Discover and then keep rediscovering the incredible power of Holy Hour. God is so in love with you!
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A HOLY HOUR SURPRISE
"A Holy Hour is not a devotion; it is a sharing in the work of redemption." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
You arrive in church to make a Holy Hour before the Blessed
Sacrament, and plan on first praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and then the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary with Jesus and Blessed Mother.As you begin praying, Blessed Mother comes to you and stands by your side.
She is holding her Infant Son.
Blessed Mother has come to encourage you, because she is aware how badly her Son's devout faithful are in need of care and compassion.
She knows you have been trying hard to do as the Lord asks of you, and our Mother knows exactly what that entails.
For God's Most Holy Mother, it meant the sacrificing of her Holy Family’s will, her will, and the sacrificing of her only Son.
She knows you have been trying hard to do as the Lord asks of you, and our Mother knows exactly what that entails.
For God's Most Holy Mother, it meant the sacrificing of her Holy Family’s will, her will, and the sacrificing of her only Son.
Contemplate what her unconditional surrender meant for
humanity collectively and also for you personally.
Then contemplate what your unconditional surrender means for humanity collectively and for so many people personally.
Then contemplate what your unconditional surrender means for humanity collectively and for so many people personally.
FIRST, EMPTY YOURSELF
COMPLETELY
"The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity did He plead but for an Hour of companionship." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
"The only time our Lord asked the Apostles for anything was the night He went into agony. Not for activity did He plead but for an Hour of companionship." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Recently, the Lord requested that you "Empty Yourself of Everything."
After that, you approached the altar and received Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament into a heart that was completely open and empty. Jesus then filled you with His Real Presence, completely.
THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
Following the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass today, perhaps you
felt like you were going to explode.
So you asked Jesus, "What is
happening? What does this mean."
Jesus offered an explanation later, while you were on your way back to the church to make a Holy Hour.
Once you consented to being emptied completely God was able to fill you, His dry and empty well, with Himself.
Since sacrificial love is the most powerful force in the universe, His Presence felt uncontainable because His love cannot ever be contained.
Once you consented to being emptied completely God was able to fill you, His dry and empty well, with Himself.Since sacrificial love is the most powerful force in the universe, His Presence felt uncontainable because His love cannot ever be contained.
During Jesus' entire lifetime from His conception through His Passion and Death, our Savior constantly
emptied Himself as the love of God poured from Him and manifested Itself in a lifetime of poverty, sacrificial love, and service.
The cooperation of Jesus and His Most Holy Mother obtained mankind’s redemption.
The cooperation of Jesus and His Most Holy Mother obtained mankind’s redemption.
It is the mission of every Christian to participate in mankind’s salvation
and sanctification in imitation of Christ and Blessed Mother.
Surrender to God's will completely, so that great good can be accomplished through you.
Surrender to God's will completely, so that great good can be accomplished through you.
JESUS, TEACH US SOMETHING NEW
"A Holy Hour becomes a magister and teacher. Theological insights are gained not only from the covers of a treatise, but from two knees on a prie-dieu before the Blessed Sacrament." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
Perhaps following Jesus' disclosure while on the way to church, you asked Him to teach you something new, something really special.
To honor your request, Blessed Mother has brought her Infant
Son to you in church, and places Baby Jesus in your arms.
Holding Him, with His tiny Sacred Heart so near to yours, brings you such tremendous comfort.
How much our Lord and Blessed Mother care for us!
IT IS SMALLER HEARTS
WE NEED
Hold the Love of your eternal life in your arms as God
presents Himself to you so little, the all-powerful Who came to conquer evil through weakness and love us all unconditionally with a
Sacred Heart the size of a child's.
SACRIFICIAL LOVE
"By being faithful to our Holy Hour, and letting nothing interfere with it, we use it as the sign and symbol of our victimhood." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
"By being faithful to our Holy Hour, and letting nothing interfere with it, we use it as the sign and symbol of our victimhood." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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, and the gates of hell cannot
prevail against it. Allow sacrificial
love to bind your soul to God, forever.
Allow sacrificial love to power your unconditional “Yes!” to
God so He can transform you into a tremendous channel of grace for the massive conversion
of sinners.
PRECIOUS WATERFALLS
You say to the Divine Infant, "Jesus, make our hearts smaller, like Yours.”
As you look into the loving eyes of One so little and make
your petition, Baby Jesus looks up at you and because you have already given your consent, God’s love begins pouring forth from your
entire being.
As you look into each others' eyes, you love Jesus in return with the most magnificent combination of His pure love and your unconditional
surrender.
Tears begin falling from your eyes.
THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE
Tears of love and gratitude fall so generously they become precious waterfalls cascading down your face, which has become a living representation of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.
May we always mirror His likeness. May others always see Him in us.
THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE
Tears of love and gratitude fall so generously they become precious waterfalls cascading down your face, which has become a living representation of the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus.
May we always mirror His likeness. May others always see Him in us.
Your tears fall in precious droplets and land on the crown of the
Divine Baby’s Sacred Head.
SURRENDER TO GOD WITH THE HEART OF A CHILD
SURRENDER TO GOD WITH THE HEART OF A CHILD
"We are not called to great penances...but the Holy Hour is a sacrifice in union with Christ." ~ Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
As your tears run down His Sacred Face, they become His Sacred Blood flowing from those very wounds.
With that, you conclude the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
PRAYING THE HOLY ROSARY WHILE HOLDING OUR NEWBORN SAVIOR
As you journey with the Divine Child and His Most Holy Mother through the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, you kiss His Sacred little Face during His agony in the Garden, unite your weakness to the Babe in your arms during the scourging at the pillar, and submit to the Lord completely during the crowning with thorns as your tears cover His little Face.
"Jesus," you say to Someone so loving and so small, "thank You for growing up and dying on a Cross for me." Kiss the little Sacred Hands and Feet that carried the Cross and bore the weight of our sins and then were nailed to the Cross by our defiance.
SURRENDERING EARNS US
TWO CROWNS
Jesus is greatly comforted by the tears of
love that fall from our eyes as His love pours forth from our being and returns
to Him, directly and through others.
Sacrificial love manifested in our tears combine with our consent, which has been freely and completely given.
These powerful tears are just packed with love!
These tears are shed by the devout faithful through all time and space.
They fall onto the Sacred Head of the Divine Child we hold in our arms, and bring Him great comfort during His Passion and Crowning with Thorns at the same time He poured forth for us all the love He could possibly give us.
Sacrificial love manifested in our tears combine with our consent, which has been freely and completely given.
These powerful tears are just packed with love!
These tears are shed by the devout faithful through all time and space.
They fall onto the Sacred Head of the Divine Child we hold in our arms, and bring Him great comfort during His Passion and Crowning with Thorns at the same time He poured forth for us all the love He could possibly give us.
Surrender to God with the heart of a Child.
Our unconditional surrender earns us two crowns: first a crown of thorns we wear in this life,
and then a crown made of His glory we wear forever in the next.
~ Saint John Bosco
THE POWERFUL DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
To learn more about the Work of Reparation through the Devotion to the Holy Face,
which our Lord, Jesus Christ called "the most beautiful work under the sun,"
visit: Work of Reparation Through the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
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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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THE POWERFUL DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE OF JESUS
To learn more about the Work of Reparation through the Devotion to the Holy Face,
which our Lord, Jesus Christ called "the most beautiful work under the sun,"
visit: Work of Reparation Through the Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
Please share the information with others.
God is at work in you!!
