Sunday, July 25, 2004
Message of July 25, 2004
"Dear children! I call you anew: be open to my messages. I desire, little children, to draw you all closer to my Son Jesus; therefore, you pray and fast. Especially I call you to pray for my intentions, so that I can present you to my Son Jesus for Him to transform and open your hearts to love. When you will have love in the heart, peace will rule in you. Thank you for having responded to my call."
"Dear children! I call you anew: be open to my messages. I desire, little children, to draw you all closer to my Son Jesus; therefore, you pray and fast. Especially I call you to pray for my intentions, so that I can present you to my Son Jesus for Him to transform and open your hearts to love. When you will have love in the heart, peace will rule in you.
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Message of May 25, 2004
"Dear children! Also today, I urge you to
consecrate yourselves to my Heart and to the Heart of my Son Jesus.
Only in this way will you be mine more each day and you will inspire
each other all the more to holiness. In this way joy will rule your
hearts and you will be carriers of peace and love. Thank you for
having responded to my call." 05/2004
"Dear children! Also today, I urge you to
consecrate yourselves to my Heart and to the Heart of my Son Jesus.
Only in this way will you be mine more each day and you will inspire
each other all the more to holiness. In this way joy will rule your
hearts and you will be carriers of peace and love. Thank you for
having responded to my call." 05/2004
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Message of July 25, 2000
"Dear children! Do not forget that you are here on earth on the way to eternity and that your home is in Heaven. That is why, little children, be open to God’s love and leave egoism and sin. May your joy be only in discovering God in daily prayer. That is why, make good use of this time and pray, pray, pray; and God is near to you in prayer
and through prayer.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Be open to God's love and leave egoism and sin.
Egoism...putting I before God, self before our fellows
is the oldest of sins. It was the putting of self
before God that led to the first sin.
It is putting my comfort, wealth, happiness, before
others that leads to exploitation of others, abuse,
divorce, and all the myriad human-caused griefs that we
inflict upon our poor world so often. It is egoism
that leads an adult to sexually abuse a child. It is
egoism that leads me to say hurtful things when my
partner or friend or child doesn't do what I want.
Our cure for this? Turning to God. Being focused on
him. And through this focus, we begin to see other
people as his children. We start treating other people
the way we would treat him.
And how do we turn this way? Through prayer. By
becoming God's companion through knowledge of him
through prayer, the scriptures, the liturgy. Through
converting, learning step by step, with his help and
our Lady's efforts, to be a child of God.
It's amazing. The cure for the world is not more I,
it's a lot less I and a lot more Thou...And God at the
center.
Prayer:
O Lord, you are our master, and our cure. Teach us
your ways that we may walk ever closer in your
footsteps, now and forever. Amen.
"Dear children! Do not forget that you are here on earth on the way to eternity and that your home is in Heaven. That is why, little children, be open to God’s love and leave egoism and sin. May your joy be only in discovering God in daily prayer. That is why, make good use of this time and pray, pray, pray; and God is near to you in prayer
and through prayer.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Be open to God's love and leave egoism and sin.
Egoism...putting I before God, self before our fellows
is the oldest of sins. It was the putting of self
before God that led to the first sin.
It is putting my comfort, wealth, happiness, before
others that leads to exploitation of others, abuse,
divorce, and all the myriad human-caused griefs that we
inflict upon our poor world so often. It is egoism
that leads an adult to sexually abuse a child. It is
egoism that leads me to say hurtful things when my
partner or friend or child doesn't do what I want.
Our cure for this? Turning to God. Being focused on
him. And through this focus, we begin to see other
people as his children. We start treating other people
the way we would treat him.
And how do we turn this way? Through prayer. By
becoming God's companion through knowledge of him
through prayer, the scriptures, the liturgy. Through
converting, learning step by step, with his help and
our Lady's efforts, to be a child of God.
It's amazing. The cure for the world is not more I,
it's a lot less I and a lot more Thou...And God at the
center.
Prayer:
O Lord, you are our master, and our cure. Teach us
your ways that we may walk ever closer in your
footsteps, now and forever. Amen.
Monday, February 16, 2004
Message of April 25, 1989
"Dear children! I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Let
everything that you possess be in the hands of God. Only in that way
shall you have joy in your heart. Little children, rejoice in everything
that you have. Give thanks to God because everything is God's gift to
you. That way in your life you shall be able to give thanks for
everything and discover God in everything even in the smallest flower.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
This is the hard stuff: total surrender to God, not holding back at all. The Blessed Mother is the only person I know who really managed this, but the saints give us great role models in how we can strive for this goal.
My favorite examples besides Mary are: Saint Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, the Little Flower...but there are plenty more of them: Blessed Emelda who died for love of the Eucharist. St. Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life so that another might live, after spending a lifetime spreading the good news. Blessed Anna Marie Taigi, who put obedience to her spiritual director and then to her husband as essentials, even when her husband was verbally abusive and when her spiritual directors did things which were not helpful. There are so many to choose from!
But me, I am a worm, as the saying goes. I long to always say yes, but something comes up, or my children drive me to distraction, or I receive bad news or a driver behaves rudely to me on the streets...and so on and so on.
Yet, even then, the Lord's message is such a wonderful thing, and our Lady's such a good mother, that I find myself stepping up, dusting off from where I fell, and trying again.
Prayer, confession, fasting, sacrifice...these help us to draw closer, more perfect. But most of all, it is having a loving God who stands before us, hands open, like a parent encouraging a baby to learn to walk. Like that baby, we may fall often, but like that baby, if we keep on trying, we will eventually tumble into our Father's hands, and be home at last.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, help us when the way seems so hard. Be with us as we fall. Each day may we draw closer to you, until you are the true center of our lives.
Immaculate Mary, thank you for being our mother, and helping us to draw ever closer to your son Jesus. Keep us always under your mantle until we are safe at last in his hands.
Amen.
"Dear children! I am calling you to a complete surrender to God. Let
everything that you possess be in the hands of God. Only in that way
shall you have joy in your heart. Little children, rejoice in everything
that you have. Give thanks to God because everything is God's gift to
you. That way in your life you shall be able to give thanks for
everything and discover God in everything even in the smallest flower.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
This is the hard stuff: total surrender to God, not holding back at all. The Blessed Mother is the only person I know who really managed this, but the saints give us great role models in how we can strive for this goal.
My favorite examples besides Mary are: Saint Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, the Little Flower...but there are plenty more of them: Blessed Emelda who died for love of the Eucharist. St. Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life so that another might live, after spending a lifetime spreading the good news. Blessed Anna Marie Taigi, who put obedience to her spiritual director and then to her husband as essentials, even when her husband was verbally abusive and when her spiritual directors did things which were not helpful. There are so many to choose from!
But me, I am a worm, as the saying goes. I long to always say yes, but something comes up, or my children drive me to distraction, or I receive bad news or a driver behaves rudely to me on the streets...and so on and so on.
Yet, even then, the Lord's message is such a wonderful thing, and our Lady's such a good mother, that I find myself stepping up, dusting off from where I fell, and trying again.
Prayer, confession, fasting, sacrifice...these help us to draw closer, more perfect. But most of all, it is having a loving God who stands before us, hands open, like a parent encouraging a baby to learn to walk. Like that baby, we may fall often, but like that baby, if we keep on trying, we will eventually tumble into our Father's hands, and be home at last.
Prayer:
Dear Lord, help us when the way seems so hard. Be with us as we fall. Each day may we draw closer to you, until you are the true center of our lives.
Immaculate Mary, thank you for being our mother, and helping us to draw ever closer to your son Jesus. Keep us always under your mantle until we are safe at last in his hands.
Amen.
Saturday, February 07, 2004
Message of June 25, 1992
"Dear children! Today I am happy, even if in my heart there is still a
little sadness for all those who have started on this path and then have
left it. My presence here is to take you on a new path, the path to
salvation. This is why I call you, day after day to conversion. But if
you do not pray, you cannot say that you are on the way to being
converted. I pray for you and I intercede to God for peace; first peace
in your hearts and also peace around you, so that God may be your peace.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Peace is one of those ideas that we humans seem to have trouble with. We talk about the beauty of peace, and go to war, constantly. Some parts of the world have been at war, off and on, for as long as I can remember. Peace in our world seems to be a longed for, but fleeting commodity.
But Our Lady knows the difference between the worldly concept of peace, which can never last, and God's concept, his peace plan. What does she tell us? She intercedes to God for peace for us. This is not some peace conference peace that so often imposes a end to hostilities that cannot be sustained because it doesn't change the root of the problem, but the true peace that Jesus promised.
God's peace starts with us, in our hearts. Jesus told us: He is our peace, and peace for us comes through him, through the change he makes in our lives. If we are converted, and live the way a Christian is supposed to live, we create islands of peace around us, easing the stresses and strains caused by sinful lifesyles, just by chosing for Christ.
We long for peace, but we look for it in the wrong places. It won't be found in peace conferences or legislatures or in law courts. True peace comes from God, from the changes he can make in our hearts and in how we live.
Each life we touch with this peace from God causes a ripple effect, and spreads more and more peace. The more people we can touch with the truth Our Lady is giving us, the more peace there will be in the world.
Prayer:
Lord, make us instruments of your peace! Help us spread the peace you give us every day, and teach us to avoid the occasion of strife. Help us to be converted into the people you want us to be, this day and always.
Amen.
"Dear children! Today I am happy, even if in my heart there is still a
little sadness for all those who have started on this path and then have
left it. My presence here is to take you on a new path, the path to
salvation. This is why I call you, day after day to conversion. But if
you do not pray, you cannot say that you are on the way to being
converted. I pray for you and I intercede to God for peace; first peace
in your hearts and also peace around you, so that God may be your peace.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Peace is one of those ideas that we humans seem to have trouble with. We talk about the beauty of peace, and go to war, constantly. Some parts of the world have been at war, off and on, for as long as I can remember. Peace in our world seems to be a longed for, but fleeting commodity.
But Our Lady knows the difference between the worldly concept of peace, which can never last, and God's concept, his peace plan. What does she tell us? She intercedes to God for peace for us. This is not some peace conference peace that so often imposes a end to hostilities that cannot be sustained because it doesn't change the root of the problem, but the true peace that Jesus promised.
God's peace starts with us, in our hearts. Jesus told us: He is our peace, and peace for us comes through him, through the change he makes in our lives. If we are converted, and live the way a Christian is supposed to live, we create islands of peace around us, easing the stresses and strains caused by sinful lifesyles, just by chosing for Christ.
We long for peace, but we look for it in the wrong places. It won't be found in peace conferences or legislatures or in law courts. True peace comes from God, from the changes he can make in our hearts and in how we live.
Each life we touch with this peace from God causes a ripple effect, and spreads more and more peace. The more people we can touch with the truth Our Lady is giving us, the more peace there will be in the world.
Prayer:
Lord, make us instruments of your peace! Help us spread the peace you give us every day, and teach us to avoid the occasion of strife. Help us to be converted into the people you want us to be, this day and always.
Amen.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
Message of September 25, 1993
"Dear children! I am your Mother and I invite you to come closer to God
through prayer because only He is your peace, your savior. Therefore,
little children, do not seek comfort in material things, but rather seek
God. I am praying for you and I intercede before God for each
individual. I am looking for your prayers that you accept me and accept
my messages as in the first days of the apparitions and only then when
you open your hearts and pray will miracles happen.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
In the consumer culture that dominates much of the
world today, we are taught to find satisfaction in
having the newest, best, biggest, fastest....our old
thing is too slow, too ugly, too old fashioned. New!
Improved! Be the first one on your block! If you don't
have our new whatever, you won't be cool enough, rich
enough, attract enough attention of the opposite sex.
And as a society we wonder why we go around totally
unfilled, restless, searching, aching for that
something to fill in the void. We may scrimp and save,
but our latest acquisition will only fill that gap a
little while, and then it too becomes old and "needs"
to be replaced.
Our Lady gives us the answer to all our modern angst.
"I invite you to come closer to God through prayer
because only He is your peace, your savior. Therefore,
little children, do not seek comfort in material
things, but rather seek God."
This is the true and only solution to the problems of
modern life. It can never be found in things. Things
pass away. Jesus told us we need to be sure where we're
putting our treasure. Our culture says, your treasure
is in having more and better. But it leaves us
achingly empty. Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who
labor, and I will give you rest. Accumulate your
treasures in heaven, because your heart will be where
that which you treasure is."
Things of this earth do not last. They leave us aching
for more. Only with Jesus can we find the peace that
lasts, because only heaven will last. And God so
lovingly invites us! And our Blessed Mother will hold
our hand every step of the way. Let us answer her plea
with a resounding "Yes!"
Prayer
O my Jesus! I hear you calling, "Come to Me!" May I,
like Mary, be always be ready and willing to answer
that call with "Yes, Lord,! Be it done to me according
to your word!" Amen.
"Dear children! I am your Mother and I invite you to come closer to God
through prayer because only He is your peace, your savior. Therefore,
little children, do not seek comfort in material things, but rather seek
God. I am praying for you and I intercede before God for each
individual. I am looking for your prayers that you accept me and accept
my messages as in the first days of the apparitions and only then when
you open your hearts and pray will miracles happen.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
In the consumer culture that dominates much of the
world today, we are taught to find satisfaction in
having the newest, best, biggest, fastest....our old
thing is too slow, too ugly, too old fashioned. New!
Improved! Be the first one on your block! If you don't
have our new whatever, you won't be cool enough, rich
enough, attract enough attention of the opposite sex.
And as a society we wonder why we go around totally
unfilled, restless, searching, aching for that
something to fill in the void. We may scrimp and save,
but our latest acquisition will only fill that gap a
little while, and then it too becomes old and "needs"
to be replaced.
Our Lady gives us the answer to all our modern angst.
"I invite you to come closer to God through prayer
because only He is your peace, your savior. Therefore,
little children, do not seek comfort in material
things, but rather seek God."
This is the true and only solution to the problems of
modern life. It can never be found in things. Things
pass away. Jesus told us we need to be sure where we're
putting our treasure. Our culture says, your treasure
is in having more and better. But it leaves us
achingly empty. Jesus says, "Come to me, all you who
labor, and I will give you rest. Accumulate your
treasures in heaven, because your heart will be where
that which you treasure is."
Things of this earth do not last. They leave us aching
for more. Only with Jesus can we find the peace that
lasts, because only heaven will last. And God so
lovingly invites us! And our Blessed Mother will hold
our hand every step of the way. Let us answer her plea
with a resounding "Yes!"
Prayer
O my Jesus! I hear you calling, "Come to Me!" May I,
like Mary, be always be ready and willing to answer
that call with "Yes, Lord,! Be it done to me according
to your word!" Amen.
Friday, January 30, 2004
Message of February 25, 2000
"Dear children! Wake up from the sleep of unbelief and sin, because this
is a time of grace which God gives you. Use this time and seek the grace
of healing of your heart from God, so that you may see God and man with
the heart. Pray in a special way for those who have not come to know
God's love, and witness with your life so that they also can come to
know God and His immeasurable love.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Here is our mission, then. It has been the mission of Christians from the beginning. We live in a time of grace - God has touched us with the reality of his love. He has died for us, shed his own blood so that we might live. He gave us everything he had to give, even his own mother. He kept nothing back for love of us.
He has given, and in return he wants us to respond. "Turn to me," he asks. "I will heal all the wounds in your heart and soul. I will fill your heart, bind your wounds, teach you to love. My love is generous, pouring out over everyone. You, my beloved, will be my hands and mouths and feet and eyes and smiles, spreading my love with your touch and words and looks and actions. Love me, be my channels of blessing on the world.
"How? By loving like I love. By letting your love shine. By seeing your fellow man as my child. By being my witness. By praying, not only for your friends, but for those who distress you."
The Blessed Mother doesn't come with a new teaching. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself." Yet she underlines how important, how serious the work is. "Wake up!" she pleads. "Be who you claim to be! Become that Christian you promised to be, because it is something serious! Come and know God! With God, transform the world!"
Prayer:
O Blessed Mother, help us hear your words to us. Teach us to listen ever more carefully to the words of your Son. Pray that our hearts will be transformed into the hearts he would have us have, and that we will always be open to His call.
Amen.
"Dear children! Wake up from the sleep of unbelief and sin, because this
is a time of grace which God gives you. Use this time and seek the grace
of healing of your heart from God, so that you may see God and man with
the heart. Pray in a special way for those who have not come to know
God's love, and witness with your life so that they also can come to
know God and His immeasurable love.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
Here is our mission, then. It has been the mission of Christians from the beginning. We live in a time of grace - God has touched us with the reality of his love. He has died for us, shed his own blood so that we might live. He gave us everything he had to give, even his own mother. He kept nothing back for love of us.
He has given, and in return he wants us to respond. "Turn to me," he asks. "I will heal all the wounds in your heart and soul. I will fill your heart, bind your wounds, teach you to love. My love is generous, pouring out over everyone. You, my beloved, will be my hands and mouths and feet and eyes and smiles, spreading my love with your touch and words and looks and actions. Love me, be my channels of blessing on the world.
"How? By loving like I love. By letting your love shine. By seeing your fellow man as my child. By being my witness. By praying, not only for your friends, but for those who distress you."
The Blessed Mother doesn't come with a new teaching. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and your neighbor as yourself." Yet she underlines how important, how serious the work is. "Wake up!" she pleads. "Be who you claim to be! Become that Christian you promised to be, because it is something serious! Come and know God! With God, transform the world!"
Prayer:
O Blessed Mother, help us hear your words to us. Teach us to listen ever more carefully to the words of your Son. Pray that our hearts will be transformed into the hearts he would have us have, and that we will always be open to His call.
Amen.
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
June 25, 1993
"Dear children! Today I also rejoice at your presence here. I bless you with my motherly blessing and intercede for each one of you before God. I call you anew to live my messages and to put them into life and practice. I am with you and bless all of you day by day. Dear children, these are special times and, therefore, I am with you to love and protect you; to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all closer to the heart of my Son, Jesus.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
I was looking at the headlines and news stories again, and felt the increasing horror at what I feel is the disaster our culture has become. "Lord," I thought, for the umpteenth time, "How long are you going to put up with this stuff?" It really gets frightening at times to think how far we've come since I was a girl.
But then, Our Lady tells us: "Dear children, these are special times and, therefore, I am with you to love and protect you; to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all closer to the heart of my Son, Jesus." These are special, not ordinary times. This means, even though the darkness seems to gather thick and dark, God is still in control. These are special times, and our willingness to witness is even more important than it might have once been. But we should not fear. Our Lady is with us to love and protect us, and where our Lady is, so is her Son, Jesus. Though the shadows grow dark and frightening, we are in the hands of our Mother, who will help us through the storm.
But we are expected to act like our Lady's children!
Prayer:
O Blessed Mother, thank you for coming to be with us in these dark days. Help us to ever walk the path that takes us closer to your son, Jesus, now and forever.
"Dear children! Today I also rejoice at your presence here. I bless you with my motherly blessing and intercede for each one of you before God. I call you anew to live my messages and to put them into life and practice. I am with you and bless all of you day by day. Dear children, these are special times and, therefore, I am with you to love and protect you; to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all closer to the heart of my Son, Jesus.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
I was looking at the headlines and news stories again, and felt the increasing horror at what I feel is the disaster our culture has become. "Lord," I thought, for the umpteenth time, "How long are you going to put up with this stuff?" It really gets frightening at times to think how far we've come since I was a girl.
But then, Our Lady tells us: "Dear children, these are special times and, therefore, I am with you to love and protect you; to protect your hearts from Satan and to bring you all closer to the heart of my Son, Jesus." These are special, not ordinary times. This means, even though the darkness seems to gather thick and dark, God is still in control. These are special times, and our willingness to witness is even more important than it might have once been. But we should not fear. Our Lady is with us to love and protect us, and where our Lady is, so is her Son, Jesus. Though the shadows grow dark and frightening, we are in the hands of our Mother, who will help us through the storm.
But we are expected to act like our Lady's children!
Prayer:
O Blessed Mother, thank you for coming to be with us in these dark days. Help us to ever walk the path that takes us closer to your son, Jesus, now and forever.
Sunday, January 18, 2004
Message of April 25, 2001
"Dear children! Also today, I call you to prayer. Little children, prayer works miracles. When you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, take the Rosary and pray; pray until prayer
becomes for you a joyful meeting with your Savior. I am with you, little children, and I intercede and pray for you.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
When you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, who do you turn to? In the Bible, we have the example of Job. After everything in his life that could go wrong went wrong, his wife and the friends told him to curse God and die. But that is only a human reaction, a reaction built of fear and frustration and not understanding the true reality of things - when everything seems to go wrong, we think maybe that God has failed us, or that we are sinful, or maybe worst of all, a loving God wouldn't let such evil things happen, so there must not be a loving God in control.
The truth is when everything is bad, we need then to remember God. Jesus himself suffers with us, has suffered for us. We need to be closer than ever to him. He will sanctify our suffering, if we will give it over to him.
Our Lady gives us a precious life preserver in the Rosary. With it, we can walk the steps of her son's passion, and know the glory of his ressurection and ascension. With it, we can ever draw closer to him, and to be under the mantle of our Mother, who too understands suffering in in the most intimate of ways. She will be the Mother of Consolation for us if we would just take her hand.
Prayer
O Blessed Mother, thank you for helping us in our grief, sorrow and sufferings. When times seem dark for us, teach us to be like you and stand at the foot of the cross, where we will find our help and redemption, now and always. Amen.
"Dear children! Also today, I call you to prayer. Little children, prayer works miracles. When you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, take the Rosary and pray; pray until prayer
becomes for you a joyful meeting with your Savior. I am with you, little children, and I intercede and pray for you.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
When you are tired and sick and you do not know the meaning of your life, who do you turn to? In the Bible, we have the example of Job. After everything in his life that could go wrong went wrong, his wife and the friends told him to curse God and die. But that is only a human reaction, a reaction built of fear and frustration and not understanding the true reality of things - when everything seems to go wrong, we think maybe that God has failed us, or that we are sinful, or maybe worst of all, a loving God wouldn't let such evil things happen, so there must not be a loving God in control.
The truth is when everything is bad, we need then to remember God. Jesus himself suffers with us, has suffered for us. We need to be closer than ever to him. He will sanctify our suffering, if we will give it over to him.
Our Lady gives us a precious life preserver in the Rosary. With it, we can walk the steps of her son's passion, and know the glory of his ressurection and ascension. With it, we can ever draw closer to him, and to be under the mantle of our Mother, who too understands suffering in in the most intimate of ways. She will be the Mother of Consolation for us if we would just take her hand.
Prayer
O Blessed Mother, thank you for helping us in our grief, sorrow and sufferings. When times seem dark for us, teach us to be like you and stand at the foot of the cross, where we will find our help and redemption, now and always. Amen.
Saturday, January 17, 2004
Message of November 25, 1999
"Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. In this time of grace,
may the cross be a sign-post of love and unity for you through which
true peace comes. That is why, little children, pray especially at this
time that little Jesus, the Creator of peace, may be born in your
hearts. Only through prayer will you become my apostles of peace in this
world without peace. That is why, pray until prayer becomes a joy for
you.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
_________
"May the cross be a sign-post of love and unity for you," says our Lady. The cross has been called the place where heaven and earth meet. Its arms, on the horizon, embrace the whole of creation. Its crosspost, vertical, is a line that goes straight from Heaven to Hell, piercing both. And this was the structure that Jesus, God and Man, the fusion of Heaven and Earth chose to be his tool for redeeming man and calling him home.
It is the signpost of love, because the greatest love of all turned that symbol of torture and death into one of salvation and hope. At the foot of the cross, where we join our Lady in the vigil of watching Jesus make all things new, it is the place to come to terms with what really is important - God loves us enough not to destroy us, but to heal us, by sacrificing himself this way. And if we are truly his children, we will respond to that love by modeling ourselves on his sacrifice, by saying Yes like our Lady, and spreading his word in concrete ways to those whose lives we touch.
We can only reach this place by prayer - the Mass, the rosary, whatever devotions like Divine Mercy which God calls us to experience, through keeping ourselves in a state of grace by frequent confession, by conversion, being willing to say yes when God calls.
Prayer:
O Lord, may our lives become a joyful prayer in response to your wonderful gift of love to each and every one of us. Blessed Mother, help us to draw closer to your son each and every day.
"Dear children! Also today I call you to prayer. In this time of grace,
may the cross be a sign-post of love and unity for you through which
true peace comes. That is why, little children, pray especially at this
time that little Jesus, the Creator of peace, may be born in your
hearts. Only through prayer will you become my apostles of peace in this
world without peace. That is why, pray until prayer becomes a joy for
you.
Thank you for having responded to my call."
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"May the cross be a sign-post of love and unity for you," says our Lady. The cross has been called the place where heaven and earth meet. Its arms, on the horizon, embrace the whole of creation. Its crosspost, vertical, is a line that goes straight from Heaven to Hell, piercing both. And this was the structure that Jesus, God and Man, the fusion of Heaven and Earth chose to be his tool for redeeming man and calling him home.
It is the signpost of love, because the greatest love of all turned that symbol of torture and death into one of salvation and hope. At the foot of the cross, where we join our Lady in the vigil of watching Jesus make all things new, it is the place to come to terms with what really is important - God loves us enough not to destroy us, but to heal us, by sacrificing himself this way. And if we are truly his children, we will respond to that love by modeling ourselves on his sacrifice, by saying Yes like our Lady, and spreading his word in concrete ways to those whose lives we touch.
We can only reach this place by prayer - the Mass, the rosary, whatever devotions like Divine Mercy which God calls us to experience, through keeping ourselves in a state of grace by frequent confession, by conversion, being willing to say yes when God calls.
Prayer:
O Lord, may our lives become a joyful prayer in response to your wonderful gift of love to each and every one of us. Blessed Mother, help us to draw closer to your son each and every day.
