Saturday, December 18, 2010

Christmas Message from Fr. John Corapi

Another Christmas is here. I don't know about you, but with each passing season I think more of my mortality, and wonder how many Christmas days or any days are left in my allotted time in this life. One of the greatest sorrows, I believe, is to have missed opportunities, to have wasted time. When we think of the unfathomable gift of God's only Son given to us as a Gift surpassing all gifts, we have to take a moment or two to be thankful. Some days it's more difficult to be thankful than others. Every November I speak and/or write about our American holiday of Thanksgiving, reminding myself and others of the need to be thankful. Then a few weeks later along comes Christmas. Jesus, the Bread of Life, is laid in a manger (a place where food is placed by higher creatures for lower creatures). Mary, the Mother of the Eucharist, performs this sacred act. It all takes place in Bethlehem, a word that means "House of Bread."

Eucharist is a word that basically means "thanksgiving" or "to give thanks." So, every year after Thanksgiving I recall that the ultimate thanks to the Father is Jesus in the Eucharist. This miracle of thanksgiving is foreshadowed in a mysterious way at Christmas when the Mother of Thanksgiving (the Eucharist) lays her only Son (the Bread of Life) in a manger (place where food is set) in the House of Bread (Bethlehem).

For a sad and somewhat mysterious reason an incredible amount of sadness and depression descends upon no small number of people during the holidays. I don't know if it's the Devil's revenge, or just a natural emotional response of millions of people who once knew the warmth of a family and traditional values, but now feel isolated, desolate, lonely, and alienated. More than 50% of marriages end in divorce, and the fragments of broken families are strewn far and wide over the landscape of modern society. We do the best we can, but even I have to admit the holidays are a challenge. Some years I have to consciously and strenuously ignore the secular facet of the holidays and look only at the religious and spiritual. You might say that's what we expect of a priest. You wouldn't be wrong, but you have to remember priests are just as human as anyone else.

This year, for the first time in ten years, I will celebrate Christmas without old Sage, my loyal and loving Chesapeake Bay Retriever. There will be one red bow less to put on dogs' collars, and the empty space in the house and around the house still aches without his presence. Yet, we give thanks for all things great and small, for all creatures great and small, for all blessings and gifts, great and small. Especially we thank God our Father for the greatest gift of all--the gift of His only Son, Jesus in the Eucharist. Emmanuel, God is with us, at Christmas, and forever.

God Bless You,

Father John Corapi, SOLT

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

THIS THANKSGIVING

THIS THANKSGIVING

This Thanksgiving holiday may be the only one some of us have left, or it may be the most important one some of us will ever have. Let’s make the most of it.

From the beginning, this mostly secular holiday has had a somewhat “holyday” dimension to it. After all, the Pilgrims gave thanks to God, mostly for surviving, but surely for the food they had that helped them to survive and ultimately prosper.

Taking things for granted is an occupational hazard of the human condition. It is easy to forget that all things come from God. Whatever we have is a gift from our Father, “Who art in Heaven,” and on earth, and in every heart and mind that permits him entrance.

This Thanksgiving some of us are having our own personal struggles, and it is not as easy perhaps to be thankful. Millions of people are nowhere near as well off as they once were. The lines at the local food banks and shelters are longer than they have been in recent times many places. Those of us who are able must help those less fortunate when we can. I spent one Thanksgiving homeless, roaming the streets of Los Angeles when I was younger. I can tell you it is a cold and desolate feeling.

Some of us are mad at God this Thanksgiving. I can understand that, although it doesn’t do any good to bang your head against the rock wall of Reality. Some of us don’t have what we had last year. I know dozens of people who have lost more than 40-50% of their wealth this past year. I lost my best friend this year. I know what it is to be mad at God too, although it isn’t the right thing to do, and it certainly doesn’t help. God gave us what we had to begin with.

The Prophets got mad at God at times. They got over it, and so will we.

Some people lost wives, husbands, and children this year. I can’t imagine the depths of their suffering, but I sympathize with it. I don’t have a wife or children in the normal sense. I acquired a dog ten years ago at a very dark and painful time in my life. He saved my life when he was a puppy by giving me a reason to live. Years later he saved my life from two intruders who broke into my home early one morning. He was my best friend for years. He died tragically from cancer a couple of weeks ago. He bled to death internally and died as I held him on the examination table of the veterinary clinic. He was scared and could hardly breathe as he looked into my eyes.

I was mad at God for taking the only real friend I had for many years; the only one I lived with and could be close to through many dark and troubling years. He was always the same, day in and day out. He loved me unconditionally, and every morning he greeted me as though he hadn’t seen me for years, although he slept on the same bed that I did every night of the ten years he was with me.

It’s hard to lose things, harder to lose what we love. Yet, it was God who gave us these things from the beginning. I remember that there were over 3,000 sunrises and sunsets that I spent with Sage. He loved to walk with me anyplace we went. He loved to swim more than anything else. He was a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, and it was in his genes to be that way. He was loyal and he was loving, and he is gone, but I am thankful to God for the years He gave me to live with Sage. He always slept with one back leg over my ankle, as though he wanted to keep track of me through the night. He liked to watch football games on television, and sat next to me on the sofa with one paw draped over my leg.

He would often steal my shoes or socks and race joyously through the house and prance and dance until I told him to hand them over, which he always did as though it was his highest and happiest mission in life.

Loss is hard, but sometimes it is only in loss that we realize what we’ve had, the greatness of the gift and how much it has contributed to our life. It’s easy to give thanks when everything goes well. It’s easy to love when all is comfortable. It’s the highest and best thanks and love when we can do it from a place of loss. Be thankful for what you have, and for what you had, even if it was only for a little while, for as a wise man said, “Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.”

So, this Thanksgiving let’s be thankful indeed for all we have, and for all we’ve had. It is all evidence of the love and care of God our Father.

Have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving,

Fr. John Corapi

Friday, November 5, 2010

The Month of November: Thoughts on the "Last Things"

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The Catholic Church dedicates each month of the year to a particular devotion or consideration. Traditionally, the month of November is dedicated to praying for the deceased that are undergoing the final purification, or Purgatory. One of the oldest and most essential doctrinal teachings of the Church concerns what we have called ‘the last things’: judgment, heaven, hell, and purgatory. I always try to emphasize these essential and mandatory doctrinal teaching during this month of November. They are always relevant, but not always comfortable for people.

Every human being will be judged by God, both at the instant of death (the particular judgment), and when the Lord comes again in glory (the general judgment). Some very true, and very simple things to remember:

God is perfectly merciful. Jesus, the Son of God, suffered and died so that each and every one of us can be happy in Heaven forever. God wills our salvation more than we ever could. Mercy is for now, while we are still on this earth.

God is perfectly just. In the end, as Jesus say, “every penny will be paid.” We must answer for all of our sins, sins of commission and sins of omission. This means the sins that we have not repented of, the guilt of which is still on our soul at the moment of death. Justice can begin in this life, to be sure, but the ultimate justice is extracted from the moment we pass from time into eternity.

The spiritually and morally intelligent way to live is in a state of grace. As Catholics that means we go to the sacrament of Confession or Reconciliation (Penance) frequently, confessing at least any and all serious or mortal sins we are conscious of. Live well so as to die well.

Purgatory is real. It is part of the sacred deposit of the doctrine of the faith. I think many people think it’s inconvenient, however. Unless the soul is perfect, it cannot bear to stand in the immediate presence of God, the Light is simply too bright. Therefore both remission of guilt and purification of the temporal punishment due to sin is necessary—in this life, or the next. Purgatory is the final purification. It is truly the mercy of God. It is not a negative thing. It is incredibly positive. Without it there is only absolute spiritual and moral perfection which = Heaven; or not, which = hell. Purgatory is a great blessing and the mercy of God.

I strongly recommend that this November each of us read the Catechism of the Catholic Church #992-1050. This will help to give you a better understanding of the Church’s teaching on “The Last Things”: Judgment, purgatory, heaven, and hell. My series “Heaven and Hell”, which is available on both DVD and CD, directly deals with these subjects.

Sometimes reality disturbs people. In fact “disturbed people” can be said to be out of touch with reality. The truth is not negative, so long as you accept it and embrace it, then live in accordance with it. It not, then it is extremely disturbing, upsetting, and unsettling. No amount of wishing, imagining, or denying will ever make the realities of judgment, purgatory, heaven, or hell go away. The truth is what it is, whether we believe it or not, like it or not, accept it or not. In the Catholic Church belief in the last things is a matter of faith. It isn’t optional. We don’t have to necessarily understand it, but we do have to believe it. “We walk by faith, not by sight.” Nonetheless, if you give the assent of faith, then you will begin to have some light to understand better too. Never perfectly in this life, but one day more beautifully and more perfectly than you could ever imagine.

For now let’s pray for the souls in Purgatory, and ask them to pray for us. It is a spiritual work of mercy and highly intelligent to do so.

God bless you,

Fr. John Corapi, SOLT, STD

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

How To Gain a Plenary Indulgence

An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. (1983 Catechism ¶ 1471)

In other words, an indulgence can take away some or all of the temporal punishment due to sin, either for ourselves or for others, as we choose. Temporal punishment is one of the consequences of sin, which does not go away even if the sinner truly repents of the sin in this life; the other is eternal punishment, which is due the unrepentant sinner. The amount of punishment due a particular sin includes all the possible consequences of the sin, not only to the sinner but to the community in the present and the future. Temporal punishment can occur in this life (penance and mortification are two examples of voluntary acts that can count to reduce temporal punishment; suffering the consequences of the sin involuntarily can count as well) or in Purgatory in the hereafter. Indulgences both partial and plenary are two other ways to reduce temporal punishment. Partial indulgences take away some of the punishment, but plenary indulgences take away all of it! Like all the best deals, there are rules. Plenary indulgences are not easy to obtain.

Plenary Indulgences can be acquired only once each day for the same work (unless one is at the moment before death, in which case the person may acquire another). Another exception is on All Souls Day — November 2 — when the faithful may gain a plenary indulgence, only for the souls in Purgatory, as often as they want). Notice that one might acquire additional plenary indulgences the same day as long as they are for different works.

Plenary indulgences are much more demanding than partial indulgences, for they require one to do all the following. These are “the usual conditions” for receiving a plenary indulgence:

• have the intention of gaining the indulgence

• receive the Sacrament of Penance (within several days before or after the prescribed action of the indulgence, though the same day is best, if possible)

• receive the Eucharist (within several days before or after the prescribed action of the indulgence, though the same day is best, if possible)

• pray 6 Paters (Our Fathers), 6 Aves (Hail Marys), and 6 Glorias (Glory Be’s) for the intentions of the Holy Father (within several days before or after the prescribed action of the indulgence, though the same day is best, if possible). The most recent Enchiridion [Church's official handbook on indulgences] prescribes at least one of each, but 6 is the traditional number.

• perform the prescribed action of the indulgence. If the prescribed action of the indulgence requires a visit to a church or oratory, one must visit devoutly and recite 1 Our Father and the Creed. This doesn’t refer to any visits to a church for Confession or the Eucharist in order to fulfill the requirements listed above; it refers to such indulgences as those granted to the faithful for visiting a church on the day of its consecration, visiting their parochial church on its titular feast day, visiting the stational churches of Rome, etc.

• be free from all attachment to sin, including venial sin. This last is most difficult, but if it can’t be fulfilled, a partial indulgence at least will be gained.

Some examples of actions to gain a plenary indulgence:

• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for at least one hour

• Making the Way of the Cross or, if unable to get to a church, the pious meditation and reading on the Passion and Death of Our Lord for a half an hour

• Private recitation of five decades of the Rosary. This must be done vocally, continuously, and while meditating on the Mysteries

• Public recitation of five decades of the Rosary. This must be done vocally, continuously, and with the Mysteries announced out loud and meditated on.

• A plenary indulgence is granted on each Friday of Lent to the faithful who after Communion piously recite before an image of Christ crucified the prayer: “Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus.” On the other days of the year the indulgence is partial. The prayer is written below.

Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before your face I humbly kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech you to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins, and a firm purpose of amendment, while I contemplate with great love and tender pity your five wounds, pondering over them within me, calling to mind the words which David, your prophet, said of you, my good Jesus: “They have pierced my hands and my feet; they have numbered all my bones” (Ps 21, 17-18).

• A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who renew their baptismal promises in the liturgy of the Easter Vigil

• A plenary indulgence is granted when an Act of Consecration is publicly recited on the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (go to end to see this prayer)

• A plenary indulgence is received by those who publicly make the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart on the Feast of Christ the King (last Sunday in October per the traditional calendar, last Sunday of Pentecost per the Novus Ordo calendar) (Go to end to see this prayer)

• A pious visit to a church, a public or chapel on All Souls’ Day (November 2) with the prayers of one Our Father and the Creed; this indulgence is applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory.

• A devout visit to a cemetery with a prayer, even if only mental, for the departed souls, from the first to the eighth day of November.

Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.

I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.

I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.

Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart

Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us humbly prostrate before Thy altar. We are Thine, and Thine we wish to be; but to be more surely united with Thee, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to Thy most Sacred Heart. Many indeed have never known Thee; many too, despising Thy precepts, have rejected Thee. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Thy Sacred Heart. Be Thou King, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken Thee, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned Thee; grant that they may quickly return to their Father’s house lest they die of wretchedness and hunger. Be Thou King of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one Shepherd. Be Thou King of all those who are still involved in the darkness of idolatry or of Islamism, and refuse not to to draw them all into the light and kingdom of God. Turn Thine eyes of mercy towards the children of that race, once Thy chosen people: of old they called down upon themselves the Blood of the Savior; may It now descend upon them, a laver of redemption and of life. Grant, O Lord, to Thy Church assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: “Praise be to the Divine Heart that wrought our salvation; to It be glory and honor for ever.” Amen.

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The Roman Sacristan: Obtaining a Plenary Indulgence for a soul in Purgatory on All Souls Day

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Praying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences During November

Explaining indulgences and practices Catholics can do during the month of November for the Poor Souls in Purgatory.

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It is during November that the Church meditates on the Communion of Saints, which is the charitable link with the faithful who have already reached heaven (Church Triumphant), the faithful departed who are still expiating their sins in Purgatory (Church Suffering) and of the pilgrim faithful here on earth (Church Militant). "In this wonderful exchange, the holiness of one profits others, well beyond the harm that the sin of one could cause others. Thus recourse to the communion of saints lets the contrite sinner be more promptly and efficaciously purified of the punishments for sin." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1475).

On November 1st the Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints, a holyday of obligation, honoring all those faithful in heaven. Throughout November the Church also remembers our faithful departed. The need and duty of prayer for the departed souls has been acknowledged by the Church at all times. It is recommended in the Scriptures of the Old Testament: "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."(2 Macch. 12, 46). This duty has found expression not only in public and private prayers but especially in the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the repose of souls.

Throughout November the Church prays for all who are in the purifying fires of Purgatory, waiting for the day when they will join the company of the saints in heaven. The celebration of Mass is the highest means the Church can provide for charity for the dead, but we can also relieve their sufferings through our prayers, sufferings and penances. We an also help the Poor Souls by doing acts and prayers that have indulgences attached to them. There are many indulgences, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, that can be obtained during the month of November.

An indulgence is "the remission before God of the temporal punishment due for sins already forgiven as far as their guilt is concerned." To obtain this remission there are proper dispositions and certain conditions predetermined by the Church that must be met by the faithful. The remission is acquired through the intervention of the Church, who has the power to loose and bind granted through Jesus Christ. "As minister of the Redemption, authoritatively dispenses and applies the treasury of the satisfaction won by Christ and the Saints" (Enchiridion of Indulgences).

To understand this practice of indulgences, the Catechism explains:

[I]t is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence. Grave sin deprives us of communion with God and therefore makes us incapable of eternal life, the privation of which is called the "eternal punishment" of sin. On the other hand every sin, even venial, entails an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called Purgatory. This purification frees one from what is called the "temporal punishment" of sin. These two punishments must not be conceived of as a kind of vengeance inflicted by God from without, but as following from the very nature of sin. A conversion which proceeds from a fervent charity can attain the complete purification of the sinner in such a way that no punishment would remain.
The forgiveness of sin and restoration of communion with God entail the remission of the eternal punishment of sin, but temporal punishment of sin remains. While patiently bearing sufferings and trials of all kinds and, when the day comes, serenely facing death, the Christian must strive to accept this temporal punishment of sin as a grace. He should strive by works of mercy and charity, as well as by prayer and the various practices of penance, to put off completely the "old man" and to put on the "new man." (1472, 1473)

An indulgence can either be partial or plenary. It is partial if it removes only part of the temporal punishment due to sin, or plenary if it removes all punishment.

To be able to gain an indulgence, one must have the intention to gain them, and perform the works at the time and in the manner prescribed.

To attain a plenary indulgence, three conditions must accompany the prescribed act:

the faithful must receive the sacrament of confession, either eight days before or after the pious act is performed,
receive Holy Communion on that day
and recite prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father (one Our Father and one Hail Mary is the minimum, but any other additional prayers may be added).

All attachment to sin, even venial sin, must be absent. If one's disposition is less than perfect or if some of the above conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence becomes partial.

One must also remember that one can acquire one plenary indulgence a day.

Indulgenced Acts for the Poor Souls A partial indulgence can be obtained by devoutly visiting a cemetery and praying for the departed, even if the prayer is only mental. One can gain a plenary indulgence visiting a cemetery each day between November 1 and November 8. These indulgences are applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory.

A plenary indulgence, again applicable only the Souls in Purgatory, is also granted when the faithful piously visit a church or a public oratory on November 2. In visiting the church or oratory, it is required, that one Our Father and the Creed be recited.

A partial indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, can be obtained when the Eternal Rest (Requiem aeternam) is prayed. This is a good prayer to recite especially during the month of November:

Requiem aeternam dona ei (eis), Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei (eis). Requiescat (-ant) in pace Amen.
Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Many families add to the "Prayer Before Meals" the second half of the "Eternal Rest" prayer:

Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts, Which we are about to receive, from Thy bounty, through Christ, our Lord, Amen. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Other families recite the "Eternal Rest" prayer in between decades of the rosary.

It is a good devotion to pray for the departed all through the year, not just November. After these Souls in Purgatory are in heaven, they will intercede for us. We should all develop prayerful habits, such as praying the "Eternal Rest" prayer when passing cemeteries, to remind us of our eternal destiny.

For more information on the Church's teachings on indulgences, read the Enchiridion of Indulgences given by the 1968 Decree of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary.

Also see The Catechism of the Catholic Church section on Indulgences, Part 2, Section 2, Chapter 2, Article 4, Subsection 10, 1471-1479..

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http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=1178

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Damaso, at the end of the day

Damaso, at the end of the day
By Antonio J. Montalvan II
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:52:00 10/11/2010

“AS CHINA’S population ages and the wages slowly rise, the government is becoming more concerned about who will take care of the elderly than about a destabilizing surge of young people unable to find jobs . . . . Experts worry that Beijing is unprepared for the sheer speed at which China will age. The United Nations predicts China’s working-age population will peak in 2015 and plunge by 23 percent by 2050.”

That was a Reuters report, datelined Beijing, in the Inquirer issue of Sept. 27, just about the same time that the Philippines went delirious over a Carlos Celdran in a bowler hat, he who could have demonstrated his wrath against the Chinese authorities for imposing a one-child policy. Except that Celdran was “demonstrating” against “overpopulation” in the Philippines which, if we heed his call, will very surely follow the path of China some years from now—remorseful for controlling population gone hopelessly geriatric.

Watching Celdran’s chutzpah acting on television screens and listening to the hosannas heaped upon him only convinced me that indeed, we have forgotten what Padre Damaso represented. Celdran was clever but his interpretation was, sadly, very literal. It is as if the world has not post-modernized after more than a hundred years of the “Noli.” Filipinos do not take their history too well.

Damaso was the quintessential schemer, a liar who was corrupt and adulterous, abusing his self-imposed, enlarged clerical power to exact vendetta. What he represented is very much real and existent in the flesh today, but not necessarily among the clerics. There are Damasos in media, and there truly are Damasos in government. The Damasos constitute a legion among our politicians. Celdran certainly missed the metaphor of Rizal’s parody.

One hardly finds the Damaso memory alive in Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, the father of Pondong Pinoy, the low-key archbishop of Manila who is painfully aloof with the cameras. Celdran could have searched elsewhere. The script’s setting and dramatis personae were certainly skewed right from the start.

Post-Celdran theatrics, the debate has now shifted to the question of when life begins, as if this has not been answered by science yet. Of course, that is part of the script. And part of the script is the lie that many artificial contraceptives are not abortifacient. It is incredible that one does not know this in this wired age when a wealth of information can be accessed at the flick of a finger. May I invite readers to www.epm.org/articles/bcp3300.html.

Damaso’s expertise was deception. It should not be hard then to find where the Damasos are in this debate.

Surveys are part of the ruse. Majority of Filipinos are in favor of legislating the use of artificial contraception. Right. But the Church is not in this for popularity reasons. Little support or otherwise, it is the role of the Church to point out the moral moorings of public policy, no matter if that is not what the majority says. If the majority says we shall legalize jueteng, do we expect the Church to follow suit? We might as well ask the Church to support drug abuse and women trafficking if and when the majority says these are okay. Never has the Church been daunted by a rampaging mob in its 2,000 years of existence, or it could not have survived this long. And survive it will, with due respect to Amando Doronila.

The Church should not meddle in government? Damaso was hardly the yardstick for that. He lost his moral ascendancy as a perpetrator of colonial abuses, among which were deception and hypocrisy. As pro-life and anti-death advocate, the Church has the responsibility to safeguard the tenets of the faith, which politicians should not leave at the doorstep of their houses when they go to Congress or Malacañang. The Church as a domain of faith is not limited to territorial boundaries. Faith is a sea without shores. The bedroom is part of the Church. Which the hypocrite Damaso denied, hence his dalliances that brought forth the tragic Maria Clara.

Media was in a frenzy over the Celdran performance. “Strictly Politics” of Pia Hontiveros at ANC joined the “fray of friars”—unfortunate for an intelligently straightforward talk show that had once outwitted an unguarded Erap Estrada into admitting that he indeed had signed the bank transfer for Jose Velarde a foot away from Clarissa Ocampo. That was a feat for the probing Hontiveros. That was history at its best.

In the merriment anti-life advocates went into to celebrate Celdran, a hapless John Carlos de los Reyes, the pro-life presidential contender in the May 2010 elections, was ganged up on by a cabal of known pro-death advocates—Beth Angsioco, Krip Yuson, Ricky Carandang and a revealing pro-contraceptive Pia Hontiveros—who only revealed their ignorance of “Humanae Vitae.” Balanced media reporting? Ricky Carandang, now a Cabinet secretary, has been a known anti-life advocate from way, way back. Now a public servant, Carandang remains anti-Church and anti-life. Call that democracy. Damaso would have relished that.

At the end of the show, Hontiveros unfolds a Damaso T-shirt. Everybody giggles and finds it cute, never mind if Delos Reyes is flabbergasted. At the end of the day, who is the real Damaso?

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Comments to montalvan_antonio@g.cu.edu.ph

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http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20101011-297078/Damaso-at-the-end-of-the-day

Monday, October 11, 2010

Protect life. Its as simple as that. We are each other's keepers. Mothers, foremost- as everything begins in the womb. Protect life. Fight for it.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Fw: Greetings in the Divine Mercy!- feedback from Sibu Malaysia

-----Original Message-----
From: Maryleflyna Dau William
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:42:46
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Subject: Greetings in the Divine Mercy!

Dear Bro Stanley,
Thank you so much for taking time to conduct the conference in in Sibu,
Sarawak, Malaysia on 16-18 September 2010. I was one of those who
attended your conference in Sibu recently. Friends shared with me that
they saw and felt something on the Miraculous Image of Divine Mercy
Lord you brought. Some felt Lord Jesus' heart pumping when they put
their hands on his heart, others saw white rays circling on his chest,
others saw the red and white rays alive, others saw water ripples on the
Image, a gent saw Jesus sat on a chair with a crown, a friend was able
to bend down after after 1 and half year of back ache, some felt so
loved and peace when venerating the Image of Our Lord, etc. As for me I
felt so much joy tremendous love in my heart that I forgot to ask you
what The Lord's message for me. I am the one (at the counselling) who
passed the list of petition for you to give to the Lord. I also asked
if the Lord was present and you said "He is always around. He is
listening to you." Any message from the Lord for me?

At my parish St Joseph we pray the Chaplet every Sunday. At another
parish St Peter we pray everyday at 3pm. I have put in your name in the
petition box so that you will be protected and that the Lord will use
you powerfully to win more souls.

Once again I would like to say thank you to you and I praise and thank
God for you. Enclosed is an image that my friend's friend took during
the veneration in Sibu on 17th September, 2010.

When are you free to come to Kuching (we are half an hour's journey by
fight from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia?

Thanks & God Bless.
Mary

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

RH law not needed, if Noy would do his job POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr.

This article presents another side of the RH bill that is already quite overridden by the media hype. The writer, in fact, to quote is "for reproductive health". Just the same, from this stand, he enumerates and highlights why the law is not needed. Lets take it from the other side of the discussion.

RH law not needed, if Noy would do his job
POSTSCRIPT By Federico D. Pascual Jr. (The Philippine Star) Updated October 07, 2010

NOT NEEDED: For the record, I am for personal and public health in general, for Reproductive Health in particular.

But I am alarmed by the over-reaching scope of the proposed RH bill(s), and by the attempt to use the RH debate to cover up the mismanagement of our rich human and natural resources.

The RH bill I have seen aims to pluck the poor and ignorant masses from the muck of overpopulation by imposing a law cutting down the number of their children without due regard for their private sentiments and religious beliefs.

Actually, despite our being dominantly Catholic, we routinely ignore Church teachings on contraception and abortion and slyly resort to the birth control method of our choice.

We are already doing this without an intrusive and coercive RH law hanging over our heads.

* * *

OVERLAPPING LAW: What do proponents of the RH bill(s) really want?

Stripped of their generalized slogans proclaiming family planning, responsible parenthood, informed choice, gender equality, infant and child care, and fighting violence against women, what do they specifically want?

They want planning of family size and spacing of pregnancies? Many couples are already doing that — even without an intrusive RH law.

They want the Pill, injectible contraceptives, condoms, and other devices preventing or terminating unwanted pregnancy? All these physical and chemical interventions are already available without an RH law. Ask around.

They want gender equality? That is already promoted by existing laws. And you can be sure the women rights crusaders are never asleep.

They want more food, dwellings, better education for their children? They should pressure government officials, from Malacañang down, to do their sworn duties and not foist the lack of an RH law as an excuse.

They want emancipation from poverty? They should tell Malacañang to carry out measures to reduce poverty — such as improved revenue collection, wise use of resources, and no-nonsense prosecution of grafters. This can be done without an RH law.

They want to tell parents to limit to two the number of their children? There are better ways — without having to coerce parents through an RH law — of convincing and helping couples limit the size of their brood.

They want abortion on demand? Sorry, but they will have to contend with the Constitutional mandate for the protection of the unborn, not to mention the penal laws on the taking of human life. An RH law cannot overturn the basic Charter.

* * *

MISMANAGEMENT: The absence of an RH law (superimposed on laws already covering the subtopics of reproductive health) is being used to explain away the failure of government to address decades-old problems identified with poverty.

Our problem in the Philippines is not so much population growth as it is the mismanagement of our God-given human and natural resources. President Aquino has pinpointed one area — corruption that saps resources and the will to excel.

Overpopulation is not the cause of corruption. Rather, it is corruption that creates myriad problems that impact on the growing population.

The quality of the population is a decisive factor in building a strong and progressive nation. Properly managed, the population is an asset. Mismanaged, it is a heavy burden.

A number of developed countries whose population’s median age has become alarmingly high are now easing the brakes on population control and encouraging couples to produce more babies.

Some countries that cannot wait for these babies to grow into productive members of the community woo selected foreigners who are professionals or skilled workers. Many qualified Filipinos take advantage of this situation.

* * *

HATE-OBJECTS: It is sad that the strategy stable of President Aquino is again using politics of hate not only to gain acceptance of the RH idea but also to display the President as a hero battling opponents of the bill, especially the Catholic Church.

In the same manner that they put up Gloria Arroyo as a hate-object to win the last elections, they seem to be again drawing the same divisive line of promoting a battle royale with the Church on the issue of birth control.

They probably figured that they could win this big fight also. The President should instruct his boys to discuss the issues purely on the merits instead of again fomenting rifts that may not easily heal.

* * *

ABORTIFACIENT: Reader Noel Manalo called our attention to the fact that all contraceptives are abortifacient (causing abortion). He explained in an email:

“The early contraceptives, such as Enovid back in 1957, did prevent ovulation, and therefore conception — majority of the time. But such “hormonal” contraceptives — so called because they used hormones such as estrogen and synthetic hormones like progestin — had a difficult problem.

“They caused internal bleeding and cancer of the uterus. This is the main reason why manufacturers and doctors turned to outright abortifacients (“pampalaglag”).

“The use of abortifacients looks ‘clean.’ The one they abort is the fertilized egg — a human being initially one cell in size, too tiny to see, but a human person nonetheless. Abortifacients murder a helpless, unborn person with the same human worth and dignity as all of us.

“There are still hormonal contraceptives being produced, but they retain the same problems of hormonal contraceptives — intra-uterine bleeding and cancer of the uterus.

“If you take hormonal contraceptives once or a few times, maybe you won’t bleed or get cancer. But for these things to work, you have to take them constantly, day after day, month after month, year after year — until menopause.

“Otherwise, if you miss a dose, you could get pregnant, and all your plans are ruined. This is how people become slaves to contraceptives and abortifacients.”

Reprehensible A LAW EACH DAY (Keeps Trouble Away) By Jose C. Sison

Reprehensible
A LAW EACH DAY (Keeps Trouble Away) By Jose C. Sison (The Philippine Star) Updated

People who believe in God whether Christians, Muslims, Buddhists or any other faith would certainly feel offended if somebody disrupts the very rite or liturgy that is the center of their faith, the celebration of God’s presence in their midst. These rituals are the most sacred to them. This is the reason behind the provision of our Revised Penal Code (RPC, Article 133) penalizing with imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years and 4 months “anyone who shall perform acts in a place devoted to religious worship or during the celebration of any religious ceremony” which are “notoriously offensive to the feelings of the faithful”.

For Catholics “the Mass is the center of the Church. Nothing can compare to the Mass because it is the renewal of the Sacrifice on the Cross where Christ offers Himself up for all humanity. It is the moment when heaven and earth unite”. Disrupting the Mass is therefore the most offensive act against the feelings of Catholic faithful. Anyone who disrupts the mass like that Intramuros tourist guide (his name is not worth mentioning) certainly deserves to be imprisoned. His act can never be justified by his deep resentment against the prelates who oppose the RH bill. It is willfully, willingly and feloniously done during a rite most sacred to Catholics and therefore punishable under the RPC. Muslims and Buddhists would also feel offended if such disruption was committed against them. There is no reason why disruption of a Catholic ritual should be treated differently.

Article 133 of the RPC does not penalize the proponents and supporters of the RH bill or those who want to impose a family planning program and the promotion of women’s reproductive health. It only penalizes the act of disrupting religious worships and rites. Definitely this is not a medieval law. It is relevant and appropriate for as long as faith in the almighty God exists. Those who are therefore advocating the repeal of the law on the premise that it is being enforced by the “Padre Damasos” allegedly still in our midst or by “people whose thinking is stuck in the dark ages”, are grossly mistaken and miserably misinformed.

It is really reprehensible for the advocates and supporters of the RH bill to vent their ire and viciously attack the Catholic prelates and the faithful simply because the latter believe that the RH bill is wrong and contrary to their own belief. They may have the freedom to express their own views but they must also respect the customs, practices and the rights of others to express contrary views. They have no right to denigrate, defile and blaspheme those who do not agree with them.

Actually there is an abuse of freedom in our society today. People now think that they have the absolute right to act and speak freely even to the extent of trampling upon the rights of others or of imposing their individual rights over and above the rights promoting the common good. This observation is confirmed not only by recent criminal act of that tourist guide at the Manila Cathedral. The more dangerous example is the alleged right to informed choice guaranteed by the RH bill which is now being openly supported by P-Noy after accepting that Millennium Challenge Corporation grant.

The RH bill and P-Noy would grant couples the right to choose between the natural and artificial method of birth control with the use of contraceptives in spacing the births of their children and planning the size of their family provided they are properly informed. According to the bill, the entire range of contraceptives will be made available to them if they choose the artificial method. But medical science has already established that some of these contraceptives do not actually prevent conception. Instead they prevent the live fetus from implanting in the wall of the uterus which is terminating pregnancy or simply abortion. Considering that couples have the right to choose these contraceptives pursuant to the RH bill, then couples are virtually given the right to choose abortion.

Pro choice is really a popular catchword. It is bound to attract backers of the RH bill like that Intramuros guide fanatic. But “whenever we hear the term pro choice, we must also ask the all important question, ‘what choice are we talking about’. “Given the facts about abortion, the question really becomes, do you think people should have the right to choose to kill” innocent defenseless and helpless children in the mothers’ womb “if that is what they want to do”? (Pro life Answers to Pro Choice Arguments, p. 83).

Indeed, the main authors of this bill, Representatives Lagman and Guarin do not deny that some of these contraceptives prevent the live fetus from implanting in the walls of the uterus. But they stubbornly insist on the passage of the bill by claiming that life begins only upon the implantation of the fetus on the uterus contrary to the scientifically established findings that life begins from the moment the egg is fertilized by the sperm or at conception. Raising the issue of when life begins just leads us to the following question: “If you are driving at night and you think the dark figure ahead on the road may be a child but may just be a dark figure of a tree, do you drive into it or do you put on the brakes. Shouldn’t we give the benefit of the doubt to life”? ( idem, p. 39).

Actually however there is no more doubt on this matter anymore. Our Constitution itself says that the state shall protect the life of the mother equally with the life of the unborn from the moment of conception. So the RH bill should be junked not because the Church is opposing it but because it is unconstitutional. There is no reason at all to pounce on the Church and her prelates for opposing the bill.

E mail us at jcson@pldtdsl.net.

Another sharing

Praises to Jesus the Divine Mercy & Mama Mary!

Oct 4, '10 5:29 PM
by revelita for users ourdivinemercy and rmc1979

rmc1979

I want to share to others how Jesus gave me my job when I lost my Solidbank job effective September 1, 2000. Jesus gave me Metrobank as my next employer effective Sept. 1, 2000. I did not lose hope when I was told I was not among the list of retained employees. I prayed the chaplet unceasingly and sought the intercession of Mama Mary and Saint Faustina who became a saint on April 30, 2000. My job at Metrobank lasted till April 15, 2009. I still wanted to work and effective April 16, 2009 I reported to the LGU Office to work as Administrative Officer IV at the City Budget Office of Ozamiz City effective June 01, 2009. Nine (9) months after I was promoted to Accountant III at the Economic Enterprise Office up to the present. That's how generous the Lord Jesus! Then our daughter passed the Physicians' Licensure exam in August 2010 and she is now a resident doctor at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City. Glory to God in the highest!

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Before taking a stand, know what you are taking a stand for. Read the fine print. Before its too late.

Id like to share this appeal for life.

THIS IS AN APPEAL.

THIS MORNING, I RECEIVED THIS EMAIL FROM A CO-PARENT AT WOODROSE THROUGH OUR MOM'S YAHOO GROUPS AND I HAVE DECIDED TO SHARE IT HERE. I THINK FOR MOST PART MANY HAVE BEEN SILENT FOR FEAR OF THE POSSIBLE REACTIONS THAT WILL BE ELICITED FROM TAKING A PRO-LIFE STAND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT EVENTS THAT HAVE INVOLVED THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PRO-CHOICE PROPONENTS. THEN AGAIN THIS MORNING, I WAS COMPELLED BY THIS EMAIL TO TRY AND TAKE A FEW STEPS FURTHER TO SUPPORT LIFE AND TO RALLY FOR LIFE.

SOMETIMES, SILENCE IS GOOD AND GOLDEN BUT WHEN IT DISABLES US FROM TAKING A STAND, FROM BEING THE THE BETTER VERSION CHRISTIANS WE ALL ASPIRE TO BE AND NATURAL STEWARDS OF LIFE, THEN CHOOSING TO BE SILENT DOES MORE DAMAGE THAN WHAT WE WANTED TO AVOID ANYWAY. THERE IS A LINE BETWEEN TOLERANCE AND PERMISSIVENESS. I REMEMBER THIS ALWAYS FROM FR. CORAPI'S TALKS. WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LIFE. WE ARE CARETAKERS OF LIFE, FOREMOST AS PARENTS AND AS HUMAN BEINGS. GOD HELP US WITH COURAGE TO SPEAK UP IN FAVOR OF LIFE, NOT SO MUCH TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL OR ARGUMENTATIVE OR SENSATIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST- BUT JUST TAKE A STAND FOR IT REGARDLESS OF RELIGION. AFTER ALL, LIFE AND CHOICE- THESE BLESSINGS ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE TO CATHOLICS. THESE BLESSINGS ARE ALL INCLUSIVE.

MANY YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, IT WILL BE OUR CHILDREN WHO WILL HARVEST THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR DECISIONS, ACTIONS AND INACTIONS.

MAY OUR CHOICES, REGARDLESS WHO IS RIGHT OR WRONG, BE ALWAYS LIFE-GIVING.

GOD BLESS!

From: SHARON FERNANDEZ <sybf2005@yahoo.com>
Subject: A CALL FOR ACTION
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 9:48 AM

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week saw a very sad incident and a tragic turn of events take place in our midst - a misguided individual took it upon himself to disrespect and desecrate the holy sacrifice of the mass, the most central and revered practice of our faith, under the excuse of "freedom of expression". He also disrespected the leaders of our Church, who were present in the celebration. If this had happened in a mosque and it was the muslim religion that was disrespected, muslims everywhere (not only in the Phils) would be up in arms and calling for a fatwah.

But how did we react as Catholics?

In light of all the attacks being waged against the Church these past weeks (and which we can expect will continue as those who are pushing for the RH bill will certainly make the most out of the recent incidents to put the Church in a bad light and force Filipinos to take sides), let's take some time to pause and reflect on where we stand in all of this. As Catholics, are we going to side with those who say that we should be "flexible" (see Carmen Pedrosa's column in Phil. Star today, Oct 3) and just choose to follow those teachings of the Church that don't agree with our views? Or are we, like true Catholics, going to practice humility and recognize that our Mother the Church is just doing her job of looking out for our welfare by reminding us of what is good for us, because God said so and He knows what's best? Since when did being a Catholic mean we can pick and choose what we want to believe and practice based on what is convenient and "makes sense" to us? For isn't that the essence of FAITH - the belief in something to be true based on the authority of someone else? In this case, we believe in the truths taught to us by the Church because the authority behind the Church is God Himself. I don't know about you but I'm not about to go against what God says because I happen to "think" that using contraceptives will be a much better (read: easier, more convenient) solution to preventing unwarranted births than say, abstinence. But that's what all these biased columnists and people in media would have us think and do. Just think about it for a while: why is it that we don't read any articles/columns that talk about the merits of ABSTINENCE? Condoms and other contraceptives have already been scientifically proven to be less than 100% effective (condoms between 85-95% effective), which is why there are still so many incidences of unwanted pregnancies despite their use, which then motivates the person to seek abortion as her next and last resort. But if people practice ABSTINENCE, that will be 100% effective 100% of the time. The problem with ABSTINENCE is that there's no money to be made by anyone out of it AND it will require discipline and self-sacrifice (virtues many of our so-called leaders and politicians could definitely benefit from learning). With abstinence, both the rich AND poor alike will benefit (not only physically but spiritually), whereas promoting contraceptives supports a billion $ industry.

So going back, where do we, as true CATHOLICS, stand in all of this? Are we going to allow the views of the few but very vocal, misguided individuals speak for the millions of Catholics in this country? As the article below says, if we don't speak up now when our very beliefs are being challenged, when else will we speak? What kind of society will we bequeath to our children and grandchildren? A society that values comfort and self-seeking over self-sacrifice and whole families (father, mother, children) loving one another? A society where children don't need to tell their parents that they're using contraceptives because they're having pre-marital sex at 15? A society where a wife doesn't need to discuss with her husband her decision to have a ligation, even if he still wants to have children? A society that doesn't value children because they represent hard work, sacrifice, expense? For that will be the result of passing the RH Bill currently being touted as the ultimate solution to our problems with poverty.

If this is the kind of society that you would want generations of Filipinos to inherit, then do NOTHING after reading this. But if you want to have a hand in our country's future, TALK, WRITE, DEBATE, DISCUSS with others what you believe. If you belong to a group who are active in Church activities, ministries, etc., generate talk and discuss these with them and get others to make a stand with you. Write to your congressmen or if you know/have connections to any politician, talk/write letters to them and let them know what you think. Because unless we make the effort to speak out, the highly vocal minority will speak out for us, and then where would we be?

Sharon Fernandez

(If you are unsure of the fact and would like to be further enlightened on the arguments against contraception, abortion, population control, the RH Bill, etc. I would be more than happy to share information with you. Feel free to e-mail/text me.)

----- Forwarded Message ----

Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 7:42:31 AM
Subject: [alfi] Elizabeth, Generations for LIfe: An Obligation to the Truth

http://generationsforlife.org/2010/0915/speaktruth/

An Obligation to the Truth

— Posted by Elizabeth (September 15, 2010 at 7:48 pm)

Have you ever been in a situation when a friend shares with you the fact that they performed a less-than-honorable action? And instead of pointing out that what they did was wrong, and that they have an obligation to get right with God, you laugh it off?

Yes, that happened to me. Recently, in fact. I was merely trying to be non-judgmental, but I ended up condoning that action. I didn’t speak the truth, instead I remained silent.

In our society, silence implies consent. By saying nothing, we indicate that we have no objections. We affirm the speaker as correct, and give them permission to proceed.

Meanwhile, our culture is constantly throwing objectionable beliefs in our face. We read biased articles from the media; there are numerous social settings where we run into people who hold immoral viewpoints. Our friends get caught up in the lies. As Christians – especially as Catholics who have been confirmed – we have an obligation, like it or not, to speak the truth instead of remaining silent.

We don’t have to be confrontational. We might not be especially persuasive. Maybe we’ll feel embarrassed because the truth is unpopular. But when the truth is disrespected in our presence, we can’t let the insult pass without raising even a small objection.

When you think about it, wouldn’t we speak up in any other situation? If I was speaking to someone who dissed my family, favorite sports team, or even my favorite movie, I would most certainly challenge their statement. Very few of us would merely shrug it off.

In the big picture, the Church, morality, and our pro-life beliefs are important enough to be defended – although it should be done with compassion and respect. And while oftentimes, we will be tuned out and ignored, we have the assurance that we have done the right thing.

Generations for Life

http://generationsforlife.org/
Lets continue taking a stand for life. The future generations are banking on us.

An Obligation to the Truth

— Posted by Elizabeth (September 15, 2010 at 7:48 pm)

Yes, that happened to me. Recently, in fact. I was merely trying to be non-judgmental, but I ended up condoning that action. I didn’t speak the truth, instead I remained silent.

In our society, silence implies consent. By saying nothing, we indicate that we have no objections. We affirm the speaker as correct, and give them permission to proceed.

http://generationsforlife.org/2010/0915/speaktruth/

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Another Divine Mercy Miracle

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From: <Stjoesfarm@aol.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:21 PM

Subject: BLESSINGS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST! I AM IN CALIFORNIA
To: mailbox@ourdivinemercy.info

Good Morning Dear Ones:

I first heard Stanley in 1995 in Santa Maria,
California. Yes, there was heat emanating off of the Image Of Divine
Mercythat week-end. It was a marvelous retreat. I have loved and prayed
the Chaplet for many years. But in 2006, I was up In San Francisco for my
Grandaughter's very serious burn surgery...She was sixteen months old at the
time and had fallen into a fire pit in the mountains in Northern California and
down in the pit the coals were still burning. When her mother found her,
her arm and hand were melted! She was flown out by Angel Flight and ended
up in St. Francis Hospital with the head doctor considering amputating her
arm! Meanwhile, I was praying with family and friends for a much different
outcome. My poor daughter, Kimberly was laying in the intensive care burn
center with darling Mirianna and had left four other children at home with their
father. I flew up the day of the first major surgery and grabbed a copy of
Signs and Wonders Magazine and threw it into my suitcase. My flight alone
could be a testimony of a spiritual battle to get to the Mirianna's side
with blessed oil and support and prayers, but I will be as brief as
possible. I had prayed on the entire flight, then I went to the hospital
and just made it for the major surgery. My daughter and I got to pray over
her together and then prayed the rosary and the chaplet while they
operated. Then when I got to my room, I dropped off to sleep and arose
very early to pray before going back to the hospital. I still am amazed
that I took that magazine with me. After I prayed that morning, I opened up
Vol. 12 No. 3 Winter 2000/2001 with a picture of the Divine Mercy on the
front. I opened to page 12 to read the story again about Stanley for
strenght, and the whole bedroom filled with the scent of roses coming out of the
magazine! I was astonished! I hurried up to the hospital to tell my
daughter but there was too much going on in the room with Mirianna and nurses,
so my daughter asked me to tell her when it was quiet what happened to me.
Later that afternoon, Kimberly said to me, " Mom, what was it you wanted
to share with me, you can tell me now." I got on the hospital bed with the
magazine and I opened it to the same article to share it with her and the roses
then filled the hospital room! My daughter cried as we sat with
Mirianna. I was over joyed. I knew then that Jesus of Divine Mercy
was going to bring this little sixteen month old through it all. Today
Mirianna is six years old. She is having her last surgery, which will be
orthopedic to correct problems with her baby finger. She writes and draws
beautifully with both hands! She excels in school in every way. She
is loved by everyone. She has a very burned arm, but it is fading with
time. She kept her arm and hand. She will be a great witness for
Jesus with burn victims someday. She is a wonderful artist. The Lord
gave the sign, through HIS DIVINE MERCY IMAGE in the magazine with the amazing
scent of roses, not once, but twice. Thank you for reading our
story. I have shared this with Stanley at the Gospa House in Los
Angeles, where they had me give the talk and Stanley was in the front row and
smiled and smiled all through the talk. May The Divine Mercy of Jesus be
with all of us

Always, Teresa Brownlee
E MAIL:
stjoesfarm@aol.com

Montana USA, Divine Mercy Itinerary Update 1

here is Bro. Stanley's itinerary for Montana.
blessings, marti mccullough

Littleness is a realization of one's limited power
And a realization of God's unlimited power.
Littleness is not a size or an age:
It is a virtue, a lifestyle.

Littleness is the wisdom to avoid wickedness.
Littleness is daring to grow up,
And it is accepting life on life's terms.
It is surrendering our limited power
To God's unlimited power.
Littleness is detachment from possessions,

A joyful surrender of attachments,
And total dependency on God.
- Gianna Sullivan

Attachment: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES-- St. Pius X.docx
Attachment: DivineMercySked7.xls

God's miracle for Lionel

From: "Ma. Lourdes Ting" <mlgting@hotmail.com>

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:33:39 +0800

Subject: God's miracle for Lionel

Many of my dearest friends have sent messages and expressed their surprise and concern because I have been unable to reply to their numerous messages and have not been online for quite a while (since June to be exact).

I want to share with you what happened.

Lionel complained of discomfort in his right eye on June 10. I was very concerned because this was the same eye that was operated on for detached retina a few years back. I was overcome with worry when I saw that his eye was red and protruding. We rushed to the hospital and his retina specialist confirmed the protrusion but declared his retina and outer eye were normal. He underwent blood test that ruled out thyroid issues.

We needed to go to an orbit specialist and undergo brain and eye CT Scan to see behind the eye and inside the brain.

Things were going from bad to worse as I watched Lionel undergo simple physical test which he could not do. The doctor would ask him to roll his eyes upward,downward, sidewards. Lionel was not able to perform these simplest of tasks. His right eye simply would not move . I wanted to shout at him to move that goddamn eye!

His CT scan showed a tumor behind the eye that was as big as his eyeball already ( We had the film but the reading was to be released the next day). I asked the doctors the same questions over and over again, begging them to tell me that this was certainly not life threatening. I was looking for assurance that this was nothing extra ordinary but got a repeated " we do not know, we cannot rule out anything because only a biopsy will tell us what it is ". All of us were trying to evade saying the dreaded word.

I immediately texted my Divine Mercy family and luckily, Bro. Stanley was to give a talk that night. We went to Magallanes to listen to the talk and the veneration. It was very very important to me to be able to pray to the Divine Mercy because of the answered prayers we have already received since we began our devotion. Full of hope and prayer, we went and found hope in God's mercy.

The next day, we brought the official report to our doctor. The result only confirmed the grim diagnosis, however, Lionel's eye already showed improvement after our Divine Mercy encounter (the protrusion was measured and showed a decrease and he was able to move his eyes more, just after a day) even without any medications.

The next day, Fr. Fernando Suarez was also scheduled to celebrate a healing mass in our son's school, which we also attended. He advised us to pray repeatedly in a day, which we did religiously.

On our 3rd consecutive day at the doctor's office, Lionel was told to take steroids and pray for the best. Lionel also started to drink Chinese medicine.

Throughout this ordeal, we did nothing else but pray the Divine mercy chaplet and the rosary every 3am and 3pm. Trips to Our Lady of Manaoag and La paz, Tarlac were made more frequent. We also asked the help of our Divine Mercy family ,Fr. Kevin, Fr. Efren, Sr. Racquel Reodica and the Pink Sisters in New Manila to help us bombard the gates of heaven with prayers. My sister-in-law, Kathe, out of great concern and love for her brother would go to Quiapo regularly . Her daughter Kay would offer novenas to St.Jude every Thursday for her uncle.

On September 8 , Lionel underwent a second CT Scan that will determine the next course of action. We were given 2 scenarios (1) if the tumor decreased in size due to the steroids, we will observe and wait (2) if the tumor stayed the same or grew bigger, an operation will be scheduled. They will have to cut through the side of the skull to get it and pray its benign.

Bro. Stanley told me to pray for it's complete healing and for the tumor to disappear, not merely for it to shrink. I was afraid to pray for that because it seemed such a long shot for it to completely disappear, but I found strength in knowing Bro. Stanley, Trisha, Teresa, Lea, Beng, Ate Joy and the Pink sisters were praying for Lionel as well. I figured, I might as well aim high and claim our miracle. There is nothing impossible with our God anyway. Our requests are limited only by our lack of faith that God will literally move heaven and earth just to make us realize our great need for Him and His presence in our lives.

On Mama Mary's birthday, I told Jesus, let Lionel's healing be Your gift to Mama Mary because Our Lady of Manaoag , Our Lady of Lourdes and recently Our Lady of La Paz in Tarlac, have always played a vital role in our life.

On September 11, with Lionel's CT Scan film on hand we went to his doctor ( again the official result is yet to be released). There is no need for surgery because the tumor DISAPPEARED. Didn't the Lord say "My grace is sufficient for you, My strength is perfected in your weakness".

The greatest lesson my family learned : never ever question nor be timid in making grand prayer requests to the Divine Mercy through the intercession of Mama Mary, St. Joseph ,Padre Pio and ST. Filomena and our guardian angels. Regularly offer mass and pray for the souls in purgatory and pray for your friends, family and enemies without their knowledge because truly praying for another's well being is so powerful.It is the best gift we can give each other because we put their concerns before ours.

Put your trust in Jesus and believe He loves you. Never doubt His love for you and never doubt that our is a LIVING GOD. We may not know what tomorrow holds, but we know Who holds tomorrow.

Yours in Christ,

Ting family

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"Shoot for the moon. Even if you don't reach it, at least you'll be among the stars."

Sunday, August 1, 2010

More on the Portiuncula Indulgence- August 2! Dont miss it!

What is Portiuncula? The following is an excerpt from Major Life of St. Francis by St. Bonaventure.

" The Portiuncula was an old church dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God which was abandoned . Francis had great devotion to the Queen of the world and when he saw that the church was deserted, he began to live there constantly in order to repair it. He heard that the Angels often visited it, so that it was called Saint Mary of the Angels, and he decided to stay there permanently out of reverence for the angels and love for the Mother of Christ.

He loved this spot more than any other in the world. It was here he began his religious life in a very small way; it is here he came to a happy end. When he was dying, he commended this spot above all others to the friars, because it was most dear to the Blessed Virgin.

This was the place where Saint Francis founded his Order by divine inspiration and it was divine providence which led him to repair three churches before he founded the Order and began to preach the Gospel.

This meant that he progressed from material things to more spiritual achievements, from lesser to greater, in due order, and it gave a prophetic indication of what he would accomplish later.

As he was living there by the church of Our Lady, Francis prayed to her who had conceived the Word, full of grace and truth, begging her insistently and with tears to become his advocate. Then he was granted the true spirit of the Gospel by the intercession of the Mother of mercy and he brought it to fruition.

He embraced the Mother of Our Lord Jesus with indescribable love because, as he said, it was she who made the Lord of majesty our brother, and through her we found mercy. After Christ, he put all his trust in her and took her as his patroness for himself and his friars."

Today the chapel of Portiuncula is situated inside the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels roughly 5 km from Assisi, Italy.

The Indulgence:

"The Portiuncula indulgence is the first plenary indulgence that was ever granted in the Church. There were indeed indulgences at all times, but they were only partial, and only a partial remission of the temporal punishments could be obtained by them. But, as already remarked, he who gains the Portiuncula indulgence is freed from all temporal punishments and becomes as pure as after holy baptism. This was also the reason why Pope Honorius was astonished when St. Francis petitioned for the confirmation of this indulgence, for such an indulgence, up to that time, bad been entirely unknown. It was only after he had come to the conviction that Jesus Christ himself wished it, that he granted the petition of the saint and confirmed the indulgence" (Source)

August 2nd is the feast of Portiuncula. A plenary indulgence is available to anyone who will

1. Receive sacramental confession (8 days before of after)

2. Receive the Holy Eucharist at Holy Mass on August 2nd

3. Enter a parish church and, with a contrite heart, pray the Our Father, Apostles Creed, and a pray of his/her own choosing for the intentions of the Pope.

Please tell every Catholic person you know that remission of the punishment for all sins committed from the day of baptism to the reception of the indulgence is available.

More Information:

If you want to read more about the feast of Portiuncula, please visit this website: Catholic Under the Hood.

Fr. Seraphim Beshoner is a third order Franciscan priest who does the podcast, Catholic Under the Hood, and he recently discussed this feast on one of his shows. Please check it out and pass the word along to everyone.

May the Merciful Jesus fill your heart with His gentle peace!

#65 - Francis and the Portiuncula

Today we look at the history of the Portiuncula, its importance in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi and the many blessings offered to us through the Portiuncula Indulgence.

Links:
Portiuncula at Catholic Encyclopedia
Official Website of the Portiuncula
Portiuncula Indulgence - There are also some pictures of Saint Francis receiving the indulgence from Pope Honorious III and proclaiming the indulgence to the people.

The SaintCast

Prayer for Faith, Grace, and the Intercession of Our Lady of the Angels
Heavenly Father, you filled the heart of Saint Francis with a special love for the Mother of your Son, Jesus and for the Portiuncula. In this hallwed place you nourished his spiritual life and inspired him to found the Franciscan Order. Through the intercession of Our Lady of the Angels may we be steadfast in our faith and remain true to you. Grant us the faith and grace always to do your will. Grant this through Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen

Prayer to Our Lady of the Angels
O Virgin of the Angels, who has for centuries established your throne of mercy at the

Porziuncula, hear the prayer of your children, who trust in you. From this truly holy place and
the habitation of the Lord, so dear to the heart of saint Francis, you have always invited all men

to love. Your tender eyes assure us of a never failing motherly help and a promise of divine help to

all those who humbly have recourse to your throne, or who from afar, turn to you to ask for
help. You are, indeed, our sweet Queen and our only hope. O Lady of the Angels, obtain for us, through

the intercession of blessed Francis, pardon for our sins, help us to keep away from sin and
indifference, so that we shall be worthy of calling you our Mother for evermore.

Bless our homes, our toil and our rest, by giving us that same serenity we experience
within the walls of the Porziuncula, where hate, guilt and tears turn into a song of joy like that

once was sung by the Angels and the seraphic Francis. Help those who are in need and hungry,
those who are in danger of body and soul, those who are sad and downhearted, those

who are sick and dying. Bless us, your most beloved children, and, we pray you, bless also with the same motherly gesture, all those who are innocent, together with those are guilty; those who are faithful,

together with those who have gone astray; those who believe, together with those who are
in doubt. Bless all humanity, so that all men acknowledging that they are God's children,

would find through love, real Peace and real Good.
Amen.

Reposted from Source:

http://catholicunderthehood.blogspot.com/2006/07/65-francis-and-portiuncula.html

http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/08/portiuncula-indulgence-is-today.html

August 2 Feast of St Mary of the Angels - Plenary Indulgence (Portiuncula Indulgence)

This was posted last year and I would just like to repost it so more can avail.

God bless!!!!

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Sharing another great blessing to family and friends,

August 2, Feast of St. Mary of the Angels offers plenary indulgence (complete remission of sins including punishment) to the faithful who will receive holy communion in state of grace (no mortal sin) at tomorrow's mass celebration. Plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful who will hear mass at franciscan churches and this according to Fr. Dennis is also extended to our community's own parish churches.

Please offer 1 our father 1 hail mary 1 glory be for the intentions of the Holy Father and lets us pray to our guardian angels and Mama Mary for our own intentions as well and in thanksgiving for this grace.

Please share and avail.

Thank you Lea for the information!

God bless !

More information can be found in the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porziuncola

http://friarsminor.org/sermons/portiuncula.html

http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/08/portiuncula-indulgence-is-today.html

Our Lady, Queen of Angels

A Little History of This Popular, Traditional Devotion

Excerpt adapted from an article of the same title that appeared in the July-August, 1994 issue of THE CATHOLIC HEARTH,
written by Diana Serra Cary:

In Franciscan annals August 2 is one of the most important days of the year, for it is the Feast of St. Mary of the Angels, the anniversary of the dedication of the birthplace of the Franciscan Order, the day of a special Indulgence, the Portiuncula Indulgence . We have extracted from the author's article the portion relating the story of St. Francis of Assisi and Our Lady, Queen of Angels.

. . . No subject was more popular at that time than that of Our Lady's death, Assumption, and Coronation. At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris three large carvings are dedicated to the Coronation of Our Lady in Heaven, while no less than five great sculptured groups commemorate her death and Assumption. In an exquisitely beautiful stone sculpture at the Cathedral, the Virgin is assumed into Heaven, standing with folded hands inside a fluted shell or aureole of glory, which is itself borne upward by a multitude of Angels.

When the Mother of God is seated at last on her throne beside her Divine Son, most artists envisioned an Angel placing the crown upon her brow while Christ raises His Hand in blessing.

The original pattern, both artistically and devotionally, for the title "Queen of Angels" combined elements from the traditional version of the Assumption, with the impressive imagery used by St. John the Evangelist in his deeply mystical Apocalypse. In it he describes "a woman clothed with the sun, the head a crown of twelve stars." Still later, St. Michael and his Angels do battle with the seven-headed dragon seeking to destroy the woman and devour her son. "And the dragon and his Angels battled and they prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in Heaven."

From this description of "The Woman," artists and writers of the Church drew inspiration.

When the Franciscan Order became the special defender of the doctrine of Mary's Immaculate Conception, this image of the woman clothed in the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, became the symbol and banner of their crusade. There is a remote possibility that the inclusion of these symbols came directly from St. Francis himself.

Shortly after Francis had given up his worldly life and began to live for God, he came upon the ruined chapel in the district around Assisi which had been given the name Santa Maria degli Angelis, or "Our Lady of the Angels." Entering the little tumble-down church, which was almost hidden under a tangle of flowering vines, the Saint beheld what he thought, in the golden half-light of late afternoon, must be a vision of the Queen of Heaven. It proved to be an old, old fresco which some long-dead artist had painted on the wall above the main altar. The subject is thought to be the Virgin being assumed into Heaven, accompanied by a court of Angels. This picture would coincide with the name of the chapel.

Long before the time of St. Francis the Benedictines had established a monastery near Assisi. It is possible that this chapel was in existence before the Benedictines came. On the other hand, it may have been built by them. Nevertheless, the Benedictines also owned a small plot of ground to support them which was called "the little portion" or, in Italian, Portiuncula. There for several hundred years the Benedictines remained, and probably the fresco of the Assumption on the wall of the tiny chapel was the work of one of these dedicated and talented monks.

Finally, conditions in this isolated forest spot became so unsettled it was dangerous for the monks to remain; so they moved away and sought the safety of the fortified Benedictine monastery on the nearby slopes of Mount Subasio. When St. Francis came upon the chapel, it was but a charming ruin amidst underbush.

As in the church of San Damiano, where the Lord chose to speak to Francis through an ancient Crucifix so God and His Mother made the little chapel of Our Lady of the Angels a place of inspiration and visions for the poor man of Assisi. On his first recorded visit there, a stranger is said to have come upon him wandering through the chapel, sighing and weeping. Touched by his apparent grief, the man asked what caused him to sorrow. Francis replied, "I am weeping over the sufferings of my Lord Jesus Christ, and I will not be ashamed to wander around the whole world to weep over them." The passerby was so overcome by this answer that he burst into tears and wept with Francis!

The origin of the Portiuncula Indulgence has been lost in the haze of centuries just as the origin of the chapel itself. The first written document we have regarding this Indulgence is dated October 31, 1277, some sixty years after the Indulgence is said to have been granted. As a result, many different accounts have come down to us purporting to relate the vision of St. Francis and the way in which the Pope consented to grant this Indulgence. Each author seems to relate a different version that St. Francis beheld. However, although the accounts differ in details, in substance they are the same. The one we present here is the one accepted by Joergensen in his Life of St. Francis.

One time when Francis was kneeling in prayer before the image of Our Lady, he seemed to behold men and women from every corner of the world converging upon this obscure little chapel in the Umbrian forest. He had been praying for the forgiveness of the sins of mankind when suddenly the dark interior seemed illumined by the light of a million candles. Jesus and Mary appeared in the midst of a dazzling cloud of Angels, and he heard a voice that fell like music on his soul, "What do you wish me to do to help poor sinners?" Francis hardly knew how to answer, but suddenly the words carne tumbling out and he asked the Lord to grant a full pardon to all who came to visit the church of Portiuncula and made a good confession. It then seemed that Jesus was in favor of this. He turned smilingly to His Mother and she, in turn, nodded to St. Francis and smiled.

Typical of the Saint's impetuosity and generosity of soul, he marched off to see the Pope and beg from him the coveted Indulgence. The reigning Holy Father, Honorius III, was literally dumbfounded at the request to grant such a generous Indulgence. At that time, the summer of 1216, plenary Indulgences were rarely granted by the Church. The plenary Indulgences that had been granted were given to those fighting men who took up the cross and the sword and went as crusaders to the Holy Land. Later, this hard won Indulgence was extended to those who remained at home but helped the Crusaders in supplying men and alms.

Francis, however, was not to be refused. The Lord Himself had promised Him, and the Roman Curia was bound to relent! The Pope finally yielded and left it to the astonished cardinals to limit the application of the new Indulgence. The date set was from vespers of the first of August until sundown on the second. It is said that Francis chose this date because the Feast of the Chains of St. Peter (his release from prison) is celebrated on the first of August, and Francis felt that sinners should also be freed from the chains of their sins on the day following this great Feast. Furthermore, this date was the anniversary of the consecration of the Portiuncula chapel.

As Francis took his leave of the Holy Father, after obtaining the unprecedented privilege, the Pope is said to have asked if he did not wish some document to prove that his request had been officially granted. With characteristic Franciscan light-heartedness came the Saint's reply: "I need nothing more than your word. Our Lady is the parchment, Christ the notary, and the Angels our witnesses!"

When the first great August first arrived, seven bishops gathered in the little chapel of Our Lady of the Angels to dedicate it as "Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula." And St. Francis, overjoyed, cried out to the crowd that overflowed the narrow building, "I want to make all of you go to Heaven!"

But at the time there seemed something almost scandalous in this Indulgence, and conservative prelates did little to make it known. In St. Francis' own lifetime the Portiuncula Indulgence was enjoyed by comparatively few Christians. Travel and communications were slow, and not even such good news as a plenary Indulgence could travel swiftly over the mud-choked trails that passed for roads in thirteenth-century Europe. Later, of course, the Indulgence was extended to all Franciscan churches on August first and second.

This chapel was the Saint's favorite spot on earth. It was here he heard the Gospel that caused him to establish his First Order, following the command of Christ to go into the world and preach and Baptize all men, taking neither gold nor script nor an extra cloak for the journey. Here Francis received his first brothers, and from here he sent them into the world. In this chapel, St. Clare knelt before the image of Our Lady of the Angels, and on the floor her golden tresses fell beneath the scissors plied by Francis himself. Indeed, Francis placed such a high value on this chapel, which he had rebuilt with his own hands, that he wrote a special rule just for "Portiuncula."

It was scarcely two centuries and a half later that an Italian Third Order member, recently named the Admiral of the Ocean Seas by the King and Queen of Spain, spent the entire night of August second, 1492, in prayer in a chapel dedicated to Our Lady in the port town of Palos on the coast of Spain. On the morning of the third, he and his cockleshell fleet of three caravels sailed down the golden tide of the Rio Tinto, past the Franciscan monastery of Our Lady of the Angels of La Rabida. Here good friends were chanting the hour of prime-----friars who had gone to court for the Admiral, Christopher Columbus, had cared for his son, Diego, and who would now be praying to Our Lady of the Angels to watch over the precarious enterprise which was launched on such a great Franciscan Feast day. Every man aboard the fleet had confessed his sins and received Holy Communion, and thanks to the plenary Indulgence obtained by St. Francis (now extended to all Franciscan churches as well as the chapel of the Portiuncula), some of those men who would not return from that perilous voyage were able at last to make the port of Heaven.

The sons of Francis followed quickly in the wake of the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina, and soon hundreds of grey, brown, and blue-robed friars were working in the newly discovered regions. With them went the ancient devotion to Our Lady of the Angels. Mexico abounded with chapels dedicated to her. In our own state of New Mexico, a mission outpost in the Indian village of Pecos, not far from Santa Fe, was given her name as early as 1617. In 1769, the Spanish expedition to Upper California, under the command of Gaspar de Portola, arrived at a great plain, well watered by a fine river, on the second of August of that year. For this reason the river was given the name of the Rio Porciuncula (the Spanish spelling). Later, on September 4, 1781, when some forty-eight soldiers and settlers founded a town on this one-time camping site, they gave it the name El Puebla de Nuestra Senora, la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula, (The Town of Our Lady, Queen of Angels of the River of Portiuncula).

There was little to recommend the poverty-stricken village in those days, and it could hardly live up to such an impressively long title. Gradually it was shortened to the simpler "Los Angeles," and still later in our own time-conscious age to the initials, "L.A."

But the church in the old plaza, facing the Union Station, is a worthy successor to the original chapel of Our Lady of the Angels. The Blessed Sacrament is exposed twenty-four hours a day. Worshipers of many nationalities crowd the chapel for 'round-the-clock adoration of their Lord. The real patroness of this great city of six million souls is still she who has Angels wherever she goes, the woman clothed in the sun, with the moon beneath her feet.

No one has ever better described the full significance of this devotion to Mary than St. Francis himself when he said to Pope Honorius: "I need nothing more than your word. Our Lady is the parchment, Christ the notary, and the Angels our witnesses!"

Source:
http://www.catholictradition.org/Angels/guardians19.htm

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