Hello Everyone,
A special hello to our most recent visitors, including those from Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, and the Ukraine. It is a joy to pray as one in Christ Jesus.
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Upcoming Marian Feast Days.
July 16 - Optional Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (on U.S. calendar)
July 17 - Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Eucharistic Miracle Establishment of the Feast of Corpus Christi (The Body of Christ) Liege, Belgium (1374).
"Blessed Juliana of Cornillon...had a vision in which she saw a full moon darkened in one spot. She heard a mysterious, heavenly voice state that the moon represented the Church at that time, and the dark spot showed that a great feast in honor of Corpus Christi was missing from the liturgical calendar...." See http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Corpuscristi.pdf
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Mercy Moment. "Those who constantly invoke the name of Mary need not fear the hour of death, because at the sound of her name the infernal spirits flee terrified." - St. Bonaventure.
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The Story of Fatima, continued. [As stated in the last blog post, the Virgin Mary has arrived in her first visit to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco. She has told them that She has come from heaven but has not as yet revealed who She is.]
"And I, am I, too, going to go to Heaven?" Lucia asked.
"Yes, you shall," the Lady assured her.
"And Jacinta?"
"Yes."
"And Francisco?"
"He too shall go, but he must say many Rosaries," the Lady responded.
[Lucia asks about other friends they know who have died.]
"And Maria do Rosario, daughter of Jose das Neves, is she in Heaven?"
"Yes," the Lady replied.
"And Amelia?"
"She is still in Purgatory."
Lucia's eyes filled with tears. How sad, that her friend Amelia was suffering in the fires of Purgatory.
Then the Lady said to the children:
"Do you want to offer yourselves to God to endure all the sufferings that He may choose to send you, as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended and as a supplication for the conversion of sinners?"
Promptly Lucia responded for all three, "Yes, we want to."
"Then you are going to suffer a great deal," the Lady promised, "but the grace of God will be your comfort."
As She pronounced these words, the Lady opened Her hands and shed upon the children an intensely bright light.... Lucia reported..."then we were moved by an inward impulse, also communicated to us, to fall on our knees, while we repeated to ourselves: "'O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee; my God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.'"
Again the Lady spoke to them, "Say the Rosary every day to bring peace to the world and the end of the war."
"She began then to elevate Herself serenely," Lucia said, "going in the direction of the East until She disappeared in the immensity of space...."
Source: The True Story of Fatima, printed by The Fatima Center, Constable, NY.
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Sunday evening Youth Mass - St. Mary and St. Joseph Parish. Update. The first Mass was held this past Sunday. Based on attendee comments, the community response was excellent, the music uplifting, the Holy Spirit strongly present. Praise God. Father Janusz reportedly said, "Bring a friend!"
Music starts at 6:30, and the Mass starts at 7:00 p.m. "B" Street in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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God bless you.
