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Pray, Imitate Jesus

FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, LUISA PICCARRETA Letter #106 – So, dear Father, let us pray.  Let us do this Will so Holy and let us live in It.  May It be our breath and heartbeat.  If we do so, we will be carried in the Divine Arms; It will lower Itself …

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DIVINE MARTYRDOM – BECOMING A SAINT

DIVINE MARTYRDOM – BECOMING A SAINT  Here is one of the most wonderful and terrifying sentences I have ever read, from William Law’s Serious Call, “If you will look into your own heart in utter honesty, you must admit that there is one and only one reason why you are not even now a saint. …

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FORTITUDE, THE GIFT TO OVERCOME DIFFICULT MOMENTS

FORTITUDE, THE GIFT TO OVERCOME DIFFICULT MOMENTS FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD LUISA PICCARRETA Letter # 80 “…what I recommend is that you never lose peace, and that do not think of your miseries and weaknesses.  The more you think about them, the more you will feel them, and you will really …

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Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fatima is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary after she appeared to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May. The three children were Lucia dos Santos and siblings Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta …

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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SACRED HOST

“WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRUCIFIX, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH JESUS LOVED YOU.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SACRED HOST YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES YOU NOW.” -MOTHER TERESA Every day, Jesus humbles Himself just as He did when He came from His Heavenly Throne into the Virgin’s Womb; everyday He comes to us …

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY Good Shepherd Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Easter in the Catholic liturgical calendar; that is, the Sunday three weeks after Easter Sunday. The name derives from the gospel readings on this day which are taken from the 10th chapter of John. In this reading Christ is …

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MARY, MOTHERHOOD AND THE HOME

HAPPY AND BLESSED MOTHER’S DAY TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY LITTLE MAMA LUISA, AND TO ALL MOTHERS CLICK IMAGE FOR A BEAUTIFUL ACCOUNT OF “MARY, MOTHERHOOD AND THE HOME” BY ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN   THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE KINGDOM OF THE DIVINE WILL  Maternal Appeal of the Queen of Heaven Dearest child, I …

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ABANDON OURSELVES IN GOD, IN HIS DIVINE WILL

ABANDON OURSELVES IN GOD, IN HIS DIVINE WILL “Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His Grace to mold them accordingly.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola EXCERPTS FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, LUISA PICCARRETA Letter …

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Everything Should be Will of God within us

FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, LUISA PICCARRETA Fiat – In Voluntate Dei! 43.  My good daughter in the Divine Volition, Oh, how I’d love that everything in you were Will of God!  I tell you as a mother that your concern about feeling cold, about not having one tear for the pains …

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Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel

Thursday, May 08, 2014 APPARITION OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Monte Gargano, Italy (492)   GREATER DOUBLE / WHITE Today’s feast commemorates an apparition of St. Michael the Archangel on Monte Gargano in southern Italy in the year 492. In that year, a man named Gargan was pasturing his large herds in the countryside. One …

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