Rosary Warriors…
Storm Heaven with Prayer!

His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke will be celebrating the Holy Mass and, afterwards, praying the Holy Rosary to Storm Heaven with Prayer tomorrow morning, 1st of March, at 11:00am in Rome, for your intentions and the intentions of Operation Storm Heaven.

I am writing to remind you, my fellow Rosary Warrior, that tomorrow we band together from the four corners of the earth to raise our united voice to Heaven. Tens of thousands of Rosary Warriors will be reciting the Holy Rosary and storming Heaven with Prayer in union with the Holy Mass being celebrated in Rome by Cardinal Burke.

You do not need to pray at exactly the same time, but please pray your Rosary at some time on the 1st of March (your local time). We are providing the Mass time for those who wish to pray at exactly the same time as Cardinal Burke celebrates Mass and prays the Rosary in Rome.
When you pray your rosary tomorrow, March 1st, please remember to pray for the intentions of all the Rosary Warriors, just as they are also praying for your intentions.
“The Rosary is THE weapon!”, stated St. Padre Pio. Let us continue to employ this powerful weapon to storm Heaven and ask God and the Blessed Virgin Mary for the following intentions:

• For Holy Mother Church: that Our Lord guide the Pope, the bishops and all members of the clergy to be holy in all things, faithful shepherds, beacons of Truth, and defenders of Good;
• May all confusion be dispelled from the hearts and minds of all people and may the Light of Truth shine in them;
• For our families and the family institution that is being so attacked in our world;
• For the conversion of all sinners to the True Faith;
• For the salvation of my soul, the souls of my loved ones, and the souls of all;
• For the sanctification of each and every Catholic, especially for my personal sanctification. May I live holy every moment of every day of my life. May I be a true follower of Jesus Christ in all things;
• To make each and every one of us a faithful soldier of Christ in the struggle against the world, the flesh and the devil;
• To obtain the graces necessary to stop abortion, stop the onslaught of the homosexual revolution, to overturn legalized same-sex marriage, to stop the spread of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, and to stop the culture of death in all its forms and establish the Culture of Life in all souls, in all minds and in all hearts;
• For our beloved Nation and for every nation on earth;
• For all the personal intentions that have been submitted to ‘Operation Storm Heaven’

Let us continue to ask God to have mercy on all those who have fallen away from the True Faith. May He open the floodgates of Mercy, through the intercession of Mary Most Holy, the Mother of Mercy, and bring these lost sheep back to the Catholic Faith.

As we endeavor to spread this initiative and enlist more Rosary Warriors to join Operation Storm Heaven, please share this with your family and friends and anyone who you think would like to participate in this History-changing campaign to storm Heaven with prayer to obtain a tidal wave of mercy from God for our families, our society, our country and the world…in short, for all souls!
May Our Lady of the Rosary bless you and your loved ones!
Your fellow Rosary Warrior in Christ,
Thomas J. McKenna
Founder and President
http://www.catholicaction.org/

“Lady” Obedience Wins Over Luisa!

2/26/2016

February 28, 1899:

 The word “obedience” is often misunderstood, because we highlight a negative feature of the relationship among people, rather than its divine feature that is true, eternal and positive.

“Obey” comes from the Latin roots ob+ audire meaning to listen closely.

So “obedience” must not be regarded as a passive zeroing of man’s will, such as a annihilation of his freedom, but as its exaltation, because it triggers the deeper mechanisms of listening and dialogue.

“Behold, I come to do your will” (Heb 10:9)

“Christ became obedient unto death, even death on a cross” (Phil 2:8)

Biblical evidences shows that Jesus is certainly aware of the dramatic end to which he freely gives Himself, in fulfilling the mission received from the Father. Jesus several times expresses the belief that adherence to God’s will, in the establishment of the Kingdom among men, involves the price of loyalty until death. The free decision of Jesus is caused by his bond of loyalty and obedience in the love of the Father which is expressed in his unconditional love for men.

Moreover Jesus is the One who accomplished it and gave testimony about it: “Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him” (Hebrews 5: 8-9). Any plan for our salvation depends on a free and responsible exercise of obedience; In fact what is sin, if not a disobedience to God’s command?

Jesus in one of his talk with Luisa said that Obedience was everything for Him, Obedience made Him be born, obedience made Him die. The wounds He had on his body were all wounds and marks that obedience made to Him. Through her Jesus conquered death, He defeated hell, He released man from his chains, He opened Heaven; and like a victorious King, He took possession of  His Kingdom, not only for Himself, but for all his children.

Obedience is the quintessence of love; obedience is the finest, the purest, the most perfect love, extracted from the most painful sacrifice, to destroy oneself in order to live again of God.

Being most noble and divine, obedience tolerates nothing human in the soul, and nothing which does not belong to it. Therefore, all its attention is on destroying within the soul everything which does not belong to its divine nobility – that is, love of self. And once it has done this, it cares very little about whether it alone struggles and toils on behalf of the soul, while allowing the soul to rest peacefully.

 Oh, holy obedience! How strong and powerful you are!

I see you before me, in these days of martyrdom, like a most powerful warrior,

armed from head to foot with swords, darts and arrows;

filled with all those instruments which are apt to wound.

And when you see that my poor heart, tired and down, wants to be cheered,

searching for its refreshment, its life,

the center to which it feels drawn as by a magnet

looking at me with a thousand eyes, you wound me from all sides with mortal wounds.

O please, have pity on me, and don’t be so cruel with me!

But the name ‘obedience’ resounds sweetly to your hearing,

and this is why you have so much love for obedient souls”.

Luisa Piccarreta

FIAT!

[Translation by Antonella]

 From http://www.luisapiccarretaofficial.org/news/february-28-1899/72