USE ME TO HELP OTHERS FIND YOUR HEALING LIGHT AND SAVING PRESENCE AS WELL
““I SOLEMNLY ASSURE YOU, THE MAN WHO HEARS MY WORD AND HAS FAITH IN HIM WHO SENT ME POSSESSES ETERNAL LIFE.”
IF YOU WANT TO THINK LIKE GOD, YOU MUST CONSUME DAILY THE WORD OF GOD. IF YOU WANT TO THINK LIKE HUMAN BEINGS, CONSUME DAILY NEWS FROM THE INTERNET, TELEVISION, ECT. WE BECOME WHAT WE CONSUME.
OBEY MY WORDS, TAKE THE PATH I HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOU AND YOU WILL RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF MY FATHER’S KINGDOM, YOUR NAME WILL BE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
OUR SUFFERING IS BLESSING IN DISQUISE. NO CROSS, NO CROWN
OUR SUFFERING IS BLESSING IN DISQUISE. NO CROSS, NO CROWN
IF THERE BE A TRUE WAY THAT LEADS TO THE EVERLASTING KINGDOM, IT IS MOST CERTAINLY THAT OF SUFFERING, PATIENTLY ENDURED
WHAT IS THE CROSS WHICH CHRIST COMMANDS ME TO TAKE UP EACH DAY AS HIS DISCIPLE? WHEN MY WILL CROSSES WITH HIS WILL, THEN HIS WILL MUST BE DONE
LIFE IS EMPTY UNLESS CHRIST IS LOVED AND PROFESSED, AND DEATH LOSES ITS STING WHEN OUR LIVES ARE CHRIST’S
ST. AGATHA
LABOUR WITHOUT STOPPING; DO ALL THE GOOD WORKS YOU CAN WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME
St. Anthony of Padua
WHEN WE BLESS OTHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO NEED SPIRITUAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL AND MATERIAL HELP, GOD IN TURN BLESSES US
CORPUS CHRISTI
MY LIFE IS YOURS DEAR LORD. DO WITH ME AS YOU WILL
SAINT JOSEPH CAFASSO
(Blessed) (19th century) Born in 1811 at Castelnuovo d’ Asti, he was ordained priest in 1833, and three years later was appointed Professor of Moral Theology at the ecclesiastical college at Turin. Ten years later he was appointed superior of the college and he remained in that position till his death in 1860. He led a very penitential life and was renowned for his devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and as a confessor. He was beatified in 1925
St Cosmas and St Damian
KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM LOVE OF MONEY, AND BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. FOR GOD HAS SAID, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU, I WILL NEVER ABANDON YOU.”
St Elizabeth of Hungary
WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE; MY WAY OR GOD’S WAY, MY WILL OR GOD’S WILL?
“ESSENTIALLY, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PEOPLE, BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF LOVE. ONE IS HOLY, THE OTHER SELFISH. ONE IS SUBJECT TO GOD; THE OTHER ENDEAVORS TO EQUAL HIM.”
“TAKE NO REVENGE AND CHERISH NO GRUDGE AGAINST YOUR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN. YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. I AM THE LORD”
“IF YOU FORGIVE OTHERS THEIR TRANSGRESSIONS, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL FORGIVE YOU. BUT IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE OTHERS, NEITHER WILL YOUR FATHER FORGIVE YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS.”
St Francis
I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE A FATHER TO ME EVERY MOMENT OF MY LIFE, AND THAT I AM YOUR CHILD!
ST PETER IN PRAYER
THE OUR FATHER: ANYONE WHO HAS NOT FORGIVEN FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HEART THE BROTHER OR SISTER WHO HAS DONE HIM WRONG WILL ONLY OBTAIN FROM THIS PRAY HIS OWN CONDEMNATION, RATHER THAN ANY MERCY.
IN CHRIST WE CAN NEVER BE ALONE, FOR THE FATHER IS WITH US
Maria Faustyna Kowalska
I PLACE MY LIFE INTO YOUR HANDS, DEAR LORD. DO WITH ME AS YOU WISH. JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU
Cain and Abel
SIN DOESN’T JUST HAPPEN; IT FIRST GROWS AS A SEED IN ONE’S HEART. UNLESS IT IS MASTERED, BY GOD’S GRACE, IT GROWS LIKE A WEED AND CHOKES THE LIFE OUT OF US
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
First Commandment: “I am the Lord your God, you shall not have strange gods before Me.”
Have I denied God? Have I been ashamed of or denied my faith in front of others? Have I ridiculed the teachings or practices of the Church? Have I neglected my prayers? Have I used witchcraft, Wicca, or other Occult practices? Have I practiced various forms of superstition, such as fortune tellers, mediums, ouija boards, tarot cards?
Second Commandment: “Do not take the name of the Lord in vain.”
Do I use God’s name carelessly, in anger or in surprise? Have I called down evil upon anyone or anything?
Third Commandment: “Keep holy the Sabbath Day.”
Have I, through my own fault, failed to come to Mass each Sunday and every Holy Day of Obligation? Do I arrive at Mass late or leave early without good reason? Do I allow myself to be distracted at Mass?
Fourth Commandment: “Honor your father and mother.”
Have I disobeyed my parents or treated them with disrespect? Have I neglected my elderly parents? Am I disrespectful, impolite, or discourteous toward my family? Have I neglected my work or my studies? Have I been helpful in my home? Am I disrespectful toward the elderly? Am I disobedient to the civil law or to those in authority such as the police?
Fifth Commandment: “You shall not kill.”
Have I killed anyone? Did I have an abortion or help another to have an abortion? Have I mutilated my body or another’s body? Did I attempt suicide or seriously consider thoughts of suicide? Do I act violently by fighting or hitting others? Have I been guilty of the sin of racism? Have I had thoughts of hatred toward another? Do I deliberately harbor unkind and revengeful thoughts about others? Have I taken revenge? Have I used harsh or abusive language toward another? Do I act rudely, impolitely, or ridicule others? Have I taken illegal drugs or abused prescription drugs? Have I sold or distributed illegal drugs? Do I neglect to take proper care of my body? Do I eat too much or sleep too much? Do I drink alcoholic beverages in excess? Have I allowed myself to become intoxicated? Am I too concerned about my health or appearance? Am I cruel to animals?
Sixth & Ninth Commandments: “Do not commit adultery. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife.”
Have I had an affair? Have I cheated on my spouse or with another’s spouse? Have I had sexual relations outside of marriage? Have I desired or done impure things? Have I taken pleasure in entertaining impure thoughts or desires? Have I read impure material, listened to music with impure lyrics, or looked at impure images, whether in photos or on television or in movies or on the Internet? Have I aroused sexual desire in myself or another by impure kissing, embracing, or touching? Have I committed impure actions alone, i.e., masturbation? Have I committed homosexual acts or other unnatural acts? Do I use artificial contraception, whether surgical, barrier or chemical methods? Have I dressed immodestly or been too concerned with the way I look? Do I use vulgar language or tell or listen to impure jokes or stories?
Seventh and Tenth Commandments: “You shall not steal. Do not covet your neighbor’s goods.”
Have I taken anything that was not my own? Have I damaged private or public property or defaced it by vandalism? Have I been guilty of shop-lifting? Have I accepted or bought stolen property or helped someone to steal? Have I bribed someone? Have I borrowed something without the owner’s permission? Have I failed to return something I borrowed? Do I waste money or spend it extravagantly? Do I gamble excessively? Have I harbored a greed for money or worldly possessions? Have I made money, or any possession, a false god? Do I waste goods or food? Have I cheated on tests or schoolwork? Have I cheated in games or sports?
Eighth Commandment: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Have I lied deliberately? Have I slandered others? Do I gossip about others or listen to gossip? Have I told a secret I was asked to keep? Have I betrayed someone’s trust? Have I criticized anyone uncharitably? Do I make rash judgments and harbor false suspicions about others? Have I deliberately misled or deceived anyone? Have I told half-truths? Have I refused to forgive someone or held a grudge against him or her? Have I failed to apologize or make amends to someone I offended?
THE TIME WILL COME WHEN PEOPLE WILL NOT TOLERATE SOUND DOCTRINE BUT, FOLLOWING THEIR OWN DESIRES, WILL SURROUND THEMSELVES WITH TEACHERS WHO TICKLE THEIR EARS. THEY WILL STOP LISTENING TO THE TRUTH AND WILL WANDER OFF TO FABLES. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE OUR WORLD TODAY?
Wisdom
For by mere chance were we born, and hereafter we shall be as though we had not been; Because the breath in our nostrils is smoke, and reason a spark from the beating of our hearts,
And when this is quenched, our body will be ashes and our spirit will be poured abroad like empty air.
Even our name will be forgotten in time and no one will recall our deeds. So our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud, and will be dispersed like a mist. Pursued by the sun’s rays and overpowered by its heat.
For our lifetime is the passing of a shadow; and our dying cannot be deferred because it is fixed with a seal; and no one returns.
Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are here, and make use of creation with youthful zest.
Let us have our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no springtime blossom pass us by; let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let no meadow be free from our wantonness; everywhere let us leave tokens of our merriment, for this is our portion, and this our lot.
Let us oppress the righteous poor; let us neither spare the widow nor revere the aged for hair grown white with time.
But let our strength be our norm of righteousness; for weakness proves itself useless.
Let us lie in wait for the righteous one, because he is annoying to us; he opposes our actions, Reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training.
He professes to have knowledge of God and styles himself a child of the LORD.
To us he is the censure of our thoughtsmerely to see him is a hardship for us,
Because his life is not like that of others and different are his ways.
He judges us debased; he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure. He calls blest the destiny of the righteousand boasts that God is his Father.
Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him in the end.
For if the righteous one is the son of God, God will help him and deliver him from the hand of his foes.
With violence and torture let us put him to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.”
These were their thoughts, but they erred; for their wickedness blinded them,
And they did not know the hidden counsels of God; neither did they count on a recompense for holiness nor discern the innocent souls’ reward.
For God formed us to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made us.
But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world, and they who are allied with him experience it.
"O Father, give us the humility which realizes its ignorance, admits its mistakes, recognizes its need, welcomes advice, accepts rebuke. Help us always to praise rather than to criticize, to sympathize rather than to discourage, to build rather than to destroy, and to think of people at their best rather than at their worst. This we ask for thy name's sake
