Be a powerful channel of sacrificial love and grace, and unify your efforts with those of every member of the Mystical Body of Christ. God is at work in you!
Begin praying a Holy Hour before Holy Mass by asking Jesus to pour forth His holiness over all of mankind.
Begin praying a Holy Hour before Holy Mass by asking Jesus to pour forth His holiness over all of mankind.
PRAYING THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY
You begin in the Garden, where our Lord has you pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary with Him and with every martyred priest through all time.Think about that for a moment: the Lord has summoned you to pray in union with every priest who has been martyred through all time. That includes Jesus our High Priest and all victim priests, not only those who have already surrendered their lives in imitation of Christ but also all those who will do so until the end of time.
“Whenever we find ourselves looking for things that are easier,
more commodious, or more honorable;
whenever we notice that we are satisfying our self-love, our pride, or
see that we are attached to our own will, let us remind ourselves that all this
is far removed from the inspirations of the Holy Spirit and, what is worse, it
is an obstacle to His action in us.”1 ~
Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine Intimacy, p. 580.
Never, ever just be Catholic. Be PROFOUNDLY Catholic. There is so much more of God's love to discover and then keep rediscovering.
SHEDDING MYSTICAL TEARS OF BLOOD IN IMITATION OF THE MARTYRS
As you begin, it is made known to you that the Fathers are praying the
Holy Rosary for the last time(s) prior to their martyrdom. You see that some of them are praying in prison or in church.
How incredibly moving it is to share in those precious, intimate, and holy moments with them all. What sacrificial love, what courage. There just are no words to fully describe it, being there with them and with Jesus.
How would you describe it.
UNIFIED IN PRAYER WITH THE MOTHER OF ALL PRIESTS
How incredibly moving it is to share in those precious, intimate, and holy moments with them all. What sacrificial love, what courage. There just are no words to fully describe it, being there with them and with Jesus.
How would you describe it.
UNIFIED IN PRAYER WITH THE MOTHER OF ALL PRIESTS
As you pray "Hail, Holy Queen..." you are informed that when Blessed Mother gave birth do our Savior, she also gave birth to the Sacred
Priesthood.
Together with all the martyred members of the Sacred Priesthood of Jesus Christ, you appeal to our Most Holy Mother for all precious, immortal souls, and for the strength to fulfill God's will.
While praying, you experience a collective union with the Mother of All Priests in a very profound way. (silence)
That moment is one of the most beautiful and powerful experiences of your entire life, far beyond description and even comprehension.
You shed many tears while granted deeper insight into our Blessed Mother's intercession, how she intercedes for us all so powerfully, even in the most difficult circumstances, even when it seems that all hope is lost, by dispensing the graces from God that we need to accomplish God's will.
Together with all the martyred members of the Sacred Priesthood of Jesus Christ, you appeal to our Most Holy Mother for all precious, immortal souls, and for the strength to fulfill God's will.
While praying, you experience a collective union with the Mother of All Priests in a very profound way. (silence)
That moment is one of the most beautiful and powerful experiences of your entire life, far beyond description and even comprehension.
You shed many tears while granted deeper insight into our Blessed Mother's intercession, how she intercedes for us all so powerfully, even in the most difficult circumstances, even when it seems that all hope is lost, by dispensing the graces from God that we need to accomplish God's will.
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
Immerse yourself in this very powerful mystery unified with Christ and His martyred priests.
Pray with them in the Garden prior to their martyrdom as they submit to God's will.
We can join them and submit our wills also while immersing ourselves deep within the Sacred Priesthood of Christ, and their individual and collective sacrifices and merits.
We can offer them our sacrifices and merits as well, and in so doing, strengthen one another and encourage one another mystically, through the power of God's sacrificial love.
Sacrificial love is the most powerful force in the universe.
Sacrificial love is so strong that the bonds formed by it cannot ever be broken. Sacrificial love is so strong that the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.
Allow sacrificial love to bind your soul to God, forever.
Allow sacrificial love to empower you to work together with the members of the Mystical Body of Christ through all time as a team, as a mighty army of love that seeks out and rescues precious, immortal souls.
Pray with them in the Garden prior to their martyrdom as they submit to God's will.
We can join them and submit our wills also while immersing ourselves deep within the Sacred Priesthood of Christ, and their individual and collective sacrifices and merits.
We can offer them our sacrifices and merits as well, and in so doing, strengthen one another and encourage one another mystically, through the power of God's sacrificial love.
Sacrificial love is the most powerful force in the universe.
Sacrificial love is so strong that the bonds formed by it cannot ever be broken. Sacrificial love is so strong that the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.
Allow sacrificial love to bind your soul to God, forever.
Allow sacrificial love to empower you to work together with the members of the Mystical Body of Christ through all time as a team, as a mighty army of love that seeks out and rescues precious, immortal souls.
THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR
Pray with Christ as He
is scourged, and unite all of your wounds with His as our priest martyrs endure
theirs. See glimpses of them as they suffer patiently, in camps and at the altar, in imitation of Christ.
Together they suffer and pray with Jesus in anticipation of their martyrdom. You are drawn into this mystery, and unite your circumstances with theirs.
You notice that throughout the collective suffering and shared sorrow, everyone maintains their focus on God, on accomplishing His will, and on the eternal welfare of others as love grows stronger and is made more perfect.
Together they suffer and pray with Jesus in anticipation of their martyrdom. You are drawn into this mystery, and unite your circumstances with theirs.
You notice that throughout the collective suffering and shared sorrow, everyone maintains their focus on God, on accomplishing His will, and on the eternal welfare of others as love grows stronger and is made more perfect.
THE CROWING WITH THORNS
As Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns, you bow down reverently among all the martyred priests as they honor and submit to our Savior and King.
Blessed Mother is there also, among her children.
The martyred priests with a
strong devotion to Blessed Mother appeal to her in a special way at this
time.
The Lord has you share profoundly in that very meaningful moment of individual and collective love and trust, and the experience touches your soul so deeply that tears of compassion, gratitude, and sacrificial love stream down your face.
Jesus is pouring forth His holiness upon you all through the holiness of His most loving Mother.
While kneeling, you take in the scene around you and notice that everyone who is bowing is wearing a crown of thorns also.
Majestic light begins shining from the wounds that cover Jesus from head to foot. This light also streams forth from Blessed Mother's wounded and Immaculate heart, from the wounds of the priest martyrs, and also from your wounds. This light extends outward through time and space to illuminate minds and warm the hearts of other precious souls.
Again, the effects of submission and sacrifice are manifested to you, as God uses humble souls who live, love, serve, sacrifice, and patiently suffer in imitation of Christ and His Most Holy Mother as tremendous channels of grace for others.
Blessed Mother is there also, among her children.
The martyred priests with a
strong devotion to Blessed Mother appeal to her in a special way at this
time.The Lord has you share profoundly in that very meaningful moment of individual and collective love and trust, and the experience touches your soul so deeply that tears of compassion, gratitude, and sacrificial love stream down your face.
Jesus is pouring forth His holiness upon you all through the holiness of His most loving Mother.
While kneeling, you take in the scene around you and notice that everyone who is bowing is wearing a crown of thorns also.
Majestic light begins shining from the wounds that cover Jesus from head to foot. This light also streams forth from Blessed Mother's wounded and Immaculate heart, from the wounds of the priest martyrs, and also from your wounds. This light extends outward through time and space to illuminate minds and warm the hearts of other precious souls.
Again, the effects of submission and sacrifice are manifested to you, as God uses humble souls who live, love, serve, sacrifice, and patiently suffer in imitation of Christ and His Most Holy Mother as tremendous channels of grace for others.
THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS
As Christ carries the Cross, He
looks at each person who has chosen to be there with Him. He looks into your eyes individually and very personally, and look into His while grabbing hold of the Cross also.
“Suffering is necessary for our purification and, flowing
from this, our participation in the redemptive work of Jesus. The farther we advance along the road of the
Cross, the more we shall be sanctified and the more fruitful the apostolate we
shall exercise in the Church." 1 ~
Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine Intimacy, p. 581.
As Christ carries the Cross, He
looks at each person who has chosen to be there with Him. He looks into your eyes individually and very personally, and look into His while grabbing hold of the Cross also.
Be sure to look into the loving eyes of Jesus, which are so beautiful even as they suffer. He longs for and awaits your loving gaze in return.
O precious moment of sublime Divine intimacy! Suffering, gentle, merciful, and loving Jesus, may we never neglect You, or take Your love for granted!
How greatly Jesus is comforted along the Way of the Cross by our loving glances, by our expressions of gratitude, when we imitate His courage.
The martyred members of the Sacred Priesthood are also strengthened and comforted when we look into their eyes also as they travel along the Way of Sacrificial Love, for us, as we are strengthened along the Way by them.
You are inspired to recall seeing that same look in the eyes of priests and deacons you have met, or that you know.
Pray for all priests, every day: To learn more: "Suffering, Sacrificial Prayer, and Praying for Priests," in print and as an audio meditation.
Jesus wants us to appeal to His Mother. He gave her to us while He was nailed to the Cross. She is our Mother, also, and she can and will help us. Look also into her loving, suffering, and compassionate eyes and say so many meaningful things without uttering a word. A great deal can be said, even in just an instant. What is it that she is saying to you.
O precious moment of sublime Divine intimacy! Suffering, gentle, merciful, and loving Jesus, may we never neglect You, or take Your love for granted!
How greatly Jesus is comforted along the Way of the Cross by our loving glances, by our expressions of gratitude, when we imitate His courage.
The martyred members of the Sacred Priesthood are also strengthened and comforted when we look into their eyes also as they travel along the Way of Sacrificial Love, for us, as we are strengthened along the Way by them.
You are inspired to recall seeing that same look in the eyes of priests and deacons you have met, or that you know.
Pray for all priests, every day: To learn more: "Suffering, Sacrificial Prayer, and Praying for Priests," in print and as an audio meditation.
Jesus wants us to appeal to His Mother. He gave her to us while He was nailed to the Cross. She is our Mother, also, and she can and will help us. Look also into her loving, suffering, and compassionate eyes and say so many meaningful things without uttering a word. A great deal can be said, even in just an instant. What is it that she is saying to you.
THE CRUCIFIXION
You stand before Christ Crucified on the Cross, among the multitude of priests prior to their martyrdom, and while unifying all of your collective sufferings and merits, pray the final Sorrowful Mystery together with them, with Jesus, and with Blessed Mother.
As you do so, Christ's holiness pours forth upon you all.
Perhaps you are inspired to remove your hearts from their bridal chambers and use them to collect the drops of Christ's Sacred Blood as It falls to the ground. Each drop is a sacrifice, a prayer, grace, and mercy. Just one drop has enough redemptive power to save us all. Just one!
Do not ever take for granted the power of even one small act of kindness, one prayer, one sacrifice, even one loving glance to encourage, inspire, illuminate minds, warm hearts, and save precious, immortal souls.
Begin sanctifying others by first accepting Christ's magnificent offers of salvation and sanctification yourself. "Jesus, pour over me Your holiness..."
As you do so, Christ's holiness pours forth upon you all.
Perhaps you are inspired to remove your hearts from their bridal chambers and use them to collect the drops of Christ's Sacred Blood as It falls to the ground. Each drop is a sacrifice, a prayer, grace, and mercy. Just one drop has enough redemptive power to save us all. Just one!
“Yes, conformity to Jesus Crucified has more value and
importance than all mystical graces! The
whole spiritual life is dominated by the Cross and, as the Cross is the central
point in the history of the world, so it is the central point in the history of
every soul. The Cross gave us life; it will imprint upon our souls the traits of
the most perfect resemblance to Jesus;
the more we share in His Cross, the more shall we resemble Him and
cooperate in the work of Redemption.” 1 ~ Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine
Intimacy, p. 580.
Do not ever take for granted the power of even one small act of kindness, one prayer, one sacrifice, even one loving glance to encourage, inspire, illuminate minds, warm hearts, and save precious, immortal souls.
Begin sanctifying others by first accepting Christ's magnificent offers of salvation and sanctification yourself. "Jesus, pour over me Your holiness..."
DURING
THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
The events of
the Sorrowful Mysteries, including the journey along the Way of the Cross and Christ's
sacrifice on Calvary, are re-presented throughout the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.The congregation is with Jesus in the Garden, as He is scourged at the pillar, while He is crowned with thorns, as He carries the Cross, and as He is Crucified on Calvary.
At the same time, Jesus is with us in the church as the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is celebrated.
“In order to attain sanctity, it is evident that we need the
Cross. To accept God’s will always and
in every circumstance implies the renouncement of one’s own will; it is impossible to be conformed to Jesus in
everything, “who in this life had no other pleasure, or desired any, than to do
the will of His Father” (J.C.), without renouncing one’s own selfish
pleasures. And all this means: detachment, crosses, sacrifice, self-denial. It means setting out steadfastly on the way
indicated by Jesus Himself: ‘If any man
will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me’
(Matthew 16:24).” 1 ~ Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine
Intimacy, p. 580.
During the Liturgy of the Word, Jesus stops by every person in church as He carries the Cross to Calvary and petitions each one of us with the powerful supplication, "Soul, Help Me!"
Learn more: "Soul, Help Me!" in print and as an audio meditation.
During the
Consecration, the Lord has you ask Him to pour forth His holiness upon
mankind.
As rays of light stream from the wounds covering Jesus' Sacred Body and as His Precious Blood continues to pour forth for us, and in anticipation of the lance rupturing His Sacred Heart, you say, "Lord, pour over us Your holiness..."
Jesus is so close to you that you lean up against the Cross throughout Holy Mass, and often times, you reach up and place your right hand over His Feet which are nailed to the beam.
As rays of light stream from the wounds covering Jesus' Sacred Body and as His Precious Blood continues to pour forth for us, and in anticipation of the lance rupturing His Sacred Heart, you say, "Lord, pour over us Your holiness..."
Jesus is so close to you that you lean up against the Cross throughout Holy Mass, and often times, you reach up and place your right hand over His Feet which are nailed to the beam.
After returning to the pew
during Holy Communion while unified with Jesus, you feel your soul plunged into the black abyss where precious, immortal souls are bound and chained by the devil. The Lord has you bring His Sacred Body and Blood by carrying the Light of the World within you as our Good Shepherd goes in search of His lost sheep.
Just after your arrival, you notice that you are not alone. The priest martyrs have followed you, and every one of them holds a Consecrated Host above a chalice of our Lord's Precious Blood. What an incredible sight!
What incredible POWER.
Christ's Real Presence projects powerful rays of light which illuminates the mind and warms the heart of every soul trapped in the black abyss.
This action of love and mercy which seeks out and rescues souls bound and chained by sin is made possible by the sacrificial love and cooperation of the Lord's messengers, the channels of His grace that include Blessed Mother, the priest martyrs, you, and me.
YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM
Just after your arrival, you notice that you are not alone. The priest martyrs have followed you, and every one of them holds a Consecrated Host above a chalice of our Lord's Precious Blood. What an incredible sight!
What incredible POWER.
Christ's Real Presence projects powerful rays of light which illuminates the mind and warms the heart of every soul trapped in the black abyss.
This action of love and mercy which seeks out and rescues souls bound and chained by sin is made possible by the sacrificial love and cooperation of the Lord's messengers, the channels of His grace that include Blessed Mother, the priest martyrs, you, and me.
“It is evident then, that in order to sanctify us the Holy
Spirit cannot lead us by any way other than that of the Cross. It is for us to second His action, primarily
by willingly accepting everything hard and painful that comes to us in our
daily life. Often we neglect the Cross
of daily trials and prefer one that is far away, and which perhaps, may never
be sent to us. We must not seek the
Cross in these extraordinary sufferings, seldom, if ever, encountered; we must look for it in the duties, the life,
the difficulties, and the sacrifices of each day and each moment. Here we shall find unfathomable treasures,
recognizing them by the light of faith, by the aid of the Holy Spirit who urges
us to embrace these daily crosses, not merely to endure them – to accept them
and offer them willingly, saying with all our heart: “Yes, I want this, even though it seems to
crush me!” 1 ~ Father Gabriel of St.
Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine Intimacy, p. 580.
YOU ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE TEAM
Unite your merits with
those of Christ, Blessed Mother, and martyred priests when you pray, suffer patiently, assist at Holy Mass, make Sacramental
Confessions, and receive our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament as you appeal to God for the salvation and sanctification of all souls through all
time.
God is at work in you!!
God is at work in you!!
"Trust all things to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and to Mary,
Help of Christians,
and you will see what miracles are."
~ Saint John
Bosco
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Source:
Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D., Divine Intimacy (Rockford, IL: Tan Books and Publishers, Inc., 1996), pp.
580-581.
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THE POWERFUL DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
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