Explosion of divine energy!

Second Sunday of Lent

Then Peter said to Jesus in reply:  

"Lord, it is good that we are here". - Matthew 17:4a (Today's Liturgy)

 

Artist: Carl Bloch ~ Transfiguration

Excerpt below from:  Letters To A Brother Priest (pg 9) Co-authored by Rev Fr Vincent Martin Lucia  and Rev Msgr Josefino Ramirez

"Peter, James and John witnessed the Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. The whole world will witness the glorious transfiguration of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament.

It will have the exact opposite effect of the bombing of Nagasaki. At the transfiguration of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, there will be an explosion of divine energy which will release the power of His love and renew the face of the earth. Then the world will see Real Power! All will be made well. All will belong to His Heart. All will be made one.

In the meantime, there are five graces we receive each time we visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. By His glorious wounds we are the ones who are transfigured and changed through His healing love. Restoration, sanctification, transformation, reparation and salvation are the graces being poured out graciously upon us with each holy hour we make.

Like Peter... this is why we should exclaim in His Divine Presence, 'Lord, how good it is for us to be here!'"

The look of Love...

  All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;

my sighing is not hidden from you. - Psalm 38:9

 

 

“With all my heart I desire You,

O Bread of Angels!

Do not look on my unworthiness

which separates me from You,

but look on Your love which so often

has invited me to approach You.”

St Louise de Marillac

Mother, Religious

Co-founder, with St. Vincent de Paul,

of the Daughters of Charity

France ~ 1591-1660

Incorrupt

Feast Day - March 15

 

"How good it is to trust God! Turn to Him often,

as children look to their father and mother in their needs." - St Louise 

Click here: St Louise de Marillac - March 15 - YouTube (1:45 mins)

Holy card:  http://thewindowshowsitall.blogspot.com/2008/02/bread-of-angels.html

 

St Louise de Marillac, pray for us! 

Love begets love

 "I have decided not to let this Lent go by like rain on stones,

leaving no trace.  I will let it soak into me, changing me.

I will be converted, I will turn again to the Lord

and love Him as He wants to be loved."- St Josemaria Escriva

 

St Philip Neri celebrates Mass

“A man who fails to love the Mass

fails to love Christ.

We must make an effort to 'live' the Mass

with calm and serenity,

with devotion and affection.”  

St Josemaria Escriva

Heeding His reminder...

 Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others

better than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests,

but also to the interests of others. - Phil 2:3, 4

“Let us ask ourselves:  how do I follow Jesus? 

Jesus speaks in silence in the Mystery of the Eucharist. 

He reminds us every time that following Him

means going out of ourselves and

not making our life a possession of our own,

but rather a gift to Him and to others.” 

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta ~ Photo credit:  Homer Page (1957)

Pope Francis

Corpus Christi Homily, 05/30/13

Happy and holy one year Anniversary of your Pontificate,

dearest Pope Francis!

You have the continued pledge of our love and prayers!

Holy Remedies

 "Ask Jesus to make you a Saint. After all, only He can do that. Go to confession regularly and to Communion as often as you can."

-St Dominic Savio

"In the life of St Philip Neri, we read that one day a young man who was leading a very impure life came to the saint to Confession.  St Philip, knowing that there was no better remedy against concupiscence than the most sacred Body of Jesus Christ, counseled him to frequent the Sacraments.  By this means he was in a short time entirely freed from his vicious habits and became pure like an angel. 

Oh, how many souls have made the same experience!   Ask any Christian who has once lived in sin and afterwards truly amended, from what moment he began to get the better of his passions, and he will answer, from the moment that he began to frequent the Sacraments. 

How should it be otherwise? Jesus calms the winds and seas by a single word.  What storm will be able to resist His power?  What gust of passion will not subside when, on entering the soul, He says:  'Peace be with thee; be not afraid; it is I!’ The danger of mortal sin, however, arises not only from the strength of our passions, but also from the violence of the temptations with which the devil assails us; and against these, too, the Blessed Sacrament protects us."

Michael Mueller, C.S.S.R.

Excerpt:  The Blessed Sacrament,

Our Greatest Treasure (Pg 103-04)

Let us make frequent and good Confessions during Lent -

that we may make frequent and good Communions.  

Offer a MEMORARE now in thanksgiving for priests - 

who generously bring us the Sacraments!  

MEMORARE, O piissima Virgo Maria, non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia, esse derelictum. Ego tali animatus confidentia, ad te, Virgo Virginum, Mater, curro, ad te venio, coram te gemens peccator assisto. Noli, Mater Verbi, verba mea despicere; sed audi propitia et exaudi. Amen.

REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen. Would you like to congratulate our dear Pope Francis on his first anniversary (Thurs, March 13) as Pontiff  ?  It is now possible thanks to a newly launched website titled GrazieFrancesco.com To view the video click here.