For there will be days when each of you will feel like giving up.

For there will be days when each of you will feel like giving up. 2/13/2009

Notes from Feb 10th 1999 Wednesday 8:05am msg. #1685

http://littlemary.excerptsofinri.com/messages/transcript/1999/0215-1999-mon.html

My daughter, you have been chosen for these times, so be glad each time your mother from heaven will come to you. … Be glad or worldly doubt will set in. When you are tired, come to me so I can give you encouragement. …

The reason why so many of our messengers give up is because they forget to take time to be consoled. … Many wait for Jesus and I to come to them, instead of turning to Jesus and I for help. My daughter, you too must take time for yourself. Take quiet time with God. You cannot carry these messages alone, for many are heavy and will pierce your heart. You need more time to talk with us, for this is how you will be comforted on this earth.

Today, I must remind all our children to pray and take refuge in our heart. For there will be days when each of you will feel like giving up. If you try to carry your burdens alone, you will become discouraged. … So please remember children, to take time to share your thoughts and feelings with us. God will then refresh you. God and I will help each child who comes with an open heart.

We will help each who spend prayer time with our Lord. So be not foolish and turn to God instead of man, for all your needs. Be not foolish… I ask today that each of you spend less time talking with those around you for this takes precious prayer time away from you. … I ask that you turn to God when you feel like talking and speak with Him. I ask you to pray and deepen your relationship with God. If you leave God last, then you will not be given the you will need on this earth.

If you do not take time to pray throughout the day, then the enemy will attack you whenever you are weak. The enemy, my children has planted many traps on this earth. And many will fall if you are leaving God last. … Each of you must ask yourselves today, are you spending enough time with God?

If you do not feel peaceful or joyful, then you are not leaving enough time for God. If you feel lonely or depressed, then you are not spending enough time with God. If you feel on edge or Confused, then please children, increase your time with our Lord. … Come to Mass more, so your soul can be nourished. Come more often… Take time to kneel before the Blessed Sacrament…

Don’t wait so long between visits, come more often. Don’t wait to cleanse your soul, come when the spirit moves you. ..Don’t wait for.. spend time each day with Christ. Don’t wait or it will cause you to fall further away from God.

My children, please listen and respond today, for I need each of you strong for times to come. … I need healthy children who are full of life and joyful. I need children who will remain peaceful through each new storm. This will not be if you are not nourishing soul. You will not remain strong if you are not coming to know the Blessed Trinity. If you are spending all your time watching TV or on the phone then you too will panic, for you will not know how to confide in God. You will not be at peace if you are wasting this time to truly come to know God.

I am here today to remind you to turn away from what ever it is that is pulling you away from God. If it is luxury, remove it from your home. If it is your money, then give it to those who are in need. … If it is pride, then humble yourself today… If it is because of busyness, then you will need to slow down. Each of you will have to be honest with yourself, or in the end you will suffer.

In the end, each of you know what is best for your soul. Each of you cannot say, “I did not know”, for I have reminded you many times. It is up to you, because I cannot force you to nourish and cleanse your soul. It is up to you to turn to God for strength. It is up to you to rely on God instead of our messengers for direction. Each of you need to come to know Jesus in a special way. Each of you need to examine your conscience… Without taking a look at how you are living, you will not change. You will not have true peace if you are separating yourselves from God. You will not be happy or joyful unless you are willing to work.

Without a willingness on your part, God cannot help you. Now I ask each of you to take time to reflect on this message so you spend more time with God. For this is the only way to really come to know God. This time my children, cannot be wasted, for this time cannot be given back to you… So be wise, take our hand, God and I are here for each one of you. God knows just how to help you, so please turn to God each new day. Amen.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm 2710

The choice of the time and duration of the prayer arises from a determined will, revealing the secrets of the heart. One does not undertake contemplative prayer only when one has the time: one makes time for the Lord, with the firm determination not to give up, no matter what trials and dryness one may encounter. One cannot always meditate, but one can always enter into inner prayer, independently of the conditions of health, work, or emotional state. The heart is the place of this quest and encounter, in poverty ant in faith.

Excerpt of a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier Sunday February 3, 2002 http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2002/Alti020302.htm

Most of us probably do not seek our refuge in the Lord, but rather, we seek our refuge in anything and everything other than the Lord, most often. You can ask yourself: When you feel stressed, do you turn to pray? When you are feeling attacked, do you turn to Our Lord? When you are feeling lowly or lonely or despised, do you turn to the Lord?

Many of us, in answer to those things, would probably say that we call someone else on the phone, we turn on the TV or we eat. We turn to material things; we look to all kinds of other things other than God. We do not necessarily seek our refuge in the Lord. What we need to strive for is true humility. There is not one single individual in Heaven who is not humble, not one. There is not one single person in Heaven who sought refuge in himself or herself.

There is no one in Heaven who did not seek the Lord. We need to be very clear about that. We have a choice to make. And the choices that we make in this world are also eternal choices. I have asked many times from this pulpit: Do you want to serve the Lord? Or do you want to serve some other god? Most of us are not going to bow down before idols; that is, little gods made of wood, silver, or gold.

But there are lots of idols in this society that many, many, many people bow down before, that many people put before God. We need to choose whom we are going to serve. Jesus tells us in the Gospel what the life of the Christian person is to look like. We are to be poor in spirit. We are to be mourning over sin. We are to be meek. We are to be lowly. We are going to be persecuted. We are going to be slandered. He makes all those points in the Beatitudes and calls those people blessed.

Now that is not what anybody who lives a worldly life would call blessed. But the Lord does. And so, we need to ask ourselves: Are we seeking our reward in Heaven? Or are we seeking our reward here on earth? Remember, if we go out of our way to seek the attention of others

Our Lord tells us: “You have already received your reward.” I think the same, then, can be said when we look at the Beatitudes. If we are seeking the things of this world – the comforts and the riches and all of the things that this world affords – if we are trying to be wise in the ways of the world, if we are trying to fit in, we have already received our reward, which means that we are not going to receive it in the end.

We will stand before God on the Day of Judgment and He will say, “I do not know you.” The goal of our Christian life is to be conformed to Jesus Christ, indeed, even more: to be transformed into Jesus Christ. Jesus was poor and meek and lowly. Jesus sought to serve others.

He gave of Himself, poured everything out for our sake. He was persecuted. He was slandered. And that is what is going to happen to us if we want to follow Him. That is the choice we have to make. Do we want to be like Jesus? Or do we just want to keep Jesus at a far distance and give Him lip service while our lives and our hearts are far from Him? The choice is entirely ours. The day of God’s wrath is drawing near. There will be a remnant that will be saved through it. And it will be a remnant only of those who seek refuge in the Name of the Lord. Do not think that when that day comes you are suddenly going to seek refuge if it is not what you are accustomed to already.

It is something that we have to do every day because then when that day comes we will be accustomed to calling upon the Name of the Lord. When that day comes, whether it is the day of our own individual judgment or a day of the Lord that will befall this world, it is not going to frighten us; it is not going to be a problem for us if we are accustomed to being humble and righteous and seeking our refuge in the Lord.

But if instead we seek pride, power, selfishness, if we are seeking our refuge in wealth, materialism, position, or anything else, then when the day of the Lord comes upon us we will not be seeking the Lord, but we will be seeking all the other things. It is absolutely essential that we strive for humility, that we strive for righteousness, and that we call upon the Name of the Lord. It is not something that is just a good idea. It is not something that [we can say], “Well, of course, we would hear it in church. But that is what we hear in church; we don’t really have to live it or pay attention to it.”

It is not something that we can compartmentalize and say, “Well, that’s on Sunday morning, but the rest of my life I don’t have to pay attention to that,” because one day each one of us will stand before the Lord and the choice we make now is the choice we will make then. Seek righteousness, seek humility, and seek refuge in the Name of the Lord.

The Change We Need

The Change We Need

MESSAGE #2663 from the Blessed Mother August 11, 2004

My daughter, God has been warning His children for some time now,
yet many remain blind to the truth. Many are not preparing their soul
in this time of God’s mercy.

My children must understand that Change takes time. Change does not
happen over night. One must truly want to Change. One must turn to
God and ask, ask for His guidance. One must be willing to do their
part or Change cannot occur.

Change must happen now, so please do your part by truly turning your
lives around. Repent of your ways and be truly sorry for your sins.
Do penance every day and obey, obey all of God’s Commandments. Come
to Mass as often as you can so you have the grace needed to live a
holy life. Get down on your knees and pray, pray more. Get down on
your knees and pray and I will truly lead you closer to Jesus’ Most
Sacred Heart.

Be open to my Son’s love and mercy and be grateful for this time that
has been allowed to amend your ways. Use the protection God has given
you, for this will truly help keep evil away. Pray together now as a
family so you are strengthened for times to come. Many trials await
this world because sin has become widespread.

Please take refuge in My Immaculate Heart so that I can help you
before it’s too late. Take refuge now so that I can protect you
through all trials and storms. Take refuge so that I can help you
endure your crosses with love. Trust, trust in my motherly
intercession, for I am truly here for all my children.

Now, please pray with faith in your hearts so you come to know God’s
love for you. Pray, pray every day and I promise you, Change will
occur in your life. Change is truly needed, so begin today and give
your live to God. Amen.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

2070 The Ten Commandments belong to God’s revelation. At the same
time they teach us the true humanity of man. They bring to light the
essential duties, and therefore, indirectly, the fundamental rights
inherent in the nature of the human person. The Decalogue contains a
privileged expression of the natural law:

From the beginning, God had implanted in the heart of man the
precepts of the natural law. Then he was content to remind him of
them. This was the Decalogue.

Reading (Isaiah 48:17-19)
Thus says the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I, the
LORD, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the
way you should go. If you would hearken to my commandments, your
prosperity would be like a river, and your vindication like the waves
of the sea; your descendants would be like the sand, and those born
of your stock like its grains, their name never cut off or blotted
out from my presence.

Friday December 10, 2004 Homily by Fr. Robert Altier

In the first reading, God says through the prophet Isaiah, If you
would hearken to My commandments, all these other things would
follow. All we have to do is make the Changes in our lives to live
what we believe. But that is the hard part. As always, and as I have
pointed out many times, we do not like to Change.

So we can listen to this over and over and over again and we walk
away and nothing happens. Not because it was not true or it was not
good, but because we do not want to Change. Therefore, we do the same
thing to Our Lord. We like Him from a distance, we acknowledge that
He is God, that He is Lord, that He is Messiah, but we do not want to
Change our lives to become more like Him and to do His Will. And so
we become just like the people He was talking to today.

We look at the saints and we think they are all right – but we do not
want to be like them. We look at Jesus and Mary and we think they are
wonderful – but we do not want to be like them, either. You can
say, “Okay, you don’t want to be one way and you don’t want to be the
other way. What’s going to make you happy?” The answer, if we are
going to be honest with ourselves, is “nothing” because we do not
want it.

That is what needs to Change. We need to look at it and say, “It’s
not enough to look at the saints from a distance. It’s not enough to
read the Gospels and think that Jesus is pretty good.” If we are
going to profess it, we have to live it, we have to Change and be
like Jesus, be like Our Lady, be like the saints, and not just simply
hold them at an arm’s distance and say, “It was good that they did
what they did, but I don’t want to.”

That is not enough. Otherwise, we can look at all of them, some of
the incredibly ascetic saints, and we can say, “We piped you a dirge,
but you didn’t wail.” We can look at saints like Therese, that
everybody loves, and we can say, “We piped you a tune, but you
wouldn’t dance.” All we can say is that we like our sins, we like to
be mediocre, we do not want to be saints.

That is a tragedy because we are going to look at Jesus and we are
going to do the same thing to Him: “He’s really great, but I don’t
want to be like Him.” That is not an option if we are going to claim
to be His followers, and it will be our condemnation if we continue
in that. So we need to make the Change to hearken to the Commandments
of the Lord, to hear His voice, to be obedient, and to live the faith
that we profess.

My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves

My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves

MESSAGE #2634 from the Blessed Mother May 26, 2004
http://littlemary.excerptsofinri.com/
 
 My daughter, Blessed will be those who go forth and proclaim the Gospel. They will be truly blessed by Almighty God. Those who truly live the Gospel will be protected from the evil one.  Woe to those who know the truth but refuse to live it, for how they will suffer for turning their back on God. So many today continue to crucify my Son because of their refusal to live and speak the truth. Very few are willing to be persecuted for living their faith.

I plead with my children today, let go of fear and be light to this world. Let go of fear and teach others all that I am teaching you. It is time now to be true warriors for Christ. Work constantly to strengthen your faith in God and live, live holy lives. Receive the Sacraments often, for then much strength will be given to you.

Dear children, please understand that you are entering a time of great purification. You must prepare your hearts now and respond to the many messages God has so graciously given you. You must stand tall and live, live a pure and holy life. You must learn the truth and truly live your Catholic Faith. You must listen to your Most Holy Pope and not allow evil to enter your Church.  Can you not see what is happening around this world? Bishops against Bishops, Priests against Priests, children against parents and authority. This is all part of Satan’s plan to destroy you. Parents are behaving like children and they are not living their vocation. A great darkness is covering this world because so many are not listening to God.

It is time now to put the Tabernacle and Statues back into Church. It is time now to say the St. Michael prayer, for you need this Archangel’s protection. If you continue to remove the holiness from your Church, you will see much more destruction. You will see much more irreverence and impurity. Shame on those Pastors who have allowed their Church to become a social hall.

Knees must begin to bend, even if the kneelers have been removed. Man must get down on their knees and pray, pray more in Church. The Rosary must not be denied, it must be recited by all my children. It must not be hidden in a chapel, for all my children must join hands and pray it together.

I am warning my children today, for God is not pleased with what is happening in many churches today. God will not have mercy on those who are leading others astray. This message is your wake up call and soon, very soon you will have to respond. This world is in danger and man can no longer deny Heaven’s pleas. All must repent of their wicked ways, for time is truly running out. A great sign will be seen from the heavens, but for many it will be too late if they continue to crucify my Son, Jesus. Convert, convert now and take refuge, refuge in Our Heart.

These messages are truly from my heart because I do not want to see my children suffer. Please, please share this message with the world so more repent and turn to Almighty God. Amen.

Genuflection, an Act of Reverence and Adoration –
Fr. Robert J. Fox – Reverence in Church
http://christianfamilyoutreach.com/pamphlets.htm

Just before entering the pew, one should genuflect. A genuflection is the bending of the knee to the floor as an act of reverence. (There is the saying: LEFT KNEE TO THE KING, RIGHT KNEE TO GOD.) By this simple act you are showing adoration to Jesus Christ, present in the tabernacle. The tabernacle should be in a visible place in the church with a sanctuary lamp or candle always burning. Whenever you pass before the Most Blessed Sacrament (Jesus) in the tabernacle, you should also (thoughtfully) genuflect.

Catechism of the Catholic Church -  http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm

584 Jesus went up to the Temple as the privileged place of encounter with God. For him, the Temple was the dwelling of his Father, a house of prayer, and he was angered that its outer court had become a place of commerce. He drove merchants out of it because of jealous love for his Father: “You shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade. His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’” After his Resurrection his apostles retained their reverence for the Temple.

Gospel (St. Luke 19:45-48)
http://www.usccb.org/nab/112108.shtml

Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things, saying to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.” And every day he was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put him to death, but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were hanging on his words.

An Excerpt of a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier Friday November 19, 2004
http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/

Now the thing that we have to look at is the point that Our Lord Himself is making. He goes into the temple and says, This is to be a house of prayer, and yet you are turning it into a den of thieves. What has been happening in the Church for the last number of years is that there is less and less and less and less prayer going on. Lots of talking, lots of goofing around, lots of playing around, lots of running around, but very little prayer going on in most Catholic churches. Just go someplace and try to pray before Mass. Try to pray after Mass. I am sure we have all experienced it in various places. It just becomes a zoo and you cannot pray even if you want to. It is a house of prayer.

The Blessed Sacrament is right there, and yet no one pays attention to Him. And just think what happens if you have ever tried to suggest to somebody that they should be quiet or maybe they should go outside or at least out to the foyer or down to the church hall. Boy, do they get angry.

But we also need to look and ask, “Have I myself given in to some of that?” We need to make some changes if we have. If we are the ones giving in to making the house of God a den of thieves then we need to change it and we need to make it a house of prayer.

 We have to remember also that each one of us is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and therefore it is not just the church building where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved that is a house of prayer, but each one of us being a temple of God is to be a house of prayer. So we can also ask ourselves, “Am I turning the house of prayer into a den of thieves? That is, am I failing to pray? Am I failing to live according to the word of God in my day-to-day life? Is there something that I should be doing for the Lord that I am not? Am I stealing from God by refusing to give Him what is His due?” All of us can look at that same point and see where perhaps we are not praying as we should when we are called to be a house of prayer.

We are called to be a temple of the Holy Spirit wherein the Most Holy Trinity Himself dwells, and yet how much attention do we really give Him? If we are going to be upset when people are turning the church building into a social hall, why is it that we are not upset when we turn the temple of God – our own bodies – into a social hall? Why is it that we are not upset when we turn this house of prayer – our own hearts and souls – into a den of thieves?  God is asking of you great things, to be truly a temple of the Lord, to be a house of prayer, to be a place of worship, to be a place where God Himself is reserved with the greatest glory, the greatest honor.

We Cannot Vote for Anyone Who Supports Intrinsically Evil Things

We Cannot Vote for Anyone Who Supports Intrinsically Evil Things
 MESSAGE #2692 from the Blessed Mother November 1, 2004
 
 My daughter, My heart is sad because so many of my children are not listening to God. Many are giving in to Satan’s evil ways when they do not take a stand for life.

America, I am warning you, there will be terrible consequences if you do not protect the right of the unborn. Listen and obey, obey God’s Commandments. Do not listen to the world, for the world is truly crucifying my Son each time an abortion is performed. It is not your choice who should live and who should die. Each abortion draws you closer to a terrible punishment upon this world.

The wrath of God is at hand, so please, please dear children, pray more. Pray that more will repent before it’s too late. Pray that more will examine their conscience and do what is right. It is time now for Catholics to obey Church teaching. It is time for all Priests to let go of fear and take a stand for life. This world needs to be fed the truth, so please be true apostles and live, live your Catholic faith.

Now, please do not be fooled by those leaders who say they will protect this country. Do not be fooled, for this country will not be protected if your leaders do not respect life. This message must be made known, for many deny that life begins at conception. Many deny that abortion is the greatest sin in this world.

Today, is a day of prayer, so please gather and pray, pray from your hearts. Gather and pray and ask all the Holy Angels and Saints to intercede for you. Go forth now, just as the Saints, and live and defend the Gospel. Amen.

Luke 18 The Parable of the Persistent Widow

 1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

 4″For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, 5yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’ “

 6And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
 

Excerpts of a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier October 17, 2004
http://www.desertvoice.excerptsofinri.com/text/2004/Alti101704.htm

Jesus told us to pray without growing weary. If we get weary and let our prayer down, we are going to lose. But if by the strength of God we can continue to pray, then we will remain faithful, then we will win the battle. This is a battle for souls, but people have lost that understanding because we want money and other things, and that has become more important than human souls.
 
Now, having said that, each one of us still has to remain faithful, not only in prayer but in the way that we live our lives. In a little over a week, we all have to go to the polling place and we have to make a choice.

And let us make no mistake; if we willfully vote for someone who is publicly acknowledged as being in favor of things that are intrinsically evil, it is a mortal sin. We can no longer make claims like, “Well, my family has always voted this way so I have to do the same.” That is a bunch of nonsense! We have to vote for people who want to bring about a true good. And we have to use our minds; we cannot just mindlessly walk in and say, “Well, this is the way that I’ve always voted. I don’t know what anybody stands for, but I’ll just vote this way because I always have.” We need to look things up, we need to find out where people stand, and we need to vote with our conscience.

That, again, has become a problem these days. We have many priests who have been telling people, “Just do whatever your conscience tells you.” That is true – provided that your conscience is well formed. The formation of conscience has to come from the Lord, that is, by looking at the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and of His Church and forming our consciences in accordance with those truths. Conscience does not mean doing whatever I feel; “conscience” means doing what is right. That means we cannot – ever or in any circumstance – uphold something that is intrinsically evil. And so I highly recommend to you to do a little bit of study in the next week, to look at the candidates (both on the national level and on the local level in your particular ward) and find out what they stand for. If they are in favor of anything that is intrinsically evil – abortion, euthanasia, fetal stem cell research, human cloning, or homosexual “marriage” – we cannot vote for these people because they are in favor of things that are completely contrary to the law of God.
 
We must remain faithful, whether it is convenient or inconvenient. In the midst of all the political correctness, all the pressures that are applied from so many areas, we have an obligation in all things to remain faithful to Jesus Christ. The time has come. Regardless of the political situation and regardless of the world situation, we must remain faithful.

We must pray and we must realize that our faith is going to be tested, as it has never been before. It begins with simple things, like “Are we going to choose evil or are  we going to choose good?” If we are not even able to pass the most simple test that is completely black-and-white, good-or-evil (there is not an in-between when it comes to such things), then how do we think we are going to remain faithful as things progress?

Right now the Lord is looking at our hearts, and He is going to test them to see if we will remain faithful to Him. Whether it is in the voting booth, in the workplace, in our families, on the streets, or in front of the Blessed Sacrament, He is going to try us, He is going to test us. He is going to see if we will remain faithful to what we have been taught from our infancy. Remain faithful in the midst of the trials and difficulties and pray always without wearying because right now that is our only hope to save our own souls and to be able to save as many as we can. We will not turn back the hand of God any longer – the day has come – now our only hope is to save as many as we can.

My message at Fatima was that my children must repent and turn to God.

My message at Fatima was that my children must repent and turn to God.

 

MESSAGE #2813 from the Blessed Mother September 14, 2005

 
My daughter, God will continue to open new doors, so be at peace. Be at peace so that you continue to shine your love of knowing Jesus. Persecution is thirst for your soul, so continue to do what God and I are asking of you.

My message at Fatima was that my children must repent and turn to God. If man does not understand these messages, then they are not living the Gospel. All must take heed to the Gospel. All must repent and turn to God. To repent, one must honor and obey God. One must live the Fatima message if they truly want to build their relationship with Jesus. Man must wake up and begin to live, live these messages. All must let go of fear, for these messages are the Fatima message. These messages are tools to help my children so more grow in their faith.

If my children continue to ignore the Gospel, then many more will perish. They will see the fire of hell. I say to my children, sin exists and it is truly, truly darkening the world. Many people live in sin because they are refusing to examine their conscience. Many are not obeying God’s Commandments because they are refusing to live pure and holy lives. I have been warning my children for some time now, yet many mock and laugh at these messages. Many pick and choose which Commandments to obey. Many turn to the world for answers, instead of confiding in God. Prayer and penance are truly needed, for so many are on the wrong path.

Today, I am asking for more prayer. Today, I am asking that each of you pray, pray with me today. The time is drawing closer, so please wake up and respond to all that I am teaching you. Wake up and stay awake, for there is not much time for me to repeat myself. This time will soon end, so begin today by opening your hearts so that God can direct you on this earth. Amen.

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church

2487 Every offense committed against justice and truth entails the duty of reparation, even if its author has been forgiven. When it is impossible publicly to make reparation for a wrong, it must be made secretly. If someone who has suffered harm cannot be directly compensated, he must be given moral satisfaction in the name of charity. This duty of reparation also concerns offenses against another’s reputation. This reparation, moral and sometimes material, must be evaluated in terms of the extent of the damage inflicted. It obliges in conscience.

 

The Gospel of John 21:18-19

 

Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. 18 I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” 19Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

 

 

 

 

Friday May 13, 2005 Homily by Fr. Robert Altier   Our Lady of Fatima

 

We recall the great events that took place in Fatima, Portugal back in 1917 as Our Lady appeared to these three little children. She revealed to them several secrets, including, of course, the Second World War and some of the events that would take place as we have only in the last few years had revealed as part of that Third Secret – the things that would take place with the shooting of the Holy Father and the martyrdom of many others.

 

So as these events that Our Lady spoke of continue to unfold, we have to look even further at what it is that she asked for. She asked that there would be reparation on the First Saturdays for all of the crimes against her Immaculate Heart. She asked that we would do penance and that we would pray the Rosary. It is precisely these things that are needed more than anything in our world today. Of all the things that we can get ourselves involved in, there is nothing more important than prayer and penance. It is only this that is going to bring about a change.

 

I think Pope John Paul II had demonstrated this very clearly toward the end of his life when he accepted the intense sufferings that God sent him. He showed all of us the dignity of a suffering human being. Sister Lucia did something that was very similar as she just suffered in silence for so many years, showing us once again what it means when Our Lord looks at each one of us as He did at Peter in the Gospel reading today and said, Do you love Me? Then when we say, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love You,” the question is what we are going to do with that. Love, as we know, is demonstrated only in suffering; it is only when we are willing to accept the Cross.

 

As it said at the end of the Gospel reading when Jesus explained to Peter what was going to happen to him when he got older, Saint John says: This was to signify the kind of death by which he was to glorify God. Now we would look at it and say, “How can that glorify God? It is such an unjust thing!”

 

But it is precisely because he accepted it and he embraced it and he gave it all to God, and the Lord was glorified in that. So too now for us, to be able to look at this and remember that in that Third Secret as the angel stood with his sword and cried out to the earth, Penance! Penance! Penance! those are the only words that are in that part of the Third Secret that has been revealed. Penance! Penance! Penance! This is what the world needs: People who are willing to accept their share of the Cross, and by this means to glorify God; people who are willing to offer to God their suffering, to be able to unite that with Our Lord’s suffering, and in this way to demonstrate their love.

 

As Our Lady calls us to prayer and penance, she is asking us also to be able to be like her Son, to suffer even unjustly, to forgive the people who cause the suffering, to be willing to offer it all to God, to give Him glory.

All must become little in the eyes of God

All must become little in the eyes of God

 

MESSAGE #2518 from the Blessed Mother August 19, 2003

 

My daughter, those children who pray the Rosary shall be protected by my mantle. They shall be protected from the evil that lingers, lingers in this world.  God is so pleased when He sees so many little children praying the Rosary. God is pleased because their prayers are truly from their heart. All must become “little” in the eyes of God and be humble, loving children. All must pray from their heart in order for their prayers to reach Heaven. Be little children, for God chooses the simple to do great work for Him.

 

Be humble, loving children so that God can use you in a powerful way. Do not boast or be prideful, for this is what will distance you from God. Be truthful and loving so that the world will see the joy of Jesus shining through you. Do not criticize or judge others, for this will prevent you from being a child of God. A loving, humble heart is what will conquer the forces of evil.

 

Now, please keep your focus on Jesus and by your humility and acts of kindness you will become strong warriors for Christ. Strive to be little, little children and you will be led closer to Jesus. Through your response you will grow in holiness, so do not delay. Be little, loving, humble children. Amen

 

 

Matthew 18:1-4

 

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”   He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

 

 

Catechism of the Catholic Church

526 To become a child in relation to God is the condition for entering the kingdom. For this, we must humble ourselves and become little. Even more: to become “children of God” we must be “born from above” or “born of God”. Only when Christ is formed in us will the mystery of Christmas be fulfilled in us. Christmas is the mystery of this “marvelous exchange”:

 

O marvelous exchange! Man’s Creator has become man, born of the Virgin. We have been made sharers in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share our humanity.

 

561 “The whole of Christ’s life was a continual teaching: his silences, his miracles, his gestures, his prayer, his love for people, his special affection for the little and the poor, his acceptance of the total sacrifice on the Cross for the redemption of the world, and his Resurrection are the actualization of his word and the fulfillment of Revelation” John Paul II, CT 9).

 

 

     

An excerpt of a Homily by Fr. Robert Altier   Feast of Saint Therese – Wednesday October 1, 2003

 

 In the Gospel reading today, Our Lord tells us very, very clearly that unless we become like little children we will not enter into the kingdom of Heaven. It is that clear. It is an absolute necessity that one must become like a child in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven.

These are the lessons that we learn from Saint Therese: to become like a little child in the presence of God, to have that simplicity of a child which many of us find to be repulsive because we think that becoming more complex is the more impressive thing to do. God is not impressed at all because God is perfectly simple, and if we are going to become more like God we have to become more simple.

 

In becoming more simple, we will become more childlike. That is exactly what Our Lord tells us we must do. He does not give us an option. He uses the same word in several places: “Unless you are born again of water and the Holy Spirit, you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven”; “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you”; “Unless you become like a little child, you cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven.” It is not an option for us. We must be baptized, we must receive Holy Communion, and we must be as a little child.

 

We need to keep God always in our presence. No matter where we are, He is in our hearts if we are in the state of grace, but we need to keep our minds focused on Him. We need to check in with Him frequently, to come to Him with our problems, to thank Him in the good times, To learn from the most simple ones, to learn from the most innocent ones, to learn from those who are the most precious in the eyes of God: little children, who just simply love and trust and do not worry about anything. That is the way God wants us to live and that is what we learn from our little Saint of today – how to be like a little child in the arms of God.

Fr. Robert J. Fox on EWTN SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE Oct 12th 2008

Fr. Robert J. Fox of Fatima Family Apostolate http://fatimafamily.org/ and editor of Immaculate Heart Messenger http://catholic-magazine.excerptsofinri.com/ and author of “Messages from the Heart of Our Mother” which is about Little Little Mary http://www.virginmary-messagebook.excerptsofinri.com/
will be on EWTN SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE Fr. Benedict Groeschell  – October 12, Sunday night 6 PM    http://ewtn.com/

When FR. BENEDICT GROESCHELL OF EWTN SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE HEARD that Fr. Fox’s book on the EUCHARIST was now released and available and Mother Angelica writes the Preface – he wanted this priest-author to fly to New York City for his SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE TV SHOW. Of the 24 hours airing of Eternal Word Television Network to 140 countries of the world – Fr.Groescell’s SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE has the highest ratings. He wants to have Fr. Fox on his show to discuss FATIMA but especially this NEW BOOK on the EUCHARIST: Heaven and Earth United.

Father Fox was calling it his LAST BOOK long before he was told in August at Cullman Alabama Clinic that he has bone cancer. The program is expected to be aired October 12, Sunday night 6 PM (Central Time).

Father Robert J. Fox spent the last two years writing this book on the Eucharist. Mother Angelica, even though she has had serious physical afflictions for years, wrote the preface. It took 6 months, after giving the manuscript for this book to the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration, to get the preface recently from Mother Angelica with the aid of her sisters.

“The wait was worth it,” said the author. “I want this book on the Eucharist to be my last book, after writing 50 others and thousands of articles,” Father told Mother Vicar at the Hanceville Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, founded by Mother Angelica as was also EWTN – world wide Catholic television. Mother Vicar replied, “Oh! You’ll get another idea for another book.” – “Well! after 54 years in Christ’s Holy Priesthood what kind of book could be a better last one than one on the Eucharist which anticipates the heavenly liturgy?” was Father’s reply.

He offers Mass daily at the Hanceville, Alabama Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament – an ideal area to compose this unique and revealing book which people are already asking for. The book is dedicated to Jesus and Mary, then to Mother Angelica who writes the preface on the same theme as the book. Life long Catholics will be astounished at the insights on the Eucharist crossing all time barriers as Father writes from his heart and a life-time of priestly experience, study and prayer.

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FREE New Pamphlet – FATIMA: THE FACTS by Fr. Robert J. Fox

FREE New Pamphlet – FATIMA: THE FACTS by Fr. Robert J. Fox

There have been requests to clarify the facts of the Fatima message. Did the Pope and Bishops really consecrate Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary? Was the entire third part of the Fatima Secret as written by Sister Lucia revealed by the

Vatican in 2000 AD? What actually happened at Fatima during the 3 apparitions of the Angel – and the 6 apparitions of Our Blessed Mother? What happened to Sr. Lucia after she entered the Convent of the Dorothean Nuns and the Carmelites? Did she have more apparitions after entering the Convent? What are FIRST

SATURDAYS about? WHAT IS THE COLLEGIAL CONSECRATION requested by Our Lady of Fatima?????

Christian Family Outreach is sending tens of thousands of pamphlets on various subjects free of charge

The Intimate Life of Sister Lucia

The Intimate Life of Sister Lucia by Fr. Robert J. Fox

“What I recommend to you above all else is that you get close to the tabernacle and pray. In this you will find the light, the strength, and the grace that you can pass on to others. . . . For this reason they need more and more to pray . . . . Let time be lacking for everything else but never for prayer and you will experience the fact that after prayer you will accomplish a lot in a short period of time” ( p. 317-318)

Lúcia de Jesus Rosa Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus and was a Portuguese visionary and Roman Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun. She was one of the three children who experienced a series of apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal in 1917.

Lucia de Jesus dos Santos was born in Aljustrel, a village in the parish of Fátima, Portugal. Her parents were Antonio and Maria Rosa dos Santos. She was the youngest of seven children, six girls and a boy. By 8 she was occupied with the tending of the family’s sheep, accompanied by other boys and girls of the village.

It was while in the company of her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, that the first heavenly apparition occurred, that of the Angel of Portugal, come to prepare the young trio for their mission and for an even greater visitor.

On May 13, 1917, when Lucia was 10 years old and while tending the sheep in the Cova de Iria, a woman, who later identified herself as the Blessed Virgin Mary, appeared to the children. The apparition would continue monthly on the 13th of the month until October 1917, excepts in August, when imprisonment by the anti-clerical authorities prevented it. During each month’s apparition, the Virgin encouraged prayer, especially the rosary, and sacrifice. She also communicated certain prophecies of the future (the end of World War I, the rise of error in Russia (communism) and its propagation throughout the world, the annihilation of nations, another war preceded by a heavenly sign if men did not convert, and the suffering and persecution of the good, especially the Holy Father). On Oct. 13, 1930, the bishop of Leiria-Fátima, José Alves Correia da Silva, declared the apparitions of Fátima worthy of credibility and allowed public devotion to the Virgin under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima.

This book of The Intimate Life of Sister Lucia will stir the hearts of many with new documents on Sister Lucia. Never, ever before, in the 2000 year history of the Church has God required a humble Sister, with little formal education, to call the Pope and the Bishops of the World to an action which would change the direction of the world. Such was the misson given Lucia, one of the little shepherds of Fatima. What has the intimate life of Lucia of Fatima been like these long decades since? Fr. Martins, who in 1973 first gave us the Memoirs and Letters of Sr. Lucia in Portuguese, French and English, now gives us, through the Fatima Family Apostolate, documents which have waited until the Third Millenium before they could be published.

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