There is something that I have learned the hard way. It took me many years to discover and at the age of fifty seven I can say with certainty that it is a universal truth: We are defined more by what we do NOT do, than by what we do. Our renunciations are more important than our affirmations. In fact,… (more…)
On February 15,1926 the Child Jesus alone came to visit Sr. Lucia and asked if the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was being propagated. Sr. Lucia spoke of a difficulty some people have in confessing on the first Saturday, and asked if they might be allowed eight days in order to fulfill Our Lady’s request. Our Lord answered:… (more…)
It was to dear St. Margaret Mary Alacoque that Our Lord Jesus Christ confided the devotion to His Sacred Heart; and it was to her that He revealed the Twelve Promises to souls who are devoted to that Divine Heart of Love. Read them with devotion and wonder… 1. I will give them all the graces necessary for their state… (more…)
