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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Public Revelation of the Third Part of the Secret of Fatima

Sister Lucia of Fatima wrote the third part of the secret revealed at the Cova da Iria-Fatima, on 13 July 1917 “in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine.”


“After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendor that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand. Pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice, 'Penance, Penance, Penance!' and we saw in an immense light that is God, 'something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'.”


“Other bishops, priests, and religious men and women were going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the dead bodies he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way the bishops, priests, and religious and various lay people of different ranks and positions died one after another. Beneath the two arms of the Cross stood two Angels each holding a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with which they sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.”

Written by Sister Lucia in Tuy, Portugal on 3 January 1944
Publicly revealed by the request of John Paul II on 26 June 2000
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Sunday, July 3, 2011


July 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Lectio: The Sacred Heart of Jesus (A)
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Saturday, June 4, 2011



JUNE 20011

Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Lectio: John 16,12-15
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Lectio: John 16,16-20
Friday, June 3, 2011
Lectio: John 16,20-23a
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Lectio: John 16,23b-28
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Lectio: The Ascension of the Lord (A)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Lectio: John 16,29-33
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Lectio: John 17,1-11a
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Lectio: John 17,11b-19
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Lectio: John 17,20-26
Friday, June 10, 2011
Lectio: John 21,15-19
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Lectio: John 21,20-25
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Lectio: Pentecost Sunday (A)
Monday, June 13, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 5,38-42
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 5,43-48
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 6,1-6.16-18
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 6,7-15
Friday, June 17, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 6,19-23
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 6,24-34
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Lectio: Trinity Sunday (A)
Monday, June 20, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 7,1-5
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 7,6.12-14
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 7,15-20
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 7,21-29
Friday, June 24, 2011
Lectio: Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 8,5-17
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Lectio: Body and Blood of Christ (A)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 8,18-22
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 8,23-27
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Lectio: St. Peter and St. Paul
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Lectio: Matthew 9,1-8




Mary Has a Role in Jesus’ Saving Mission

“Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which you have made ready in the sight of the nations; a light of revelation for the Gentiles and glory for your people Israel.” (Lk 2:32) Mary and Joseph are astounded when Simeon proclaims Jesus as a “light of revelation for the Gentiles”. Mary, instead, with reference to the prophecy of the sword that would pierce her heart, says nothing. Together with Joseph, she accepts in silence those mysterious words which predict a deeply sorrowful trial and give the Presentation of Jesus its deepest meaning. Indeed, according to the divine plan the sacrifice offered then “in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons” (Lk 2:24), prefigured the sacrifice of Jesus, “for I am meek and humble of heart” (Mt 11:29); in it the true “presentation” would be made (cf. Lk 2:22), which would see the Mother associated with her Son in the work of Redemption.






Simeon’s prophecy is followed by the meeting with the prophetess Anna: “She began to praise God, and spoke of the child to all who were looking forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem” (Lk 2:38). The faith and prophetic wisdom of the old woman who nurtures the expectation of the Messiah by “serving God night and day with fasting and prayer” (Lk 2:37), offer the Holy Family a further incentive to put their hope in the God of Israel. At this particular moment, Anna’s behavior would have appeared to Mary and Joseph as a sign from the Lord, a message of enlightened faith and persevering service. Beginning with Simeon’s prophecy, Mary intensely and mysteriously unites her life with Christ’s sorrowful mission: she is to become her Son's faithful coworker for the salvation of the human race.
Pope John Paul II

General Audience, December 18, 1996

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.







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Saturday, May 14, 2011




One Hand Pulled the Trigger, Another Guided the Bullet
On May 13, the Holy Father had lunched with Professor Jerome Lejeune, his wife and another guest, then he peacefully made his way to Saint Peter’s Square for the General Audience. While he made a tour of the square and approached the bronze door, the Turk Mehmet Ali Agça fired a shot at him, wounding him in abdomen, the right elbow and his left hand index finger. The bullet hit his index finger before entering the abdomen. I was sitting behind the Holy Father as usual, and the bullet, in spite of its force, fell between us, in the car, at my feet. The other wounded his right elbow, burning his skin and went on to wound other people. What did I think? Nobody believed that such a thing was possible. As I was so upset, I did not understand what was happening immediately. The noise had been deafening. All the pigeons flew away. Somebody had fired a shot. Who could it be? Then I saw that the Holy Father was hit. He looked unsteady, but nobody saw any blood or wounds on him. So I asked, “Where?” He answered me, “In the abdomen.” And I asked, “Is it painful?” He answered, “Yes”. The Holy Father was with half sitting, half leaning on me in the car, and this is how the ambulance found him. The Holy Father did not look at us. His eyes were closed, he was in great pain and kept repeating short prayers. If I remember correctly, he said: “Mary, my mother! Mary, my mother!” Dr. Buzzonetti, a male nurse and Brother Camillus were with me in the ambulance. It drove very fast, without a police escort. The siren broke down after a few hundred meters. The journey that would usually have taken at least half an hour took us eight minutes, and in Roman traffic! Later, the Holy Father told me that he had remained conscious all the way to the hospital, and that he had lost consciousness only there. He said that he had been convinced all the while that his wounds were not fatal.
Two hundred Poles had brought an image of Our Lady of Czestochowa with them from Poland, and they had set it on the ground in front of the Pope’s chair while they prayed for him with all their might. The operation lasted five hours and twenty minutes. The pope’s condition was considered very serious. His tension was extremely low. Bishop Dziwisz gave him extreme unction. “But hope gradually returned during the operation. At the beginning, we were all very nervous. Then we realized little by little that no vital organ had been touched, and that the pope could survive”. The pope had lost the three quarters of his blood, and a blood transfusion could transmit a virus to him. He remained in reanimation for a long time, but five days after the attack, adopting a Polish proverb, he declared, “One hand pulled the trigger, another guided the bullet.” He asked the bishop of Fatima who was in Rome to come to speak to him in the hospital about the Virgin’s message and as the bells rang the Angelus the following Sunday, in a message recorded in the pope’s hospital room, he entrusted humanity to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. One year later, on May 13, 1982, he went to give thanks to the Virgin in Fatima and one of the bullets was inserted in the crown of the statue of the Virgin. Finally, on March 25, 1984, he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in union with all the bishops of the world, as requested by the Virgin. Russia was freed without bloodshed from Communism right afterwards. In Fatima on May 13, 2000, at the time of the beatification of the two little Portuguese shepherds from Fatima, Jacinta and Francisco, he revealed the contents of the “third secret” of Fatima, concerning the sufferings of the Church and “the bishop dressed in white”, struck by the “blasts of a fire arm” - indicating that he believed the message alludes to the attempt on is life of May 13, 1981. Again, in the presence of the original statue of the Virgin of Fatima on October 8, 2000, at the time of the Bishops’ Jubilee, the Pope proclaimed at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican the “Act of Entrustment” to Mary, during which he entrusted the Third Millennium to the protection of the Mother of Christ.
According to the testimony of Bishop Stanislas Dziwisz, told by André Frossard in “Do not Be Afraid. Conversations with John Paul II” (N'ayez pas peur. Dialogue avec Jean-Paul II), Robert Laffont, Paris, 1982
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.
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Monday, May 2, 2011




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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Who Equals Her Greatness?

O noble Virgin, you are truly great above all greatness! Who equals you in greatness? What can equal you, O temple of God’s Word? O Virgin with whom shall I compare you among all creatures? You are so much greater than all creation put together. Shall I compare you to the earth and its fruit? You exceed them... If I say that God’s angels and archangels are great, you are greater than them all. Because angels and archangels are merely the trembling servants of the One who lived in your womb.

Saint Athanasius of Alexandria

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.
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