Spiritual Strength

PDF here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X545X_VSyTIJuMoHAFiJpMWRWP9DaBv9/view?usp=sharing Father Rafferty Meeting with Sr. Lucia on August 15, 1950 Transcript of Audio of Speech given in 1958- Transcribed by Kathleen M. Heckenkamp Dear Friends of Our Blessed Mother I was tremendously privileged to see and to hear one of the children of Fatima – the only one who is now alive. In the city of Coimbra in Portugal, the oldest of the three seers of Fatima, Lucy by name, is a cloistered Carmelite sister and I should tell you how it was that I came to see her. In my work as editor of Mary Magazine, and provincial director of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mt Carmel I visit the various parts of this country talking with Carmelite Tertiaries and our staffers, leading little discussions on the scapular and devotion to Our Lady. Many times I have been asked to say something about the Fatima Message and of course I always try to summarize all of the things that Our Lady wants done you recall in ...

The Church endorses Thomism/Scholasticism St. Thomas endorses Aristotle  Porphyry made an introduction to help study Aristotle

(take from Fr. Lehodey "The Ways of Mental Prayer") Prayer (requires Attention and Devotion) 1. Vocal Prayer 2. Mental Prayer     a. Active Prayer (Affective)     b. Passive Prayer (Prayer of Simplicity) Purgative - Meditation Illuminative - Affective Prayer Unitive - Prayer of Simplicity Elements of Success 1. Adopt that which suits our degree of progress (meditation, affective, or simplicity) 2. Choose a subject suitable to your needs 3. Beginners should plan the subject of their meditation (think of the subject before sleep and waking up) 4. Determined Will Causes of Failure 1. Distractions     a. levity     b. passions     c. employment     d. weakness 2. Want of devotion and resolution  3. Illusions 4. Bodily indispositions Remedies to Distraction 1. Humble yourself 2. Gently bring your mind back 3. Not examining distractions 3 Rocks to be Avoided in Transitioning from one form of prayer to another 1. Deciding for our...

  Luther All of Luthers’s teaching is clearly the result of his personal experience.   He was impulsive, sentimental, hypersensitive, full of nervous energy, tormented by scruples, used crude language, and was prone to sudden breakdowns and moments of acute sadness. The primary objection of Luther wasn’t abuses in the Church, it was replacing the Authority of the Church with private interpretations of Scripture. Luther Quotes: “Reason is directly opposed to faith.” “Logic is nowhere necessary in theology.’ “Let the will take the place of reason.” Luther, by his own opinion, eliminated 7 books out of the Old Testament, calling them "apocryphal." Luther called the letter of St. James an “epistle of straw.” Luther on the letter to the Hebrews said one would find, “bits of wood, hay, and straw.” Luther on Revelation said “there are many things objectionable in this book…it bears upon it no marks of an apostolic or prophetic character…I feel an aversion to it, and to me this is su...

  Sensus Fidelium video of Fr Zannetti’s sermon Solemn High Traditional Latin Mass of the Most Blessed Sacrament: In Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus by: Fr. Gregory Zannetti  Pictures of that Mass “The Book of Revelation says “They shall see the Lord face to face and bear His name on their foreheads.” Each time we receive Holy Communion we come Face to face with our Lord. This is the same Face of which is said in the book of Exodus “Thou canst not see my face: for man shall not see me and live.”. The same Face described in Matthew as “shining like the sun” when Our Lord was transfigured on Mount Tabor. And yet this God of Majesty and Power comes veiled under the tiny white Host so that we can gaze upon Him and be united with Him. It is the most intimate moment of our lives. To St Catherine of Siena, it was revealed that there are three levels of prayer/intimacy between Jesus and a soul; represented by three kisses: The kiss of the Sacred Feet of Jesus, the kiss of the Sac...

SENSUS FIDELIUM (sermon) "The Kiss of Love: Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus Devotion" ~ Fr. Gregory Zannetti Sensus Fidelium (sermon) The Holy Face Relic and the Work of Reparation ~ Fr. Gregory Zannetti  (Shrove Tuesday 2022) Sermon Transcript  (at the bottom of the page) Pictures from that Mass The Youtube Series: Caoimhe Doyle   Curtis Voeltner   Donna Sue Berry Fr. Gregory Zannetti sermon at Solemn High Mass of Reparation to the Holy Face Fr. Lawrence Carney Mary Jane Zuzolo  (Great-Great-Great Niece of Sr. Mary of St. Peter) Pam Moon    (POWERPOINT) Pat Enk Watch All (Holy Face playlist of all guests in one) Books: The Shroud of Turin: A Case for Authenticity The Golden Arrow (1816-1848 On Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus) God Demands Reparation: The Holy Man of Tours: The Life of Leo Dupont The Manual of the Holy Face Veronica's Veil: Poems, Prayers, and Promises of the Holy Face Devotion Veronica's Veil: Companion Prayer Boo...