Holy Mary Mother of God

"When you pray Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now....., the Blessed Mother comes instantly to your side to pray with you. And she does not come alone. She brings angels with her. And not just one or two for she is the Queen of Angels, so choirs of angels come with her. And she and Jesus are joined at the heart and cannot be separated so she brings Jesus with her. And Jesus cannot be separated from the Trinity so He brings the Father and the Holy Spirit with Him.

And where the Holy Trinity is all of creation is and you are surrounded by such beauty and light as you cannot imagine in this life. Your Mother comes as Our Lady of Grace with her hands out-stretched. Rays of light emit from her hands piercing your body, healing you and filling you with graces.
This is your inheritance which was poured out from the heart of Jesus on the Cross, when the centurion pierced His Heart with the spear, into the only pure vessel ready to receive such graces at that time,Your Mother.

Now as you pray the Rosary, or even just recite one Hail Mary, you receive your portion of these graces."He also said at this time, "Anyone who goes to Mary and prays the Rosary cannot be touched by Satan." Is it any wonder that anyone who prays the Rosary from the heart is so blessed and protected and powerful in their prayers for others?" - Fr. Gabriel Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican

Saint Augustine on Pride and Humility

"It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels."
      - Saint Augustine

Now, and at the Hour of our Death

Excerpt from the Book "Divine Providence"

A Different Vision of Death

The Testimony of Catalina on the Sacraments of Reconciliation

And the Anointing of the Sick

Ten days had passed since my dear mom’s death, when one morning in my room upon finishing my first prayers for the day, the Lord asked me to remain there for a few moments. Suddenly, as if in a movie, the scene of my mom’s death appeared before my eyes.
   Therefore, it will be necessary that I to go back in my account and to repeat some of the things I have already related.  It will enable you to better understand every thing that had happened on that day, and which the Lord allowed me to see in full, only afterwards, in the vision that I am about to tell you.
And so I return to the day in which my mom was dying, just as I could see it in this vision.
   She was in her bed.  We had just laid her down on her right side and as I was wiping the blood that she was losing from her nose, she stared above me toward the window.  She squeezed my hand and said, “I want to be with you."
   "Are you afraid, my dear mamma?", I asked her somewhat worried.
   "No, I am not afraid, but I want to be with you."
   At that moment, I saw some people come close behind me and my mom, to her right side.
   I recognised St. Joseph, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Rose of Lima, St. Dominic of Guzman and St. Silvester. They were behind mom’s head, next to “Leopoldo’, that  was the name of mom’s Guardian Angel, a very handsome youth, who appeared to be praying on his knees while caressing her head with his hands.
   There were other men and women, young and old, about 40 people, all praying.  A young man dressed in a white alb, carried a little golden bowl in his hands. Every now and then, he would insert his hand in it and take out smoke, sending it upward like incense.
   With that, he appeared to prevent some dark shadows from coming near, which we could see at a distance from the bedroom, frightened to advance any closer.  The young man would move his lips as if saying some prayer. Then he would change the little bowl to the other hand and do the same with the other, throwing smoke from the little bowl into the air. He would go around and around all the people who were encircling my mom’s bed behind us. I was amazed to see so many people.  Then, Jesus spoke to me and said:
   "They are her patron saints and those souls whom she helped save with her prayers and sufferings, and even though she did not know them, they have come to be with her on her journey."


Source: http://loveandmercy.org/Eng-DP-Lg.pdf or go to http://loveandmercy.org

St. Michael on the Holy Rosary

St. Michael the Archangel, our defender in spiritual battles, concisely summarizes the “how” and the “why” of praying the Rosary:

“Pray the Holy Rosary with more love; you do not know how powerful a weapon it is.”

Source: From the Book entitled "Praying the Rosary" (The Messages of Jesus

and the Virgin Mary to Catalina)

http://loveandmercy.org/Eng-PR-Lg.pdf

http://www.loveandmercy.org

In the End, it is Between you and God

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
                         — Mother Teresa

Adoration

Excerpt from the Book "The Adoration"

The Testimony of Catalina 

From a series of visions and messages 

from Jesus and Mary

     The  Lord  said  to  me, “Remember that in Psalm 24: 4-6, you are  warned that in order to see the things of God, you need to have a clean heart, that is, purity of vision, purity of heart,  uprightness of conscience, 

and purity of intention, to be able some day to arrive at the knowledge of My Divine secrets… 

     “Learn from other human beings who came before you and who are Saints today!  For them, the best resting place was in My hands, the best medicine and the most gentle relief was in having recourse to My Body in the Sacrament, seeking My company and conversation with Me. 

     “For that reason, they spent time in prolonged prayer, and from that period of time spent in adoration, they derived a renewed strength and greater energy to face life and all its sufferings, sorrows and humiliations, particular to their own situation, which would serve later for their crown of glory.  

     “It is essential that human beings be taught that it is not enough to confess their sins and come and receive Me, and then commit the same sins again and confess them again… They must be united to 

Me in thought, feeling, and will, that is, in body and soul… with the heart.

     “That is how your human life succeeds in sharing My Divine Life, so that I myself will be the one who guides your being, along the journey that leads 

towards Eternal Delights.  

     “Do not forget that the greater your surrender to My Will, the greater are the Graces you will receive in the course of your visit to My Eucharistic Presence.”

Source: http://loveandmercy.org/Eng-IA-Reg.pdf or go to http://www.loveandmercy.org

The Offertory

Excerpt from the Book "The Holy Mass"

The Testimony of Catalina 

From a series of visions and messages 

from Jesus and Mary

A teaching on what happens during the Holy Mass 

and how to live it with our heart

     A moment later came the Offertory, and the Holy Virgin said: “Pray like this: (and I followed) Lord, I offer all that I am, all that I have, all that I can.  I put everything into Your Hands.  Build up Lord, with the little that I am.  Transform me, God Almighty, through the merits of Your Son.  I ask for my family, for my benefactors, for each member of our Apostolate, for all the people who persecute us, for those who commend themselves to my poor prayers… Teach me to lay my heart down on the ground before them, so that their walk may be less hard...  This is how the saints prayed; this is how I want all of you to pray.” And this is how Jesus asks us to pray, that we lay our hearts on the ground so that they [for whom we intercede] may not feel its harshness, but rather that we give them relief through the pain caused by their stepping on our hearts.    Years later, I read a prayer booklet by a Saint whom I love dearly, José María Escrivá de Balaguer, and in that booklet I found a prayer similar to that which the Virgin Mary taught me. Perhaps this Saint, to whom I entrust myself, pleased the Virgin Mary with those prayers.

     Suddenly, some characters that I had not seen before began to stand up. It was as if from the side of each person present in the Cathedral another person emerged, and soon the Cathedral became full of young beautiful beings. They were dressed in very white robes and started to move into the central isle, on their way to the Altar.
     Our Mother said: “Observe.  They are the Guardian Angels of each one of the persons who are here.  This is the moment in which your guardian angel carries your offerings and petitions before the Altar of the Lord.”
     At that point I was completely astonished because these beings had such beautiful faces, so radiant as one is unable to imagine.  Their countenance was very beautiful, they had almost feminine faces; however, the structure of their body, their hands, their height were masculine.  Their naked feet did not touch the floor, but rather they went as if gliding. That procession was very beautiful.
     Some of them were carrying something like a golden bowl with something [inside] that shone a great deal with a golden white light.  The Virgin Mary said:   “Observe.  They are the Guardian Angels of the people, who are offering this Holy Mass for many intentions, those who are conscious of the significance of this celebration, those who have something to offer to the Lord… 
     “Make your offering at this moment… Offer up your sorrows, your pains, your dreams, your sadness, your joys.  Offer your petitions.  Remember that the Mass has infinite value.  Therefore, be generous in your offering and in your asking.” 
     Behind the first Angels came others who had nothing in their hands; they were going empty handed.  The Virgin Mary said:  “Those are the angels of the people who, in spite of being here, never offer anything.  They have no interest in living every liturgical moment of the Mass, and their Angels have no offerings to carry before the Altar of the Lord.” 
     At the end of the procession came other Angels who were rather sad, with their hands together in prayer, but with their eyes downcast. “These are the Guardian Angels of the people who are here, yet they are not here. That is to say, they are the people who have seen themselves forced to come, who have come here out of obligation but without any desire to participate in the Holy Mass. Their Angels go forth in sadness because  they have nothing to carry to the Altar, except for their own prayers.
     “Do not sadden your Guardian Angels… Ask for much.  Ask for the conversion of sinners, for peace in the world, for your relatives, your neighbors, for those who commend themselves to your prayers.  Ask for much, not only for yourselves, but also for all the others. 
     “Remember that the offering which most pleases the Lord, is when you offer yourselves as a holocaust so that Jesus, upon His descent may transform you by His own merits.  What do you have to offer the Father by yourselves? Nothingness and sin, but the offering of yourselves united to the merits of Jesus, is pleasing to the Father.”
     That spectacle, that procession was so beautiful, that it would be difficult to compare it to another.  All those celestial creatures were bowing before the Altar, some leaving their offering on the floor, others prostrating themselves on their knees, their foreheads almost touching the ground.  And upon reaching the Altar, they would disappear from my sight.

Source: http://loveandmercy.org/Eng-HM-Lg.pdf or go to http://www.loveandmercy.org