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"In essentials, unity, in doubtful matters, liberty; in all things, charity." <br>Pope John XXIII, <i>Ad Petri Cathedram</i>
and popularly attributed to St. Augustineclairityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13138008687608851660noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-10483262205247537652010-11-28T16:25:00.001-06:002010-11-28T16:45:36.670-06:00Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXh7JR9oKVE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SXh7JR9oKVE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br />The Drama of<br />Christian Humanism<br />In the tradition of Charles Péguy's Cahiers: a journal vrai, the most beautiful thing in the world, a friendship and a city and a perfectly free association of men who all believe in something.<br />http://www.peguy.net/2010/11/26/hallelujah-chorus-surprise/lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-57228377007125603192010-10-22T07:19:00.002-06:002010-10-22T07:25:11.207-06:00FR. TINO NEEDS ROSARIES!Videos Posted by Real Men Pray The Rosary<br /><br />FR. TINO NEEDS ROSARIES! <br /><br />Thanks to Mr. BRENT CROWE from Grants Pass, Oregon for the beautiful Rosaries that they sent for Fr. Tino's prison ministry. Anyone else? if you have any extra or would like to make a few, please mail or deliver to "Fr. Tino Needs Rosaries" c/o Real Men Pray the Rosary, Inc., 6316 N. 10th Street, Bldg B, Suite 201, McAllen, Texas 78504.lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-1982903891502015302010-09-23T20:36:00.000-06:002010-09-23T20:39:19.069-06:00Pope beatifies Cardinal John Henry Newman<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wuwLuoB1nFE?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wuwLuoB1nFE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly1c964vK4M&feature=relatedlovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-62287993370862082892010-09-20T10:24:00.002-06:002010-09-20T10:29:28.732-06:00Project Truth: A Youth Defence ProjectTruth is a very important part of real choice.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WKXEnRVeBo4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WKXEnRVeBo4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/user/youthdefencelovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-85953657593803412702010-08-26T07:36:00.003-06:002010-08-26T08:57:27.709-06:00100th Birthday of Bl. Mother Teresa<img src=" http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/pressroom/releases/2010/Photos/MotherTeresa001.jpg" width="250" height="312" alt="Mother Teresa at TAC" align="right" border="3"> <br />Videos from Mother Teresa's Commencement Address at Thomas Aquinas College will be available at <u>through September 5, 2010</u><br><br><br><br><br><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mother+teresa&aq=fMother" target="_blank">Mother Teresa</a> on YouTube <br /><br /><br />http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/pressroom/releases/2010/Mthr_Teresa_Address_BDay.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-20589573183306783522010-06-25T08:11:00.003-06:002010-06-25T08:25:46.911-06:00Sistine Chapel* Virtual online Tour of the Vatican Museums (explore the Sistine Chapel)<br />http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-32568039745254033572010-05-29T08:59:00.000-06:002010-05-29T09:03:24.136-06:00A Prayer To The Most Blessed Trinity<blockquote>God of all creation,<br />who led the chosen people into the promised land,<br />lead the homeless to a place of refreshment and rest.<br /><br />Lord Jesus Christ,<br />who descended into hell, and rose again,<br />raise up all who are fallen, broken or alone.<br /><br />Spirit of life,<br />inspire our hearts and give us the strength<br />to come to help of our brothers and sisters in need.<br /><br />Our Lady of Bon Secours, patroness of New Orleans, pray for us.<br /><br />Saint Joseph the Worker, patron of Biloxi, pray for us.<br /></blockquote><br />© 2005 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved. <br />Permission is granted for reproduction and free distribution<br />http://www.nccbuscc.org/nationalcollections/rebuildchurch/prayer.pdflovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-28026121393644311082010-05-23T12:33:00.005-06:002010-05-23T12:50:54.132-06:00Fiat Voluntas Tuua<blockquote><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Kingdom of the Divine Fiat in the Midst of Creatures</span><br />Luisa Piccarreta<br />The Call of the Creature to Return to the Order, to the Place, <br />and to the Purpose for Which It was Created by God. <br />Volume 17, May 17, 1925</blockquote><blockquote>Now I continue by saying that my sweet Jesus told me: “My daughter, to what you have said on fusing yourself in my Will, another appeal must be added – that of fusing yourself in the order of grace, in everything that the Sanctifier – the Holy Spirit - has done and will do for those who are to be sanctified. More so since, while We, the Three Divine Persons, are always united in operating, if the Creation points to the Father, and Redemption to the Son, the Fiat Voluntas Tua will point to the Holy Spirit. And it is precisely in the Fiat Voluntas Tua that the Divine Spirit will make display of His work. You do it when, on coming before the Supreme Majesty, you say: ‘I come to requite You in love for everything that the Sanctifier does for those who are to be sanctified. I come to enter into the order of grace, so as to be able to give You the glory and the requital of love as if all had made themselves saints, and to repair You for all the oppositions and lack of correspondence to grace’. And as much as you can, you search within Our Will for the acts of grace of the Spirit Sanctifier, so as to make His sorrow your own, as well as His secret moans, His anguishing sighs in the depth of the hearts, in seeing Himself so unwelcome. And since the first act He does is to bring Our Will as the complete act of their sanctification, in seeing Himself rejected, He moans with inexpressible moans. And you, in your childlike simplicity, say to Him: ‘Spirit Sanctifier, hurry, I implore You, I pray You again – make your Will known to all, so that, by knowing It, they may love It, and may welcome your first act of their complete sanctification – which is your Holy Will.’ My daughter, We, the Three Divine Persons, are inseparable and distinct, and in this way do We want to manifest to the human generations Our works for them - that while being united among Ourselves, each One of Us wants to manifest individually His love and His work toward the creatures.” </blockquote>lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-84144114376670380952010-03-05T14:19:00.002-06:002010-03-05T14:24:00.462-06:00The Great Prayer Project - End Abortion<blockquote><a href="http://www.luke181.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.luke181.com/banners/greatprayerproject336x280.gif" border="0" height="280" width="336" alt="The Great Prayer Project - End Abortion"></a></blockquote><blockquote>We believe that an end to abortion is very possible! Scripture tells us that nothing is impossible when God is involved! (Luke 1:37). The Catechism of the Catholic Church quotes St. John Chrysostom saying: <br />“Nothing is equal to prayer; for what is impossible it makes possible, what is difficult, easy...” </blockquote>The Great Prayer Project - End Abortion<br />http://www.luke181.com/our_mission.phplovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-65387143739703692292010-02-16T21:23:00.003-06:002010-02-16T21:33:31.625-06:00Reflection for Lent<center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gePC_XfXujE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gePC_XfXujE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><blockquote>This Lenten reflection acknowledges the brokenness of our lives and in our world and encourages us to find repentance through Christ. You can purchase, a high resolution copy can be downloaded from http://www.lulu.com/content/6167446 ...</blockquote><blockquote>Reflection for Lent<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gePC_XfXujE</blockquote>lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-88226902884270959862010-02-15T09:01:00.003-06:002010-02-15T09:11:14.497-06:00Worshiping God for His Own Sake<blockquote>Thomas Aquinas College Alumni Fuel<br> "Vocations Boom" at Clear Creek Monastery</blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/newsletter/2010/Winter/Photos/p6-7-ClearCreek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 473px; height: 315px;" src="http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/newsletter/2010/Winter/Photos/p6-7-ClearCreek.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><blockquote>"Truth is not the only transcendental," Fr. Morey explains. "Like in the College's motto (verum, bonum, pulchrum), there's also the good and the beautiful in addition to the truth.… Yes, it's the experience in the classroom setting and learning, but it's also the smell of the orange blossoms on campus as it floats up the canyon in the spring, or playing beach volleyball in Ventura, or smoking cigars at Dr. Nieto's, or eating burgers and shakes at In-N-Out, orange milkshakes at The Summit. These aren't the noblest of all reasons, but the multifaceted reflections that you see all around you, and they are good, beautiful, and true."</blockquote>Worshiping God for His Own Sake <br />http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/newsletter/2010/Winter/09%20Worshiping%20God%20for%20His%20Own%20Sake.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-23063604355431914182009-11-17T08:46:00.001-06:002009-11-17T08:50:21.088-06:00Father de Feydeau R.I.P.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-Qn_S3z3nDM/RcpFjmGqD4I/AAAAAAAAAes/KQC6fcsfKW4/andrews2%20064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 336px; height: 448px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-Qn_S3z3nDM/RcpFjmGqD4I/AAAAAAAAAes/KQC6fcsfKW4/andrews2%20064.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Fr. de Feydeau in foreground in black and white<br /><br /><blockquote>On November 15, 2009, strengthened by the sacraments of our Holy Mother Church,<br /><br />Dom Francois de FEYDEAU DE SAINT-CHRISTOPHE<br /><br />a priest and monk of Our Lady of Fontgombault Abbey, of the Congregation of Solesmes, of the Order of Saint Benedict, rendered his soul to God in Our Lady of Clear Creek Priory.<br />http://clearcreekmonks.org/<br /><br />He was in the 57th year of his age, the 33rd of his monastic profession, and the 27th of his priesthood.<br /><br />May his soul and those of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God and the intercession of Our Lady, rest in peace. <br /></blockquote>lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-1079408673341503402009-11-12T09:27:00.002-06:002009-11-12T09:39:49.699-06:00Father Benedict Groeschel<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NZePc6hIMio&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NZePc6hIMio&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Father Benedict Groeschel<br />http://www.youtube.com/v/NZePc6hIMio&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-70189487669581822312009-11-09T08:44:00.006-06:002009-11-09T09:03:36.805-06:00unable to speak and preach - and yet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cmsms.schoenstatt.de/images/pages/resources/padre-nicolas.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 283px;" src="http://cmsms.schoenstatt.de/images/pages/resources/padre-nicolas.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote>A priest, who is totally committed to the work of evangelization, a priest, who as a result of a terrible accident lost the ability to speak and preach, who offers up his pain; a group of lay people who open up new avenues so that he can continue preaching, . . . this is a story that could be a movie about motivation for evangelization through the new media. However, this is not a movie; it is a true story.</blockquote>Now we also joyfully offer the virtual retreats of Father Nicolás Schwizer - written by Javier Cabral of the Family Federation in Paraguay, a free service that sends the bi-monthly Reflections via Internet in four languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English, and German. <br />If you would like to subscribe, send a request to pn.reflexiones@gmail.com<br /><br />unable to speak and preach - and yet<br />http://cmsms.schoenstatt.de/en/index.php/resources/periodicals/virtual-retreat.htmlovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-31972690968120610212009-09-28T09:28:00.002-06:002009-09-28T09:41:31.211-06:00Cell phone vs ..BibleEver wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cell phone?<br /><br />What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets?<br /><br />What if we flipped through it several time a day?<br /><br />What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it?<br /><br />What if we used it to receive messages from the text?<br /><br />What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it?<br /><br />What if we gave it to kids as gifts?<br /><br />What if we used it when we traveled?<br /><br />What if we used it in case of emergency?<br /><br />This is something to make you go....hmm....where is my Bible?<br /><br />Oh, and one more thing..<br />Unlike our cell phone, we don't have to worry about our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill.<br /><br />Makes you stop and think 'where are my priorities? And no dropped calls!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7Gtv5QkcGg&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7Gtv5QkcGg&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-24413834401222540312009-09-22T21:30:00.001-06:002009-09-22T21:32:44.016-06:00Prayer for Daily Neglects<blockquote>(Adapted for the Divine Will)<br /><br />Eternal Father, through the Heart of Mary and in your Spirit of Love, I offer You, as mine, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all Its Love, all Its Sufferings, and all Its Merits.<br /><br />1st: To expiate all the sins I've committed this day and during all my life, and all the sins committed throughout the world throughout time. Glory be....<br /><br />2nd: To purify the good I've done poorly this day and during all my life, and all the good done poorly throughout time. Glory be....<br /><br />3rd: To supply for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and during all my life, and all the good that's been neglected throughout time — especially the neglected good of not living and acting in the Divine Will. Glory be....</blockquote><br />Ending Your Day in the Divine Will<br />http://www.sicutincaelo.org/14bfa.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-4209599095344838372009-09-22T02:06:00.001-06:002009-09-22T02:11:04.019-06:00A Nine Day Novena to Saint Therese<blockquote>The Twenty-four 'Glory Be's’ Novena to St. Therese<br /><br />Father Putigan received the favours he had petitioned of the Little Flower of Jesus, and promised to spread the novena to increase devotion to, and bring her more honour. In this fashion, from the ninth to the seventeenth of each month, those who want to participate in the 24 Glory Be’s novena, should add to those of their own, the intentions of all who are at that time making the novena, thus forming one great prayer in common. This novena can be said at any time, however.<br /><br />The Glory Be is said 24 times each day for nine days, in thanksgiving for all the blessings and favours given to Saint Therese of the Child Jesus during the 24 years of her life. Start the novena each day with this prayer:<br /><br />“Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God, the Holy Spirit, I thank You for all the blessings and favours You have showered upon the soul of Your servant Therese of the Child Jesus, during the 24 years she spent here on earth, and in consideration of the merits of this, Your most beloved Saint, I beseech You to grant me this favour, if it is in accordance with Your most Holy Will and is not an obstacle to my salvation.”<br /><br />After this prayer, follow with the 24 Glory Be’s, between each of which should be included this short prayer”<br /><br />“Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, pray for us.”</blockquote><br />A Nine Day Novena to Saint Therese<br />http://www.carmeldundee.co.uk/carmel_novena_St_Therese.htmlovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-43269533033243637702009-09-14T17:46:00.002-06:002009-09-14T17:58:12.645-06:00The Human Experience<blockquote>From Grassroots Films of Brooklyn, New York comes <br />THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE – the story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the burning questions: Who am I? Who is Man? Why do we search for meaning? Their journey brings them into the middle of the lives of the homeless on the streets of New York City, the orphans and disabled children of Peru, and the abandoned lepers in the forests of Ghana, Africa. What the young men discover changes them forever. Through one on one interviews and real life encounters, the brothers are awakened to the beauty of the human person and the resilience of the human spirit.</blockquote>Grassroots Films, Inc. <br />http://www.grassrootsfilms.com/thehumanexperience/lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-81315784175289499122009-08-27T07:27:00.001-06:002009-08-27T07:32:33.958-06:00USCCB on Health Care"Genuine health care reform that protects the life and dignity of all is a moral imperative and a vital national obligation" - Bishop William F. Murphy<br /><br />USCCB on Health Care<br />http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-19406235577457989012009-08-24T10:06:00.001-06:002009-08-24T10:09:44.351-06:00free computer bible download<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pcpbooks.com/images/headers/bible_download/illuminated_bible_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 258px;" src="http://www.pcpbooks.com/images/headers/bible_download/illuminated_bible_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The Douay-Rheims Bible with concordance capability in digitized form...<br /> <br /> <br /> Fully indexed<br />chapter by chapter! <br />Fully searchable<br />by any word or name!<br /><br />A perfect scriptural reference<br />right at your fingertips!<br /><br />Courtesy of Preserving<br />Christian Publications<br />http://www.pcpbooks.com/lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-79211303170066143582009-08-22T08:19:00.004-06:002009-08-22T08:31:04.342-06:00Ad Caeli ReginamQueen of Heaven<blockquote> . . . . 51. By this Encyclical Letter We are instituting a feast so that all may recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and maternal sway of the Mother of God. We are convinced that this feast will help to preserve, strengthen and prolong that peace among nations which daily is almost destroyed by recurring crises. Is she not a rainbow in the clouds reaching towards God, the pledge of a covenant of peace?[62] "Look upon the rainbow, and bless Him that made it; surely it is beautiful in its brightness. It encompasses the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the Most High have displayed it."[63] Whoever, therefore, reverences the Queen of heaven and earth - and let no one consider himself exempt from this tribute of a grateful and loving soul - let him invoke the most effective of Queens, the Mediatrix of peace; let him respect and preserve peace, which is not wickedness unpunished nor freedom without restraint, but a well-ordered harmony under the rule of the will of God; to its safeguarding and growth the gentle urgings and commands of the Virgin Mary impel us.<br /><br />52. Earnestly desiring that the Queen and Mother of Christendom may hear these Our prayers, and by her peace make happy a world shaken by hate, and may, after this exile show unto us all Jesus, Who will be our eternal peace and joy, to you, Venerable Brothers, and to your flocks, as a promise of God's divine help and a pledge of Our love, from Our heart We impart the Apostolic Benediction. . . . .<br /></blockquote>AD CAELI REGINAM ("Queen of Heaven") <br /> Given at Rome, from St. Peter's, on the feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the eleventh day of October, 1954, in the sixteenth year of our Pontificate. Pius XII<br />http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_11101954_ad-caeli-reginam_en.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-66056071718044287002009-08-16T09:14:00.002-06:002009-08-16T09:21:26.688-06:00Lesson of the Queen of HeavenLuisa Piccarreta<br /><blockquote> . . . Since I had never done my human will, my presence requited Them of the love and the glory of the great work of all Creation, and therefore They entrusted to Me the secret of the history of mankind. And I prayed and prayed again for peace to come between God and man.<br />Now, my child, you must know that the human will alone closed Heaven, and therefore it was not given to man to penetrate into those celestial regions, or to have a familiar relationship with his Creator. On the contrary, the human will had cast him away from the One who had created him. As soon as man withdrew from the Divine Will, he became fearful, timid; he lost the dominion of himself and of the whole Creation. All the elements, because they were dominated by the Fiat, had remained superior to him and could do harm to him. Man was afraid of everything; and do you think it is trivial, my child, that the one who had been created as king, dominator of everything, reached the point of being afraid of the One who had created him? It is strange, my child, and I would say almost against nature, that a child would be afraid of his father; while it is according to nature that, as one generates, love and trust between father and child are also generated. This can be called the primary inheritance that is due to the child, and the primary right that is due to the father. So, by doing his will, Adam lost the inheritance of his Father; he lost his Kingdom, and rendered himself the laughing stock of all created things. . . .</blockquote>The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will<br />http://catholicdivinewill.blogspot.com/2008/06/virgin-mary-in-kingdom-of-divine-will.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-91917487862970099722009-08-14T12:17:00.001-06:002009-08-14T12:20:24.065-06:00Conformity To God's WillSt. Alphonsus Mary Ligouri<br /><br />Translated by Thomas W. Tobin, C.SS.R.<br /><blockquote>Above all, let us bend all our energies to serve God in the way he wishes. This remark is made so that we may avoid the mistake of him who wastes his time in idle day-dreaming. Such a one says, “If I were to become a hermit, I would become a saint” or “If I were to enter a monastery, I would practice penance” or “If I were to go away from here, leaving friends and companions, I would devote long hours to prayer.” If, If, If -- all these if’s! In the meantime such a person goes from bad to worse. These idle fancies are often temptations of the devil, because they are not in accord with God’s will. Hence we should dismiss them summarily and rouse ourselves to serve God only in that way which he has marked out for us. Doing his holy will, we shall certainly become holy in those surroundings in which he has placed us.<br /><br />Let us will always and ever only what God wills; for so doing, he will press us to his heart. To this end let us familiarize ourselves with certain texts of sacred scripture that invite us to unite ourselves constantly with the divine will: “Lord, what wilt thou have me do[80]?” Tell me, my God, what thou wilt have me do, that I may will it also, with all my heart. “I am thine, save thou me[81].” I am no longer my own, I am thine, O Lord, do with me as thou wilt.<br /><br />If some particularly crashing misfortune comes upon us, for example, the death of a relative, loss of goods, let us say: “Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight[82].” Yes, my God and my Father, so be it, for such is thy good pleasure. Above all, let us cherish that prayer of our Lord, which he himself taught us: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven[83].” Our Lord bade St. Catherine of Genoa to make a notable pause at these words whenever she said the Our Father, praying that God’s holy will be fulfilled on earth with the same perfection with which the saints do it in heaven. Let this be our practice also, and we shall certainly become saints.<br /><br />May the divine will be loved and praised! May the Immaculate Virgin be also praised!</blockquote>Conformity To God's Will<br />http://www.stalphonsusbalt.org/conformity.htmlovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-28546653393304809372009-07-21T12:49:00.003-06:002009-07-21T12:55:04.305-06:00"In God We Trust"<blockquote>Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency? <br /><br />Here's your chance to let the media know where the people stand on our faith in God, as a nation. NBC is taking a poll on "In God We Trust" to stay on American currency.</blockquote><br /> <br />Please send this to every Christian you know so they can vote on this important subject. Please do it right away, before NBC takes this off their web page. <br /> <br />The Poll is still open so you can vote. <br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/ <br /><br />Results to this time:<br />Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency? * 15089942 responses <br />Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.<br />12%<br />No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.<br />88% <br /><br />Live Vote: Should ‘In God We Trust’ be yanked? - Faith- msnbc.com<br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/lovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6782174678138807797.post-90900151376817824762009-07-18T09:01:00.005-06:002009-07-18T09:31:47.719-06:00Divine Will Volume 17<blockquote>March 1, 1925<br />How each additional act which the soul does in the Divine Will is one more filament of light which renders the light within her more intense, more strong and more bright. . . <br /><br />"But do you know what this light is? It is all the interior operating that you do. Each additional act you do is one more filament of your will which you bind to the current of the eternal light; and that filament turns into light. So, the more acts you do, adding more filaments, the more full, intense and bright the light will become. Therefore, what you have done is the light that you see, and what is left for you to do is the void that you see within that same light. And I will remain always in the midst of this light, not only to enjoy it, but to bind the filaments of the human will to the current of the eternal light, because I am the origin, the foundation, the current of the light. But do you know what true light is? True light is the truth. The truth, known, embraced, loved and put into practice by the soul, is the true light, which transforms her into light itself, and causes new and continuous births of light to be placed inside and outside of her. This truth forms the true Life of God within the soul, because God is truth, and the soul is bound to the truth - even more, she possesses it. God is light, and she is bound to the light, and is nourished with light and with truth. However, while I nourish the soul with truth and with light, she must keep the current of her will opened, in order to receive the current of the divine communication." . . . <br /></blockquote>Divine Will Volume 17<br />http://catholicdivinewill.blogspot.com/2008/06/divine-will-volume-seventeen.htmllovingsearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897691234106414860noreply@blogger.com0