
Yet, please read it today!
Mahalo nui loa Father!
The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.
Hail Mary . . .
And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary . . .
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Lk 1:28)
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb"
(Lk 1:42).
Founded tortured and dead in his residence, Father Richard Junius Sander is now the apple of discord between Catholics and their detractors in Mexico. A much-loved pastor and television personality is victim of Mexican media rumors.ARTICLE
As Pope Benedict's personal envoy Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone prepares to visit earthquake-devastated Peru, sobbing survivors are drawing hope from statues of Jesus and the saints that "miraculously" survived the destruction.ARTICLE
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, parenthood is, I realize, a sacred trust. Let me not be neglectful of my duty. I know that proper religious education is all important and that without it, all other learning is of little worth. I appreciate, too, that it is a serious and grave obligation for Catholic parents to strive generously and perseveringly to obtain a good Catholic education for their children. Let me generously and bravely strive to obtain for them the religious education which You desire. May I remember that I shall have to give an account to You for every soul entrusted to me. Remembering this, may I generously fulfill that most important duty of any parent, to provide the proper spiritual instruction for their children. Heart of Jesus, Fountain of all knowledge, have mercy on us.
[Mother's Manual, Queen's Work, 1957]
I am overjoyed to be able to offer this to all of you on this marvelous Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Please read the following through and pray about how you can help to spread this message in your own areas on the dignity and vocation of women, spoken of so beautifully by our late Pope John the Great. Take a look at the website which is in the process of being built, and use it as a resource. Please take time to read the Apostolic Letter so that you will become more familiar with the riches and wisdom it holds for us. This is a mighty celebration that will resound throughout the entire world all throughout 2008, the twentieth year anniversary of this amazing Apostolic Letter, Mulieris Dignitatem!Although, I have not yet started to read the apostolic letter, I will be doing so and I encourage you to not only read it, but also look at the resources offered for forming discussion groups, etc.
Lay Group Prays for Anticipated Canonization
CALCUTTA, India, AUG. 23, 2007 (Zenit.org).- This is the year for the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, or so hopes a group of Catholics in Calcutta.
The Catholic Association of Bengal, the largest lay organization of the Archdiocese of Calcutta, has declared 2007 the Year for the Canonization of Mother Teresa, AsiaNews reported.
While living in Philadelphia, I met this really nice young OB/GYN doctor and we fell in “love.” A few weeks later I was pregnant and he wanted nothing to do with either of us and wanted me to abort his child, saying it “would ruin his life.” As a single girl with no other person to turn to, I agreed.Hawaii Right to Life Article
Conversation with Christ: Jesus, thank you for inviting me to share in your divine life as one of your very own. I thank you for becoming one like me so that I could become one with you. Grant that I may always treasure this great gift of faith, which you freely offer to me for my own good. Help me to spread the good news and lead all those souls that you have entrusted to me to their heavenly homeland.
Resolution: I will pray with my spouse or some other family member tonight
Pius - The SaintAlso, Mark of Exurge Domine has a related post about Pope Pius X and the oath against modernism.
On June 2, 1835, Guiseppe Melchiorre Sarto saw the light of earth at Riesi, Province of Treviso in Venice, and on August 20, 1914 he saw the light of heaven.
Much of the life of St. Pius X was spent in teaching the Christian youth. His personal humanity and warmth endeared him to many.
As Pope he found the pomp and splendor of the Vatican difficult to live with. He is known for his special decree making it possible for children to receive the Eucharist at age 7, instead of waiting until their teen years as was the custom of the time.
Near the end of his life, Pope Pius was very sad to see nations fighting against each other. Shortly after the first Great War broke out, Pope Pius X died.
On May 29, 1954, he became the 259th saint and was canonized St. Pius X.
Trained by Vatican exorcist Gabriele Amorth, Father Jose Antonio Fortea is not only an exorcist, but also a writer, calligrapher and parish priest. He once thought he would lead what he has termed ordinary life as an attorney in Madrid, much as his father did before him, but sensed instead a vocation to the priesthood in his adolescent years.Like most people, I find details shared by exorcists to be quite fascinating, for instance the following:
MB: What difference is there between a possessed person and a sinner who receives Holy Communion even when he is not well disposed? Are there cases when an ill-disposed person can or should communicate?
FORTEA: The difference lies in that a sinner has besmirched his soul. A possessed person may have a demon’s chains about his body, but his soul may be clean.
One must never communicate without having a clean soul. We must strive to purify our souls when we receive Jesus. Even in the final moments, in the queue of people who will receive communion, we can purify our souls a little more by making acts of repentance. People who communicate without having confessed grave sins are not conscious of what they receive. If they were, they would not do so.
I shall live and die for the sake of my faith and religion. I take pride in the Cross of my God and Lord.Blessed Ignazio Maloyan (1869-1915) martyr