Saint of the Day (May 29th, 2012)

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

1. Born in the year 1779  Founder of  Society of the Sacred Heart which operates more than 100 schools
2. She is proficient in Latin, Greek, history, physics and mathematics
3. She got her extensive knowledge in Bible at her 15th age
4. Her achievements for education especially for Girls during the French revolution make her a distinguished person.
5. In 1826, Society of Sacred Heart was approved by Papal.
6. In 1865, she was stricken with paralysis; she died that year on the feast of the Ascension.
7. She was canonized in 1925. 

Our Lady of (Seven) Sorrows

This devotion was originated in the thirteenth century It recalls the Sorrows the Virgin Mother of God endured in compassion for the suffering and death of her Divine Son.
The Feast of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows is on September 15. Our Lady of Sorrows is traditionally depicted in art dressed in black with seven swords piercing her heart. These seven swords symbolize the chief seven sorrows of Our Lady’s life. Devotion to the Sorrows of Mary gave rise to the figure in Christian art of the Pietà, the sorrowing Mother holding the dead Body of her Son who has been taken down from the Cross.
The Seven Sorrows Rosary consists of seven Hail Marys For each of the seven Sorrows.

1.      The Prophecy of Simeon

2.      The Flight into Egypt

3.      The Loss of Jesus in the Temple

4.      Mary meets Jesus Carrying the Cross

5.      The Crucifixion

6.      Mary Receives the Dead Body of Her Son

7.   The Burial of Her Son and Closing of the Tomb 

Novena to Sacred Heart Jesus

 

O holy heart of Jesus Christ 

Please give me a fruit from your 

Eden Garden as my Child. 

O my Sacred Heart Jesus 

Please hear my prayer which

I rise in your heart.

(Remain your request)

Jesus Christ please fulfil 

All my prayers as I place it 

In the feet of Jehovah, 

Through you my Lord. 

I give my prayers & Sorrows of my life

To you for my prayer. 

I trust you my lord.

Saint of the Day (May 2nd, 2012) - Our Lady of Fatima

1) Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children (Francisco, Jacinta & Lucia dos Santos) received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria, near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon.

2) Mary asked the children to

             a) Pray the rosary for world peace,

             b) For the end of World War I, for sinners and

             c) For the conversion of Russia.

3) Mary gave the children three secrets.

             a) Concerning devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

             b) Vision of hell.

             c) Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret in 2000; it talks about a "bishop in white" who was shot by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows into him. It has an interpretation of Pope John Paul II assassination attempt in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981.

4) The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was approved by the local bishop in 1930; it was added to the Church's worldwide calendar in 2002.

5) Return to God

             a) Francisco died in 1919

             b) Jacinta died in 1920

             c) Lucia dos Santos died in 2005 at the age of 97. (She was a Carmelite)

Marriage between Man and Woman: 10 Seconds Meditation

 

God made my wife fully woman and made me fully man, and he made us both fully complementary, for love and procreation. We are equal but not the same, and that is his grand design.

— from The Catholics Next Door

God vs Satan

 

God: A friend will stand in front of your home and wait for you to open the door and let him/her in. In the same way, God will wait in front of your Heart for you to open an let him in. Even though he is strong enough to let him in by His power, he will wait for you as a old friend.

Satan: A thief/enemy will come inside your home by breaking the door or through the chimney. He will come inside your home without your awareness. Likewise Satan will come into our heart by breaking the door or through some tricky worldly pleasure. We wont even notice that he came in and took all our Golden treasures.

So

• To let God into our heart we need to be more open to Godly things and activities.
• To prevent Satan to enter into our heart we should be strong and vigilant.

Unity in Love : 10 Seconds Meditation

To be free is to be able to live in truth, to love radically and to act justly by living the grace of costly discipleship. We are called to be humble and free in love, like Jesus, that we may help move the world toward unity in love.

— from The Humility of God

Sharing of Love : 10 Seconds Meditation

Love cannot exist in isolation or autonomously because love shares itself with another. Love requires a lover and a beloved, a giver and a receiver. It is the receptivity of love that makes it gift.

 — from The Humility of God

Making Love Visible: 10 Seconds Meditation

Making Love Visible

God sends us brothers and sisters who are—or at least are called to be—warm, supportive, comforting. They make God's love visible—the ones still with us and those who have gone ahead.

— from Saint Anthony of Padua

10 Seconds Meditation: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Only From God

No one can save your soul but God in Jesus and the Spirit. God's grace—that is, the total, unconditional love surrounding every human being—comes only from God. We ask the saints in heaven to pray for us. But none of them grants grace.

— from Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint of the Day (May 2nd, 2012)

St. Athanasius

• Born in Alexandria, Egypt on 296 AD
• Was a Bishop of  Alexandria, Egypt
• Worked as a secretary of Bishop of Alexandria.
• Great champion of the faith against the widespread heresy of Arianism.
• Fight against ‘Arianism’ gives him the title ‘Doctor of Church’ (Arianism is the theological teaching concerning the relationship of the persons of the Trinity ('God the Father', 'God the Son', and 'God the Holy Spirit') and the precise nature of the Son of God as being a subordinate entity to God the Father.)
• Athanasius was exiled to different places 5 times in his life for the fight against Arianism
• His exile for 10 years helps him to write more on his belief and teaching. His ‘Life of St. Anthony’ book was one the great example of this writings.
• He is one of the “Doctors of Church”. You can get the complete details about the ‘Doctors of Church” here.
• He died on 373 AD. 

10 Seconds Meditation: Thursday, May 2nd, 2012

Who We Are?

We are formed by environment and grace, by politics and prayer, by church and conscience. All God's creatures conspire to teach us as well. We stumble. We stutter. We rise. We are lifted.

— from Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint of the Day (May 1st, 2012)

St. Joseph the Worker

• Step Father of Jesus and protector of Mother Mary.
• He was taking care of his family by working as Carpenter.
• Only person in bible who is called as Just by God.
• He followed all the words from God from his time to get marry to Mother Mary until his Dead.
• He had the great privileges to be with Mother Mary and Jesus in his Death Bed.
• Pius XII instituted the feast of St. Joseph the Worker in 1955

10 Seconds Meditation: Thursday, May 1st, 2012

Focus on Love

Gracious, loving God, help me to be more aware of the obstacles, cares, and anxieties that limit my turning toward you. May I walk the daily path with you, placing my focus on the ways to serve, love, honor, and adore you! Amen!

— from Eucharistic Adoration