THE FIFTEEN SECRET TORTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST

"I looked for one that would comfort me, and I found none"

Revealed to the pious, God-loving Sister Mary Magdalen of Sancta Clara Order, Franciscan, who lived, died and was beatified in Rome. Jesus fulfilled the wish of this Sister, who desired to ardently know something about the secret sufferings which He endured the night before His death.

This devotion is approved and recommended by His Holiness Clement XII, 1730-1740)

1. They fastened My feet with a rope and dragged Me over the stepping stones of the staircase, down into a filthy, nauseating cellar.

2. They took off My clothing and stung My body with iron joints.

3. They attached a rope around My body and pulled Me on the ground from end to end.

4. They hanged Me on a wooden piece with a slip knot until I slipped out and fell down. Overwhelmed by this torture, I wept bloody tears.

5. They tied Me to a post and pierced My body with various arms.

6. They struck Me with stones and burnt Me with blazing embers and torches.

7. They pierced Me with awls; sharp spears tore My skin, flesh and arteries out of My body.

8. They tied Me to a post and made Me stand barefoot on an incandescent metal sheet.

9. They crowned Me with an iron crown and wrapped My eyes with the dirtiest possible rags.

10. They made Me sit on a chair covered with sharp pointed nails, causing deep wounds in My body.

11. They poured on My wounds liquid lead and resin and, after this torture, they pressed Me on the nailed chair so that the nails went deeper and deeper into My flesh.

12. For shame and affliction, they drove needles into the holes of My uprooted beard. They tied my hands behind My back and led Me walking out of prison with strikes and blows.

13. They threw Me upon a cross and attached Me so tightly that I could hardly breathe anymore.

14. They threw at My head as I lay on the earth, and they stepped on Me, hurting My breast. Then, taking a thorn from My crown, they drove it into My tongue.

15. They poured into My mouth the most immodest excretions, as they uttered the most infamous expressions about Me.

Then, Jesus added,
"My daughter, I desire that you let everybody know the Fifteen Secret Tortures in order that everyone of them be honored."

"Anyone who daily offers Me, with love, one of these sufferings and says with fervor the following prayer, will be rewarded with eternal glory on the day of judgement."
~ P R A Y E R ~

My Lord and My God, it is my unchangable will to honor you in these Fifteen Secret Torments when You shed Your Precious Blood; as many times as there are grains of sand around the seas, as fruit in the orchards, as leaves on the trees, as flowers in the gardens, as stars in the sky, as angels in Heaven, as creatures on earth. So many thousands of times may you be glorified, praised and honored, O Most love-worthy Lord Jesus Christ - Your Holiest Heart, Your Precious Blood, Your Divine Sacrifice for mankind, the Holiest Sacrament of the altar, the Most Holy Virgin Mary, the nine glorious choirs of Angels and the Blessed Phalanx of the Saints, from myself and everyone, now and forever, and in the eternal ages.

In like manner, I desire, my dear Jesus, to give You thanksgiving, to serve you, to repair and atone for all my ignominies, and to offer You my soul and body as Your possession forever. Likewise, I regret all my sins and beg Your pardon, O my Lord and my God. And I offer You all the merits of Jesus Christ to repair everything, to obtain a happy dying-hour and the deliverance of the souls from Purgatory. This prayer I desire to renew at each hour until my death, O lovable Jesus. Sweet Savior, fortify my resolution and permit not that neither wretched men nor Satan destroy it. AMEN.

Thank you Sue of Half the Kingdom

ACN News - Strong Faith in Vietnam

ACN-USA News

7/16/2009

Strong faith in Vietnam


The faith is strong in Vietnam. This was the message of local Vietnamese bishops, who described the life and the particular needs of the Catholic Church in their country during a recent interview with international Catholic pastoral charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN).

The six bishops, on their return from their ad Limina visit to Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, spoke to ACN last Thursday while visiting the charity’s central headquarters in Königstein near Frankfurt, Germany. The bishops, from various different regions in Vietnam, were united in speaking of the strong faith of their Catholic countrymen.

Bishop Pierre Nguyên Van Nhon of the Diocese of Dalat, who is also chairman of the Vietnamese bishops’ conference, stressed to ACN among other things the importance of church buildings for the Catholic Church in Vietnam. Without these, he said, not only could there be no proper pastoral and spiritual work. He went on to say that, in fact, the entire social life and involvement of the parishes revolved around the local church building. He added that many parishes remain without a church of their own.

Bishop Paul Bui Van Doc of the Diocese of My Tho, who is also chairman of the faith commission of the Vietnamese bishops’ conference, described the work of evangelization as one of the priorities for the Church. He said that it was particularly helpful for religious sisters to be made mobile by equipping them with small motorcycles, so that they could gain easier access to the faithful. This is an area where ACN has already been helping for many years.

Bishop Joseph Dang Duc Ngan of the Diocese of Lang Son addressed the question of evangelization and spoke in particular of the need for solid and ongoing formation for priests, religious and laity. Bishop Paul Marie Cao Dinh Thuyen of Vinh also spoke of the good experience his diocese has had with the use of volunteer catechists – 6,000 at present – who were trained by the priests and religious sisters when they visited the villages. His diocese now has over half a million Catholic faithful.

Bishop Thomas Nguyen Van Tan of Vinh Long described the particular importance he attaches to strengthening families and encouraging the parents to send their children to catechism classes and to Holy Mass, since children and young people were the generation most severely affected by the changes in society. He explained that many young people were now leaving the villages and migrating to the towns in search of work, and in the cities many of them were then losing their roots and their inner stability and falling into “bad ways.” In order to counter this it was essential to lay solid foundations, he said.

His words were endorsed by Bishop Cosma Hoang Van Dat, SJ, of the Diocese of Bac Ninh, who declared that his diocese, too, has had good experiences of pastoral work with children, to the extent that many children were now happy to tell their families and friends about the life of Jesus.

All the bishops agreed that the number of vocations in Vietnam continues to remain high.

Vietnam, one of the countries of South-East Asia that is still under communist rule, is and remains one of the foremost priorities for ACN in Asia. As a Catholic pastoral charity which supports pastoral projects in some 138 countries around the world, ACN gave over $1.56 million in aid for pastoral projects of the Catholic Church in Vietnam and its approximately 6 million faithful.


With picture of visit of Vietnamese bishops to international headquarters of Aid to the
Church in Need (Photo: ACN)


Editor’s Notes:



Directly under the Holy Father, Aid to the Church in Need supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity - helping to bring Christ to the world through prayer, information and action.

Founded in 1947 by Father Werenfried van Straaten, whom Pope John Paul II named “An Outstanding Apostle of Charity,” the organization is now at work in over 145 countries throughout the world.

The charity undertakes thousands of projects every year including providing transport for clergy and lay Church workers, construction of church buildings, funding for priests and nuns and help to train seminarians. Since the initiative’s launch in 1979, 43 million Aid to the Church in Need Child’s Bibles have been distributed worldwide.

For more information contact Michael Varenne at michael@churchinneed.org or call 718-609-0939 or fax718-609-0938. Aid to the Church in Need, 725 Leonard Street, PO Box 220384, Brooklyn, NY 11222-0384. Aid to the Church in Need

This is Today's Resolution

The one I posted earlier was actually tomorrow's resolution.

Today I will pray an extra decade of the rosary for the persons who are farthest away from Jesus.

Regnum Christi Daily Meditation

Daily Resolution - Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

I will organize this coming Sunday to be a day of worship and rest. I will try to do good to someone this Sunday, and I will help someone come back to Sunday Mass attendance.

Regnum Christi Daily Meditation

Background on the Holy Rosary

Thanks to Fr. Vince Inghilterra for sharing this one today. Too bad, the video doesn't mention the Luminous Mysteries, my personal favorites.

Catholic Online's Background on the Holy Rosary

Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

O beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful Vine,
Splendor of Heaven, holy and singular, who
brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining
a Pure Virgin, assist me in this necessity.

O Star of the Sea, help and protect me!
Show me that thou art my Mother.

O Mary, Conceived without sin,
Pray for us who have recourse to thee!

Mother and Ornament of Carmel, Pray for us!
Virgin, Flower of Carmel, Pray for us!
Patroness of all who wear the Scapular, Pray for us!
Hope of all who die wearing the Scapular, Pray for us!
St. Joseph, Friend of the Sacred Heart, Pray for us!
St. Joseph, Chaste Spouse of Mary, Pray for us!
St. Joseph, Our Patron, Pray for us!
O sweet Heart of Mary, be my Salvation!

Are you wearing your Brown Scapular?

Daily Resolution

Today I will read nos. 1783-1785 from the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Regnum Christi Daily Meditation

ACN News - More Christians killed in Iraq

More Christians killed in Iraq


Renewed attacks on the Christian community in Iraq on Sunday have left more than 40 people dead or injured.

Shortly after 7 pm Sunday night, July 12th, a car bomb exploded in front of the gates of St. Mary’s Chaldean Church in Palestine Street in Baghdad. The explosion occurred as churchgoers left Mass. According to initial reports from Iraq, seven have been killed and around 30 were injured, with 18 requiring hospital treatment.

The explosion follows reports of bombs going off at three other churches in Baghdad at around 4.30 pm Sunday afternoon. Reports stated eight people had been wounded.
Two of the churches attacked are named as St. George’s Church in the Al-Ghadier section of Baghdad and St. Joseph’s Church in the Al-Shurta section. Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) received the reports of the bombings from a priest working in the city.

Persecution and violence in the last six years have forced more than 200,000 Christians to flee to nearby countries including Jordan, Syria and Turkey, while upwards of 50,000 have sought refuge in the north of Iraq.

ACN has provided food and medical aid for Iraqi refugees in other Middle Eastern countries. The charity has also supported religious Sisters distributing basic food parcels to displaced families in the north of Iraq, who were living in poverty.

Continued emigration from Iraq means disaster for the Christian community which has dwindled from about one million in 2003 to fewer than 400,000 today. Speaking to ACN in 2008, Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad said that “very real persecution” remains a huge threat for Christians in some areas.


Editor’s Notes:



Directly under the Holy Father, Aid to the Church in Need supports the faithful wherever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need. ACN is a Catholic charity - helping to bring Christ to the world through prayer, information and action.

Founded in 1947 by Father Werenfried van Straaten, whom Pope John Paul II named “An Outstanding Apostle of Charity,” the organization is now at work in over 145 countries throughout the world.

The charity undertakes thousands of projects every year including providing transport for clergy and lay Church workers, construction of church buildings, funding for priests and nuns and help to train seminarians. Since the initiative’s launch in 1979, 43 million Aid to the Church in Need Child’s Bibles have been distributed worldwide.

For more information contact Michael Varenne at michael@churchinneed.org or call 718-609-0939 or fax718-609-0938. Aid to the Church in Need, 725 Leonard Street, PO Box 220384, Brooklyn, NY 11222-0384. Aid to the Church in Need

Daily Resolution - Feast of St. Benedict

"Ora et Labora"

I will raise a delicate point with someone who needs to hear my Christian witness.

Regnum Christi Daily Meditation

Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Jesus

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Prayer to the Shoulder Wound of Jesus

O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other Wound of Thy Most Blessed Body. I adore Thee, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify Thee and give Thee thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching Thee by that exceeding pain and by the crushing burden of Thy heavy Cross to be merciful to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Thy Cross. Amen.

Padre Pio's Secret: His Shoulder Wound

In the Pieta Prayer book and at this site, where I found the above prayer, I read:

It is related in the annals of Clairvaux that St. Bernard asked Our Lord which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and Our Lord answered: "I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound, which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men. Honor this Wound with thy devotion and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through Its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins and will no longer remember their mortal sins."

This revelation and promise of Our Dear Savior is another proof of His unlimited mercy. You are urged to say these prayers daily and to promulgate this prayer on a continuous basis, so that others may share in this blessing.