The following prayer can be found in the book "An Exorcist Tells His Story" by Father Gabriele Amorth. This prayer is one of my daily prayers that I say each night. In light of the times we are currently living in, I felt compelled to share it here for those who might not know it and as a reminder to those who might have forgotten it. Please considering adding this Prayer for Deliverance to your daily prayer life.
My Lord, you are all powerful, you are God, you are Father.We beg you through the intercession and help of the archangels Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel for the deliverance of our brothers and sister who are enslaved by the evil one. All saints in heaven, come to our aid.
From anxiety, sadness and obsessions, We beg you. Free us, O Lord. From hatred, fornication, envy. We be you. Free us, O Lord. From thoughts of jealousy, rage, and death. We beg you. Free us, O Lord. From every thought of suicide and abortion. We beg you. Free us, O Lord.From every form of sinful sexuality. We beg you. Free us, O Lord. From every division in our family, and every harmful friendship. We be you. Free us, O Lord. From every sort of spell, malefice, witchcraft, and every form of the occult. We beg you. Free us, O Lord.
Lord, you who said, "I leave you peace, my peace I give you", grant that, through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, we may be liberated from every evil spell and enjoy your peace always. In the name of Christ, our Lord. Amen.
By Connecticut Catholic Corner Contemplating Saint Paul's words in Sacred Scripture with images…
2 Timothy 4
New
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
4 In the
presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead,
and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: 2 proclaim the message;
be persistent whether the time is favorable or
unfavorable;
convince, rebuke, and encourage,
…with the utmost patience in teaching.
3 For the
time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine,
but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to
suit their own desires,
EWTN’s Pre-Canonization Lineup Will Include A
Special From L.A. With Archbishop Gomez And Scores of Movies, Documentaries
& More
Irondale, AL –Two towering figures in Catholicism -- Pope
John Paul II and Pope John XXIII – are about to be canonized and only EWTN
Global Catholic Network will air the specials, documentaries, movies, series and
more that will help you understand just why these men are so important to
Catholics around the world.
In the week leading up to the canonization, you’ll want to stay tuned for a
cascade of specials.
Fans of Pope John Paul II won’t want to miss “Nine Days That Changed the
World,” a look back at Pope John Paul II’s transformational nine-day pilgrimage
to Poland in 1979; “In the Footsteps of John Paul the Great,” an EWTN Original
Production in which British Journalist Joanna Bogle and Clare Anderson traverse
the streets and villages where young Karol Wojtyla played, studied, and hid from
the Nazis; “Personalism of John Paul II,” another EWTN Original Production on
the late Pope’s philosophy; a feature film called “John Paul II;” and many other
specials too numerous to list!
Fans of Pope John XXXIII won’t want to miss “John XXIII: The Saint,” a
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on his legacy; “The True Life and Teachings of Pope John XXIII,” a 12-part
series dedicated to the Pope’s writings, works, and wisdom, by Fr. McBride, who
began a study of this Pope after meeting him just before his death in 1963;“The Papacy: A Living History,” a new
edition to Fr. Richard Kunst’s popular series features an array of Pope John
XXIII’s personal belongings, which help illustrate Church history during his
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EWTN’s News Teams Will Be Live in Rome For The
April Canonization of Two Popes
Irondale, AL – EWTN Global Catholic Network’s news teams
will be on the ground in Rome for the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and
Pope John XXIII. Coverage will be available around the world in English,
Spanish, and German and on all platforms. The highlight of Team EWTN’s coverage
will be the Canonization Mass celebrated by Pope Francis. The Mass is scheduled
to air live at 3:30 a.m. ET Sunday, April 27, with primetime encores of the
event that same evening at 7 p.m. ET Sunday night, and again at 11 p.m. ET,
Monday, April 28.
For the complete lineup of programs, including dates and times, please go
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Highlights of our coverage will include
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“EWTN News Nightly” (ENN) Executive Producer Brian Patrick will not only
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In addition, Rome Bureau Chief Joan Lewis, EWTN’s own “Vaticanista,” will
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focus on the lives and works of the Church’s two new saints.
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for a cascade of specials, including an April 23rd “EWTN Live” with
Papal Biographer George Weigel, as well as a slew of brand new movies,
documentaries and series!
EWTN Global Catholic Network, in its 33rd year, is available in
over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and
territories. With its direct broadcast satellite television and radio services,
AM & FM radio networks, worldwide short-wave radio station, Internet website
www.ewtn.com,
electronic and print news services, and publishing arm, EWTN is the largest
religious media network in the world.
I HIGHLY recommend this CD. In Christ, Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner link: http://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Church-Rosary-David-Phillips/dp/B000033Z9N
Today is “All Souls Day” in the Catholic Church. The purpose of All Soul’s Day is to
commemorate the faithful departed. Most
specifically those who have died in the last year.
We commemorate them with prayers and Mass -though these
things should NOT be limited to All Soul’s Day alone. We should continue to pray for our dead and
have Masses said for them year round to help them should they be in Purgatory. The Jewish people have prayed for their dead (Kaddishor Kadis) for thousands of years- long before the Catholic Church existed. So this is not something the Catholic Church
made up, nor is it a pagan practice.
Why pray for the dead?
“It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that
they may be freed from sins.” (IIMach. 12:46)
Because it helps those in Purgatory who at this point can no
longer pray for themselves. They are in
need of prayers and Masses being said for them to complete their purgatory time.
Purgatory is a process (and often considered a place) which
the departed on their way to heaven (if you are going the Other Direction you don’t go to Purgatory) are purged of venial
sin. If you have Mortal Sin on your soul
at the time of your death… well it’s called “Mortal” for a reason.
Purgatory PURGES and PURIFIES your soul before you can enter
Heaven, because as the Sacred Scriptures declare NOTHING impure can enter into
Heaven.
Rev. 21: “ 27 There shall not
enter into it anything defiled, or that worketh abomination or maketh a lie,
but they that are written in the book of life of the Lamb.”
All must be cleansed and will be purified with fire
according to Sacred Scripture: Mark 9:49 “For everyone shall be salted with
fire.”
There is even a Purgatory Museum in Rome of
artifacts touched by those suffering in Purgatory.
Many misinformed protestants will snarl “Jesus
already paid for our sin!” yes He did and that opened the door to Heaven for
us. To enter through the door Jesus
opened WE must be pure. If we have ANY
sin on us, we are NOT pure and must be purified. THAT is Purgatory.
Picture the gates of Heaven open with Jesus in
the doorway with His arms wide open.
Between you and Jesus is a fire you must walk through. Along that walk all the filth of sin is burnt
off you and when you walk out on the other side you are like refined gold walking straight into Jesus’
arms. You’ve just been purified by
Purgatory.
Now some people walk through the flames of Purgatory quickly
because they have fewer sins on their soul.
Others have many sins and the purifying fires take longer to cleanse
them. While they are “suffering” in
Purgatory YOUR prayers and Masses being said actually help them along the way closer
to Jesus. They can’t pray for themselves
while in the process of purification, so they depend on the living and Saints
in Heaven to REMEMBER them and PRAY for them.
These prayers and Masses said are like bringing them an icy cold drink
of water in the heat of the purifying flames.
How do we know these things about Purgatory? The Saints!
Jesus gave visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory to numerous Saints who
wrote down what they were shown. Mary
the Mother of God Incarnate herself spoke of Purgatory to the children at
Fatima. Saint Catherine of Genoa talked
about the beauty of Purgatory because it was a means God created for people to
reach Him with pure cleansed souls and how the suffering in Purgatory are happy
to suffer it because of love for God.
Many Catholic mystics (some Saints, some Blessed) also talk
about seeing the “ghosts” of Purgatory- or the souls of those in
Purgatory. These can often be the “ghosts”
people believe they see- or they can be demon’s set out to trick people, so don’t
believe all you THINK you see.
Sister Maria Anna Lindmayr and Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich
and Saint Gertrude the Great, to name a few, explain that those they’ve seen in
Purgatory are often suffering in a specific way for a specific sin. For instance if in life you were a glutton-
eating and drinking excessively into actual sin, the soul was shown to have a
nail through his/her mouth while in Purgatory.
I read a story several years ago (wish I could recall what book
it was in) about a parish cemetery and the “ghost” of a woman who stood in
tattered grave clothes with messy hair upon her grave. She was tethered to that
spot as part of her Purgatory suffering.
I believe it was a priest who noticed her and asked what she was doing
there. She told him she was serving her
Purgatory in such a state just outside of her parish Church because in life,
she had been a vain woman. When she attended
Mass, she would dress in the finest clothes and spend a great deal of time
fixing her hair and face to draw attention to herself. She had caused many to be distracted in her
parish Church. The priest said he would
pray for her and he did. The next time
he saw her she had moved from above her grave to the gates of the
cemetery. The priest stopped to speak
with her again. She thanked him for his
prayers and asked for more because they had helped her get closer to God in the
Church. The priest agreed and again
prayed for her. The next time he saw
her, her hair was tidy and her clothes were no longer tattered but still
filthy. She begged the priest to pray
for her and have a Mass said for her. He
agreed. He then saw that woman one last
time, smiling and glowing as she finally stepped over the threshold of the
parish Church and disappeared having been relieved of her Purgatory suffering
by the prayers and Mass said by the priest.
If the priest hadn’t noticed her or had ignored her, she would
still be tethered there because she could not pray for herself and she had been
forgotten by everyone else. There was no
one to think of her, to pray for her or to have Masses said for her. The length of her suffering was shortened
because someone prayed for her and had Masses said for her.
This is why we MUST pray for the dead and have Masses said for
them! They need us! They suffer and will continue to suffer in
days, months and years when we neglect to pray for them.
So today and throughout the year PRAY FOR THE DEAD and don’t
neglect to have Masses said for them!
Litany for the Poor Souls in Purgatory
O Jesus, Thou
suffered and died that all mankind might be saved and brought to eternal
happiness. Hear our pleas for further mercy on the souls of:
My dear parents and grandparents,
My brothers and sisters and other
near relatives,
My godparents and sponsors of
Confirmation,
My spiritual and temporal
benefactors,
My friends and neighbors,
All for whom love or duty bids me
pray,
Those who have suffered
disadvantage or harm through me,
Those who have offended me,
Those whose release is near at
hand,
Those who desire most to be united
to Thee,
Those who endure the greatest
sufferings,
Those whose release is most
remote,
Those who are least remembered
Those who are most deserving on
account of their services to the Church,
The rich, who are now the most
destitute,
The mighty, who are now powerless,
The once spiritually blind, who
now see their folly
The frivolous, who spent their
time in idleness,
The poor who did not seek the
treasures of heaven,
The tepid who devoted little time
to prayer,
The indolent who neglected to
perform good works,
Those of little faith, who
neglected the frequent reception of the Sacraments,
The habitual sinners, who owe
their salvation to a miracle of grace,
Parents who failed to watch over
their children,
Superiors who were not solicitous
for the salvation of those entrusted to them,
Those who strove for worldly
riches and pleasures,
The worldly minded, who failed to
use their wealth and talent for the service of God,
Those who witnessed the death of
others, but would not think of their own,
Those who did not provide for the
life hereafter,
Those whose sentence is severe
because of the great things entrusted to them,
The popes, kings, and rulers,
The bishops and their counselors,
My teachers and spiritual
advisors,
The priests and religious of the
Catholic Church,
The defenders of the Holy Faith,
Those who died on the battlefield,
Those who fought for their
country,
Those who were buried in the sea,
Those who died of apoplexy,
Those who died of heart attacks,
Those who suffered and died of
cancer,
Those who died suddenly in
accidents,
Those who died without the last
rites of the Church,
Those who shall die within the
next twenty-four hours,
My own poor soul when I shall have
to appear before Thy judgment seat.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light
shine upon them: For evermore with Thy Saints, because Thou art gracious. May the prayer of Thy suppliant people, we beseech Thee, O
Lord, benefit the souls of Thy departed servants and handmaids: that Thou
mayest both deliver them from all their sins, and make them to be partakers of
Thy redemption. Amen. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light
shine on them. Amen. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
In Christ,
Julie @ Connecticut Catholic Corner
To learn more about Purgatory, I highly recommend the following books:
-"The Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich (Volumes 1 and 2)" by the Very Reverend Carl E. Schmoger, C.SS.R.
-"Hungry Souls: Supernatural Visits, Messages and Warnings from Purgatory" by Gerard J.M. Van Den Aardweg
-"Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory" by Bob and Penny Lord
And anything with the writings of St. Catherine of Genoa or Saint Gertrude the Great.
St. Gregory the Great: Pope, Confessor and Doctor of the Church St. Gregory was born in Rome around the year 540, he was the son of Gordianus. For a time he was a wealthy senator who would later renounce the world and become one of the seven deacons of Rome. In 574 the Emperor Justine the Younger appointed him 'Chief Magistrate' of Rome, though he was only thirty-four years old at the time. After the death of his father, he built six monasteries in Sicily and founded a seventh in his own house in Rome where he had grown up. This monastery was the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew where he himself assumed the monastic habit in 575. After the death of Pelaguis, St. Gregory was chosen Pope by the unanimous consent of priests and people. Now began those labors which have merited for him the title of "Great". Hi zeal extended over the entire world, he was in contact with all the Churches of Christendom and, in spite of his bodily sufferings and innumerable labors, he found time to compose a great number of works. He is known above all for his magnificent contributions to the liturgy of the Mass and Office. He is one of the great Doctors of the Latin Church. He died on March 12, 604 (March 12 used to be his Feast Day).
A prayer to St. Gregory the Great...
O God, You who have given to the soul of Your servant Gregory the rewards of everlasting bliss, mercifully grant that we who are oppressed by the weight of our sins, may be relieved by his intercession with You. Amen.
Source: "Lives of the Saints: for every day of the year" by Rev. Hugo Hoever, S.O.Cist, Ph.D. Catholic Book Publishing June 1, 1955 NIHIL OBSTAT: John M. Fearns, S.T.D. - Censor Librorum IMPRIMATUR: Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York
I've been thinking of new ways to share the Catholic faith and came up with the "What does the Catholic Catechism say about that?" feature. Weekly (hopefully) I will post quotes from the catechism either on their own or in relation to a topic discussion. Today I am starting with the topic of "saints".
956 The intercession of the saints. "Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness.... [T]hey do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they acquired on earth through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus.... So by their fraternal concern is our weakness greatly helped." 495
Do not weep, for I shall be more useful to you after my death and I shall help you then more effectively than during my life. 496
I want to spend my heaven in doing good on earth. 497
957 Communion with the saints. "It is not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven; we seek, rather, that by this devotion to the exercise of fraternal charity the union of the whole Church in the Spirit may be strengthened. Exactly as Christian communion among our fellow pilgrims brings us closer to Christ, so our communion with the saints joins us to Christ, from whom as from its fountain and head issues all grace, and the life of the People of God itself" 498:
We worship Christ as God's Son; we love the martyrs as the Lord's disciples and imitators, and rightly so because of their matchless devotion towards their king and master. May we also be their companions and fellow disciples! 499
960 The Church is a "communion of saints": this expression refers first to the "holy things" (sancta), above all the Eucharist, by which "the unity of believers, who form one body in Christ, is both represented and brought about" (LG 3).
961 The term "communion of saints" refers also to the communion of "holy persons" (sancti) in Christ who "died for all," so that what each one does or suffers in and for Christ bears fruit for all.
962 "We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are being purified, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion, the merciful love of God and his saints is always [attentive] to our prayers" (Paul VI, CPG § 30).
Consider Jesus’s words in Luke: 13, 1-5:”There were some present at that very time who told Him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And He answered them, ‘Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Silo’am fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” ( Emphasis added.)
Most of us aren’t serial killers, or even necessarily bad people, but we are all sinners, and sin is an equal opportunity killer. It does not discriminate. It welcomes all. Grave or mortal sin in particular, even if committed only once, can cause our eternal doom, right along with the gruesome and repugnant serial killer you saw on the 6pm news.
A mortal sin is basically a violation of the 10 Commandments. On it’s web site, the National Catholic Register (www.ncregister.com) has a “Resources” link to a confession guide, for children and adults. When you see this guide, you realize that the range of each of the 10 Commandments by definition is broader than we typically assume. For example, abusing alcohol or drugs falls under the 5th Commandment of “thou shalt not kill,” because of the harm they cause to our bodies. Masturbation, the use of contraception, or even lustful thoughts violate the 6th Commandment of “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and regardless if the sinner is single or married because such practices abuse the intent of our bodies (actually, “temples”) or denigrates the dignity of someone else’s body.
Last but not least, 1857 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that three conditions must first be present for a sin to be considered “mortal,” or “grave”: 1.) The object of the sin itself must be grave matter. 2.) The sin must be committed with full knowledge. 3.) The sin must be committed with deliberate consent.
It is noteworthy, however, that 1735 of the Catechism lists the exceptions for imputability and responsibility of actions which can be “diminished or “even nullified“: “ignorance, inadvertence, duress, fear, habit, inordinate attachments, and other psychological or social factors.”
I learned long ago to ideally never offer a dissenting opinion without an alternative or helpful suggestion, and Jesus has already supplied such an escape from eternal damnation for us: the Sacrament of Reconciliation, A.K.A.: “Confession.”
Consider the following passages from the book “The Life Of Faustina Kowalska,” the authorized biography of the now canonized Patroness of Divine Mercy, written by Sister Sophia Michalenko, in which Jesus told the following instructions to then Sister Faustina:
“Let the sinner not be afraid to approach Me. The flames of Mercy are burning Me-clamoring to be spent; I want to pour them out on these souls. Distrust on the part of souls is tearing at My insides,. The distrust of a chosen soul causes Me even greater pain; despite my inexhaustible love for them they do not trust Me. Even My death is not enough for them. Woe to the soul that abuses these [gifts].” (Page 45)
“I desire trust from My creatures. Encourage souls to place great trust in my fathomless mercy. Let the weak, sinful soul have no fear to approach Me, for even if it had more sins than there are grains of sand in the world, all will be drowned in the immeasurable depths of My mercy.” (Page 172)
-“The flames of mercy are burning Me. I desire to pour them out upon human souls. Oh, what pain they cause Me when they do not want to accept them!” -“At that last hour, a soul has nothing with which to defend itself except My mercy. Happy is the soul that during its lifetime immersed itself in the Fountain of Mercy, because justice will have no hold on it.” -“Write this: Everything that exists is enclosed in the depths of My mercy, more deeply than an infant in its mother’s womb. How painfully distrust of My goodness wounds Me! Sins of distrust wound me most painfully.” (Page 175)
"{Let} the greatest sinners {place} their trust in My mercy. They have the right before others to trust in My bottomless mercy. My daughter, write about My mercy toward tormented souls. Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in My unfathomable and inscrutable mercy. Write: Before I come as a just Judge, I first open wide the door of My mercy. He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice…” (Emphasis added) (Page 180)
Notice how Jesus discerns the terms “justice” and “mercy.” As I once heard a priest wryly explain in a Homily, “Justice is getting what we deserve. Mercy is getting what we don’t deserve!” And where do we attain that mercy?
“Write, speak of My mercy. Tell souls where they are to look for solace; that is, in the Tribunal of Mercy [The Sacrament Of Reconciliation].” (Page 214)
Jesus also admonished that we should recite the Divine Mercy Chaplet (done on Rosary Beads) daily and that great graces will be granted to even the most hardened sinner, if he recites the Chaplet even once, and likewise if it is read in the presence of, and on behalf of a dying person. Both Jesus and The Blessed Mother in their appearances to Saint Faustina also emphasized three Christian virtues: humility, love and purity. Without the Sacrament of Reconciliation, which grants as much healing and Grace as it does forgiveness, we cannot realistically hope to attain such Mercy.
That is where the humility comes in, as Saint Bernard once sagely noted, “Humility is the mother of all salvation.” Purity is important, because as our Blessed Mother has said, sexual sin is so common that many souls drop like “snowflakes” into Hell. As for love, for God and for each other, it is the most vital virtue because by definition, any sin violates love, as so noted in 1 Corinthians, 13, 13: “So faith, hope, love abide these three, but the greatest of these is love.”
So while some may be worse sinners than us, the wages of sin are indeed potentially death for any sinner who does not seek mercy through repentance and reconciliation. Even venial, or lesser sin, weakens us and makes us more prone to commit more serious sin. And to that aim, we must always be on guard, as Jesus warned us in Luke: 12, 35-41: “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning and be like men who are waiting for their master to come home from the marriage feast, so that they may open to him at once when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes; truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and he will come and serve them. If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You must also be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
Given our human frailty, actually caused by original sin, this all can seem overwhelming, which is why we need to be mindful that each of us is a work in progress, and that is why Scripture is so plentiful with words of encouragement, advising us not to be afraid, because God is merciful, patient and loving, so long as we are faithful and diligent, in spite of our seemingly endless failures, and trusting in His Son, Jesus as our Savior. Saint Padre Pio, a man of reputed good cheer, put it thus succinctly, “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
Saint Augustine gave us yet even more perspective, and hope: “God does not impose impossible things, but by giving His command, He admonishes you to do what you can and pray for what you cannot do (yet).”
From this fellow sinner, I wish you God’s loving peace, and above all, His mercy.
