I made my second 1st Saturday and I just have to nab my pp for confession this week as he wasn’t around last week. Really hard to get to confession round here! You have to make an appointment which I really don’t like. Plus I had a procedure done on my thumb and it’s not been especially successful so far and I’ve had nerve damage. Stitches out tomorrow so I can offer that all up.
I want to thank Julia so much for posting this version of Be Thou My Vision! I finally realized why I'm so attracted to it. Obviously, the vocalist, Nathan Pacheco has an amazing voice, but it also appears that this isn't only showtime for him; I believe he is actually praying this song which exults the Lord in a very personal way. But did you notice the beautiful balance between the masculine and the feminine? He is the singer, but he is accompanied by women, one playing the piano and one playing the cello. The combination is what makes it so eloquent. And I am not sure the following was intended: a song exulting one's relationship with the King of Kings; yet as the camera focuses on Nathan, always in the background is a stain glass image of our Wonderful Lady! She is always in the background sustaining us through her prayer and Motherly wisdom. Can one ever separate them? This is why I'm so enthralled by the Two Hearts! Praise be to you Lord Jesus and endless honor to Our Lady, Queen of Heaven and earth!
Couple of points… I am not sure I fully understood the practice of the Saturdays. Getting to a Saturday Mass has meant rising earlier than has been comfortable and I’ve just got confession booked because no priest round here offers it otherwise. So far so good but last Saturday I began the 15 min meditation on the Visitation which is my favourite mystery but I could find no new insight so I did the reading and prayers for that day’s preparation for Total Consecration and that took me to the 15 min mark. I had a houseful of guests and we were leaving at noon to attend my son’s 40th birthday party. So I did need to fit in the consecration prayers. Last night I listened to a talk on the 5 First Saturdays and they stressed the reparation aspect. I knew of that of course but I don’t think I’ve given it sufficient attention in my devotions for that day. One good fruit for me is that I have worked at the sin of sloth and no longer lie in bed late. I realised I’d have to get up before my husband if I was going to get in some serious prayer time each day. As an ironic aside, I can tell you that he now gets up a bit earlier too which I hadn’t intended. Still, it forces me to stay focused and not zone out when I am praying! I think Our Lady will understand that I had good intentions and on the next first Saturday I will be careful to do exactly as she asked. In every way God has blessed my attempts at deepening my spiritual life, much as I don’t deserve it. There’s a good thread on being holy that was started recently and that has to be my focus.
Bump! thanks for reminder. Getting set to head off for the morning Mass here! Remembering the intentions of all on the forum. And praying as our Lady asked. Peace.
I was able to make the 5th Saturday today, now I'm ready for anything! ...I felt such joy and gratitude to our Lord during the communion. Before the mass I was reading "The Hours of the Passion Of Our Lord Jesus Christ" (Luisa Piccareta). Last time I left the book right before the last supper, so I read that part today. It was truly beautiful (but also heartbreaking) to read why and how our Lord established the Eucharist. Our priest had also a powerful homily about the Eucharist that reiterated what I read before. So all these things just connected in me to create a sense of immense gratitude for this gift, sense which transformed into a burst of loving joy when I received our Lord just as the apostles received Him on that day. And just as them, I am still confused by this great mystery of transubstantiation. But even more I am humbled by the greatness of His love for us, no matter how dirty, stinky and sinful our heart is... He cried when he kissed and washed with his tears the feet of a man that was about to betray him and loose his soul. How his heart must have hurt at that time is incomprehensible. It pains me to think how the hearts of Jesus and Mary are suffering today being betrayed everyday, even by the elect... I hope that this Saturday's reparation have brought their united hearts at least some comfort. Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed
I shall come to ask the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and Communions of reparation on the first Saturdays. If my requests are heard, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, fomenting wars and persecution of the Church. The good will suffer martyrdom; the Holy Father will suffer much; different nations will be annihilated. But in the end my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, which will be converted, and some time of peace will be granted to humanity." Our Lord told Sister Lucia in an apparition in Rianjo, Spain in the summer of 1931, “Make it known to My ministers, given that they follow the example of the King of France in delaying the execution of My command, they will follow him into misfortune. It is never too late to have recourse to Jesus and Mary.“ Sister Lucia reported later that Our Lord also complained to her, “They did not wish to heed My request! … Like the **King of France they will repent of it, and they will do it, but it will be late. Russia will have already spread its errors in the world, provoking wars and persecutions against the Church. The Holy Father will have much to suffer.” (from Fatima.org) **Our Lord was referring to His request to King Louis XIV of France on June 17, 1689 to solemnly consecrate his country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Our Lord made His request known through St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and no French King publicly obeyed the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Eventually, on June 17, 1789, 100 years later, King Louis XVI was stripped of his power by the National Assembly and less than four years later, was beheaded. It is said that while he was in the Bastille, King Louis XVI attempted to consecrate France, but by that time, of course, it was far too late to achieve the desired results. Book of Heaven - October 16 A.D. 1918 “Now I want to tell you something consoling. Italy, France, now win, and Germany loses. All nations have some black stains, and all of them deserve humiliations and crushing. There will be a general uproar confusion everywhere; by the sword, by fire and by water, by sudden deaths, by contagious diseases, I will renew the world - I will make new things. The nations will form a sort of tower of Babel; they will reach the point of being unable even to understand one another; the peoples will rebel among themselves, they will no longer want kings. All will be humiliated, and peace will come only from Me. And if you hear them say ‘peace’, it will not be true, but apparent. Once I have purged everything, I will place my finger in a surprising way, and will give the true peace. And then, all those who are humiliated will return to Me; and Germany will be Catholic - I have great designs upon her; England, Russia, and every place where blood was shed, will rise again to faith and will be incorporated into my Church. There will be the great triumph and the union of peoples. Therefore, pray - and it takes patience, because this will not be so soon, but it will take time.” For the love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray the Rosary and make your First Saturdays.
The Book of Heaven is a Luisa Picarretta writing. We are not supposed to be publishing that on threads. Or reading from it , for that matter. With respect, Lynne.
Yes, she is a Servant of God. I encourage everyone interested to read the "Communication regarding the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta" by Archbishop Mons. Leonardo D'Ascenzo dated March 4, 2020 (www.luisapiccarretaofficial.org/cause-archbishop) and also "The Orthodoxy of Luisa Piccarreta" by Steve Patton.
