LIFE IS SACRED

Don’t let anyone tell you #abortion is none of

 your business! Whenever somebody’s life is 

in danger, that’s everybody’s business!

THE DEVIL'S PLAN

FRATERNAL LOVE

MY REFUGE IS JESUS

LOVE OF GOD

RESPECT FOR THE PRIEST

MARY'S ASSISTANCE

I HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR A MOTHER.

I HAVE A GREAT MOTHER FOR MY NEEDS.

AND THIS MOTHER IS THE MOTHER OF CHRIST MY REDEEMER

TRUST IN MARY

FAITH

OUR TRIAL

Our pilgrimage on earth cannot be exempt from trial. We progress by means of trial. No one knows himself except through trial, or receives a crown except after a victory, or strives except against an enemy or temptations.’ –St. Augustine~

MY LEADER

HE IS CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER. 

HE IS MY LEADER.

 DO YOUR ACTIONS CONFORM WITH HIS TEACHINGS?

JESUS CALLS..... DO I REPLY?

WHILE SUMMER IS A SEASON TO ENJOY SOME DAYS OF  REST, 

IT IS NOT A SEASON TO REST AND STAY AWAY FROM A

 DAILY VISIT TO THE 

BLESSED SACRAMENT.

GOD SHOULD BE OUR FOCUS

FOCUS ON GAINTS ---YOU STUMBLE

FOCUS ON GOD   ------  YOUR GAINTS STUMBLE

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 The world has heard enough 

of the so-called rights of man.
 
Let us hear something 

of the rights of God

DO NOT REPEAT THIS MISTAKE

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little

GENEROSITY

“Oh, my soul, how much longer do you wish to be so stingy with Jesus? Why so negligent towards Jesus who made You? Why so lazy towards Jesus who redeemed you? Who do you want to love, if you do not want to love Jesus?”

—   St. Gemma Galgani

WHAT LOVE DOES

"Intense love does not measure, it just gives."

— Mother Teresa

HIS GRACE

 “TO THINK YOU CAN LOVE GOD WITHOUT BEING CHANGED BY HIM, IS TO THINK YOU CAN JUMP INTO THE OCEAN AND NOT GET WET. 

TO REALLY LOVE HIM, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE WRECKED BY HIM, AND BUILT AGAIN INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHING LASTING.”

HUSBAND AND WIFE---------WIFE AND HUSBAND

“THE HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE HAND AND THE EYE. WHEN THE HAND HURTS, THE EYES SHOULD BE CRYING. AND WHEN THE EYES CRY, THE HAND SHOULD WIPE AWAY THE TEARS .”

BE PREPARED

ANDREA BOCCELLI'S STATEMENT

ROLE MODELS FOR OUR FAMILIES

Can never say we don’t have enough role models in our family. And this is just a tiny sample!

ABORTION HURTS SIBLINGS

A picture says a thousand words. 

Or in this case, a picture testifies to millions of deaths.

"I lost my little sister to the cruelty of abortion. She was killed when she was three years younger than me, killed in the same womb I once called home. This picture is a reality for me, and it hurts to have to imagine the childhood we could have shared together, a time that we should both hold memories of. Raised as an only child, my formative years were dramatically different than what they could - what they should have been.

Not only was my sister erased, but so were my nieces and nephews and their children and their children’s children. Abortion not only kills an innocent child, it kills generations, it kills relationships, it kills hope, and it kills love.

This breaks my heart so much. I can’t imagine the pain."

So declared one who lost his siter to abortion.

WHO LOST HIS MIND?

FORGIVENESS

An amazing story of conversion and forgiveness: St. Maria Goretti & Alessandro Serenelli

Although Alessandro was only 19 years old, he had become addicted to pornography. Wanting to live out his fantasies he attempted to molest an 11 year old girl. As she yelled out, “No Alessandro, it is a sin…” he became enraged and stabbed her 14 times. Although she made it to a hospital and received Communion as Viaticum, she died.

Alessandro was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Although he was aware that Maria, the girl, had forgiven him on her deathbed (even saying she wanted to be in heaven with him) he did not feel remorse. Then he had a dream – which was surprising in and of itself because Alessandro did not typically dream. 

In this vivid dream, the prison walls and bars fells away as his cell became a sunlit garden. full of flowers. He was surprised to see a peasant girl dressed in white since they wear dark colors. Then he realized it was Maria. She was walking among the flowers, smiling and not as all fearful. He wanted to leave but couldn’t. Maria picked white lilies and handed them to him saying, “Alessandro, take them!”

One by one he accpted the 14 lilies. As he took them, each lily transformed into a flaming light. There was one lily for each of the times he had stabbed her. Then Maria smilingly said, “Alessandro, as I have promised, your soul shall someday reach me in heaven.”

The dream changed him. For the first time he understood the light of God’s grace and mercy. From that time on, he looked to reform his life.

Because of his good behavior, he got out of prison after 27 years. For a time he wandered as a farmhand, but then he became a brother in a Capuchin monastery.

Finally, 31 years after the trial, he went to visit Assunta Goretti, Maria’s mother. Begging Assunta’s forgiveness, she placed her hands on his head, caressed his face and gently said, “Alessandro, Marietta forgave you, Christ has forgiven you, and why should I not also forgive. I forgive you, of course, my son! Why have I not seen you sooner?”

The next morning Assunta, with head held high and tears falling, took Alessandro by the hand and led him to Mass. Side by side they took communion. From that day on he was welcomed into the Goretti family as “Uncle Alessandro.”

Assunta and Alessandro were also side by side when St. Maria Goretti was cannonized. 

WHAT IS FREEDOM

OUR DAILY STRUGGLE

To live without faith, 

without a heritage to defend, 

without battling constantly for truth, 

is not to live, but to “get along”; 

we must never just “get along.” 

- Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

CHRISTIAN JOY

A joyless Catholic is the devil’s best tool. A joyful Catholic is God’s greatest instrument.

IAM NOT PERFECT....SO...

 Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness in other people. 

WHAT IS GOD TO US

“You have not been sprinkled with forgiveness. You have not been splattered with grace. You have not been dusted with kindness. You have been immersed in it. You are a minnow in an ocean of his mercy.” 

THE EFFECTS OF SIN

But my sin was this, that I looked for pleasure, beauty, and truth not in Him but in myself and His other creatures, and the search led me instead to pain, confusion, and error. 

ST AUGUSTINE