Consecration of Ireland to Immaculate Heart of Mary at Knock on 15 August 2013



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“The Irish bishops will gather during the Annual Novena at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Knock to formally safeguard the Irish nation from the ongoing moral and spiritual crisis and the advances of the Culture of Death by officially placing Ireland under the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Deo Gratias!

This is truly a momentous day as the two year mission of the SCNCI comes to a successful conclusion and the imminent Episcopal consecration of the Irish nation to the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is set to spearhead the renewal of the faith in this land of Saints and Scholars.”

“May I also honour those hidden victim souls who suffered interminably for the success of this mission in union with the Holy Souls in purgatory under the altar of the most High as depicted at Knock, to make up what was lacking in the mystical body of Christ on earth - for an outpouring of such heavenly grace for the renewal of the faith in Ireland to be given to us on this feast day of the repentant St Mary Magdalene.

We also extend our great thanks to the Benedictines of Silverstream Priory, Stamullen, Co Meath for agreeing to offer our 100 consecutive Tridentine Masses from the 1st January this year for the souls Our Lady most desired to be released in honour of Archdeacon Cavanagh's original century of Masses that spurred the heavenly Knock apparitions.

Let us now set our face like flint in the confident expectation that Ireland will put her own house back in order against the ravages Culture of Death and God will fulfill His promises to Ireland upon Ireland's return to her Covenant with His Sacred Heart made in 1873, in the words of Blessed Pope John Paul II, to help Ireland "bring the light of Christ to the nations"

"AND THE LAMB WILL CONQUER AND THE WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN WILL SHINE HER LIGHT ON EVERYONE...YES THE LAMB WILL CONQUER...!"

http://www.knocknovena.com/GOLDEN%20ROSE.htm

Yes, please do send this Good News far and wide! Blast it from the Roof Tops. Let us assemble in our thousands for Our Lady on the 15th August -be there for Her as She has always been there for each of us. Ad Jesum Per Mariam (To Jesus through Mary)

 

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Neither silver nor gold, but the gift of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis in Brazil.

Neither Silver Nor Gold, I Bring The Most Precious Thing Given to Me, Jesus Christ: People's Pope in Brazil

• By Catholic Online

• 7/23/2013
• Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

I am here to meet young people coming from all over the world, drawn to the open arms of Christ the Redeemer. They want to find a refuge in his embrace, close to his heart, to listen again to his clear and powerful appeal:

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I have learned that, to gain access to the Brazilian people, it is necessary to pass through its great heart; so let me knock gently at this door. I ask permission to come in and spend this week with you. I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ! I have come in his name, to feed the flame of fraternal love that burns in every heart; and I wish my greeting to reach one and all: The peace of Christ be with you!

Pope Francis greeting the thousands who gathered upon his arrival in Brazil

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RIO De JANEIRO, Brazil (Catholic Online) - We offer below the full text of the opening remarks of Pope Francis upon his arrival in Brazil for the 2013 World Youth Day:
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Opening Words of Greeting From Pope Francis
Madam President, Distinguished Authorities,Brethren and Friends!
In his loving providence, God wished that the first international trip of my pontificate should take me back to my beloved Latin America, specifically to Brazil, a country proud of its links to the Apostolic See and of its deep sentiments of faith and friendship that have always kept it united in a special way to the Successor of Peter. I am grateful for this divine benevolence.
I have learned that, to gain access to the Brazilian people, it is necessary to pass through its great heart; so let me knock gently at this door. I ask permission to come in and spend this week with you. I have neither silver nor gold, but I bring with me the most precious thing given to me: Jesus Christ! I have come in his name, to feed the flame of fraternal love that burns in every heart; and I wish my greeting to reach one and all: The peace of Christ be with you!
I cordially greet the President and the distinguished members of her government. I thank her for her warm welcome and for the words by which she expressed the joy of all Brazilians at my presence in their country. I also greet the state governor who is hosting us in the government palace, and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the government of Brazil, the other authorities present and all those who worked hard to make my visit here a reality.
I would like to greet affectionately my brother bishops - to whom falls the serious task of guiding God's flock in this vast country, as well as their beloved local churches. With this visit, I wish to pursue the pastoral mission proper to the Bishop of Rome of confirming my brothers in their faith in Christ, of encouraging them to give an account of the reasons for the hope which comes from him, and of inspiring them to offer everyone the inexhaustible riches of his love.
As you know, the principal reason for my visit to Brazil goes beyond its borders. I have actually come for World Youth Day. I am here to meet young people coming from all over the world, drawn to the open arms of Christ the Redeemer. They want to find a refuge in his embrace, close to his heart, to listen again to his clear and powerful appeal: "Go and make disciples of all nations".
These young people are from every continent, they speak many languages, they bring with them different cultures, and yet they also find in Christ the answer to their highest aspirations, held in common, and they can satisfy the hunger for a pure truth and an authentic love which binds them together in spite of differences.
Christ offers them space, knowing that there is no force more powerful than the one released from the hearts of young people when they have been conquered by the experience of friendship with him. Christ has confidence in young people and entrusts them with the very future of his mission, "Go and make disciples".
Go beyond the confines of what is humanly possible and create a world of brothers and sisters! And young people have confidence in Christ: they are not afraid to risk for him the only life they have, because they know they will not be disappointed.
As I begin my visit to Brazil, I am well aware that, in addressing young people, I am also speaking to their families, their local and national church communities, the societies they come from, and the men and women upon whom this new generation largely depends.
Here it is common for parents to say, "Our children are the apple of our eyes". How beautiful is this expression of Brazilian wisdom, which applies to young people an image, drawn from our eyes, which are the window through which light enters into us, granting us the miracle of sight! What would become of us if we didn't look after our eyes? How could we move forward? I hope that, during this week, each one of us will ask ourselves this thought-provoking question.
Young people are the window through which the future enters the world, thus presenting us with great challenges. Our generation will show that it can realize the promise found in each young person when we know how to give them space; how to create the material and spiritual conditions for their full development; how to give them a solid basis on which to build their lives; how to guarantee their safety and their education to be everything they can be; how to pass on to them lasting values that make life worth living; how to give them a transcendent horizon for their thirst for authentic happiness and their creativity for the good; how to give them the legacy of a world worthy of human life; and how to awaken in them their greatest potential as builders of their own destiny, sharing responsibility for the future of everyone.
As I conclude, I ask everyone to show consideration towards each other and, if possible, the sympathy needed to establish friendly dialogue. The arms of the Pope now spread to embrace all of Brazil in its human, cultural and religious complexity and richness.
From the Amazon Basin to the pampas, from the dry regions to the Pantanal, from the villages to the great cities, no one is excluded from the Pope's affection. In two days' time, God willing, I will remember all of you before Our Lady of Aparecida, invoking her maternal protection on your homes and families. But for now I give all of you my blessing.

Thank you for your welcome!

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.

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Taken from: http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=51813&wf=rsscol

For over 50 years, nuns at a convent in Rome pray for Russia

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August 12, 2010. Russian icons fill the walls of the small chapel of the monastery of Rome where nuns from around the world pray for Russia as part of a special effort for over 50 years now.



Since 1957, these nuns break their silence only to pray and sing, in their Slavic language. The rite they follow is of the Orthodox tradition, but they are Catholic. Their habit is also like that of Russian orthodox nuns.

The life of this cloistered convent reflects that of Orthodox convents. The only difference is that in these convents, they pray with and for the Pope.

Sister Elena (Italy)
"In the East they do not distinguish between cloistered convents and those with an active life with outside contact. The cloister is not understood as a separation. There are no grates. But the nuns live in the monastery and leave only for important matters."

Pope Pius XII had this convent established. His goal was to end communism in Russia, a country to which he was particularly attached. The same day Pius XII had been ordained a bishop, Our Lady of Fatima appeared to the shepherds calling for the conversion of Russia.

The monastery began with four nuns. All were Russian. A Jesuit priest was the superior and a Benedictine abbot taught the nuns the Byzantine rite. Although they had been baptized with the Orthodox rite, many had forgotten about the elements of it.

Sister Elena (Italy)
"The nuns were the first four to make up the community. They were all Russians because at first he wanted them to be Russian. They had fled Russia years earlier and brought with them painful stories. Two lived during the tsarist period and one of the others, a younger member, at the start of the Soviet era."

While Russia's modern day needs have changed, these nuns are still praying. They now focus on progress in ecumenical dialogue. In fact, many Orthodox patriarchs have passed through the convent. May expressed their condolences when the founder died a few months ago.

Proof of the good relationship they have with the Orthodox world is seen in the many icons they have received as gifts. This image of the Coronation of the Mother of God is one of the oldest.

Sister Elena (Italy)
"It was given by Metropolitan Nicodemus. He handled external relations of the Orthodox Church. When he came to Rome he always came to see the nuns. He was very open to them. When on behalf of the Orthodox Church he came to congratulate John Paul I on his election as Pope, he suffered a heart attack and died in the arms of the Pope."

Sister Helen is Italian and since her childhood has been passionate about Russian culture and the Byzantine rite. After a trip to Russia, she realized she had to do something for this country. So here, from the heart of the Church, they pray continually for Russia with the other nuns who have dedicated their lives on this special mission.

 

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Taken from: http://www.romereports.com/palio/For-over-50-years-nuns-at-a-convent-in-Rome-pray-for-Russia-english-2562.html

The Fatima Message



 

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Fatima is a call from the Mother of God for a renewed fidelity to penance and prayer, which basically is the message of the Gospel. Too, it brings out the desire of Our Lord that His Mother be better known, loved and venerated through devotion to her Immaculate Heart.

THE REQUESTS OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF FATIMA

1. THE DAILY ROSARY FOR PEACE:
   "Pray the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary to obtain peace in the world . . . for she alone can save it." (Our Lady, July 13, 1917)
   "God has placed peace in her hands, and it is from the Immaculate Heart that men must ask it." (Jacinta, shortly before her death)
   "When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery: 'O Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to Heaven, especially those who have most need of your mercy.' " (June 13, 1917)
   
   (Every Rosary increases Mary's power to crush the head of the Serpent and to destroy his evil power in the world.)
   
   
2. DEVOTION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY:
   "Jesus wishes to establish devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. I promise salvation to those who embrace it." (June 13, 1917)
   
   1. FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTIONS, which include:
      
      • reception of Holy Communion, and Confession (within 8 days before or after)
      • pray five decades of the Rosary
      • spend 15 minutes in meditation on the mysteries of the Rosary.
      
      (All the above to be offered up in reparation for sins and ingratitude against the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady.)
   2. OFFERING IN REPARATION THE SACRIFICES, TRIALS AND CROSSES OF LIFE, especially those sacrifices involved in keeping God's Commandments, and in fulfilling the duties of one's state in life - offering them through the Immaculate Heart of Mary in reparation to the Divine Majesty so offended by sin, and for the conversion of sinners.
      "Sacrifice yourselves for sinners and say often whenever you make a sacrifice: 'O Jesus, it is for love of You, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary.' " (Our Lady, July 13, 1917)
      "Pray much and make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to make sacrifices for them." (Our Lady, August 19, 1917)
      
   3. CONSECRATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY. Any formula may be used which expresses a sincere confiding of oneself without reserve.

The Fatima Message:

• Penance
• Prayer
• Devotion to Immaculate Heart of Mary
Devotion of the Five First Saturdays
Why Five Saturdays?
Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Fatima-A True Perspective
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
To Jesus through Mary
The Rosary (with Meditations)
Mary's Call to Prayer and Penance
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fatima Prayers
Hymns
Rosary Confraternity

 

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Taken from: http://www.rosary-center.org/fatima.htm

"Make sacrifices for sinners".

 



Apparition of 13 July 1917 As the July date approached Lucia continued to be troubled by the words of her pastor that the devil might be behind the apparitions. Finally, she confided to Jacinta that she intended not to go. When the day finally dawned, however, her fears and anxieties disappeared, so that the noon hour found her in the Cova with Jacinta and Francisco, awaiting the arrival of the beautiful Lady. The apparition of July 13th would prove to be in many ways the most controversial aspect of the message of Fátima, providing a secret in three parts which the children guarded zealously. The first two parts, the vision of hell and the prophecy of the future role of Russia and how to prevent it, would not be revealed until Sr. Lucia wrote them down in her third memoir, at the request of the bishop, in 1941. The third part, usually called the Third Secret, was only later communicated to the bishop, who sent it unread to Pope Pius XII. Video A few moments after arriving at the Cova da Iria, near the holmoak, where a large number of people were praying the Rosary, we saw the flah of light once more, and a moment later Our Lady appeared on the holmoak. "Lucia," Jacinta said, "speak. Our Lady is talking to you. "Yes?" said Lucia. She spoke humbly, asking pardon for her doubts with every gesture, and to the Lady: "What do you want of me?" I want you to come back here on the thirteenth of next month. Continue to say the Rosary every day in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary, to obtain the peace of the world and the end of the war, because only she can obtain it. "Yes, "yes." "I would like to ask who you are, and if you will do a miracle so that everyone will know for certain that you have appeared to us." You must come here every month, and in October I will tell you who I am and what I want. I will then perform a miracle so that all may believe. Thus assured, Lucia began to place before the Lady the petitions for help that so many had entrusted to her. The Lady said gently that she would cure some, but others she would not cure. "And the crippled son of Maria da Capelinha?" No, neither of his infirmity nor of his poverty would he be cured, and he must be certain to say the Rosary with his family every day. Another case recommended by Lucia to the Lady's assistance was a sick woman from Atougia who asked to be taken to heaven. Tell her not to be in a hurry. Tell her I know very well when I shall come to fetch her." Make sacrifices for sinners, and say often, especially while making a sacrifice: O Jesus, this is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for offences committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary. As Our lady spoke these words she opened her hands once more, as had during the two previous months. The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now following back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. (it must have been this sight which caused me to cry out, as people say they heard me do). The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying nad repellant likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals. terrified and as if to plead for succor, we looked up at Our Lady, who said to us, so kindly and so sadly: You have seen hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. It is to save them that God wants to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved, and there will be peace. This war will end, but if men do not refrain from offending God, another and more terrible war will begin during the pontificate of Pius XI. When you see a night that is lit by a strange and unknown light [this occurred on January 28, 1938], you will know it is the sign God gives you that He is about to punish the world with war and with hunger, and by the persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to the world to ask that Russia be consecrated to my Immaculate Heart, and I shall ask that on the First Saturday of every month Communions of reparation be made in atonement for the sins-of the world. If my wishes are fulfilled, Russia will be converted and there will be peace; if not, then Russia will spread her errors throughout the world, bringing new wars and persecution of the Church; the good will be martyred and the Holy Father will have much to suffer; certain nations will be annihilated. But in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she will be converted, and the world will enjoy a period of peace. In Portugal the faith will always be preserved... [Here belongs the part of the Secret of which Cardinal Sodano spoke at the Mass of Beatification, and which the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith will publish, with commentary.] Remember, you must not tell this to anyone except Francisco. When you pray the Rosary, say after each mystery: O my Jesus, forgive us, save us from the fire of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those who are most in need. "Is there anything more that you want of me?" No, I do not want anything more of you today. Then as before Our Lady began to ascend towards the east, until she finally disappeared in the immense darkness of the firmament. The possession of the Secret proved to be very great trial for the three young ones. Family, neighbors, followers of the apparitions, even the clergy, tried unsuccessfully to get them to reveal it. Finally, as the day of the August apparition approached even the civil government, which was secular and virulently anti-clerical, alarmed by the numbers of people taking an interest in the Fátima events, attempted to wrest it from them and in the process expose the Church as a collaborator in a fraud.

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Pope Francis: prayer requires courage, tenacity

 

2013-07-01 Vatican Radio

 

(Vatican Radio) We must pray with courage to the Lord, and with tenacity just as Abraham did. That’s what Pope Francis said to the faithful gathered for early morning Mass in the chapel of the Vatican guest house Santa Marta Monday. The Pope reiterated that praying is also “negotiating with the Lord,” even coming “out of left field” as Jesus teaches us.

Listen to Tracey McClure's report:

Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Secretary Bishop Brian Farrell concelebrated today’s mass which was attended by members and staff of the same council.

In his homily, Pope Francis referred to Abraham’s courage and tenacity in appealing to the Lord to spare the city of Sodom from destruction. Pope Francis drew from the First Reading, observing that “Abraham is a courageous man and prays with courage.” Abraham, he said, “finds the strength to speak face to face with the Lord and attempts to defend that city.” And he does it with tenacity. In the Bible therefore, the Pope said, we can see that “prayer must be courageous.”

 

“When we speak of courage we always think of apostolic courage – going out to preach the Gospel, these sort of things…But there’s also (the kind of) courage (demonstrated) before the Lord. That sense of paralysis before the Lord: going courageous before the Lord to request things. It makes you laugh a bit; this is funny because Abraham speaks with the Lord in a special way, with this courage, and one doesn’t know: is this a man who prays or is this a‘phoenician deal’ because he’s bartering the price, down, down…And he’s tenacious: from fifty he’s succeeded in lowering the price down to ten. He knew that it wasn’t possible. Only that it was right…. But with that courage, with that tenacity, he went ahead.”

 

Sometimes, the Pope said, one goes to the Lord “to ask something for someone;” one asks for a favor and then goes away. “But that,” he warned, “is not prayer,” because if “you want the Lord to bestow a grace, you have to go with courage and do what Abraham did, with that sort of tenacity.” The Pope recalled that Jesus himself tells us that we must pray as the widow with the judge, like the man who goes in the middle of the night to knock on his friend’s door. With tenacity.

In fact, he observed, Jesus himself praised the woman who tenaciously begged for the healing of her daughter. Tenacity, said the Pope, even though it’s tiring, is really “tiresome.” But this, he added, “is the attitude of prayer.” Saint Teresa, he recalled, “speaks of prayer as negotiating with the Lord” and this “is possible only when there’s familiarity with the Lord.” It is tiring, it’s true, he repeated, but “this is prayer, this is receiving a grace from God.” The Pope stressed here the same sort of reasoning that Abraham uses in his prayer: “take up the arguments, the motivations of Jesus’ own heart.”

 

“To convince the Lord with the Lord’s own virtues! That is beautiful! Abraham’s appeal goes to the heart of the Lord and Jesus teaches us the same: ‘the Father knows things. The Father – don’t worry – sends rain down on the just and the sinners, the sun for the just and for the sinners.’ With that argumentation, Abraham forges ahead. I will stop here: praying is negotiating with the Lord, even becoming inappropriate with the Lord. Praying is praising the Lord in the beautiful things he shares and telling him that he bestow these beautiful things on us. And (appealing to him) who is so merciful, so good, to help us!”

 

Pope Francis then urged everyone to spend no more than five minutes each day to read Psalm 102:

 

‘Bless the LORD, O my soul;

and all my being, bless his holy name.Bless the LORD, O my soul,

and forget not all his benefits. He pardons all your iniquities,

he heals all your ills.He redeems your life from destruction,

he crowns you with kindness and compassion.’

 

“Pray all of this psalm and with this we learn the things we must say to the Lord when we request a grace. ‘You who are Merciful and forgiving, grant me this grace:’ just as Abraham did and as Moses did. We forge ahead in prayer, courageous, and with these motivations which come right from the heart of God himself.”

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Taken from: http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-prayer-requires-courage-tenacity