Ijournal entry 102615 #43. October, Month of The Holy Rosary. GO SAINTS! Quotes from Servant of God, Dom Dolindo Ruotolo, St. Padre Pio, and St. Bernard. Book: "Who Dies Shall See Purgatory and Heaven", by Servant of God, Dom Dolindo Ruotolo. "The Rosary of Abandonment", by Servant of God, Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo. YouTube video: The Holy Spirit and The Rosary, by Fr. Cassian, O.P.
"One day a colleague of mine heard the devil say during an exorcism: “Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head. If Christians knew how powerful the Rosary was, it would be my end.” The secret that makes this prayer so effective is that the Rosary is both prayer and meditation. It is addressed to the Father, to the Blessed Virgin, and to the Holy Trinity, and is a meditation centred on Christ" —Chief Exorcist of Rome, Fr. Gabriel Amorth
🏉 Another win for the Who Dat nation, my oh my,
🏉 About time our spirits can soar and fly so high
🏉 About time our spirits can soar and fly so high
🔵 "O Jesus, I surrender this to you. You take care of it." By Servant of God, Dom Dolindo Ruotolo (This prayer is attributed to St. Padre Pio's spiritual director, Dom Dolindo. It is said that to this priest Jesus promised that whoever would surrender his worries, difficulties, and problems to Jesus with the words of this prayer, Jesus would take special, even miraculous care of what is surrendered to him.)"
⚪️ “My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.” By St. Padre Pio
🔴 "You are blessed among women, Co-Redemptrix! Blessed One selected in preference to all who are blessed! Chosen One, singular among all who are chosen! Priceless Pearl that belongs in the treasury of God’s wisdom! Mother, you are the Glory of Mothers! We seek you, O Lady, and in all sincerity turn to you in prayer. Help us in our weakness; turn away from us all disgrace. Who is more worthy of entreating the Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ than you, blessed Mary, who live with your Son and speak with Him? Speak, Mother, for your Son listens to you; and whatever you desire you will receive. Invoke His holy name in our behalf". By St. Bernard
⚪️ “My past, O Lord, to Your mercy; my present, to Your love; my future to Your providence.” By St. Padre Pio
🔴 "You are blessed among women, Co-Redemptrix! Blessed One selected in preference to all who are blessed! Chosen One, singular among all who are chosen! Priceless Pearl that belongs in the treasury of God’s wisdom! Mother, you are the Glory of Mothers! We seek you, O Lady, and in all sincerity turn to you in prayer. Help us in our weakness; turn away from us all disgrace. Who is more worthy of entreating the Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ than you, blessed Mary, who live with your Son and speak with Him? Speak, Mother, for your Son listens to you; and whatever you desire you will receive. Invoke His holy name in our behalf". By St. Bernard
2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; "It is the duty of every Catholic to contribute to the salvation of souls In the Church’s great battle, the inactive souls are more numerous than those who with full and absolute trust in God, are truly dedicated to the good of all. Fear and human respect prevail in a great many Catholics, who are content to camp in the Church, but never move into action […] Yet it is the duty of every Christian to contribute to the salvation of souls; if a sinner experienced rebuke, help, exhortation and is assailed by the insistence of his brothers, it would be more difficult for him to fall into the depths of the abyss. We see, very painfully, the opposite: sinners are left to rot in their deplorable state, and the just are attacked by the hostility and mockery of others. It is a horrible thing!" MBy Servant of God, Dom Dolindo Ruotolo Reading the above reminded me of something written about two weeks before. It is just my take on the words of St. Therese: "True charity consist in bearing all our neighbors' defects" This resounded over and over in my spirit. It was for me to ponder what exactly does "bearing" represent in the spiritual world? The distillation process resulted in the following thoughts: bearing doesn't mean overlooking faults, but to look beyond the defects. It is by praying for the neighbor, being forgiving, extending mercy, and admonishing, as led by the Holy Spirit, that love will bloom for us and for them as those four components are operant. Hearing something about charity, lately always causes my ears to perk up. Remembering that at the end of the day, as St.John of the Cross plainly spells out, we'll be judged on love. So to end well, we need to live well, therefore putting into practice what we learn. As neighbors will always surround us, to practice with the help of grace will make perfect. |
Book: "Who Dies Shall See... Purgatory and Heaven", by Servant of God, Dom Dolindo Ruotolo
Lnk to a pdf copy of the book:
http://www.dolindo.org/english/WHO%20DIES%20SHALL%20SEE.pdf
Excerpts from chapter III: "The admirable logic of Purgatory"
"Our faults by our standard appear to us as nothing special. On the other hand, we believe our good actions to be almost heroic acts. We overlook how much purification our poor actions really need before becoming jewels of immortal glory. We commit venial sin easily and carelessly. However, our actions are not limited to the earth nor are they computed by earthly standard. They are projected toward God. A fault is like a false note in the harmony of love. Another example: a fault is like a false note in the harmony of love. A violin with a string off tune cannot be part of a most sweet string orchestra if it is not first tuned. Fire and the pains of Purgatory are obvious consequences, having in themselves their reason to be, just as they are obviously the truth by faith. Our nothingness must tune with the Infinite Love and must become that love.
God is infinite and his creature can be in harmony with Him only through humility. The first point of a circle can complete the circle only when it contacts the last point. If the soul does not humble itself and instead becomes proud, it diverts and makes a scrawl, just as someone, with a little bump, diverts a bit from the line of the circle. Sin is like a bump in the loving line that unites our nothingness to His all. Mary Most Holy was the most humble of all creatures and for this reason the Infinite God united Himself to Her, looking at Her with infinite love: Respexit humilitatem ancillae suae, He gazed onthe humility of His handmaid. And She became the Mother of His Infinite Word madeflesh. She is the most admirable sign of beatitude between the desolate generations of our poor earth: Ecce enim, ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Behold all generation call me blessed. Whoever unites himself to Him in humility is rich in Him. It is as if he were saturated with goodness, but whoever turns away from Christ Crucified, priding himself in his sin, is left to himself with his misery and void of God Most High and the only Good. How can we regard as nothing a venial sin?
Do you understand? To observe a star, such absolute purity in the lens is needed,as well as such a prolonged time of purification, and such pains on the part of the workmen! Our soul does not have to focus on a star but on God; does not have to focus with a lens but with the light of glory and this light cannot enlighten it if it remains in the soul even the tiniest speck that can blur it.
Let me explain with a scientific example. On Mount Palomar, in the United States, is located the largest telescope in the world.It brings the stars in the sky closer to the eyes that peer into it, by millions lightyears. The distance of the stars in the sky is not measured in meters or kilometers. Theyare measured by the speed of light, that is, 300.000 kilometers per second. In one minutethe speed is 18 million kilometers. In one hour a day, or in one year, how manykilometers will be covered? It is a measure that is mind-boggling.Now to get the eyes closer to the stars in the sky this gigantic telescope wasneeded. The lens has a diameter of 200 inches. The instrument is mounted in a dome larger than that of St. Peter’s Church in Rome, and opens to the sky. To make this lens pure and crystal clear, without any imperfection, not even the smallest speck, twelveyears of labor was needed to purify it, and seventy tons of a very special abrasive wereused. After long purification, to transport the lens to the mountain, without damaging it inany way, it was necessary to build a large tunnel in the mountain, with special bridgesand roads. Finally the lens was put in the telescope and fixed toward the stars in the skythrough an opening of the dome. Then the observations started, however no one was allowed to enter the dome, with the exception of the scientist, because even the breath of a single person, not withstanding the vast area, could interfere with the clear observationof the star.
Never as in Purgatory Justice and Mercy embrace each other in a kiss of love. Never the love of a creature in grace has longed to be perfect as a soul inPurgatory. It is a bath of love that the soul must perform, and it does not find it long or unfair, because it must present itself perfect to the eternal nuptials of the eternal bliss."
Lnk to a pdf copy of the book:
http://www.dolindo.org/english/WHO%20DIES%20SHALL%20SEE.pdf
Excerpts from chapter III: "The admirable logic of Purgatory"
"Our faults by our standard appear to us as nothing special. On the other hand, we believe our good actions to be almost heroic acts. We overlook how much purification our poor actions really need before becoming jewels of immortal glory. We commit venial sin easily and carelessly. However, our actions are not limited to the earth nor are they computed by earthly standard. They are projected toward God. A fault is like a false note in the harmony of love. Another example: a fault is like a false note in the harmony of love. A violin with a string off tune cannot be part of a most sweet string orchestra if it is not first tuned. Fire and the pains of Purgatory are obvious consequences, having in themselves their reason to be, just as they are obviously the truth by faith. Our nothingness must tune with the Infinite Love and must become that love.
God is infinite and his creature can be in harmony with Him only through humility. The first point of a circle can complete the circle only when it contacts the last point. If the soul does not humble itself and instead becomes proud, it diverts and makes a scrawl, just as someone, with a little bump, diverts a bit from the line of the circle. Sin is like a bump in the loving line that unites our nothingness to His all. Mary Most Holy was the most humble of all creatures and for this reason the Infinite God united Himself to Her, looking at Her with infinite love: Respexit humilitatem ancillae suae, He gazed onthe humility of His handmaid. And She became the Mother of His Infinite Word madeflesh. She is the most admirable sign of beatitude between the desolate generations of our poor earth: Ecce enim, ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Behold all generation call me blessed. Whoever unites himself to Him in humility is rich in Him. It is as if he were saturated with goodness, but whoever turns away from Christ Crucified, priding himself in his sin, is left to himself with his misery and void of God Most High and the only Good. How can we regard as nothing a venial sin?
Do you understand? To observe a star, such absolute purity in the lens is needed,as well as such a prolonged time of purification, and such pains on the part of the workmen! Our soul does not have to focus on a star but on God; does not have to focus with a lens but with the light of glory and this light cannot enlighten it if it remains in the soul even the tiniest speck that can blur it.
Let me explain with a scientific example. On Mount Palomar, in the United States, is located the largest telescope in the world.It brings the stars in the sky closer to the eyes that peer into it, by millions lightyears. The distance of the stars in the sky is not measured in meters or kilometers. Theyare measured by the speed of light, that is, 300.000 kilometers per second. In one minutethe speed is 18 million kilometers. In one hour a day, or in one year, how manykilometers will be covered? It is a measure that is mind-boggling.Now to get the eyes closer to the stars in the sky this gigantic telescope wasneeded. The lens has a diameter of 200 inches. The instrument is mounted in a dome larger than that of St. Peter’s Church in Rome, and opens to the sky. To make this lens pure and crystal clear, without any imperfection, not even the smallest speck, twelveyears of labor was needed to purify it, and seventy tons of a very special abrasive wereused. After long purification, to transport the lens to the mountain, without damaging it inany way, it was necessary to build a large tunnel in the mountain, with special bridgesand roads. Finally the lens was put in the telescope and fixed toward the stars in the skythrough an opening of the dome. Then the observations started, however no one was allowed to enter the dome, with the exception of the scientist, because even the breath of a single person, not withstanding the vast area, could interfere with the clear observationof the star.
Never as in Purgatory Justice and Mercy embrace each other in a kiss of love. Never the love of a creature in grace has longed to be perfect as a soul inPurgatory. It is a bath of love that the soul must perform, and it does not find it long or unfair, because it must present itself perfect to the eternal nuptials of the eternal bliss."
"The Rosary of Abandonment", by Servant of God, Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo
Info from this site:
http://www.dolindo.org/english/JESUS%20YOU%20TAKE%20OVER%20.pdf
The Rosary of Abandonment
God come to my assistance Lord make haste to help me.
Glory be. Our Father. Hail Mary.
⭕️1st Decade: Jesus, You take over! (10 times on the beads of the Hail Mary). Glory be.
⭕️2nd Decade: Mother Mary, guide me. (10 times on the beads of the Hail Mary). Glory be.
⭕️3rd Decade: Jesus you take over! (10 times on the beads of the Hail Mary). Glory be.
⭕️4th Decade: Mother Mary, guide me.(10 times on the beads of the Hail Mary).Glory be.
⭕️5th Decade: Jesus, you take over!(10 times on the beads of the Hail Mary ).Glory be.
In conclusion: Hail Holy Queen
Servant of God, Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo (1882-1970) Napoli, Italy
"His body rests in his Parish Church Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Joseph of the Aged, Via Salvatore Tommasi, Napoli, Italy. Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo was born, in Naples, Italy on October 6,1882. Ordained at the young age of 23 on June 24, 1905, he dedicated every moment of his long life to prayer and penance at the service of the thousands of faithful who asked for his spiritual direction and turned to him for help and comfort. Don Dolindo Ruotolo is the author of a profound and huge Commentary on the Holy Scripture in 33 volumes. Beside that, he left a very large number of theological, ascetical and mystical writings. He also answered thousands of letters. He wrote also thousands of notes on holy images to offer spiritual direction to people, and a few of these are now collected ina little book, “Meditations on the Holy Rosary”.
Don Dolindo had a keen understanding of the human soul and thus he was always able to help people to see the light of God. Forever at work, tireless in helping souls, in the midst of unspeakable suffering of every kind, as victim soul for mankind, he was sustained by a wonderful freshness of spirit that transformed his life into a hymn to life. Paralyzed for the last ten years of his life, Don Dolindo Ruotolo died in Naples on November 19, 1970, in the extreme voluntary poverty he had lived all his life. His body lies in the Church where he served as Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Joseph of the Aged, where now, more then ever, people flock to him and seek out his tomb, confident of his intercession."
YouTube video: Fr. Cassian, O.P., "The Holy Spirit and The Rosary"
Link for video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQyJcAcGdYM&sn
Link for video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQyJcAcGdYM&sn