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Volume IV, Issue 2, January 13, 2007
| Volume IV, Issue 2, January 13, 2007 |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Too Much of a Good Thing by Mark Miravalle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Too Much of a Good Thing by Mark Miravalle Dear Friends, As we initiate this new year of 2007, we at Mother of All Peoples want to thank you for your ongoing support for this little publication, which is offered in humble service to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and which seeks to bring to greater life and understanding the gift of the Heart of the Crucified Jesus to every single human heart: "Behold, your Mother!" (Jn. 19:27). Among your ongoing words of praise and thanksgiving for MOAP (for which we are extremely grateful), we are also hearing consistent mention of a certain "frustration." This frustration goes something like this: "I love the articles, I'm blown away with the depth of the mariological entries, and I'm glad to be kept up with the solid private revelations in our day. But I just can't keep up with the material! It's just too much of a good thing each week. And once I miss most of your articles for the week, it's too hard for me psychologically to try to go back into the archives and catch up. There's already too many other areas of my life I'm behind in!" We can appreciate this frustration. Therefore, in an effort to better serve you (in an analogous implementation of the Church's wise principle of grace, ex opere operantis), we are going to initiate a trial bi-monthly format of MOAP, with an extended seven-article issue twice a month. These seven pieces every other week, in honor of Our Lady's Seven Sorrows, will hopefully provide a less stressful format, and overall, a greater appreciation for the whole truth about Mary, as contained in the classical and contemporary Mariology and messages offered within the dazzling light of the Catholic Church. Please feel free to contact us with your comments regarding this new bi-monthly format. We will continue to send you special weekly issues when the liturgical calendar or news events call for it. Thank you for your love of the Mother. Nothing makes Jesus happier.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heaven Speaks About Addictions by "Anne," a Lay Apostle "Anne" has received permission from her local ordinary, Bishop Leo O'Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore, Ireland, for the spreading of her messages, and has also submitted all her writings to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (see article, "Discernment of Lay Apostolate of Jesus Christ the Returning King," Marian Private Revelation section). – Asst. Ed. July 27, 2005 Jesus My dear soul, you are chosen to serve in the Kingdom of God. Nothing can refute this statement. I am Jesus and I need you to help Me. There is a temptation to believe that you will have many days in which to serve heaven. Because of this temptation, souls feel they can languish at times, certain that while they do not serve completely today they will do so tomorrow. Well, tomorrow is not what I am calling you to. I am calling you into this day, today. This is the time to let go of any habit that is pulling you away from Me and pulling you away from service to Me. Dear apostle, you must give Me your addiction. It can never be a good thing to be overly attached to something that dulls your ability to love. Look into your soul right now. You will find that I am looking back at you. You know that I am asking you to put aside this addiction. You have known this for some time. The day is today. I am not looking for service in tomorrow. You may never see tomorrow because that is how life on earth is designed. Man never knows when he will be called home to heaven. There is a part of you that is fearful. You fear that you cannot be happy without this addiction. Will you believe Me when I tell you that it is quite the opposite? You cannot be happy with the addiction because it is numbing you from experiencing Me. I am in other people. I am in your loved ones. But you are putting this addiction in a place above Me and consequently above your loved ones, as well as others. Dearest apostle, I will take this addiction from you. I will do this for you, if you let Me. But you have to be willing to accept My grace in your soul. I will do all of the difficult work, the work that you fear. You will remain in the present, in each moment, and you will have grace enough to walk away from this dependence. That is My promise. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=959&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Merit and reconciliation may be different names for a single reality, the general salvific causality. Yet these two names are not synonyms, for they signify the same reality under different aspects. Therefore we may postulate something of salvific causality as merit, which could not be said of it as reconciliation, and vice versa. The same is true for the application of salvific causality. Here too we find different names for a single reality, the distribution of graces, and these names are also not synonyms, for they throw light on the same reality from divergent angles. So that, as we can attribute something different to the Passion of our Lord, according as we designate it merit or reconciliation, in the same way we may ascribe something other to the distribution of graces according to whether we call it reconciliation or consummation of merits. Hence, even if Mary's mediation of grace, of which we treated in the preceding article, could not take place otherwise than through her powerful intercession, it would still be true that the titles Mediatrix of all graces and Suppliant Omnipotence are no more synonymous than the names co-reconciliation and co-merit, so that they entirely justify separate consideration. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=960&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although this article was written to commemorate the Feast of the Holy Innocents, its relevance becomes obvious as our country approaches the infamous anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and the national legalization of abortion. – Ed. There are moments when our confidence in the ultimate goodness of life is strong. There are other times when confidence is shaken. Who among us does not prefer the former state? When we are confident we feel assured that we are safe from harm; we proceed about our daily affairs without giving thought to the dangers of human existence. Anxiety, fear, and doubt are kept at a distance by the power of our wits, finances, and entertainments. Happiness is within our grasp; the future is more or less assured and we are at peace. Besides, family life is just too busy an affair to brood overmuch on the "what ifs." Right? http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=961&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- As in Scripture, so too in the infant Church we see the attention of the faithful rightfully focused first and foremost on Jesus Christ. The divine primacy of Jesus Christ (with its appropriate worship of adoration) had to be clearly established before any subordinate corresponding devotion to his Mother could be properly exercised. Nonetheless, the beginnings of acknowledgement and devotion to the Mother of Jesus is present from apostolic times in the living Tradition of the early Church. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=962&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Throughout history, Christians have referred to the Blessed Virgin Mary by many different titles. She is the Ark of the New Covenant, the New Eve, the Mystical Rose, the Seat of Wisdom, and Helper of Christians to name a few. Yet, "(o)f the many titles bestowed upon Our Blessed Lady, that of Queen most aptly expresses our sentiments of ardent loyalty and filial devotion towards the Mother of God." (1) In this article, through the intercession and maternal guidance of Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and earth, I plan to explain exactly what it does and does not mean to call Mary "queen." We will also explore the foundations of the term found in Sacred Scripture and the history of its usage in Tradition and magisterial teachings, with the hope that what is presented will contribute to the recognition by all Christians of the Blessed Virgin as our True Queen and Mother. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=963&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Holy Eucharist, is the "source and summit of the Christian life." (1) Furthermore, it is "the sum and summary of our faith." (2) The Eucharist is most properly "(the) true Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, who is really and substantially present under the appearances of bread and wine, in order to offer himself in the sacrifice of the Mass and to be received as spiritual food in Holy Communion." (3) As the "true Body and Blood" of Jesus Christ, the Eucharistic species of bread and wine are "Christ himself, living and glorious... present in a true, real, and substantial manner: his Body and his Blood, with his soul and his divinity." (4) As John Paul II wrote in Ecclesia de Eucharistia, "Mary can guide us toward this most holy sacrament, because she herself has a profound relationship with it." (5) The purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between the Blessed Sacrament and the Blessed Virgin Mary—most especially in connection with her roles as Mother, Co-redemptrix, and Mediatrix of All Graces. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=964&Itemid=40 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this chapter I shall show how Mary's Heart bears a striking resemblance to divine purity and sanctity. The most pure and holy Heart of Our Lady is a living image of those two adorable perfections, which are one and the same, for St. Dionysius tells us that sanctity is perfect purity, (1) purity meaning freedom from the slightest imperfection. http://www.motherofallpeoples.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=965&Itemid=40 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Novena for the Fifth Marian Dogma "Day of Dialogue" : March 25, 2010Mother of All Peoples |
The Moral Compass or The Golden Compass?Michael D. O’Brien |
Jesus Speaks: "My Presence in Your Day"Anne a Lay Apostle |
"You Would Become Co-redemptrix"Mark Miravalle |
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the CrossJanie Garza |
Faith in the EucharistSaint Peter Julian Eymard |
Is the Time Ripe for a 5th Marian Dogma? Vatican Forum to Host Discussion on Feast of AnnunciationRobert Moynihan |
Latest Messages Given in Medjugorje by Our LadyOur Lady of Medjugorje |
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