AVOID SINS

HOW OFTEN DO I PRAY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Let’s ask ourselves: are we open to the Holy Spirit, do I pray to Him to enlighten me, to make me more sensitive to the things of God? And this is a prayer we need to pray every day, every day:

“Holy Spirit may my heart be open to the Word of God, may my heart be open to good, may my heart be open to the beauty of God, every day.”

But I would like to ask a question to all of you: How many of you pray every day to the Holy Spirit? Eh, a few of you I bet, eh! Well, a few, few, a few, but we realise this wish of Jesus, pray every day for the Holy Spirit to open our hearts to Jesus.”………….Pope Francis (May 13 2015

BE PREPARED TO SUFFER

Jesus foretold that those who are truly His representatives would suffer the same persecution as He did. Besides 15 attempts on his life, St Anthony Mary Claret had to undergo such a barrage of the ugliest slander that the very name “Claret” became a byword for humiliation and misfortune. 

The powers of evil do not easily give up their prey. No one needs to go looking for persecution. All we need to do is be sure we suffer because of our genuine faith in Christ, not for some whim or our own imprudence. But if you truly LOVE HIM, then be prepared, you have been warned by God Himself!

On a lighter note, Queen Isabella once told her Confessor St Anthony, “No one tells me things as clearly and frankly as you do…….and “everybody is always asking me for favours but you never do. Isn’t there something you would like for yourself?” He replied, “That you let me resign.” The Queen made no more offers!

FAMILIES

OUR DIGNITY AND RIGHTS

MOTHER OF JESUS HOLD US IN YOUR ARMS

HOLY VIRGIN, MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, HOLD US IN YOUR HANDS AS YOU DID WITH THE CHILD JESUS, SO THAT THE EVIL ONE MAY NOT EVEN APPROACH US WITH HIS EVIL INTENTIONS.

HUMAN RIGHTS

THE FAMILY

LET US ALL CARRY THE CROSS

JOYFUL FAMILY

BE HUMBLE

Remember that He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can’t see it. So quietly submit to be painted.

HUMILITY

JESUS IS MY COMFORT

FAITH

THE WORLD VERSUS THE CROSS

DO NOT BE OTHER'S JUDGE

CHANGE VERSUS VALUES

OPEN YOUR ARMS TO CHANGE BUT DO NOT LET GO YOUR VALUES

OUR GUARDIAN ANGEL

To his angels he has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways……….Ps 91:11

REFLECTION – The Angels are the shepherds of our souls. Not Content with bringing our messages to God, they also bring God’s messages to us.
They nourish our souls with their delightful inspirations as well as their Divine communications……..St John of the Cross

DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR YOU

CARE ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU AND YOU WILL BE THEIR SLAVE.

I TRUST IN THEE, MY LORD

“Father, lead me day by day,
Ever in Thine own sweet way;
Teach me to be pure and true;
Show me what I ought to do.

When in danger, make me brave,
Make me know that Thou canst save;
Keep me safe by Thy dear side;
Let me in Thy love abide.

When I’m tempted to do wrong,
Make me steadfast, wise and strong;
And when all alone I stand,
Shield me with Thy mighty hand.

When my heart is full of glee,
Help me to remember Thee,
Happy most of all to know
That my Father loves me so.”

TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER - THE M0NTH DEDICATED TO THE HOLY ROSARY

The month of October) is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. 

Until about the 15th century hundreds of mysteries were part of the Rosary devotion then the 15 mysteries that we know today were definitively fixed as “the Mysteries of the Rosary.” Pope John Paul II, in his encyclical, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, in 2002 added the five Luminous Mysteries.
Through the meditations of the complete Rosary one recalls and has impressed on his mind, the Popes tell us, “the chief mysteries of the Christian religion,” “the mysteries of our Redemption,” “the great mysteries of Jesus and His Mother united in joys, sorrows, and triumphs.” The twenty mysteries are divided into four equal groups, known as “The Joyful,” “The Sorrowful,” “The Glorious,” and “The Luminous Mysteries.” 

“Love to recite the Rosary, meditating on its Mysteries.  Little Therese said that each Hail Mary goes up toward Heaven like Incense whose smoking spirals are all alike although it is always new Incense which burns. LOVE always says the same things, yet never repeats itself.”

PRAYER

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the One who says it, our prayers do make a difference.