Dominus vobiscum, Et cum spiritu tuo.
The Lord be with You, And with thy spirit ...
Friday, September 08, 2023
Saturday, August 19, 2023
My Mother, My Heart
https://www.drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drl&bk=49&ch=1&l=46#x
46 And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord
Et ait Maria : Magnificat anima mea Dominum : [Luke 1:46]
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
48 Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae : ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes,
49 Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is his name.
quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est : et sanctum nomen ejus,
50 And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that fear him.
et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.
51 He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo : dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.
Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Esurientes implevit bonis : et divites dimisit inanes.
54 He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy:
Suscepit Israel puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae :
55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed for ever.
sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, Abraham et semini ejus in saecula.
Labels: Holy Mary, Jesus Scourged, magnificat, Mother Mary, My Mother
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Eternal Beauty
“ It was for love only, and not because He had to, that He drew us out of Himself. We never asked Him to create us but moved by the fire of His charity He did, so that we might experience and enjoy His supreme eternal beauty.”
-Saint Catherine of Siena
Labels: eternity, St Catherine of Siena
Monday, August 02, 2021
St Alphonsus Ligouri
http://rachelanne25.blogspot.com/2007/08/sancta-alphonsum-mariam-ligouri.html
Reposting a post I made a long time ago:
The Signature of St. Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri:
From the Collect at Mass today:
This was written by St. Alphonsus, but remained unpublished till 1875.
O amiable Heart of my Saviour! Thou art the seat of all virtues, the source of all graces, the burning furnace in which are inflamed all holy souls. Thou art the object of all God’s love; thou art the refuge of the afflicted, and the abode of the souls that love thee, O Heart worthy of reigning over all hearts, and of possessing the affection of all hearts! O Heart that was wounded for me on the Cross by the lance of my sins, and that remained afterwards continually wounded for me on the altar in the Blessed Sacrament, but not by any other lance than that of the love that thou entertainest for me! O loving Heart, that loves men with so much tenderness, and that is so little loved by men! Do thou apply a remedy to so great an ingratitude, inflame thou our hearts with a true love for thee. Ah! Why can I not go all over the world to make known the graces, the sweetness, the treasures that thou dispensest to those who truly love Thee? Accept the desire that I have of seeing all hearts burning with love for thee. O Divine Heart! Be Thou my consolation in trials, my repose in labours, my solace in anxieties, my haven in tempests. I consecrate Thee my body and my soul, my heart and my life, together with all that I am. I unite to Thine all my thoughts, all my affections, all my desires. O Eternal Father! I offer Thee the pure affections of the Heart of Jesus. If Thou dost reject mine, Thou canst not reject those of Thy Son, who is sanctity itself; may they supply what is wanting in me, and may they render me pleasing in Thy eyes!
And his love for the Blessed Virgin Mary, so - ever true, fervent and beautiful!
Here's a prayer from his book, The Holy Eucharist:
A Visit to the Blessed Virgin
(Read the visit of the day, and finish by the following prayer, thereby to obtain the most powerful patronage of Mary:)
Most holy Immaculate Virgin and my Mother Mary, to thee who art the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, the hope, the refuge of sinners, I have recourse to-day,-I, who am the most miserable of all. I render thee my most humble homages, O Great Queen, and I thank thee for all the graces thou hast conferred on me until now, particularly for having delivered me from hell, which I have so often deserved. I love thee, O most amiable Lady; and for the love which I bear thee, I promise to serve thee always, and to do all in my power to make others love thee also. I place in thee all my hopes; I confide my salvation to thy care. Accept me for thy servant, and receive me under thy mantle, O Mother of mercy. And since thou art so powerful with God, deliver me from all temptations, or rather obtain me the strength to triumph over them until death. Of thee I ask a perfect love for Jesus Christ. From thee I hope to die a good death. O my Mother, by the love which thou bearest to God, I beseech thee to help me at all times, but especially at the last moment of my life. Leave me not, I beseech thee, until thou seest me safe in heaven, blessing thee, and singing thy mercies for all eternity. Amen. So I hope. So may it be.
Labels: St Alphonsus Ligouri
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Holy Week Meditation, The Holy Shroud
Cor Jesu sacratissimum, miserere nobis.
Labels: Holy Week Meditation, Humility, Last Supper, Moses, Plagues of Egypt, Shroud, St Vincent de Paul
Monday, December 07, 2020
The Crucifixion of Jesus
https://www.amazon.com/Crucifixion-Jesus-Completely-Revised-Expanded/dp/1590770706 |
Wearing of (normal disposable) masks can be considered a sacrifice on the part of the wearer of the mask, why?
Labels: Dr Zugibe, Passion of Jesus, Scientific aspects of the Crucifixion and Passion of Christ, Seven Last Words of Jesus, Trigeminal Nerve
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Our Lady :))
I feel absolutely the same.
and yet I do not write clearly as I should, yet.
Cor Immaculatum meum,
refugium tuum!
Labels: Our Lady
Friday, October 09, 2020
"Now it is my turn!" - St Therese!
"It pains God to make us drink at the fountain of tears, but He knows it is the only way to prepare us to know Him as He knows Himself ... Our suffering never does make Him happy, but it is necessary for us. So, He permits it, while looking the other way, as it were."
- St Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
Labels: Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Sacrifice, St Therese, The Mass
Sunday, July 19, 2020
St Vincent de Paul
Friday, June 26, 2020
Time with Father | The Blessing of No
Non enim dedit nobis Deus spiritum timoris : sed virtutis, et dilectionis, et sobrietatis.
The blessing of the word, "No". The blessing in the word NO.
I asked God to take away my pride. God said, "No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up."
I asked God to make my handicap child whole. God said, "No. Her spirit is whole but her body is only temporary."
I asked God to grant me patience. God said, "No. Patience is a by-product of tribulations. It isn't granted, it is earned."
I asked God to give me happiness. God said, "No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you."
I asked God to spare me pain. God said, "No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me."
I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, "No. You must grow on your own. But I will prune you to make you fruitful."
I asked for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, "No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things."
I asked God to help me to love others as much as He loves me. God said, "Ah. Now you got the idea."
Labels: 2 Tim 1:7, The Blessing of No
Sunday, May 17, 2020
The Most Holy Face of Jesus
Labels: Litany of the Holy Face, The Most Holy Face of Jesus
Saturday, May 09, 2020
An raibh tĂş ar an gCarraig | Were You at the Rock?
location of a "carraig an aifrinn" | Mass Rock in Ireland |
https://sites.google.com/site/credo2019/massrock
https://sspx.ca/en/news-events/news/mass-rocks-and-survival-faith-ireland-father-mcmahon-57986
Labels: carraig an aifrinn, Ireland, mass rock, Were you at the Rock
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The Story of a Family - The Home of St Therese of Lisieux
This is wonderful!!! Deo gratias et Mariae for this |
and this too!! there are so many gems here too!!! http://www.archives-carmel-lisieux.fr/english/carmel/index.php/le-pr%C3%A9 |
Labels: St Therese of Lisieux
Friday, April 24, 2020
Cor Jesu sacratissimum, miserere nobis.
I found this online and as today is a Friday, feast of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Fridays are dedicated to Christ's Passion and His Sacred Heart, here is a beautiful reminder of His Sacred Heart revealing Himself to St Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial, France:
This mural is on the wall of St. Joseph's Chapel, Santa Teresita Carmelite Convent in Duarte, CA. |
Some things I want to remember, so I place them here, in this post with references to the source text I copied from:
One morning after she had received Holy Communion she seemed to behold our Lord as “the handsomest, richest, most powerful, most perfect and most accomplished of lovers.” 2 [http://fsspx.com/Communicantes/Jun2004/Salvation_Trust_Thee.htm#2B]
St Catherine of Sienna (if I remember correctly what I read) - also said this of Our Lord.
On another occasion when kneeling before her crucifix she expressed this desire saying: “How happy should I be, my dear Lord, if Thou would imprint in me the likeness of Thy sufferings.” “That I mean to do,” replied our Lord, “provided you do not resist Me, and that on your part you do what you can.” 3 [http://fsspx.com/Communicantes/Jun2004/Salvation_Trust_Thee.htm#2B]
During her novitiate our Lord inspired her to ask for humiliations. He said to her: “Acknowledge then that you can do nothing without Me. My assistance shall never be wanting to you provided that you do always keep your own weakness and nothingness buried in My strength.” 5
[http://fsspx.com/Communicantes/Jun2004/Salvation_Trust_Thee.htm#2B]
Unsatisfied with the hardships of convent life, St. Margaret Mary wanted to do more penance. Sometimes she did so without receiving her Superior’s permission, and our Lord appeared to reprove her severely for this: “You deceive yourself,” He said to her, “in thinking to please Me by practicing this kind of mortification chosen by self-will, which would rather have the will of Superiors bend before it than bend itself. Know that I … abhor self-will in a religious.”15 This lesson made such an impression on her that she resolved to practice the most exact obedience.
[http://fsspx.com/Communicantes/Jun2004/Salvation_Trust_Thee.htm#2B]
SACRED HEART OF JESUS, SALVATION OF THOSE WHO TRUST IN THEE…
HAVE MERCY ON US!
The Promises of the Sacred Heart
1. “I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.”
2. “I will establish peace in their homes.”
3. “I will comfort them in their afflictions.”
4. “I will be their secure refuge during life, and above all in death.”
5. “I will bestow a large blessing upon all their undertakings.”
6. “Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.”
7. “Tepid souls shall grow fervent.”
8. “Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection.”
9. “I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.”
10. “I will give priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.”
11. “Those who shall promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.”
12. “I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the First Friday in nine consecutive months, the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving the Sacraments; My Divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.”
Behold this Heart which has so loved men, that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming itself in order to testify to its love. In return, I have received from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and their sacrilege, and by the coldness and contempt they have for Me in this sacrament of Love.
After becoming Novice Mistress, St. Margaret Mary worked to communicate this love for the Sacred Heart to the souls entrusted to her. She died in the odor of sanctity on October 17, 1690, at the age of 43, with the name of Jesus on her lips.I promise thee that My Heart shall expand Itself to shed in abundance the influence of Its divine love upon those who shall thus honor It and cause It to be honored.
[https://fsspx.news/en/news-events/news/october-17-feast-st-margaret-mary-41427]
Labels: Paray-le-monial, Sacred Heart, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St Margaret Mary Alacoque