"A partial indulgence is gained, under the usual conditions, when praying a third of the Rosary (5 decades) continuously (i.e., one can't say a decade, go wash the dishes, and return to say the other decades).
A plenary indulgence is gained, under the usual conditions, when it is prayed by a family group or publicly in a church or oratory. The decades' Mysteries must be announced, and the Mysteries meditated on"
🔵 "Heroism, sanctity, daring, require a constant spiritual preparation. You can only ever give to others what you already have. And in order to give God to them you yourself need to get to know him, to live his Life, to serve him". By St. Jose Escriva
⚫️ "When we go into the garden, it is not to gather the leaves; but the fruits; so in the Sacred Garden of prayer we ought not to amuse ourselves with the leaves of sentiment and sensible consolation, but rather reap the fruits of the virtues of Jesus". By St. Paul of the Cross
In the throne room of my heart, it is clearly seen how it was no one but me who popped the whip. My sins fueled the evil fire. My every sin empowered and strengthened every strike. To see the back of The Lord so marred was for me to this day and forever more, kiss His wound, and realize that it was my sins that put all those marks there. So true my sins are ever before me, because to look at the Risen Lord is to closely examine Him and see what damage my sins have done, and continue to do.
Psalm 51:3-6. "Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me. For I know my transgressions; my sin is always before me. Against you, you alone have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your eyes So that you are just in your word, and without reproach in your judgment" |
Divine Mercy, A Beautiful Gift, Ever So Free
▪️Glory, glory, glory, to Our Savior and risen King
▪️Celebrate, joyously and gloriously to the Godhead now and forever sing
▪️It's to now be very thankful and graciously celebrate the blessings of Divine mercy.
▪️It raises one to new heights, removes guilt, and is abundantly extended for no fee
▪️Let resound Halleluia after Halleluia, after Halleluia
▪️As our souls set sail by the Holy Spirit's power, ever onward by the Divine pneuma
▪️Mercy secures our future in righteousness, won by Jesus, our God, ever so great is He
▪️The blessings above, before and behind us, are in no way fleeting or flighty
▪️The Lord have truly come to permanently, if we let Him, unshackle and set us free
▪️As a result you can become the real you & for me it's possible to become the real me.
▪️To know without a doubt that we were created exclusively for thee
▪️This can cause one to marvel, one without spiritual blinders who is clearly able to see
▪️He will grace us so our spiritual choices won't be pegged as being run-of-the-mill
▪️As true children of God, we'll be intent with only doing His pleasing and perfect will
▪️Great graces are always given to the repentant and those who are humble, the lowly
▪️To those who fail not in coming to God sinful and sorrowful, bowed on a bended knee
▪️What a miraculous wonderful gift the forgiveness of God can be
▪️An effective medicine to a sick soul, freely offered, no way a mirage but a stark reality
▪️All our moans & sighs are understood, He is listening & hearing every single plea
▪️Jesus will save & sanctify all coming to Him, cause He bled & died for all on the tree
▪️To resist grace, give in to sin, turn & go our own way, unless a fool, how can we?
▪️We'll never lose by living true in Christ, & from what separates us from Him do flee
▪️Obediently humbling ourselves to the Sovereign Holy Deity
▪️On the last day we'll be are assured to be raised high by the hands of God Almighty
▪️Glorious Praise, our Risen Savior, in da highest singing to you Hosanna
▪️Celebrating da great love of God, following in the footsteps of the Blessed Madonna
Psalm 69:1-9 "Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his marvelous deeds. For great is the LORD and highly to be praised to be feared above all gods. For the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and power go before him;mpower and grandeur are in his holy place. Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and might;,give to the LORD the glory due his name! Bring gifts and enter his courts; bow down to the LORD, splendid in holiness. Tremble before him, all the earth;" |
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"Saint Bernadette is best known for being the visionary of the Marian apparition at a grotto cave in Lourdes, France, on February 11, 1858. During the course of her short life (she died at the age of 35) Bernadette Soubirous received an astounding 18 visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her visions and the discovery of the healing waters of Lourdes has certainly been her lasting influence—more than 200 million people have visited the church and pilgrimage shrine at Lourdes, and multitudes have experienced miraculous cures of body and soul there. Though often associated with healing, St. Bernadette also has an important lesson to teach us about suffering.
Saint Bernadette endured sickness for most of her life, and added to that was the pain that being a visionary caused her—the jealousy, suspicion, and rejection of others. As a child she suffered from severe asthma and was weak and sickly. Throughout much of her time living with the Sisters of Nevers she struggled with a very painful tubercular tumor in the bone of her right knee. One day, while in the convent, a group of visitors came to her and asked her if she was aware of the miraculous healings that were occurring at Lourdes, and why she, the woman to whom the healing waters had been shown, did not go there for healing. St. Bernadette simply responded, “You see, my business is to be ill.” This response struck the visitors who simply could not understand what she meant by this. Many in our own day wouldn’t understand it either. Today there is an emphasis, as their rightly should be, on defeating physical illnesses and reducing the suffering it causes. This is a good thing. But we cannot lose sight of having the right attitude or response towards suffering during the time that we experience it.
Many people who discover they are ill are tempted to become depressed, angry, or despondent, as if their heaven should be here and now. St. Bernadette challenges us to a different response: to accept the suffering, illness, and pain that comes to us now as a preparation for the life to come. Our Lady of Lourdes once said to St. Bernadette, “I do not promise to make you happy in this life, but in the next.” St. Bernadette teaches us that suffering gives us an opportunity to go in one of two directions: bitter or better. In response to suffering, people will either become bitter and think thoughts such as, “This isn’t fair,” or, “Why does this have to happen to me?” or, “I hate my sufferings.” But people can also respond in a radical way of acceptance such as St. Bernadette and many other heroic Saints and Blesseds who accepted their pain as bearing a cross given to them by God for their own sanctification, and offered up for the sanctification of others. As they have taught us, suffering allows us the opportunity to grow closer to God, participate in the sufferings of Christ, purify ourselves, and gain perspective on our own fragility and weakness so that we can learn to depend evermore on Him."
“Why must we suffer? Because here below pure Love cannot exist without suffering. O Jesus, Jesus, I no longer feel my cross when I think of yours.” ~ Saint Bernadette
CHAPTER II "HOW ALL MEN LOVE THE KIND-HEARTED
"Kindness shown to ourselves attracts and charms us. We are won on the instant by the happy confidence it inspires.
Even as a flower unfolds its petals to the rising sun, or as a bud opens under the soft breath of spring, so does the heart of man open to kindness.
The kindness we experience from others, like the life-giving air our lungs callout for, plunges, as it were, our whole being into an atmosphere of joy.
When we are sad the mere seeing of a kind face cheers us; when we are worried or anxious a kind and encouraging word is often all that is needed to ease our minds; when tortured by fear for our future, a self-sacrificing act of kindness on the part of some friend makes us realize that we have still something to lean upon, and confidence is born anew within us.
As Father Faber very truly remarks; "Kindness makes life bearable." For life, that most precious of gifts, passionately though we love it, weighs as a heavy burden on our shoulders, so great is the proportion of toil and of suffering in each one of our lots.
Under this "cross" (for verily a cross is all life upon earth) some fall to rise no more, others ever march bravely onwards. Why this difference? May it not be that some lose heart because they know not now to hope? Others, their hearts enlarged by happiness, are rushed on by the very joy of their being. Of a truth, facing life, man is strong or weak, according as he is cheerful or sad at heart.
Sadness quenches the living fire within him, happiness is as fuel to it. And what breath better, than that of a kindness received, to fan the flames of joy in a man's heart?
To impart, then, moral strength to thy fellowman, be kind to him.
Hundreds of times each one of us has felt the happy effects of the kindness of others. Their kind looks have cheered us in hours of gloom; their kind words have fallen on our ears like music from Heaven, and gently lulled our pain.
Nor, save when thus made happy, have we undertaken aught of great things for God or for our brethren.
Kindness has this power over us, because it is the expression of the two sentiments that arouse us most effectually to action-----esteem and sympathy; but for these our mind and will are starved.
For just as the humiliating disdain of the rich discourages the poor even more than it makes them suffer, so is it hard for anyone of us to practise virtue when treated with contempt, or to open our hearts to what is good while shivering in an atmosphere of indifferrence.
To the man who feels that he is neither esteemed nor loved the temptation to stop trying is perilously near. Kindnesses received keep us up precisely, because they mean a liking for us, and are themselves a pledge of sympathy. The bearing of the man who acts from kindness is condescending doubtless; but his is a condescension which honours others, which raises them in their own eyes, which betrays affection such as touches the heart and makes it beat the faster for very joy.
When a kindness has been done us, our life is keener, for we have been stirred up, ennobled, heart-warmed. This is why we instinctively like kind people. They are to us a refuge, like the arms of a mother to her child."
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