Saturday, January 16, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Pray for Haiti and Donate Here!
+Catholic Haiti Emergency Relief+
Catholic Relief Services: http://www.crs.org/
Cross International Catholic Outreach: http://asoft156.securesites.net/secure/crosscatholic/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Haiti-Earthquake-Emergency-Relief
Haiti Mission, Inc.: http://www.haitimissioninc.com/
Catholic Relief Services: http://www.crs.org/
Cross International Catholic Outreach: http://asoft156.securesites.net/secure/crosscatholic/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=Haiti-Earthquake-Emergency-Relief
Haiti Mission, Inc.: http://www.haitimissioninc.com/
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Obama TSA Nominee Erroll Southers Calls Pro-Life Advocates Terrorists in Video
http://www.lifenews.com/nat5861.html
Really now, who are the terrorists? The ones who want to save the lives of their unborn brothers and sisters, or the ones who invade the sanctuary of a mother's womb wielding scalpels and caustics?
Really now, who are the terrorists? The ones who want to save the lives of their unborn brothers and sisters, or the ones who invade the sanctuary of a mother's womb wielding scalpels and caustics?
Monday, December 7, 2009
Memorial of St. Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor
Prayer That We May Seek God and Find Him
Lord, teach me to seek you,
and reveal yourself to me when I seek you.
For I cannot seek you unless you first teach me,
nor find you unless you first reveal yourself to me.
Let me seek you in longing and long for you in seeking.
Let me find you in love, and love you in finding.
+St. Ambrose of Milan
Lord, teach me to seek you,
and reveal yourself to me when I seek you.
For I cannot seek you unless you first teach me,
nor find you unless you first reveal yourself to me.
Let me seek you in longing and long for you in seeking.
Let me find you in love, and love you in finding.
+St. Ambrose of Milan
Selected Works and Letters of St. Ambrose: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf210.toc.html
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
U.S. Bishops Launch Grassroots Effort to Fight for Catholic Concerns on Health Care
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17536
Information about the grassroots campaign can be found at: http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/official_documents.shtml#alerts
Information about the grassroots campaign can be found at: http://www.usccb.org/healthcare/official_documents.shtml#alerts
Friday, October 16, 2009
New Report Suggests Over 1 Billion Abortions Committed
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/oct/09101604.html
That's nearly the population of India (1,170,270,000) and almost 17.23% of the world's population!
That's nearly the population of India (1,170,270,000) and almost 17.23% of the world's population!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Maxims for Attaining Perfection
by St. Alphonsus Liguori
1. To desire ardently to increase in the love of Jesus Christ.
2. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
3. Often to meditate on his Passion.
4. Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love.
5. To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions.
6. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
7. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
8. To desire Paradise and death, in order to be able to love Jesus Christ perfectly and for all eternity.
9. Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
10. To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
11. To rejoice in the happiness of God.
12. To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
13. To desire and to endeavor that all should love Jesus Christ.
14. To pray always for sinners and for the souls in purgatory.
15. To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
16. Always to have recourse to the most holy Mary, that she may obtain for us the love of Jesus Christ.
17. To honor Mary in order to please Jesus Christ.
18. To seek to please Jesus Christ in all your actions,
19. To offer yourself to Jesus Christ to suffer any pain for his love.
20. To be always determined to die rather than commit a willful venial sin.
21. To suffer crosses patiently, saying, "Thus it pleases Jesus Christ."
22. To renounce your own pleasures for the love of Jesus Christ.
23. To pray as much as possible.
24. To practice all the mortifications that obedience permits.
25. To do all your spiritual exercises as if it were for the last time.
26. To persevere in good works in the time of aridity.
27. Not to do nor yet to leave undone anything through human respect.
28. Not to complain in sickness.
29. To love solitude, to be able to converse alone with Jesus Christ.
30. To drive away melancholy [i.e. gloom].
31. Often to recommend yourself to those persons who love Jesus Christ.
32. In temptation, to have recourse to Jesus crucified, and to Mary in her sorrows.
33. To trust entirely in the Passion of Jesus Christ.
34. After committing a fault, not to be discouraged, but to repent and resolve to amend.
35. To do good to those who do evil.
36. To speak well of all, and to excuse the intention when you cannot defend the action.
37. To help your neighbor as much as you can.
38. Neither to say nor to do anything that might vex him. And if you have been wanting in charity, to ask his pardon and speak kindly to him.
39. Always to speak with mildness and in a low tone.
40. To offer to Jesus Christ all the contempt and persecution that you meet with.
41. To look upon [religious] Superiors as the representatives of Jesus Christ.
42. To obey without answering and without repugnance, and not to seek your own satisfaction in anything.
43. To like the lowest employment.
44. To like the poorest things.
45. Not to speak either good or evil of yourself.
46. To humble yourself even towards inferiors.
47. Not to excuse yourself when you are reproved.
48. Not to defend yourself when found fault with.
49. To be silent when you are disquieted [i.e. upset].
50. Always to renew your determination of becoming a saint, saying, "My Jesus, I desire to be all Yours, and You must be all mine."
2. Often to make acts of love towards Jesus Christ. Immediately on waking, and before going to sleep, to make an act of love, seeking always to unite your own will to the will of Jesus Christ.
3. Often to meditate on his Passion.
4. Always to ask Jesus Christ for his love.
5. To communicate often, and many times in the day to make spiritual Communions.
6. Often to visit the Most Holy Sacrament.
7. Every morning to receive from the hands of Jesus Christ himself your own cross.
8. To desire Paradise and death, in order to be able to love Jesus Christ perfectly and for all eternity.
9. Often to speak of the love of Jesus Christ.
10. To accept contradictions for the sake of Jesus Christ.
11. To rejoice in the happiness of God.
12. To do that which is most pleasing to Jesus Christ, and not to refuse him anything that is agreeable to him.
13. To desire and to endeavor that all should love Jesus Christ.
14. To pray always for sinners and for the souls in purgatory.
15. To drive from your heart every affection that does not belong to Jesus Christ.
16. Always to have recourse to the most holy Mary, that she may obtain for us the love of Jesus Christ.
17. To honor Mary in order to please Jesus Christ.
18. To seek to please Jesus Christ in all your actions,
19. To offer yourself to Jesus Christ to suffer any pain for his love.
20. To be always determined to die rather than commit a willful venial sin.
21. To suffer crosses patiently, saying, "Thus it pleases Jesus Christ."
22. To renounce your own pleasures for the love of Jesus Christ.
23. To pray as much as possible.
24. To practice all the mortifications that obedience permits.
25. To do all your spiritual exercises as if it were for the last time.
26. To persevere in good works in the time of aridity.
27. Not to do nor yet to leave undone anything through human respect.
28. Not to complain in sickness.
29. To love solitude, to be able to converse alone with Jesus Christ.
30. To drive away melancholy [i.e. gloom].
31. Often to recommend yourself to those persons who love Jesus Christ.
32. In temptation, to have recourse to Jesus crucified, and to Mary in her sorrows.
33. To trust entirely in the Passion of Jesus Christ.
34. After committing a fault, not to be discouraged, but to repent and resolve to amend.
35. To do good to those who do evil.
36. To speak well of all, and to excuse the intention when you cannot defend the action.
37. To help your neighbor as much as you can.
38. Neither to say nor to do anything that might vex him. And if you have been wanting in charity, to ask his pardon and speak kindly to him.
39. Always to speak with mildness and in a low tone.
40. To offer to Jesus Christ all the contempt and persecution that you meet with.
41. To look upon [religious] Superiors as the representatives of Jesus Christ.
42. To obey without answering and without repugnance, and not to seek your own satisfaction in anything.
43. To like the lowest employment.
44. To like the poorest things.
45. Not to speak either good or evil of yourself.
46. To humble yourself even towards inferiors.
47. Not to excuse yourself when you are reproved.
48. Not to defend yourself when found fault with.
49. To be silent when you are disquieted [i.e. upset].
50. Always to renew your determination of becoming a saint, saying, "My Jesus, I desire to be all Yours, and You must be all mine."
Saturday, July 18, 2009
STOP THE ABORTION MANDATE!
Join the URGENT nationwide webcast event on Thursday, July 23, to prevent Washington D.C. bureaucrats and abortion industry lobbyists from forcing YOU to pay for abortions.: http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
The Pro-Life Group Human Life International Introduces Free Online Pamphlets
The Pro-Life Talking Points series is meant to provide pro-life activists with clear and concise information with which to argue against common misinformation they will encounter while debating life issues.:
http://www.hli.org/index.php/component/content/248?task=view
http://www.hli.org/index.php/component/content/248?task=view
Caritas in Veritate-Love in Truth
Pope Benedict highlights 'strong link' between life issues and social ethics in new encyclical.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20090629_caritas-in-veritate_en.html
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Oh, Canada! Powerful Video on Development & Peace Scandal
In 2009, investigative reporters from LifeSiteNews.com discovered a widespread scandal with the funding practices of the Canadian Catholic Organization For Development and Peace (CCODP). This official agency of the Canadian Catholic Bishops has been funding pro-abortion groups.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09062206.html
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jun/09062206.html
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Pope: A Life of Prayer and Charity Like Padre Pio
Benedict XVI visits San Giovanni Rotondo and proposes the characteristics of the Saint from Pietrelcina to Capuchin monks, Padre Pio spiritual groups and all faithful. “Simplicity”, humility and having been “seized by Christ”, the characteristics of Padre Pio, part of the inheritance he left his brother Capuchins, the prayer groups inspired by him and all Christians, to combat secularism and activism.
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15574&geo=1&size=A
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15574&geo=1&size=A
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Novena Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
O Most Blessed Mother, heart of love, heart of mercy, ever listening, caring, consoling, hear our prayer. As your children, we implore your intercession with Jesus your Son. Receive with understanding and compassion the petitions we place before you today, especially ...(special intention).
We are comforted in knowing your heart is ever open to those who ask for your prayer. We trust to your gentle care and intercession, those whom we love and who are sick or lonely or hurting. Help all of us, Holy Mother, to bear our burdens in this life until we may share eternal life and peace with God forever. Amen.
Friday, June 19, 2009
+Prayer For Priests+
Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry.We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). May your priests have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priests be holy, filled with the fire of your loveseeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen. Saint John Vianney, pray for us.
-From the USCCB
-From the USCCB
On the occasion of his ordination to the priesthood, St. Norbert said, "O Priest! You are not yourself because you are God. You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ. You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church. You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man. You are not from yourself because you are nothing. What then are you? Nothing and everything. O Priest! Take care lest what was said to Christ on the cross be said to you: 'He saved others, himself he cannot save!'"
"The priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus."
+St. John Vianney
+St. John Vianney
"The priesthood is an astounding miracle, great, immense, and infinite."
+St. Ephrem
+St. Ephrem
"One kneels in the consciousness of one's nothingness and rises a Priest forever."
+St. John Vianney
+St. John Vianney
"The gift of the sacerdotal dignity surpasses all understanding. For us it is enough to know, that Jesus Christ has said that we should treat his priests as we would treat his own person: "He who hears you, hears Me; he who despises you, despises Me."
+St. Ephrem
+St. Ephrem
"When you see the priest, think of our Lord Jesus Christ."
+Saint John Vianney
+Saint John Vianney
"He who honors a priest, honors Christ; and he who insults a priest, insults Christ."
+St. John Chrysostom
+St. John Chrysostom
"To love God and not to revere the priest … this is not possible."
+St. Josemaría Escrivá
+St. Josemaría Escrivá
"Knowing then the greatness of their (priests') danger, treat them with much consideration, for as St. Paul says: They watch for your souls; and not simply this but as having to render an account of them. Because of this you must treat them with honor."
+St. John Chrysostom
+St. John Chrysostom
"If I saw an angel and a priest, I would bend my knee; first to the priest and then to the angel."
+St. Francis of Assisi
+St. Francis of Assisi
"O venerable dignity of priests, in whose hands the Son of God becomes incarnate anew as He formerly became incarnate in the womb of Mary!"
+St. Augustine
+St. Augustine
"All the good works in the world are not equal to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass because they are the works of men; but the Mass is the work of God. Martyrdom is nothing in comparison, for it is but the sacrifice of man to God; but the Mass is the sacrifice of God for man."
+St. John Vianney
+St. John Vianney
"The power of the priest is the power of the Divine person; for the transubstantiation of the bread requires as much power as the creation of the world."
+St. Bernardino of Sienna
+St. Bernardino of Sienna
"As by the Word of God, Jesus our Savior was made Flesh and had both Flesh and Blood for our salvation, so also the food which has been blessed by the word of prayer instituted by Him is both the Flesh and Blood of Jesus Incarnate."
+St. Justin Martyr
+St. Justin Martyr
"As the Word of God created Heaven and earth, the words of the priest create Jesus Christ.” At a sign from God there came forth from nothing both the sublime vault of the Heavens and the vast extent of the earth; but not less great is the power that manifests itself in the mysterious words of the priest."
+St. Jerome
+St. Jerome
Sacred Heart Of Jesus, Have Mercy On Us!
Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Divine Jesus, You have said, "Ask and you shall receive; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you." Behold me kneeling at Your feet, filled with a lively faith and confidence in the promises dictated by Your Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary. I come to ask this favor: (Mention your request).
To whom can I turn if not to You, Whose Heart is the source of all graces and merits? Where should I seek if not in the treasure which contains all the riches of Your kindness and mercy? Where should I knock if not at the door through which God gives Himself to us and through which we go to God? I have recourse to You, Heart of Jesus. In You I find consolation when afflicted, protection when persecuted, strength when burdened with trials, and light in doubt and darkness.
Dear Jesus, I firmly believe that You can grant me the grace I implore, even though it should require a miracle. You have only to will it and my prayer will be granted. I admit that I am most unworthy of Your favors, but this is not a reason for me to be discouraged. You are the God of mercy, and You will not refuse a contrite heart. Cast upon me a look of mercy, I beg of You, and Your kind Heart will find in my miseries and weakness a reason for granting my prayer.
Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.
Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.
Sacred Heart, whatever may be Your decision with regard to my request, I will never stop adoring, loving, praising, and serving You. My Jesus, be pleased to accept this my act of perfect resignation to the decrees of Your adorable Heart, which I sincerely desire may be fulfilled in and by me and all Your creatures forever.
Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate Heart of Your most sorrowful Mother. You entrusted me to her as her child, and her prayers are all-powerful with You. Amen.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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