Apostles of light as St. Paul My Missionaries of the Cross are My apostles of light as St. Paul. They will preach My love crucified as one with St. Paul. St. Paul and St. John are their patron saints. They will become one with Love Crucified as St. Paul, therefore, their lives will be a living testimony of My crucified love and the power of the Cross. They will love Me and all with the tenderness of the heart of St. John. They will possess zeal and love…. The Heart of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is all power and tenderness. The hearts of all men must grow in the power of God and the tenderness of God. This healing will come about through the Holy Spirit and Mary Most Holy. Therefore, consecrate yourselves to the Holy Spirit daily through His spouse, Mary Most Holy. The prayers and sacrifices of love of the Mothers of the Cross will be My channel of healing grace for the transformation of My sons’ hearts. 3/18/11 Back

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Abba Father's Embrace Lourdes Pinto — Marc h 10, 2017 🔗See Text Note : The text are supplemental notes, not a complete transcription of the audio. To get a fuller and richer understanding of this teaching, we recommend you listen to the audio. Reflection V: BECOMING ONE WITH ABBA 20. Mary, in Her Humility, Proclaims the Greatness of the Lord, Diary of a MOC (p.64-65 or 66-67) “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.” My little one, these are the words from the mouth of My Mother as she enters the home of Elizabeth. Ponder these words with Me. My Mother lived her life in praise of the Father. She lived in the constant awareness of who the Father is. Her soul was in a constant state of awe. At the moment of the Incarnation, My human and divine Heart was fused as ONE with My Mother's and was consumed in the fire of love of the Holy Spirit. Together we proclaim the greatness of the Father. In the knowledge of the greatness and majesty of God, Mary also had perfect knowledge of herself; therefore, she states that she is the handmaid of the Lord. My daughter, I desire that you live more profoundly and perfectly in the knowledge of the grandeur, majesty and goodness of Abba, our Father. In this way, you will live more perfectly as My handmaid. The perfect and holy handmaid of the Lord, Mary Most Holy, is moved by the Holy Spirit to serve her cousin, Elizabeth. ​ Isaiah 49:1,3 – The Lord called us “from the womb” to be his “servants” that “glorify him.” (The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 3 And he said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.") Do you understand, My little one, the direct correlation with the Mothers of the Cross? The Spirit of God moves the pure and humble of heart to serve as handmaids their brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, in the awareness of who God is, in order to become the handmaids of God. The true knowledge of God will always move a soul to serve in pure humility. You are the handmaids of the Lord; serve one another in the awareness of the immensity of God's love. (09/18/11) ​ Abandonment to the Holy Spirit is not that we work, serve, to earn, to gain God, but rather, our service flows naturally from our relationship with Abba. The first is the relationship of a slave, the second is the relationship of a son/daughter. Fr. Ascencio: Our faith is when the knowledge of Christ becomes our own, and his love is our love which palpitates in our hearts. Faith has a context, which is the knowledge a son has of his father. Being a son is the necessary context of faith. Only with a heart of a son can we believe—being sons in Jesus. “This is my beloved son in whom I am pleased.” (Mt 3:17) Jesus believes these words from His Father, “this is who I am.” To have faith, believe. We too must be in this relationship with the Father, as sons in Jesus. Faith has an objective: to know the Father. But with a relational knowledge, not theoretical. For example, one thing is to know somebody and another is to be familiar with a person. Being able to enter a relationship with the Father, to touch Him, to call upon Him, and appreciate Him… Ephesians 2:17,18 “He came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.” Romans 8:15 “For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!”" A slave is someone who does not have a personal relationship with his owner. When a slave does not do what the master tells him, he gets punished. When there is fear, not peace, we still have the spirit of slavery and not of a son. “Abba Father”. What do I believe in the depth of my heart? That I am alone; that nobody is with me giving me life, strength, love? That is the spirit of a slave. Or do I trust and feel supported, guided, loved, sustained, forgiven. I’m not alone, I’m a son. Then I have trust and the dialogue immediately opens, “Abba, Father!” Who is the Father? Have we come to know Him personally? Do we live in a constant state of awe and praise because we truly know Him? Through this reflection, Abba wants to bring us to know Him more intimately. He wants to draw us to Himself, to enter His embrace. ​ The Return of the Prodigal Son – Henri Nouwen The hands that touch the back of the returning son are the instruments of the father's inner eye. The near blind father sees far and wide. His seeing is an eternal seeing, a seeing that reaches out to all of humanity. It is a seeing that understands the lostness of women and men of all times and places, that knows with immense compassion the suffering of those who have chosen to leave home, that cried oceans of tears as they got caught in anguish and agony. The heart of the father burns with an immens desire to bring his children home. But his love is too great to do any of that. It cannot force, constrain, push, or pull. It offers the freedom to reject that love or to love in return. It is precisely the immensity of the divine love that is the source of the divine suffering. God, creator of heaven and earth, has chosen to be, first and foremost, A Father. That freedom includes the possibility of their leaving home, going to a "distant country," and losing everything. As Father, the only authority he claims for himself is the authority of compassion. That authority comes from letting the sins of all his children pierce his heart. There is no lust, greed, anger, resentment, jealousy, or vengeance in his lost children that has not caused immense grief to his heart. The grief is so deep because the heart is so pure. From the deep inner place where love embraces all human grief, the Father reaches out to his children. The touch of his hands, radiating inner light, seeks only to heal. The Father wants simply to let them know that the love they have searched for in such distorted ways has been, is, and always will be there for them. The Father wants to say more with his hands than with his mouth: "You are my Beloved, on you my favor rests." He is the shepherd "feeding his flock, gathering lambs in his arms, holding them against his breast." The true center of Rembrandt's painting is the hands of the father. In them mercy becomes flesh; upon them forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing come together, and, through them, not only the tired son, but also the worn out father find their rest. The two hands are quite different. The Father's left hand touching the son's shoulder is strong and muscular. The fingers are spread out and cover a large part of the prodigal son's shoulder and back. That hand seems not only to touch, but, with its strength, also to hold. Even though there is a gentleness in the way the Father's left hand touches his son, it is not without a firm grip. How different is the father's right hand. This hand does not hold or grasp. It is refined, soft, and very tender. The fingers are close to each other and they have an elegant quality. It lies gently upon the son's shoulder. It wants to caress, to stroke, and to offer consolation and comfort. It is a mother's hand. The father is not simply a great patriarch. He is, in deed, God, in whom both manhood and womanhood, fatherhood and motherhood, are fully present. That gentle caressing right hand echoes for me the words of the prophet Isaiah 49:15, "Can a woman forget her baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these were to forget, I shall not forget you. Look, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." The great red cloak: The sheltering wings of the mother bird. They reminded me of Jesus's words about God's maternal love: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem... how often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you refused!" Day and night God holds me safe, as a hen holds her chicks secure under her wings. The image of the vigilant mother bird's wings expresses the safety that God offers her children. They express care, protection, a place to rest and feel safe. "You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High and abide in the shade of the Almighty - say to your God: my refuge, my stronghold, my God in whom I trust! You conceal me with your pinions and under your wings I shall find refuge." Psalm 91 Thus the return of the prodigal son becomes the return to God's womb, the return to the very origins of being and again echoes Jesus' exhortation to Nicodemus, to be reborn from above. The near blind eyes, the hands, the cloak, the bent over body, they all call forth the divine love, marked by grief, desire, hope, and endless waiting.​ ​ PATH #49, The love of God is the Eucharist and is transmitted through the Eucharist. I am humble, pure, simple, silent, generous, forgiving, merciful, patient, and tender. I give Myself fully to the good and the bad, to the deserving and the undeserving, to those who love Me and to those that persecute Me. I continue to love those who do not love Me. I continue to love those who use Me. I continue to love the unfaithful. I continue to love those indifferent to My love. I am left alone in the Tabernacles of the world with few who come to be with Me, to adore Me and to give Me thanks. I cry but My tears are hidden. I intercede continuously before the throne of our Father for all. ​ Path #50 I remained with you(in the Eucharist) to nourish your life with Divine life; To prepare you, to strengthen you and to become one with you as you journey the path to eternal life in God. I remain in this hidden and ordinary way so that your hidden and ordinary life can be transformed into Divinity and thus participate here on earth in the unity and Divine life of the Most Holy Trinity. The Eucharist is the life of God that has the power to heal and to transform you from within. In the smallness of the Host is revealed the grandeur, majesty and greatness of God. The Eucharist is the greatest miracle of God for humanity. The Eucharist reveals God's faithfulness to His people. Here lies hidden the great call to conversion: to look not with the eyes of my own low self esteem, but with the eyes of God's love. As long as I keep looking at God as the landowner, as a father who wants to get the most out of me for the least cost, I cannot but become jealous, bitter, and resentful toward my fellow workers or my brothers and sisters. But if I am able to look at the world with the eyes of God's love and discover that God's vision is not that of a stereotypical landowner or patriarch but rather that of an all giving and forgiving father who does not measure out his love to his children according to how well they behave, then I quickly see that my only true response can be deep gratitude. Many people live their lives never fully sure that they are loved as they are. Many have horrendous stories that offer very plausible reasons for their low self-esteem: stories about parents who were not giving them what they needed, about teachers who misstreated them, about friends who betrayed them, and about a Church which left them out in the cold during a critical moment in their life. The parable of the prodigal son is a story that speaks about a love that existed before any rejection was possible and that will still be there after all rejections have taken place. It is the first and everlasting love of God. It is the fountain of all true human love, even the most limited. Jesus’ whole life and preaching had only one aim: to reveal this inexhaustible, unlimited motherly and fatherly love of his God and to show the way to let that love guide every part of our daily lives. In his painting of the father, Rembrandt offers me a glimpse of that love. It is the love that always welcomes home and always wants to celebrate. 12/12/16 Basilica of our Lady of Guadalupe to LC My beloved, I have brought you before me to receive the fullness of the blessing God desires to give you… Receive my tears of joy; joy for your fiat united to mine; joy for your faithfulness to live united as One Body to the Holy Sacrifice of my Son. Receive the crown of glory reserved for the martyrs of Christ’s love. Do not be afraid during the time of the great trial that must come upon the world, for I am with you. You have followed me to the altar of sacrifice. It is here in the perfect sacrifice of the Mass that I am forming you as God’s holy warriors of love to fight the final battle. Remain with me in the perfect Sacrifice of my Son and you will receive the crown of glory. I bless you, my little one, with the kiss of Abba as He seals your heart with the mission given to you for the glory of God and the salvation of many souls. I need to choose daily to live in the joy of the Father’s banquet here on earth. For the older brother the banquet was taking place right next to him, in his very own home, but he chose not to enter and participate in the joy of the banquet because of his resentful heart. ​ How do I choose to live each day of my life, in the joy of the banquet or in the bondage of my resentful heart? Do I believe that all the Father has is mine because I am his daughter or son? Am I open daily to be lavished by his love and gifts, surprised by him, or do I turn away in my resentment, forgetting who I am and that I can live in Abba's embrace if I choose to? To deny ourselves means that at every moment of our lives we choose to live in the joy of our Father, therefore, we deny living from our disorders, we deny ourselves becoming melancholy, negative, nasty, resentful, frustrated- we deny living in the spirit of slavery! We choose to live our new identities in Christ as the sons and daughters of the King, never forgetting. Then we can remain in peace and joy even amidst great sorrows and trials. This is how to receive and live in the fullness of the blessing, which is living in “Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.” Mathew 9:14-15 - "Can the wedding guest mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?" If we are spouses of the Bridegroom, we must be people of joy. Our spouses can be a mess, our children a mess, problems in our communities but we live in the celebration, dancing and singing of the wedding banquet because we know who we are: spouses of the most amazing Bridegroom and daughter or son of Abba—the most splendid, generous, kind, tender, merciful King. Daughters and sons lavished and spoiled by their Father. Who can take our joy away? ​ The purpose of the Simple Pathis to bring us into the embrace of our Father as one with Jesus, to receive the fullness of His blessing. Jesus, Mary & St Joseph lived in this joy. Their lives were filled with great sufferings, sorrows, hardships, yet, they could live in continuous praise, awe, gratitude and joy because they never left the Father’s presence and they lived in the awareness of the Father’s gaze upon them. Reflection: •Through journeying in the Path of the Cross, have I come to more intimately know the love of the Father? •How has this experience begun to change how I live my daily life? •What is preventing me from living joy? Back Anchor 1

"Ponder" – Message for the New Year 2022 Lourdes Pinto — January 7, 2022 Message from the Lord for the New Year 1/4/2022 God in His infinite goodness will conquer the beast with the few little pure victims of love My little one, the time approaches for the great persecution of My followers. I, like I did with My apostles, disciples, Mother, and friends, am preparing you for this difficult hour. Few will remain faithful, My little one. Judas betrayed Me because his passions had not been purified. His zeal for his desires, power, and riches darkened his soul so that Satan could manipulate him. He became Satan’s instrument of destruction, even though he had been in the band of My intimate followers and had continuous access to My Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is what will happen again at the final hour. I will be betrayed by those closest to Me, My consecrated souls because the darkness within their hearts have not been purified and Satan will deceive them until it's too late. My small community of Love Crucified will also suffer this devastation because not all have listened and responded to My voice preparing them for these difficult times. Persevere, My little one, proclaiming My voice in the midst of the great darkness. I promise you and my few faithful victim souls that My triumph is at hand. Remain in the Immaculate Heart of Mary in silence and prayer pondering the words I have spoken to you, and you (plural) will have the purity of heart to persevere till the end. Do not be discouraged seeing such few faithful souls, for God in His infinite goodness will conquer the beast with the few little pure victims of love that live daily in and through My sacrifice of love as one with Mary consumed in the fire of the Holy Spirit. Encourage My little mustard seed to persevere living the Simple Path I continue guiding you (plural) in. It is this Path that will set you free to be My warriors for the final hour that draws near. Encourage them to ponder as you have been doing daily in the Heart of Mary, My Mother. Encourage them to listen and receive My words, which have the power to make of them a new creation in the image and likeness of God. Rejoice, for God loves you (plural) and is bringing forth the new men and women of His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. This new year will be filled with challenges and many trials. Pray, pray, pray so that you are not deceived by Satan and his many dominions. I am with you (plural) guiding you to victory. I bless you (pl) with my kiss of peace. Back

Suffer with Him - Entering the Pierced Side of Jesus Lourdes Pinto — 2012 The Pierced Side of Jesus reveals the mystery of suffering with Christ ​ Jesus allowed a sword to pierce His side so that it would be a passage to enter His Sacred Heart. This passage becomes the means to make our hardened hearts docile and tender so that we can receive His touch and His precious Blood can penetrate our wounds. Just like a seed can not take root in rocky soil, it needs soil that has been plowed and fertilized, our hearts also need to be made docile to bear an abundance of fruit. In the book, The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come!", it says, "Calvary is the necessary 'passage' of which Jesus spoke to Moses and Elijah while on Tabor and of which he spoke to his disciples. It is the 'passage' that must come before the resurrection and Pentecost."(p 18) This passage includes: a way of life centered in the Eucharist, Sacrament of Penance, reflecting daily on the Word, self-denial and mortification. The complete way of life (See end of manual) learning to suffer all with Jesus allowing our hearts to be pierced with Jesus' thorns Perfection in the virtues Silence Tenderness Childlike innocence Poverty Purity Obedience Faith Fear of the Lord Prayer The ordinary and hidden life victim intercessors *SUFFER WITH HIM ROMANS 8:12-17 So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh -- for if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba! Father!" it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him The Spirit and the Bride Say, Come! P 77 ​ “It is precisely here that the role of Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, is most effective. She has been commissioned by Jesus on the Cross (John 19:26) to prepare us for this baptism of suffering as she did Jesus. She wants to bring us to the docility of Jesus on the Cross, a docility of total trust and obedience, offering this as a sacrifice to the Father. By entrusting to her all that we are, by our consecration to her Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, we enable her to transform our weaknesses and our burdened hearts and thus prepare us for the Eucharistic Sacrifice. She then will “offer us up” as a pleasing sacrifice to the Father, uniting us with the sacrifice of Jesus for the salvation of the world. “ ​ “Receive the pearl of suffering I am giving you…” The Spirit and the Bride Say, Come! P 77 “Suffering is so precious to God that it seems he allows it to continue until the last moment, as he did with his own Son.” ​ 8/27/11 Why do I desire and need for you to suffer with Me? It is through My suffering that you come to know Love. Love is purified in suffering, but My suffering is pure love, therefore, when you suffer with Me your love is purified in Me. This suffering with Me and loving with Me brings new life, a new creation. Allow all suffering to draw you into My sufferings and sorrows and in this way you will come to know Love. My Sacred Heart is pure love. You were created for Love, but how few, My little one, come to know Love and enter the joy of living in Love. ​ Satan and the principalities of darkness have been conquered by My crucified love. The triumph of My Cross, which is the triumph of Love, will come to fullness through My martyrs of love. This is your mission: to raise up many martyrs of love for the decisive battle at hand. ... (I asked about the MC) My daughter, I wish to perfect you in love...trust in all that I place in your heart. The time is short and the battle is fierce. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Spe Salvi (In hope we are saved) Encyclical of Benedict XVI, 2007. 39. To suffer with the other and for others; to suffer for the sake of truth and justice; to suffer out of love and in order to become a person who truly loves—these are fundamental elements of humanity, and to abandon them would destroy man himself. Yet once again the question arises: are we capable of this? Is the other important enough to warrant my becoming, on his account, a person who suffers? Does truth matter to me enough to make suffering worthwhile? Is the promise of love so great that it justifies the gift of myself? In the history of humanity, it was the Christian faith that had the particular merit of bringing forth within man a new and deeper capacity for these kinds of suffering that are decisive for his humanity. The Christian faith has shown us that truth, justice and love are not simply ideals, but enormously weighty realities. It has shown us that God —Truth and Love in person—desired to suffer for us and with us. Bernard of Clairvaux coined the marvelous expression: —God cannot suffer, but he can suffer with. Man is worth so much to God that he himself became man in order to suffer with man in an utterly real way—in flesh and blood—as is revealed to us in the account of Jesus's Passion. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ Consolation: “Desire solely the Cross and give Me rest... Very few souls participate in My suffering and share in My sorrows.” (9/7/11) ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ True intimacy is to suffer as one heart with the beloved, to enter a union of sorrows. "Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear." (St. Gemma Galgani) ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ The Spirit and the Bride Say Come p 74 “Suffering is not meaningless, but rather when embraced as the Cross of Christ, it becomes “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Cor. 1:24)... It is not useless, but rather is tremendously precious because it brings salvation to souls by applying the power of the Cross to their need... Nor is redemptive suffering a rejection of healing; rather, it is a way of bringing total healing, that is, salvation to ourselves and others. One effect of healing is that it removes the obstacles within us that prevent us from recognizing the Cross and embracing the Cross and embracing it with joy. 10/07/2010 Jeremiah 13: 12-27 The Jars Filled with Wine I am preparing My pure, holy vessels by cleansing them with My precious blood. These living chalices will be filled with My precious blood as I unite them to the World of the Cross and they suffer with Me. My blood will be poured upon My Church to cleanse Her through them. You have been given the particular mission of cleansing My priesthood. “Woe to you, O Jerusalem. How long will it be before you are made clean?” ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ WILL YOU SUFFER WITH ME? (11/10) Will you suffer with Me? Will you unite with My suffering to purchase the redemption of many? You see, My suffering and resurrection has purchased the salvation of the world but My Father from the beginning of time willed for the fulfillment of salvation to come through My Body, the Church. Therefore, the salvation of many souls is dependent on your response to suffer with me. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ 1//13/11 “My daughter, the purest love on earth must be united to suffering. I came from Heaven to Earth to suffer in expiation for the sins of the world. This is love. Pure love gives itself solely because of love. The love of the Trinity is pure love, therefore, the Father gives His life by giving to the world His only begotten Son. The Holy Spirit flows from this most pure love, thus igniting the hearts of souls to suffer with Me so that they can enter in Love. The Cross without My Sacred Heart is useless suffering brought about by sin. But suffering united to My Cross is new life; it is participation in the work of redemption which is participation in the life of the Trinity. These mysteries can only be grasped by a humble heart, therefore, you must call My sons first to repentance at the foot of My Cross to receive the gold of precious repentance. Be still My daughter, for it is the pure suffering of the Mothers of the Cross that I will use to pierce the harshness of My sons' hearts. Suffer all with perfect faith in My crucified love.” ​ JN 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ TO SUFFER WITH ME 11/2/11 To suffer with Me is to be made pure like Me... To suffer with Me is to begin to love with Me... To suffer with Me is to become Love... To suffer with Me is to enter the fullness of JOY and happiness on earth... Our Lord last week had given me an interior image of one of His thorns in my heart. I could see light issuing out of His thorn into my heart. All around that one thorn was a light moving out into the darkness of my heart expanding and purifying it. I can understand how every thorn received is not only a source of healing grace for other souls but especially for our own hearts. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ THE WISDOM OF THE CROSS The Spirit and the Bride say Come, p 74-75 To grasp the folly of the Cross as the power of God and the wisdom of God takes a wisdom that is pure gift. Without this wisdom all suffering, pain and the Cross of Christ are utter foolishness and a stumbling block. If we don't have this wisdom, we need to acquire it at any price! Fortunately, St. James tells us it is available for the asking, as long as we ask with faith and patient perseverance: ”My brothers, count it pure joy when you are involved in every sort of trial. Realize that when you're faith is tested it makes for endurance. Let endurance come to its perfection so that you may mature in everything. If any of you is without wisdom, let him ask for it from God who gives generously and ungrudgingly to all, and it will be given him. Yet he must ask in faith, never doubting…” (James 1:2–6). Suffering is the wisdom and power of God when it is the Cross of Christ. Precisely, the Cross is the wisdom and power of God because it is the Cross that is the answer to sin, to Satan and to death itself. Only the suffering of Christ crucified, Head and Body, brings salvation from sin and its consequences, namely, the domination of Satan and death. It is by dying that we are born to eternal life. Only by losing our life can we gain life (Matthew 16:25). This is the wisdom of God. Ibid pg 29 “You need wisdom from me that you do not have. You need the power of my Holy Spirit in a way that you have not possessed it; you need understanding of my will and of the ways that I work that you do not yet have“ It is our conviction that Mary is to provide the new wisdom and new power that we do not yet have in order to understand the ways of the Lord and to accomplish his work. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ SUFFER IN MY AGONY OF LOVE 2/24/12 Suffer all with Me... See through My eyes the emptiness and darkness in their hearts and suffer in My agony of love. In this suffering your life becomes a prayer of offering for them.... Live the martyrdom of My Heart.... It is in this union of suffering with Love and in Love that the Holy Spirit will consume you in the fire of His embrace. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ONE WITH THE MOTHER OF SORROWS/ Anniversary of LC 3/11/12 You are chosen to be ONE with My Mother of Sorrows. You are called to live and taste My agony of love as ONE with My Mother. I cry for _______ for he has turned away from Me in his rebelliousness, and like him, so many, My daughter. I shed tears for each and every one. Look at the God Who loves you nailed to the Cross. See My tears as I look down upon every son and daughter who has not come to Me to gaze at Love. Can you hear My groans that come forth from the depth of My crucified Heart? The groans of My agony of love. Listen to My groans of love. I thirst for you to quench My thirst with your kiss of love, your kiss of gratitude, your kiss of purity, your kiss of sorrow, your kiss of desire to be ONE with Me, suffering in love with Me. Do not fear to feel the sorrows of My Heart, to partake in My chalice of suffering in Love and for Love. Embrace through your arms of silence each and every sorrow I place in your heart and participate with My Mother in My agony of love. This union of sorrows will bring many graces to the world. Teach My family (LC) how to suffer with Me. Raise up many victims of love to defeat the prince of darkness. ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Hebrews 2:10 Perfected in sufferings For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering. Back

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Entering the Heart of Jesus: The Path to Unity Lourdes Pinto – 2012 🔗See Text Note : This text are supplemental notes, not a complete transcription of the audio. To get a fuller and richer understanding of this teaching, we recommend you listen to the audio. INTERIOR CROSS ​ It is amazing for us to contemplate that Jesus was walking the face of the earth redeeming us through His love in suffering while He lived the ordinary life. On the outside He labored and smiled and nobody knew, nor saw His sacrifice of love, except His Mother, who participated with Him in this hidden martyrdom. "Through the external cross which all can see, I was a victim acceptable to the Father by shedding My blood, but is was above all through the interior cross that Redemption was accomplished" -Conchita Diary, 9/7/1896 Words from Jesus to Blessed Conchita:(p 123) "I wish that above all, there be honored the interior sufferings of My Heart, sufferings undergone from My Incarnation to the Cross and which are mystically prolonged in My Eucharist. These sufferings are still unsuspected by the world. Nonetheless I declare to you that, from the first moment of my Incarnation, the Cross already planted in My Heart, overburdened Me and the thorns penetrated it. The blow struck by the lance might have been some solace causing to gush from My Side a volcano of love and of suffering but I did not consent to that until after My death. I only receive ingratitude. That is why My Heart overflowing with tenderness will ever feel the thorns of the Cross. In heaven, as God, I cannot suffer. To find this Cross which above did not exist, I descended into this world and became man. As God-Man, I could suffer infinitely to pay the price of the salvation of so many souls. During my life, I never desired anything except the Cross, and ever the Cross, wanting to show the world that which is the sole wealth and happiness on earth, the currency which will buy an eternal happiness. "I only remained on the Cross of Calvary for three hours, but on the interior Cross of My Heart, my whole life. The monasteries (Oasis) will venerate both of them but especially my Interior Cross which symbolizes these pains and these inner sufferings, so incomprehensible, which constantly oppress my soul. These sufferings remained hidden during My life. I smiled, I labored. Only My Mother was aware of this martyrdom which crushed My loving Heart. My external Passion lasted but a few hours. It was like a gentle dew, a comfort for the other Passion, terribly cruel, which tortured ceaselessly My soul!" (Diary, Sept. 25, 1894). ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ 12/12/11 It is perseverance in living the ordinary of your state in life, in love for Me, that you are perfected in many virtues. The ordinary duties of motherhood have been greatly attacked by satan because they are so pleasing to the Father, and when lived in My crucified love, as Mary did, possess the power of God to aid in the sanctification and salvation of many souls. This is why your formation began in the most ordinary of your state in life as a mother (the gentle touch, kiss, blessing, making chocolate milk...). It is here living the details of the most ordinary that you began to grow in greater love. Living the details of the ordinary became your prayer of blessing and honor to your God. It is in the most ordinary and hidden life that a soul encounters the face of God. I disguise Myself in what the world sees as tedious. That is why all the Mothers of the Cross have begun to encounter Me in The laundry, cleaning, cooking, nursing... The tasks of ordinary motherhood are precious to the Father because they are the heart-beat of the domestic church. Now you know why satan has done so much to attack motherhood. Through the restoration of motherhood I will strengthen the domestic church, aid in the healing of fatherhood, and bring restoration to My universal Church. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ 9/14/10 This spirituality of suffering out of love for Me is not understood even within My Church. Yet here lies the power of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. More grace is obtained for the world through the hidden life of suffering in love than the public life… Live the hidden life to perfection in Me and in the Heart of My Mother. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ This mystery of redemption is at the heart of the Gospel message and at the heart of being Mothers and Missionaries of the Cross. The Word of the Cross is the power of God. It is precisely through our hidden and ordinary lives united to Jesus crucified that our lives possess the power of God. It is not so much what we do as far as prayer cenacles, presentations or apostolates but how well we become Mothers & Missionaries of the Cross that will bear the greatest fruit for our beloved Mother Church. Carrying Our Cross Blessed Angela of Foligno Extreme suffering…accompanied the soul of Christ; for his holy soul, united with his body to his divinity, was filled with highest wisdom. He became, all in an instant, both a pilgrim on life’s way, and one who comprehended what that way entailed. Already in the womb of his mother, his holy soul began to feel the most extreme suffering as perfect reparation to God, and this not for his own faults but for the faults of humanity. For Christ saw, felt, knew, and understood, together and separately, all the torments and each one in detail which he would have to endure, soul and body, with deep-felt pain. The holy soul of Christ knew beforehand each of the knife-like tongues, that is, each of the sharp words which would cut him up in the future. Christ knew when, how, by whom, and where he would be attacked. He knew and saw how he, as man, was to be betrayed, sold, arrested, abandoned, renounced, bound, derided, beaten, whipped, judged, condemned as a thief, led to a cross, stripped, crucified, put to death, blasphemed, pierced by a lance which opened a wound in his holy side. He also knew beforehand all the hammer blows and all the nail wounds. His holy soul knew in itself and had before itself all the sufferings, the groans, the wailing, and the pain-filled lamentations of his Mother. It is thus the whole life of Christ was accompanied by continual sufferings. How will the unhappy soul , which only wishes to receive consolations in this world go to him, who is the way of suffering? In truth, the soul perfectly enamored of Christ, its beloved, would not wish to have any other bed or state in this world than the one he had. I believe that even Mary, watching her beloved son lamenting and dying on the cross, did not ask of him then to experience sweetness but rather suffering. It is in a soul the sign of very weak love to want from Christ, the Beloved, anything in this world but suffering. It should certainly be possible for the soul to understand that a good master is more pleased by the services of a poor servant who serves him faithfully out of love, without pay or benefits, than the services of someone rich, who receives good wages everyday and serves in the hope of receiving special benefits. Similarly, if a soul, fattened on the great sweetness of its experience and taste of God, runs lovingly toward him, it does not have as much merit as the one who runs to God and serves him with an equal and similar love, but without consolation and in a state of continual suffering. ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Mothers of the Cross 5/31/11 The MOC are the joy in heaven. They are the most pure servants of the Father. It is through the hidden life of the MOC that My army of holy priests will be raised up. These spiritual mothers will live the tears and sorrows of their hearts united as one with My Mother of Sorrows. It is My Mother’s sorrows that continue to shower grace upon the world, and as My MOC unite as one with My Mother, the shower will become a living torrent of grace. Therefore, each MOC must be perfected in living her hidden ordinary life with all its trials, sorrows, exhaustion…. with pure love and in this way she will find her joy; the joy of knowing that she is participating in the hidden sorrows of My Mother for the salvation of many souls. Allow My Mother to form each of you, My daughters. It is Rosa Mystica that wants to form your gentle hearts. Mary reveals the sorrows of her pierced heart that continue to remain hidden and the roses of prayer, sacrifice and penance. You must imitate Mary in this way. Your lives will become the sweet fragrance of prayer and your sacrifices and penances will be lived in the most ordinary of your duties as women. Your lives as My victims of love will go unnoticed by the world but seen by the eyes of the Father. He will use your hidden lives of love to humble the proud. Know that you are My consolation. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ True motherhood is a vocation of hidden martyrdom, reflecting the perfect motherhood of our Blessed Mother. Here lies the “hidden power” of spiritual motherhood. It is this hidden martyrdom, united to Mary, that will raise up God’s army of holy priests for the reign of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the new Pentecost!! The *Eucharist holds the power of the hidden life Spirit and the Bride say Come!, pg 72 The Angel of Fatima summed up her message in these words: “pray! Pray a great deal!… Offer up prayers and sacrifices to the Most High… Make everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of reparation for the sins by which he is offered and in supplication for the conversion of sinners… Above all, accept and bear with submission the sufferings sent you by Our Lord.” And in his next apparition he revealed how to make these sacrifices and prayers effective: by offering them in union with the Eucharistic Sacrifice. ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ Ibid pg 86 It seems that the Eucharist is the focal point of the spiritual battle for unity. Here the forces of Satan seem to work the hardest to prevent the celebration of a united Eucharist. For our Eucharist to be united and so effective, we need to yield to the Spirit, even as the gifts of bread and wine might be said to yield to the Holy Spirit and so become the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since they offer no resistance to the Spirit, they become what they signify. If we offer no resistance to the Spirit week to become the Body of Christ. Ibid Pg 87 It is in this yielding by our total consecration that we live out the “Totus Tuus” of self sacrifice. It is in sacrifice that we most effectively repent of self-concern and the sin of disunity and give ourselves for the sake of the kingdom. It is in union with the sacrifice of Jesus that our intercession becomes united with his and so effective. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ Trust and place all your confidence in the power of the hidden life being revealed to you now in My Eucharistic presence. I am the power of the hidden life. I want to possess you with My hidden life, which is the Eucharist, transforming you into living hosts. This transformation will take place as you live your hidden and interior life united to My interior crucifixion, suffering all with Me and in Me. In this way, the power of the hidden force will intensify with the fire of the Holy Spirit. ​ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ Feast of Corpus Christi 6/26/11 Most people partake of My Body and Blood but few desire to participate in My Body and Blood (The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (1 Cor.10:16) In order to become One Body in Me you must respond to participate in living in My Body and Blood. In the Eucharist I give of Myself fully to you and you partake, meaning you receive Me, but then you must respond to this gift of Love by giving of yourself to Me. You must give Me of your blood in sacrifice and your body, which is your will. In the Eucharist I Am the Victim of Love. In order for you to become ONE BODY, ONE BLOOD in Me you must respond to become My victim of love, victim united as ONE to The Victim. What is required of My creature is her response, her "fiat", then the power of My Spirit, the Holy Spirit, brings about this perfect union. It is at the foot of the Cross with My Mother that you receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit from My pierced side. It is He who will lead you through the narrow path of My Cross to perfect union in Me. (The perfect narrow path from the feet of Jesus crucified to His kiss) ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ ​ (6/16/11) Words placed in my heart from our Blessed Mother. A time is coming, and it is very near, in which life as you know it will cease to exist. You will experience hunger and much suffering. It is during this time that my reign will come, and through me, the power of the Holy Spirit will set the world on fire like you have never known. It is my army of victim souls that I am preparing for these decisive times, for it is their hidden lives, as One with my Eucharistic Son, that are being given the power form heaven to defeat Satan and all his principalities and raise My Son’s cohort of holy priests to usher in my reign. You have been given a mission from the Father and you will give birth to the Missionaries of the Cross, through the hidden force of love of the Mothers of the Cross, to help raise this holy cohort. Continue to live all we tell you and to suffer all with Jesus as I do and all will take place in your lives according to the Will of the Father. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ LIVING HOST Invoking the maternal protection of Mary Most Holy, let us ask that each time we participate in the Eucharist we will also become witnesses to that charity which responds to evil with good (cf. Rom 12:51), offering ourselves as a living host to the one who lovingly gave himself up for our sake. -Benedict XVI, homily, Havana Cuba, 3/28/12 Living hosts, hidden force 7/9/11 My daughter, I am alive and present in the world in My Eucharist. But My living presence takes on human form in My living hosts. When I become alive in you, through the power of the Holy Spirit, it is no longer you but I who lives and takes My being in you. I am able to speak through your lips; My voice becomes audible through you; My hands touch and heal through your hands... I move outside the Tabernacle through you, thus reaching out to the four corners of the world. The power of God is spread through My living hosts and new life is given to many through My living chalices of My most precious Blood. You must proclaim from the housetops what you hear Me whisper in your heart (Mat. 10:27). This is My hidden force that will sweep through the world and holds the power of God. Hugh Owen in the book, “New and Divine” The Holiness of the Third Christian Millennium, explains the expression “Living Host”: Living Host - a person who performs his or her actions in eternity, together with Jesus, under the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. When a soul abandons herself to the Will of the Father through the Holy Spirit and shares in the eternally- present sufferings of Jesus, she becomes a "living host". (p.38) In their writings, Venerable Conchita and Archbishop Martinez refer to a similar state as the "Mystical Incarnation" and compare it to the state of a priest at the moment of the consecration during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Archbishop Martinez observed that the sacrament of Holy Orders unites a priest to Jesus in such a way that, at the moment of the consecration, Jesus - in the priest - changes the substance of bread and wine into Himself by the power of the Holy Spirit. But "total transformation" into "living host" required something more. It required that a human being - priest, religious, or lay - make the "marvelous exchange" of his independent human will for the Divine Will by allowing the Holy Spirt to unite him to Jesus in all of his acts. (39) Back Anchor 1

Love Crucified Colombia — March, 2024 The entire Love Crucified community of Colombia participated in this encounter. The Lord reminded us of the messages He gave to Colombia in 2014 and added a new one, exhorting all to repentance and to take responsibility for the mission as victim souls. ​ Five members made their covenant: (pictures ) Catalina Granados Viviana Bautista Liliana Montero María Fernanda Alarcón Jaime José Sanchez Encounter Colombia 2024

Faith, Do I Believe? Part I – Part II – Part III Faith, Do I Believe? Part I Lourdes Pinto — July 19, 2018 Audio & YouTube & text See notes ⤴️ Faith, Do I Believe? Part II Lourdes Pinto — July 26, 2018 Audio & YouTube & text See notes ⤴️ Faith, Do I Believe? Part III A Teaching on Silence Lourdes Pinto — August 16, 2018 Back ONE TWO THREE

Long Suffering Lourdes Pinto – October 5, 2019 Back

Poverty, the Rich Young Man Lourdes Pinto, October 18, 2018 Audio & video The Lord's words to "sell what you have and give to the poor" (Mc 10:17-31) must be discerned by each person with the Spirit of total transparency before God wanting to truly know the "one thing that I personally lack." The spirit of poverty is allowing God to strip us interiorly of our desires, expectations, plans, attachments, securities, and consolations in order to be emptied so that we can be filled with Christ. Related to Chapter 5-D in the Simple Path Poverty the Rich Young Man.pdf Back

Men Yoked to Christ Lourdes Pinto – January 11, 2018 I. Draw a scale • Left column- write all your anxieties, burdens, difficulties, fears • Right column (Interior life) – a) Mass attendance weekly b) Holy Hour of INTIMATE dialogue & listening in adoration chapel; not rosary nor Breviary c) Write how many times you have had SA in the last 6 months. • Is your life “unbalanced” for the good or the bad? Mathew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” • 1st command- “come to me” if you are burdened… • Promise- “I will give you rest” • 2nd command- “take my yoke upon you & learn from me” • promise- “you will find rest” How do I go to Jesus? PRAYER Luke 21:34-36 “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap. Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” What does it mean to have a drowsy heart? Drowsy – lethargic, down, no zeal, little joy, anger, frustration… Abuse of alcohol is only one way of escaping from the burdens of life, but there are many ways we can do this. Any time we give in to an excess of one sort or another, we begin to let our hearts become drowsy on a spiritual level. (ex. for me is to sleep excesively) Whenever we seek momentary escapes from life without turning to God, we allow ourselves to become spiritually drowsy. - When we feel burdened by life, we tend to look for a way out. And far too often, the “way out” is something that makes us spiritually drowsy. - The moment we turn our eyes to the burdens of life and fail to see God in the midst of all things, we become spiritually drowsy and begin, in a sense, to fall asleep. (Catholic Daily Reflection) Answer in left column: How do I seek momentary escapes from life without seeking Christ; my “way out”? What activity do I enter an “excess of” that is my tendency? TV, alcohol, computer, shopping, sleeping, gardening, mechanics…. What burden is in my life that I do not see “God in its midst”? ​ 1 Samuel 3:1-20 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD under Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. 2 At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place; 3 the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down within the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the LORD called, "Samuel! Samuel!" and he said, "Here I am!" 5 and ran to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called again, "Samuel!" And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again." 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the LORD was calling the boy. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, `Speak, LORD, for thy servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 And the LORD came and stood forth, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for thy servant hears." ​ Then the LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel, at which the two ears of every one that hears it will tingle. 12 On that day I will fulfil against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 And I tell him that I am about to punish his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God, and he did not restrain them. 14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering for ever." 15 Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16 But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." 17 And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. May God do so to you and more also, if you hide anything from me of all that he told you." 18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD; let him do what seems good to him." 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the LORD. ​ “Samuel was lying down within the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.” 3:3 “Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.” 3:7 “Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy” 3:8 discerning the voice of God must become an EXPERIENCE INTIMACY with Christ – not a checklist of my to do’s! - Rosary, study commentaries for homilies, breviary, readings… ​ John 10:27 “My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord. I know them, and they follow me.” Mark 1: 35-39 “Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.” So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.” ​ We learn that Jesus had a vibrant prayer life. He looked for deserted, quiet places where he could listen to the Father and communicate intimately with Him. All His activity flowed from His interior life with Abba. Jesus knew who He was. He knew where He came from; His identity was solid and he knew His purpose. Therefore, when His apostles come to tell him that “everyone is looking for him”, He does not go astray. He does not follow the people who want him, like him, are praising him, inviting him to dinner, and so on. He LEADS His apostles and centers them on their mission. His IS the BRONZE WALL, therefore, He is able to protect and defend the mission given to Him from the Father. He is not wishy-washy. Simple Path #22. In St. Joseph’s Humility God Manifests His Power, Diary of MOC St. Joseph centered his life in prayer and silence. He meditated on the Word of God daily in humility, seeking no places of honor for himself. Hidden, he remained content. Through the humility and purity of his heart, he was able to see the purity and holiness of Mary. When he learned that Mary was with Child, (burden, tribulation, anxiety. Didn’t escape) through his humility, he entered the hiddenness of his heart and sought to know the Will of God. This is what makes a great man: to seek the Will of God in all things. My power and strength were manifested in his docility and tenderness of heart. When men let go of their human tendency to control and rely completely on Me, they will begin to possess the true power of God. St. Joseph embraced Mary as the Mother of God and believed in humility. He embraced the mission of God revealed and contained in Mary Most Humble. (3/19/11) • 1. Centered his life in prayer & silence. • 2. Meditated the Word of God daily • 3. Sought no places of honor • 4. Content in the hidden life • 5. Seeks to know the will of God in all things • 6. Relied completely on God; didn’t control Back

Identity and Mission of a Mother of the Cross Lourdes Pinto — September 1, 2018 Back

Resources The Priest is not His Own by Fulton Sheen Find on Amazon Conchita: A Mother's Spiritual Diary edited by M.M. Philipon, O.P. Read or download free In the Shadow of His Wings: The True Story of Fr. Gereon Goldmann, OFM by Gereon Karl Goldmann Find on Amazon He Leadeth Me By Walter J. Ciszek. A Jesuit in a Russian labor camp grows in knowledge of God, trust and abandonment. Find on Amazon To My Priests By Concepcion Cabrera de Armida Orders: Sisters of the Cross of the Sacred Heart 1320 Maze Blvd. Modesto, Ca, 95351 Tel: 209-526-3525 The Holy Father's Letter to His Priests on the 160th. Anniversary of the Death of St. John Vianney 🔗TEXT With the tenderness and love of a father, Pope Francis gives hope, reassurance, praise and much gratitude to his priests / sons as they face the struggles and sorrows caused by such grave abuse scandals in the Church. In his words we hear the voice of a father strengthening and encouraging his children to persevere in their commitment and ministry to God and their people. New Outpourings of the Holy Spirit by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger On the work of the Holy Spirit raising up new forms of communities since the beginning of the Church. Find on Ignatius Press

Loving with Christ Restores Manhood and Womanhood Lourdes Pinto – February 13, 2020 Based on her teaching, "Tenderness in Mercy" (Oct. 5, 2017). Our authentic manhood and womanhood are restored as we begin to live the Simple Path #88, where Jesus teaches us to love as He loves. Back

Prayer of Pure Suffering Hector Ramos | January 24, 2019 Audio and video ​ Hector, a member of Love Crucified, has been paraplegic for 18 years —he tells us these are the most blessed years of his life as they have brought them to be one with Jesus. This talk is translated from Spanish to English Back

Spiritual Motherhood God’s Army of Victim Souls to Raise up a Holy Priesthood ​ In the document of the Congregation for the Clergy, “🔗Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priest and Spiritual Maternity , ” the Church recognizes the urgent need to raise an army of spiritual mothers for priests and seminarians: ​ The vocation to be a spiritual mother for priests is hardly unknown, barely understood and consequently, rarely lived too little although fundamental and vitally important. It is a vocation that is often hidden, not apparent to the human eye, but intended to transmit spiritual life. The mission of the women of the Love Crucified Community is to help raise up God’s army of victim souls. They are spiritual mothers who bring forth His “Apostles of Light” for the decisive battle at hand. Women like Mary, who out of love for Christ live the hidden martyrdom of the heart, united to Christ crucified. The food and nourishment, the source of life of a Spiritual Mother, must be the Eucharist. Mary: We will use your hidden lives, lived in Jesus crucified, to aid in the renewal of the Church, the sanctification of priests, and the salvation of many souls. You will be the hidden force that raises up my army of holy priests. These are the priests who will usher in the reign of my Immaculate Heart, a new Pentecost for the Church. The ways of God are not the ways of the world. He will use the vocation of motherhood, united in me, to bring new life to the Church. Know that the most ordinary tasks of motherhood, lived in sacrificial love, please greatly the Father. He will use these simple and generous mothers, united to me, to renew the Church. This is the power of the Cross: souls united to Love Crucified solely to love Jesus as He has loved you. This is the love that will transform the world. — 6/13/0), Simple Path, #142, p.386. Spiritual Motherhood Lived Only in Mary ​ The Blessed Virgin Mary is the source of spiritual motherhood instituted by Christ from the Cross. Spiritual motherhood can be lived only in Mary. If lived without her, it is not spiritual motherhood. We find the purest essence of spiritual motherhood in the union of St. John and Mary established by Jesus at the foot of the Cross. Jesus, in His deepest agony, waited until He could share His Passion with them, to call them forth to become mother and son. They could not be mother and son to each other without first being victims of love, ONE with Christ’s Passion. Union with Christ at the Cross is at the center of Mary’s motherhood and at the center of St. John’s son/discipleship. At the Cross, they come together, and their relationship acquires a new meaning and a new fecundity because it has the fire of pure and perfect love. Mary, now the Mother of the Church, remains to form, St. John and the apostles, Mary Magdalen and the holy women, in the school of her Heart as she does with each of us. We, like them, must be formed in the School of Love—the Immaculate Heart of Mary. ​ I, the Mother of all in heaven and on earth, the Mother of all priests, desire for their holiness. As I embraced St. John at the foot of the Cross, enveloped in the precious blood of my most adorable Son, I also want to embrace each priest. Through my Son, they are each my sons. I love them with my motherly pure heart. I want to lead them to be holy as Jesus is holy. I want to lead them into the abode of His pierced Heart. I will bring each of them to the Cross as I accompanied my Son. I will form them to be perfect victims as I formed my Son. I will place in their hearts the love of the Cross as the Father placed this love in the Heart of my Son and in mine. ​ My daughter, I want you to help each priest come to the Cross. Share with them your experience of the Cross. My little one, share with them your life. It is living testimonies of my Son's grace that touches and awakens hearts. Tell them to allow me to reveal to them the love of Jesus Crucified. It is only this love that has the power to transform. It is when each of my consecrated priests unite themselves, through my heart, to Love Crucified that the hearts of the faithful will be opened. –8/5/09, Simple Path, #138, p. 370. A Gift from the Holy Spirit ​ Spiritual Motherhood is not a program, nor a new apostolate nor something you do following a set of rules. Spiritual maternity is at the core of the feminine heart. This holds true for all women, either married or single, professional and/or domestic, religious or consecrated. We become spiritual mothers as we come to know intimately the passionate love of our Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, through the power of the Cross and choose to respond, in complete abandonment, with our whole heart. Spiritual Motherhood is a GIFT from the Holy Spirit and grows as the Spirit heals our feminine hearts and transforms us to become a new creation. ​ Only Living as Victims in Christ can Holy Relationships Between Spiritual Mothers and Priests Exist ​ The Church is discovering the urgent need for priests to have such spiritual mothers. In order for these relationships to be fully from the Lord, both the spiritual mother and priest must be willing to accept this call to enter the depth of their hearts and identify the wounds and disorders they carry. They must be willing to do the “work” required in the Simple Path so that the Holy Spirit can heal and purify them. As Christ purifies hearts in the fire of His Sacred Heart, He restores men and women’s ability to truly love and compliment each other in the service of the Kingdom. In our brokenness, we may find it hard to believe that a mother-son relationship between women and priests is possible or even desirable. We tend to think only of dangers that stem from our fallen nature, but we also need to believe that Christ at Calvary poured out His Spirit to make all things new. The Lord continues to raise up relationships between spiritual mothers and priests, but this is possible only to the extent that they are truly victim souls, One with The Victim. Mary went to Calvary with St. John and wants to take every priest to Her Crucified Son. Spiritual mothers in Mary, the Mother of Sorrows, become God’s source of strength and encouragement for priests to become ONE with The Crucified: Walk with Me in My passion. Through Mary, My Mother, I received the strength and zeal I needed to continue to the Cross… She was not only My consolation but also My strength. My Mother knew and accepted My mission… In Her great and pure love of God, she encouraged Me and brought Me to the Cross. It was she that encouraged Me to begin My mission at the Wedding at Cana… Do you see the importance of holy mothers for My priests, who are living images of My Mother? My priests need these holy mothers to help strengthen and encourage them. –2/20/09, Simple Path, #137, p. 369 The Work of Spiritual Mothers: take the Life of Christ Crucified to Priests ​ Therefore, a spiritual mother must be a mother of the cross, a victim soul who lays down her life for love of her spiritual children. The Ven. Archbishop Luis Martinez understood the power of spiritual mothers and encouraged Conchita to persevere in love: “You, too, like Jesus, must love the Father on behalf of all your children and for all the souls that God has linked with you through the outstanding grace of spiritual maternity…. Some of your children will love the Father with many limitations. You must supply for them. Perhaps some of them—may the Lord not permit it!—will never love. You must love for them. With what desire you must try to love for all in order that the Father may not lack even a spark of love from your spiritual family.” –Simple Path p. 371 The following letter, written by a spiritual mother to her priest/son, reveals the work required of spiritual mothers: reparation, encouragement, love, tender correction, teach them how to “suffer with”, guide them to live their victimhood, suffer for them and with them, bring them to the foot of the Cross with Mary: ​ THANK YOU for allowing me the honor of being the custodian, as one with Mary the Mother of the Cross, of your priestly vocation as your spiritual mother. This is something that I treasure and take so seriously. THANK YOU for blessing me and my family through who you are as Christ's ordained priest/victim!!!! ​ My dear father/son, through the words you write me, I see the beauty of what God is doing in your heart! I see the power of the Holy Spirit working the transformation of your heart! I have been thanking and praising God for His mercy and love being lavished upon you! Yes, the Cross is the place of our deep purification, of our dying to self, of our letting go of our control, of our titles, of our limited way of thinking… And it is also the place where we enter the most profound intimacy with God! ​ Father persevere in SUFFERING ALL WITH JESUS, and you will enter the fire of the Holy Spirit in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Continue to PERSEVERE as I read that you are doing. Yes, you are not walking alone, I am with you, and you are with me. We are helping each other, as Mary and St John, to die as ONE with Christ, so that we can become the SAINTS He created us to be!!!!!! The new men and women of the Kingdom of Christ!! My heart is filled with EXCITEMENT and ANTICIPATION knowing how powerfully the Spirit is working in you. TRUST! TRUST! TRUST! You are becoming a new man, the new Adam!!! May you always be consoled in remembering that I am sustaining you as God's “hidden force.” I pray for you daily before the Blessed Sacrament, and it is a great honor offering my life as a living sacrifice with Jesus and Mary for you! I am greatly consoled and also sustained through your prayers and priesthood!! THANK YOU AGAIN!! I humbly receive your priestly blessing and I send you my maternal love through our Mother of Sorrows! –Simple Path p.390-391. May all of God’s spiritual mothers band together as God’s holy warriors of love with Mary to raise up a transformed priesthood of Christ’s “apostles of light” for the Church and world: You, My little ones, are the consolation of My suffering Heart because you each have united yourselves to Mary, the Mother of God and the Mother of all. As I gaze at each of you, I see her beauty radiating from you. Allow her to form each of you to perfection. I need you, My faithful ones, to bring life to My Missionaries of the Cross. It is My hidden martyrs of love, in perfect union with the Queen of Martyrs, that will raise up My Apostles of Light. Know that I have taken My abode in each of your hearts; therefore, radiate the humility and purity of My Mother. Do not grow weary in your hidden lives of suffering all with Me, for you are My holy remnant that God the Father will use to purify My Church and pierce the darkness penetrating Her. Therefore, go forth, My daughters, as My holy warriors with Mary to seize the dragon and cast him into hell. I bless you with My Precious Blood and seal you with the power of My Cross. – 4/1/11, Simple Path ,#141 p. 385. ​ ​ 🔗Teachings on Spiritual Motherhood, text, audio, video. ​ 🔗 Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priests and Spiritual Motherhood –Document of Cong. for Clergy ​ 🔗 See 'Spiritual motherhood' in Chapter 7 of the Simple Path. ​ SPIRITUAL MOTHERHOOD II spiritualmotherhood

Patience in Hope Michelle Griffith, May 12, 2022 Back

HÁBLAME SEÑOR Speak to me Lord Text and music: Maria Hickein ​ Me pregunto Señor, si Te sé hacer feliz... I wonder, Lord, if I know how to make You happy ... Si Te sé consolar, si he logrado aliviar Tu sed por mí... con mi vivir If I know how to comfort You, if I have succeeded in relieving Your thirst for me ... by how I live. Tengo dudas Señor, de mi capacidad... I have doubts, Lord, of my capacity... de saber entender... lo que quieres de mí... lo que es Tu voluntad... of knowing how to understand ... what You want from me ... what is Your will ... Si sé amar... If I know how to love... Háblame Señor, déjame saber... Speak to me Lord, let me know... Si Te agrada o no, mi forma de amar, mi forma de ser... de proceder. If it pleases You or not, my way of loving, my way of being... of proceeding. Mírame Señor, que yo pueda ver... Look at me Lord, that I can see ... Si mi corazón... es cuna de amor... para Tú nacer... y yo... ser If my heart ... is the cradle of love ... for You to be born ... and for me ... to be. Compañera de amor, hostia viva por Ti... Your love companion, living host for You... Queriendo reflejar... Tu rostro a los demás wanting to reflect... your face to others y acercarlos a Ti, ¡amor imán! and bring them closer to You, magnet of love! Abrí mi corazón... lo abrí de par en par... I opened my heart... I opened it wide... No puse condición, ¡que en la Cruz Tu perdón es incondicional, ¡total! I placed no conditions, since on the Cross, ¡Your forgivenes is unconditional, total! Háblame Señor, déjame saber Speak to me Lord, let me know... Si Te agrada o no, mi forma de amar, mi forma de ser, de proceder If it pleases you or not, my way of loving, my way of being... of behaving. Mírame Señor, dime la verdad... Look at me Lord, tell me the truth... Si mi corazón es lecho de amor, Tu lecho nupcial... si amar... If my heart is a bed of love, Your nuptial bed... If to love... Es toda mi pasión, ¡es todo mi sentir! Is my entire passion, my greatest desire! Dime Tú mi Señor, Si es que algo de Tu Amor Tell me Lord, if some of your Love quiso encarnarse en mí y darse así... wanted to take flesh in me and give itself to me... ¿Eres Tú mi Señor... quien ahora vive en mí? Is it You Lord... who now lives in me? Así lo siento yo, que el fuego de este amor no procede de mí... That is what I feel, that the fire of this love does not come from me... Háblame Señor... ¡Háblame Señor! Speak to me Lord... ¡Speak to me Lord! ​ ​ ​ Music Page

Joyful Mysteries Also hear talk: Remain with me, Learning from the Joyful Mysteries🔗 I. ANUNCIATION In the crucified Jesus the divinity is disfigured, stripped of all visible glory and yet is present and real. Faith alone can recognize it: the faith of Mary, who places in her heart too this last scene in the mosaic of her Son’s life. She does not yet see the whole, but continues to trust in God, repeating once again with the same abandonment: “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord.” Pope Benedict XVI (Simple Path p.150) II. VISITATION ‘My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.’ My little one, these are the first words from the mouth of My Mother as she enters the home of Elizabeth. Ponder these words with Me. My Mother lived her life in praise of the Father. She lived in the constant awareness of who the Father is. Her soul was in a constant state of awe. At the moment of the Incarnation, My human and divine Heart was fused as ONE with My Mother's and consumed in the fire of love of the Holy Spirit. We proclaim the greatness of the Father. In the knowledge of the greatness and majesty of God, Mary had also perfect knowledge of herself; therefore, she states that she is the handmaid of the Lord. I desire that you live more profoundly and perfectly in the knowledge of the grandeur, majesty and goodness of Abba, our Father. In this way, you will live more perfectly as My handmaid. The perfect and holy handmaid of the Lord, Mary Most Holy, is moved by the Holy Spirit to serve her cousin, Elizabeth. ...The Spirit of God moves the pure and humble of heart to serve as handmaids their brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, in the awareness of Who God is, in order to become the handmaids of God. The true knowledge of God in a soul will always move a soul to serve in the most pure humility. You are the handmaids of the Lord, serve one another in the awareness of the immensity of God's love (09/18/11). (Simple Path p. 66-67) III. NATIVITY “In this feast of the Nativity... Today begins the mystery of the Passion.” St Gregory of Nyssa (Simple Path p.136) IV. PRESENTATION The fusion of hearts takes place through the sword of suffering as ONE. It is through the union in suffering that you die more-and-more to self, until it is no longer you who lives but I Who lives in you... The fusion of hearts is the kiss of union; the embrace of the Holy Spirit; the embrace of Love (12/3/12). (Simple Path p.230) V. FINDING OF JESUS IN TEMPLE Pope Francis said of St. Joseph: How does Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity, even when he finds it hard to understand. From the time of his betrothal to Mary until the finding of the twelve-year-old Jesus in the Temple of Jerusalem, he is there at every moment with loving care. As the spouse of Mary, he is at her side in good times and bad, on the journey to Bethlehem for the census and in the anxious and joyful hours when she gave birth; amid the drama of the flight into Egypt and during the frantic search for their child in the Temple; and later in the day-to-day life of the home of Nazareth, in the workshop where he taught his trade to Jesus. ​ Here I would add one more thing: caring, protecting, demands goodness, it calls for a certain tenderness. In the Gospels, Saint Joseph appears as a strong and courageous man, a working man, yet in his heart we see great tenderness, which is not the virtue of the weak but rather a sign of strength of spirit and a capacity for concern, for compassion, for genuine openness to others, for love. We must not be afraid of goodness, of tenderness! How does Joseph respond to his calling to be the protector of Mary, Jesus and the Church? By being constantly attentive to God, open to the signs of God’s presence and receptive to God’s plans, and not simply to his own... Joseph is a “protector” because he is able to hear God’s voice and be guided by his will; and for this reason he is all the more sensitive to the persons entrusted to his safekeeping. (Simple Path p.298-299) Back

​ Back The Mystical Bridal Gown of the Mothers of the Cross ​ 8/15/2012, Feast of the Assumption Words of our Blessed Mother describing the significance of the mystical bridal gown of the Mothers of the Cross. It is mystical and interior, only seen by God: The veil signifies spousal union. The covering of your hair signifies that you belong totally to God; you are no longer of this world. You now live before the gaze of the Father at the foot of His throne. The veil and gown are both white and red, symbolizing the love and mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. You live consumed in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The length of the veil symbolizes the wings of the Holy Spirit. As spouses of Jesus Christ, you are also spouses of the Holy Spirit. You live in the shadow of His wings which envelope you in His pure love. His wings cover you as you live before the throne of the Father. His wings protect you from the snares of the devil. His wings lift you to receive the kiss of union from your Beloved. His wings carry you to heaven to live with the angels and saints for all eternity. The neck line is gold representing the living chalices. Your lives, as ONE with Jesus crucified, pour out His love and mercy upon many souls. You will collect the blood and tears of suffering of many, and through me, unite it to my crucified Son. You will collect the blood in suffering through your prayers and union in suffering with the agony of my Son. Your gown is long, representing that you are ALL for the Lord: body, soul, spirit... Hidden in the center of your gown is my Heart with many thorns embedded very deep to symbolize, that like me, you are God's hidden martyrs of love. You live adoring, glorifying, loving and thanking Jesus for His interior crucifixion. Your every breath must be in gratitude and love for His hidden martyrdom of love. Your apostolate outside the home must be to proclaim Jesus' interior crucifixion, to be my hidden martyrs of love united to Him, and teach many how to unite their hidden sorrows of heart, through the Cross, to my Son's hidden life in the Eucharist. You are God's living hosts and you will help form many living hosts to bless the Church and world. Around your waist is a rope . This represents the rope tied around Jesus' hands during His trial. You unbound Him with your love and the rope now around you symbolize your union with Him in His agony and crucifixion. Through Him, with Him and in Him you will help unbound many souls, especially priests, from the bondage of sin. Your gown is mostly white symbolizing your purity as living hosts. You will be ONE with the power of God in the Eucharist for the salvation of many and the consolation of my Son.

Saint Joseph Novena Micah Parsons Also, prayer and video: St. Joseph, Our Spiritual Father Day 1 ​ A clean heart create for me, O God. ~Psalms 51:12 The Holy Spirit leads the saints to venture beyond human logic. In the parable of the talents, the Lord teaches us to be audacious. Instead of burying our talents by opting for a secure life, He wants us to have the faith to risk it all. This is what the Blessed Mother did when she visited Elizabeth instead of staying home to protect her own pregnancy and reputation, and what St. Joseph did when he embraced his role as spouse of Mary. I encourage you to examine the life of your favorite saints to discover their audacious trust in the Holy Spirit. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Page No. 12 Silent and holy Joseph, faithful father of Jesus Christ, I raise my heart to you to implore your powerful intercession with God: (Mention your request) *No husband and wife ever loved one another so much as Joseph and Mary. ~Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, pray for us.​ Day 2 ​ Hear now, house of Israel: Is it My way [Path] that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? ~Ezekiel 18:25 But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment. ~Matthew 5:22 St. Joseph centered his life in prayer and silence. He meditated on the Word of God daily in humility, seeking no places of honor for himself. Hidden, he remained content. Through the humility and purity of his heart, he was able to see the purity and holiness of Mary. When he learned that Mary was with Child, through his humility, he entered the hiddenness of his heart and sought to know the Will of God. This is what makes a great man: to seek the Will of God in all things. My power and strength were manifested in his docility and tenderness of heart. When men let go of their human tendency to control and rely completely on Me, they will begin to possess the true power of God. St. Joseph embraced Mary as the Mother of God and believed in humility. He embraced the mission of God revealed and contained in Mary Most Humble. ~Diary No. 22, In St. Joseph’s Humility God Manifests His Power Most obedient Joseph, faithful teacher of Jesus Christ, I raise my heart to you to implore your powerful intercession with God: (Mention your request) “Saint Joseph employed himself joyfully in the education of Jesus Christ.” ~Saint Irenaeus of Lyons Day 3 ​ He will set you high in praise and renown and glory above all nations He has made, and you will be a people holy to the LORD, your God, as He promised. ~Deuteronomy 26:19 St. Joseph is the perfect example of manly tenderness. He is described in Scripture as a faithful servant of God who shows his love for God in his love for others. In every respect, St. Joseph possessed the heroic love and tenderness needed of the man whom God entrusted with His two greatest treasures: Jesus and Mary. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Page 298 How has a Priest/Priests in your life fathered you like Saint Joseph? Ask Saint Joseph to pray and father the Priests in your life and make them like a wall of BRONZE. (Mention your request) Saint Joseph is not just the Patron of Husbands and Fathers, but he is the Patron of every working Priest. The Priest has the very mission of Saint Joseph. The Priest is the protector of Jesus in the Tabernacle. The Priest is the father to the faithful. The Priest is the guardian of Jesus in their hearts. We call our beloved Priests "Father!" The Priest is in charge of giving Jesus His name at every Mass, circumcising Him on the Altar. “Saint Joseph is still charged with guarding the Living Bread!” ~Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Day 4 The Father’s voice is heard: This is My beloved Son, listen to Him. In Matthew, we read: “Her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to send her away quietly” (Mt 1:19). When an angel appeared to St. Joseph in a dream and warned him to take Jesus and his mother to Egypt, his response was immediate and without question: “He rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod” (Mt 2:14-15). In every Scripture passage that mentions St. Joseph, we see an exemplar of virtue: he fulfilled his manly mission, showing his love for God in his love for others. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Pages 298-99 Saint Joseph, father of contemplative life, father us to hear the voice of God in our hearts and in those closest to us. Pray for us to love those most difficult to love: (Mention your request) The battle is not "out there" somewhere; the battle is in you, in me and in our homes. As Missionaries and Mothers of the Cross, we must internally bleed with Christ for the salvation of souls. We MUST fight this battle within our wounds, we must empty ourselves to hear the voice of the Father's beloved Son, we must LISTEN to HIM. “Those souls most sensitive to the impulses of divine love have rightly seen in Saint Joseph a brilliant example of interior life.” ~Saint John Paul II Day 5 There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called: Jacob! Jacob! He answered, “Here I am.” Then He said: I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you a great nation. I will go down to Egypt with you and I will also bring you back here, after Joseph has closed your eyes. Israel had sent Judah ahead to Joseph. ~Genesis 46:2-4,28 Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Joseph rose and took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, so that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” ~Matthew 2:13-15 My daughter/son, the time is short… the will of the Father is to possess you with His love and that through Me, with Me, and in Me you become ONE with LOVE. To do the Will of the Father must become your daily food, your daily life. Nothing else should matter: persecutions, imprisonments, misunderstandings, loneliness, solitude, hunger… for when you live in the Father’s will you possess all. Was this not My life here on earth? My daughter/son, you must live each moment IN LOVE; then you will live in perfect peace. You must learn to wait upon the Lord, for this is love. Is that not how I lived My life here on earth? Although at the age of twelve I was ready to begin My mission that was already consuming My Heart, I returned with Mary and Joseph to wait upon My Father’s time; then My public mission lasted only three short years. But you see, My daughter, My mission had already begun and was being fulfilled throughout all My hidden life from the moment of My Incarnation. The power of God for the redemption of the world was at work in My hidden life, and Mary Most Holy was participating as ONE with Me in My hidden life in the work of redemption. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Diary No. 45, My Hidden Life (Page 157) Saint Joseph, Restrainer of demons, hide Love Crucified and our territory of souls in your holy Tunic! Hide us in the refuge of the Immaculate Heart of our Mother and protect for every soul in our lives; especially those in most need of God's mercy: (Mention your request) O hidden Joseph, you are the Patriarch of the hidden force and sought to know the will of God in all things. You led the holy Family to Bethlehem to render to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God; hiding the Bread of Life in the refuge of a manger. Hidden, you led the Babe and His mother to present them to Abba, Father. Hidden, you immediately left for the refuge of Egypt. The holy Ghost called you out of Egypt and into the refuge of Nazareth; hidden in the Holy House of Loretto. This is how our Savior lived His life! What a grace to be hidden by the Lord in plain sight, to be His HIDDEN force! “Saint Joseph lived content in his poverty.” ~Saint Bonaventure Day 6 Come now, let us set things right, says the LORD: Though your sins be like scarlet, they may become white as snow; Though they be crimson red, they may become white as wool. If you are willing, and obey, you shall eat the good things of the land; But if you refuse and resist, the sword shall consume you: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken! ~Isaiah 1:18-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/isaiah/1?10 Saint Joseph in the Diary Saint Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament: https://archive.org/stream/St.FaustinaKowalskaDiary/divine-mercy-in-my-soul_djvu.txt When Mass began, a strange silence and joy filled my heart. Just then, I saw Our Lady with the Infant Jesus, and the Holy Man St Joseph standing behind them. The most holy Mother said to me: “Take my dearest Treasure…” and she handed me the Infant Jesus. When I took the Infant Jesus in my arms, the Mother of God and St Joseph disappeared. I was left alone with the Infant Jesus. ~Divine Mercy in my Soul, Diary No. 608 During Midnight Mass, God’s presence pierced me through and through. A moment before the Elevation (of the Host) I saw the Mother of God, the Infant Jesus, and the good man Saint Joseph. ~Divine Mercy in my Soul, Diary No. 846 Saint Joseph urged me to have a constant devotion to him. He himself told me to recite three prayers (the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be) and the Memorare to St. Joseph once every day. He looked at me with great kindness and gave me to know how much he is supporting this work (of mercy). He has promised me his special help and protection. I recite the requested prayers every day and feel his special protection. ~Divine Mercy in my Soul, Diary No. 1203 The Blessed Virgin, all lost in the deepest of love, was wrapping Jesus in swaddling clothes, but Saint Joseph was still asleep. Only after the Mother of God put Jesus in the manger, did the light of God awaken Joseph, who was also praying. ~Divine Mercy in my Soul, Diary No. 1442 As you meditate on these passages, think of St. Joseph's tenderness, honoring and respecting Mary as the spouse of the Holy Spirit. Think of his tenderness towards her Son, treating Him as his own, though Jesus was truly the Son of the Most High; think of the tenderness of St. Joseph's hands, the rough hands of a carpenter, which made visible the love and tenderness of God for the Holy Family (Page 299). The woman who publicly washed the feet of Jesus with her tears teaches us a lot about tenderness. She looked at Jesus and was not deterred by fear of being judged by others or by fear of being imprudent. She was moved by love and gratitude. She expected nothing in return. Her heart was PURE. Tenderness has the power to melt the most hardened hearts steeped in pride (Page 293). Men must also be tender and have the courage to go against the culture. The definition of “tender” is “easily crushed, bruised, fragile,” but another definition is: “To be considerate and protective; sensitive to emotions and others' feelings.” These are the vital qualities of tenderness men must possess to fulfill their Godgiven mission, which is to use their strength to love and serve those entrusted to them. St. Joseph is the perfect example of manly tenderness. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Page 298 https://www.lovecrucified.com/_files/ugd/45e8c9_b3b66a83b6074527b9e1ed769650cb03.pdf "The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” ~Matthew 23:11-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/23?1 Mystically, ask God to unite your heart with the pure heart of Saint Joseph, recite the three prayers (the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be) (Listen to the silent sound of Saint Joseph's heart... .and listen to the Immaculate Heart of your Mother who is interceding for you: Ask Jesus where He was when you experienced trauma in your life. In your deepest wound, did the Lord cry out with you? Did He Suffer with you? Where was Jesus at that specific moment in time/space?) The ancient Israelites believed that prayers, soaked with tears, bypass heaven and go directly into the Heart of Yahweh. Ponder the tears of Saint Joseph and Mary who had to leave the children behind in Bethlehem. Ponder the tears of the Patriarch Joseph whose sobs were so loud that the Egyptians heard him (Genesis 45:2). Ponder Saint Joseph's tender heart, accompanied by Jesus and Mary, as he accepts the Father's will to be with Abba in heaven during their Son's Mission, Passion, Death and Resurrection. *As soon as Israel made his appearance, Joseph threw his arms around him and wept a long time on his shoulder (Genesis 46:29). In order for us to ascend high in the spiritual life, we must hit rock bottom, in OUR hearts. “Saint Joseph foresaw Mary’s tears and misery. He would have desired to stay by her side, and he must have asked Jesus to be allowed to remain on earth so that he might climb Calvary and sustain Mary.” ~Saint Peter Julian Eymard Day 7 He came to His native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is He not the carpenter’s Son? Is not His mother named Mary and His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not His sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?” And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.” And He did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith. ~Matthew 13:54-58 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13 Our Lord was rejected at Nazareth, St. Joseph and Mary were perfect, holy victim souls. They were united as one to the Victim of Love. St. Joseph never uttered a complaint during his many trials, struggles, and sufferings. The human existence here on earth is full of struggles, challenges, difficulties, sufferings, trials and tears because of the fall. I came to transform human suffering through My death and resurrection. The Holy Family lived the human condition through Me, with Me and in Me; thus their lives were transformed into Love, the love of the Most Holy Trinity. The world is foundering into the abyss of evil and darkness because My Spirit is not sought and loved. It is through Mary, the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, that you obtain most perfectly the power of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that will unite you as One Body to My crucified Love to participate in the salvation of the world. It is only My victim souls who participate in the work of redemption and who will conquer the principalities of death with Me. Therefore, My little one, bring Me victim souls! ~Simple Path to Union with God, Diary No. 131, Jesus, Mary and Joseph Were Victim Souls Have you ever been rejected, betrayed, or abandoned? Encounter the sorrows of Jesus when He returned to His hometown. His family and friends, angered by His teaching, rejected Him. “They rose up and put Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down headlong.” As a result, He could not perform many miracles there. Can you imagine the pain of rejection in Jesus’ Heart as His hometown kicked Him out and even tried to kill Him? “Have you ever taken the time to ponder the sorrow of our Lord’s Heart as He received the kiss of betrayal? Can you see His tears and feel His sorrow through your own pain?” ~Simple Path to Union with God, Page 92-93 https://www.lovecrucified.com/_files/ugd/45e8c9_b3b66a83b6074527b9e1ed769650cb03.pdf Ask the Holy Spirit, Mary, and Saint Joseph to unite you to Jesus Crucified: (Unite your pain with the pain of the crucified One, give Him your misery) Saint Joseph and Mary represent God's hidden, insignificant victim souls. At the wedding feast of Cana, six insignificant jars were used to wash people's feet upon arrival, and they held 30 gallons of water. Saint Joseph is an example of those jars. Joseph held Jesus in his home for 30 years, washing His little Body, making Him His favorite drink, teaching Him His tricks of the trade, and all these details were unnoticed by the world and not included in the Gospels; but these years were MOST pleasing to the Father! Joseph and Mary Suffered ALL these years with their Son. Being seen as insignificant by those around them, ordinary, the most special years of the Bridegroom's life are in the hearts of Joseph and Mary. These perfect victim souls knew God's details of the hidden, insignificant life in Nazareth! “Saint Joseph did not do extraordinary things, but rather by the constant practice of the ordinary and common virtues, he attained that sanctity which elevates him above all other saints.” ~Saint Joseph Marello Day 8 Children, listen to me, your father; act accordingly, that you may be safe. For the Lord sets a father in honor over his children and confirms a mother’s authority over her sons. Those who honor their father atone for sins; they store up riches who respect their mother. Those who honor their father will have joy in their own children, and when they pray they are heard. Those who respect their father will live a long life; those who obey the Lord honor their mother. Those who fear the Lord honor their father, and serve their parents as masters. In word and deed honor your father, that all blessings may come to you. A father’s blessing gives a person firm roots. ~Sirach 3:1-9 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/sirach/3 The Father's blessing, Men are protectors of their wives and families; they defend them if they are attacked physically, but sometimes they fail to realize that God has entrusted them with the protection of their hearts as well. They are called to have the tenderness of God whose love is fully attentive to all that takes place in the interior of each heart. He listens to our cries, knows our desires, fears, sufferings, emotions and temptations. To accomplish this mission, men must be attentive to their hearts to hear the voice of God, like St. Joseph; and then they must be attentive to the hearts of those entrusted to them, to know how to guide them and protect them. Men tend to overlook this essential aspect of their mission as protectors because they lack tenderness and sensitivity. One of the deepest sufferings of most wives is that their husbands do not know their hearts. Men think that going deep into the heart is only for women. The result is that few husbands are truly able to love and protect their wives. St. John is the apostle who placed his head on the heart of Jesus. He entered intimacy with Jesus with complete tenderness. This testimony is in the Gospel because God wanted him to be an example to all men. St. John is the beloved disciple, attentive to the heart of Jesus. He is, therefore, the one able to follow Him with Mary to the foot of the Cross. Jesus can then entrust him with the heart of Mary to continue protecting her with the greatest love and tenderness. Mary is the mother of all, yet it is St. John who takes her home and lives with her. Jesus could count on St. John because he was able to enter into the depth of love through intimacy and tenderness. Mary, St. Joseph and St. John are exemplars of the new men and women transformed by the Holy Spirit. If we persevere in allowing God’s tenderness to heal our wounds and forgive our sins, our hearts will gradually be transformed into the tenderness of God. We will be free to allow God to use our faculties to bring His love into the world and pierce the most hardened hearts. We will become His Body; and the mercy of God, acting through us, will save those who are dead in sin. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Pages 300-302 Have you entered the wound with your birth father? Did your birth father know your heart? Was he involved in your heart growing up? Now? Have you suffered this wound with Jesus? ​ Name the Father wound. We all have the father wound (big or small); none of us were raised by a perfect birth father. We were not raised, physically, by Saint Joseph (who is as close to perfect as a father can get). The wound lies with the birth father, this is important; because some of us were raised by a good foster father, stepfather, grandfather, uncle, maybe mom's boyfriend, etc... Those have their own fathering wound, and sometimes that wound is associated with our mother wound if the relationship was not healthy for Mom and us. To say, "I have no wound with my father, or me and my father are close and have/had a great relationship, there is no wound there!" Maybe the Lord has not yet revealed these unmet needs of your heart in your father/son relationship. That is okay, you are not there yet, Saint Joseph will take care of it (in God's time). KEEP pondering the father's blessing, though... you are LOVED, and we may have received the father's blessing (in part) or went through much of the healing process with our father and received the blessing in a deeper way. Our souls are a world of itself, but it is important to name the specific wound with our father and suffer this unmet need of our heart with Jesus. Some wounds may have been in our formative years, infancy, the womb, or too early to remember (not being held by our Papa, Daddy not being involved in the day-to-day, always working, never changed our diapers, etc...); Jesus can help with this. Also, it is important to understand that to receive self-knowledge and admit a wound exists with your father DOES NOT mean that your father did a bad job; he did the best job that he could and may have been a great father, or maybe not at all; but to go through the agony of healing (big or small) will honor him and cover a multitude of sins (James 5:20). My son, be steadfast in honoring your father; do not grieve him as long as he lives. Even if his mind fails, be considerate of him; do not revile him because you are in your prime. Kindness to a father will not be forgotten; it will serve as a sin offering, it will take lasting root. In times of trouble, it will be recalled to your advantage, like warmth upon frost, it will melt away your sins. —Sirach 3:12-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/sirach/3 Furthermore, keep asking Jesus about the wounds of your heart, for everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened (Matthew 7:8). It is a process. Maybe you were used, abused, unprotected, unloved, unwanted, rejected, abandoned, betrayed, alone, stripped, forgotten, unappreciated, taken for granted, taken advantage of, not known for who you are, to name a few... Was your father good to your Mom? This is the most common pain I find in my children's heart when I listen to them and ask questions. They mention that I should be better to their mother, and not argue with Mom. The wound is not exactly what was done unto you, but what may have been done to you is important. The wound is the unmet need of your heart, the CRY of your heart. Keep asking the Holy Spirit to help you with this, it may take some time and come in layers of self-knowledge, but the heavenly Father keeps His promises. He will bring this good work to completion, if you let Him. There are 5 conditions of the father's blessing: (1) Healthy touch, we are not Angels and we do have a body that needs to be touched in a healthy way by our parents. (Then He embraced them and blessed them, placing His hands on them. ~Mark 10:16) (2) Life giving words, words spoken in anger/resentment, can be inspired by hell itself (A mild answer turns back wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse one breaks the spirit. ~Proverbs 15:1,4) (3) TIME- Kids spell love T.I.M.E. Did Daddy show an interest in your life? Was he there? (Even if my father and mother leave me, the LORD will take me in. ~Psalms 27:10) (4) Healthy discipline, our reactions can be quite strong, if we are not in the process of healing ourselves (The fool spurns a father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent [Proverbs 15:5] “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by Him; for whom the Lord loves, He disciplines; He scourges every son He acknowledges.” ~Hebrews 12:5-6) (5) Spiritual formation, the first four aspects of the blessing are required for a son/daughter to receive (fully) spiritual formation from their parents. We must have witnessed the first four (4) parts of this blessing from our father, for the spiritual side to stick. Although, many spiritual seeds will be planted if we did not receive the blessing but were raised in the faith (Sacraments). (Train the young in the way they should go; even when old, they will not swerve from it. ~Proverbs 22:6) (Ask the Child Jesus for the grace to be 'infected' by the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, and ask Joseph to be your spiritual father on this day and at the hour of your death. Ask Saint Joseph to pray for your father and your family tree, and ask him to guide you into the Egypt (depth) of your heart; so that anything that is hidden in the dark will be brought out into the light) “Go, then to Joseph, and do all that he shall say to you; Go to Joseph, and obey him as Jesus and Mary obeyed him; Go to Joseph, and speak to him as they spoke to him; Go to Joseph, and consult him as they consulted him; Go to Joseph, and honour him as they honoured him; Go to Joseph, and be grateful to him as they were grateful to him; Go to Joseph, and love him, as they love him still.” ~St. Alphonsus Liguori *Please listen today or tonight because this video will take you deeper into this meditation (it is a little long, but needed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-4R7WAA2qY Day 9 Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons and he had made him a long tunic. —Genesis 37:3 It is through perseverance in living the ordinary of your state in life, in love for Me, that you are perfected in many virtues. The ordinary duties of motherhood have been greatly attacked by Satan because they are so pleasing to the Father, and when lived in My crucified love, as Mary did, possess the power of God to aid in the sanctification and salvation of many souls. This is why your formation began in the most ordinary of your state in life as a mother (the gentle touch, kiss, blessing, making chocolate milk). It is here, living the details of the most ordinary that you began to grow in greater love. Living the details of the ordinary became your prayer of blessing and honor to your God. It is in the most ordinary and hidden life that a soul encounters the face of God. I disguise Myself in what the world sees as tedious. That is why all the Mothers of the Cross have begun to encounter Me in the laundry, cleaning, cooking, nursing… The tasks of ordinary motherhood are precious to the Father because they are the heartbeat of the domestic church. Now you know why Satan has done so much to attack motherhood. Through the restoration of motherhood, I will strengthen the domestic church, aid in the healing of fatherhood, and bring restoration to My Universal Church. ~Simple Path to Union with God, Diary No. 44, Persevere in the Ordinary Saint Joseph encountered the holy face of God every day. The Child Jesus and Mary restored fatherhood in Joseph; God turned the heart of fathers to their sons, and the heart of sons to their fathers (Malachi 3:24). Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. ~Matthew 1:20 Joseph is called the Son of David by the Angel of the Lord. Jesus and Joseph came from the line of the greatest warrior Israel had ever seen, one of the greatest saints in the Bible. Saint King David was a man after God's own Heart (Acts 13:22). David is the son of Jesse, and it is evident in the Bible that David never felt as a son to his father. David's father did not even consider David worthy to be king when he brought his other sons before Samuel; the Bible does not mention Jesse calling David 'his son' and Jesse did not retrieve David himself when Samuel called for him to be anointed King of Israel. Jesse had the young man brought to them (1 Samuel 16:12). David was JUST a young man, a shepherd in his father's eyes who tended the details of his home; the most ordinary duties. INSIGNIFICANT, but the hidden force in Jesse's home. In order to become a father, you must become a Son first, Jesus, Mary and Joseph transformed Israel's view of the day in and day. The ordinary duties of the home, which was viewed as insignificant. Israel viewed warriors like the world views those with status/fame today. The world teaches that we "made it" when someone reaches a point of worldly greatness, attains many degrees, wins championships, etc... The world has returned to that disordered view, putting family life on the back burner. Dirty old red legs was relentless in his attack of ordinary motherhood/fatherhood in this final battle we find ourselves in; this great Apostasy. Divorce, Abortion, and the absence of the father in the home. Ponder the father/mother wound that David had, and how it affected his life. The disorder of the family was evident in David's household throughout his life. Meditate upon the disorder of David's household. King David had 8 wives; Michai, Ahinoam, Abigail, Maacah, Haggith, Abital, Eglah, and Bathsheba; and many girlfriends. David broke almost all the Commandments in his Aldultery with Uriah's wife, murdering one of his best friends to try and conceal it. David's son Amnon raped his daughter Tamar. Amnon was killed by David's other son, Absalom. His son of Adultery died in infancy. Absalom tries to usurp his father's throne, in his thirst for POWER. Absalom is killed, cursed, and hanging on a tree when you see the pain of David's family life reach the nethermost. The father of Joseph, David, hits ROCK BOTTOM, Meanwhile, the king covered his face and cried out in a loud voice, “My son Absalom! Absalom! My son, my son!” So Joab went to the king’s residence and said: “Though they saved your life and your sons’ and daughters’ lives, and the lives of your wives and your concubines, you have put all your servants to shame today by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have announced today that officers and servants are nothing to you. Indeed, I am now certain that if Absalom were alive today and all of us dead, that would be fine with you. Now then, get up! Go out and speak kindly to your servants. I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a single man will remain with you overnight, and this will be a far greater disaster for you than any that has come upon you from your youth until now.” (2 Samuel 19:5-8) In contrast, the household of Joseph is full of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23). Saint Joseph taught Jesus how the Father viewed a warrior of Israel, what perfect like the Father looks like; so be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48). One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has triumphed" (Revelation 5:5). Is that elder in the book of Revelation Saint Joseph? A proud Papa of a conquering Son? Anything good the Father sees in us is His Son, Jesus. Without Me you can do nothing (John 15:5). So really, all we have to offer God is our misery; our sins, our wounds, and our brokenness. My daughter, you have not offered Me that which is really yours. Give Me your misery, because it is your exclusive property (Jesus to Saint Faustina, Diary No. 1318). God already knows about the good deeds because they are from HIM, they are His exclusive property. This is why Saint King David was viewed as a man after God's own Heart; he hit rock bottom, in his heart. (Ask Saint Joseph to intercede for you, that Abba will allow you to hit rock bottom, in your heart; and for you to receive the grace and knowledge of God the Father's love for YOU) The crucifixion of Jesus would NOT have been possible without Joseph in heaven. Not because Joseph would have tried to stop it all to protect his Son, but because Joseph was needed in heaven to intercede for his Son and His Mother so that the two could actually get through the Agony, Scourging, Crowning, Carrying/stations of the Cross; and culminating in the Crucifixion, Pieta, and Burial of their Son. Joseph was the hidden force in heaven, and the greatest saint in heaven, at that time. It would not have been possible without the protective intercession of St. Joseph IN HEAVEN UNITED with THE FATHER! The humanity of Jesus needed the intercession of his human father and the wholly human Mary needed the intercession of her wholly human husband in union with her Spouse the Holy Spirit and God, the Father of ALL. “Whereas Adam and Eve were the source of evil which was unleashed on the world, Joseph and Mary are the summit from which holiness spreads all over the earth.” ~Saint Pope John Paul II Act of Total Protection on the Solemnity of Saint Joseph: Holy Joseph, first adorer of Jesus Christ in the monstrance of Mary, guard the community of Love Crucified in your holy tunic. Shelter us, our families, our territory of souls, and the Universal Church. Keep the garden of our community in your care. Till our hearts to be like the Heart of your Son, Jesus, and personally place us in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Immaculate. Through your powerful intercession with Abba, Father, and through the intercession of our guardian angels, patron saints (mention your patrons), command the heavenly host of angels to surround the Love Crucified Community and the Universal Church until He has put all Papa's enemies under His feet; lead us to our refuge and may the Lord God station a cherubim to rule and guard the Refuge and the Path to Union with God. Cut the umbilical cord of our disobedience and cover us with the circumcised Blood of your Son, Jesus. Name our community –Love Crucified– in the presence of the Almighty, and place it under your special protection. Saint Joseph, Restrainer of evil, through the POWER of the Holy Spirit take authority over each and every spirit that has come against Mary's Immaculate Heart and render all demons deaf, dumb, blind, and useless; may no demon enter into, interfere, or listen in on our conversations (cenacles) in any way. In the Name of Jesus, bind and command all the power and forces of evil to depart right NOW! Away from us... our homes and our lands; and we thank you, O Guardian of our Redeemer, who is faithful and powerful with the Lord our God. Amen ​ ​ Prayer to St. Joseph by Pope Leo XIII ​ To thee, O blessed Joseph, we have recourse in our affliction, and having implored the help of thy thrice holy Spouse, we now, with hearts filled with confidence, earnestly beg thee also to take us under thy protection. By that charity wherewith thou wert united to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, and by that fatherly love with which thou didst cherish the Child Jesus, we beseech thee and we humbly pray that thou wilt look down with gracious eye upon that inheritance which Jesus Christ purchased by His blood, and wilt succor us in our need by thy power and strength. ​ Defend, O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, the chosen offspring of Jesus Christ. Keep from us, O most loving Father, all blight of error and corruption. Aid us from on high, most valiant defender, in this conflict with the powers of darkness. And even as of old thou didst rescue the Child Jesus from the peril of His life, so now defend God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity. Shield us ever under thy patronage, that, following thine example and strengthened by thy help, we may live a holy life, die a happy death, and attain to everlasting bliss in Heaven. Amen. Prayer