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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
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"Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary,"
St. Augustine
Our Lady of Perpetual Help
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"Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary,"
St. Augustine
"We know, too, that united to the Divinity in the Eucharist there is Jesus' Body and Blood taken from the body and blood of the Blessed Virgin. Therefore at every Holy Communion we receive, it would be quite correct, and a very beautiful thing, to take notice of our Holy Mother's sweet and mysterious presence, inseparably united with Jesus in the Host. Jesus is always the Son She adores. He is Flesh of Her flesh and Blood of Her blood. If Adam could call Eve when she had been taken from his rib, 'bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh,' (Gen. 2:23), cannot the holy Virgin Mary even more rightly call Jesus 'Flesh of my flesh and Blood of my blood'? Taken from the 'intact Virgin' as says St. Thomas Aquinas, the flesh of Jesus is the maternal flesh of Mary, the blood of Jesus is the maternal blood of Mary. Therefore it will never be possible to separate Jesus from Mary."
Fr. Stefano Manelli, O.F.M. Conv., S.T.D. Jesus, Our Eucharistic Love
Experiences of a lady, it all started when she was 7 years old:
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. *On February 4, 1994, Janie Garza, visionary from Austin, Texas:"This was not a dream, it was real, I was awake: .
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One night, I went to my room very sad and cried under my pillow so nobody could hear me.
I heard a noise in the room, I thought somebody was coming in.
In the darkened room, I saw:
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A Triangle
with an Eye in it.
surrounded with a very bright Light.
And I heard a very kind Voice telling me:
"Look for the Light"
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I did not know why I was asked to look for another light
when I could see this beautiful Light in front of me!
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Then I had a feeling I had to obey the order *now*!
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I leaped out of bed, and as I switched on the light, everything disappeared.
Very sad that the vision was not there anymore...
I shut the light off.
The vision reappeared and said again :
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"Look for the Light".***
I had no idea what it was until 20 long years later.
According to the Gospel:
.*The Holy Trinity: Matt: 28: 19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Mtt: 3: 16-17
Jn: 14: 6-27
Jn: 20: 21
.* The Eye: Ps 32: 18 Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.
19 To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
21 For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.
22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.
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.*The Voice: Apocalypse 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man shall hear my voice, and open to me the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
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..*The Light: Psalm 35: 10 For with thee is the fountain of life; and in thy light we shall see light.
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Wisdom Chapter 7: 10 I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.
11 Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands,
12 And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all...
"In this way, it is necessary that when My Mother's time is up, She will usher in the Holy Spirit to every heart that has been open to her messages. As the stars illuminate the night, you will be like stars that illuminate the day - like light upon light, because God's divine light has been inflamed in your hearts by the power of the Holy Spirit."
..*To obey now: .
By being obedient to my God, I realize that by switching the light *of the world* on, I would lose the Light of my God. The only one I must obey, is Jesus and His saints, He is the Head of the Church, and we must be obedient to His Commands.
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There are 3 conditions in the Tradition of the Church to find out if an apparition is true or not, one of them is *humility*, not obedience to the clergy.
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The Children of Fatima, saint Bernadette, and so many others were not permitted to go to their Sacred Grounds, and they did go anyway, otherwise, the apparitions would still be under investigation, if at all!
. ."We must obey God rather than men." (Acts 5: 29) 1 Machabees Chapter 3: 17 But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?
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18 And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
19 For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.
20 They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
21 But we will fight for our lives and our laws:
22 And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: but as for you, fear them not.
.*** .(A dream) .. Saint-Martin Street, Paris, 1970: .An angel clothed in a brilliant,
self luminous robe unrolled a long parchment scroll.
For a long time, I remained absorbed in reading the divine text!
But all that I can remember is:
"Much blood will flow on the Earth".
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* "I see a volume (roll) flying: the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits....
This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth". Zachariah 5:2-3
The Miraculous Medal A nun named Sister Marguerite Marie, a sacristan at the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris during the second world war, had a reputation for working miracles. A young neighbor had forgotten her keys and could not get back into her apartment. She went to see the nun, who came and opened the door for her just by placing her hand before it. I heard that the Sister would sometimes warn people about places where bombs were going to fall. A photograph shows her holding a book in her hands and surrounded by rays of light. Apparently, some journalists at the time had tried to produce a similar photo of her, but without success.
Paris, 1970- 1972
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Paola, a Russian lady who lived near the Eiffel tower in Paris, had known her personally and told me a great deal about her. Sister Marguerite Marie placed great trust in the Miraculous Medal. Before passing away, she had given Paola some Medals worn by the constant prayers that the Sister said while holding them. There were three or four Medals left, and Paola offered me one which I gladly accepted! And then I made a joyful pilgrimage to the Chapel of the Miraculous Medal, Rue du Bac. The armchair in which the Mother of God sat during her apparitions was still there.
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1980 marked the 150th anniversary of the first modern appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On July 18th, 1830, to Saint Catherine Laboure, then a young novice of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent De Paul in Paris, Our Lady spoke these telling words: The times are very evil ... The whole world will be plunged into every kind of trouble. In that instant she opened to Catherine and to us the long corridor of modern history, wherein so many calamitous events have stricken our globe. By what she said to her, she clearly taught us to connect such misfortunes with our own sinfulness. She had come to call us back to her Son Jesus, away from the darkness. Just as she led Catherine from the sleep of midnight to the chapel where the Light of the World dwelled in the Eucharist, so she was calling us from our slumber in darkness to new life in the Lord.Later, she again appeared to Catherine to present her with the image we are familiar with in the Miraculous Medal. On its face she stands astride the earth in dominion, Satan himself beneath her heel, her hands streaming light upon the world. She said the rays represented graces given by her intercession to those who asked for them. Around the oval perimeter of the image we can read the words, Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you. Her victory over evil is signified by this prayer, since her Immaculate Conception is total conquest of sin in a human heart. She leads us into the same victory by her example, and helps us by her prayers to attain it.
In this medal, Mary gave us the outline of the final battle between Satan and the Church which was then about to commence in the historical events of modern times. Already, the Church had been weakened by the darkness of the Enlightenment in Europe. The French Revolution had devastated her and tom so many believers from her embrace. Blood was about to flow anew in the streets of Paris in 1830, then again throughout the continent in further revolution (in 1848); and later there was more tribulation in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, not to mention further conflicts in 1914-1918 (World War I), and more recent disturbances beginning with World War II (1939-1945). Truly the times were very evil, if the pain and sorrow of war is any indication that such was the case.
(http://web.frontier.net/Apparitions/warning.html)
Saint Catherine to Mrs. Lueken, Bayside:
Saint Catherine pointed to the sky, and there is appearing a huge miraculous medal, and next to it the medal of Our Lady of the Roses. St. Catherine_" I received from Heaven the warning for my country, as you receive from Heaven the warning for your country and the world." 720914*** ..(A dream)
The Crucifix in the sky
August 13, 1993
5:00 A.M.
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Angelic, youthful voices are singing outside my home.
Five or six young people, in their early teens, all very good looking.
On a street corner to the South, above the convent,
a swarm of shooting stars extends northward through the sky and over the back yard.
Something very small drops from the sky into my left hand, and I exclaim:
"This is Christmas!" ... there is no snow: this is summertime.
I am delighted to receive this tiny gift.
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Coming back southward I see, a hundred yards above,
a Crucifix made of gray stone, with the corpus on it;
hovering horizontally, the corpus facing the ground,
and the cross above the corpus facing skyward.
Instinctively, I do not know why,
I make a big Sign of the Cross for Pope John Paul II.
The Crucifix hovers like a bird, very slowly, on this cloudless morning!...
My mind is numb with wonder: Time has come to a standstill!...
I keep on gazing , make another big Sign of the Cross,
And now, a little black book drops into my left hand
With nothing written in it but my name.
I glance at my friend next to me; we are both greatly astonished.
The Crucifix now moves northward, over my home.
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The children are about to leave.
As they start to sing again, I say to one of them:
"Give me your telephone number, I don't want to lose track of you!"
He looks back gently smiling and they all suddenly vanish, I can't say how.
I awake from this dream with a puzzled mind,
trying to solve the mystery of this vision.
Jesus and Our Lady to Mrs. Lueken
"The Father has chosen the words "Faithful and True" for reason. It will be the banner for all children of God who remain in the Light." 741006
"If you do not seek the Light, satan shall destroy souls." 770805
"You do not seek the Light in the right places. Pray for the Light but always pray `Our Father, who art in Heaven', so that you do not invoke the father of all liars, the Prince of Darkness, Satan! For many of you now are calling upon Satan -therefore, pray for the Light; wear your sacramentals, tried and true." 740615
"A center of atonement - Our Lady of the Roses, Mary, Help of Mothers: " Send this Message, My child, to your clergy.
"They must pray more and seek the Light. The knowledge of the reality of My mission here will then be given to them. Pray a constant vigilance of prayer and all will be given the Light." 741006"When charity is gone, when love becomes the major issue, love of man for man, without the love of God due man, and I say the time will come when the Holy Spirit shall be withdrawn from man, and man shall go upon his way, fast hurtling to his own destruction by his own means, with his own hands. The destruction of the human body is inevitable. The destruction to the soul, the spirit in that human body, will be inevitable. If you do not seek the Light, satan shall destroy souls." 770805
"Man in his free will, My children, has given himself to pleasures of the flesh. They no longer seek the Light. They steep themselves in sin - all manner of abominations and soul destroyers! They care more to gather their treasures counted by silver and gold. And power. What power, My children, are you gaining among yourselves, but power to destroy?!" 750906
Jesus: "The Way to the eternal Kingdom of your God is a simple Way. the Way has been given to you. It needs no change. It is a simple Way of understanding the Foundation. And I, My children, I am the Foundation of your Faith. Believe in Me, and you will be given the Way. Ask and you shall receive; seek the Light and you will not fall into darkness." 761207
"O My children, you cannot stray from the Light and reach happiness of mind or spirit. When a man accepts blindness of heart, he will go searching for the Light, but without the special grace from Heaven he will go farther into the darkness. Seek; ask, and you shall be given the Way." 761228
Seek not the counsel of man when it concerns the state of your immortal soul. For what man is there left upon earth who will counsel your in Truth? Very few, My children." 770805
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.The Rosary .. Jesus - "When you make your supplications to Heaven, My children, you must not make it a tedious task of the lips. You will pray with your heart... " 750618Pope JP II: "Year of the Rosary" 16 October 2002 to 16 October 2003
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae_en.html
***The Sign of the Cross:
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AmenYou begin the rosary by saying the Apostles Creed and then an Our Father for the Holy Father's intentions, Three Hail Mary's for an increase in the virtures of Faith, Hope, and Charity followed by a Glory Be.
Begin the first decade of the Rosary by saying an Our Father. While meditating on the the first mystery (Ex: The Resurrection of Christ), say ten Hail Mary's and a Glory Be.
At the end of each decade, the Fatima Prayer (O My Jesus.....). You then move on to the second decade of the Rosary and repeat the steps by saying 1 Our Father, 10 Hail Mary's, and 1 Glory Be.
At the End of the Rosary close by saying the Hail Holy Queen.
The Rosary has five decades, each of which corresponds to one mystery, there are five mysteries for each Rosary. Finally, there are three sets of five mysteries:
1) the Joyful Mysteries,
2) the Sorrowful Mysteries,
3) the Glorious Mysteries.
4) Mysteries of LightThe mysteries are the following
The Joyful Mysteries:
(Monday; and the Sundays from 1st Sunday of Advent until Lent.)
1. The Annunciation to Mary
2. The Visitation of Mary
3. The Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ
4. The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple
5. The Finding of Our Lord in the TempleThe Sorrowful Mysteries:
(Tuesday and Friday; and the Sundays of Lent.)
1. The Agony of Christ in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord on the CrossGlorious Mysteries:
(Wednesday and Saturday; and the Sundays from Easter until Advent.)
1. The Resurrection of Our Lord
2. The Ascension of Our Lord
3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles
4. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven
5. The Coronation of Our Lady as Queen of Heaven and EarthMysteries of Light:
1. Christ's baptism in the Jordan River.
2. The marriage of Cana.
3. Christ's announcement of the kingdom of God
4. The Transfiguration
5. The institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day He rose again. He ascended into Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
Our Father, Who are in Heaven; hallowed be Your name; Your kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy. Amen.
Hail, Holy Queen:
Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exile, show unto us the blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
- Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
- That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.Let Us Pray: O God, Whose only-begotten Son, by His life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we beseech You, that meditating upon these Mysteries of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain, and obtain what they promise, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The Memorare of St. Bernard: THE ROSARY (real audio)
http://www.donabate.irishchurch.net/rosary/frame1.htmlThe Lord's Prayer in 1221 languages and dialects
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/index.htmlThe Hail Mary in Various Languages
http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/flhm.html#F.
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Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee I come; before thee I stand sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but, in thy mercy, hear and answer me. Amen.The Fifteen Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
Revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan:1) Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.
2) I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
3) The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
4) It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
5) The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.
6) Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.
7) Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
8) Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.
9) I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10) The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.
11) You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.
12) All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
13) I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.
14) All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
15) Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Our Lady of Fatima, 1917: "Say the Rosary every day, to obtain peace for the world."
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Pope JP II: "Blessed Rosary of Mary, sweet chain linking us to God"
Saint Theresa of the Infant Jesus
According to the September l983 issue of Queen Magazine, published by the Mantfort Fathers-Bayshore in New York, German magazine Stimme des Glaubens has published Pope John Paul II’s conversation with a small group of German Catholics, on the occasion of his visit to Fulda, in November of 1980, related to the content of third part of Fatima prophecy.
Relevant parts of the conversation were as follows: Question: Holy Father, what has become of the 3rd Secret of Fatima? According to Our Lady's instructions, wasn't it supposed to be revealed in 1960? And what will happen in the Church?
Response of the Holly Father: Because of the seriousness of its contents, in order not to encourage the world wide power of Communism to carry out certain coups, my Predecessors in the Chair of Peter have diplomatically preferred to withhold its publication On the other hand, it should be sufficient for all Christians to know this much. If there is a message in which it is said that the oceans will flood entire sections of the earth, that, from one moment to the other, millions of people will perish, there is no longer any point in really wanting to publish this secret message. Many want to know merely out of curiosity, or because of their taste for sensationalism, but they forget that to know implies for them a responsibility. It is dangerous to want to satisfy one's curiosity only, if one is convinced that we can do nothing against a catastrophe that has been predicted. At this point, the Holy Father took hold of his Rosary and said: here is the remedy against the evil! Pray, pray and ask for nothing else. Put everything in the hands of the Mother of God! We must be prepared to undergo great trials in the not-to-distant future, trials that will require us to be ready to give up even our lives, and a total gift of self to Christ and for Christ. Through your prayers and mine, it is possible to alleviate this tribulation, but it is no longer possible to avert it, because it is only in this way that the Church can be effectively renewed. How many times, indeed, has the renewal of the Church been effected in blood? This time, again, it will not be otherwise. We must be strong, we must prepare ourselves, we must entrust ourselves to Christ and to His holy Mother, and we must be attentive, very attentive, to the prayer of the Rosary.
Blessed Bartolo Longo: "The Rosary could very well be called the poem of human redemption..."
"The Satanic sect that he belonged to, ridiculed priests, bishops, and the rites of the Catholic Church. The experiences that Bartolo underwent in this sect were so horrible that Bartolo went into a state of insanity for a short period of time..." From Priest of Satan to Apostle of the Rosary
"My only desire is to see Mary, who has saved me and who will save me from the clutches of Satan." His last words were:
http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Faith/0506-96/articl10.html"Blessed Bartolo, pray for us."
THE HOLY WAY OF THE CROSS: http://www.catholicdoors.com/indexb.htm
