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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - L'Osservatore Romano Uses "Co-redemptrix" in Article on St. Alphonsus by Fr. Giovanni Velocci --------------------------------------------------------------------------- L'Osservatore Romano Uses "Co-redemptrix" in Article on St. Alphonsus by Fr. Giovanni Velocci The following article, "Enamored of the Virgin" by Father Giovanni Velocci, published in Italian in the July 30-31 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, quotes St. Alphonsus Liguori, who uses the term "Co-redemptrix" twice in reference to the Mother of God. The author also defends and explains Our Lady’s coredemptive role with Jesus in the salvation of all humanity. The article also includes all three titles of Our Lady as Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. In August 1787, while the Angelus bells sounded, Alphonsus Maria de Liguori died at Pagani (SA). The previous day he had a miraculous vision of the Madonna, which the biographer T. Rey-Mermet relates in these terms: "Alphonsus, in his Orations to the Divine Mother for Every Day of the Week, had written: ‘Rather, Our Lady, pardoned my offenses, first that I may hope; come yourself to console me with your presence. I want this grace which you have given to so many of your devotees, and I hope for it also O Mary, I wait for you, do not let me remain unconsoled.’ Now, on the 31st near six o’clock in the evening, while he held between his hands the image of the Madonna, his face glowed and became resplendent, while he spoke subduedly and was smiling to the Madonna." The vision was a Mother’s gift to her faithful servant, to the one who for so many years with writing and preaching had proclaimed her glories. He proclaimed them especially in the book entitled The Glories of Mary that he published in 1750 after spending much time in study and reflection. He began the search in 1734, and he worked with great dedication because he wanted to compose a work worthy of Mary. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1118 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mariology of Joseph Ratzinger by Danny Garland, Jr. The theology of Joseph Ratzinger has had a profound effect on Catholic theology and the Catholic Church as a whole. His is a theology grounded in Scripture (1) and influenced by the Fathers of the Church as well as the great medieval theologians, especially St. Bonaventure. Ratzinger’s writing is brilliant, lucid, and illuminating. We are truly blessed to have him, now as Pope Benedict XVI, as the Vicar of Christ and leader of the Kingdom of God on earth, Holy Mother Church. Ratzinger has also played a very important role in my life and is the impetus for my love of theology. I started reading the then-Cardinal Ratzinger in the fall of 2004 as an Anglican. By the fall of 2005, I had decided to convert to Catholicism and entered into full communion with the Catholic Church on the Easter Vigil of 2006. Pope Benedict seems to have that effect on people! http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1117 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heaven Speaks to Those Considering Suicide by "Anne," a Lay Apostle
November 29, 2006 Jesus I have many things to say to those who are considering this act of self-harm. I love you. I see your pain. I understand that you long for relief from your anguish. Please, bring your anguish to Me. I can help you. You are so valuable to the Kingdom and I need you to help bring Me to others. "How?" you say, in your great interior grief. "How could I possibly be helpful to Jesus and to others?" I will tell you. Your pain is the pain of many in the world today. Many souls feel your grief, your hopelessness. Many carry heavy crosses of illness and addiction, loneliness and hopelessness, rejection and anxiety. Many of My children look into their future and see only more grief and pain and this takes their courage from them. Dearest friend, you must not do this. Do not look into tomorrow and expect today's pain to be repeated. You are not certain of such an occurrence. You cannot be certain because I, God, could change your life during this day, today. You must remain in this day, in the present, because I have given you adequate grace to deal with your cross. It is only when you look into the future and think that your Jesus will send you no relief that you find life unmanageable. Understand this. Your life is only unmanageable if you put Me out of it. If you let Me into your heart, into your life, I will make it not only manageable, but joyful. You are skeptical. You cannot believe in a future with joy because the present holds such pain. I understand this, just as I understand everything about you. You may not know Me well so I will tell you something about Myself that may help you to decide that trusting Me is a good decision. I have never been known to break a promise. Never. Today, I have a promise for you. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1116 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Secret of Mary, the Secret of Sanctity by St. Louis Marie de Montfort Predestinate soul, here is a secret the Most High has taught me, which I have not been able to find in any book, old or new (1). I confide it to you, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, on condition: That you communicate it only to those who deserve it by their prayers, their almsgiving and mortifications, by the persecutions they suffer, by their detachment from the world and their zeal for the salvation of souls (2). That you make use of it for your personal sanctification and salvation, for this secret works its effect in a soul only in proportion to the use made of it. Beware, then, of remaining inactive while possessing my secret; it would turn into a poison and be your condemnation (3). That you thank God all the days of your life for the grace He has given you to know a secret you do not deserve to know. As you go on making use of this secret in the ordinary actions of your life, you will comprehend its value and its excellence, which at first you will not fully understand because of your many and grievous sins and because of your secret attachment to self (4). 2. Before you read any further, lest you should be carried away by a too eager and natural desire to know this truth, kneel down and say devoutly the Ave Maris Stella and the Veni Creator, in order to understand and appreciate this divine mystery (5). As I have not much time for writing, nor you for reading, I shall say everything as briefly as possible. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freemasonry: The Hidden Threat by Br. Charles Madden, O.F.M. Conv. This is the first of a series of articles exposing the evils of Freemasonry—in which membership is forbidden for Catholics—and its war against the Catholic Church and Christianity in general. From time to time the National Center of the Militia Immaculata receives letters from members and others asking various questions about Freemasonry. People especially want to know why St. Maximilian Kolbe singled out for opposition this ostensibly fraternal organization above other anti-Christian movements such as Socialism and its various branches: Fascism, Nazism and Communism. We intend to answer many of these questions in this work, using the sources listed in the footnotes. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1114 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mystics and Mary's Assumption and Coronation by Raphael Brown When Mary's soul left her body, the soft chanting of the angels seemed to withdraw slowly from the Cenacle. Peter and John must have perceived the glory of her soul in this moment of its liberation, for they both looked up, while the other apostles remained absorbed in prayer, with their heads bowed to the ground. The Blessed Virgin's body lay radiant with light, surrounded by her thousand invisible guardian angels. Her eyes were closed, and her hands were folded on her breast. When at last all the apostles, disciples, and holy women present realized that their beloved spiritual Mother had indeed left them, their sorrow was so intense that only a special dispensation of divine power prevented some of them from dying of grief. For some time they prayed and wept silently. Then they arose and sang a number of hymns in honor of their departed Queen. Later Mary's two devoted servant girls were told to anoint and wrap her body in a shroud with the greatest reverence and modesty. But when they entered her room, they were so blinded by the dazzling mystical light surrounding her couch that they could not even see her body. Highly excited, they hastened to notify the apostles. Peter and John then went into the room, perceived the bright light, and heard angels singing: "A Virgin before the Nativity, during the Nativity, and after the Nativity." Kneeling down and praying for guidance, the two saints heard a Voice say: "Let not this virginal body be touched!" http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1113 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She is Standing Beside the Altar of Sacrifice" by the Lady of All Nations During her September 8, 1976, Eucharistic Experience (ecclesiastical approval, May 31, 2002, see "Church Approves Apparitions of the Lady of All Nations" article), Our Lord takes visionary Ida Peerdeman to a desert, showing her an Ivory Tower crowned with twelve stars, beside the Altar of Sacrifice. – Asst. Ed. During Holy Mass at the Creed "the Light" came from the four corners of the Chapel and became one great beautiful "Light" above the altar and over all those present. On receiving "Our Lord" I saw a heavenly vision. I heard "the Voice" saying: "Watch well and understand." And all at once I was standing in a desert where, in its center, I saw a group of people blindfolded with black bandages. From the clouds "the Voice" sounded:
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I, (Name), a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in your hands the vows of my Baptism; I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works; and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, and to be more faithful to Him than I have ever been before.
In the presence of all the heavenly court I choose you this day for my Mother and Queen. I deliver and consecrate to you, as your slave, my body and soul, my goods, both interior and exterior, and even the value of all my good actions, past, present and future; leaving to you the entire and full right of disposing of me, and all that belongs to me, without exception, according to your good pleasure, for the greater glory of God, in time and in eternity.
