Ave Maria!

Fr. Josemaria gives the fourth and last talk on the Divine Mercy to the Evansville Men’s retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center where he covers the Spirituality of Divine Mercy, including:

Central devotions of the Divine Mercy message and what are the promises attached to them

0:55 – St. Faustina’s Vision of Hell paragraph 741 in her diary

6:25 – Summary of Message of Divine mercy – 3 points, A – Ask for mercy, B – Be merciful in deed, word, and prayer, C – Completely trust in Jesus

7:58 –  Devotions of Divine Mercy in the message – F.I.N.C.H. – F – Feast, I – Image, N – Novena, C – Chaplet, H – Hour

8:58 – F – Feast – the Feast of Divine Mercy – already existed but rather unknown, a plenary (even more so) indulgence for confession and receive holy communion.  JPII made it universal.

Fr. Michael Gaitely – Divine Mercy Explained  https://www.shopmercy.org/divine-mercy-explained.html

13:10 – I – Image – Jesus asked to be made, “Jesus I trust in You”  – 2 purposes: Means of grace and a sign to remind us to do acts of mercy

Rev. Ignacy Rozycki – Essen­tial Featu­res of the Devo­tion to the Divi­ne Mer­cy – https://www.sisterfaustina.com/esfeofdetodi.html

16:46 – N – Novena – Many graces will be given. Nine days starting on Good Friday.

17:46 – C – Chaplet –  on normal rosary beads very short, simple. Powerful, Draws from the Mass. Especially for death bed.

19:40 – H – Hour – Divine Mercy Hour, 3 pm hour of our Lord’s death. Every day

20:55 – What sets it apart from other devotions? Identified with Mercy Himself, Jesus.

These talks were from a retreat for the Evansville Men’s Group on “Experiencing God’s Mercy through the Visions of St. Faustina” January 10-12, 2020, at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center. Four talks covered the mystery of God’s mercy, divine mercy in my soul, divine mercy in action, and the spirituality of divine mercy.

For more talks from this event: http://dev.airmaria.com/tag/fr-josemaria-divine-mercy-retreat-2020/

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7SQeWHNYA&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xHrnvlOxlguLPufD7vqDQA

Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center: https://www.maryschildren.com/

Buy the Diary: https://www.catholiccompany.com/diary-saint-maria-faustina-kowalska-divine-mercy-my-soul-i8063/

Online Diary: https://www.faustyna.pl/zmbm/en/diary-full-text/

+++

The post Spirituality of Divine Mercy #4 of 4 – Fr. Josemaria – Mercy Retreat 2020 – CONF 529 first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Ave Maria!

Fr. Josemaria gives the third of four talks on the Divine Mercy to the Evansville Men’s retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center where he covers the Divine Mercy in Action.

0:20 – Receiving and giving,

central parable of the Prodigal Son, begins with God,

2:45 – Receiving: actual grace, sanctifying grace is stable,

Actual grace is Transient, lead to sanctifying grace, preserve, increase

Events, hearing, reading,

Same with mercy

5:42 – Mercy is not weakness, become higher in dignity

7:09 – Giving: Called to practice mercy to others, empathy,

Definition of mercy: the compassion in our hearts for another’s misery, effective and affective

Diary 742

10:12 = Three ways to give mercy: Deed, Word, Prayer

Unique order, seems reversed. Mercy is heart and hand.

Also seen in Church’s Seven corporal works of Mercy all deeds

Seven spiritual works word and deeds and prayer.

Giving Mercy is prooving our love of God we have received and is personal,

16:08 Who is my Neighbor? Parable of the Good Samaritan, revolutionary, closest first, always and everywhere.

Diary 1317

Importance of praying for everyone especially if not possible to do other things.

Mercy will be received to the extent we give.

21:30 –  Parable of the last judgment “You did it to me”

Love of Neighbor is Love of God

23:23 – Giving to Beggars – Mercy requires right reason and objective good

27:45 – Purifying all our actions and all our intentions John Paul II

Don’t put ourselves on a pedestal by giving we are showing that we are the needy ones.

Nature and grace – grace builds on nature, acts become virtuous and pleasing to God

Become like God

34:54 – Diary 484 – Do acts of mercy for the love of God. Everything can be done for this motive.

St Maximillian – “Success” is not the measure, numbers of conversions etc. but right intension. And, in turn, this is the best way to achieve success.

These talks were from a retreat for the Evansville Men’s Group on “Experiencing God’s Mercy through the Visions of St. Faustina” January 10-12, 2020, at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center. Four talks covered the mystery of God’s mercy, divine mercy in my soul, divine mercy in action, and the spirituality of divine mercy.

For more talks from this event: http://dev.airmaria.com/tag/fr-josemaria-divine-mercy-retreat-2020/

YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv7SQeWHNYA&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xHrnvlOxlguLPufD7vqDQA

Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center: https://www.maryschildren.com/

Buy the Diary: https://www.catholiccompany.com/diary-saint-maria-faustina-kowalska-divine-mercy-my-soul-i8063/

Online Diary: https://www.faustyna.pl/zmbm/en/diary-full-text/

+++

The post Divine Mercy in Action #3 of 4 – Fr. Josemaria – Mercy Retreat 2020 – CONF 528 first appeared on AirMaria.com.

– Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
– Reflection from the Diary of Divine Mercy
– Chaplet of Divine Mercy (sung)
– Benediction

Live Stream Schedule: (US Eastern Time):
Mass & Rosary :
Sundays – 9:15 am
Mon-Fri – 7 am (Fri – Seven Sorrows of Our Lady instead of Rosary)
Saturdays – Noon (Angelus before Mass, No Rosary after)

Holy Hour Live Stream Schedule (Exposition, Silent Adoration, Vespers, Rosary, Litany, Benediction):
Mon-Sat 3:45-5:30 pm
Sun 4-5 pm (no Silent Adoration)

Other daily differences for Holy Hour:
Fri – Stations of the Cross instead of Rosary
Sat – Seven Joys of Our Lady instead of Rosary
Sun – Seven Glories of Our Lady instead of Rosary

Please Like and Subscribe
To contribute to AirMaria/FranciscanFriars please go to: http://dev.airmaria.com/contribute-4/
Many of the Graphics are courtesy of Fr. Lawrence OP at https://www.flickr.com/photos/paullew/
Please support his ministry

The post Live Divine Mercy Hour – 2:30-3:30, Sun, Apr 19 – Bloomington first appeared on AirMaria.com.

Fr John Lawrence gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Oct 05, 2023, on the lives of Francis Xavier Seelos, and St. Faustina Kowalska, both of whom have their feast today.

Today, we honor St. Faustina and Blessed Francis Xavier Silos, with a particular focus on St. Faustina due to her popularity. Blessed Silos, born on January 11, 1819, in Bavaria, devoted himself to religious service, becoming a Redemptorist missionary in America, aiding German-speaking immigrants. After some trials with language, he became a well-regarded confessor and spiritual director, traveling across states to preach. His life was cut short by yellow fever on October 4, 1867, in New Orleans.

St. Faustina, born 38 years later in Poland, exhibited a spiritual inclination from a young age. Despite family obligations, she pursued religious life, joining the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Warsaw on August 1, 1925. Throughout her 13-year service across various convents, she had many mystical experiences, documenting them in her diary. Her notable encounter on February 22, 1931, led to the creation of the Divine Mercy image, depicting Jesus with rays of mercy, under the guidance of Father Sopoczko and an artist in Vilnius. The image was publicly venerated during a jubilee celebration at the eastern gate of Vilnius in 1934, symbolically linked to the prophecy in Ezekiel’s vision of the temple’s eastern gate. St. Faustina’s revelations on Divine Mercy continued until her health declined due to tuberculosis, leading to her passing on October 5, 1938. Her teachings on Divine Mercy were further propagated posthumously through Blessed Michael Sopoczko’s writings and the publication of her diary.

Ezekiel’s vision of the temple’s eastern gate can be linked to the scripture passage: Ezekiel 44:1-2 – The eastern gate shall remain closed, it shall not be opened – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ezekiel/44?1.
Similarly, Moses’ encounter with God can be referenced to Exodus 3:1-12 – Moses encounters God in a burning bush, who commissions him to deliver Israel – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/exodus/3?1.

00:00 – Introduction
00:19 – Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos and St. Faustina
00:44 – Early Life of Blessed Seelos
01:21 – Seelos Joins Redemptorists and Serves in U.S.
02:13 – Seelos Ministers in Pittsburgh and Baltimore
03:33 – Seelos Transferred to New Orleans
04:11 – Seelos Dies After Contracting Yellow Fever
05:01 – Early Life of St. Faustina
05:48 – St. Faustina Enters Religious Life
06:22 – St. Faustina’s Mystical Experiences
07:30 – Jesus Appears and Requests Divine Mercy Image
08:20 – Struggles to Complete the Requested Image
09:53 – Fr. Sopoczko Helps Promote Divine Mercy
10:50 – St. Faustina’s Death and Message Spread

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Faustina Kowalska – Opt Mem – http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=510
Readings: Thursday 26th Week of Ordinary Time – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/100523.cfm
1st: neh 8:1-4, 5-6, 7-12
Resp: psa 19:8-11
Gsp: luk 10:1-12

More on the Readings: http://dev.airmaria.com/r?m=2219&r=1514

Also on Facebook: https://fb.watch/nuvUzeg53s/
and YouTube: https://youtu.be/aZQl8DfHqZo

The post St. Faustina and Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos – Oct 05 – Homily – Fr John Lawrence first appeared on AirMaria.com.