Divine Mercy...

Message to the instruments of Divine Mercy

Cologne (Germany), May 13, 1980

63 Anniversary of the 1st. Apparition of Fatima

The times of battle.

"It's time for my big battle!

As you see and you are living now part of my plan, hidden in the secret of my Immaculate Heart.

The Holy Trinity has entrusted me to guide me the mission of his army in the terrible struggle against Satan, who has always been the most cunning and ruthless enemy of God.

God has entrusted to me, the youngest servant of the Lord, the implementation of its plan for the victorious spirit of pride and rebellion can be defeated once again by humility and obedience of your heavenly Mother.

My adversary has dared to attack the Holy Trinity, obscuring his great work of love and glory.

Has obscured the Work of the Father, seducing other creatures to rebel against God, through the rise of atheism in such as mankind had ever known.

To make sterile the Son's redeeming work, has tried to obscure his Church, infiltrating inside the error and infidelity spreading like a terrible cancer.

It has turned the answer to the Pope, whom he has placed in the church as a center of unity and as custodian of truth.

Has obscured the work of the Holy Spirit, making off in many souls the light of divine life through sin.

Many easily commit to warrant it and many do not admit it.

But the "woman clothed with the sun", which has already started its great battle, carries out every day through you, my faithful little army.

Through you I will return to its glory the work of creation, redemption and sanctification, so that the Holy Trinity received its greatest glory.

Not troubled by the darkness that has spread because it is part of the plan of my Adversary, by contrast, is part of my victorious plan to drive away darkness that the Light can return to all parties.

And the light shine in the creation, when it re-sing of love and glory of God, after the defeat of all forms of atheism and rebellion pride.

The Church will fully shine the light of truth, fidelity, unity. My Son Jesus fully revealed, and so the Church will become light to all nations of the earth.

In the souls will shine the Light of Grace. The Holy Spirit is communicated to them in abundance to lead them to the perfection of love.

Are the days of my great battle.

The woman clothed with the sun fighting the red dragon.

This I said at Fatima, to prepare for the fight that you too are called to fight.

Forward ever, with courage and confidence, your heavenly orders Captain. "

Gospel of the day...

Tuesday 17/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mt 11, 20-24.

Miracles.

Jesus began to berate those cities where he had performed more miracles, because they had become. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have long since become, putting sackcloth and covering with ash. I assure you, on the day of Judgment, Tyre and Sidon will be treated less rigorously than you. And you, Capernaum, do you think you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be precipitated into hell. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, the city still exist. I assure you, on the day of judgment, the land of Sodom is treated less rigorously than you. "

Reflection:

Serious words of Jesus to the cities, despite his having seen so many miracles, did penance and be converted.

And something similar can happen to us Catholics, because we have so many miracles of the Lord among us: the Eucharist, the Mass, Confession, all the sacraments, the Pope is infallible when teaching faith and morals, etc.., Etc. And sometimes it happens that's still not enough to be better, to become closer to the Lord, earnestly trying to be kinder, to be holy.

Consider that to whom more is given, much will be required. This is not to scare but to become aware that God has given us and we are very, very much, and we should be entitled too much.

He has entrusted their treasures to take advantage of that for good, and we must not stand idle, as if the Catholic Church is the center from where it spreads the truth, we can not keep it to ourselves, but must communicate to others, whether by prayer, by word and especially by example.

The Lord has given us much and we want to continue showering gifts, for whom he has will be given more and still have an abundance, but we know take what God entrusts to us and bear fruit. And bear fruit is simply love. Love God with all your soul, and our neighbor as ourselves.

Let us ask the Blessed Virgin the grace to open our eyes and realize that God has given us infinite treasures, of which we demand an accounting of how we have used and if we have multiplied.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Gospel of the day...

Monday 16/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mt 12, 46-50.

Our Lady of Carmen.

At that time Jesus was speaking to the crowd, when his mother and his relatives, who were outside, trying to talk to him. Someone said, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to talk." Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?". And pointing out to his disciples, said: "These are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, my sister and my mother. "

reflection:

Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of Carmen. At a time of great distress for the Carmelite Order, St. Simon Stock begged the Mother of God to give him a sign of His protection. And on July 16, 1251 the Blessed Virgin appeared with the Infant Jesus and presented him with a scapular, promising that all who die with him would not suffer eternal fire. "It is therefore a sign of salvation, safeguard in dangers, an alliance of peace and everlasting protection," said the Mother of God. The meaning of this promise is that the person who dies with the Scapular of the Virgin Mary will receive, at the time of death the grace of perseverance in the state of justice if it, or, otherwise, the grace of conversion and final perseverance. This "great promise" is valid not only for religious people who die along with the Scapular, but also for the faithful who wear the Scapular medal-small or scapular.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Saints...

Saints †

Our Lady of Carmen
Mount Carmel
Carmel is a mountain of Israel, starting from the region of Samaria, ends up sinking into the Mediterranean Sea, near the port of Haifa.
This height has a peculiar charm. It is different from Mount Nebo in Jordan, the massif of Sinai and the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
All the mountains have their memories theophanic Palestinian (ie manifestation of God), the peaks become sacred and mystical. But not so suggestive as Mount Carmel. Why San Juan de la Cruz took it as the symbol of the mystical ascent? Surely it was suggested the name of his own Carmelite Order. But surely there was some deeper intent that made her sympathetic to the mystery of the sacred mountain of the prophet Elijah.
A pious tradition holds that, since the days of the prophets Elijah and Elisha, in that area were men of prayer who lived in solitude in search of God. In the period of the Crusades arose among Christians the desire to live on that mountain of life dedicated to Christ. Thus arose in Carmel Carmelite life. The convent of Mount Carmel has an evocative name: "Stella Maris" (Star of the Sea). It's a beautiful building to 500 square meters above the sea level Mediterrano in the city of Haifa.
The center of the convent is occupied by the sanctuary of the Virgen del Carmen. In the high altar of this beautiful church on a Greek cross is venerated statue of the Virgen del Carmen, by an Italian sculptor in 1836.
Under the altar is the cave of Elijah. According to tradition, this was the place where the Prophet refuge. A statue reminds the zealous defender of the religion of Yahweh.
Carmelite Fathers tell us that it was not easy to remain Catholic on this mountain. It is true that, at the time of the Crusades, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Saint Albert, could give the hermits of Mount Carmel, a religious rule 1212. It is said that the Carmelite St. Simon Stock happened around here before his famous vision of Carmelite scapular.
Also went on pilgrimage to this holy mountain King St. Louis of France in 1254 in thanksgiving for being saved from a shipwreck.
With the fall of the city of Acre in 1291 came the Arab persecution led to the martyrdom of not a few religious. After a long interruption of monastic life in the mountains that gave rise to the expansion of the Carmelite ideal for the West, religious del Carmen returned to Mount Carmel by the seventeenth century.
The Star of the Sea
The sailors before the age of electronics trusted their way to the stars. Hence the analogy with the Virgin Mary who as star of the sea, guides us through the tricky waters of life towards the safe haven that is Christ.
For the invasion of the Saracens, the Carmelites were forced to leave Mount Carmel. An ancient tradition tells us that before leaving the Virgin appeared to them as they sang the Salve Regina and she promised to be for them the Star of the Sea that beautiful name also known as Our Lady Mount Carmel rises like a star next to sea

Gospel of the day...

Sunday 15/JUL/12
Gospel of the day

Mk 6: 7-13.

The Lord sends us.

Jesus called the Twelve and sent them two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits. And commanded them that they should take to the road more than a stick, no food, no supplies, no money, they were shod with sandals and did not have two tunics. He said, "Stay in the house where accommodation to give them time to leave. If you do not receive a place and people will not listen, to get out, shake the dust from their feet for a testimony against them. "Then they went to preach, urging conversion, drove out many demons and healed many sick, anointing them with oil.

reflection:

Also today Jesus sends his apostles, that we are Catholics. And how should we preach? With the word but especially with our actions. Invite the conversion is urgent at this time, since according to several apparitions of the Blessed Virgin are very close to the Lord's Day, and we must be converted to meet that day to be prepared to meet the Lord who comes. Turn means to begin fulfilling the commandments of the Law of God and follow the teachings that Jesus left us in his Gospel, to live well in God's grace and be prepared for the coming of the Lord, either to his Second Coming at the end of the times, or for particularly coming for each of us at the time of our death.

Let us ask the Blessed Virgin the grace to be ardent evangelists in these times as strong, marked by the mercy of God and that we seize every moment and circumstance to be apostles of the Lord.

Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls.

Spiritual childhood...

spiritual childhood

Joy.
Something we must cultivate in ourselves if we are infants in the spiritual life, the joy, because the evidence of life try to hacérnosla lose and a life without joy is very difficult to live.
And how not to lose the joy with the terrible things that happen in the world?
Just know that whatever happens, how terrible it is, is governed by God, and if it has happened, is because God willed it, or at least, has allowed for good.
Then, knowing that God rules all and loves us all and we are happy to retain the joy despite all evidence that we put the devil on the road.
And if we have a constant joy, then invoke Mary, the Rosary recémosle, Let us sing songs and praises, and then yes we will be happy all the time, with a smile to our neighbors. And not only we will be happy, but give happiness, joy and peace to our people and everyone who crosses our path.
Let us imitate the birds who are always happy with some settle, and sing to the rising sun and are not ambitious. Sometimes we lose our peace and joy because we envision what we should not covet, and how we fail, we get sad and melancholy, even morose.
Let go of those chains that have imprisoned us and fly free in the love of God in the joy of knowing we are loved by God, and with the certainty that awaits us down the road, happiness without end and without measure.

Beware...

Beware

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is an extravagant experiment,
or a technique of our time, not a theory
newly invented. And thus defy
you can turn into defeat.

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is a fad that can
drive at your leisure ...
or a puzzle that can
love your convenience ...
Not a top you can move your will ...
And much lower values,
you can melt into tears.

Be careful with life ...
Do not be looking for news!
Because it is an instrument of pleasure ...
Not a rope to stretch until you want ...
Not a toy that you put to work for fun ...
And both play with it, you can break
hands.

Be careful with life ...
Lest looking for new,
strangeness and sophistication ...
You go to escape salvation!

Bacardi Zenaida Argamasilla