 - He is the
"Bread of Life!"
"I am the bread of
life. No one who comes to Me will ever hunger; no one who
believes in Me will ever thirst. In all truth I tell you, if you
do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you
have no life in you. Anyone who does eat My flesh and drink My
blood has eternal life, and I shall raise that person up on the
last day." (John 6)
This did not faze him either and it was
obvious he was not happy with what I had said to him. Then he
started walking away. Once he was several feet away from
me, he turned around and did the sign of the cross upon me with his hands and
uttered a "blessing".Rest assured, it
did not feel "genuine" to say the least! It felt more like a "curse" as his
words prior were definitely not coming from The Holy Spirit! Therefore I had no choice but to return the "blessing" thus
invoking "The Precious Blood" to put me at ease.
It was obvious to me that God had
allowed me to see "the state of this man's soul" and
unfortunately, as I discovered, it was not a healthy one! The
fact is there is only One Truth and One Jesus Christ. Jesus is
the Word Incarnate, the Eternal Word and cannot be changed to
accommodate man.If you look at the world all around us,
man has taken away Jesus' Crown to make it his own. Worse, "The
House Of God" is becoming "The House of Man"(and you know who else,
hiding in the shadows, feeding on the minds and hearts of those
that allow him to)! We need to listen to The
Virgin Mary's many warnings to, "Repent and return to God," before it is too late!
"And thou saidst in thy
heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above
the stars of God, I will sit in the mountain of the covenant, in
the sides of the north. I will ascend above the height of the
clouds, I will be like the most High." ( Prophecy of Isaias
(Isaiah) 14:13-14)
"Why were you looking for
Me? Did you not know that I must be in My Father's house? (Luke
2:49)
The Jews gathered round him
and said, 'How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us openly. Jesus replied:
"I have told you, but you do not believe. The works I do in
My
Father's name are my witness; but you do not believe, because
you are no sheep of Mine. The sheep that belong to Me listen to
my voice; I know them and they follow Me. I give them eternal
life; they will never be lost and no one will ever steal them
from My hand. The Father, for what he has given Me, is greater
than anyone, and no one can steal anything from the Father's
hand. The Father and I are one." The Jews fetched stones to
stone him. (John 10:24-31)
"Anyone who is not against
us is for us. If anyone gives you a cup of water to drink
because you belong to Christ, then in truth I tell you, he will
most certainly not lose his reward. But anyone who is the
downfall of one of these little ones who have faith, would be
better thrown into the sea with a great millstone hung round his
neck." (Mark 9:40-42)
“I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life.
(John 8:12)
“And you shall call upon
Me, and you shall
go: and you shall pray to Me, and I will hear you. You shall
seek Me, and shall find Me: when you shall seek Me with all your
heart. And I will be found by you, saith the Lord: and I will
bring back from your captivity, and I will gather you out of all
nations, and from all the places to which I have driven you out, saith the Lord: and I will bring you back from the place to
which I caused you to be carried away captive.” Jeremiah
29:12-14
** Private
Revelation: February 16/2022
"The Mother of
Mercy's Warning of Chastisement"
"I bear a special love for Poland, and if she
will be obedient to My will, I will exalt her in might and
holiness. From her will come forth the spark that will prepare
the world for My final coming." (Diary 1732)
"Mother
of Mercy"
"Noah's Ark"
Jesus said to St. Maria
Faustina Helelna Kowalska: "I am
prolonging the time of mercy for the sake of sinners. But woe to
them if they do not recognize this time of My visitation.”
(Diary 1160)
The icon of
“Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn” (Vilnius, Lithuania -
previously part of Poland) has become associated with the
messages of Divine Mercy as that is where Jesus instructed her
to paint the image of Him, the way He appeared to her in her
room one evening. Eight years after, the icon was
conferred the title of “Mother of Mercy.”
In her Diary:
Divine Mercy in My Soul, St. Faustina writes of a mystical
experience involving the icon in The Gate of Dawn Chapel. On
November 15, 1935, Saint Faustina was at The Gate of Dawn Chapel
participating in the last day of the novena before “The Feast
Day Of The Icon, November 16”."On the evening of the last day
[November 15] of the novena at Ostra Brama, after the singing of
the litany, one of the priests exposed the Blessed Sacrament in
the monstrance. When he placed it on the altar, I immediately
saw the Infant Jesus, stretching out His little arms, first of
all toward His Mother, who at that time had taken on a living
appearance. When the Mother of God was speaking to me, Jesus
stretched out His tiny hands toward the congregation. The
Blessed Mother was telling me to accept all that God asked of me
like a little child, without questioning; otherwise it would not
be pleasing to God. At that moment, the Infant Jesus vanished,
and the Mother of God was again lifeless, and Her picture was
the same as it had been before. But my soul was filled with
great joy and gladness, and I said to the Lord, ‘Do with me as
You please; I am ready for everything, but You, O Lord, must not
abandon me even for a moment.’” (Diary, 529)
As my insurance was coming up for renewal within
the next couple of months, I began shopping around for quotes
with the intention of finding a local insurer as I desired a
more personal touch. The first business I went to requested to
see my driver's license as part of their process. Much to the
agent's surprise, he noted that my birthdate was November 16. He then commented, "I have never met anyone that shared
the same birthdate as me." Well, if you can imagine, much to
my surprise as well, I replied,"Neither have I."The Image of "The Mother
of Mercy" immediately came to my mind as her feast day is also November 16
(see private revelation dated
January 1, 2021).
Then the agent started discussing the various coverages they offered.
He
started off by discussing flooding insurance and spent a lot of
time on "overland flooding" in particular. A very strange
and uncomfortable feeling came over me, as "Noah's Ark"
also entered my mind. After we left the office, this strange,
uneasy
feeling remained with me as I just couldn't shake it.
Then a few days later, during supper one evening, a family member mentioned
that he
watched a video in which a priest named Fr. Kramer
apparently claimed that he knew what the complete 3rd Secret of
Fatima was, basically a chastisement (flood).
On the following evening, another family
member came over for dinner and made the comment that "Russia had a bomb in the ocean with the capability
to cause a major tsunami with the possibility of flooding the
entire world!"
God often speaks to me through other
people and therefore I am sharing this recent warning coming from
Our Blessed Mother Mary "The Mother of Mercy" (Vilnius, Lithuania
- City of Mercy - The place where Jesus
instructed St. Faustina to paint The Divine Mercy Image). Notice Mary's
warning comes to me just prior to the recent Russian invasion
of the Ukraine.Lord have Mercy on us!
'In Portugal the dogma of
the faith will always be preserved,"ETC"'
- Sr. Lucia dos Santos of Fatima
"The oceans would vapourize and millions
would die from one minute to the next." - Pope John Paul
II
"Mankind will undergo such suffering as
the world has never seen before, the coming persecution worse
than ancient roman persecution and tribulation worse than the
flood." - Pope Piux XII
Message From Our Lady
Regarding Chastisement
The Apparitions of The Blessed Virgin Mary to
Sr. Agnes Sasagawa
in Akita, Japan, October 3, 1973
"As I told you,
if men do not
repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible
punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than
the deluge (Flood in The Book of Genesis), such as one will
never seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out
a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing
neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves
so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which
will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My
Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary,
pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests."
Click here to read more on EWTN Note: This
Marian Apparition has been in the back of my mind for several
years now. Keep in mind, The Virgin Mary
says "IF," therefore, it is wise we all listen to her now
before it is too late!
"Repent and return to God!" Pray The Rosary, The Divine Mercy Chaplet
and The St. Michael Prayer daily!
**NEW** March 21/2022
"The Holy Trinity"
"Where The Spirit of The Lord Is There is Freedom." (2
Corinthians 3: 17-18)
Today we had the most
beautiful and mild sunny day which was a nice break from the
bitter cold weather. Therefore, I decided to go outside on the
patio to enjoy the warm sunshine while I prayed The Divine Mercy
Chaplet at the three o'clock hour (the first time I sat out on
the patio since winter
began). Before I began to pray, I just sat there with my
head leaning back on the chair, eyes closed, soaking up the heat
coming from the sun in the sky . I thought to myself, this is
absolute bliss and I could just sit in this spot forever,
absorbing the heat and contemplating God. Through the sun I can
truly sense the presence of The Lord and it brings me great joy
and peace. The light and heat of the sun truly feels like God's
comforting embrace.
As I looked at the nature all
around me and thought, it is spring now, and soon all of the
trees will grow their new leaves and the animals will soon be
out and about. I meditated on how nature always renews itself to
its original life and beauty even after the winter when
everything seems to be dead and gone. This is a sharp contrast
to material things which simply cannot compare to God's
creations. For example, I looked at the patio doors and how the
caulking had eroded and needed redoing and how the stain had
warn off of the decking and needed to be repainted,etc The
"home to do list" just never seems to end as "work" is lurking
in every corner indoors and out! Hence the reason, material
things will never truly satisfy us. God has much greater things
in store for us in heaven and we should remember to never lose
sight of that. Everything in this world is transient including
our own lives. Hope, everlasting life and beauty lies with God
alone and our relationship with Him.
"Do not
store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and
woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But
store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth
nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and
steal. For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be
too." (Matthew 6:19-21)
Next I thanked God for all of
the graces He has given me throughout my life. Today, being the
day that the government covid mask mandates ended was especially
liberating and I thanked Jesus for answering my prayers in this
regard. I thought about how the children would finally be able
to experience some return to normalcy in their lives as it has
been particularly difficult and painful for them.
On a
side note, Wednesday, March 23, 2022 was the first day I was
able to enter the church without wearing a mask (mind you one
person, the one that follows me around like a prison guard,
ordered me to put one on, however, today, I totally disregarded
her as the Lord had finally answered my prayer :-)!). There were a lot of people there that were enjoying this
"freedom" as much as I was. However, when I
attended the following Sunday mass I couldn't believe that
almost 2/3 of the people there still wore their masks?! Anyway,
as I was walking out at the end of mass, I noticed a friend of
mine still wearing her mask too which rather surprised me. When
I asked her why,
she responded by telling me that as long as people in the church
were wearing masks, then they would too.
Well in all honesty I was
rather surprised and disturbed by their response and some words
just spilled out of my "italian" mouth (which I have now come to
believe to be "The Holy Spirit" although at the time, I
thought I should have kept my opinion to myself!). I had
suddenly remembered what my daughter had told me recently
regarding wearing masks in church - her comment was, "why would
anyone in church be that fearful and want to wear a mask in
church when you have "Divine Disinfection" there?!
(referring to the body and blood of Christ in the tabernacle!)."
I surely couldn't disagree with that statement! God often speaks to me through people as I have mentioned
before. So, I made the same comment to my friend, although she was not receptive to what I said
at all it seemed.
"Now this Lord is the
Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the
brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter as we are
turned into the image that we reflect; this is the work of the
Lord who is Spirit." (2 Corinthians 3: 17-18)
Just as I was
about to begin praying the chaplet a seagull came out of nowhere
from my right and flew over the patio and over the roof (my
left). I could not believe what I had just seen, as I have never
seen seagulls out when there is still snow on the ground and I
have been living here a very long time! Then a few seconds
after, a second seagull came from the same direction and flew by
me, following the same path as the first one before! At this
point I felt the presence of God The Father and The Son. Then I
wondered, what about The Holy Spirit? Then all of a sudden a
third, smaller seagull came from the same direction and
flew by me, following the same path as the first and second ones
before (as if it was following its parents)! It certainly
looked like a family - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Wow, I
realized that I was in the presence of "The Holy Trinity"
that took the form of the seagulls - I rejoiced in The Lord!
They were the most glistening white seagulls I have ever seen!
Their almost completely white feathers seemed to sparkle like
diamonds, and they seemed to just float effortlessly across the
sky in front of me, so beautiful and amazing! If one could
define the word "freedom" with an image, this would definately
be it!
Well as unexpected as this
mystical experience was, it was not totally surprising
considering I have had previous mystical experiences with
seagulls in 2021. Also, the evening before I had a discussion
with a young, inquisitive adult family member at Sunday dinner
regarding "The Holy Trinity." She explained that "The
Orthodox Church believes the Holy Spirit "proceeds from God the
Father," while for Catholics, the Holy Spirit "proceeds from the
Father and the Son." This young adult asked me what I thought
the Catholic explanation of The Holy Trinity was.
I explained to her that "The Holy
Trinity" is "The Love" between "The Father and The Son." I also
added that God modelled "The Family" after "The Holy Trinity" -
The "father" and the "mother" love each other so much, that a
"third" person is produced (the "child").To keep a
long story short, she was not fully satisfied with my
explanation and kept trying to debate this with me to the point
that we were just going in circles. Then,
I asserted that, "The Holy Trinity is a mystery and to
understand it completely, I would have to be God, which I am
not." Then I quoted Mother Angelica stating,
"Who can
understand God? Trying to understand God is like trying to put
an ocean into a peanut shell which is impossible!" Finally,
I told her to look up high on the foyer wall at "The Divine
Mercy Image" and to read the inscription below the image (as
that is what Jesus is telling you to do now) - "Jesus I trust
in You." And on that note, the debate ended! Thank you
Jesus!
**NEW** April 3/2022
Forgiveness Has A
Condition
"Go and sin no more." (John
8:11)
"Lack of Father Hood"
On this particular evening I
was speaking with a long time friend on the telephone. She confided in me that her
young grandchild was becoming very rude and disrespectful
towards her and that this situation was becoming very painful
for her. I had suggested to her that it would be a good idea to
communicate this with her husband (the grandfather) and her
child (the parent) first before
asking me for any advice. She responded by informing me
that she had already done so, but to no avail.
The grandmother went on to
say that she asked her husband, "Do you think that our
grandchild is misbehaving because he is not being disciplined by his parents at home?"The grandfather was
silent, hesitant to respond, so the grandmother prodded further,
"A
simple yes or no answer will do." The grandfather's
response to the grandmother was a question,"Do you remember
the gospel at mass today (referring to Jesus and the adulteress woman, John
8:1-11)?" He then became angry and further questioned
her, "Are you trying
to entrap me with this question, like the scribes and pharisees
tried to entrap Jesus with their question (once again, referring
to Jesus and the adulteress woman, John 8:1-11)?"
Rather shocked by the
grandfather's reply, the grandmother then said, "I am
confused by your response, as I do not understand how this
gospel would apply in this situation?" The grandfather
retorted, "Jesus said: "Has no one
condemned you? ... Neither do I condemn you."(John 8:1-11)
After hearing the
grandfather's responses, the grandmother realized what was really
going on in his mind - he felt guilty of his own sin, as he had not disciplined their own children, rather he left that up to
her. This grandmother understood how important discipline was
when raising their children. Unfortunately, the grandfather was
not able to discipline his own children as he considered his
children his "friends" andwanted to be "liked
by them". As a result, once their children grew older and
into their teenage years, the children started to disrespect her
- she was seen as the "dictator" and he was seen as their
"friend." This created division within their
own family and now it is appearing that the same problem (sin)
is being carried over to the next generation, their grandchildren. According
to the literature, your parenting style is naturally
influenced by your own childhood experiences. This
situation demonstrates a "lack of fatherhood"
which I believe is a
serious problem in our society today and a grave sin in God's
eyes. It seems that the current attitude among many parents is
that children should be the ones to make all of the important
decisions in their own lives with respect to religion,
lifestyle, their gender,
etc Children growing up in this undisciplined environment come
to internalize the "I want to be me, I want to be
free"philosphy of life which is not in line with Christianity.
While God's greatest gift to us is our "free will", He has also
given us "The Ten Commandments" which demands discipline. God
called them "Commandments" for a reason and therefore, they are
not open for debate and revision.
Regarding Matthew Kelley's own mystical experiences he states:
"God's providence is complete. I don't think that it is a
coincidence that at a time when there is such poverty of
fatherhood in our culture that God as Father would manifest
in the way he has manifest because we need to rediscover the
role of fatherhood in our lives, in our society, in each family
because so many of the problems in society can be traced back
almost directly to the poverty of fatherhood in the home."
( Matthew Kelly, Catholic Mystic and father of five children) (YouTube
Video Link: "Life is
Messy," Matthew Kelly: full interview - Fr. Mark Goring, CC)
This "Lack of Fatherhood"
problem not only exists within the The Family but also
within The Church which translates to a "Lack of Shepherding"
which was acknowledged by The Honorable Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
According
to Archbishop Fulton Sheen Satan's 3 Shortcuts To Hell are #1 -
Permissiveness, #2 - Wonders (Suprises, Marvels) #3 - The
Temptation of the Church ("Satan says theology is politics. Why
bother with theology, God, the transcendant, the mystery of
redemption? The only thing that matters is politics.") '"The Devil's goal with these 3 shortcuts, is the complete
destruction of the church and human freedom ... the very dignity
and free will that God intended for all of us ... and finally,
the loss of eternal life in heaven with Him. Satan deceives and
convinces the world not to be concerned with the Divine, but
only with the social and political order. The disciplinary
character of Christianity (via the cross) has moved to the
totalitarian states. … And holding as it were the shiny globe of
the world in his hands, satan said: "all these kingdoms are mine.”'(The
Honorable Archbishop Fulton Sheen)YouTube Video Link: Satan's 3
Shortcuts To Hell and Complete Destruction of Human Liberty -
Judas - Fulton Sheen
"I am the Good Shepherd:
the Good Shepherd is one who lays down his life for His sheep."
(John 10:11)
Now back to my story with
reference to the gospel of John 8:1-11, Jesus and the
adulteress. The grandmother's most important question to the grandfather came next. She asked him,
"And what did Jesus say after he said that to the adulteress
("Has no one condemned you? ... Neither do
I condemn you.")?
The grandfather was stumped by this question and it was
obvious to her that he did not know. The grandmother
replied, '"Jesus said, "Go and sin no
more."' (John 8:1-11)
And on that note, the grandfather became speechless.
However, the grandfather
continued to question the grandmother the next day. It is obvious
that his soul was very restless over the conversation they
had the day before. He asked her,"Does that mean that when I
go to confession, my sins are not forgiven then? And if so, why
should anyone bother going to confession as we are all sinners?The grandmother then
advised him to go to his parish priest and ask him those
questions as he would be the best one to advise him.
At this point in our
conversation, the grandmother asked me how I would have answered
these questions regarding the sacrament of confession. I informed her as follows,"Venial
sins are washed away when receiving Holy Communion, however,
mortal sins require going to Confession.
Confession is not a revolving door,
especially where mortal sin is concerned as that would not be
true repentance.
God doesn’t listen to those who do not follow His commandments.
Therefore, all the praying and service any person/s is/are doing within the church and beyond
are useless without obedience to the ten commandments of God,
especially The 2 Greatest Commandments of Jesus:
"Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and
the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments
dependeth the whole law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:3-40)
Regarding
sin, Jesus
tells St. Faustina: "I am Thrice Holy, and I detest the smallest
sin. I cannot love a soul which is stained with sin; but when it
repents, there is no limit to My generosity toward it. My mercy
embraces and justifies it. With My mercy, I pursue sinners along
all their paths, and My Heart rejoices when they return to Me. I
forget the bitterness with which they fed My Heart and rejoice
at their return." (Diary, 1728)
Regarding
sin, Jesus also tells St. Faustina: "Tell
sinners that no one shall escape My Hand; if they run away from
My Merciful Heart, they will fall into My Just Hands. Tell
sinners that I am always waiting for them, that I listen
intently to the beating of their heart ... when will it beat for
Me? Write, that I am speaking to them through their remorse of
conscience, through their failures and sufferings, through
thunderstorms, through the voice of the Church. And if they
bring all My graces to naught, I begin to be angry with them,
leaving them alone and giving them what they want." (Diary,
1728)
Mother Angelica discusses Jesus and the adulteress and reminds
us of something very important: "No
one has condemned thee and neither will I."
- The problem
with all of you is you put the period in the wrong place.
That is where you put the period. There is no period there.
"Go and sin no more."There was a condition to her being
forgiven"Go and sin no more."(Mother
Anglelica, EWTN Founder) You Tube Video Link: 3 Basic Things To Know, To Be
Holy - Mother Angelica
Jesus wants our
hearts! Ultimately, everyone
has a conscience and free will and is
capable of choosing to go towards the light (Jesus)
or darkness (Satan). To make progress in the spiritual life, one
must grow in holiness - keeping in mind, God is "Thrice Holy"
and Heaven is His home. Therefore if
one wants to get to heaven one has to choose to become holy. So
how can one become holy if one does not place the
period after "Go and sin no more?"This
is obviously an impossibility.
"When one is in a
state of mortal sin, works
have no merit in heaven nor on earth and God eventually pulls
the graces (coming from the sacraments, etc).
This separation from God leaves one open
to diabolical influence (evil). " -
Fr. Chad Ripperger, Theologian, Philosoper, Exorcist.
"Descent,
disobedience, the kiss of death, the absolute kiss of death ...
Pride, Disobedience, death." The operative word is ascent. We
have a positive moral obligation to give the ascent of faith to
church teaching not descent.
The Holy Spirit is Given to
Those That Obey.. Not to Those That Disobey!"
- Father John Corapi,
SOLT, STD
Fr. Chad
Ripperger explains in this video why being in the state of grace
and holiness are important especially where prayer and spiritual
warfare are concerned:
Are Your Prayers
Efficacious & Meritorius In The Eyes Of God? Spiritual Warfare -
Fr. Chad Ripperger, Theologian, Philosopher, Exorcist
One
Unforgivable Sin: "We normally
attribute to The Father Strength and Power. We normally
attribute to the Son, Wisdom. But to the Holy Spirit we normally
attribute Goodness. Thomas Equinas says a sin against the Father
who represents power and strength is a sin of weakness and
therefore is forgiveable. Sins against the Son of Man are
forgivable for Jesus is wisdom, therefore sins of ignorance are
forgiveable. But when one sins through absolute malice, through the
very choosing of evil, it is a sin against The Holy Ghost, as it
is against Goodness itself which is attributed to The Holy
Spirit." Sins against the Holy Spirit are not forgivable."
(Fr, Chris
Alar, MIC) YouTube Video Link: 1
Unforgivable Sin - Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
I will finish this entry by
saying that I have
previously written much of what I have spoken about here and so
have many others, most importantly, The Virgin Mary, Mother
of God. There have been several Marian Apparitions and
Mary's message is always the same "Repent and return to God."
Why would Mary keep repeating the same message if her children were
listening to her? I have come across many Christians that
believe that "humans are sinners and not capable of not
sinning" or that "there is no such thing as sin" and
that there is no need for repentance as "Jesus has saved us by virtue of His death on the
cross". Finally there are those that believe that
"the sacrament of confession is a revolving door (no
conditions)."These are the people that forget/reject that most
important last statement Jesus made to the adulteress, to "Go and sin no more"
(this is His condition). This condition is necessary as
otherwise there will be no grace and therefore no growth in holiness, which is a
requirement for entering heaven. This entails obedience, discipline, sacrificeand suffering -
embracing The Cross, not running from it. As long as Jesus reigns
in our hearts and we "listen to Him", He will be our guiding light and strength during
this difficult journey here on earth.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we saw His glory, the glory as it were of the
only Begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”(John
1:14)
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in me that bears no fruit He cuts away, and every
branch that does bear fruit He prunes to make it bear even
more.You are pruned already, by means of the word that I have
spoken to you. Make your home in Me, as I make mine in you. As a
branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of
the vine, neither can you unless you remain in Me. I am the
vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in Me, with Me in
him, bears fruit in plenty; for cut off from me you can do
nothing. Anyone who does not remain in Me is like a branch that
has been thrown away – he withers; these branches are collected
and thrown on the fire, and they are burnt. If you remain in Me
and My words remain in you, you may ask what you will and you
shall get it. It is to the glory of my Father that you should
bear much fruit, and then you will be my disciples. As the
Father has loved Me, so I have loved you. Remain in My love, If
you keep my commandments you will remain in my love, just as I
have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I
have told you this so that My own joy may be in you and your joy
be complete.This is My commandment: love one another, as I have
loved you. A man can have no greater love than to lay down his
life for his friends.You are my friends, if you do what I
command you.I shall not call you servants any more, because a
servant does not know his master’s business; I call you friends,
because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from
My Father. You did not choose me, no, I chose you; and I
commissioned you to go out and to bear fruit, fruit that will
last; and then the Father will give you anything you ask him in
My name. What I command you is to love one another." (John
15)
"While he was still speaking, behold, a
bright cloud cast a shadow over them, - then from the cloud came
a voice that said,
“This is My Beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased; listen to Him.” (Transfiguration of
Jesus, Matthew 17:5)
**NEW** Holy Thursday, April 14/2022
"The God of Peace Will
Soon Crush Satan Under Your Feet." (Romans 16:20)
"The
Requirement of Forgiveness Does Not Cancel Out The Objective
Requirements Of Justice
... reparation for evil and scandal, compensation for injury,
and satisfaction for insult are conditions for forgiveness."
(Dives in Misericordia, Pope John Paul II)
Today was a rather cool day and the weather
appeared to be "all over the map". It was snowing one minute and
sunny the next and there was quite the wind. The word
"erratic" came to my mind. Therefore I decided to sit
indoors and just look outside through the patio door, rather
than to venture outside to pray during the three o'clock hour.
Holy Thursday Mass wasn't until 4:30 pm today as the priest had
to say a mass at his own parish at 3:00 pm so that gave me time
to pray The Divine Mercy Chaplet at home prior to leaving for church.
Before I began to pray, I couldn't help
but to meditate on how Jesus must have felt on that day and the
intense mental and emotional suffering He must have endured in
the garden of Gethsemane. I thought, His emotions must have
surely been "all over the map and erratic" like the weather
outside today - anxiety, fear, sadness, distress, betrayal and
contempt for the sin (evil) that was responsible for Him being
unjustly condemned to death the next day on Calvary. I thought,
Mary along with His disciples surely felt all of these feelings
as well in varying degrees. The more I thought about this, the
more my head started to spin just like the weather outside and I
imagined Jesus poor head spinning around and around - I felt
sick to my stomach. At this point, I did not want to meditate so
intensely on this much longer so I began to pray the chaplet to
put me at ease.
I think most people dismiss and/or do not
realize the fact that Jesus experienced unimaginable mental and
emotional suffering from his abusers even prior to the actual
physical tortures and cruel, unjust death he had to endure. His
ungrateful, unloving, hateful creatures ("hardened hearts") were
surely more than any loving Father or Mother could bare.
I meditated further on how many of our
innocent fellow human beings have physical, mental and emotional
suffering inflicted upon them just like Jesus did. This is
indeed sin which is evil (satan) and that is why it cannot be
tolerated. .With this meditation, God gave me the
inspiration to do another entry on the topic of sin (evil),
forgiveness. and the condition of repentance.
As you may notice, some of this material
is contained in my previous writings and videos. It has become
obvious to me that God has been wanting me to repeat it. As I have been travelling along
on this journey with Christ, I have come to understand what it
is like to be part of the "Mary club" - many do not listen to God's
mother, Mary and she has to repeat the same message "Repent and
return to God" over and over again. She must be getting tired of
it as I know I surely am. This is not surprising though
considering the hatred satan has for Mary, being the one that
"crushed his head with her seed." We better hope Mary will get
her message across soon, for if she doesn't, the chastisements
already in progress will continue and worsen! She can only hold
back her Son's hand for so long! Lord have mercy on
us all at that point!
"The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is
prudence." (Proverbs 9:10)
It seems as if the world has gone bonkers,
having no fear of God (His awesomeness and greatness)?! Well the truth is, only Jesus can bring
"goodness, truth and light." Without Him and His Grace, people
will remain in darkness (blind, deaf and dumb).
To get to heaven we have to be holy, no
ifs, ands or buts!
"There
shall not enter into it (Heaven) any thing defiled, or that
worketh abomination or maketh a lie, but they that are written
in the book of life of the Lamb." (Revelation, 21:27)
" I understood the great
justice of God, how each one had to pay off the debt to the last
cent." (St. Faustina, Diary 1375)
Do you not realise that
your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you and
whom you received from God? You are not your own property, then;
you have been bought at a price. So use your body for the glory
of God." (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Our bodies are "temples of the Lord" and
being such, we need to take care of our temples from physical,
emotional and psychological harm (abuse and unrepentant abusers). The
literature demonstrates that disrespect, betrayal, rejection
etc are traumatic and degrades one's self esteem, understandably as
it is part of human nature to desire to be loved.
My italian mother, grandmother and great
grandmother use to warn us with an old italian proverb ...
"vai
con uno storpio e diventa paralizzato tu stesso"
( translation: "Go with a cripple and become a cripple
yourself." meaning: If you hang around someone who is
"spiritually crippled," a grave unrepentant sinner (liars,
cheaters, fornicators, prostitutes, etc, you will become one yourself). In other words,
hanging around a "fallen" soul that will not repent and change
their ways, will make you fall as well (satan is very smart).
Regarding the
mortal sin of fornication (specifically named demons are at play
here, which ultimately can lead to
abortion, "child sacrifice"), Fr. Chad Ripperger, theologian, philosopher and
exorcist states that even if the couple marries, "there
will be no fruit in the marriage." The current
"sexual ideologies" existent in our culture are not in line with
Christianity and the sanctity of the sacrament of marriage. If you look at all the broken
marriages and families all around us, this certainly appears to
be the case during these times.
Jesus’ command to
"turn the other cheek" is simply a command to forgo
retaliation when people offend us. Jesus was telling them not to
retaliate with hatred and returning violence for violence.
Instead, he is directing us to be assertive, stand your ground
and challenge the bully, not to take another beating. Their bad
behaviour is not about you, it is their not knowing how to love,
selfishness, low self esteem, lack of relationship skills,
pleasure seeking, etc. We
often do not know what goes on inside a person to have caused
them to adopt destructive behaviour (their environment).
It is important to distance yourself from
these toxic people -- would you knowingly jump into crocodile infested
waters? We shouldn't let feelings of guilt rule us - as we are
"royal children of God" and worthy of being respected and
loved. Forgive the truly repentant but keep your distance to
protect your "temple" from danger.
Remember, Satan wants to crush all human
souls and he will use those people in our immediate circles to do his dirty work -
those souls that are not in the state of grace and where Jesus
therefore does not reign in their hearts (hardened hearts).
Satan is happy to occupy the minds and hearts of those that do
not allow Jesus to reign in their minds and hearts.
Also, remember that God did give us
authority over scorpions and snakes and dominion over all the
enemy (satan and the demons)!
As Father Chad Ripperger (theologian,
philosopher, exorcist) has often stated,
"the devil is not found behind every rock, however, he is found
behind every other rock."
The scriptures tell us to rebuke evil …
“Be sober and watch:
because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about
seeking whom he may devour.”
(1 Peter 5:8)
"You may
be quite sure that in the last days there are going to be some
difficult times. People will be self-centred and grasping;
boastful, arrogant and rude; disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful, irreligious; heartless and unappeasable; they will
be slanderers, profligates, savages and enemies of everything
that is good; they will be treacherous and reckless and demented
by pride, preferring their own pleasure to God. They will keep
up the outward appearance of religion but will have rejected the
inner power of it. Have nothing to do with people like that. (2
Timothy 3:1-5)
Keep in mind you are not showing the
abuser/unrepentant person love by acting like everything is okay
as that is a lie - and the chances of that person repenting is zero if
they figure the person is okay with it. Love is not enabling,
coddling or letting someone off the hook or it wouldn't really
be love at all. Forgiveness doesn't mean friendship.
Admonishing sinners is a
spiritual act of mercy.
No one should ever be rushed into forgiveness
for the "fear of getting right with God". We need healthy
boundaries. We need to recognize patterns of unrepentant abuse, gaslighting,
passive aggression and manipulative language that will only
guilt-trip you back into a vicious cycle. We can never
mindlessly open the door again on an abusive relationship.
Remember Jesus Himself
teaches us that there is a condition for forgiveness, "Go and
sin no more." (John 8:11)
Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
states: "Forgiveness Does Not
Necessarily Mean Reconciliation ..." Forgiveness simply means
you let go, you wish them well, you don't have to reconcile but
if you do reconcile you have elevated yourself up to mercy.
Mercy is actually greater than forgiveness." You Tube Video
Link:What Does
Forgive Really Mean? - Fr. Chris Alar, MIC and Pope John Paul II
In
his encyclical Dives in Misericordia (November 30, 1980), Pope
John Paul II noted that the “requirement of forgiveness does not
cancel out the objective requirements of justice” . . . “Christ emphasizes so insistently the need to forgive others
that when Peter asked Him how many times he should forgive his
neighbour He answered with the symbolic number of "seventy times
seven,"(Matthew 18:21-22) meaning that he must be able to
forgive everyone every time.
It is obvious that such a generous requirement of forgiveness
does not cancel out the objective requirements of justice.
Properly understood, justice constitutes, so to speak, the goal
of forgiveness.In no passage of the Gospel message does
forgiveness, or mercy as its source, mean indulgence towards
evil, towards scandals, towards injury or insult. In any case,
reparation for evil and scandal, compensation for injury, and
satisfaction for insult are conditions for forgiveness.”(DM, 14)
Warning - Listen to
Jesus and keep Him close to your heart at all times! ...
On a side note, I can tell you that God has allowed me to
personally witness several "good" even "saintly" souls in
abusive relationships over the course of my life that have
succumbed to "satan", by remaining in abusive relationships
-
addictions, loneliness (eg: parental alienation/estrangement,
abandonment, etc), depression, suicide, mental illness (bi-polar
etc which is most often spiritual,"demonic possession" as
acknowledged by world reknowned, Fr. Chad Ripperger, theologian,
philosoper, exorcist) and marriages in which the abused spouse
also becomes an abuser, in essence the two "become one flesh"
with Satan rather than God (causing a dominoes effect when there
are children). These marriages are indeed sacrileges and sure
candidates for separation, divorce and even annulment in the
Catholic Church.
Therefore, never judge
people that have had no choice but to separate/divorce their
spouse or distanced themselves from friends etc, to protect
their "temple" and their very "soul" from the "evil one". And,
remember the saying "misery loves company" and that is satan's
agenda as He hates us all and does not want heaven for any of
us, even though he does not want it for himself either!
Believe me, God has
groomed, taught and equipped me well ever since I was a child
and for good reason as otherwise I would have surely been unable
to assist Him in this "dangerous mission" to save souls! Keep in
mind the devil and the demons are intensely smarter than we are
so they are extremely toxic and dangerous more than you can ever
imagine them to be. Therefore, without "Jesus, The Lion of
Judah" we are sure to fall into the hands of the evil one, satan.
Never forget we are in an intense spiritual battle, right now. I
can't remember which religious made this comment - they said
that "if we could see the demons all around us right now, we
would see a mass of "black". That is how heavily infested our
world is right now. So stay super vigilant and pray to God daily
asking Him to protect you from the devil's "Deception."
"I urge
you, brothers, be on your guard against the people who are out
to stir up disagreements and bring up difficulties against the
teaching which you learnt. Avoid them. People of that sort are
servants not of our Lord Christ, but of their own greed; and
with talk that sounds smooth and reasonable they deceive the
minds of the unwary. Your obedience has become known to
everyone, and I am very pleased with you for it; but I should
want you to be learned only in what is good, and unsophisticated
about all that is evil. The God of peace will soon crush Satan
under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you." (Romans 16:17-27)
**NEW** Easter Sunday, April 17/2022
"Be still and know that I am God." Psalms 46:10
"Could you not sit with Me but one hour?" Matthew 26:40
"The silent soul is capable of attaining the
closest union with God. It lives almost always under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God works in a silent soul
without hindrance."
(St. Faustina, Diary 477)
"I so ardently thirst to be
loved by men in The Most Blessed Sacrament that this thirst
devours me." (Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque)
"In a world where there is so
much noise, so much bewilderment, there is a need for silent
adoration of Jesus concealed in the Host." (Pope Emeritus
Benedict XVI)
'The Lord gave me to know how displeased He
is with a talkative soul. "I find no rest in such a soul. The
constant din tires Me, and in the midst of it the soul cannot
discern My voice."' (Diary 1008)
“I take refuge in the Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament, and I speak to Him with profound silence.”
(Diary 73)
To begin with, I must say this is a very
difficult entry for me and it took a lot of praying
and contemplating to hear what The Holy Spirit wanted me to say.
Also, these past few months have been battle after battle with
Satan - you would be utterly horrified if I was to share these
experiences with you, like something out of a science fiction,
or perhaps, more correctly, a horror movie! Needless to say, this left me
rather occupied and wiped out from the sheer exhaustion of it
all! Regardless, The Lord insisted that I go to bat for Him as I
had reluctantly put Him off you could say, so I could recover
and gather more strength for this great battle -
defending "The Holy Eucharist!!
After Easter Mass today, I felt a terrible
sadness at the tabernacle, not only in my own heart but an
unrelenting sadness that could only be coming from Christ's
heart. The photos of St. Maria Faustina and St. Pope John
Paul II were replaced with two pictures of Mary a couple months
back. It is wonderful that someone added those pictures of Mary,
but why did they have to remove the two pictures that Fr. Josef
(our previous polish priest) had placed there? Surely, there is plenty of room to keep the pictures
there! So what are they going to take away next? The Divine
Mercy Image perhaps? It was really disheartening to see that
they were not even put back for Divine Mercy Sunday (something I
thought would surely happen on that day)?!
Back in 2021 I wrote about how our new temporary priest was
not able to be around after mass since our polish priest left
because he had to attend to his own parish in another town.
Therefore, as a
result, I was informed that I could no longer do private
adoration because he was not present. Well a couple of months
ago this changed and the temporary priest announced that he would now be present
after mass on certain days. Therefore, I asked him if I could
resume private adoration after mass on the days he was there and
he said "yes".
Then the next time I saw him, just as I was
about to do private adoration, he called me into an office room
(a council member was filing papers in there and the priest
asked him to stay as he was about to leave, for the reason I
think many of you can guess! Well needless to say, my
instincts told me I wasn't going to like what I was going to
hear and I felt I was in the presence of Satan so much so that I
had to call on the The Precious Blood of Jesus to put me at
ease! The priest informed me that I would only be able to
go ahead with the private adoration for that day only and no
more, the reason being "You cannot be the exception." (In
other words, "you are the only one doing it.")
I immediately
became upset as I sensed the whole council (and you know who hiding in
the shadows)
was behind this and that the priest was placed "between a rock
and hard place" as the saying goes. Strange thing is I was
able to do private adoration when Fr. Josef (previous polish priest) was
at this church despite the ongoing fuss that the council made so
in addition to the upset, I was in a state of utter disbelief
and confusion as one can imagine!
Considering I am "the exception" (doing private adoration),
all the more reason this should have never happened!
I am not going to apologize for being so
blunt regarding what I am going to say next, as it is the absolute truth according to The Lord
Himself! Jesus demands "silence" and it is disrespectful to
chatter and play music when others are trying to pray. Jesus is most worthy of
worship and to deprive "The Almighty" of worship and comfort in
this way is a "grave injustice" and preventing even a single
"royal child of God" from spending time with her "Abba"
are "mortal sins" (Commandment #1 & 2).
So here I am now, deeply inspired by The Holy
Spirit to defend Our Lord Jesus Christ!
Well as you know Satan absolutely hates "The Divine Mercy" and he
surely does not want me to save any souls! So what better way
than to remove me from private adoration and subsequently, the
most efficacious form of prayer - especially since I am "the
exception!"! He surely outsmarted them all! The
truth is, even one soul
coming before the blessed sacrament can
change the world.
To demonstrate this point, a demon once
lamented to Saint John Vianney that hell had lost 80,000 souls
due to his prayers and sacrifices alone. Saint Vianney did not
need to travel the world and preach. He was a simple parish
priest of a remote village. And yet, he was able to save 80,000
souls through a solitary life of prayer and sacrifice.
Well considering I
am "the exception" it is very obvious and sad that
"adoration" is not on the hearts of many of the people here
at this church.
Or rather,it is the council's (actually Satan's)
way of getting "vengeance" on mein that they see "The
Divine Mercy" and my "private revelations" (with substanitial
"evidence" to back them up, and additional evidence
that I have not felt comfortable sharing publicly), as a threat to their "french"
church. Obviously, deep down, in their consciences, they surely
cannot be that blind to realize that Jesus is speaking to them
through "me" and that it is "He" that is speaking to them,
telling them to open up their hearts to the english speaking
Christians in this town, who would attend mass here if even only
"one english mass" was offered per week. Imagine
the souls that would be brought to Jesus! Even, if God
hadn't sent me here to remind this parish of "The Divine Mercy", they would still be
obligated to obey
"The First Two Commandments of God."
This pitiful state of affairs, is contrary to the Catholic faith where we believe Jesus
is inside the tabernacle, body, blood, soul and divinity!
Surely
everyone should be in a line up for "Adoration" to
experience being "alone with the real presence of God in The
Holy Eucharist!"
I came to the conclusion on this Easter Day, that The Lord will
not rest until this situation is remedied as He continues to
prompt me to speak my mind about it. Even though it was Easter
Sunday, a very sad feeling came over me as I said my goodbyes to
Jesus at the tabernacle. Today of all days, He was looking
forward to me spending time alone with Him there as I have in
the past when Fr. Josef was there. As usual the loud talking etc
after mass made it almost near impossible for me to "hear" and
pray to The Lord. Here we were, two souls, that of "The Creator"
and "The Creature" united in "sadness" and "utter
disbelief."
Many of you know how the
"politics" can be. When parishioners come to dislike a priest,
they call the bishop to make a complaint about him. I am well
aware this
often doesn't end well for many priests. In fact, God has
informed me through a parish member (God often speaks to me
through other people) that a previous priest in this french church was
removed for reasons I would rather not discuss! Although I must
say, this person did say that none of the accusations were
proven ( only when I asked them though and this person still
kept talking about how no one liked him). It appears to me
that many priests are taken "hostage" by the parishioners
(especially the council) these
days and the priests are literally "terrified" of them.
I doubt most priests will have the courage to stand up to a council even though, they do have the final say and by virtue of
their priesthood are expected to act in "persona christi".
So hence, this is a situation in my opinion (and many others,
including religious)
that "The House of God is becoming The House of Man."
In other words, the will of man is given priority over the will
of God."
As I mentioned in my previous writings, the council members (and
a few of the regular parishioners even)
have given me quite the hard time coming to this church
(considering I am not a francophone even though I know enough
french to get by), especially once they
found out who I was and what I claimed my mission to be.
However, as we know, we are all called to evangelize and "Save
Souls." Also, "The Divine Mercy" is a message from God and "The
Heart of the Gospels."This is a situation, where the First and
Second Commandments of God are being broken and I have said this
multiple times to no avail.
There is a sign on the outside of the church that
reads "Love One Another" in "english" and there is a "french
sign" below it that says the same thing." I find this
to be hypocritical, especially, since these signs do not attract
any "english" parishioners at all!!
I know from experience (and
private revelation), "english
speaking" parishioners are not really welcome here and I don't
see anyone else but the "lithuanian woman" and "I" that are "english
speaking" that attend this church and we have both been here for
quite a few years now. Her first language is lithuanian and mine
is italian. She doesn't speak french at all really, but trying
to learn from scratch, poor thing!
Fortunately God has graced me with just enough french to feel
comfortable with it as otherwise this cross would have been so
much harder for me to bare!
The two greatest commandments of Jesus.
"Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and
the first commandment. And
the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and
the prophets." (Matthew 22:3-40)
How can anyone claim to love Jesus if they do not care about the
needs of their neighbours (especially their spiritual needs
which are more important than our physical needs considering the
fact that we are ultimately "immortal" beings and face judgement
upon our death? Clearly, dismissing the needs of our
neighbours is a mortal sin.
The Church (irrelative of building, language,etc) belongs to
Jesus Christ and His people. God doesn’t listen to those who do
not follow His commandments (Commandment #1 most important!).
Therefore, all the praying and service any person/s is (are)
doing within the church and beyond are useless without love,
mercy and obedience to the ten commandments of God (especially
the 1st Commandment).
"When one is in a
state of mortal sin, works
have no merit in heaven nor on earth" and God eventually "pulls
the graces" (coming from the sacraments, etc) according to Fr.
Chad Ripperger. Jesus wants our hearts! “Disobedience equals No
Holy Spirit ” (Fr. John Corapi) This separation from God leaves
one open to diabolical influence (evil) and "possession".
Ultimately, everyone
has free will and is ultimately capable of choosing to go
towards the light (Jesus) or darkness (Satan).
Due to being "banned from doing private
adoration" for the incomprehensible reason that "I am the
exception"
I have had no choice but to do "public
adoration" before mass or after mass which is quite difficult
with all the noise!
The choir and the new singing duo are practising
their songs over and over again and many parishioners are
talking.
And when they aren't singing, they are blaring recorded music! This was definately not the case when Fr. Josef was here. Surely, these
people can practice at home before they come to church or
set aside a specific day to go to church and practice (I know
they do have scheduled choir practices). Not to mention, some
noise can sometimes be heard from construction going on outside
which is bad enough!
As you know I love music and I love to sing to the Lord,
however, this is a time for silence unless you are doing
"private adoration" and can sing to him by yourself as this
indeed becomes a conversation with the individual and Our Lord
Jesus (and you are not bothering anyone else).
If this is not bad enough, the choir (Sunday
mass) or the singing duo (Saturday liturgy mass) play music and sing
during Holy Communion (and sometimes the music is quite
inappropriate and loud). I often feel like I am in a place of
"entertainment"!This is unjust where Our Lord is
concerned. As you know I love to sing to the Lord, but this is
another time I like silence. I want to walk up to Communion in
silence and I want to go back to my seat and be quiet with Jesus
so that we can communicate with each other. In fact, a family
friend has a similar problem in another parish - too much noise!
Also, I can't ever remember a time, when a catholic church was
noisy, the moment I walked in until the moment I walked out!
On this Easter
Day, as I sat out on the patio during the 3 o'clock hour
to do "The Divine Mercy Prayer" I looked up into the most
beautiful vivid blue, sunny sky and low and behold, as I looked
way up high as far as I could see into the sky (the heavens), I
saw 3 seagulls fly by - The Holy Trinity has been constantly
reassuring me of Their presence. It is only here at my home now
that I can truly experience God in "Silence" via "My Living
Tabernacle - The Host Inside of Me." I suppose this is not a
very good sign for things to come. If certain people
(not doing the will of Christ) get to
control how and when an individual can and cannot worship God
inside a church (God's home),
it will surely lead to having to worship "underground" as has
happened in our history.
Jesus Talks To Silent Souls
Communion, and Adoration (Public
or private) adoration are times when there should be silence so
as to not interfere with souls hearing the voice of God.
Contemplative Prayer (the
highest form of prayer by the way),
according to St. Teresa of Avila, “is nothing else than a close
sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be
alone with him who we know loves us.”
"Be still and know that I am God." Psalms 46:10
"Could you not sit with me but one hour?" Matthew 26:40
St. Maria Faustina On Silence
“The Holy Spirit does not speak to a soul
that is distracted and garrulous. He speaks by His quiet
inspirations to a soul that is recollected, to a soul that knows
how to keep silence. If silence were strictly observed, there
would not be any grumbling, bitterness, slandering, or gossip and
charity would not be tarnished. In a word, many wrongs would not
be done. Silent lips are pure gold and bear witness to holiness
within.” (Diary 552)
"Silence is a sword in the spiritual
struggle. A talkative soul will never attain sanctity. The sword
of silence will cut off everything that would like to cling to
the soul. We are sensitive to words and quickly want to answer
back, without taking any regard as to whether it is God‟s will
that we should speak. A silent soul is strong; no adversities
will harm it if it perseveres in silence. The silent soul is
capable of attaining the closest union with God. It lives almost
always under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. God works in a
silent soul without hindrance." (Diary 477)
"Silence is so powerful a language that it reaches the throne of
the living God. Silence is His language, though secret, yet
living and powerful." (Diary 888)
'The Lord gave me to know how displeased He
is with a talkative soul. "I find no rest in such a soul. The
constant din tires Me, and in the midst of it the soul cannot
discern My voice."'(Diary 1008)
"The tongue is a small member, but it does big things. A
religious who does not keep silence will never attain
holiness; that is, she will never become a saint. Let her not
delude herself - unless it is the Spirit of God who is speaking
through her, for then she must not keep silent. But, in order to
hear the voice of God, one has to have silence in one's soul and
to keep silence; not a gloomy silence, but an interior silence;
that is to say, recollection in God. One can speak a great deal
without breaking silence and, on the contrary, one can speak
little and be constantly breaking silence. Oh, what irreparable
damage is done by the breach of silence! We cause a lot of harm
to our neighbour, but even more to our own selves." (Diary 118)
Our tongue can
build others up, or cut them down. Our tongue also has a direct
effect upon our own soul. When the tongue speaks words inspired
by God, we grow in holiness. When the tongue speaks words not
from God, we do great damage to our souls and others. The goal
is not so much exterior silence; rather, it’s interior silence.
Interior silence means that we think and pray before we speak.
It means we are interiorly recollected and in tune with the
voice of God speaking silently and gently within our conscience.
This interior recollection of God is necessary if we are to
dispose ourselves to speak the words of Mercy to others at the
right time and in the right way." (Diary 118)
"God does not give Himself to a chattering soul which, like a
drone in a beehive, buzzes around but gathers no honey. A
talkative soul is empty inside. It lacks both the essential
virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of
gentle peace and of that silence where the Lord dwells, is quite
out of the question. A soul that has never tasted the sweetness
of inner silence is a restless spirit which disturbs the silence
of others. I have seen many souls in the depths of hell for not
having kept their silence;they told me so themselves when I
asked them what was the cause of their undoing. These were souls
of religious. My God, what an agony it is to think that not only
might they have been in heaven, but they might even have become
saints! O Jesus, have mercy!" (Diary 118)
"I tremble to think that I have to give an
account of my tongue. There is life, but there is also death in
the tongue. Sometimes we kill with the tongue; we commit real
murders. And we are still to regard that as a small thing? I
truly do not understand such consciences. I have known a person
who, when she learned from someone that a certain thing was
being said about her, fell seriously ill. She lost a good deal
of blood and shed many tears, and the outcome was very sad. It
was not the sword that did all this, but the tongue. O my silent
Jesus, have mercy on us!" (Diary 119)
"The soul that reflects receives much light.
A distracted soul runs the risk of a fall, and let it not be
surprised when it does fall. O Spirit of God, Director of the
soul, wise is he whom You have trained! But for the Spirit of
God to act in the soul, peace and recollection are needed.
(Diary 145)
"Patience, prayer and silence – these are what give strength to
the soul. There are moments when one should be silent, and when
it would be inappropriate to talk with creatures; these are the
moments when one is dissatisfied with oneself, and when the soul
feels as as a little child. Then the soul clings to God with all
its might. At such times, I live solely by faith, and when I
feel strengthened by God's grace, then I am more courageous in
speaking and communicating with my neighbours." (Diary 944)
Mother Teresa On Silence
Mother Teresa exclaimed, “In
the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer
and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you
are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your
emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer
are souls of great silence.”
“We need to find God and God
cannot be found in noise and restlessness. We cannot place
ourselves directly in God’s presence without imposing upon
ourselves interior and exterior silence. That is why we must
accustom ourselves to stillness of the soul, of the eyes, of the
tongue. There is no life of prayer without silence.”
“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in
prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know
that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your
nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.
Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.”
“We too are
called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and
aloneness with God, together as a community as well as
personally; to be alone with Him — not with our books, thoughts,
and memories but completely stripped of everything — to dwell
lovingly in His presence, silent, empty, expectant, and
motionless.”
“We need silence to be alone with
God, to speak to him, to listen to him, to ponder his words deep
in our hearts. We need to be alone with God in silence to be
renewed and to be transformed. Silence gives us a new outlook on
life. In it we are filled with the grace of God himself, which
makes us do all things with joy.”
“If we are careful of silence it
will be easy to pray. There is so much talk, so much repetition,
so much carrying on of tales in words and in writing. Our prayer
life suffers so much because our hearts are not silent.”
One Soul Coming Before the
Blessed Sacrament Can Change the World - Why?
The Church teaches that the most efficacious
form of prayer is prayer in the Presence of Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament. Prayer in the Divine Presence of Jesus in the Blessed
Sacrament releases the power, the blessings, and the graces of
God.
The Gospel tells us that everyone wanted
to touch Jesus because power and graces flowed out from Him.
"Now there was a woman who had suffered from
a haemorrhage for twelve years; after long and painful treatment
under various doctors, she spent all she had without being any
the better for it, in fact, she was getting worse. She had heard
about Jesus, and she came up behind him through the crowd and
touched his cloak. ‘If I can touch even his clothes,’ she had
told herself ‘I shall be well again.’And the source of the
bleeding dried up instantly, and she felt in herself that she
was cured of her complaint. Immediately aware that power had
gone out from him, Jesus turned round in the crowd and said,
‘Who touched my clothes?’
His disciples said to him, ‘You see how the crowd is pressing
round you and yet you say, “Who touched me?” But he continued to
look all round to see who had done it.Then the woman came
forward, frightened and trembling because she knew what had
happened to her, and she fell at his feet and told him the whole
truth.‘My daughter,’ he said ‘your faith has restored you to
health; go in peace and be free from your complaint.’ (Mark
5:25-34)
"and everyone in the crowd was trying to
touch him because power came out of him that cured them
all."(Luke 6:19)
The Catechism Of The Catholic
Church - Adoration, Prayer, Sacrifice
Adoration
is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature
before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made
us and the almighty power of the Savior who sets us free from
evil. Adoration is homage of the spirit to the "King of Glory,"
respectful
silence in the
presence of the "ever greater" God. Adoration of the thrice-holy
and sovereign God of love blends with humility and gives
assurance to our supplications. (CCC, 2628)
"HIM ONLY SHALL YOU SERVE"
"The theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity inform and
give life to the moral virtues. Thus charity leads us to render
to God what we as creatures owe him in all justice. The virtue
of religion disposes us to have this attitude." (CCC, 2095)
Adoration
"Adoration
is the first act of the virtue of religion.
To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Creator and
Savior, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as
infinite and merciful Love. "You shall worship the
Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve," says Jesus, citing
Deuteronomy.13" (CCC,
2096)
"To adore God is to acknowledge, in respect and absolute
submission, the "nothingness of the creature" who would not
exist but for God. To adore God is to praise and exalt Him and
to humble oneself, as Mary did in the Magnificat, confessing
with gratitude that he has done great things and holy is His name.The worship of the one God sets man free from turning in on
himself, from the slavery of sin and the idolatry of the world."
(CCC, 2097)
Prayer
"The acts of faith, hope, and charity enjoined by the first
commandment are accomplished in prayer. Lifting up the mind
toward God is an expression of our adoration of God: prayer of
praise and thanksgiving, intercession and petition. Prayer is an
indispensable condition for being able to obey God's
commandments. [We] ought always to pray and not lose heart."
(CCC, 2098)
Sacrifice
"It is right to offer sacrifice to God as a sign of adoration
and gratitude, supplication and communion: "Every action done so
as to cling to God in communion of holiness, and thus achieve
blessedness, is a true sacrifice." (CCC, 2099)
"Outward sacrifice, to be genuine, must be the expression of
spiritual sacrifice: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a
broken spirit. . . . "The prophets of the Old Covenant often
denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled
with love of neighbor. Jesus recalls the words of the prophet
Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."The only perfect
sacrifice is the one that Christ offered on the cross as a total
offering to the Father's love and for our salvation. By uniting
ourselves with his sacrifice we can make our lives a sacrifice
to God." (CCC, 2100)
St. Pope
John Paul II - Eucharistic Adoration
The underlying theme of the
Church's Eucharistic teaching is the fact of Christ's Real
Presence
"Christ's consoling presence in the Blessed
Sacrament. His Real Presence in the fullest sense; the
substantial presence by which the whole and complete Christ, God
and man, is present."
"The Church and the world have a great need
of Eucharistic Adoration."
“At adoration He grants us a share in Jesus
divine life in a transforming union.”
"Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is an
important daily practice and becomes an inexhaustible source of
holiness. It is pleasant to spend time with Christ, to lie close
to his breast like the Beloved Disciple and to feel the infinite
love present in His heart.”
"I hope that this form of Perpetual
Adoration, with permanent exposition of the Blessed Sacrament,
will continue into the future. Specifically, I hope that the
establishment of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration will be
realized in all parishes and christian communities throughout
the world."
St. Maria Faustina Helena
Kowalska, Of The Blessed Sacrament
“as the wonderful gift of His presence on
earth”. During Mass, “I thanked the Lord Jesus for having
redeemed us and for having given us the greatest of all gifts,
the Holy Eucharist”. “You wanted to stay with us, and so you
left us yourself in the Sacrament of the Altar, and you opened
wide your mercy to us. You opened an inexhaustible spring of
mercy for us, giving us your dearest possession, the Blood and
Water, that gushed forth from Your Heart.” (Diary 1747).
"I will spend all my free moments at the feet
of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. At the feet of Jesus, I
will seek light, comfort, and strength. I will show my gratitude
unceasingly to God for His great mercy towards me." (Diary 224)
“I take refuge in the Lord in the Blessed
Sacrament, and I speak to Him with profound silence.”
(Diary 73)
“I will sing of my pain to You by my silence,
and You will understand me beyond any utterance.” (Diary 1490)
"I spend every free moment at the feet of the
hidden God. He is my Master; I ask Him about everything; I speak
to Him about everything. Here I obtain strength and light; here
I learn everything; here I am given light on how to act toward
my neighbour. He Himself drew me into the fire of living love on
which everything converges." (Diary 704)
“The most solemn moment of my life is the
moment when I receive Holy Communion and for every Holy
Communion I give thanks to the Most Holy Trinity.” (Diary 1804).
“The most solemn moment of my life is the moment when I receive
Holy Communion and for every Holy Communion I give thanks to the
Most Holy Trinity” (Diary 1804).
I am going forward through life amidst
rainbows and storms, but with my head held high with pride, for
I am a royal child. I feel that the blood of Jesus is
circulating in my veins, and I have put my trust in the great
mercy of the Lord. (Diary 992)
"I saw the same rays issuing from the
monstrance and spreading throughout the Church. I asked Jesus
that He deign to light the fire of His love in all souls that
were cold. Beneath these rays a heart will grow warm even if
were like a block of ice; even if it were as hard as a rock, it
will crumble into dust." (Diary 370)
"I saw the two rays coming out from the
Host." (Diary 344)
"When the priest took the Blessed Sacrament
to bless the people, I saw the Lord Jesus.. The Lord gave His
blessing, and the rays extended over the whole world." (Diary
420)
"A Holy Hour before the Most Blessed
Sacrament so pleases the Heart of Jesus, that every man, woman
and child on earth receives a new effect from God’s goodness and
love, all because of a single hour of adoration in His
Presence."
Jesus To St. Faustina
"My child, do you fear
the God of mercy? My holiness does not prevent Me from being
merciful. Behold,
for you I have established a throne of mercy on earth the
tabernacle and from this throne I desire to enter into your
heart. I am not surrounded by a
retinue or guards. You can come to Me at any moment, at any
time; I want to speak to you and desire to grant you grace."
(Diary, 1485)
"Adore in the Most Blessed Sacrament My
Heart, which is full of mercy."(Diary 1572)
"I want adoration to take place… for the
intention of imploring mercy for the world." (Diary 1070)
"My daughter, I want to instruct you on how
you are to rescue souls through sacrifice and prayer.
You will save more souls through prayer and suffering than will
a missionary through
his teachings and sermons alone. I want to see you as a
sacrifice of living love, which only then carries weight before
me. You must be annihilated, destroyed, living as if you were
dead
in the most secret depths of your being. You must be destroyed
in that secret depth where the human eye has never penetrated;
then will I find in you a pleasing sacrifice, a holocaust full
of sweetness and fragrance.
And great will be your power for whomever you intercede.
Outwardly, your sacrifice must look like this:
silent, hidden, permeated with love, imbued with prayer. I
demand, my daughter, that your sacrifice be pure and full of
humility, that I may find pleasure in it. I will not spare my
grace, that you may be able to fulfill
what I demand of you. I will now instruct you on what your
holocaust shall consist of, in everyday life, so as to preserve
you from illusions.You shall accept all sufferings with love. Do
not be afflicted if your heart often experiences repugnance and
dislike for sacrifice. All its power rests in the will, and so
these contrary feelings, far from lowering the value of the
sacrifice in my eyes, will enhance it. Know that your body and
soul will often be in the midst of fire. Although you will not
feel my presence on some occasions,
I will always be with you. Do not fear; my grace will be with
you." "My daughter, I want to instruct you on how you are to
rescue souls through sacrifice and prayer. (Diary 1767)
Archbishop Fulton Sheen
"The only time our Lord asked the Apostles
for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity
did He plead but for an Hour of companionship."
"A Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration is a
sharing in the work of Redemption."
St. Padre Pio
St. Padre Pio wrote that Jesus appeared to
him saying, “My Heart has been forgotten. Nobody cares for My
love; I am always grief stricken … My priests that I have always
protected, who have always had My favour; they should comfort My
grieving heart; they should help me in the redemption of souls,
instead – who would believe it? They repay Me with ingratitude
and rejection. I see many of these … who hypocritically betray
Me with sacrilegious Communions, stomping on the grace and the
strength that I constantly give them.”
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
"When you look at the crucifix, you
understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred
Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why we
need Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in every Parish throughout
the entire World."
“Each one of us is a co-worker of Christ - we
must labor hard to carry Him to the hearts where He has not yet
been known and loved...But, unless we have Jesus, we cannot give
Him; that is why we need the Eucharist. Spend as much time as
possible in front of the Blessed Sacrament and He will fill you
with His strength and His power.”
Faithfulness To The
Inspirations Of The Holy Spirit Requires Constant Vigilance and
Prayer
"O Jesus, keep me in holy fear (that is in
fear of committing a sin), so that I may not waste graces. Help
me to be faithful to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. Grant
that my heart may burst for love of You, rather than I should
neglect even one act of love for You." (Diary 1557)
The Soul That Responds To
God's Grace
"... the soul's life with God and about its
response to grace. When a soul has been cleansed, and the Lord
is on intimate terms with it, it begins to apply all its inner
force in striving after God. Yet the soul cannot do anything of
itself. God alone arranges everything. The soul knows this and
is mindful of it. It is still in exile and understands well that
there may yet come cloudy and rainy days, but it must now look
upon things differently from what it had up to now. It does not
seek reassurance in a false peace, but makes ready for battle.
It knows it comes from a warrior race. It is now much more aware
of everything. It knows that it is of royal stock. It is
concerned with all that is great and holy." (Diary 120)
Let Us Beware Of Adding
To The Suffering Of Others As That Is A Grave Sin
"I will mention here that those who live with such a person
(suffering soul) should not add external sufferings; for indeed,
when the soul's cup is full, the little drop we may add to it
may be the one drop too much, and the cup of bitterness will
overflow. And who will answer for such a soul? Let us beware of
adding to the suffering of others, because that is displeasing
to the Lord. If the sisters or the superiors knew or even
suspected that a soul was suffering such trials, and they
nevertheless added still other sufferings, they would be sinning
gravely, and God himself would demand an account of them on
behalf of such a soul. I am not speaking here of instances which
of their very nature are sinful, but of things which in other
circumstances would not be sinful. Let us be on our guard
against having the weight of such a soul on our conscience. This
is a grave and common defect in religious life; namely, that
when one sees a suffering soul, one always wants to add even
more suffering. I do not say that everyone acts like this, but
there are some. We take the liberty of passing all sorts of
judgments, and we repeat them when we would do better to remain
silent." (Diary 117)
**NEW** Mother's Day , May 8/2022 (Revised June 19,2022)
"The Divine Mercy Image and
Prayer Are Crucial For The Salvation of Humanity!"
"The Divine Mercy" Message
Is The Heart Of The Gospels (Luke 10:25-37)
The Parable Of The Good Samaritan
“… Master, what must I
do to possess eternal life?
But he said to
him: What is written in the law? how readest thou? He answering,
said: 'Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and
with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour
as thyself.'And he said to him: Thou hast answered
right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he willing to justify
himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour? And Jesus
answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among robbers, who also stripped him, and
having wounded him went away, leaving him half dead.
And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way:
and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he
was near the place and saw him, passed by. But a certain
Samaritan being on his journey, came near him; and seeing him,
was moved with compassion. And going up to him, bound up
his wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his
own beast, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the
next day he took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said:
Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and
above, I, at my return, will repay thee. 'Which of these
three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that fell among the
robbers?' But he said:
'He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou
in like manner.' - Luke 10:25-37
"Tell sinners that no one shall escape My
Hand; if they run away from My Merciful Heart, they will fall
into My Just Hands. Tell sinners that I am always waiting for
them, that I listen intently to the beating of their heart ...
when will it beat for Me? Write, that I am speaking to them
through their remorse of conscience, through their failures and
sufferings, through thunderstorms, through the voice of the
Church. And if they bring all My graces to naught, I begin to be
angry with them, leaving them alone and giving them what they
want." (Diary, 1728)
"By means of
this Image I shall be granting many graces, so let every soul
have access to it." (Diary, 570)
"Already there are many souls who
have been drawn to My love by this image. My mercy acts in souls
through this work." (Diary
1379)
Today I woke up
with a very uncomfortable feeling inside of me. Once I entered
the church, I walked to the tabernacle and low and behold, "The
Divine Mercy Image" was gone (as I had predicted would happen
considering the shrine was slowly being dismantled after the
polish priest left last year)! Talk about disheartening, I felt
sick to my stomach to say the least! The image was covered up by
another image of "God The Father at the top, Jesus on the
crucifix in the middle and the virgin Mary on the bottom." While
I have never seen an image with this combination (normally you
see The Holy Trinity which is already displayed at the bottom of
the tabernacle) I was not upset by it at all. What I was
upset about is that "The Divine Mercy Image" was gone?! So
much for "The Divine Mercy Shrine" that Fr. Josef (our prior
polish priest) had brought to our church (see photos above), a
great grace from God that came from Poland - rejected and so
unappreciated to say the least! I felt within the depth of my
heart and soul, the anger and sadness of God at the ingratitude
of the souls responsible! The will of Jesus (God) was once again
set aside for the will of man. Lord have mercy! Knowing, full
well that God in His permissive will is in control here - This
is a case of Jesus "leaving those ungrateful individuals in this
parish alone and giving them
what they want." Yikes, this is something we surely do not want
to happen! These words of Jesus certainly came to mind:
"And if they bring
all My graces to naught, I begin to be angry with them, leaving
them alone and giving them what they want." (Diary, 1728)
So now, I bring a
small "5x6 Divine Mercy Image" in my purse to church with me - I
will simply not let Satan stop me from venerating "The
Divine Mercy Image" at church and asking God to pour His graces
upon me coming from the image and the taberacle - the graces,
many do not want to accept, in this way consoling the Heart of
Christ.
"I
have come out to meet you, to lavish new graces on you. I am
looking for souls who would like to receive My grace." (Diary,
1705)
"My
Heart overflows with great mercy for souls and especially for
poor sinners.... I desire to bestow my graces upon souls [from
the tabernacle] but they do not want to accept them. You, at
least, come to Me as often as you can and take these graces they
do not want to accept. In this way you will console my Heart."
(Diary, 367)
Jesus' tells us that it is His will that "The Divine Mercy
Image" be venerated publicly in all churches throughout the
world and that every soul has access to it. He tells us that
"The Divine Mercy Image" is a vessel (a fountain of mercy) and
promises that He will grant protection and many graces to those
that venerate the image, especially victory over all enemies. He
further tells us that many souls will be saved through this
image and that the rays coming from the image will shield souls
from the wrath of The Father. This is especially important
during these apocalyptic times we are in now and chastisement
has already begun. Many holy religious have already previously instructed
us to erect "The Divine Mercy Image" on the doors of our homes
for protection (2020).
"Paint an image
according to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I
trust in You. I desire that this image be venerated, first in
your chapel, and [then] throughout the world." (Diary
47)
"I promise that the
soul that will venerate this image will not perish. I also
promise victory over [its] enemies already here on earth,
especially at the hour of death. I Myself will defend it as My
own glory." (Diary 48)
"I desire that the
image be publicly honoured." (Diary 414)
"I am offering people
a vessel with which they are to keep coming for graces to the
fountain of mercy. That vessel is this image with the signature:
Jesus, I trust in You." (Diary 327)
These rays shield
souls from the wrath of My Father. Happy is the one who will
dwell in their shelter, for the just hand of God shall not lay
hold of him. I desire that the first Sunday after Easter be the
Feast of Mercy. (Diary 299)
When I spoke about this
to Mother Superior [Rose (note30), telling her] that God had
asked this of me, she answered that Jesus should give some sign
so that we could recognize Him more clearly. When I asked the
Lord Jesus for a sign as a proof “that You are truly my God and
Lord and that this request comes from You,” I heard this
interior voice, I will make this all clear to the Superior by
means of the graces which I will grant through this image. (Diary
51)
The two rays denote
Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes
souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the
life of souls...These two rays issued forth from the very depths
of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance
on the Cross. These rays shield souls from the wrath of My
Father. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for
the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him. I desire that
the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy. (Diary 299)
"Know that if you
neglect the matter of the painting of the image and the whole
work of mercy, you will have to answer for a multitude of souls
on the day of judgment." (Diary
154)
"I am
giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbour:
the first - by deed, the second - by word, the third - by
prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of
mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this
means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy. Yes, the
first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there must
also be acts of mercy, and I demand the worship of My mercy
through the solemn celebration of the Feast and through the
veneration of the image which is painted. By means of this image
I shall grant many graces to souls. It is to be a reminder of
the demands of My mercy, because even the strongest faith is of
no avail without works."
(Diary 742)
"By means of
this Image I shall be granting many graces, so let every soul
have access to it." (Diary, 570)
"Already there are many souls who
have been drawn to My love by this image. My mercy acts in souls
through this work." (Diary
1379)
"Oh,
if sinners knew My mercy, they would not perish in such great
numbers. Tell sinful souls not to be afraid to approach Me;
speak to them of My great mercy." (Diary 1396)
"Know that if you
neglect the matter of the painting of the image and the whole
work of mercy, you will have to answer for a multitude of souls
on the day of judgment." (Diary
154)
"And who knows
anything about this feast? No one! Even those who should be
proclaiming My mercy and teaching people about it often do not
know about it themselves. That is why I want the image to be
solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it
to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it."
(Diary 341)
"When the
image was displayed, I saw a sudden movement of the hand of
Jesus, as He made a large sign of the cross. In the
evening of the same day, (...) I saw the image going over the
town, and the town was covered with what appeared to be a mesh
and nets. As Jesus passed, He cut through all the nets..."
(Diary, 416).
When I was in the Gate
of Dawn attending the ceremony during which the image was
displayed, I heard a sermon given by my confessor. When he began
to speak [Father Sopoćko] about the great Mercy of Our Lord, the
image came alive and the rays pierced the hearts of the people
gathered there, but not all to the same degree. Some received
more, some less, Great joy filled my heart to see the grace of
God. (Diary 417).
"Toward the end of the service, when the
priest took the Blessed Sacrament to bless the people,
I saw Our Lord Jesus as He is represented in the image. Our Lord
gave His blessing, and the rays extended over the whole world.
Suddenly, I saw an impenetrable brightness in the form of a
crystal dwelling place, woven together from waves of brilliance
unapproachable to both creatures and spirits. Three doors led to
this resplendence. At that moment, Jesus, as He is represented
in the image, entered this resplendence through the second door
to the Unity within." (Diary, 420).
"When I received the
article about Divine Mercy with the image [on the cover], God’s
presence filled me in an extraordinary way. When I steeped
myself in prayer of thanksgiving, I
suddenly saw the Lord Jesus in a great brightness, just as He is
painted, and at His feet I saw Father Andrasz and Father
Sopocko. Both were holding pens in their hands, and flashes of
light an fire, like lightning, were coming from the tips of
their pens and striking a great crowd of people who were
hurrying I know not where. Whoever was touched by the ray of
light immediately turned his back on the crowd and held out his
hands to Jesus. Some returned with great joy, others with great
pain and compunction.” (Diary 675).
"Today, I saw two
enormous pillars planted in the ground; I had planted one of
them, and a certain person, S. M. (Sopocko M.), the other.
(...). These two pillars were close to each other, in the area
of the Image. And I saw the Image, raised up very high and
hanging from these two pillars. In an instant, upon these two
pillars, supported both from inside and outside, there stood a
large temple. I saw a hand finishing the temple, but I did not
see the person doing so. There was a great multitude of people,
inside and outside the temple, and the torrents issuing from the
Compassionate Heart of Jesus were flowing down upon everyone."
(Diary 1689).
"Today I saw the glory
of God which flows from the Image. Many souls are receiving
graces, although they do not speak of it openly. Even though it
has faced all kinds of vicissitudes, God is receiving glory
because of it; and the efforts of Satan and of evil men are
shattered and come to naught. In spite of Satan’s anger, the
Divine Mercy will triumph over the whole world and will be
worshipped by all souls." (Diary 1789).
"Tell
sinners that no one shall escape My Hand; if they run away from
My Merciful Heart, they will fall into My Just Hands. Tell
sinners that I am always waiting for them, that I listen
intently to the beating of their heart ... when will it beat for
Me? Write, that I am speaking to them through their remorse of
conscience, through their failures and sufferings, through
thunderstorms, through the voice of the Church. And if they
bring all My graces to naught, I begin to be angry with them,
leaving them alone and giving them what they want." (Diary,
1728)
Today,
the Lord also placed it upon my heart to do a video clip of Fr.
Chris Alar's video that addresses "abortion" (and other evil
acts that destroy life). I had planned to do this video months
ago but kept putting it off for lack of time etc. However,
today, being Mother's Day, I felt Jesus pulling at my heart
strings, prompting me to do it asap! Recently, a family friend from
another parish informed me that our local hospital (previously a
Catholic Hospital) performs 8 ab@rtions per week! Considering
this very grave situation, it is of the utmost importance that
we display "The Divine Mercy Image" in all of our churches, here
and throughout the world - to "counteract this culture of death
and the chastisement that comes as a result. Hence, we need to
venerate "The Divine Mercy Image" and ask Him for
mercy and graces, now more than ever!
"The two rays denote
Blood and Water. The pale ray stands for the Water which makes
souls righteous. The red ray stands for the Blood which is the
life of souls...These two rays issued forth from the very depths
of My tender mercy when My agonized Heart was opened by a lance
on the Cross. These rays shield souls from the wrath of My
Father. Happy is the one who will dwell in their shelter, for
the just hand of God shall not lay hold of him. I desire that
the first Sunday after Easter be the Feast of Mercy." (Diary 299)
*Video* The Chaplet of Divine
Mercy Was Given For This! Fr. Chris Alar, MIC
"The devil hates God's Mercy because more
than anything else it brought about the creation of man, the
crown of creation, made in God's own image and likeness, sharing in His Divine
Life."The Divine Mercy Chaplet Prayer was revealed by Jesus Christ to
St. Faustina (and the whole world) to counteract
the act that goes against His creation and the punishment
(chastisement) that comes from it as a result."
"I am the Lord in My essence and am immune to
orders or needs. If I call creatures into being - that is the
abyss of My mercy." (Diary 85)
"September 16, 1937. I wanted
very much to make a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament
today, but God's will was otherwise. At eight o'clock I was
seized with such violent pains that I had to go to bed at once.
I was convulsed with pain for three hours; that is, until eleven
o'clock at night. No medicine had any effect on me, and whatever
I swallowed I threw up. At times, the pains caused me to lose
consciousness. Jesus had me realize that in this way I took
part in His Agony in the Garden, and that He himself allowed
these sufferings in order to offer reparation to God for the
souls murdered in the wombs of wicked mothers. I have gone
through these sufferings three times now. They always start at
eight o'clock in the evening and last until eleven. No medicine
can lessen these sufferings. When eleven o'clock comes, they
cease by themselves, and I fall asleep at that moment. The
following day, I feel very weak.
This happened to me for the first time when I was at the
sanatorium. The doctors couldn't get to the bottom of it, and no
injection or medicine helped me at all nor did I myself have any
idea of what the sufferings were about. I told the doctor that
never before in my life had I experienced such sufferings, and
he declared he did not know what sort of pains they are. But now
I understand the nature of these pains, because the Lord himself
has made this known to me.... Yet when I think that I may
perhaps suffer in this way again, I tremble. But I don't know
whether I'll ever again suffer in this way; I leave that to God.
What it pleases God to send, I will accept with submission and
love. If only I could save even one soul from murder by means
of these sufferings!" (Diary,1276)
"One day Jesus told me
that He would cause a chastisement to fall upon the most
beautiful city in our country [probably Warsaw]. This
chastisement would be that with which God had punished Sodom and
Gomorrah. I saw the great wrath of God and a shudder pierced
my heart. I prayed in silence. After a moment, Jesus said to me,
My child, unite yourself closely to Me during the Sacrifice and
offer My Blood and My Wounds to My Father in expiation for the
sins of that city. Repeat this without interruption throughout
the entire Holy Mass. Do this for seven days. On the seventh day
I saw Jesus in a bright cloud and began to beg Him to look upon
the city and upon our whole country. Jesus looked [down]
graciously. When I saw the kindness of Jesus, I began to beg His
blessing. Immediately Jesus said, For your sake I bless the
entire country. And He made a big sign of the cross over our
country. Seeing the goodness of God, a great joy filled my
soul." (Diary
39)
I highly recommend watching the above
video clip as Fr. Alar explains the biblical history of "child
sacrifice"(ab@rtion) and its consequence of chastisement. In
fact, suicide, euthanasia, ivf, etc are all linked to Satan's hatred
of Christ. Considering Satan can no longer harm Christ, He wants
to destroy us who are made in His Image and Likeness.
We need "The Divine Mercy Image" and "The
Divine Mercy Prayer" in our churches and in our homes (and
outside our doors), now more
than ever before - don't be fooled by Satan! Pray to God
everyday and ask Him to shield you from Satan's deception.
I also ask for your prayers, that "The
Divine Mercy Shrine" ( a grace that came from Poland, via Fr.
Josef our previous polish priest) be restored in our church -
this particular church being chosen by God to remind our world
of "The Divine Mercy" message given to St. Maria Faustina Helena
Kowalska, February 22, 1931) and "The Heart of The Gospels" . Jesus appeared to St. Faustina in
her convent room and directed her to "paint an image according
to the pattern you see, with the signature: Jesus, I trust in
You" (Diary of St. Faustina, 47-48). He attached many promises
to those who venerate this image.
How to recite The Chaplet of Divine Mercy
and Promises PDF
On a side note: This morning (May
14/2022), The Lord woke me up at the 3:00 Hour and told me
(locution) to "Remind them that The Divine
Mercy Image is My Face - The Face of God." The
image, St. Faustina was instructed by Jesus to paint.
The Divine Mercy Image is the
only image that exists that Jesus (God) Himself
instructed man (via St. Maria Faustina Kowalska) to paint.
Therefore, the image and associated prayer, deserve
acknowledgement, the highest
reverence and appreciation in all of The Roman Catholic Churches
throughout the whole world (this is something Jesus Himself
requested).
"He that receiveth a
prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a
prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just
man, shall receive the reward of a just man." (Matthew
10:41)
"We beg you, our
friends, to pay proper respect to those who work among you, who
guide and instruct you in the Christian life."
(1 Thessalonians 5:12-13)
Watch *Jesus of
Nazareth* Full Movie HD - Click on the DVD photo below
During Holy Mass, I saw the Lord Jesus nailed
upon the cross amidst great torments. A soft moan issued from
His Heart. After some time, He said:
“I thirst. I
thirst for the salvation of souls. Help Me, My daughter, to save
souls.” (Diary,
1032)
“Come to Me,
all of you.” (Diary, 1485)
“The loss of
each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness.”(Diary, 1397)
8 Guidelines Drawn
From The Secret of the Rosary, St. Louis de Montfort:
Begin with purity of intention. You
should be in a state of grace or at least trying to come into
that state. Otherwise, Jesus might say, “This people honors me
with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me (Mark 7:6).
“Say the Rosary to persevere in righteousness and so that you
may rise from your sins,” as St. Louis reminds us (p.136). It’s
not that God can’t hear us; it is that we can’t hear Him if we
have earplugs in our ears.Mortal sin can close your ears
to the voice of grace.
Be attentive to what you are saying. You should try to get rid
of distractions that are within your control; there are,
however, distractions that are beyond your control, like your
imagination, noises, young children, etc. He just suggests that
you create the time and space necessary for speaking to God
heart to Heart. Once you find the inner room within your heart,
know that you can pray at any time since He will be anywhere you
go (p. 137).
Strive to persevere despite distractions, dryness, or the
distaste for prayer. This is where the spiritual battle comes
in. Realize that the battle against evil begins in the human
heart. We begin to overcome evil if we can learn to fight the
battles that come to us in prayer (pp.139-142).
Invoke the help of the Trinity and the Woman He created to be
our mother. Ask the Holy Spirit for His help in praying, put
yourself in God’s presence, meditate on the Life Moment of Jesus
you’ve chosen before saying anything, and ask for Mary’s
intercession to see at least one virtue clearly in the Mystery
that you have chosen (pp. 142-144).
Reverence and humility will always be necessary to honor the
Lord. The Rosary should be done with reverence, if possible,
kneeling (pp. 147- 148).
It is very helpful to pray the Rosary with others because the
weak are helped by the strong, the lukewarm are energized by the
fervent, the overanxious can be helped by the calm and
methodical, the distracted can be helped with the focused, the
sick are aided by the well, the young are helped by the
experienced, etc…. However, the Rosary is always attended by Our
Lady, the Trinity, and the Holy Ones, so you are never alone
when you pray (pp. 149-153).
Realize the graces that come from praying the Rosary. When done
everyday, it strengthens perseverance, faith, hope, and love. It
will also help you practice humility, thanksgiving, confidence,
and trust in our Lord (pp.154-161).
Resolve to continue praying no matter what because our Church,
our families, our neighbors, our friends, the lost and
forsaken–the Mystical Body!–needs you (pp.161-167).
