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Another Marian Feast Day

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July 17, 1794, 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne in France, 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs, who, for refusing to obey the Civil Constitution for the Clergy during the French Revolution, was condemned to death by guillotine, mounted the steps of the scaffold singing Veni Creator Spiritus as on the day of their religious profession. Each one kneeling before the Mother Prioress before ascending the stairs of martyrdom asking for her permission.

"Permission to die, Mother."
"Go, my daughter."

𝗕𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗲, 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀!

Enthroned in glory, my Savior King
YOUR lovingkindness has welcomed me
Though I'm unworthy of majesty
YOU wrap the lowly in royalty

Oh I will lay my crowns down at YOUR feet
YOU are holy, holy
And I will give my life as an offering
YOU are worthy, so worthy GOD
Oh-oh-oh

Here at YOUR altar to seek YOUR face
Broken and poured out without restraint
In full abandon before my KING
Here I surrender my everything

And holy, holy, holy
Is the LAMB upon the throne
We join with all of Heaven
In the everlasting song

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Saint of the Day - Pope Pius V

This is the Pope whose job it was to implement the historic Council of Trent. If we think popes had difficulties in implementing Vatican Council II, Pius V had even greater problems after Trent four centuries earlier.

During his papacy (1566-1572), Pius V was faced with the almost overwhelming responsibility of getting a shattered and scattered Church back on its feet. The family of God had been shaken by corruption, by the Reformation, by the constant threat of Turkish invasion, and by the bloody bickering of the young nation-states. In 1545, a previous pope convened the Council of Trent in an attempt to deal with all these pressing problems. Off and on over 18 years, the Fathers of the Church discussed, condemned, affirmed, and decided upon a course of action. The Council closed in 1563.

Pius V was elected in 1566 and charged with the task of implementing the sweeping reforms called for by the Council. He ordered the founding of seminaries for the proper training of priests. He published a new missal, a new breviary, a new catechism, and established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes for the young. Pius zealously enforced legislation against abuses in the Church. He patiently served the sick and the poor by building hospitals, providing food for the hungry, and giving money customarily used for the papal banquets to poor Roman converts. His decision to keep wearing his Dominican habit led to the custom–to this day–of the pope wearing a white cassock.

In striving to reform both Church and state, Pius encountered vehement opposition from England’s Queen Elizabeth and the Roman Emperor Maximilian II. Problems in France and in the Netherlands also hindered Pius’s hopes for a Europe united against the Turks. Only at the last minute was he able to organize a fleet which won a decisive victory in the Gulf of Lepanto, off Greece, on October 7, 1571.

Pius’ ceaseless papal quest for a renewal of the Church was grounded in his personal life as a Dominican friar. He spent long hours with his God in prayer, fasted rigorously, deprived himself of many customary papal luxuries, and faithfully observed the spirit of the Dominican Rule that he had professed.

Saint of the Day

Catherine of Siena, Doctor, Mystic, Religious

The value Catherine makes central in her short life and which sounds clearly and consistently through her experience is complete surrender to Christ. What is most impressive about her is that she learns to view her surrender to her Lord as a goal to be reached through time.

She was the 23rd child of Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa and grew up as an intelligent, cheerful, and intensely religious person. Catherine disappointed her mother by cutting off her hair as a protest against being overly encouraged to improve her appearance in order to attract a husband. Her father ordered her to be left in peace, and she was given a room of her own for prayer and meditation.

She entered the Dominican Third Order at 18 and spent the next three years in seclusion, prayer, and austerity. Gradually, a group of followers gathered around her—men and women, priests and religious. An active public apostolate grew out of her contemplative life. Her letters, mostly for spiritual instruction and encouragement of her followers, began to take more and more note of public affairs. Opposition and slander resulted from her mixing fearlessly with the world and speaking with the candor and authority of one completely committed to Christ. She was cleared of all charges at the Dominican General Chapter of 1374.

Her public influence reached great heights because of her evident holiness, her membership in the Dominican Third Order, and the deep impression she made on the pope. She worked tirelessly for the crusade against the Turks and for peace between Florence and the pope.

In 1378, the Great Schism began, splitting the allegiance of Christendom between two, then three, popes and putting even saints on opposing sides. Catherine spent the last two years of her life in Rome, in prayer and pleading on behalf of the cause of Pope Urban VI and the unity of the Church. She offered herself as a victim for the Church in its agony. She died surrounded by her “children” and was canonized in 1461.

Catherine ranks high among the mystics and spiritual writers of the Church. In 1939, she and Francis of Assisi were declared co-patrons of Italy. Pope Paul VI named her and Teresa of Avila doctors of the Church in 1970. Her spiritual testament is found in The Dialogue.

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Happy blessed Feast Day

Yesterday was the feast day of St. Mark the Evangelist. On the Feast of Saint Mark, April 25 1467, the people of Genazzano, Italy witnessed a marvellous sight. A cloud descended upon an ancient church dedicated to Our Lady of Good Counsel.

When the cloud disappeared, an image of Our Lady and the Child Jesus was revealed which had not been there before. The image, on a paper-thin fresco, was suspended miraculously.

Soon after the image's appearance, many miracles were attributed to the intercession of Our Lady of Good Counsel. Because of this, Pope Paul II ordered an investigation and the results have been preserved.

It was later discovered that the very same image had been seen in a church dedicated to the Annunciation in Scutari, Albania.

The image in this church was said to have arrived there in a miraculous manner. Now, the image had been transported from Albania miraculously to avoid sacrilege from the Muslim invasion.

A commission of enquiry determined that a portrait from the church was indeed missing. A space the same size as the portrait was displayed for all to see.

Many miracles continue to be attributed to Our Lady of Good Counsel. Pope Saint Pius V, for example, credited victory in the Battle of Lepanto to Her intercession.

Several Popes have approved of the miraculous image. In 1682 Pope Innocent XI had the portrait crowned with gold. On July 2, 1753, Pope Benedict XIV approved the Scapular of Our Lady of Good Counsel and was the first to wear it.

In 1884 a special Mass and Office of the Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel was approved by Pope Leo XIII. For more than 500 years the image has continued to attract countless pilgrims.

Although much of the church was destroyed during World War II, the image has remained intact—and continues to be suspended miraculously. (Source: Catholic Culture)

PRAYER
Help us, dear mother, to know the mind of JESUS, your son. May the HOLY SPIRIT fill us with reverence for GOD's creation, and compassion for all GOD's children. May our labors of love on Earth enhance the reign of GOD and may GOD's gifts of faith and living hope prepare us for the fullness of the world to come. Amen.

JESUS said to them, "I AM the BREAD OF LIFE; whoever comes to ME will never hunger, and whoever believes in ME will never thirst." (John 6:35)

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SPIRIT of love, give us the mind of JESUS, teach us the wisdom of GOD.

APRIL 16: Feast of Saint Bernadette Soubirous

(Source:Franciscan Media)

Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. Bernadette, 14 years old, was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student who had not even made her first Holy Communion. In poor health, she had suffered from asthma from an early age.

There were 18 appearances in all, the final one occurring on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16. Although Bernadette’s initial reports provoked skepticism, her daily visions of “the Lady” brought great crowds of the curious. The Lady, Bernadette explained, had instructed her to have a chapel built on the spot of the visions. There, the people were to come to wash in and drink of the water of the spring that had welled up from the very spot where Bernadette had been instructed to dig.

According to Bernadette, the Lady of her visions was a girl of 16 or 17 who wore a white robe with a blue sash. Yellow roses covered her feet, a large rosary was on her right arm. In the vision on March 25 she told Bernadette, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” It was only when the words were explained to her that Bernadette came to realize who the Lady was.

Few visions have ever undergone the scrutiny that these appearances of the Immaculate Virgin were subject to. Lourdes became one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world, attracting millions of visitors. Miracles were reported at the shrine and in the waters of the spring. After thorough investigation, Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions in 1862.

During her life, Bernadette suffered much. She was hounded by the public as well as by civic officials until at last she was protected in a convent of nuns. Five years later, she petitioned to enter the Sisters of Notre Dame of Nevers. After a period of illness she was able to make the journey from Lourdes and enter the novitiate. But within four months of her arrival she was given the last rites of the Church and allowed to profess her vows. She recovered enough to become infirmarian and then sacristan, but chronic health problems persisted. She died on April 16, 1879, at the age of 35. Bernadette Soubirous was canonized in 1933.

Reflection

Millions of people have come to the spring Bernadette uncovered for healing of body and spirit, but she found no relief from ill health there. Bernadette moved through life, guided only by blind faith in things she did not understand—as we all must do from time to time.

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Let those who fear the LORD say, "HIS Mercy endures forever." (Psalm 118:4)

Happy blessed Divine Mercy Sunday

In a series of revelations to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930s, our LORD called for a special feast day to be celebrated on the Sunday after Easter. Today, we know that feast as Divine Mercy Sunday, named by then Pope, St. John Paul II, at the canonization of St. Faustina on April 30, 2000.

JESUS expressed HIS will with regard to this feast in HIS very first revelation to St. Faustina (in all, she recorded 14 revelations from JESUS concerning HIS desire for this feast). The most comprehensive revelation can be found in her Diary entry 699:

.. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and a shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of MY tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of MY Mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day are opened all the divine floodgates through which graces flow. Let no soul fear to draw near to ME, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come from the very depths of MY most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to ME will contemplate MY love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from MY very depths of tenderness. It is MY desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of MY Mercy.

NOTE: Divine Mercy Sunday is NOT a feast based solely on St. Faustina's revelations. It is not primarily about St. Faustina — nor is it altogether a new feast. The Second Sunday of Easter was already a solemnity as the Octave Day of Easter. The title "Divine Mercy Sunday" does, however, highlight the meaning of the day.

By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice in it and be glad. (Psalm 118:23-24)

This is why it's important to seek out the discernment of the early Church Fathers.

“A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.”
~ St. Jerome.

“The temptation of the priest to make a feel-good or funny homily (or not even prepare at all!), or even a ‘show’ of the liturgy so that mass attendance is assured. The temptation of the priest to give in to the societal tendency to think that, ‘a good homily is a good mass!’”
(From a priest-friend, Fr. Bob Zarate)

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"I did not come on my own, but HE sent ME." (John 8:42)

Open your hearts, see JESUS before you. Walk with HIM, learn. Let the HOLY SPIRIT inflame you, then go forth and save souls

Latest Eucharistic Miracle in Brampton, Ontario, Canada! ❤️

A host was picked up from the floor in the Guardian Angel Catholic Parish in Brampton. The pastor, Fr. Jan Gogolewski placed the host in a chalice with water as prescribed by the church and reposed it in the tabernacle. After several days, Fr. Jan checked the chalice to dispose of the expected dissolved host, but to his surprise, the host was still present and had spots of red in the water. This is the third time this has happened to the parish since it was inaugurated on October 6, 2019.

While this one has yet to be verified, four other well-known Eucharistic miracles have been documented in just the last twenty-three years, and some are ongoing.

1. In 2014, in Legnica, Poland, a consecrated host was revealed to contain heart muscle, including marks that indicated cardiac distress.
2. In 2008, in Sokólka, Poland, another host was dissolved in water and turned to blood. The molecular structure of human heart tissue was interwoven around the area of the blood stain in a way that scientists have been unable to reproduce.
3. In 2006, in Tixtla, Mexico, a host was tested three months after showing red markings. The tests confirmed the presence of live heart tissue.
4. In 2001, in Chirattakonam, India, a priest revealed the blessed host for Adoration. He and others in the room noticed three red dots. Over the next week, the red dots expanded into an image—one that looks suspiciously like a depiction of Christ.

Glory to GOD!