Stabat Mater ~ 13th century Latin hymn to Mother Mary

Latin:

Stabat Mater dolorósa 

Juxta Crucem lacrimósa, 

Dum pendébat Filius.

Cujus ánimam geméntem, 

Contristátam et doléntem, 

Pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflicta 

Fuit illa benedicta 

Mater Unigéniti!

Quae maerébat, et dolébat, 

Pia Mater, dum vidébat 

Nati poenas inclyti.

Quis est homo, qui non fleret, 

Matrem Christi si vidéret 

In tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristári, 

Christi Matrem contemplári 

Doléntem cum Filio?

Pro peccátis suae gentis 

Vidit Jesum in torméntis, 

Et flagéllis súbditum.

Vidit suum dulcem natum 

Moriéndo desolátum, 

Dum emisit spíritum.

Eja mater, fons amóris, 

Me sentíre vim dolóris 

Fac, ut tecum lúgeam.

Fac, ut árdeat cor meum 

In amándo Christum Deum, 

Ut sibi compláceam.

Sancta Mater, istud agas 

Crucifixi fige plagas 

Cordi meo válide.

Tui nati vulneráti, 

Tam dignáti pro me pati, 

Poenas mecum dívide.

Fac me tecum pie flere, 

Crucifixo condolére, 

Donec ego víxero.

Juxta Crucem tecum stare,

Et me tibi sociáre

In planctu desídero.

Virgo vírginum praeclára, 

Mihi jam non sis amára: 

Fac me tecum plángere.

Fac, ut portem Christi mortem, 

Passiónis fac consórtem, 

Et plagas recólere.

Fac me plagis vulnerári, 

Fac me Cruce inebriári, 

Et cruó re Fílii.

Flammis ne urar succénsus, 

Per te, Virgo, sim defénsus 

In die judícii.

Christe, cum sit hinc exíre

Da per Matrem me veníre

Ad palmam victóriae.

Quando corpus moriétur, 

Fac, ut ánimae donétur 

Paradísi glória. Amen. Allelúja.

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English:

At the cross her station keeping, 

Mary stood in sorrow weeping 

When her Son was crucified.

While she waited in her anguish, 

Seeing Christ in torment languish, 

Bitter sorrow pierced her heart.

With what pain and desolation, 

With what noble resignation, 

Mary watched her dying Son.

Ever-patient in her yearning 

Though her tear-filled eyes were burning, 

Mary gazed upon her Son.

Who, that sorrow contemplating, 

On that passion meditating, 

Would not share the Virgin's grief?

Christ she saw, for our salvation, 

Scourged with cruel acclamation, 

Bruised and beaten by the rod.

Christ she saw with life-blood failing, 

All her anguish unavailing, 

Saw him breathe his very last.

Mary, fount of love's devotion, 

Let me share with true emotion 

All the sorrow you endured.

Virgin, ever interceding, 

Hear me in my fervent pleading: 

Fire me with your love of Christ.

Mother, may this prayer be granted:

That Christ's love may be implanted

In the depths of my poor soul.

At the cross, your sorrow sharing, 

All your grief and torment bearing, 

Let me stand and mourn with you.

Fairest maid of all creation, 

Queen of hope and consolation, 

Let me feel your grief sublime.

Virgin, in your love befriend me, 

At the Judgment Day defend me. 

Help me by your constant prayer.

Savior, when my life shall leave me,

Through your mother's prayers

receive me

With the fruits of victory.

Virgin of all virgins blest! 

Listen to my fond request: 

Let me share your grief divine

Let me, to my latest breath, 

In my body bear the death 

Of your dying Son divine.

Wounded with His every wound, 

Steep my soul till it has swooned 

In His very Blood away.

Be to me, O Virgin, nigh, 

Lest in flames I burn and die, 

In His awe-full judgment day.

Savior, when my life shall leave me,

Through your mother's prayers

receive me

With the fruits of victory.

While my body here decays 

May my soul your goodness praise, 

Safe in heaven eternally. Amen Alleluia.

Saint Jude's Feast & Novena ~ 2014 ~ Rawang, Selangor, Malaysia

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My petition to Saint Anthony ~ St. Antnony's Bread

Power of Prayer as confirmed in the Scriptures

Matthew 7:7 

“Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Mark 9:29 

And he said to them, “This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer.”

James 5:14-16 

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another,that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Mark 11:24 

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Philippians 4:6-7 

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 21:21-22 

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

James 1:6 

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ~ 8 September 2014

Hail Mary, full of grace…

The Lord is with thee…

Blessed art thou amongst women…

And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

Pray for us now,

And at the time of our death.

Amen.

The Feast commemorates the birth of the Mother of Jesus Christ, our Lord. There is nothing in Scripture about the birth of Mary or her parentage, although as we have just heard Joseph’s lineage is given in the first chapter of Matthew’s Gospel. The names of Mary’s parents, Joachim and Anna, appear in the apocryphal “Gospel of James”, a book dating from the 2nd Century AD, which not part of the canon of Scripture.

According to the story found in this book, Mary's parents, Joachim and Anna, were childless for many years. They remained faithful to God, but their prayers for a child were unanswered. One day, when Joachim came to the temple to make an offering, he was turned away by the High Priest who chastised him for his lack of children. To hide his shame, Joachim retreated to the hill country to live among the shepherds and their flocks.

As Joachim was praying, his wife Anna was praying at the same time at their house in Jerusalem. An angel appeared to both of them and announced that Anna would have a child whose name would be known throughout the world. Anna promised to offer her child as a gift to the Lord. Joachim returned home, and in due time Anna bore a daughter, Mary.

Impart to your servants, we pray, O Lord, the gift of heavenly grace, that the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin may bring deeper peace to those for whom the birth of her Son was the dawning of salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Monday, 8 September 2014
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Reading 1

Micah 5:1-4a
The LORD says:
You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah,
too small to be among the clans of Judah,
From you shall come forth for me
one who is to be ruler in Israel;
Whose origin is from of old,
from ancient times.
(Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time
when she who is to give birth has borne,
And the rest of his brethren shall return
to the children of Israel.)
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock
by the strength of the LORD,
in the majestic name of the LORD, his God;
And they shall remain, for now his greatness
shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
Or 

Romans 8:28-30
Brothers and sisters:
We know that all things work for good for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
so that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers.
And those he predestined he also called;
and those he called he also justified;
and those he justified he also glorified.

Responsorial Psalm 

Psalm 13:6ab, 6c
R. With delight I rejoice in the Lord.
Though I trusted in your mercy,
let my heart rejoice in your salvation.
R. With delight I rejoice in the Lord.
Let me sing of the LORD, “He has been good to me.”
R. With delight I rejoice in the Lord.


Gospel 

Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,
the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham became the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah,
whose mother was Tamar.
Perez became the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab became the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Salmon the father of Boaz,
whose mother was Rahab.
Boaz became the father of Obed,
whose mother was Ruth.
Obed became the father of Jesse,
Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon,
whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asaph.
Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,
Joram the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah became the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amos,
Amos the father of Josiah.
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers
at the time of the Babylonian exile.

After the Babylonian exile,
Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.
Abiud became the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
Azor the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Achim,
Achim the father of Eliud,
Eliud the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.

Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,

which means “God is with us.”
Or 

Matthew 1:18-23
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about.
When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph,
but before they lived together,
she was found with child through the Holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:

Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,

which means “God is with us.”

Turn Your ear to me, O Lord, and Answer me, Hear my Cry and have Mercy on me

Hear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry come to you!

Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

answer me speedily in the day when I call!

~ * ~ Psalm 102:1-2 ~ * ~

Lord, I need to attain a large sum which is beyond my own capability urgently by Friday. I realise that this amount is not small Lord and I am unable to raise it myself by Friday. I have no means Lord, but I truly believe Lord that only You have the power and might to grant me the miracle I need. What is impossible for me, is possible for You my Lord. I desperately need the money to settle some backlog financial debts. I have delay them for sometime but I can't postpone it any more as I have committed to the parties involved that I will settle it by today. I know Lord, I am a sinner and am only human, HAVE MERCY on me. all these are due to my mistakes. Lord, You have always been by my side especially in my lowest times. Come Lord, and GRANT me your healing from this situation which I am in urgent need of a solution. I repent Lord for all my sin, please forgive me Lord, and command your angels to come today an LIFT me out of this situation and saves me. Lord, Father in Heaven, I am asking You for this great favour, in the name of Your son JESUS and I truly believe and trust that in accordance of Your will You will grant my request, soon today. AMEN.

Please believe me!. I am a GOD fearing and trusting person. In JESUS name whatever I wrote above is all true. All I am doing is to attain the amount needed but I am unable do it myself in a short time. I am struggling every day to make ends-meet. Time is of the essence because I do not have long as these situation has affected my live, my work and well being, there are no ways to overcome these problems except only a miracle from God can save me now. JESUS, I your servant cry in desperateness, come Lord have mercy on a sinner like me and heal me. I truly believe and trust Lord, that by Your Word, I am Heal. PLEASE, give ONE LAST CHANCE fix my mistakes and repent, thus I am able to build back myself to establish a righteous budgeting/financial habits, providing financial and life the peace and security it needs.

If someone out there (a good Samaritan) with the financial ability would grant me some assistance in form of loan, which I promises to repay back in instalments. I really need the funds desperately and urgently. Please leave a message at my email stanx4christ@gmail.com. or go to the link at the bottom to help.  I will be very thankful and grateful of this help, for the Lord has send me an angel to lift me up.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

~ * ~ Psalm 91:11-12 ~ * ~

We all need help from time to time, 

especially in desperate and pressing times 

and there is no shame in asking for it. 

God will work wonders through his people. 

All Glory. Praise and Thanksgiving 

to Our Father, God in Heaven and on Earth.

To offer a helping hand, follow this link. 

May the Good Lord Bless you 

for Your sincere help a hundred-fold. 

God Bless and Thank You.

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Memorial of Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin ~ 23 August 2014

Isabel de Flores was born to parents of Spanish descent at Lima, Peru 20 April, 1586 and died there the 24 August, 1617. Isabel developed a talent for gardening, so it is not surprising that she took the name “Rose” as her confirmation name. She obtained her parents’ permission to be enrolled in the Third Order of Saint Dominic; from her childhood she had taken Saint Catherine of Siena as her model, and she then redoubled her penance. The Blessed Sacrament seemed virtually her only food. Her love for it was intense. Her fasting was near miraculous; during Lent in particular, she denied herself her former single piece of bread each day, to consume only a few orange seeds. Her disciplines were of an almost incredible severity, and her hair shirt reached from her shoulders to her wrists and knees; not satisfied with its rudeness, she armed it with iron nails. The cell of Saint Rose was a garden hut, her couch a box of broken tiles. Concealed by her veil, a silver crown armed with ninety sharp points encircled her head. More than once, when she shuddered at the prospect of a night of torture, a voice said, “My cross was yet more painful.” The demon tormented her for fifteen years with insupportable temptations; but God sustained His spouse against them, though she would gladly have died rather than live any longer in their clutches. When a Dutch fleet prepared to attack the city of Lima, Rose took her place before the tabernacle, and wept because she felt unworthy to die in its defense, as she hoped she might; the enemy weighed anchor soon afterwards and departed without attempting a siege. All of Saint Rose’s sufferings were offered for the conversion of sinners, and the thought of the multitudes in hell was ever before her soul.

We honour Rose of Lima on 23 August. She was the first person from the New World, the Americas to be named a saint. She was beatified by Pope Clement IX in 1667 and canonized in 1671 by Clement X. St. Rose of Lima is the patroness of Latin America and the Philippines. St. Rose’s life teaches us to reach out to our neighbour and to use our talents to help them live better lives.

O God, you set Saint Rose of Lima on fire with your love,

so that, secluded from the world

in the austerity of a life of penance,

she might give herself to you alone;

grant, we pray, that through her intercession,

we may tread the paths of life on earth

and drink at the stream of your delights in heaven.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever. AMEN.

Saturday, 23 August 2014
St. Rose of Lima, Virgin (Optional Memorial)

First Reading

Ezekiel 43:1-7

Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate facing east. And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east; and the sound of his coming was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with his glory. And the vision I saw was like the vision which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like the vision which I had seen by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. As the glory of the LORD entered the temple by the gate facing east, 5the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple. While the man was standing beside me, I heard one speaking to me out of the temple; and he said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the people of Israel for ever. And the house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their harlotry, and by the dead bodies of their kings,

Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 85:9-14

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts. Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land. Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. Yea, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.

Gospel

Matthew 23:1-12

Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren.  And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary ~ 22 August 2014

We celebrated the Assumption of our Lady into Heaven, a week ago on 15 August and today we celebrated Her Holy Queenship, also known as the Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. God bestows Mary, the Virgin Mother of God her place among the angels and saints as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. As we celebrated the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, may we all recognize more clearly and venerate more devoutly the merciful and motherly sovereignty of her who bore God in her womb. 

On the 11 October 1954, Pope Pius XII established the Feast of the Queenship of Mary to be celebrated throughout the world, and commanded that on that day each year, the world should renew its consecration to her and a present the feast is now celebrated on 22 August. The Blessed Virgin Mary should be called Queen, not only because of her Divine Motherhood, but also because God has willed her to have an exceptional role in the work of our eternal salvation. Jesus Christ, the God-Man, is King; but Mary, too, as Mother of the divine Christ, as His associate in the redemption, in his struggle with His enemies and His final victory over them, has a share, though in a limited and analogous way, in His royal dignity.

Whoever, therefore, reverences the Queen of heaven and earth--and let no one consider himself exempt from this tribute of a grateful and loving soul--let him invoke the most effective of Queens, the Mediatrix of peace; let him respect and preserve peace, which is not wickedness unpunished nor freedom without restraint, but a well-ordered harmony under the rule of the will of God; to its safeguarding and growth the gentle urgings and commands of the Virgin Mary impel us.

Ave, Regina Caelorum,

Hail, O Queen of Heaven.

Ave, Domina Angelorum:

Hail, O Lady of Angels

Salve, radix, salve, porta

Hail! thou root, hail! thou gate

Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

From whom unto the world, a light has arisen.

Gaude, Virgo gloriosa.

Rejoice, O glorious Virgin,

Super omnes speciosa,

Lovely beyond all others,

Vale, o valde decora,

Farewell, most beautiful maiden,

Et pro nobis Christum exora.

And pray for us to Christ.

PRAYER

O Mary Immaculate Queen, look down upon this distressed and suffering world. Thou knowest our misery and our weakness. O Thou who art our Mother, saving us in the hour of peril, have compassion on us in these days of great and heavy trial. 

Jesus has confided to thee the treasure of His Grace, and through Thee He wills to grant us pardon and mercy. In these hours of anguish, therefore, thy children come to Thee as their hope. 

We recognize thy Queenship and ardently desire thy triumph. We need a Mother and a Mother's Heart. Thou art for us the luminous dawn which dissipates our darkness and points out the way to life. In thy clemency obtain for us the courage and the confidence of which we have such need. 

Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, Thou Who didst crown with glory in Heaven the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Saviour, grant that all her children on earth may acknowledge her as their Sovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes, and nations may recognize her rights as Mother and as Queen. Amen. 

"More than all the angels and all the saints has God ineffable freely endowed Mary with the fullness of the heavenly gifts that abound in the divine treasury; and she, preserving herself ever immaculately clean from the slightest taint of sin, attained a fullness of innocence and holiness so great as to be unthinkable apart from God Himself, a fullness that no one other than God will ever possess." ~ Pope Pius IX, wrote in his Bull Ineflabilis Deus

O God, who made the Mother of your Son to be our Mother and our Queen, graciously grant that, sustained by her intercession, we may attain in the heavenly Kingdom the glory promised to your children. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Friday, 22 August 2014
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

First Reading
Isaiah 9:1-6

But there will be no gloom for her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zeb'ulun and the land of Naph'tali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined. Thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast increased its joy; they rejoice before thee as with joy at the harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Mid'ian. For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 113:1-8

Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD! Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the LORD is to be praised! The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust, and lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes, with the princes of his people.

Gospel
Luke 1:26-38

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there will be no end." And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible." And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

People who are close to my Heart and people beyond my Reach

When my arms can't reach 

the people who are Close to my Heart

and the people Beyond my Reach,

I always HUG them

with my PRAYERS.

Divine Infant JESUS, come to my aid

O God, mercifully grant that we, who know You now by faith, may we always follow Your Way, guided by Your Light, a Star that never dims! You who have given us the Greatest Gift of all, your Son, Jesus Christ. Come To My Aid O God. O Lord,Make Haste To Help Me.

Infant Jesus of Prague, His hand represents both the divinity and humanity of God Incarnate. The other three fingers represent The Blessed Trinity. The "L" shape of his fingers is for His Unending, Eternal, Merciful Love. There is no end to His Love.

Prayer for Healing and Strength

O God who are the only source 

of health and healing, 

the spirit of calm 

and the central peace 

of this universe, 

grant to me such a consciousness 

of your indwelling 

and surrounding presence 

that I may permit you 

to give me health and strength 

and peace, 

through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Amen.

LORD, Hear my Shout and Cry for HELP .... I am in desperate need and I know You will Provide

Hear my prayer, O Lord;

let my cry come to you!

Do not hide your face from me

in the day of my distress!

Incline your ear to me;

answer me speedily in the day when I call!

~ * ~ Psalm 102:1-2 ~ * ~

Lord, I need to attain a large sum which is beyond my own capability urgently by Friday. I realise that this amount is not small Lord and I am unable to raise it myself by Friday. I have no means Lord, but I truly believe Lord that only You have the power and might to grant me the miracle I need. What is impossible for me, is possible for You my Lord. I desperately need the money to settle some backlog financial debts. I have delay them for sometime but I can't postpone it any more as I have committed to the parties involved that I will settle it by today. I know Lord, I am a sinner and am only human, HAVE MERCY on me. all these are due to my mistakes. Lord, You have always been by my side especially in my lowest times. Come Lord, and GRANT me your healing from this situation which I am in urgent need of a solution. I repent Lord for all my sin, please forgive me Lord, and command your angels to come today an LIFT me out of this situation and saves me. Lord, Father in Heaven, I am asking You for this great favour, in the name of Your son JESUS and I truly believe and trust that in accordance of Your will You will grant my request, soon today. AMEN.

Please believe me!. I am a GOD fearing and trusting person. In JESUS name whatever I wrote above is all true. All I am doing is to attain the amount needed but I am unable do it myself in a short time. I am struggling every day to make ends-meet. Time is of the essence because I do not have long as these situation has affected my live, my work and well being, there are no ways to overcome these problems except only a miracle from God can save me now. JESUS, I your servant cry in desperateness, come Lord have mercy on a sinner like me and heal me. I truly believe and trust Lord, that by Your Word, I am Heal. PLEASE, give ONE LAST CHANCE fix my mistakes and repent, thus I am able to build back myself to establish a righteous budgeting/financial habits, providing financial and life the peace and security it needs.

If someone out there (a good Samaritan) with the financial ability would grant me some assistance in form of loan, which I promises to repay back in instalments. I really need the funds desperately and urgently. Please leave a message at my email stanx4christ@gmail.com. or go to the link at the bottom to help.  I will be very thankful and grateful of this help, for the Lord has send me an angel to lift me up.

For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands,

so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

~ * ~ Psalm 91:11-12 ~ * ~

We all need help from time to time, 

especially in desperate and pressing times 

and there is no shame in asking for it. 

God will work wonders through his people. 

All Glory. Praise and Thanksgiving 

to Our Father, God in Heaven and on Earth.

To offer a helping hand, follow this link. 

May the Good Lord Bless you 

for Your sincere help a hundred-fold. 

God Bless and Thank You.

Worry not! Trust in God

The Hillbilly ~ Ten Commandments (funny but applies)

A funny take on the 10 commandments, but still just as relevant! Do you live by them?

source:  Walk with Jesus (FB)

JESUS has been waiting for us 20 centuries long

When you approach the tabernacle, 

remember that He [Jesus] has been awaiting 

you for twenty centuries. 

~ * ~ St. Josemaria Institute ~ * ~

The Law of Karma ~ Father Ron Rolheiser