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September 19/2009 - Saturday of 24th Week
of Ordinary Time
LITURGICAL/THEME MEDITATION:
"He who has ears to hear, let him
hear"
UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENT(S):
Pope Sends Message to Jews
on Their New Year
SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Januarius
GENERAL
MARIOLOGY
Book Six - Chapter I
MARY ACCOMPANIES JESUS ON HIS
JOURNEYS.
DIVINE MERCY
Divine Mercy in My Soul
NOTEBOOK V
TEACHING/TESTIMONY/CONVICTION:
Show the
American people what an abortion is!
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Saturday (9/19): "He who has ears to hear, let
him hear"
Scripture: Luke 8:4-15
4 And when a great crowd came together and people from town after
town came to him, he said in a parable: 5 "A sower went out to sow his
seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path, and was trodden under
foot, and the birds of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell on the rock;
and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. 7 And
some fell among thorns; and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 And
some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold." As he
said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." 9 And
when his disciples asked him what this parable meant, 10 he said, "To
you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God; but for
others they are in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and
hearing they may not understand. 11 Now the parable is this: The seed is
the word of God. 12 The ones along the path are those who have heard;
then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that
they may not believe and be saved. 13 And the ones on the rock are those
who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but these have no
root, they believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. 14
And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as
they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and
pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
Meditation: How good are you at listening, especially for the
word of God? God is always ready to speak to each of us and to give us
understanding of his word. Jesus' parable of the sower is aimed at the
hearers of his word. There are different ways of accepting God's word
and they produce different kinds of fruit accordingly. There is the
prejudiced hearer who has a shut mind. Such a person is unteachable and
blind to the things of God. Then there is the shallow hearer who fails
to think things out or think them through; such a person lacks spiritual
depth. They may initially respond with an emotional fervor; but when it
wears off their mind wanders to something else.
Another type of hearer is the person who has many interests or cares,
but who lacks the ability to hear or comprehend what is truly
important. Such a person is for ever too busy to pray or too
preoccupied to study and meditate on God's word. He or she may work so
hard that they are too tired to even think of anything else but their
work. Then there is the one whose mind is open. Such a person is at all
times willing to listen and to learn. He or she is never too proud or
too busy to learn. They listen in order to understand. God gives grace
to those who hunger for his word that they may understand his will and
have the strength to live according to it. Do you hunger for God's word?
"Lord Jesus, faith in your word is the way to wisdom, and to ponder
your divine plan is to grow in the truth. Open my eyes to your deeds,
and my ears to the sound of your call, that I may understand your will
for my life and live according to it."
Psalm 100
1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the lands!
2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the LORD is God! It is he that made us, and we are his; we
are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give
thanks to him, bless his name!
5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures for ever, and his
faithfulness to all generations.
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UNIVERSAL CHURCH/WORLD EVENTS |
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Pope Sends Message to Jews on Their New Year
Notes Upcoming Visit to Synagogue
VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 18, 2009 ( Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI sent a message of congratulations and friendship to the Jewish people on the occasion of the celebration of Rosh Hashanah 5770, Yom Kippur and the upcoming festival of Sukkot.
In a telegram to the chief rabbi of Rome, Riccardo Di Segni, the Pope said, "I invoke from the Eternal for all Jews copious blessings for constant encouragement in their commitment to promote justice, concord and peace."
On transmitting to the Jewish community "his heartfelt congratulations," the Pontiff expressed the hope that "these celebrations will be the occasion of holy and common joy."
The Holy Father affirmed his "cordial friendship" with the rabbi, and noted his anticipation "to make with joy, after your feasts, a visit to your community and to the synagogue, animated by the profound desire to manifest my personal closeness and that of the whole Catholic Church."
Di Segni thanked the Pope publicly for his message. Vatican Radio reported that the Holy Father will visit Rome's synagogue in the Fall, though the date is yet to be decided.
It will be the third Jewish place of worship that he will have visited in this pontificate, after the synagogues of Cologne, Germany, in Aug. 2005, and of Park East in New York, in April 2008.
The visit to Rome's synagogue will take place 23 years after John Paul II's historic visit there on April 13, 1986, the first time that a Pope entered a Jewish place of worship since St. Peter.
In addition to marking the beginning of the new Jewish year, Rosh Hashanah is also the first of the ten days of repentance that end with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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GENERAL
MARIOLOGY |
THE DIVINE HISTORY AND
LIFE
OF THE
VIRGIN MOTHER OF GOD
BOOK SIX
The Marriage
at Cana; How Most Holy Mary Accompanied the Re-
deemer of the
World in His Preaching: the Humility shown by the
Heavenly Queen
in regard to the Miracles Wrought by Her
Divine Son;The
Transfiguration of the Lord;His Entrance
into
Jerusalem; His Passion and Death; His Triumph
over Lucifer
and his Demons by His Death on
the Cross; the
Most Sacred Resurrection
of the Savior
and His Wonderful As-
cension into
Heaven
CHAPTER I.
MARY ACCOMPANIES JESUS ON HIS JOURNEYS.
But as Judas found little support in his natural
disposition, and as the disciples, not being as yet confirmed in virtue
and not as yet even in grace, were guilty of some human failings, the
imprudent man began to compliment himself on his perfection and to take
more of the faults of his brethren than of his own (Luke 4, 41). He
permitted himself thus to be deceived, making no effort to amend or
repent, he allowed the beam in his own eyes to grow while watching the
splinters in the eyes of others. Complaining of their little faults and
seeking, with more presumption than zeal, to the weaknesses of his
brethren, he committed greater sins himself. Among the other Apostles he
singled out saint John, looking upon him as an intermeddler and accusing
him in his heart of ingratiating himself with the Master and his blessed
Mother. The fact that he received so many special favors from Them was
of no avail to deter him from this false assumption. Yet so far Judas
had committed only venial sins and had not lost sanctifying grace. But
they argued a very bad disposition, in which he wilfully persevered. He
had freely entertained a certain vain complacency in himself; this at
once called into existence a certain amount of envy, which brought on a
calumnious spirit and harshness in judging of the faults of his
brethren. These sins opened the way for greater sins; for immediately
the fervor of his devotion decreased, his charity toward God and men
grew cold, and his interior light was lost and extinguished; he began to
look upon the Apostles and upon the most holy Mother with a certain
disgust and find little pleasure in their intercourse and their heavenly
activity.
The most prudent Lady perceived the growth of this
defection in Judas. Eagerly seeking his recovery and salvation before he
should cast himself entirely into the death of sin, She spoke to him and
exhorted him as her beloved child and with extreme sweetness and force
of reasoning. Although at times this storm of tormenting thoughts, which
had begun to rise in the breast of Judas, was allayed; yet it was only
for a short time, and soon it arose and disturbed him anew. Giving
entrance to the devil into his; heart, he permitted a furious rage
against the most meek Dove to take possession of him. With insidious
hypocrisy he sought to deny his sins or palliate them by alleging other
reasons for his conduct: as if he could ever deceive Jesus and Mary and
hide from Them the secrets of his heart. Thereby he lost his interior
reverence for the Mother of mercy, despising exhortations and openly
reproaching Her for her gentle words and reasonings. This ungrateful
presumption threw him from the state of grace, the Lord was highly
incensed and deservedly left him to his own evil counsels. By thus
designedly rejecting the kindness and the intercession of most holy
Mary, he closed against himself the gates of mercy and of his only
salvation. His disgust with the sweetest Mother soon engendered in him
an abhorrence of his Master; he grew dissatisfied with his doctrines and
began to look upon the life of an Apostle and intercourse with the
disciples as too burdensome.
Nevertheless divine Providence did not abandon him
immediately, but continued to send him interior assistance, although in
comparison with former helps they were of a kind more common and
ordinary. They were, however, in themselves sufficient for his
salvation, if he would have made use of them. To these graces were added
the gentle exhortations of the kindest Mistress, urging him to restrain
himself and to humble himself and ask pardon of his divine Master. She
offered him mercy in his name and her own kind assistance in obtaining
it, promising to do penance for him, if he would consent to be sorry for
his sins and amend his life. All these advances did the Mother of grace
make in order to prevent the fall of Judas. She was well aware, that not
seeking to arise from a fall and to persevere in sin was a much greater
evil than to have fallen. The conscience of this proud disciple could
not but reproach him with his wickedness; but becoming hardened in his
heart, he began to dread the humiliation, which would have been to his
credit, and he fell into still greater sins. In his pride he rejected
the salutary counsels of the Mother of Christ and chose rather to deny
his guilt, protesting with a lying tongue, that he loved his Master and
all the rest, that there was no occasion for amending his conscience in
this regard.
In order that I may not incur the blame of concealing
what belongs to this chapter, I will mention another cause of the ruin
of Judas. When the number of the Apostles and disciples increased, the
Lord resolved to appoint one of them to take charge of the alms
received; thus to supply the common needs and pay the imperial tribute.
Jesus made known his wishes to all indiscriminately without addressing
Himself to any one in particular. While all of them feared such an
office and sought to evade it, Judas immediately strove obtain it. In
order to secure his appointment he humbled himself so far as to ask
saint John to speak to the holy Queen and induce Her to arrange this
matter for him with her Son. Saint John yielded to the request of Judas
and spoke to the most prudent Mother; but She, knowing that this request
of Judas was not proper or just, but proceeded from ambition and
avarice, did not wish to propose it to the divine Master. The same kind
of influence Judas sought to bring into play through saint Peter and the
other Apostles, without success; for the Lord in his goodness wished to
stay his ruin, and justify his cause before men, if He should grant the
request. At this resistance the heart of Judas, already corrupted by
avarice, instead of quietly yielding, was consumed with unhappy desires
for the office, and the devil stirred up thoughts of vilest ambition,
such as would have been most improper and wicked in any one, and hence
were much more culpable in Judas, who had been a disciple in the school
of highest perfection and who had lived in the light of the Sun of
justice and its beautiful Moon Mary! Neither in the day of abundant
graces, when the Sun Jesus lighted his paths, nor in the night of
temptations, when the Moon Mary disclosed to him the wiles of the
poisonous serpent, could he have failed to become aware of the
wickedness of such suggestions. But, as he flew from the light and cast
himself willfully into darkness, he presumed to ask most holy Mary in a
direct manner for her influence in obtaining his object. He had
lost all fear and hid his avarice in the cloak of virtue. Approaching
Her, he said that he had made his request through saint Peter and saint
John, with the sole desire of diligently serving Her and his divine
Master, since not all would attend to the duties of this office with
proper solicitude; and that, therefore, he now asked to obtain the
position of purser for him from the Master.
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DIVINE MERCY
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Divine Mercy In my soul
The Mercy of the Lord I will sing Forever.
Divine Mercy in my soul.
Sr. Faustina, Diary
NOTEBOOK V I
J.M.J.
Praise, O my soul,
The incomprehensible mercy of God.
May all be for His glory.
Cracow, February 10, 1938.
Sixth Notebook.
Sister Faustina of the Blessed Sacrament
Of the Congregation
Of the sisters of Our Lady of Mercy.
My heart is drawn there where my God is hidden,
Where He dwells with us day and night,
Clothed in the White Host;
He governs the whole world, He communes with souls.
My heart is drawn there where my God is hiding,
Where His love is immolated.
But my heart senses that the living water is here;
It is my living God, though a veil hides Him.
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CATHOLIC TEACHING/CONVICTION/TESTIMONY |
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Show
the American people what an abortion is!
(continued)
I have had two abortions.
Both before the age of 20. I never knew that it could hurt the baby, I
didn't even know that the babies could have a heart beat before three
months. But then again, I had never been totally informed of all the
details. But all I did know was that it hurt and the pain after wards is
awful. I still have nightmares of my other two children being ripped
apart and screaming for my help, but I couldn't help them because I was
doing it. I wonder everyday what if, and the painful memories and the
guilt never leave me. My first abortion was at 11 weeks and the second
was at 14.2 weeks. I even seen the ultrasound picture of it. But like I
said the painful memories never leave me the sadness and guilt run
through me a million times a day. But nothing has ever shook me like
these pictures. They made me sick to think that I did that. Especially
one with the hands and feet of the 14 week old baby are so well formed.
It even had a crease in the babies hand. It was so beautiful, almost
like it was reaching out. A child's hand reaching for a loving touch. I
never could have imagined something so gruesome, so awful. It will only
make my nightmares worse. All I can say is that I wish somebody would
have showed me the truth before I murdered two beautiful babies. Hopeful
someone is out there right now looking at your site to find the truth.
And I hope that the truth saves the wonderful life that is growing
inside them. If only one is saved then, then I thank you for showing the
truth, no matter how graphic. Thank you.
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I am sitting here in complete
shock. What has our society come to? This is in no way a humane
procedure. Could you imagine if this were a dog? Animal rights activists
would be appalled. I wish I would have never seen this, but so glad I am
now aware.
***
Let me state first that I am
rarely if ever speechless, I am very outspoken and speak what I feel.
The first trimester abortion images are jolting, however, your late
pregnancy abortion images will haunt me the rest of my life. What kind
of species are we that we would allow this horrific act to become
acceptable practice? For the love of God, what monster came up with the
idea of partial birth abortion and who allowed it to continue? What sort
of people perform these horrendous acts. I always knew abortion was an
unpleasant but unseen part of our world yet I was silent all these
years, and my silence was in essence giving my acceptance, I promise you
this, I will never be silent about this matter again. I will never sleep
soundly again, and will pass the link to your galleries to anyone and
everyone I can think of. God Forgive Me..
***
Hello, I am 23 years old and
pregnant with my second child. I was searching online for pictures of
babies at my week gestation. Out of curiosity I clicked a link to your
page. I was absolutely horrified by what I saw. I am now 28 wks
pregnant. I saw pictures of babies that have been burned to death by
saline, chopped to pieces and suctioned out of the womb, and many, many
more horrible deaths for these children. I always considered myself
"pro-life" but like many others I was confused on how I felt about
pregnancies resulting from rape and even confused about a mother having
a choice if she new something could be terribly wrong with her child. I
know now that those children should have had the same chance at life as
the butchers who killed them. I don't think abortion is right for any
woman at any gestational period. Although I was against abortion to
begin with your website has reassured me. I have those pictures in my
head and always will. If God didn't want you to get pregnant you
wouldn't have. If there is no way you can handle being a parent PLEASE
consider adoption before abortion. My heart is broken because of these
pictures. I could never dream of anyone being so cruel. I read what
someone posted about your website and I liked it alot. "I kill a newborn
and I go to jail for murder. I get a degree, kill a child, and get
paid." Where is the justice? Where is America's heart? Where is God?
People have closed their eyes and hearts to what God has given us. We
are killing our most precious miracles. These children, thank God, are
far away from all the harm that could have come to them. These babies
walk with Jesus now and I am thankful. I will recommend your website to
everyone that I meet who is pro-abortion. Thank you for giving us this
opportunity to see the evil that is happening to God's children. God
Bless you and all you are doing.
More Comments from our Visitors Regarding the Graphic
photos of Abortion on our Website
I wanted to let your website
know that I deeply appreciate all sorts of information available to the
public. To see all those innocent babies who didn’t even get to see the
light of day except in pieces sickens and disgusts me. I once was
pro-choice but now, I am definitely Pro Life because what is happening
out there is nothing less than murder. All women should know the facts
before even contemplating an abortion. I can't understand why any one
would perform one except that they are sick in the head and are evil in
the spirit. I am 17 years old and to know this at this age, helps me
prepare for the future and decisions I make.
***
I found your website quite by
accident. I am expecting my second child, and was looking for images of
fetal development. I appreciate the wonderful photos of a baby in utero
that you have posted, and am anxious to share them with my husband. I
was horrified by the gallery of photos of those tiny innocents -
murdered, but I’m glad to have seen them. No one can truly form an
opinion on abortion without seeing the horror. I had no idea the
practice was so brutal. I wonder how many women would choose to have an
abortion, once viewing those photos and having the various procedures
described in detail. So much is made in this country of a woman’s right
to choose, but little is said about a woman’s responsibility to make
wise choices before she ends up pregnant. …If women were responsible,
then abortion would not be an issue.
***
Thank you for showing what
abortion really is! I am a woman who suffers with extreme sadness and
tremendous sorrow for my two abortions. I only wish that I had known
about this website before I made my so called "choice"! I am a 33 year
old catholic that was mislead by my fiancé...I have had two first
trimester abortions within a 6 month window 3 years ago, I feel that I
was forced to have. I have suffered with this sorrow for 3 years and I
ask for many prayers. I have so much regret and pain in my heart for the
murder of my two beautiful babies that I would give anything just to
hold there precious little faces in my hands and look into their little
eyes and tell them I would give my own life for them just so they my
have a chance to see this beautiful world and be able to run and play in
it, and to see what the sun and moon looks like and to see the ocean
with all the creatures that swim in it! I took all that away just to
please a man. And for that I have GREAT REGRET AND PAIN...I do not want
anyone to go thru what I have been suffering with. I am now married to a
wonderful understanding Christian man who supports me in my desire to
help women and men understand the truth about abortions! I want to get
started I just don't know who to contact. Can you please pray for me and
tell me who to contact so I may volunteer my time to this urgent cause!
Thank You and You have my prayers and support!
***
i just had a baby 4 weeks ago
and abortion never entered my mind, i was raised a catholic and abortion
just wasn't the right thing to do, seeing those pictures of the aborted
babies made me realize that my baby son that i have is the most
wonderful human being in the world. I balled my eyes out looking at
those pictures and it sickens me to know that there are people out in
this world getting and giving abortions everyday. People just don't
realize the mistake they are making. I now will pray for all the aborted
babies in the world. It is so sad.
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be continued)
From the inception of his
pro-life work, Fr. Frank Pavone has been urging the mass media to show
the American people what an abortion is. Abortion is a reality which is
so horrific that
words alone can never convey its meaning.
Fr. Frank serves on the board
of the
Center for Bioethical Reform, which makes it a priority to share
with the nation the world's largest collection of images of actual
abortions. In conjunction with that organization, a
series of careful analyses of what the pro-life movement can learn
from other social reform movements is being prepared.
We present here some of the
grim reality of abortion. Only
seeing such images can bring us to the kind of indignation needed to
sustain the sacrifices that will be necessary to finally bring an end to
this injustice.
These images are arranged
according to the gestational age of the children who were killed. You
will note that below the link to each image is a link to a document
signed by a pathologist who attests to the medical accuracy that
particular image. Each document was also notarized. This pathologist,
Dr. Abigail Allen, worked specifically with the remains of aborted
children.
It is especially critical to
show people the images of babies aborted in the first trimester. It is
in regard to such children, who constitute 90% of abortion victims, that
the myth persists that they are not really children at all.
We thank all of you who have
contacted us to tell us about
how these images have affected you. Please use them to show others
this horrible reality.
God, have mercy. Amen.·
Galleries of Images of
Aborted Children
Gallery 1:
Chronological Photo Index of first trimester aborted babies.
Gallery 2: Photographs of
late-term abortions.
Gallery 3:
Photographs of aborted babies at various stages, retrieved from
dumpsters.
Gallery 4:
Photographs of children killed by salt-poisoning abortion.
The story and photo of Baby Malachi.
Medical Illustrations of
Abortion Procedures
Suction Curettage Abortion: Description and Diagrams
D&E (Dilatation and Evacuation) Abortion: Description and Diagrams
Partial-birth Abortion Diagrams
Photos of some of the tools used in abortion.
Below are links to the same
images as in Galleries One and Two above, but without the thumbnail
index and browsing window features.
Images of Aborted Babies - Archive 1
Images of Aborted Babies - Archive 2
Images of Aborted Babies - Archive 3
"Out of all the video games I
have played and all the movies I have ever seen, I have never seen
anything more violent than the pictures of these aborted babies." Chris
Daly Age: 19 Orlando, Florida
Bishop Povish comments on the Graphic image project (July 2001)
Click here to go to a website where you can order signs and 3 x 5 inch
cards containing the graphic images.
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