Jan 11

Gospel Reading for January 11, 2017 with Divine Will Truths – Jesus Must Preach Always

January 11, 2017

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Jan 10

Gospel Reading for January 10, 2017 with Divine Will Truths – Luisa and Power of Divine Will over the infernal serpent

January 10, 2017

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Jan 09

Gospel Reading for Jan. 9, 2017 with Divine Will Truths – Luisa Asks for All Newborn Babies to be Baptized

January 9, 2017

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Jan 07

Sins against Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception

January 7, 2017

First Saturday’s Meditation: Sins against Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception

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“Hail Mary full of Grace” every time that we say the Hail Mary we make a reference to Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. The Angel Gabriel’s angelic salutation confirms the fact that Our Lady was “full of grace” which means she was full of God. In 1854 Pope Pius IX promulgated the dogma of the Immaculate Conception which confirms that:

“The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtues and merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin”. Pius IX Ineffabilis Deus

Why is it therefore important to believe and honour Our Lady by the title of the Immaculate Conception?
Our Lady’s title is important because it relates to Mary’s vocation to become the Mother of Christ. She was given a special mission from God. It was from the humanity of the Virgin Mary that Christ was born. Sr Lucia from Fatima emphasises this fact saying:

“It was in this heart that the Father enclosed His Son, as if it was the first tabernacle. Mary was the first guardian that protected Him, it was the blood from her Immaculate Heart that gave the Son of God His human life ….” Sr Lucia (Calls from Fatima)

In honouring Our Lady as the Immaculate Conception, we are reminded that God worked from Eternity to bring about man’s salvation sending His Son through Our Blessed Mother. St Augustine reminds us that “the world […] was unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father and so He gave Him to Mary that the world might receive Him through her.” (True Devotion to Mary n 16) The preparation for this mission was the concession of that special grace given by Almighty God to Mary, the Immaculate Mother of God.

Mary is the “woman” of who the book of Genesis speaks, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed: he shall crush your head” (Gen 3:15). Therefore, it is not perhaps surprising that the devil wishes to dishonour Mary with doubts and blasphemies about her Immaculate Conception. The more we fail to grasp the greatness of Mary, the more we will cease to honour her and invoke her motherly protection during our earthly pilgrimage towards Her Son.

The Book of Genesis speaks of this “enmity” between Our Lady and the devil and so we must be ready to stand with Our Lady, as part of her army, to console her Immaculate Heart that is filled with love for all mankind. Through her Immaculate Heart can we also receive all the graces we need to win the battle of the faith. To console Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, it is only right that our “Hail Mary’s” today send to heaven our unceasing assent to the belief in the concession of this grace to Mary.

What are the blasphemies against Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception for which we are to offer reparation?
1)   Refusal to accept the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception as the truth.
2)   Refusal to accept that Our Lady was given this singular grace from God as part of His Divine Plan of Salvation.
3)   The erroneous belief that Our Lady at some time in her life committed a personal sin.
4)   Refutation of Our Lady’s purity.

Ways to Make Reparation to Our Lady
Offer this first Saturday in reparation for the blasphemies against Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception.

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Jan 07

Gospel Reading for Jan. 7, 2017 with Divine Will Truths – True Wedding

January 7, 2017

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Jan 07

Divine Will Newsletter – January 2017

January 7, 2017

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Jan 07

Adriana Pallotti Gathered first Cenacle of Divine Will in San Giovanni Rotondo – went Home to the Lord

January 7, 2017

Adriana Pallotti went to the Lord yesterday [Italy].

Adriana gathered the first cenacle (prayer group) of the Divine Will in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, {She knew and was encouraged by St. Padre Pio.} after World War II. Now cenacles meet all over the world to pray for “God’s Kingdom to come, on earth as it is in Heaven,” studying the 10,000 words (36 Volumes) that Jesus dictated to Luisa, [chosen by God as the “Little Daughter of the Divine Will”]

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Jan 06

Epiphany of the Lord

January 6, 2017

Epiphany of the Lord

The stars of God

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Dear brothers and sisters, Fiat!

Let us contemplate the goodness of God that has appeared in our midst.

The episode in today’s Gospel is reported only by Matthew. He does not tell in detail the birth of Jesus, he simply mentions it, instead he focuses in detail on the story of the Magi, these pagan wise men who we can find in the first pages of the Gospel.

It is this subject that is dear to the Evangelist: there is a new Wisdom, Jesus, that can’t be welcomed by those who do not start walking, by those who are afraid of change, by those who believe that they do not need the light. And we must put ourselves in the footprints of the Magi to welcome and adore our Savior.

It’s Herod the king that seems to be, in spite of everything, the protagonist of this page! He emerges as contrast to the attitude of the Magi: they are eager to know the Messiah, and because of that unusual astral conjunction, they move with enthusiasm. whereas Herod, and together with him all the experts sages of Scripture, are immediately frightened.

The much awaited prophecy was simply coming true! One can react like Herod to a positive event: with jealousy, with fear, even with a massacre just as it will be soon! Yet Jesus, in His kingship, does not present Himself with an well-armed army, but in the weakness of a new-born child!

God is never hostile and comes with many signs that accompany our day, to give us life. But if, like Herod, we consider Him as an enemy that can take away something from us, by asking us, just as a usurper, to give Him something that belongs to us, then we will harbor deceit, bitterness, shame, closing to life towards God, towards ourselves and others.

It is certain that God, when He comes, upsets our patterns! It is never to pursue a path already set and planned, but to follow, like the Magi, the star that precedes them on their journey.

So many stars in our history encourages us to set out on our way, they light up the desire for God and oust us from our comforts. We must not do like Herod, but like the Magi! If we Keep in us a fervent desire for God, then it shouldn’t be too hard to recognize the right star for us, to lift our gaze to the sky and decide to follow its trajectory, because we will be assured that in misunderstanding, in difficulty, in the uncertainty of the path, however, it will be for a good, the good that God has for us. Only in this way we can build our lives in the fullness of light and strength of the Lord.

On January 6, 1927 Luisa, in her diary, shows a clear teaching about the coming of Jesus on earth and His manifestation to the Magi

For the great portent of His Incarnation, Jesus chose and made use of a Virgin, humble and poor; and, as His custodian, who acted as father to Him, the virgin Saint Joseph, who was so poor that he needed to work in order to support their lives.

In the greatest works God makes use of people whose outward appearance attracts no one’s attention, because dignities, scepters, riches, are always fumes which blind the soul and prevent her from penetrating into the celestial mysteries in order to receive a great act of God, and God Himself.

But in order to manifest to the peoples the coming of the Word of the Father, upon earth, God wanted and made use of royal authority, of learned and erudite men, so that, by their authority, they might diffuse the knowledges of the God now born and, eventually, also impose themselves on the peoples.

But, in spite of this, the star was seen by everyone, yet only the Magi move, pay attention and follow it. This says that, among all, these alone possessed a certain dominion of themselves, such that, as it formed a little empty space within their interior, beyond the appearance of the star, they felt His call echoing in their interior.

And heedless of sacrifices and dominating themselves, they followed the star that was united to God’s call which, more than speaking star, resounded in their interior, enlightened them, attracted them, and spoke many things about the One whom they were to visit; and, drunk with joy, they followed the star.

In order to give the great gift of the Incarnation, a Virgin was needed who would have no human will, who would be more of Heaven than of the earth. So, there was no need of external things and of human appearances, which might draw the attention of the peoples. However, in spite of this, also to manifest His only Son, God wanted men who would have dominion of themselves, which would form a little empty space within their interior, to let the echo of His call resound in it. But what was not their surprise in seeing the star stop, not above a royal palace, but above a vile hovel? They did not know what to think, and were persuaded that there was a mystery – not human, but Divine. When they animated themselves with faith, and entered the grotto and, kneeling, adored Him, as they bent their knees, Jesus revealed Himself, and He let His Divinity shine forth from His little Humanity, and they recognized Him as the King of kings – the One who was coming to save them; and, promptly, they offered themselves to serve Him and to lay down their lives for love of Him.

But God’s Will made Itself known, and sent them again into their region, to let them be, in the midst of those peoples, the criers of God’s coming upon earth. See then -Jesus concludes – how necessary are the dominion of oneself and the empty space in one’s heart, in order to let His call resound, and to be fit for knowing the truth and for manifesting it to others.

Fiat!

don Marco

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Jan 06

Traditional Feast of the Epiphany – January 6 – House Blessing

January 6, 2017

TRADITIONAL FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY

JANUARY 6

20 C + M + B 18

May Christ bless this House…

All who dwell and pray in it…

And All Whom they Welcome in His Name

BLESSING OF A HOME AT EPIPHANY

V. On entering the house the Magi found the child Jesus with Mary his mother

R. They did him homage and presented to Jesus symbolic gifts:

gold to the great king, incense to the true God, and myrrh as a foreshadowing of his suffering and death.

Let us pray,

God, our Father, by the guidance of a star, you revealed your only Son as the Savior of all nations.

Grant that we who already know you by faith, may be brought to the contemplation of your glory in our heavenly home.

We ask this through Christ your Son Our Lord. Amen.

All may recite the Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary (The MAGNIFICAT) by which Mary praised God

at the time of her Visitation to the house of Elizabeth. St. Luke’s Gospel Chapter 1, verses 46-55.

V. Be enlightened, O Jerusalem, and shine forth for your light has come.

R. And upon you is risen the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary.

V. All nations shall walk in your light and kings in the splendor of your birth.

R. And upon you is risen the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ born of the Virgin Mary.

Reading of the Gospel for the Solemnity of the Epiphany of Our Lord.

St. Matthew’s Gospel, Chapter 2, verses 1 to 12

V. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, has appeared and been revealed to the nations.

R. The prophets foretold his coming, and the angels and shepherds adored him.

V. The Magi rejoiced to find him and they lay their treasures before him.

R. All you nations and peoples, come and adore him.

All recite the OUR FATHER as the rooms of the house are sprinkled with holy water.

Let us pray.

Blessed are you, Lord, God of all creation. Through your goodness we have received all benefits.

Come, visit and bless + this house so that it may be a shelter of health, chastity, self-conquest, humility, goodness, mildness, obedience to the Commandments, – and thanksgiving to God, + The Father, +The Son, and +The Holy Spirit.

May the love and blessings of God, + The Father, and + The Son, and + The Holy Spirit, descend upon this house,

all those who reside within it, and upon all those whom they welcome in the Name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

And may God’s grace and peace remain with all of them forever. Amen.

The initials of the names ascribed by tradition to the Magi (Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar), and the numerals of the current year are written with the blessed chalk upon the entry doors of the house in the following manner:

20 C + M + B 18

Some interpret the letters to stand for

Christus Mansioni Benedicat!

May Christ bless this house!

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Jan 06