Tuesday, November 8, 2016

The Breaking Dawn

“At the jubilee Mass in Reims, John Paul, who had asked France sixteen years before whether she was still faithful to her baptismal vows, asked the men and women of 1996 to read their history through the story of French sanctity. French Catholic history had its dark periods, marked by infidelity and confrontation. But every trial, night envelops us that we must think of the breaking dawn, that we must believe that the Church is reborn each morning through her saints.” Witness to Hope by George Weigel

JMJ

As night brings forth trial, the breaking dawn arises and the Greatness of the Love of Christ envelopes the soul towards a most profound intimate encounter with the Living God! The morning arises to renew in all the faithful a spirit of faith and belief in the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church! Christ is the Head and we are His members and renewed in this strength, the saints come alive as the Hope that brings forth new life amidst a Dark World in Great Need of the Light of the World! Christ responds not in the way that Man expects, but beyond what is unfathomable to the human capacity of understanding and reason. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End! No Word can fathom the Living God made Flesh and the Mystery of the Incarnation that can transform what is most natural to that which is Eternal! O Divine Being, Eternal Creator and Father, enveloped by darkness we encounter You all the more! For in this darkness comes forth the Breaking Dawn; the Dawn from on High shall break upon us and shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. We who are Your servants are now Your friends, a most intimate relationship with You, O Divine Deity, Christ, Redeemer and Savior of all Mankind!

O Divine Majesty, create anew in the hearts that have been broken and purified by the night of darkness through a faith that realizes the reality of Man and his encounter with His Creator. In the trial of night, we encounter You all the more, for it is in faith that Man responds. Reborn anew the heart of Your Church through the rising of the Breaking Dawn that creates and arises New Saints in Your Church today! Saints in love with You, O Christ! Saints that have known their own humanity and have found refuge in the mystery of Your Incarnation! Saints alive in the faith that brings forth the Breaking Dawn of New Light amidst a time of darkness! Increase our faith, O Lord, make that which is invisible visible to the hearts that know and believe in the Risen Christ! We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world! O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The MOTHER of GOD


"Wyszynski held firmly to three other convictions that would shape his governance of Polish Catholicism and his political strategy for three decades. He was convinced that Polish Popular piety---especially Polish devotion to Mary, Mother of God---was far stronger than communist propaganda and could be drawn upon as a font of cultural resistance.” Weigel, G. (2010) The End and the Beginning.  New York:  Doubleday Religion

 

JMJ

The Mother of God, in all her FULLNESS of GRACE is the Mediatrix of ALL GRACES towards the beloved children that have been placed under her care for the redemption of mankind living here on Earth as it is in Heaven.  Christ is calling you to look to her as your refuge and protectress so that you will FULLY love her Son; her Son who loves you with the infinite love of a child for his mother; a love for His Bride as the Bridegroom.  No other Mother will ever love you as FULLY as she who is all Full of Grace.  Mater Dei, Gratia Plena, create in me a new heart realized fully through the gift of your Son, the Christ!  She is the refuge of all those who call upon the name of the Eternal Father; for she is the Spouse of the Most Holy Trinity!  The Spouse that brings forth new life in all those who call upon her as Mother!  She is the Mother of ALL Mothers!  The Mother of the Creator who loves with INFINITE LOVE all those who are placed under her maternal care!  We are the haven of her bosom and the fruit of her womb as we are FULLY united to the Son of the LIVING GOD!  UNION with her Son inevitably and inexorably unites you to His Mother; there is no hesitation in Christ to share His Mother to the whole of Humanity!  The LOVER of SOULS shares with FULL capacity the role of His Mother to those who love Him with infinite LOVE!  Where is Christ; there with His Mother!  Where is His Mother; there with her Son!  With FULL conviction in her Maternal Intercession the Mother of God and Mediatrix of All Graces, she will destroy the fetters of Satan and restore to Mankind the FULLNESS of Man’s Dignity and has shared in the Redemption of Mankind in the Divine FIAT that continues to resound for all ETERNITY!  HUMILITY has broken over the pride of the evil one for she has magnified the GLORY of GOD in her response to Him her Beloved, “Behold I am the Handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to your word!”  She has reflected the Image of the Most Holy and Divine Trinity, in the fullness of her FIAT!  She has brought forth a Son, the Only Begotten Son of the Father, born from Man to destroy the fears of Mankind and restore to him the fullness of his own dignity as an Image and Likeness of the Eternal and Omnipotent God!  The Omnipotent God has betrothed Himself to her so that the Son of Man may fully know of the Eternal Love of the Father!  The Eternal Love of the Father has begotten a Son, the Eternal Word Made Flesh, so that He may enkindle in the hearts of Man a new LIFE according to the work of Grace.  The work of Grace that was fully received and lived in the Mater Dei!  The Mater Dei who will reflect in all mankind the calling of every WOMAN to be a response of lowliness and humility so that the IMAGE of the Most Holy Trinity may be reflected in the fruit of every womb consecrated to the Lord!  Consecrated and set apart as a DIVINE FIAT to the Eternal Father!  A Mother to all Mothers, entrusted to her by her Son is the living reality of the Glory of God manifested in the FLESH!  Et verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis.  The Eternal Word became Flesh, incarnated for the Salvation of all mankind to receive in the fullness of time His Eternal Glory according to the merits of each soul and magnanimous response to His Divine Love.  Divine Love beckons us to look to her, run to her, entrust to her all your cares and you will never be disappointed!

Mother of my God, the Christ, the Only Begotten Son of the Eternal Father, your Immaculate Heart is a refuge and safe haven for your children who long to see the Face of the Living God!  A haven and refuge for those who have found the hope and eternal freedom only found in Christ, your Eternal Son!  Your Son beckons us to renew a life that has been broken by the miseries of sin; and restore a heart that has been lost by the wiles of the enemy.  You are our Mother, the refuge of our hearts whom we cry to in this vale of tears!  Tears that cry out to the Living God to hear the hearts of all mankind!  The protectress of those who are near your Son creates in man a new Hope for the promise of the Eternal Kingdom; Mother of God and Refuge of my Heart reveal to me the secrets of  the Heart of your Son and I will entrust to you ALL that I hold dear to my heart forever and in all Eternity!  You are my Mother, and I consecrate to you all that I have and all that I desire for the furtherment of the Kingdom and the Glory of the One and Undivided Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit!  Consecrated through your Immaculate Heart I will never be disappointed or saddened!  Consecrated in your Eternal care I will learn to give with Total Surrender as you my Dear Mother and will ever more be convicted in the power of your intercession as the Mediatrix of all Graces and Mother of my Heart. “Behold, the Handmaiden of the Lord, be it done to me according to your Word.”  O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me.  Amen.
 

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Justice and Peace


“The Pope kissed the ground at Khartoum airport, and began his address at the arrival ceremony with a frank statement of concern:  “When people are weak and poor and defenseless, I must raise my voice on their behalf.  When they are homeless and suffering the consequences of drought, famine, disease and the devastations of war, I must be close to them….”  He had come, he said, on behalf of “justice and peace for all the citizens of this land, without reserve, regardless of their religion, social standing, ethnic background or color.”  Witness to Hope by George Weigel

JMJ

In the consequences of Original Sin, Man made in the Image of His Creator is drawn towards the Eternity of Love, the Only Begotten Son incarnated to restore what has been lost by the sin of our First Parents.  In this restoration of Man towards his Creator, the Omnipotent God of all the Living comes down from the throne of His Eternal Kingdom to live among the temporal life of this world and illumine the hearts of Mankind towards the living reality of the sacredness and dignity of humanity.  A humanity made in His Divine Image as heir of a Kingdom that will remain forever in this life through the ordinary and hidden tasks of daily living, sanctified by grace to come to flourishin in the Eternity of God’s Kingdom.  How great are the depths of God and unfathomable are His mercies that in restoring to Man his dignity he brings to Him a Union of the Divine to that which is most ordinary.  A justice and peace in the dimension of eternity passes through time in order that Man may taste of the Heavenly Glory he has been destined to live.  A voice of the Christ Child spurs from the cry of a baby who speaks for all who are weak, poor and defenseless to restore to those who are in need of hope and are in need of God’s Most Merciful Gaze of Redemption. 

Eternal Word of the Father, You have bestowed on Man an eternity of hope for a redemption that lives according to the Spirit of the Most Awesome and Living God.  In this redemption we encounter the peace that is longed for in every human heart.  A justice that makes free the eternity of love for those who have been enslaved from the brokenness of human weakness and misery.  We stand tall and erect in the hope we find in the Redemption that is near at hand and know that in this hope we will encounter a Most Awesome and Generous God; who in the Salvation of Man will redeem us ever more to a deeper intimacy with the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three Divine Persons, One God.  O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions but in your mercy hear and answer me.  Amen.