tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25159453826848628412024-03-13T11:49:45.994-07:00From My Heart to You!From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-34907617110649853582014-02-14T14:25:00.001-08:002014-02-14T14:25:47.831-08:00My Heart is still beating with love for you.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">HAPPY SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY! </span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugQoL02fOwDE26BkOUJKDcjpcJxGXOPIQxpvjakjY5beFtO8Lm5e0qqF29w02TuiY2gW2UJsviDR2g0YoMpqhzDyUwO05EdeMrhVC_gQikSTGZMYdeoMn76G_3lAMtTOfaAAA4gzers8/s1600/rose+in+the+snow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugQoL02fOwDE26BkOUJKDcjpcJxGXOPIQxpvjakjY5beFtO8Lm5e0qqF29w02TuiY2gW2UJsviDR2g0YoMpqhzDyUwO05EdeMrhVC_gQikSTGZMYdeoMn76G_3lAMtTOfaAAA4gzers8/s1600/rose+in+the+snow.jpg" /></a><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The year 2010 seems like a thousand years ago! But here it is 2014, 4 years later and so much has happened....well blogging is quite therapeutic, so I think I will take this blog in a new direction. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A lot has happened since 2010....I lost my mom in 2009, and the subsequent years I oversaw the care of my father who just passed away in 2013. He lasted 4 years and 6 days after mom's passing.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Through all the difficulties that have ensued, my "ROCK" was always there.....yep...my man, JESUS, along with my mom, the Blessed Virgin Mary.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This will be a little bit of everything....a journal of the last years of my life.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am now 65, well into being called a "senior citizen", and I pray to age gracefully. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">So I will use this as my "soapbox" to talk about the "happenings" in my life....my very blessed life....so tune in!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></span>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-43119535574409870042010-05-26T22:38:00.000-07:002010-05-26T22:54:48.332-07:00Diamond Rio: In God We Still Trust - A Message To Remember<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204); font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Someone sent this video to me - it needs no explanation. It is a beautiful reminder for us all.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><object style="background-image: url("http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/DiYgpPB1kwU/hqdefault.jpg");" height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DiYgpPB1kwU&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DiYgpPB1kwU&hl=en_US&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-68649603216191590932010-05-26T22:23:00.000-07:002010-05-27T21:05:43.871-07:00Thoughts for Memorial Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKa-Ht3PkW3GbWsqfwYr-_yF2heijW1LGh5B9nP7BZUjEzEXL4K2ogKAsGdyHfqvMtHpmRIjnjNEK4R_i22Ru3a_n8JZXzg5hBWv5-LQOio7kDLymgZ22bun1H73Wwtu3e2SWgGEolgY/s1600/billofrightswithsoldier.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKa-Ht3PkW3GbWsqfwYr-_yF2heijW1LGh5B9nP7BZUjEzEXL4K2ogKAsGdyHfqvMtHpmRIjnjNEK4R_i22Ru3a_n8JZXzg5hBWv5-LQOio7kDLymgZ22bun1H73Wwtu3e2SWgGEolgY/s400/billofrightswithsoldier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475817028541887074" border="0" /></a><br /><b><span style="font-family: Mistral; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 24pt;">The words of </span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 20pt;">2 Chronicles 7:14</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Mistral; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 24pt;"> <br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Mistral; color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 18pt;">"If my people, Who are called by my Name,<br /> Will humble themselves And pray, <br /> And seek my face, and Turn from their Wicked ways,<br /> Then will I hear from Heaven<br /> And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 16pt;">We must pray for Our nation, our communities,<br /> Our families, and especially our children. <br /> They are the ones who are going to suffer the most<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160); font-size: 16pt;">if we don't PRAY......................<br /> there will be great consequence's to pay. I would like to believe I am a prayer warrior...and thus I know that all my strength is in the Lord God whom I try to serve. I have read the last book of the Bible and I know we win. But I see what is happening in our country...and it frightens me as to what I see. For the first time in my life, I feel like there is no one leading this nation in a good direction. A man who sits in the White House has said this is no longer a Christian nation. He apologizes for the United States and bows down and kisses the ring of Islamic leaders. Who is this man? People wanted change....well they got it. Unfortunately ......for all of us. The ones who cannot see it yet undoubtedly will...when it is too late. God have mercy on us all.<br /><br />As I reflect on the sacrifices men and women have given so that we can live in the best country in the world, I know that even now there is a stirring in the hearts of men and women; they are falling on their knees to pray; to beg God to forgive the sins of this nation. Greed, lies, corruption are all around us. So we pray for God to clean up...our churches, our communities, our states, our nation....and our homes. The domestic church must once again be the heart of the home. Families praying together. Loving each other. Forgiving everyone who has hurt us. People cannot legislate love. It must come from our Christian hearts that have care and concern for the brother and/or the sister that we meet in need.<br />Come Lord Jesus, come!<br />God Bless the men and women in harm's way; defending the CHRISTIAN NATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!<br /></span><span></span><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-11488261752384496262010-04-09T15:19:00.001-07:002010-04-11T12:01:28.186-07:00Divine Mercy Blessings!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL6th-zpg1GaBEFaqkY3obTkwUvZqCkv-gfsjC9gIhWcf164EFnzgnztTcl_lAzspV8j5jbFE5QTvy4EUPtkoBuRH0EKAVQq20qwNr2-167p69S4paGHQ_fGMCdQJFeQQAn8n0o8MJH8/s1600/eucharistdivinemercy.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXL6th-zpg1GaBEFaqkY3obTkwUvZqCkv-gfsjC9gIhWcf164EFnzgnztTcl_lAzspV8j5jbFE5QTvy4EUPtkoBuRH0EKAVQq20qwNr2-167p69S4paGHQ_fGMCdQJFeQQAn8n0o8MJH8/s400/eucharistdivinemercy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458949283393881714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">A blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to all....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"> For the official website please go to:</span><br /><br /> <a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);" href="http://www.thedivinemercy.org/"> www.thedivinemercy.org</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">St. Sister Faustina's writings as compiled in her diary, "Divine Mercy in My Soul" and it is a fountain of wealth and comfort for people who doubt the infinite mercy of God for our souls. You CANNOT read this book and then doubt God's love.......<br />for you.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">Do not reject God's Love....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);">For this life prepares us for eternity....we live, we die.....how we prepare for eternity is up to us while we are alive. Some (very few) will die and go straight to heaven....others to the different levels of purgatory. Those who joke about hell now......perhaps do not know it exists.</span><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><b>Sister Faustina's Vision of Hell</b></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> <span style="font-family:Arial;">"I, Sister Faustina Kowalska, by the order of God, have visited the Abysses of Hell so that I might tell souls about it and testify to its existence...the devils were full of hatred for me, but they had to obey me at the command of God, What I have written is but a pale shadow of the things I saw. But I noticed one thing: That most of the souls there are those who disbelieved that there is a hell." (Diary 741)</span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);" border="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td width="50%"> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > <img style="width: 180px; height: 154px;" src="http://divinemercysunday.com/srfaust4.jpg" border="0" /></span><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);" align="center"> <span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The Apostle of Divine Mercy<br /> </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >St. Maria Faustina Kowalska<br /> of the<br /> Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy</span></p></td> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">"Today, I was led by an angel to the Chasms of Hell. It is a place of great torture; how awesomely large and extensive it is! The kinds of tortures I saw:</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The First Torture that constitutes hell is</b><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">:</span><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); font-weight: bold;">The loss of God.</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Second is:</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"> Perpetual remorse of conscience.</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Third is</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);"> That one's condition will never change.</span><br /> <b style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Fourth is:</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">The fire that will penetrate the soul without destroying it. A terrible suffering since it is a purely spiritual fire, lit by God's anger.</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Fifth Torture is:</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"> Continual darkness and a terrible suffocating smell, and despite the darkness, the devils and the souls of the damned see each other and all the evil, both of others and their own.</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Sixth Torture is:</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">The constant company of Satan.</span><br /> <b style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">The Seventh Torture is:</b><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">Horrible despair, hatred of God, vile words, curses and blasphemies.</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%"> <p align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-weight: bold;">These are the Tortures suffered by all the damned together, but that is not the end of the sufferings.</span><br /> <br /> </span><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 102); font-weight: bold;"> Indescribable Sufferings<br /> </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;">There are special Tortures destined for particular souls. These are the torments of the senses. Each soul undergoes terrible and indescribable sufferings related to the manner in which it has sinned.<br /> </span> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;">I would have died<br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;">There are caverns and pits of torture where one form of agony differs from another. I would have died at the very sight of these tortures if the omnipoten</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">ce of God had not supported me.<br /> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-85152341747779943712010-04-02T20:42:00.001-07:002010-04-02T21:14:01.392-07:00He is Risen!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D5jVUCpMKLvlOe-taVwNy5HjFxFyaKR4UZytSn3wUDSdonSNB9YPKdtSIIed2ejRatX2sNkq-gNfA0bsU2ErL60Rx95HjG9_oJ-wghros8IFATm8RC2j5B5vpE27ja0xSIj0likkPK0/s1600/100402.resurrection.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9D5jVUCpMKLvlOe-taVwNy5HjFxFyaKR4UZytSn3wUDSdonSNB9YPKdtSIIed2ejRatX2sNkq-gNfA0bsU2ErL60Rx95HjG9_oJ-wghros8IFATm8RC2j5B5vpE27ja0xSIj0likkPK0/s400/100402.resurrection.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455752204910612146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">I pray all people in the world know the unconditional love of JESUS.<br />Praise the Lord in heaven for He is risen! And we as Catholics can receive him every day! What a gift..what a love....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-weight: bold;">A Glorious Easter to you all!</span><br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-280424526873201682010-03-09T14:38:00.000-08:002010-03-09T15:29:51.532-08:00New Post for March 2010 and new website.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgplFSVTggzWrIBaDMey4xV0UzKNpD4gXpbnp8BeGvYpiVp3JlIWclbtTBTLAcMbMsniu3iesDWJ4juN6gAWN9gjaNFvjN_f1ik3WaCmRCGD0oo-V4EHg7qTzddgbLO3D7trfia6e-_8/s1600-h/Jesus_Child.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgplFSVTggzWrIBaDMey4xV0UzKNpD4gXpbnp8BeGvYpiVp3JlIWclbtTBTLAcMbMsniu3iesDWJ4juN6gAWN9gjaNFvjN_f1ik3WaCmRCGD0oo-V4EHg7qTzddgbLO3D7trfia6e-_8/s400/Jesus_Child.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446777453393107058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I guess I'm getting better, for it has not been as long between posts. I am conscious of the work I feel the Holy Spirit is prompting me to do.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Perilous times seem to be all around us, no matter where we may live. I, as many of you know, live in California. With the recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, and other countries, I am reminded of the 1994 Northridge earthquake.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">They say that particular earthquake lasted 17 seconds. It was the LONGEST 17 seconds of my life. First of all I felt like someone had broken into my bedroom and was shaking me from the shoulders for I was literally going up and down...not side to side, not rolling, but violent shaking.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">From that earthquake I also learned that plastic bottles of water which were supposed to be water for just that kind of situation, should not be kept on a high shelf. I didn't know that plastic falling from a closet shelf could shatter...and the water that was supposed be for emergency situation is now spilled on the closet floor. Another lesson was that you should not keep something behind your door that can fall forward and literally lock you in if someone is trying to get into your room to see if you are all right.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Then there is the type of shock that you go into....I kind of found my way to the living room with shattered glass all around me in pitch blackness and....sat there. Until my sons came running in and said, "Mom you have to get out of here, there could be a strong aftershock."</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Yes, I learned a lot from that experience...and I daresay that I probably will be sorely tested again...very soon.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br />Not too long after my mom's passing, the elderly man that I was a caregiver for fell and just recently passed away. I find myself in a type of "limbo", waiting for the Lord to direct my steps.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Just to let you all know that red phone with direct line to God does not exist. I have to pray and wait, (which is the hardest part) for the Lord to answer me. When I am trying to discern just what is God's Will for me now, I have to pray and wait just like all of you.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Sometimes I am given insight to a particular prayer request, but for the most part for my OWN prayers, I suffer just like the rest of the Body of Christ. I have to TRUST and I have to persevere.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">One of my dearest friends that I have communicated with for years shared a very powerful prayer that was taught to her by nuns.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">When you are faced with a difficult situation regarding anything.....<br /><br />"Blessed Mother stand on the head of the serpent that surrounds this situation".......which is very scriptural.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /><br />Genesis 2:15</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">"I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel." </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The minute I prayed that prayer I felt "power" in that prayer.....and I saw the change I am praying for, Praise be to Jesus and Mary!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">So I am praying for the answers to the requests I have made to the Lord and Our Lady. Whisper a little prayer for me, for it will determine which direction this little ministry goes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" >I am pleased to share with you that I am in the process of constructing a website...you can go to <span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://www.sadiejaramillo.com/">www.sadiejaramillo.com</a> </span>and please have patience for it is still under construction.<br /><br /></span>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-43419019000046936582010-01-26T18:33:00.001-08:002010-01-26T19:10:57.294-08:002010 Stay Close to JESUS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwPM2A8KKTwjVHN4ts6r_OKi-y-qRvSSd30NAxJX1BFDCnieaNPIAFxDqL0R3WtuaZk5MViuooSr0iaD_cLmgGxX6peuTOiGv8IzYiw01JgzpTFwQa38jmwmqNw9lJ_fyUZV14dGSzpo/s1600-h/eucharist.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwPM2A8KKTwjVHN4ts6r_OKi-y-qRvSSd30NAxJX1BFDCnieaNPIAFxDqL0R3WtuaZk5MViuooSr0iaD_cLmgGxX6peuTOiGv8IzYiw01JgzpTFwQa38jmwmqNw9lJ_fyUZV14dGSzpo/s400/eucharist.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431242647177233746" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Well as you can see from the date, it has been quite awhile since I "blogged". It was quite hectic for me the latter part of 2009. Some of you may know my mom passed away Thanksgiving week.<br /><br />I thank God for his care over me and my family. I also thank God for the privilege of being part of the remnant!<br /><br />You know "remnant", we are the ones everybody in our families or children thinks are "Jesus and Mary" freaks....we're too "judgmental".....too hard.......too rigid.......we go to church too much....why isn't Sunday enough? (We try to live as Father John Corapi says, the 10 COMMANDMENTS....not the 10 Suggestions).<br /><br />I don't bother trying to convince anyone anymore by getting into "discussions." I have to let my actions speak for me. Perhaps at one time I felt I was rather "holier than thou".......and then God let me fall off my own pedestal.<br /><br />This was waaayyy back when I knew NOTHING of my faith!!<br /><br />Thank you God for humility! For allowing me to find you at the foot of the Cross through my sorrow and pain....which you have taught me is NOTHING compared to what you suffered for me and for all mankind.<br /><br />How did I find the greatest secret in the world??? Why was it kept from me for so long??<br /><br />You are wondering, "What is that secret???" "Tell me!"<br /><br />Well after going through a d- i- v- o- r- c- e as Tammy Wynette sang, even a bad marriage ending is hard to go through. My heart was broken......I didn't fit anymore with my married friends...and I certainly wasn't "single"...not with all my children......who wanted me? Who would take away this pain?<br /><br />Then somehow in the midst of going through all of that I wound up hearing a lady give her account of her "after death" experience with Jesus and heaven....HOW did I find my way there??<br /><br />God had it planned all along....I had a divine appointment that October night.......and hearing this fascinating story of going to heaven and seeing the "pearly" gates, and being before the throne of JESUS....wow! My heart was beating....my knees were shaking...but I found myself getting up from my seat to walk to where this lady was giving an invitation to anyone who wanted to know THIS Jesus......I mean I had heard and thought I knew the Jesus who was up in the cosmos somewhere....who MAYBE knew who I was...and cared a little.......but THIS JESUS?<br /><br />It was a little prayer prayed with ALL OF MY BEING....I was tired of crying, tired of rejection, tired of pain.........and then this feeling washed over me after that prayer.....like warm honey just flowing down my body......I felt it from the top of my head...to the soles of my feet.....God had me where I needed to be.....broken.....humbled......ready.......to do things His way.<br /><br />All of this happened one night in October almost thirty years ago.....at the age of 33...I finally opened the gift I had received at Confirmation.....I finally allowed the Holy Spirit to invade my heart...to be released....to be real...and teach me about Jesus, the Father and how the Holy Spirit worked in my life if I would...and here is the key.......s u r r e n d e r.....give up! Stop getting in the way! So that was my "altar call"....but it compares little to my altar call of today.<br /><br />When I get up from my pew, within my heart talking to, praying to, worshiping, and loving my Triune God on my way to receive J E S U S! Who will, if I continue to get out of HIS way...be able to shine through this miserable creature. The JESUS I consume...and then as I get out of His way he can then consume ME with His Love!<br /><br />This blog might now just be my way of "ranting and raving" about different things and/or talking to my heart.<br />Talk to you soon......<br />Oh, the secret? GOD LOVES ME! WOW...HE KNOWS ME! HE IS WITH ME! AND He was there all the time....for everyone if they will only let Him in their hearts......<br /><br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-9673605736615987612009-06-04T20:49:00.001-07:002009-06-08T22:47:09.465-07:00Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaVNjAOxPZaNWkUrACKYwBF-Dpva_BVKEUb-j8SdLs6rWfEo5OGOOUBaaIYH1E9PCPbjQuX7pXje2FvHFctu4F2GPfuJWO86Xd56GMQtV4FHtYUGQmqtmzG9jJ4GTlyU772r3J38zGTk/s1600-h/sacredheart2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzaVNjAOxPZaNWkUrACKYwBF-Dpva_BVKEUb-j8SdLs6rWfEo5OGOOUBaaIYH1E9PCPbjQuX7pXje2FvHFctu4F2GPfuJWO86Xd56GMQtV4FHtYUGQmqtmzG9jJ4GTlyU772r3J38zGTk/s400/sacredheart2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343686034720114882" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="center"><br /></p> <p align="left"><big><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">"I promise you, in the excessive mercy of my heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the First Friday for nine consecutive months, the grace of final repentance; they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving the sacraments; my divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in that last moment." </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><br /></span></big><br /><br /><big><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">1</span>. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state in life.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">2</span>. I will give peace in their families.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">3</span>. I will console them in all their troubles.</big><br /><big><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">4</span>. They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of death.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">5</span>. I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertaki</big><big>ngs.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">6</span>. Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">7</span>. Tepid souls shall become fervent.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">8</span>. Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.<br /></big><br /><big><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">9</span>. I will bless the homes in which the image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and honoured.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">10</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">. I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">11</span>. Those who propagate this devotion shall have their name written in My Heart, and it shall never be effaced.</big><br /><big><br /><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">12</span>. The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">those who shall receive Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months</span> the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under My displeasu</big><big>re, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Heart shall be their assured refuge at the last hour.</big></p><p align="left"><big>St. Margaret Mary Alacoque</big></p><p align="left">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</p><p align="left"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SVhSV_CVJNVQwo1JPxxk2_dDxu7xmDSTRYVxzMkwkRTkKEuJjy4iheqHauNcFDsNFubBEUHvvIyMzSbcykI3bjP5ofWWOCgTzUbioKyxCdyTMFS7Iq32s4OnluVPm4UPbAh0ga3NL7Y/s1600-h/heart-mary1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SVhSV_CVJNVQwo1JPxxk2_dDxu7xmDSTRYVxzMkwkRTkKEuJjy4iheqHauNcFDsNFubBEUHvvIyMzSbcykI3bjP5ofWWOCgTzUbioKyxCdyTMFS7Iq32s4OnluVPm4UPbAh0ga3NL7Y/s400/heart-mary1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345198132704030994" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /></p><p align="left"><big><br /></big></p><p align="left"><big>I remember reading the above promises many years ago and immediately thinking of all the promises. I think I had ulterior motives. I want to go to heaven. I want to be fervent. I want to have peace in my family. I want to have my home always blessed.</big></p><p align="left"><big>Yes, ulterior motives on my part. But it was one of the first steps to falling deeply in love with Jesus!<br /></big></p><p align="left"><big>Continuing on my journey of faith I was then led to read about the promises made by Our Lady to Sister Lucy of the Fatima apparitions.<br /></big></p><p align="left"><big>Our Lady said to Sister Lucy:<br /></big></p><p> Our Lady then spoke: “See, my daughter, my Heart encircled by thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude. Do you, at least, strive to console me. Tell them that <b>I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation all those who, in order to make reparation to me, on the First Saturday of five successive months, go to confession, receive</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">HOLY COMMUNION</span></span><b> say five decades of the</b> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">ROSARY</span></span><b> and keep me company for a quarter of an hour, meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary.”</b></p><p> The elements of this devotion, therefore, consist in the following four points, all of which must be offered in reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. <b>One should make this intention before carrying out Our Lady’s requests</b>. A renewal of the actual intention at the time is best; however, if such an intention is made now, it will fulfill the requirements if, for instance, the actual intention is forgotten at the time of confession.</p><p> </p><ol><li><b>Confession:</b> This confession can be made before the First Saturday or afterward, provided that Holy Communion be received in the state of grace. In 1926, Christ in a vision explained to Lucia that this confession could be made a week before or even more, and that it should be offered in reparation.<p> </p></li><li> <b>Holy Communion:</b> Before receiving Holy Communion, it is likewise necessary to offer it in reparation to Our Lady. Our Lord told Lucia in 1930, <b>“This Communion will be accepted on the following Sunday for just reasons, if my priests allow it so.”</b> So if work or school, sickness, or another just reason prevents the Communion on a First Saturday, with this permission it may be received the following Sunday. If Communion is transferred, any or all of the other acts of the devotion may also be performed on Sunday if the person so desires.<p> </p></li><li><b>Rosary:</b> The Rosary is a vocal prayer said while meditating upon the mysteries of Our Lord’s life and<span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Passion</span></span> and Our Lady’s life. To comply with the request of our Blessed Mother, it must be offered in reparation and said properly while meditating.<p> </p></li><li><b>15-minute meditation:</b> Also offered in reparation, the meditation may embrace one or more mysteries; it may include all, taken together or separately. This meditation should be the richest of any meditation, because Our Lady promised to be present when she said “...those who keep me company....”</li></ol><p> To those who faithfully <u>follow Our Lady’s requests for the Five First Saturdays</u>, she has made a wonderful <b>promise</b> which she, as Mediatrix of All Graces, <i>will</i> certainly fulfill: <b style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">“I promise to assist at the hour of death with the graces necessary for salvation.”</b><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"> This means that our Blessed Mother will be present at the hour of death with the actual grace of </span><b style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);"><i>final perseverance</i></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">, (which after the gift/grace of Faith), </span><i style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">is the most important grace</i><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);">.</span></p><p> After completing the Five First Saturdays, one may continue the devotion simply to console the Immaculate Heart of Our Lady. A tender love of our Blessed Mother will lead one to do all he can to make reparation for the sins which pierce her Immaculate Heart. Let us remember, too, that although Our Lady made this promise to those who would observe five such First Saturdays in succession, in her July apparition she asked simply that Communions of reparation be made on <b>every</b> First Saturday to atone for the sins of the world.</p><p>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /></p><p>With the feasts of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary around the corner, I thought it would be good to remind us all of these promises once again. I am sure they will not mind if we have "ulterior motives"......those motives being, to console the Two Hearts, to Love the Two Hearts, and then to have a holy death so we can go to heaven!<br /></p>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-87332683654469788512009-06-01T20:55:00.000-07:002009-06-02T17:22:16.729-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DB9fatJjuDIaX_fduvRWVZ9pIlgcPh9wBPuq_e1wCZ-uIHk4Y-rBV2oI-knJd53G0IVuE8GitMeCXlXGEg2UTZknh4MCz642sPgLenUYzlIsYJmnugW73elsARv4ozNcGq2nhmS2qKI/s1600-h/Adoration_of_the_Trinity_durrer_albrecht.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DB9fatJjuDIaX_fduvRWVZ9pIlgcPh9wBPuq_e1wCZ-uIHk4Y-rBV2oI-knJd53G0IVuE8GitMeCXlXGEg2UTZknh4MCz642sPgLenUYzlIsYJmnugW73elsARv4ozNcGq2nhmS2qKI/s400/Adoration_of_the_Trinity_durrer_albrecht.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342880338463868722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEah4pu9jBjzZvov1VqU7oZk5dqrvQGvrCjFlDV6fzbc007gR7aS0-9syhtA11Po-rxluQLEOfh3QCQfgERFzJoc2KhDZc18IG_oz-MKDH3ZxoZxumjyysRJw77rnNFcAIoyg5nyP-uGQ/s1600-h/holyspirit-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEah4pu9jBjzZvov1VqU7oZk5dqrvQGvrCjFlDV6fzbc007gR7aS0-9syhtA11Po-rxluQLEOfh3QCQfgERFzJoc2KhDZc18IG_oz-MKDH3ZxoZxumjyysRJw77rnNFcAIoyg5nyP-uGQ/s400/holyspirit-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342574717015792418" border="0" /></a>Sunday, May 31, 2009 I had the blessing to attend Holy Mass at Thomas Aquinas' new chapel, Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity. As a member of the third order of the Trinitarians, I could not help but marvel at the Divine Providence of God.<br /><br />My children were little and I was younger when I first attended Thomas Aquinas College chapel. I felt like I had just stepped into another world. I vaguely remembered what I was hearing in the Mass. I knew it was Latin and that was about it.<br /><br />Well I ran out and bought a Daily Roman Missal to be able to follow along and it was not long before I had memorized the prayers of the Mass and responses. Nothing compares to the feeling that I get when I attend a sung Mass there....I feel like my soul wants to fly out of my body when I hear the beautiful Gregorian Chant sung by the outstanding choir.<br /><br />I had the blessing to attend daily mass there for about six years. When I moved two hours away I could no longer attend daily Mass. However I continued to go back as often as I could and always attended the beautiful vigil Masses for Easter and Christmas.<br /><br />I learned so very much during those years and I thank and praise God for that opportunity. It was such a blessing to me.<br /><br />So now we are into that wonderful month of JUNE and in it will come the Feasts of The Most Holy Trinity, June 7th, The Feast of The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ, June 14th, The Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 19th, the Feast of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, June 20th. There are the feasts of saints too, but I am honing in on the feasts that pertain to Jesus and Mary.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhd7_cSs1omi05eG_ijKx26gRL-7tCuslggtrAOHm-zW8i1_LYhQPJSOZCxskgAK5zQmlekM_vKQMm5_aCo9wDLaumM4Dc94VqfuWGay2xz9Stg33BlVt6sf195tK-9A13tLjc7blAhM/s1600-h/mary's%2520tears3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhd7_cSs1omi05eG_ijKx26gRL-7tCuslggtrAOHm-zW8i1_LYhQPJSOZCxskgAK5zQmlekM_vKQMm5_aCo9wDLaumM4Dc94VqfuWGay2xz9Stg33BlVt6sf195tK-9A13tLjc7blAhM/s400/mary's%2520tears3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342885998280165858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For we know that the quickest way to Jesus is through Mary. When we consecrate ourselves to Mary, we become her property. She obtains from the Most Holy Trinity the graces we need to be what GOD desires us to be IF we surrender our human will. These are some of the thoughts I had in Holy Mass, Pentecost Sunday. Throughout the ages, Our Lady has shed tears for the state of the priesthood, the church and the world. Let us console her by holding up the priests in a special way this month, and perhaps it will become a prayer habit.....we must ALWAYS pray for our priests.<br /><br />And a wonderful year it will be for us starting June 19th, FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS, for it is then that we can obtain a plenary indulgence when we do the following:<br /><br /><p>The means to obtain the indulgence are as follows:</p><p>(taken from CNA News Agency article)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHL6l9-RMbgSTLUP93zydQ-4SoxFATGXqsDUZUmrX7BODJxNh4EfqNkjfT3AtqABuI2Vgsou4gDwce_I035J4kf45LYbP8UxAbJwab8eYXM4Vm4gg2YH_1r0xEiddE0NRJJSJkmTsghME/s1600-h/sacred_heart_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 86px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHL6l9-RMbgSTLUP93zydQ-4SoxFATGXqsDUZUmrX7BODJxNh4EfqNkjfT3AtqABuI2Vgsou4gDwce_I035J4kf45LYbP8UxAbJwab8eYXM4Vm4gg2YH_1r0xEiddE0NRJJSJkmTsghME/s400/sacred_heart_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342885677261717490" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">Holy Father to grant plenary indulgences for the Year of Priests<br /></span></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIgHFT0WaxyGNOK6CVmrCUnlNYcMBDI1z6afClWebKhxhcRcB1y254EwBFpsfZZpOEiOF2Wd2tjAbFmuYWNTH5xU63l_bN1IdoFOb7Fepx088ZFrlKjqtggaaZV2E9bniDHjznigPYQg/s1600-h/Jesus%2520saying%2520Mass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 177px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKIgHFT0WaxyGNOK6CVmrCUnlNYcMBDI1z6afClWebKhxhcRcB1y254EwBFpsfZZpOEiOF2Wd2tjAbFmuYWNTH5xU63l_bN1IdoFOb7Fepx088ZFrlKjqtggaaZV2E9bniDHjznigPYQg/s400/Jesus%2520saying%2520Mass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342886268354041330" border="0" /></a></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p> <p>(A) All truly penitent priests who, on any day, devotedly pray Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed to public adoration or in the tabernacle, and ... offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Penance, will be granted a Plenary Indulgence, which they can also apply to their deceased confreres, if in accordance with current norms they take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. Priests are furthermore granted a Partial Indulgence, also applicable to deceased confreres, every time they devotedly recite the prayers duly approved to lead a saintly life and to carry out the duties entrusted to them.</p> <p>(B) All truly penitent Christian faithful who, in church or oratory, devotedly attend Holy Mass and offer prayers to Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mold them to His Heart, are granted a Plenary Indulgence, on the condition that they have expiated their sins through Sacramental Confession and prayed in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. This may be done on the opening and closing days of the Year of Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Marie Vianney, on the first Thursday of the month, or on any other day established by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the faithful.</p> <p>The elderly, the sick and all those who for any legitimate reason are unable to leave their homes, may still obtain a plenary indulgence if, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin and with the intention of observing, as soon as they can, the usual three conditions, "on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles."</p> <p>Additionally, a partial indulgence will be offered to the faithful each time they pray five “Our Father,” “Hail Mary” and “Glory Be,” or any other duly approved prayer "in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life."</p><p>We know that the Eucharist is the epitome of our faith, without the priest we can have no Eucharist. No Eucharist, no Jesus. Period. No Jesus, well, we see the world trying to live without Him, and what a state it is in! <br /></p><p>Let us pray for our beloved priests, sons of Mary, brothers of Jesus. I had already posted a prayer taken from a prayer card on this blog. But whatever prayer you use, I am sure it will be a beautiful gift to the Most Holy Trinity, and Our Lady.<br /></p><p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!--END ADVPRINT --><br /></p>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-49237706733843843582009-05-25T19:35:00.000-07:002009-05-25T19:42:01.028-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify4NZDZE9ydA8YR2tbkNTQgPxzDZzsgVbydHUZOU2OMaF8C_bnOpbZK_JM0VKZA-QKRw8ZJfAGHZJunl4GHkfWTphMPDu8d29lCtsAxztn1iXmmq9vEzPlVdMS2fm7nG72dY0GUa-fvI/s1600-h/Chambers_c_b_alter_christus_another_christ_catholic_mass_traditional_art.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEify4NZDZE9ydA8YR2tbkNTQgPxzDZzsgVbydHUZOU2OMaF8C_bnOpbZK_JM0VKZA-QKRw8ZJfAGHZJunl4GHkfWTphMPDu8d29lCtsAxztn1iXmmq9vEzPlVdMS2fm7nG72dY0GUa-fvI/s400/Chambers_c_b_alter_christus_another_christ_catholic_mass_traditional_art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339956043106255602" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Beautiful Hands of a Priest<o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >We need them in life's early morning,<br />We need them again at its close;<br />We feel their warm clasp of true friendship,<br />We seek it while tasting life's woes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > When we come to this world we are sinful,<br />The greatest as well as the least.<br />And the hands that make us pure as angels<br />Are the beautiful hands of a priest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >At the altar each day we behold them,<br />And the hands of a king on his throne<br />Are not equal to them in their greatness<br />Their dignity stands alone.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >For there in the stillness of morning<br />Ere the sun has emerged from the east,<br />There God rests between the pure fingers<br />Of the beautiful hands of a priest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >When we are tempted and wander<br />To pathways of shame and sin<br />'Tis the hand of a priest that absolve us.<br />Not once but again and again.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >And when we are taking life's partner<br />Other hands may prepare us a feast<br />But the hands that will bless and unite us,<br />Are the beautiful hands of a priest.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="storytext" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >God bless them and keep them all holy,<br />For the Host which their fingers caress,<br />What can a poor sinner do better<br />Than to ask Him who chose them to bless<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">When the death dews on our lids are falling,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">May our courage and strength be increased</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">By seeing raised o'er us in blessing</span><br />The beautiful hands of a priest.</span></p>From Sadie's Desk....http://www.blogger.com/profile/03164510422189902065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2515945382684862841.post-40364415417409750632009-05-25T15:22:00.000-07:002009-05-25T19:50:29.666-07:00Welcome to My Heart!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGau3G_nv2Ib95B1XjF_VT5YAnuRRcQ8inG6GSOzSfRn7IKDf1E2eXAnuDKbEzsKwIqex5aehol6GlHRvarXYcM6Ic1DWSf_KMiIkHkcXYd7q9iVJ_51OFbC2HhEn2lv3cwRkOkKzgikM/s1600-h/vilniusjsdvnmrcy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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