Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Jubilee Year of Mercy


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Pope Francis opened wide the doors to usher in the Year of Mercy.

Jesus told Saint Faustina:

 "My heart is a sea of Mercy.  All who glorify and spread my Mercy will not have terror at the hour of death.  I will defend them as My own glory.  Every soul that says this Chaplet or when others say it for a dying person, the pardon is the same. My Mercy will shield them from My Just Hands.  If sinners run away from my Merciful Heart, they will fall into My Just Hands..."
Pope Francis is calling us to do  these corporal and spiritual acts or mercy regularly during this great Jubilee Year. Our holy father is giving Catholics, and non-Catholics too, an opportunity to become more compassionate towards one another but especially towards those in need.

THE ACTS OF MERCY

CORPORAL ACTS:

To feed the hungry;
To give drink to the thirsty;
To clothe the naked;
To give shelter to the homeless;
To visit the sick;
To ransom the captive;
To bury the dead.

SPIRITUAL ACTS:
To instruct the ignorant;
To counsel the doubtful;
To admonish sinners;
To bear wrongs patiently;
To forgive offenses willingly;
To comfort the afflicted;
To pray for the living and the dead

Remember that charity begins at home.  If we don't have love and compassion or show mercy to those in our own family, how can we be expected to show compassion and mercy to strangers?


Militia Immaculata's Daily Renewal of Total Consecration

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Immaculata,
Queen and Mother of the Church,
I renew my consecration to you this day
and for always,
so that you may use me for the 
coming of the Kingdom of Jesus
in the whole world.
To this end I offer you all my prayers,
actions, and sacrifices of this day.

DAILY MIRACULOUS MEDAL PRAYER OF ST. MAXIMILIAN

O Mary, conceived without sin,
pray for us who
have recourse to you,
and for all those who do not have recourse to you,
especially the enemies of Holy Church
and all those recommended to you.

WHY TOTAL CONSECRATION:

As the Son of God entrusted Himself to the womb of the Virgin Mary to come into the world,
so we imitate Jesus and entrust ourselves to the Immaculate Virgin Mary on our journey to heave, for personal sanctification and the conversion of the world to Christ.

WHY SHOULD I JOIN THE MILITIA IMMACULATE?

The Militia of the Immaculate (MI) is a world-wide ecclesial movement founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe in 1917.  The MI has the full approval of the Vatican and canonical statues, and is dedicated to bringing the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through consecration to the Immaculate Virgin Mary.

www.consecration.com Marytown

Solemnity - The Immaculate Conception



ACT OF CONSECRATION

O, Mary Star of the Sea,
Mother of God,
accept my entire consecration to you.
Standing before you, 
I offer your Immaculate Heart my feelings,
my thoughts, my actions, my sufferings, 
my death, 
all I can do,
all that I have,
all that I am.
I wish to love you,
to honor you,'
to defend your titles, 
especially that of your Immaculate Conception,
and to strive to imitate your virtues.
Grant that I may act in everything only through love
for the Heart of Jesus and for you,
Our Lady Star of the Sea.

The Confraternity of Our Lady Star of the Sea
Central Headquarters
PO Box 609
100-265 Morgan City, LA 70381