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Jesus Speaks: "You are Suffering, I Know"

Written by Anne a Lay Apostle Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

The messages from "Anne,"  a lay apostle, from the international spiritual movement Lay Apostles of Jesus Christ the Returning King have been released for international distribution with the permission of Bishop Leo O’Reilly of the Diocese of Kilmore, Ireland, the diocese in which Anne and the international headquarters of the Lay apostolate reside. They have also been submitted by Bishop O’Reilly to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome (see article, Discernment of Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King, Marian Private Revelation section).On the first of every month, Our Lord gives Anne a new message about His call to service. - Asst. Ed.

 Jesus

February 1, 2010

My dear apostles, I am directing you. I am giving you guidance. I am prompting you, again and again. Do you hear Me? Are you learning to separate My voice from the voices of the world? Do you hear Me when I urge you to greater and greater abandonment? You are suffering, I know. I am listening to your prayers and I am with you in your pain. Please do not think that you are experiencing suffering simply because you are serving Me. Look at those who do not serve Me or even those who do not know Me. Are their lives free from suffering? I am helping you to reject the temptation to believe that if you were not walking this path with Me you would be freed from suffering. It is not true. It would be true to say that if you were not united to Me, you would be suffering without the benefit of My companionship. Such lonely suffering. Such hopeless pain. Instead, I offer you the widest variety of consolations. I offer you understanding of the relationship between sacrifice and holiness. I offer you soothing graces to assist you in preparing your soul for heaven and bringing others comfort and grace. Dearest apostles, you are surrounded by heaven. You are surrounded by grace which supports you, even when you feel you are unsupported.

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The Immaculate Conception and The Co-redemptrix

Written by Mark Miravalle Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

On February 17, 1941, the "Property" of the Immaculata, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe, was arrested by the Nazi Gestapo, eventually leading to his martyrdom in Auschwitz. During the few hours before his arrest, Fr. Maximilian was inspired to write the heart of his unparalleled mariological ponderings regarding the "Immaculate Conception."

The following are excerpts from this last written testimony:

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Latest Medjugorje Messages

Written by Our Lady of Medjugorje Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:07

 
In commemoration of the event of the first apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes,  February 11, 1858, we present the latest messages of Our Lady from Medjugorje.  - Asst. Ed.

Spiritual Strategies in the Pagan Tsunami

Written by by Michael D. O'Brien Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

Christian parents everywhere are facing the dilemma of raising their families in the midst of a tsunami of cultural corruption-and extremely invasive corruption it is! We sense the dangers but so often do not know what to do about it. We know that our children are especially vulnerable to the spirit of the times, and that the older they get the more they must live with one foot in the family and one foot in the world around them. As they move outward from the foundation of the family into the wider community, which is a necessary stage in the process of maturing, they will need wisdom and grace in a way different than any other generation before them.

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Mary Co-Redemptrix: Remote Co-Operation

Written by Brian Reynolds Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

Genesis 3. 15:  I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

Genesis 3. 20:  And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

Ecclesiasticus 24. 14:  From the beginning, and before the world, was I created.

Luke 1. 38:  And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word.

Apocalypse 12 5-6:  And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God 

Theologians make a distinction between Mary's remote co-operation in the work of Redemption, whereby, by consenting to the Incarnation, she provided Christ with the humanity that he offered in sacrifice on Calvary, and her immediate co-operation in the Passion through her willingness to unite herself completely with her Son's suffering for the sake of humanity. From an etymological point of view, the term Co-Redemptrix derives from the Latin cum (with), which does not necessarily imply equality in status. In Mary's case, her role in the Redemption is totally subordinate to that of her Son, since she is a creature wholly dependent on him. Nevertheless, though God could have brought about the Redemption in any number of ways, he chose to do so through Mary. It was through her that he took on human flesh, and she co-operated fully with his redemptive mission, in the first place by accepting to become his Mother, and thereafter by remaining faithful to him throughout his life, and in a special way, during his Passion and death. The consequences of Mary's fiat,  viewed in terms of the history of salvation, were seen as immense. From the moment of her assent, not from the moment of Christ's birth, the plan of redemption went into operation on earth. From her assent flowed consequences reaching right back to the dawn of history in terms of the redemption of Adam, Eve and all the Old Testament figures, as well as future events such as the Second Coming, the Resurrection of the dead, the Last Judgement and the glorification of creation (a new Heavens and a new Earth).

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Of The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Written by Saint Peter Julian Eymard Saturday, 06 February 2010 00:00

This is the third in a series of sermons by Saint Peter Julian Eymard from The Real Presence. - Asst. Ed.

The Our Father 

Quodcumque petieritis Pat rem in nomine meo, hoc faciam, et glorificetur Pater in Filio.

Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John xiv. 13.)

I.-----Our Father Who art in Heaven, in the heaven of the Eucharist, to Thee, Who art seated on the throne of grace and love, be benediction, and honor, and glory, and power, for ever and ever!

II.-----Hallowed be Thy Name, first in ourselves, through the spirit of Thy humility, obedience, and charity. May we in all humility and zeal make Thee known, adored, and loved by all men in the Eucharist! 

III.-----Thy Kingdom come, Thy Eucharistic Kingdom. Rule Thou alone forever over us for Thy greater glory through the power of Thy love, the triumph of Thy virtues, and the grace of a Eucharistic vocation. Grant us the grace and mission of Thy holy love so that we may be able effectively to preach, extend, and spread Thy Eucharistic Kingdom everywhere, and thus realize the desire Thou didst express: "I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I but that it be kindled?" Oh! That we also might be the incendiaries of this heavenly fire!

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