Reclaiming Our Children

Uniting in Prayer

So, I leave in a little while to head out to North Dakota with Father Mariusz Koch, CFR to do a priest training. I must admit I have mixed feelings.

First of all, I will be away for election day which is both good and bad. The day will be very busy tomorrow, so, I will not be able to follow the news, which of course will be a blessing in many ways. It will also be nice to be with Father and the wonderful people of Fargo, praying together and offering up the day.

Things have been very busy at Lumina lately. New people everyday. It got me to thinking how if Hillary is president abortion will be on the front lines all the time and many suffering will be thrown into a constant state of having it before their faces since she is sure to give Planned Parenthood a lot of power. So, I am very happy to be doing the priest training in order to have more clergy trained in post abortion healing.

I have a lot of thoughts on this as we enter this election. Much more than I have time to write about now, but for myself, the reminder is keeping my eyes on Jesus. It is so easy to allow all this political stuff to throw us into a frenzy and cause anxiety in our hearts, but the truth is our peace comes from Jesus who died on the cross for our salvation. This world is turning more and more secular, even with questions now if the Hillary campaign is tied to the occult. It would not surprise me given their beliefs...this truly is a battle between good and evil.

Let us never forget that the battle has already been won. Yes, there may be much we have to go through and suffer in this life in order for people to turn back to God, but the eternal victory is ours. I pray that we may be courageous and keep our eyes and our focus on that, while at the same time reaping a harvest of souls for Him.

 As my post a few days ago stated, “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (v. 11). - Ephesians

I know Jesus will not let us down!

On another note, please pray for the book which finally reaches Stockbridge today! Don;t know if I will be able to post at all the next few days. I do have a few things scheduled to go up so if not, I will be back Thursday. May we trust in the mercy and goodness of God no matter what the election result is. Jesus, we trust in you!

Healing Meditations - A Journey to Divine Mercy - After Abortion

Inspired by the extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, Theresa Bonopartis' A Journey to Healing Through Divine Mercy emerges from her own experience of being healed by God's mercy.  Enriched with quotes from the Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska and the popes, the meditations combine solidly orthodox teaching with a clear love for her fellow men and women on the path to healing through Divine Mercy.

"A Journey to Divine Mercy is certainly 'must reading.'  The meditations that Theresa Bonopartis provides for us are a reminder of the words of Pope Francis, 'We are all sinners but God heals us with an abundance of grace, mercy and tenderness."  Rev. Marius Koch, CFR

Now available from Marian Press - click here to get your copy today!

January Men's Day

Spiritual Director: Rev Mariusz Koch, CFR

Witness: Ivan

Dorothy Day, Abortion and Sanctity

A Short video on Dorothy Day to remind those of you struggling in healing what great things the Lord can do!

John Cardinal O'Connor , in speaking of the cause of her canonization and the fact that she had an abortion, said this, "In short, I contend that her abortion should not preclude her cause, but intensifies it."

 

All Souls

An Invocation to the Most Holy Trinity for the Souls in Purgatory

O God, all goodness, Father of mercies, Who at the prayers and fastings of your faithful people, did vouchsafe to send your angels to break the chains of your holy apostle Peter, and to open the doors of his prison; here even also on this day the prayers and supplications of your church, and send you angel to the souls for whom we pray, that, the doors of their prison being opened wide, they may be happily received into the bosom of your mercy. 

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

O Son of God, Savior of souls, who refreshed the three children in the fiery furnace, pour down upon the souls that cry to you from the flames, your heavenly dew.  Your precious blood alone can quench the flames of purgatory; oh, let it now flow down upon these suffering souls and do Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon them.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

O Spirit of love, have compassion on the cruel torment which these souls endure, that are filled with the purest charity, and, aspiring without ceasing towards their God, cry aloud in their distress, "I thirst, I thirst after my God!" -- and yet cannot attain unto the object of their love, nor receive the least drop of that torrent of pure delights. O Holy Spirit, grant that, having felt the fiercest pangs of love, they may taste its heavenly delights in a blessed eternity. Amen.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be...

(Susan Tassone, Praying in the Presence of Our Lord for the Holy Souls. p. 106)