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09/06/2025

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09/06/2025

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02/06/2025

June: Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ❤️‍🔥

In a world that celebrates pride, we turn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus—a Heart burning with humility, love, and mercy.

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, teach us to embrace humility, not pride... service, not self-glory... love, not ego.

Let every beat of His Heart remind us: true greatness lies in lowering ourselves, just as He did on the Cross.

🙏 "Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart..." (Matthew 11:29)

02/06/2025

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31/05/2025

FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (05.30.25): This recalls to us the following great truths and events: The visit of the Blessed Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth shortly after the Annunciation; the cleansing of John the Baptist from original sin in the womb of his mother at the words of Our Lady's greeting; Elizabeth's proclaiming of Mary—under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost—as Mother of God and "blessed among women"; Mary's singing of the sublime hymn, Magnificat ("My soul doth magnify the Lord") which has become a part of the daily official prayer of the Church. The Visitation is frequently depicted in art, and was the central mystery of St. Francis de Sales' devotions.

The Mass of today salutes her who in her womb bore the King of heaven and earth, the Creator of the world, the Son of the Eternal Father, the Sun of Justice. It narrates the cleansing of John from original sin in his mother's womb. Hearing herself addressed by the most lofty title of "Mother of the Lord" and realizing what grace her visit had conferred on John, Mary broke out in that sublime canticle of praise proclaiming prophetically that henceforth she would be venerated down through the centuries:

"My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because he that is mighty, hath done great things to me, and holy is His name" (Lk. 1:46). —Excerpted from the Cathedral Daily Missal

This feast is of medieval origin, it was kept by the Franciscan Order before 1263, and soon its observance spread throughout the entire Church. Previously it was celebrated on July 2. Now it is celebrated between the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the birth of St. John the Baptist, in conformity with the Gospel accounts. Some places appropriately observe a celebration of the reality and sanctity of human life in the womb. The liturgical color is white.

According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of Corpus Christi. This feast in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite is celebrated on Sunday, June 7. Please see this special section on Corpus Christi.

According to the 1962 Missal of St. John XXIII the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, today is the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Petronilla. The feast of the Queenship of Mary is now celebrated in the Ordinary Rite on August 22.

Aurelia Petronilla was guided in the Faith by St. Peter, the first pope. She died three days after refusing to marry a pagan nobleman, Flaccus. There is no historic proof that she was martyred, but an early fresco clearly represents her as a martyr. Her feast is no longer on the calendar.

The Visitation
And Mary rising up in those days went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda. [Lk. 1:39]

How lyrical that is, the opening sentence of St. Luke's description of the Visitation. We can feel the rush of warmth and kindness, the sudden urgency of love that sent that girl hurrying over the hills. "Those days" in which she rose on that impulse were the days in which Christ was being formed in her, the impulse was his impulse.

Many women, if they were expecting a child, would refuse to hurry over the hills on a visit of pure kindness. They would say they had a duty to themselves and to their unborn child which came before anything or anyone else.

The Mother of God considered no such thing. Elizabeth was going to have a child, too, and although Mary's own child was God, she could not forget Elizabeth's need—almost incredible to us, but characteristic of her.

She greeted her cousin Elizabeth, and at the sound of her voice, John quickened in his mother's womb and leapt for joy.

I am come, said Christ, that they may have life and may have it more abundantly. [Jn. 10, 10] Even before He was born His presence gave life.

With what piercing shoots of joy does this story of Christ unfold! First the conception of a child in a child's heart, and then this first salutation, an infant leaping for joy in his mother's womb, knowing the hidden Christ and leaping into life.

How did Elizabeth herself know what had happened to Our Lady? What made her realize that this little cousin who was so familiar to her was the mother of her God?

She knew it by the child within herself, by the quickening into life which was a leap of joy.

If we practice this contemplation taught and shown to us by Our Lady, we will find that our experience is like hers.

If Christ is growing in us, if we are at peace, recollected, because we know that however insignificant our life seems to be, from it He is forming Himself; if we go with eager wills, "in haste," to wherever our circumstances compel us, because we believe that He desires to be in that place, we shall find that we are driven more and more to act on the impulse of His love.

And the answer we shall get from others to those impulses will be an awakening into life, or the leap into joy of the already wakened life within them.

Excerpted from The Reed of God, Caryll Houselander

Patronage: St. Elizabeth: Expectant mothers.

Symbols: St. Elizabeth or Elisabeth: Pregnant woman saluting the Virgin; Elderly woman holding St. John Baptist; huge rock with a doorway in it; in company with St. Zachary.
St. Zacharias or Zachary: Priest's robes; thurible; altar; angel; lighted taper; Phyrgian helmet.

Things to Do:
Read Luke 1:39-47, the story of the Visitation. Read and meditate on the words of the Magnificat and the Hail Mary, two prayers from this feast. For those with children, depending on the ages, assign memorization for these prayers. Also discuss the meaning of the text as a family.
This feast reminds us to be charitable to our neighbors. Try to assist some mother (expectant or otherwise), visit the elderly or sick, make a dinner for someone, etc.

Source: https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2019-05-31

30/05/2025

WHY SHOULD WE KEEP THE ROSARY
UNDER THE PILLOW?
📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿
BEAUTIFUL PRACTICE

Keep a Rosary, even of the little ones, under the pillow.

Since I took that habit, I solve problems more easily, and it is a good method for those who have insomnia, they will see that they wake up with the Rosary in their hands and have had a good rest!

Meaningful actions gain more strength when their origin is known.

A beautiful story....

Why do you not know the history of the Holy Rosary?

I always asked myself: Who would have thought of repeating the Beads of Mary so many times? What's the point?

Now it is understood and each time they pray it, each Hail Mary is a precious rose for the Virgin. I am sure we all know this beautiful prayer that is the Holy Rosary.

A legend tells that a Lego Brother (who was not a priest) of the Order of the Dominicans, could not read or write, so he could not read the Psalms, as was the custom in the convents of the time.
Then, when he finished his work at night (he was the doorman, the sweeper, the gardener, etc ...) he went to the convent chapel and knelt in front of the image of the Virgin Mary, and recited 150 Hail Marys (the number of the psalms), then he retired to his cell to sleep.

In the morning, at dawn, he got up before all his brothers and went to the chapel to repeat his habit of greeting the Virgin.

Brother Superior noticed that every day, when he arrived at the chapel to celebrate morning prayers with all the monks, there was an exquisite smell of freshly cut roses and he became curious, so he asked everyone who was in charge of adorn the altar of the Virgin so beautifully, to which the answer was that none did, and the rose bushes in the garden were not missing their flowers.

The lay brother became seriously ill; the other monks noticed that the altar of the Virgin did not have the usual roses, and they deduced that it was the Brother who put the roses. But how?

Nobody had ever seen him leave the convent, nor did they know that he bought the beautiful roses.

One morning he was surprised that he had risen, but they could not find him anywhere.
At last, they met in the chapel, and each monk who entered was amazed, for the lay brother was kneeling in front of the image of the Virgin, ecstatically reciting his Hail Marys, and each one that addressed the Lady, a rose appeared in the vases

Thus at the end of his 150 greetings, he fell dead at the feet of the Virgin.

Over the years, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, (it is said that by revelation of the Blessed Virgin);
He divided the 150 Hail Marys into three groups of 50, and associated them with the meditation of the Bible:

The Original Traditional Mysteries :

The Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries

LOAD YOUR ROSARY EVERY DAY

- When you carry your Rosary, it is a headache for Satan

- When you use your Rosary, Satan collapses

- When he sees you praying the Rosary, he vanishes.

- We are going to pray the rosary every time, in order to keep it vanished.

- Did you know that when you try to re-send this message, Satan is going to try to discourage you?

Re-sending this message, you collaborate to accelerate the triumph of the Virgin Mary!

Send it to your friends and prayer partners and then check how the Holy Spirit works !!

=========

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

30/05/2025

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30/05/2025

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26/05/2025

WHY SHOULD WE KEEP THE ROSARY
UNDER THE PILLOW?
📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿📿
BEAUTIFUL PRACTICE

Keep a Rosary, even of the little ones, under the pillow.

Since I took that habit, I solve problems more easily, and it is a good method for those who have insomnia, they will see that they wake up with the Rosary in their hands and have had a good rest!

Meaningful actions gain more strength when their origin is known.

A beautiful story....

Why do you not know the history of the Holy Rosary?

I always asked myself: Who would have thought of repeating the Beads of Mary so many times? What's the point?

Now it is understood and each time they pray it, each Hail Mary is a precious rose for the Virgin. I am sure we all know this beautiful prayer that is the Holy Rosary.

A legend tells that a Lego Brother (who was not a priest) of the Order of the Dominicans, could not read or write, so he could not read the Psalms, as was the custom in the convents of the time.
Then, when he finished his work at night (he was the doorman, the sweeper, the gardener, etc ...) he went to the convent chapel and knelt in front of the image of the Virgin Mary, and recited 150 Hail Marys (the number of the psalms), then he retired to his cell to sleep.

In the morning, at dawn, he got up before all his brothers and went to the chapel to repeat his habit of greeting the Virgin.

Brother Superior noticed that every day, when he arrived at the chapel to celebrate morning prayers with all the monks, there was an exquisite smell of freshly cut roses and he became curious, so he asked everyone who was in charge of adorn the altar of the Virgin so beautifully, to which the answer was that none did, and the rose bushes in the garden were not missing their flowers.

The lay brother became seriously ill; the other monks noticed that the altar of the Virgin did not have the usual roses, and they deduced that it was the Brother who put the roses. But how?

Nobody had ever seen him leave the convent, nor did they know that he bought the beautiful roses.

One morning he was surprised that he had risen, but they could not find him anywhere.
At last, they met in the chapel, and each monk who entered was amazed, for the lay brother was kneeling in front of the image of the Virgin, ecstatically reciting his Hail Marys, and each one that addressed the Lady, a rose appeared in the vases

Thus at the end of his 150 greetings, he fell dead at the feet of the Virgin.

Over the years, Santo Domingo de Guzmán, (it is said that by revelation of the Blessed Virgin);
He divided the 150 Hail Marys into three groups of 50, and associated them with the meditation of the Bible:

The Original Traditional Mysteries :

The Joyful Mysteries, the Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries

LOAD YOUR ROSARY EVERY DAY

- When you carry your Rosary, it is a headache for Satan

- When you use your Rosary, Satan collapses

- When he sees you praying the Rosary, he vanishes.

- We are going to pray the rosary every time, in order to keep it vanished.

- Did you know that when you try to re-send this message, Satan is going to try to discourage you?

Re-sending this message, you collaborate to accelerate the triumph of the Virgin Mary!

Send it to your friends and prayer partners and then check how the Holy Spirit works !!

=========

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you, blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

26/05/2025

Gospel of the Day (John 14:23-29)

Jesus said to his disciples:

“Whoever loves me will keep my word,
and my Father will love him,
and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.
Whoever does not love me does not keep my words;
yet the word you hear is not mine
but that of the Father who sent me.

“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in my name,
will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
You heard me tell you,
‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’
If you loved me,
you would rejoice that I am going to the Father;
for the Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you this before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe.”

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2025/05/25.html

26/05/2025

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26/05/2025

𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿 𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾𝙎 𝙋𝘼𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙏𝙃𝙀?
Someone brought this question to me: Is it mandatory for Catholics to pay tithe?

Now, there's something I’ve always wanted to say. I never really planned to say it, but this question came at a very interesting time, and I feel it’s the right moment.

A few days ago, someone who follows and appreciates my writings reached out to me. She said she wanted to send her tithe to me. At first, I was shocked. There's nowhere on my profile where I have written that I am a priest or a pastor. In fact, whenever people ask me if I’m a priest, I tell them outrightly that I’m not. So why would she want to give me a tithe?

I asked her why she is bringing her tithe to me when I’m not a priest.

She replied, "Must the tithe be given to a priest? I’ve developed my own way of giving. I don’t give it to the priest. I just use 10% of my income to do charity or appreciation as the spirit leads me. And now, the spirit is leading me to give it to you."

Deep within me, I didn’t want to discourage her, but I felt it was also a chance to offer her some clarity.

I told her something. I said, while what you’re doing may be commendable as an act of generosity or kindness, tithe—biblically and historically—was meant to be given to the priest.

If you feel led to help people, sponsor causes, or do charity, it should come from your regular income, not your tithe. That’s where the real sacrifice lies. But tithe, by nature and intention, was set aside for a sacred purpose and meant to be offered to the priest.

And there's a reason for that.

In the Old Testament, tithe was a divine command, and it was directed towards the Levites, who were the priests. These men lived off the tithe. That was their share because they had no inheritance of their own (cf. Numbers 18:21-24).

Giving it to them wasn’t just a donation; it was an obligation. And tied to that offering was the priestly blessing that only a consecrated person could give. I may say words of encouragement, but I cannot bless you like a priest would.

So just when I thought I had addressed this well with her, another person came with a similar question. He said their parish priest regularly preaches tithing, and then he asked me if it is actually mandatory in the Catholic Church.

Now, this is where it gets interesting. In contrast to our Protestant brothers who emphasize and even enforce tithing, the Catholic Church doesn't mandate a fixed 10% tithe. Yes, A priest may preach about it to encourage generosity and support for the Church’s mission, but the Catholic Church does not impose a percentage.

Follow me closely.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 2043), the faithful are obliged to help provide for the needs of the Church according to their ability. Not a set 10%.

Also, Canon Law (Canon 222 #1) states that the faithful are obliged to assist with the Church’s needs so that divine worship, apostolic work, charity, and the decent support of ministers can continue—but again, it doesn't specify a tithe amount.

Are you still with me?

That is why you will hardly see Catholic parishes enforcing tithe like in some Protestant circles. What we have is an encouragement to give, based on your means, and in freedom—not out of compulsion.

So when people quote Malachi 3:10 to support tithe, yes, it's valid in its context. But in the Catholic understanding, the New Covenant prioritizes a generous heart over percentages. St. Paul says, "Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians 9:7).

In summary, Catholics are encouraged to support the Church, but not by a mandatory percentage. If someone chooses to give 10%, it is praiseworthy, but not obligatory. What matters is the spirit in which it is given.

So whether you’re giving directly to the Church, supporting a ministry, or helping someone in need, let it come from a heart that is free and generous.

And if you're still wondering what happened with the woman who sent me her tithe—I thanked her, prayed with her, and told her again: "I'm not a priest. But may God bless your generosity."

Thank you for reading to the end.

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