Our Lady of Lourdes invites us to pray the Rosary in order to heal not only those who are ill but also so many wounds of humanity. We can count on her help and intercession.
"Always forgive. When people come to confession, they come to ask for forgiveness, and not to hear a lecture about theology or about repentance. Be merciful. Because forgiveness has this grace of embracing, of welcoming. Forgiveness always bears fruit inside us.” Pope Francis
…When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
And now, wherever we are and whatever we do, we need to find the answer; who is Jesus for us? Do we understand the essence of His encounter with us?
….We are convinced that if God would pay attention to our condition and be pleased to visit our souls, nothing could plunge us in gloom. …how much more does the face of God enlighten those on whom he directs his gaze…. St. Ambrose. Great invitation to the Holy Hour Adoration!
…The universal Church choose to invoke Mary principally by the name of Mother. In truth, this name belongs to the genuine nature of devotion to Mary, since it rests firmly on that very dignity with which Mary is endowed as the Mother of the Incarnate Word of God…
Paul VI
“He who has the word of Jesus can truly listen also to his silence, in order to be perfect, that he may act through his speech and be known by his silence.” Ignatius of Antioch
* Prayer is the most effective school of proper action in the name of Jesus.
Eucharist is the encounter of physical closeness with God. And “here is no adequate explanation of the Eucharist for the same reason that, in the end, there is no adequate explanation for love, for embrace, and for the reception of life and spirit through touch.”
R. Rolheiser
“The more harmony there is between the differences and the opposites the more Catholic it is.The more polarization there is,the more one loses the Catholic spirit and falls into a sectarian spirit.What is Catholic is not either-or,but is both-and,combining differences.” P.Francis
…For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ…Tit 2
There were perhaps some others, also recognizing the fact that they were healed by the divine intervention, but only one of them did something about it; he returned with the words of thanks giving. Yes, coming back to the Eucharist to give thanks is the essence of life.
“…a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me and I will show God’s salvation to the upright.” Ps 50
The celebration of Eucharist, living by it, is the worship of thanksgiving, giving an ultimate honor to God.
„For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost." Lk 19.
God is in the constant search for all those who went astray from being who they supposed to be in His eyes.
“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.” Is 1
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap.” Lk 6
“No one should be ashamed of the cross of Christ, through which the world has been redeemed. No one should fear to suffer for the sake of justice; no one should lose confidence in the reward that has been promised.” St. Leo the Great
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” Mt 7
“We have Jesus as an advocate before the Father; when we ask for forgiveness for ours sins, let us use his words . “Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.” What more effective prayer could we then make in the name of Christ than in the words of his own prayer?”
“Prayer is the light of the spirit, true knowledge of God, mediating between God and man. The spirit, raised up to heaven by prayer, clings to God with the utmost tenderness; like a child crying tearfully for its mother, it craves the milk that God provides.” St. John Chrysostom
“Prayer and converse with God is a supreme good: it is a partnership and union with God. As the eyes of the body are enlightened when they see light, so our spirit, when it is intent on God, is illumined by his infinite light.” St. John Chrysostom
