Please join pro-lifers across the country in this very special 9 day Novena for life.
Day 1 starts today, Jan 18th and reflection and prayers can be found Here
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Frontline News!
Indiana
Abortionist Criminally Charged After Failing to Report Statutory Rape on
13-Year-Old Girl
Read article Here
A reflection from the Divine Intimacy
O that ungrateful men would remember
how much we have cost our Savior! We were not redeemed at the price of gold or
silver, but by Christ’s precious Blood. We no longer belong to ourselves,
because Christ has paid a ransom for us. Jesus has every right to rule over
us. He MUST reign. (1 Cor.15, 25)
Like the angels, we have been
created for the glory of Christ. To glorify Jesus as our King is to live in
docile submission to His gentle rule. His reign is one of love; out of love for
us and to save us, He came down from heaven and became one of us. He died on
the cross for the same reason, shedding all His Blood for us.
He reigns in the crib. He reigns
from the height of the cross. Behold the price He paid to win our poor hearts,
He who by His very nature was already our absolute ruler. Let us not resist the
gentle violence of His infinite love; let us give ourselves entirely to Him,
allowing Him to reign in our minds, our wills, and in our
hearts.
O Lord, why did You have to abase
Yourself to the obscurity of Bethlehem , to humiliate Yourself even to dying on
the Cross, even to shedding all Your Blood in order to win my heart? My heart,
my whole life, and all my being already belonged to You, because Your are my
Creator and because I was created for Your glory. But You willed to forget all
Your rights and You came to me like a beggar, seeking my poor heart.
O Jesus, how can I still resist Your
infinite love? Take my heart; take my whole being and make me a living praise
of Your glory.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
The Most Holy Name of Jesus
"We come to consider how this Infant, new born spiritually, shall be named. I think there is no name more fitting for him than Jesus, for Scripture says: He was called Jesus (Lk 2:21). This is the most sacred of all names. It was foretold by the prophets, announced by an angel, proclaimed by the Apostles, and desired by all the saints. O powerful name! O grace-filled and joyous name! O delightful and glorious name!
This name is powerful, because it brings down our enemies, restores our strength, and renews our mind. It is grace-filled, because in it contained the foundation of faith, the ground of hope, and the fulfillment of holiness. It is joyous, because it is gladness to the heart, music to the ear, honey to the tongue, and splendor to the mind. It is delightful, because it nourishes when it is recalled, soothes when it is uttered, and anoints when it is invoked, refreshes when it is written, and instructs when it is read. It is truly a glorious name, because it gives sight to the blind, makes the lame walk, brings hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and life to the dead. O blest name endowed with such powers!
Devout soul, whether you are writing, reading, or teaching or whatever you are doing - may nothing have taste for you, nothing please you, apart from Jesus. To the little Infant begotten in you spiritually, give the name Jesus; which means: Savior, amidst the miseries of this life. May he save you from the vanities of the world which entice you, from the deceits of the devil which surround you, and from the weakness of the flesh which torments you. Devout soul, amidst the many scourges of this life cry out:
Jesus, Savior of the world, save us
whom you have redeemed by your cross and blood.
Help us, O Lord our God.
Save us, sweet Jesus, our Savior.
Strengthen the weak, comfort those who mourn,
help the frail and give constancy to the faint-hearted."
St. Bonaventure
From the Magnificat Jan 3rd, 2014 meditation of the day
This name is powerful, because it brings down our enemies, restores our strength, and renews our mind. It is grace-filled, because in it contained the foundation of faith, the ground of hope, and the fulfillment of holiness. It is joyous, because it is gladness to the heart, music to the ear, honey to the tongue, and splendor to the mind. It is delightful, because it nourishes when it is recalled, soothes when it is uttered, and anoints when it is invoked, refreshes when it is written, and instructs when it is read. It is truly a glorious name, because it gives sight to the blind, makes the lame walk, brings hearing to the deaf, speech to the dumb, and life to the dead. O blest name endowed with such powers!
Devout soul, whether you are writing, reading, or teaching or whatever you are doing - may nothing have taste for you, nothing please you, apart from Jesus. To the little Infant begotten in you spiritually, give the name Jesus; which means: Savior, amidst the miseries of this life. May he save you from the vanities of the world which entice you, from the deceits of the devil which surround you, and from the weakness of the flesh which torments you. Devout soul, amidst the many scourges of this life cry out:
Jesus, Savior of the world, save us
whom you have redeemed by your cross and blood.
Help us, O Lord our God.
Save us, sweet Jesus, our Savior.
Strengthen the weak, comfort those who mourn,
help the frail and give constancy to the faint-hearted."
St. Bonaventure
From the Magnificat Jan 3rd, 2014 meditation of the day
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