'I have received your greetings, the wafer and two letters, one from you, Marek, and one from you, Sophia. Thank you for everything. I wish to return the greeting for Christmas and New Years. May the Christmas Eve wafer express this as well. 'I thank Sophia for everything concerning Medjugorje. I, too, go there every day as a pilgrim in my prayers: I unite in my prayers with all those who pray there or receive a calling for prayer from there. Today we have understood this call better. I rejoice that our time does not lack people of prayer and apostles. 'I thank Marek for both poems (songs) — The one from Huta and this one for Lagiewniki. I share your concern for 'The Weekly' and every day I entrust this name to God. I wish Marek the gift of courage and health. 'J Paul II 'Christus natus est nobis! 'Venite, adoremus!
'John Paul II, Pope'
" With all of my being I desire to enter into the very core of that Loveand to respond to the greatest challenge of love. How am I to do this?It is through my surrender. Our Lady tells us that only through givingwill we be able to comprehend the gift of Jesus’ sacrifice on the Crossfor each of us. Yes, we are to respond to Love, with love. And there isno greater love than this - to give one’s life for one’s friends. OurLord says so simply, “You are my friends”. How are we then to respondto this grace with our life and how are we to live it? The Queen ofPeace tells us that it is through giving. Our giving is the beginningof this way of faith and love. She also tells us what it is that wehave to give, “ Little children, give time to God.”
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Our Lady was very sad. Her eyes were filled with tears through out the whole time."Dear children,Today, while I am looking at your hearts, my heart is filled with pain and shudder. My children, stop for a moment and look into your hearts. Is my Son – your God truly in the first place? Are His commandments truly the measure of your life? I am warning you again. Without faith there is no God’s nearness. God’s word which is the light of salvation and the light of common sense."
~ December 2, 2007 ---- Our Lady's message to Mirjana ......Mirjana added: I asked Our Lady painfully not to leave us and not to give up on us. Our Lady painfully smiled to my request and left. This time she did not finish her message with the words “Thank you.” Our Lady blessed all of us and all religious articles we had with us.
I thought this was very interesting because most of us Catholics don't know about this .... i found this on http://monkallover.blogspot.com/ . This blog was created by a monk. I often refer to his homilies each day (when posted).
TWO SEASONS IN ONE
Most Catholics, even priests, seem to be unaware that Advent really is a season to be observed in two stages, each stage having its own character.The Mass marks these two separate stages by giving us two separate Prefaces, one for the first stage of Advent and a different one for the second stage of Advent.The Second ComingThe first stage of Advent begins with the First Sunday of Advent and lasts through December 16. The Preface of the Mass for this first stage recalls that Christ “humbled himself to come among us as a man”, but it quickly invokes our hope for the day when “Christ our Lord will come again in his glory.” Here is the complete text of the Preface of the Mass for Advent I.
The Lord be with you.And also with you.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give him thanks and praise.Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,we do well always and everywhere to give you thanksthrough Jesus Christ our Lord.When he humbled himself to come among us as a man,he fulfilled the plan you formed long agoand opened for us the way to salvation.Now we watch for the day,hoping that the salvation promised us will be ourswhen Christ our Lord will come again in his glory.And so, with all the choirs of angels in heavenwe proclaim your gloryand join in their unending hymn of praise:Holy, holy, holy….
The Approach of Christmas
The second stage of Advent begins on December 17 and lasts through the afternoon of December 24 (thus being an octave). It prepares us more specifically for the coming solemnity of Christmas. The Preface of the Mass for this second stage of Advent recalls the prophecies of Christ’s birth, his life in the womb of the Virgin Mother, and John the Baptist’s announcement of his coming. Then this preface speaks of the joy that Christ give us “as we prepare to celebrate.” Here is the complete text of the Preface of the Mass for Advent II.
The Lord be with you.And also with you.Lift up your hearts.We lift them up to the Lord.Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.It is right to give him thanks and praise.Father, all-powerful and ever-living God,we do well always and everywhere to give you thanksthrough Jesus Christ our Lord.His future coming was proclaimed by all the prophets.The virgin mother bore him in her womb with love beyond all telling.John the Baptist was his heraldand made him known when at last he came.In his love Christ has filled us with joyas we prepare to celebrate his birth,so that when he comes he may find us watching in prayer,our hearts filled with wonder and praise.And so, with all the choirs of angels in heavenwe proclaim your gloryand join in their unending hymn of praise:Holy, holy, holy….
