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Video – Face of Pro-life #13: Witness, Healing from Abortion

apostolate — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:28:46 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #13 – Corinn Dahm with her guest Lisa Martin who gives an incredible witnesses about the pain of abortion (29min) >>> Play

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Part 1 of 2

Corinn Dahm is host for her guest Lisa Martin who courageously talks about the abortion she had after she was raped as a teenager. Lisa later became active in the pro-choice movement and Paganism, but eventually became attracted to the Catholic Faith, converted and became pro-life. Listen to this incredible story of the pain of abortion and how the grace of God can touch and heal one’s soul.

Part 2 will focus more on the healing. Stay tuned.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-Life#14: Witness, Healing from Abortion Part 2

apostolate — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:23:22 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #14 – Lisa Martin finishes her testimony with host Corinn Dahm. (29min) >>> Play

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Lisa Martin continues her moving testimony of her conversion from being a pro-choice practitioner of New Age Paganism who had three abortions to being a pro-life Catholic. Find out how the mercy of God and the unexpected compassion she experienced from pro-life Catholics gave her the ability to get past the pain of abortion when nothing else could. She also shares her thoughts on abortion in cases of rape, having gone through it herself. Thank you, Lisa, for your courageous witness!

Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-life #18: Nicole Peck’s Story

apostolate — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:22:52 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #18 – Corinn Dahm with Nicole Peck of Missionaries for Life(29min) >>> Play

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Nicole Peck relates her personal experience of the emotional and physical pain of having an abortion and how getting involved in pro-life ministry helped her to put this trauma behind her.

Links:

Silent No More and 40 Days for Life

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #26: Dr Lorraine Hartnett, Divine Mercy & Healing

apostolate — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:41:22 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #26 – Dr Lorraine Hartnett’s testimony, Healing, and the Divine Mercy of God ( 30min) >>> Play

Ave Maria! Dr Lorraine Hartnett, a medical physician, talks about her catholic upbringing, her rebellious young adult years and her entrance into the medical field. As a medical physician, familiar with sickness and death, Dr Hartnett had to deal with her own mother’s bout with cancer. This trial would lead her not only to seek physical healing for her mother but also to her own spiritual healing in God’s Infinite Mercy.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #35: Dawn Cousineau & Post Abortion Trauma

apostolate — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:05:52 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #35 – Dawn Cousineau talks about her bout with post-abortion trauma ( 30min) >>> Play

Ave Maria! In this episode, Dawn Cousineau speaks about her experience with post-abortion trauma, its deep and debilitating effects, and the societal pressures on women to have abortions. Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #36: Dawn Cousineau & Post Abortion Healing

apostolate — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:05:18 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #36 – Dawn Cousineau & Post Abortion Healing ( 30min) >>> Play

Ave Maria! Dawn Cousineau continues her painful story, recounting the agony and struggles with post-abortion trauma, and how the grace of God and the motherly help of the Blessed Virgin Mary brought about post-abortion healing. Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #44: Live with Lisa Martin

apostolate — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:05:38 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #44 – Lisa Martin speaks on abortion & healing ( 59min) >>> Play

In this live program, Corinn Dahm speaks with Lisa Martin, a post abortion survivor, about her abortions, her regret, and the process of healing. Also discussed were the pro-life options pregnant mothers have who are being pressured to have an abortion. Ave Maria!

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Our Lady of Lourdes

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0000

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A little history of the apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes

“ I cannot promise you happiness in this life; only in the next”, said Our Lady to the little girl named Bernadette. The young girl lives out her life quietly, going to a convent and never seeking attention for herself. She gave all of herself to God and became a great saint. Her body is incorrupt and it looks so beautiful as if she is only sleeping. It is a marvel!

TO PLACE A PETITION AT LOURDES:

http://www.lourdes-france.org/index.php?contexte=en&id=499

History of Our Lady of Lourdes

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France is the most visited pilgrimage site in the world — principally because of the apparent healing properties of the waters of the spring that appeared during the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a poor, fourteen-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous.

The first apparition occurred February 11, 1858.

There were eighteen in all; the last took place July 16, of the same year. Bernadette often fell into an ecstasy during these apparitions, as was witnessed by the hundreds who attended the later visions, though no one except Bernadette ever saw or heard the apparition. The mysterious vision Bernadette saw in the hollow of the rock Massabielle, where she and friends had gone to gather firewood, was that of a young and beautiful lady. “Lovelier than I have ever seen” said the child. She described the Lady as clothed in white, with a blue ribbon sash and a Rosary handing from her right arm. Now and then the apparition spoke to Bernadette.

One day, the Lady told the girl to drink of a mysterious fountain within the grotto itself, the existence of which was unknown, and of which there was no sign. But Bernadette scratched at the ground, and a spring immediately bubbled up and soon gushed forth.

On another occasion the apparition bade Bernadette go and tell the priests she wished a chapel to be built on the spot and processions to be made to the grotto. At first the clergy were incredulous. The priest said he would not believe it unless the apparition gave Bernadette her name.

After another apparition, Bernadette reported that the Lady told her, “I am the Immaculate Conception”. Though the girl was unfamiliar with the term, the Pope had declared the doctrine of the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary in 1854. Four years after Bernadette’s visions, in 1862, the bishop of the diocese declared the faithful “justified in believing the reality of the apparition” of Our Lady.

A basilica was built upon the rock of Massabielle by M. Peyramale, the parish priest. In 1873 the great “national” French pilgrimages were inaugurated. Three years later the basilica was consecrated and the statue solemnly crowned. In 1883 the foundation stone of another church was laid, as the first was no longer large enough. It was built at the foot of the basilica and was consecrated in 1901 and called the Church of the Rosary. Pope Leo XIII authorized a special office and a Mass, in commemoration of the apparition, and in 1907 Pius X extended the observance of this feast to the entire Church; it is now observed on February 11.

(Various sources; principal source – Catholic Encyclopedia – 1913 edition)

If you have never seen the movie “The Song of Bernadette” from the 1940s, I recommend you do so. It can be rented. It was made by a Jewish man who made a promise to Our Lady at Lourdes that if he would survive and escape the horrors of WWII Europe, he would tell the story of St. Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes. He did survive and he kept his promise and the Oscar winning movie was made. This is a video that you never forget.

Litany of Our Lady of Lourdes

Lord have mercy; Lord have mercy.

Christ have mercy; Christ have mercy.

Lord have mercy; Lord have mercy.

Christ hear us; Christ graciously hear us.

God the Father of Heaven; Have mercy on us.

God the Son, Redeemer of the world; Have mercy on us.

God the Holy Spirit; Have mercy on us.

Holy Trinity, one God; Have mercy on us.

Holy Mary; Pray for us.

Holy Mother of God; Pray for us.

Mother of Christ; Pray for us.

Mother of our Savior; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, help of Christians; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, source of love; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the poor; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the handicapped; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of orphans; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of all children; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of all nations; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, mother of the Church; Pray for us.

ur Lady of Lourdes, friend of the lonely; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, comforter of those who mourn; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, shelter of the homeless; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, guide of travelers; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, strength of the weak; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, refuge of sinners; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, comforter of the suffering; Pray for us.

Our Lady of Lourdes, help of the dying; Pray for us.

Queen of heaven; Pray for us. Queen of peace; Pray for us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; Spare us O Lord.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; Graciously hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world; Have mercy on us.

Christ hear us; Christ graciously hear us.

Let us pray: Grant us, your servants, we pray you, Lord God, to enjoy perpetual health of mind and body. By the glorious intercession of Blessed Mary ever Virgin, may we be delivered from present sorrows, and enjoy everlasting happiness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Immaculate Mary – Lourdes Hymn

Immaculate Mary, thy praises we sing; Who reignest in splendor with Jesus our King:

Ave, ave, ava Maria. Ave, ave Maria.

In heaven the blessed thy glory proclaim; On earth, we, thy children, invoke your sweet name.

Ave, ave, ave Maria. Ave, ave Maria.

Thy name is our power, thy virtues our light, Thy love is our comfort, thy pleading our might.

Ave, ave, ave Maria. Ave, ave Maria.

We pray for our mother, the Church upon earth; And bless, Holy Mary, the land of our birth. Ave, ave, ave Maria. Ave, ave Maria.

(Text – anonymous. Melody – Traditional French with refrain: Lourdes.)

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The healings at Lourdes take place mostly during the daily Procession of Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

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Feb 18 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Why Jesus Heals

apostolate — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:49:49 +0000

Homily #090218 ( 08min) Play – Sometimes Our Lord heals right away sometimes he wants us to wait and exercise the virtue of patience and faith to bring us closer to Him.
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Feb 22 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Our Faith Helps Others

apostolate — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:37:58 +0000

Homily #090222 ( 22min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure explains how the faith of the friends of the paralytic, who lowered him through the roof to Jesus, healed the paralytic and healed his soul. So, too, we must always work with non-Christians to help them come to Christ, as opposed to isolating ourselves from the world.
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