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Thursday, October 31, 2019
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Top Stories
• Catholic Priest Denies Joe Biden Communion Because He’s Pro-Abortion
• Democrats Want to Impeach President Donald Trump Because He’s a Pro-Life Champion on Abortion
• Judge Blocks Alabama Pro-Life Law Banning Abortions, Protecting Unborn Babies
• Judge Allows Nicholas Sandmann’s Lawsuit Against Washington Post to Move Forward
More Pro-Life News
• Massachusetts Bill Would Legalize Abortions Up to Birth, Allow Infanticide
• Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Unveils Bill to Legalize Abortions Up to Birth
• Pro-Life Pastor Kicked Out of Portland, Oregon Park Sues for His Free Speech Rights
• Netflix Promotes Alyssa Milano’s Pro-Abortion Agenda
• Scroll Down for Several More Pro-Life News Stories
Catholic Priest Denies Joe Biden Communion Because He’s Pro-Abortion
Joe Biden reportedly was denied communion Sunday at a Catholic church in South Carolina because of his support for the killing of unborn babies in abortions.
Democrats Want to Impeach President Donald Trump Because He’s a Pro-Life Champion on Abortion
Our pro-life president has been under attack since he won election in 2016, and the explanation for a large part of that assault is his unswerving pro-life position.
Judge Blocks Alabama Pro-Life Law Banning Abortions, Protecting Unborn Babies
Alabama may not enforce its law to protect unborn babies from abortion, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Massachusetts Bill Would Legalize Abortions Up to Birth, Allow Infanticide
Massachusetts abortion activists upped the pressure this week on state lawmakers to pass a bill legalizing abortions for basically any reason up to birth.
Pro-Life Pastor Kicked Out of Portland, Oregon Park Sues for His Free Speech Rights
A pro-life pastor who was kicked out of a Portland, Oregon park is suing the city for violating his free speech rights.
Netflix Promotes Alyssa Milano’s Pro-Abortion Agenda
Of course, we were subjected to abortion propaganda in season one, but apparently that wasn’t enough.
MORE PRO-LIFE NEWS FROM TODAY
Man Repeatedly Raped Teen Girl, Forced Her to Have Abortion. Abortion Clinic Never Reported Rape
84% of Dutch Pediatricians Want to be Able to Euthanize Children
Abortion Clinic Scheduled Dismemberment Abortion for Woman Who Lost Her Baby in Miscarriage
90% of Unborn Babies Diagnosed With Down Syndrome are Killed in Abortions. This Has to End
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Kentucky Voters Must Support Pro-Life Gov. Matt Bevin, a Stalwart Defender of Human Life
Abortion Activists Vandalize Pro-Life Billboard a Second Time
Patients Should Beware of Canada’s Euthanasia Philosophy
Nevada Abortions Jump 20% as More Abortion Pills Used to Kill Babies
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Dear Family of Mary!
“Dear children, the will and the love of the Heavenly Father make it so that I am among you, that I, with a motherly love, may help the growth of faith in your heart, for you to be able to truly comprehend the purpose of earthly life and the greatness of the heavenly one. My children, the earthly life is the way to eternity, to truth, and to life – to my Son. I desire to lead you on that way…”(October 2, 2019)
Yesterday’s homily was so precious I could not hold back from sharing it today in written form! (Thanks to Stephanie for transcribing it so quickly and so well!!)
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke. (Luke 13:22-30)
The question is put to Jesus: Will only a few people be saved? And I think, we hear that question and we’d like Jesus to give a clear answer. Give us percentages. So that we might know what our chances are. If he says, well, 90% will be saved; we’ll say, oh well, I have a reasonably good chance. If he says, 10% will be saved; we’re thinking- oh, I need to up my game here.
But Jesus doesn’t give facts and figures and percentages. He gives no direct answer. But he does give some clear advice: Strive to enter through the narrow gate.
Salvation is not something automatic. It is indeed a free gift given to us by our savior. It is his desire. But it is a gift that we have to reach out and take hold of. St. Augustine said something like: God made you without your cooperation, but he will not save you without your cooperation.
During the summer I was on retreat, and one night I had a very strange dream. And in the dream, I dreamt that I was a technician for NASA. I wasn’t the astronaut. As you can see, I wouldn’t really be qualified to be the astronaut. So in my dream, I was one of the technicians. And I was in the space shuttle.
There were several astronauts there. And the main engineer was coming in with his checklist, his manifesto, making sure we were ready for take-off. And in the dream, he’s looking around the inside of the space shuttle, and he realizes that the astronauts have brought bags of stuff with them… The food they like from home. Things that remind them of home. Some little comforts here and there. Bags of stuff… Over in one corner of the shuttle.
And the engineer looks at his page and he looks at all of this stuff, and he says, “What is this doing here?” And the astronauts said to him, “Well, we just, we want to take some stuff with us.” He said, “You don’t, you can’t take these things with you. Don’t you realize that I have measured everything perfectly. Every weight of this space shuttle is measured. And all of this stuff is going to put my measurements way off track. So, if we launch with all of this stuff – at best, we’re not going to land where we intend. At worst, we’re going to crash land. We need to get rid of this stuff.”
So he instructs me. And he and I start taking these bags of things, open the shuttle door, and throw them out. And the astronauts are protesting. They’re very, very annoyed. And he keeps saying to them, “But you can’t fly with this. You cannot take off with this.”
And then I woke up. And I thought, what a strange dream. And because I was on retreat, before breakfast, off I went to do my holy hour. And in the holy hour, I’m thinking, I’m dreaming about being an astronaut? Well, not quite an astronaut. But, for NASA, what was that? And as clear as day the thought came to me: Meticulous planning of the minutest detail is needed to get to the moon. But, how few there are, who have any plan whatsoever for the journey to heaven. We know that we have to plan for so many other things. And yet, we can be sometimes very haphazard about our ultimate destination.
And I think that seeing so many have, it seems, little or no plan, Our Lady has come to give Her plan, Her project. They’re often called, Our Lady’s Five Stones, or her Five-Point Plan: (1) Praying the Rosary with the heart, (2) Holy Mass, (3) The Bible, reading scripture daily, (4) Monthly Confession, and (5) Fasting.
These five points will keep us on track. Prayer will keep our hearts’ desires fixed on that narrow gate. The Holy Mass will keep our souls, as it were, loitering at that narrow gate. Because at every Mass, whether you know it or not, you dip your toe into eternity. We are in heaven right now. The daily scripture will help our eyes focus on that gate. Fasting will stir up a hunger, a longing to enter that gate. And Confession will help keep us humble and small enough to eventually be able to enter that gate. That’s Our Mother’s plan, and it’s a good one.
Will only a few be saved Lord? We are not given the answer to that question in numbers and percentages. But the answer to that question becomes utterly irrelevant to me if I, myself am not one of those who are saved. If I’m not saved, it will not matter whether 99% are saved; or whether 9% are saved. It won’t matter. I’m not saved.
So what’s our plan? Meticulous planning of the minutest detail is needed to get to the moon. How few there are who have any plan at all for the journey to heaven. Our Lady has a plan. It’s a good one. Let’s start following it.
And then, we will be ready whenever the final call comes. Whether it be today. Whether it be in 10, 20 years’ time from now. Whenever we are called to that narrow gate. We’ll be ready. We’ll have no excess baggage. And we’ll joyfully enter into the salvation Christ Jesus won for us. It is important for us to get ahead in life. But it is more important that we enter eternal life with God forever. Let us always, daily, fix our attention on that. And we’ll not go too far astray. (English Mass Homily, October 30, 2019, Fr. Phillip Kemmy)
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2019
“Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.”
Saint John Paul II
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Your sacrifices will have meaning.
Dear Family of Mary!
“…. Little children, in complete surrender to God, He will take care of everything and will bless you; and your sacrifices will have meaning…” (October 25, 2019)
I am so drawn to these words from Our Lady. She assures us that God can and will take care of every detail in our lives, under one condition. We must surrender to Him in everything. Completely. We have all tried at some point to trust someone in our lives, a mother or father, a teacher or a friend, even a spouse. We long to have someone who is totally trustworthy, and in whom we can entrust ourselves. But this kind of trust is not possible with our fellow humans. Why? Because not one of us is all knowing, all loving and all powerful. Not one of us is capable of covering all the bases. Such surrender and trust are not justified or even healthy.
And so, we have learned not to surrender to anyone. And this makes it hard for us to even imagine surrendering to God. And on top of that, all the saints who have surrendered completely to God still suffered. And that seems to contradict God’s ability to manage everything!
But, of course, we know that God has such an infinitely higher perspective than we do, and that He sees suffering and self-denial in a vastly different way. He saw the sacrifice of Jesus and Mary in a way we could not imagine. It was salvation for the whole world that was being won by their sacrifices. And he sees our suffering as part of that work of salvation as well. If we give it over to Him, it becomes so valuable!!! He entrusts us with that suffering because He loves us and trusts us to carry it for Him. And He also sustains us and heals us with His powerful love, time and time again!
Well, St. Faustina wrote about this mystery of love in a beautiful way. On New Year’s Day 1938, she prayed:
Welcome to you, New Year, in the course of which my perfection will be accomplished. Thank You in advance, O Lord, for everything Your goodness will send me. Thank You for the cup of suffering from which I shall daily drink. Do not diminish its bitterness, O Lord, but strengthen my lips that, while drinking of this bitterness, they may know how to smile for love of You, my Master. I thank You for Your countless comforts and graces that flow down upon me each day like the morning dew, silently, imperceptibly, which no curious eye may notice, and which are known only to You and me, O Lord. For all this, I thank You as of today because, at the moment when You hand me the cup, my heart may not be capable of giving thanks.
Our Lady wants us to imitate St. Faustina, and in our surrender begin to see the meaning of our sacrifices. She wants us to have the lofty and eternal perspective that St. Faustina developed, the perspective that the Father has for all of us, seeing us as co-workers in the fight for souls. She also wants us to trust that the Father will not leave us alone, but instead sustain us and care for us always.
Oh, Jesus, be the rudder of our souls!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2019
“Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.”
Saint John Paul II
Be connected!
www.marytv.tv
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May Prayer be a balm to your soul…
Dear Family of Mary!
“Little children, in complete surrender to God, He will take care of everything and will bless you; and your sacrifices will have meaning…”
(October 25, 2019)
Our Lady understands complete surrender to God. She lived her entire life in deep surrender and trust on the Heavenly Father. Each mystery of the Rosary shows us her surrender. But we have a difficult time of surrendering to the Lord. We find it hard to let go of our fears and worries. And so the Lord sent us a teacher, Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo. Here is a brief description of his life:
The way of total abandonment is given to us in the “Novena of Surrender to the Will of God” that Jesus gave to Fr. Dolindo. We pray this novena every day during the Daily Rosary on Mary TV. The words of this novena help us to refocus and abandon ourselves to God. Such abandonment and surrender makes us able to serve the Lord in our day. We become available to Him. This is very important.
Here is a PDF of the Novena to the Will of God by Fr. Dolindo. It is a great gift to us all!!
“Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.”
Saint John Paul II
Be connected!
www.marytv.tv
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May Prayer be a balm to your soul…
Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles
Dear Family of Mary!
“Dear children! Today I call you to prayer. May prayer be a balm to your soul, because the fruit of prayer is joy, giving and witnessing God to others – through your life. Little children, in complete surrender to God, He will take care of everything and will bless you; and your sacrifices will have meaning. I am with you and bless all of you with my motherly blessing. Thank you for having responded to my call.” (October 25, 2019)
Again Our Lady speaks to us about prayer. She wants prayer to be a balm for our souls. That means prayer will heal our souls, like a fragrant ointment soothes and heals a wound, so prayer heals our souls. We all have wounds. Because we all have sinned, we all have wounds left in our souls, our hearts, and our memories that need to be healed. We have sad memories, guilty memories, anxious memories that haunt us. We need healing.
Prayer is a balm for our souls when we completely surrender to God. We are healed when we abandon ourselves to God and let him take care of everything. Surrender in prayer is the moment when God can come into our lives and heal us. Surrender is the moment when we really pray with the heart. This is the prayer that heals.
Fr. Gabriel Amorth shared a healing prayer, a prayer from the heart for our inner healing. We can pray it with peace and surrender, knowing that Our Lord wants to do everything that we ask for in this prayer.
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2019
“Medjugorje is the spiritual center of the world.”
Saint John Paul II
Be connected!
www.marytv.tv
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I'm Deacon John, age 84, ordained 4/25/87 as a Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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