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GREAT THINGS

Scripture References

Luke 1:46-56 

God of holy wonders, great things you have done
Blessings in abundance, born to us a Son
Offspring of a virgin, to our world He came
Born to lift our burdens, come to earth to reign
Jesus is His name

O my soul magnifies the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
My soul magnifies the Lord
For He who is mighty has done great things for me

David's great descendant, Mary's blessed child
Lived to raise the humble, died to reconcile
Mercy upon mercy, freeing us from shame
By His precious life-blood, sinners He reclaims
Blessed be His name

O my soul magnifies the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
My soul magnifies the Lord
For He who is mighty has done great things for me

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - World Day of the Poor -- The Healing Embrace of God, through Charity - Pope Francis

 

33rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - WORLD DAY OF THE POOR 

12 November 2021 Moment of Prayer Pope Francis --- From the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi, Moment of prayer and testimonies, with Pope Francis participating, on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor.

Very informative commentary during the live transmission !

 

  

With Assisi visit, pope comforts the poor  

Holy Mass for the World Day of the Poor - 

In 2021, the 33rd Sunday, November 14  

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From Pope's homily: Jesus awaits us in the poor - World Day of the Poor 2021  

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Pope Francis' Homily for World Day of the Poor 2022

https://youtu.be/FRQV_A0LqxE

13 Nov 2022

On the World Day of the Poor, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to not be brought down by the “doom and gloom” of the world, but to witness to the joy of the Gospel through service to those in need.

“Let us take to heart the clear and unmistakable summons in the Gospel not to be led astray. Let us not listen to prophets of doom,” the pope said at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 13.

“Instead, let us bear witness,” he said. “Let us light candles of hope in the midst of darkness. Amid dramatic situations, let us seize opportunities to bear witness to the Gospel of joy and to build a more fraternal world, at least a little more fraternal. Let us commit ourselves courageously to justice, the rule of law and peace, and stand at the side of the weakest.”

Pope Francis, assisted by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, celebrated Mass for the 6th annual World Day of the Poor, which was established at the conclusion of the Year of Mercy.

The poor were special guests at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The day was also marked by a number of initiatives to aid those in need, including a free meal and medical care.

He pointed to the day’s Gospel, Luke 21:5-19, in which Jesus says to not be deceived by false prophets.

“It is not by chance that Jesus’ second exhortation, after ‘do not be led astray,’ is positive,” the pope said. “He says: ‘This will give you an opportunity to testify.’”

“I want to emphasize this fine word: opportunity,” Francis said. “It means having the chance to do something good, starting from our situation in life, even when it is not ideal.”

“A disciple of the Lord,” he added, “should not yield to resignation or give in to discouragement, even in the most difficult situations, for our God is the God of resurrection and hope, who always raises up: with him we can lift up our gaze and begin anew.”

Pope Francis said Christians, when encountering trials, should ask themselves: “What is the Lord saying to us through this moment of crisis?”

The poor pay the heaviest price, he said, issuing a warning about hardened hearts.

Highlights - Pope Francis lunch with poor people - 13 Nov 2022

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Fr. Vincent Lampert, Priest and Exorcist --- 8 Ways People Give the Devil a Foothold --- & --- Q&A on Exorcisms and the Demonic

 Fr. Vincent Lampert, Priest and Exorcist in the Diocese of Indianapolis and author of "Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons" presents the 8 ways we can fall victim to spiritual attack: ties to the occult, illicit entertainment, a curse, being dedicated to a demon, abuse that creates emotional wounds and leads to seeking help in bad places, habitual sin, inviting a demon into one’s life, and broken relationships.

"No one is ever lost to God's mercy and grace.

If we want to be found, God will find us.

We all have free will but we have to want to be found"

"Even when someone is possessed,

something of the person always remains free 

and that which remains free,

can ask for the help of the Church"

"As Fr. Amorth used to say, 

that a good confession is more powerful 

than an exorcism itself - because when we confess our sins,

we hand them over to God and once we hand them over to God,

the devil, as the accuser, can no longer use those against us"

 

Q&A on Exorcisms and the Demonic

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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND JESUS SHARED AN ORGAN, DID YOU KNOW THAT ? --- & --- Why St. Joseph is patron and protector of the unborn

2024 August 15 - Reflection 621:622 - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary  - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Beautiful Reflection !

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Sr. Emmanuel: "My Prayer to Jesus, Hidden in Mary's Womb".




10,000,000 tarbija maqtula minn dawk il-ftit kliem fil-liġi. 

Min jgħid li l-kelma ma toqtolx ?

It-tagħlim huwa ċar ħafna: il-ħajja umana tibda mit-tnissil - L-Arċisqof 

THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE

Visionary asks Mary about Abortion - Fr. Mark Goring, CC

https://youtu.be/KErYnHCIp9o    video published on May 12, 2022 

"Their children in the womb communicating, in a mysterious way" - Archbishop Scicluna ---

"Uliedhom fil-ġuf jikkomunikaw, b'mod misterjuż" - Arċisqof Scicluna - https://youtu.be/VzX9ia5n624 - 7 Dec 2021 

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(It-talba tal-aħħar tar-Rużarju fi żmien l-Avvent)

O Alla, li ridt li mat-tħabbira tal-Anġlu, l-Iben tiegħek isir bniedem fil-ġuf tal-Verġni Mqaddsa Marija, agħtina nitolbuk, lilna li nistqarruha Omm Alla, li nkunu megħjunin mit-talb tagħha. Bl-istess Kristu Sidna. Ammen.

IL-LITANIJA LAWRETANA (laikos.org)

(The closing prayer of the Rosary during Advent)

O God, who wanted that, with the announcement of the Angel, your Son become a human in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, grant us to ask you, to us who declare her Mother of God, to be aided by her prayers. With the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

Google Translation

Prayer to Jesus in the Womb of Mary

... Come baby Jesus ... maranatha !

 Talba lil Ġesù konċeput fil-ġuf ta' Marija

 

 Praying helps us to keep calm and take wise decisions

GREAT THINGS - From the album ADVENT - Emu Music

God of holy wonders, great things you have done
Blessings in abundance, born to us a Son
Offspring of a virgin, to our world He came
Born to lift our burdens, come to earth to reign
Jesus is His name

O my soul magnifies the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
My soul magnifies the Lord
For He who is mighty has done great things for me

David's great descendant, Mary's blessed child
Lived to raise the humble, died to reconcile
Mercy upon mercy, freeing us from shame
By His precious life-blood, sinners He reclaims
Blessed be His name

O my soul magnifies the Lord
And my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour
My soul magnifies the Lord
For He who is mighty has done great things for me

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

Jesus Christ, You took on flesh and blood
So that in You we might be born of God

"Le, dan mhux il-messaġġ tal-Milied!" - 28 Nov 2022 - L-Isqof ta' Għawdex Anton Teuma dwar l-emenda proposta fil-Liġi ta' Malta dwar terminazzjoni ta' tqala

Lk 1:26-38 -- The Birth of Jesus Foretold - t-taħbira tat-twelid ta’ Ġesù Kristu

 

Did you know that Mary and Jesus shared an organ? 

https://aleteia.org/2018/12/01/did-you-know-that-mary-and-jesus-shared-an-organ/

Anna O'Neil - published on 12/01/18

Have you ever thought about the placenta -- what it meant to Jesus and Mary, and what it means to us?

It’s not the part of labor and delivery that stands out, and you can bet it doesn’t make into a lot of people’s birth pictures or new baby announcements, but in and around the Christmas season especially, it’s worth remembering the placenta — what it meant to Jesus and Mary, and what it means to us.

Quick refresher, if you’re foggy on what a placenta is and does: It’s the organ that connects an unborn baby with his mother. The baby’s umbilical cord attaches to the placenta, and the mother’s body sends oxygen and nutrients through it to the baby. It also filters waste out of the baby’s blood, regulates the temperature of his environment, and produces the hormones that make the pregnancy possible.

Here’s the best part, though. The placenta is an organ that the mother and baby build together. We can’t say the mother’s placenta belongs to her in the same way that her womb is hers; the placenta belongs to mother and child both. Part of it is built by her body, and part by the baby’s body, but it’s one single organ — with both of their DNA.

So Mary didn’t only carry Jesus in her womb during those months leading up to Christmas day. She and he were actually attached — by a human organ that belonged to them both.

It really brings home what Jesus did, coming to earth, and asking to be named Emmanuel, God with us. 

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Lk 1:39-56 -- "The Almighty has done great things for me - Is-Setgħani għamel miegħi ħwejjeġ kbar"

 

 The Hour of Darkness - Fr. Mark Goring, CC 

During his general audience Dec. 1, 2021, 

Pope Francis explained the lesson of St. Joseph's courage in accepting Mary as his wife.  

The Gospel's "most demonic" passage  

Jn 8:41b -- "We were not born of fornication"  --- Ġw  8:41b - “Aħna m’aħniex ulied iż-żina!"

Mt 2:13-18 -- The massacre of the innocents - Erodi qatel it-tfal subien kollha ta’ Betlehem. 

Later, when Jesus was preaching, somebody calls out to him,  “Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!” Luke tells us that Jesus answered: “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

 

Lk 11:27-28 -- 'Blessed rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey it'. - L-hena veru

Here is a God who wants to be so close to us that he became man — not just showing up out of the blue as an adult, but growing inside of his mother’s womb, sharing an organ with her, letting their two bodies be so intimately united — and now he says to us that those who hear the word of God and observe it can be united with him like his own, immaculate mother was.

We’re not immaculate, but that’s not the point. Jesus wants to share his life with us. We talk like he just wants proximity. He wants more. We talk about bringing Jesus into our life, making room for him in the inn, remembering him through the season, and all of that is good. But Jesus wants to be closer.

Jesus started his human life as every life starts, burrowed into the lining of his mother’s uterus. As he grew, their bodies worked together, God’s body and her immaculate one, building the placenta that attached them until he was ready to be born.

Some of us are mothers, and we remember sharing our body with our children. But all of us have mothers, and even though we don’t remember it, we began our lives connected to them in the most intimate way imaginable. If you’ve ever doubted that Jesus truly wants to be with you, remember that the unity in which your own life began is only a shadow of the unity that Jesus is hoping to have with you.

In humility, even humiliation, human nature's transformation in living closely to The Divinity.

We don't have to introduce abortion to save the mother - The Archbishop

M'hemmx għalfejn nintroduċu l-abort biex insalvaw l-omm - L-Arċisqof

21 omm jingħataw l-għajnuna minn Dar Tgħanniqa ta’ Omm 

- video published on 6 May, 2022 

F’dawn il‑jiem, ‘Dar Tgħanniqa ta’ Omm’ hi miftuħa sabiex kull min jixtieq jagħti donazzjoni u jara b’għajnejh l‑għajnuna li qed tingħata lill-ommijiet li minkejja d‑diffikultajiet li jiltaqgħu magħhom waqt it‑tqala jagħtu prijorità l‑ħajja tat‑tarbija fil‑ġuf. Kull min jixtieq jgħin lil Dar Tgħanniqa ta’ Omm jista' jagħmel kuntatt ma' @Life Line Malta jew iċempel fuq 7711543.

You are in a state of antenatal anxiety and depression: 

You need caring and compassion, 

even if you feel disappointed or even abused.

Do not give in to condemnation, abandonment or rejection

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The ultrasound scene during an abortion

- from the movie UNPLANNED

       

  

       

Pro-life rally greets U.S. bishops - A men's group holds a pro-life rally outside of the Baltimore location where the U.S. bishops open their fall general assembly Nov. 15, 2021.

Why St. Joseph is patron and protector of the unborn

Why St. Joseph is patron and protector of the unborn (aleteia.org)

Philip Kosloski - published on 01/22/21

St. Joseph protected Mary and her unborn child, even though Jesus was not his biological son.

Among the many titles of St. Joseph, one that has grown in significance over the past 40 years has been “St. Joseph, patron of the unborn.”

The title and patronage is most fitting for St. Joseph, as he was about to “divorce [Mary] quietly” when he learned that “she was found with child … before they lived together” (cf. Matthew 1:18-19).

It took the appearance of an angel to reveal the plan God had for St. Joseph, assuring him to “not be afraid.”

St. Joseph then did all he could to protect the unborn child in Mary’s womb, as well as protecting Jesus, after he was born, from the murderous threats of Herod.

St. John Paul II emphasized St. Joseph’s role in protecting the unborn in a homily he delivered at a Shrine of St. Joseph in Kalisz, Poland.

Joseph of Nazareth, who saved Jesus from the cruelty of Herod, is shown to us in this moment as a great supporter of the cause of the defense of human life, from the first moment of conception to natural death. In this place, therefore, we wish to commend human life to Divine Providence and to Saint Joseph, especially the life of children not yet born, in our homeland and throughout the world. Life has an inviolable value and an unrepeatable dignity, especially because – as we read today in the liturgy – every person is called to share in God’s life. Saint John writes: “See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are!” (1 Jn 3:1).

St. John Paul II repeatedly emphasized in his homily the duty of every individual to protect life in the womb and to look to St. Joseph for inspiration.

Here in Kalisz, where Saint Joseph, this great defender and careful guardian of Jesus’ life, is venerated in a special way, I wish to remind you of the words that Mother Teresa of Calcutta …”the greatest destroyer of peace in the world today is abortion. If a mother can kill her own child, what is there to stop you and me from killing each other? The only one who has the right to take life is the One who has created it. Nobody else has that right: not the mother, not the father, not the doctor; no agency, no conference, no government … It frightens me to think of all the people who kill their conscience so that they can perform an abortion. When we die, we will come face to face with God, the Author of life. Who will give an account to God for the millions and millions of babies who were not allowed to have the chance to live, to love and be loved? … The child is the most beautiful gift of God to a family, to a nation. Let us never refuse this gift of God.”

When human life needs to be defended, turn to St. Joseph!

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Litany to the Child God

 

ISN'T HE WORTHY ? AREN'T YOU WORTHY KING JESUS ? 

 FOR PAYING OUR EVIL DEBT THROUGH YOUR LOVE, HUMILITY, SUFFERINGS, PERSEVERANCE, OBEDIENCE; FOR SAVING US FROM OURSELVES ? 

FOR THE BEAUTIFUL CREATION YOU CREATED US IN ? KEEP US AWARE OF ALL THIS BEAUTY ! KEEP WARNING US NOT TO ABUSE OF IT, FILL US WITH GRATITUDE IN EVERY BREATH AND IN EVERY WISE DECISION WE TAKE O HOLY TRINITY !

 

AMORIS LAETITIA - THE BEAUTY AND JOY OF LOVE IN THE FAMILY

 

"At that moment I was able to forgive myself." Woman sees the Daughter she aborted, in Heaven

... "From this day forward, no longer will you minister out of your pain. You will minister through JOY" ...

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