The Heart of Mary
Pope John-Paul II gives us these inspiring words: "Be blessed above all things, Handmaid of the Lord, who obeyed the Divine Call in the fullest way! Be greeted, you who united yourself entirely with your Son's redemptive consecration! Mother of the Church! Enlighten the People of God on the way of faith, hope and charity! Help us to live with all the truth of the consecration of Christ for the entire human family in the contemporary world. By entrusting, O Mother, the world, all individuals and all peoples to you, we also entrust to you the very consecration of the world, putting it in your Maternal Heart.
"O, Immaculate Heart! Help us to overcome the threat of evil, which so easily takes root in the hearts of men today and, with the incommensurable effects, already weighs upon our contemporary existence and seems to close the way toward the future.
"Free us from hunger and war! From nuclear war, from incalculable self-destruction, from every kind of war, free us! From the sin against the life of man at its dawning, free us! From the hatred and debasement of the children of God, free us! From every kind of injustice, national and international, free us! From the ease treading down God's commandments, free us! From sins against the Holy Spirit, free us! Free us!
Receive, O Mother of Christ, this cry charged with the sufferings of all mankind! Charged with the suffering of entire societies. Reveal yourself once again, in the story of the world, to be merciful! May this cry halt evil! May it transform consciences!
May the light of hope, reveal itself to all in your Immaculate Heart! Amen".14
NOTES:
14. Pope John-Paul II, Prayers and Devotions, edited by Bishop Peter Canisuis Johannes van Lierde, O.S.A., Viking, pp. 357-358.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Heart of Mary
Friday, January 15, 2010
Latin motto generator: make your own catchy slogans!
Create your own life mottos and slogans in Latin!
Learning Latin NOT required....some vague idea for a desired motto a plus!!
:-)
Words of Wisdom
| One night a man was sleeping in his cabin when suddenly his room filled with light and God appeared to him giving him a mandate saying:
So ... only - PUSH! |
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Pope laments 'scorn,' of religion in the West : Religion General
"Sadly, in certain countries, mainly in the West, one encounters in political and cultural circles, as well in the media, scarce respect and at times hostility, if not scorn, directed towards religion and towards Christianity in particular," the pontiff added. In his address, Benedict said there is an urgent need to promote a "positive and open secularity" which could "foster healthy cooperation and a spirit of shared responsibility," with people who hold religious beliefs.
Haiti Archbishop Killed in Quake as Churches, Cathedral Reduced to Rubble
Haiti Archbishop Killed in Quake as Churches, Cathedral Reduced to Rubble
OF COURSE, prayers for all the severe suffering in Haiti....prayers for recovery, for life, for widows, orphans, and all those who lost everything...for Haiti! Such horrible news.
Always pray daily for those who are to die w/in the next 24hours so that they may die in the friendship of God and not at enmity at them. Brotherly love requires this.
An Encouragement
KEEP AT YOUR WORK
The Lord has given to every man his work. It is his business to do it, and the devil's business to hinder him if he can. So sure as God has given you a work to do, satan will try to hinder you.
He may present other things more promising. He may allure you by worldly prospects, he may assault you with slander, torment you with false accusations, set you to work defending your character, employ pious persons to lie about you, editors to assail you, and excellent men to slander you.
You may have Pilate and Herod, Ananias and Caiaphas all combined against you, and Judas standing by you ready to sell you for thirty pieces of silver; and you may wonder why all those things come upon you.
Can you not see that the whole thing is brought about through the craft of the devil? To draw you off from your work and hinder your obedience to God?
Keep about your work. Do not flinch because the lion roars; do not stop to stone the devil's dogs; do not fool away your time chasing the devil's rabbits. Do your work!
Let liars lie, let sectarians quarrel, let corporations resolve, let editors publish, let the devil do his worst; but see to it that nothing hinders you from fulfilling the work God has given you.
He has not sent you to make money. He has not commanded you to get rich. He has never bidden you to defend your character, He has not set you at work to contradict falsehood which satan and his servants may start to peddle. If you do these things, you will do nothing else; you will be at work for yourself and not for the Lord.
Keep about your work. Let your aim be as steady as a star. Let the world brawl and bubble. You may be assaulted, wronged, insulted, slandered, wounded and rejected; you may be abused by foes, forsaken by friends and despised and rejected of men, but see to it, with steadfast determination, with unfaltering zeal, that you pursue the great purpose of your life and object of your being, until at last you can say: "I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do".
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
St Jean Eudes Prayer
"The Catholic Church
is like a thick steak,
a glass of red wine,
and a good cigar."
G.K. Chesterton :-)
Bethesda Healing Ministry
Through a community of love and acceptance, all men and women wounded by abortion are invited and supported. Together they share a rich healing journey through fellowship, prayer, the Sacraments, a structured scriptural/experiential manual, retreats, and days of recollection. In unity with the Sisters of Life, N.Y.; experienced Bethesda leadership; trained companions; and compassionate clergy; minister to all who come. The door is opened to receive and celebrate the forgiveness, mercy, and hope of Jesus, The Good Shepherd, Who “left the ninety-nine to go after the one who was lost.
Audiences experience 'Avatar' blues - CNN.com
(CNN) -- James Cameron's completely immersive spectacle "Avatar" may have been a little too real for some fans who say they have experienced depression and suicidal thoughts after seeing the film because they long to enjoy the beauty of the alien world Pandora.
Have you seen it? Did you feel this way afterwards?
CIA agent killed in bomb blast remembered as loving husband, father
CIA agent killed in bomb blast remembered as loving husband, father
Cardinal Schönborn compares Medjugorje to Lourdes, calls it 'a school of normal Christian life'
Cardinal Schönborn compares Medjugorje to Lourdes, calls it 'a school of normal Christian life'
Noting that “all unusual messages are from the beginning suspicious,” the Austrian cardinal said he was impressed that the principal message of the alleged apparitions there is one of peace.
Read article by clicking on link above.
Pope Speaks on Creation
Pope Speaks on Creation
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict linked the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage to concern about the environment, suggesting that laws undermining "the differences between the sexes" were threats to creation.
Click link above for article.
McNaughton Fine Art: Amazing Picture!
Wow!! Think how much work went into this new painting.
As you run your cursor over each person, their name and a brief description will be revealed on the side of your screen.
This may be the most timely and powerful new piece of art that Jon McNaughton has done. It has over 40 patriotic heroes speaking to us from the dust as Jesus Christ holds the US Constitution. See if you can identify each of the patriots. There is a link to the detailed description of the 57 symbols and an interview with Jon.
San Antonio Retreat Jan 30th Author: Michael H. Brown.
Catholic Author Michael H. Brown will present an all-day session on the afterlife, spiritual deliverance, and prophecy Saturday, January 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Marriott Plaza at 555 South Alamo Street [see below for directions]. We will also have a Vigil Mass (Fr. James Farfaglia) and blessings of salt and water. There will be special deliverance prayers. There also will be a specific discussion of potential epidemics as well as the "new world order" due to recent events.
There will be the discussion of the afterlife (Heaven, purgatory, and hell), spiritual warfare (especially protection as evil rises), and inner healing (including family cleansing), but this time around there will more of a focus on the theories of a coming globalization and new world order due to the quickening events around us -- an attempt to separate far-fetched ideas from the reality of a changing planet.
What's in the wind? What is in the wind for the Southwest? What are our priorities in life? What can we look for here -- and hereafter?
For whom do the bells toll?
The day will start with a discussion of the afterlife -- followed by spiritual warfare, protection in our times, and alleged visions and apparitions. Talks, discussions, and a question-and-answer period will extensively address what is occurring in the world; the hidden aspects of current times; and how we grow close to God and tap into His power (and the miraculous) -- how we should perceive and deal with the turbulent times we live in. And how we can be healed by the special graces at this moment in time! There will be door admission.
The discussion of heightened demonic attacks on families will address how to ward such off, the role of Confession and the Eucharist, and extensive review of Heaven, hell, and purgatory. So too will we discuss alleged apparitions and prophecy along with "secrets." We will recite family-healing prayers and discuss this fascinating topic. Groups of ten or more from out of town receive discount rate. Priests and nuns are free.Admission can be purchased on-line with button below; or by calling 386-446-8139 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST weekdays or via mail by check to: Spirit Daily, 11 Walter Place, Palm Coast, Florida, 32164. Please note that there are no tickets issued; attendees are on list at door. If there is room, there will be door admittance. Please check website for updates as date approaches. The hotel has a restaurant. There are also other restaurants nearby.
Cardinal thumbs down excessive devotion for Nazarene
Cardinal thumbs down excessive devotion for Nazarene
MANILA, Philippines -- Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has disapproved of the "excessive" devotion shown by thousands of Catholics who virtually mobbed the Black Nazarene icon during its annual procession and in the process, hurt each other.
Rosales said the real devotion to the Black Nazarene called for leading a life of simplicity and selflessness....click link for more info...
Who is Lord?
"Who is Lord but the Lord, or who is God but our God?" You are the greatest and the best, mightiest, almighty, most merciful and most just, utterly hidden and utterly present, most beautiful and most strong, abiding yet mysterious, suffering no change and changing all things: never new, never old, making all things new, "bringing age upon the proud, and they know it not." Ever in action, ever at rest, gathering all things to Yourself and needing none; sustaining and fulfilling and protecting, creating and nourishing and making perfect; ever seeking though lacking nothing.
You love without subjection to passion, You are jealous but not with fear; You can know repentance but not sorrow, be angry yet unperturbed by anger. You can change the things You have made but Your mind remains changeless. You find and receive back what You never lost; are never in need but rejoice over Your gains; are not greedy but demand interest manifold. Men pay You more than they have to in order to win from You in return, yet who has anything which is not already Yours? You owe nothing yet pay as if You were in debt to Your creatures, forgive what is owed to You yet without losing thereby. And with all this, what have I said, my God and my Life and my sacred Delight? What can anyone say when he speaks of You? Yet woe to them who are silent of You, when even those who say most are but dumb.
St. Augustine
I love this quote :-).
Holy is the Lord
+ Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming. Worthy art thou, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for thou hast created all things, and because of thy will they existed, and were created. We give thee thanks, O Lord God almighty, who art, and who wast, because thou hast taken thy great power and hast begun thy reign. And the nations were angered, but thy wrath came and the time for the dead to be judged, and for giving the reward to thy servants—the prophets, and the saints, and those who fear thy name, the small and the great—and for destroying those who corrupted the earth. Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God almighty; just and true are thy ways, O King of the ages. Who will not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? for thou alone art holy. For all nations will come and worship before thee; because thy judgments are manifest.
Apocalypse 4:8, 11; 11:17-18; 15:3-4
Holy, holy, holy, Lord of Hosts: the heavens and the earth of FILLED with YOUR glory!! :-)
Prayer of Admiration and Praise 2
St. Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun one of the purest professions of praise of the Godhead in Christian hagiography. Even those who are not Christians admire its sentiments and all of us can make them our own.
"O most High, Almighty, good Lord,
to You belongs praise, glory, honor and all blessing.
Praised be my Lord God with all His creatures,
and especially our Brother the Sun
who brings us the day and brings us the night.
Fair is he and shines with a very great splendor.
O Lord, he signifies You to us.
Praised be my Lord for our Sister the Moon
and for the stars which He has set clear and lovely in heaven.
Praised be my Lord for our Brother the Wind
and for the air and clouds, calms and all weather
by which You uphold life in all creatures.
Praised be my Lord for our Sister Water who is very
serviceable to us,
and humble and precious and very clean.
Praised be my Lord for our Brother Fire through which You give
us light in the darkness.
He is bright and pleasant and very mighty and strong.
Praised be my Lord for our Mother the Earth which sustains us
keeping us, and brings forth grass and diverse fruits
and flowers of many kinds.
Praise and bless the Lord and give thanks to Him
and serve Him with great humility. Amen."
We praise God whenever we use even the least things God has made...because we see beyond them and behind them and beneath them God's original act of creation and His constant, sustaining divine power.
Prayer of Admiration and Praise
To God, "How wonderful You are." I quote Augustine:
"You love without subjection to passion.
You are jealous but not with fear.
You can know repentance but not sorrow,
be angry and unperturbed by anger.
You can change the things You have made
but Your mind remains changeless.
You find and receive back what You never lost;
are never in need but rejoice over Your gains;
are not greedy but demand interest manifold.
Men pay You more that they have to in order to win from You in return,
yet who has anything which is not already Yours?
You owe nothing, yet pay as if You were in debt to Your creatures.
Forgive what is owed to You, yet without losing thereby.
And with all this what have I said,
My God and my life and my sacred delight.
What can anyone say when he speaks of You?
Yet woe to them who are silent about You.
When even those who say most are but dumb."
When people tell us, "how wonderful you are!" we are thrilled! Let us show that admiration to God and thrill Him, too! :-)
Monday, January 11, 2010
Amazing Grace by 2-year Old
Again, too precious.
Just think: 2 years ago her mother could have aborted her legally, and now here she is alive and happy and singing to God. Life is a beautiful gift. :-)
Put your name in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Statue
Place your name in The Immaculate Heart of Mary!
in a life-sized statue at the Ourem Castle in Fatima. Here is a closeup of the heart of the statue in which names will be placed on computer disks
God's Final Effort--Book Online!
God's Final Effort by John M. Haffert
published by
LAF
Click here for online reading! http://www.101foundation.com/laf/publications/gfe/intro.html
This really was a great read!! I now see it is online! So, if you have not read this book, try to read this when you can. It's really a great little read!!
Antiabortion forces are sweeping Mexico | Philadelphia Inquirer | 01/10/2010
Antiabortion forces are sweeping Mexico
When the high court upheld Mexico City's law, it opened the door for a wide backlash.
MEXICO CITY - Abortion-rights activists dreamed of legislative victories across Mexico after its Supreme Court last year upheld a Mexico City law allowing abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Instead, the opposite has happened.
Amen--keep praying!
Twisted: Administration's 'safe schools czar' and the North American Man-Boy Love Association
Twisted: Administration's 'safe schools czar' and the North American Man-Boy Love Association
Saturday, January 9, 2010
The Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
TEACHINGS 1969-1981
Partial Quote by Jesus in the book, Spiritual Diary:
"My Love is almighty. Get thoroughly into your mind this great miracle: I am continuously at your disposal. With Me, all of you don’t need to wait forming a queue, nor asking the hour and place for an appointment. I am present everywhere continually. If you call Me, my ear is already against your heart and I attend to you, I caress you, I cure you...." _Jesus
He is Love...He is so beautiful, so gentle, so merciful...how can we not be be so devoted and in love with Him...how we can easily prefer material things or created things over His love and intimate friendship and serving Him and His Will is amazing, but we all do it or have done it...let's keep each other in prayer so we overcome that.
Blessed Mother Teresa - Beatitudes
Here's a Mother Teresa song.
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?authorid=82781
www.cpforlife.org/rainbow
Friday, January 8, 2010
Prayer
"The Creator of the universe awaits the prayer of one poor little soul to save a multitude of others, redeemed like her at the price of His Blood."
--St. Therese of Lisieux
For Reflection:
WOW! St. Therese is saying that God is waiting for MY prayer so that a multitude of others may be saved through the Blood of His Son. Who would He choose for me to pray for today? What is my response?
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Prayer
"Prayer is not only the mutual presence of God and the soul. It is also a relationship between them, a relationship of intimacy, exchange, activity, and life indeed, it is the highest kind of life there is, the life of love, divine love."
~Canon Jacques Leclercq
For Reflection:
What characterizes my prayer life - is it a monologue rather than a dialogue; is it a stream of rote prayers with no thought or meditation involved, is it a "grocery list" of petitions or "I wants?" Or, is my prayer life a relationship of intimacy, exchange, and love between God and my soul? How can I work more fervently toward this latter description?
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24 Hours in A Day of Opportunity
How many useless thoughts, how many superfluous preoccupations, which whirl around our own ego and fill us during one single day ! How many journeys there and back do we do mechanically in one single day!
What efficient means it could be to educate us by ourselves if, by a thought of love, we should help a suffering soul! They are going to be very grateful for that, and in their Blessed state (in Heaven), they will help us in our work to save souls. For our part, this compassion serves us as merit, and the Most Holy Virgin changes it in good for souls.
The Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Book
SPIRITUAL DIARY
1962 - 1981
by ELIZABETH KINDELMANN
Messages of Jesus and Mary who speak about
the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of MaryDescription :
This SPIRITUAL DIARY has been written in Hungary by Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913-1985), an humble widow who listened to the voices of Our Lord and the Virgin Mary by way of interior expression.
The DIARY contains a very important message : our most Holy Mother will blind Satan with the flame of Light and Graces that flashes from her Immaculate Heart. That Flame of Love will warm up all hearts, even the non-baptized.
We have to collaborate with Her to this Work.
Mary cries, implores, prays and asks for prayers, sacrifices, Holy Hours in family, fasts, in order to help Her in this struggle against the Evil and for the Salvation of souls.The Diary is in PDF. If you need to charge Acrobat Reader, just click here :
To download The complete book
Table of Contents
1 : DIARY covert 1 cover page I PDF - 70 ko 2 : ELIZABETH KINDELMANN pages I - III PDF - 64 ko 3 : ECCLESIAL APPROVAL page IV PDF - 142 ko 4 : INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
The national coordinator of Mexicopages V - VII PDF - 100 ko 5 : LETTERS OF BISHOPS pages VIII - XVII PDF - 268 ko 6 : INTRODUCTION
The translator from hungarian to spanish
The author Elizabeth Kindelmannpages 1 - 8 PDF - 135 ko 7 : MY SPIRITUAL FIGHTS 1962 pages 9 - 36 PDF - 187 ko 8 : A NEW INSTRUMENT 1962 pages 37 - 64 PDF - 157 ko 9 : I AM LOOKING FOR HEARTS 1962 pages 65 - 77 PDF - 239 ko 10 : TO BLIND SATAN 1962 pages 78 - 121 PDF - 261 ko 11 : A PROFOUND SPIRITUAL LIFE 1962
PETITION : important invocationpages 122 - 161 PDF - 313 ko 12 : BEAUTIFUL RAY OF THE AURORA 1963 pages 162 - 203 PDF - 230 ko 13 : LIKE THE BURNING BUSH 1963
The interacting forces of the whole worldpages 204 -236 PDF - 220 ko 14 : SACRIFICE UP TO MARTYRDOM 1964 pages 237 - 285 PDF - 207 ko 15 : FAN THE FLAME OF LOVE 1964 pages 286 - 310 PDF - 134 ko 16 : YOUR DIGNITY AS A MOTHER 1965 pages 311 - 348 PDF - 180 ko 17 : THE SMILE OF MY MOTHER 1966-1971 pages 349 - 362 PDF - 115 ko 18 : TEACHINGS 1969-1981
Fast on bread and water on Mondays
Renew the Third-Order of the Carmelpages 363 - 374 PDF - 153 ko 19 : SUMMARY pages 375 - 384 PDF - 311 ko 20 : THE MOVEMENT OF THE FLAME OF LOVE pages 385 - 406 PDF - 360 ko 21 : TABLE OF CONTENTS pages 407 - 419 PDF - 189 ko 22 : PHOTOS OF BRAZIL pages 420 - 421 PDF - 199 ko 23 : PHOTO : THE POPE AND THE VIRGIN page 422 - 423 PDF - 69 ko 24 : DIARY covert 2 cover page 2 PDF - 35 ko
The Dairy is ONLINE for free reading!
This is very important reading. I ask you to read it....at least consider it. :-)
Prayer Need: Human sacrifices 'on the rise in Uganda' as witch doctors admit to rituals
One man said he had clients who had captured children and taken their blood and body parts to his shrine, while another confessed to killing at least 70 people including his own so
Copts see Virgin Mary over Cairo
This isn't the first time Mary has appeared & filmed there.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Scary but not surprising news: Federal official heads company's vaccine division
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Dec 21, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK 37.71, -0.01, -0.04%) today announced that Dr. Julie Gerberding has been named president of Merck Vaccines, effective January 25, 2010.
Click link to see story.
Interview: Global Disaster Coming Warns Human Life International Priest-President
ROME, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The killing of 50 million unborn children a year and the moral degradation of the post-Christian west will naturally and necessarily lead to a global political and financial crisis even greater than that which is already happening, said the head of Human Life International (HLI), the world’s largest pro-life organization .
In a lengthy interview, Fr. Thomas Euteneuer spoke to LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) at the HLI office in Rome and said that he anticipates a disaster like the collapse of ancient civilizations, but on a global scale, as a result of abortion and the abandonment of Judeo-Christian values in the West. (Read the complete interview here)
VIETNAM Explosive used to demolish crucifix in a Hanoi Catholic cemetery - Asia News
Hanoi (AsiaNews) – The crucifix in the cemetery of Hanoi's Dong Chiem Parish Church was blown up with explosives yesterday. Parishioners who came to the site upon hearing the loud explosion were charged and beaten by police. Two youths were wounded and taken away; it is not known how many other were hurt.
Maybe we can do at least a little reparation for THIS particular incident by KISSING A CRUCIFIX TODAY :-) MAYBE 5 X IN HONOR OF THE 5 WOUNDS OF CHRIST.
Prayer Need: Catholic Portugal set to legalise gay marriage -
LISBON (AFP) – Catholic Portugal, traditionally one of Europe's most socially conservative countries, is expected to approve the legalisation of gay marriage on Friday with a minimum of fuss.
Very scary if they are one of Europe's MOST socially CONSERVATIVE country!!!!
Prayer Need: Frigid weather hits Midwest, -52 wind chill in ND
DES MOINES (AP) - Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn't see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as residents braced Thursday for heavy snow and wind chills as low as 52 below zero.
No more boring sermons: Italian bishop's plea - CathNews
A leading Italian Bishop has criticised Sunday homilies as boring, uninspired and unpalatable. Bishop Mariano Crociata urged priests to pay more attention to their homilies, acknowledging that the minds of churchgoers need to be nourished.
Prayer Need -Priest tries to commit suicide.
JOLIET — A priest who has been accused of sexual abuse reportedly tried to take his own life by jumping from the balcony of a downtown church Wednesday.
This is not the way to end your guilt, if guilty. This is not the way to end your stress, if innocent and falsely accused.
Let's pray for his healing.
Choosing the Narrow Path to Life
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And ******that has made all the difference.*****----"The Road Not Taken" - by Robert Frost
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
3 year old sings a duet with "Josh Groban" You Raise Me Up
This is more precious! LOL
Here's a little 3 year old girl...looking at herself on the video at times, many times, and singing "You Raise Me Up"...trying to work w/ her dad's large earphone/microphone LOL
Gosh does it well, but she does it most precious.
Video-slideshow on the Spiritual Diary of Elizabeth Kindelmann
Elizabeth Kindelmann is the Flame Of Love Messenger.
The Flame of Love of the Virgin Mary
An important event for the whole Movement Flame of Love
of the Immaculate Heart of MaryImprimatur given by Cardinal Erdö to the Spiritual Diary
of Elizabeth Kindelmann ( the messenger of the Flame of Love ),
in Budapest, Hungaryon June 6, 2009
I got this beautiful little booklet in my 20's and loved it. Now, it's nice to know it got an Imprimatur so I know it is "Catholic Catholic" ;) .
New York - Clothes Discarded by H and M in Manhattan Are First Destroyed
In the bitter cold on Monday night, a man and woman picked apart a pyramid of clear trash bags, the discards of the HM clothing store that reigns in blazing plate-glass glory on 34th Street, just east of Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.
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Suzanne DeChillo/The New York TimesCynthia Magnus with mutilated clothing she found on West 35th Street last month. She said she was appalled by the waste.
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At the back entrance on 35th Street, awaiting trash haulers, were bags of garments that appear to have never been worn. And to make sure that they never would be worn or sold, someone had slashed most of them with box cutters or razors, a familiar sight outside H & M’s back door. The man and woman were there to salvage what had not been destroyed.
He worked quickly, never uttering a word. A bag was opened and eyed, and if it held something of promise, was tossed at the feet of the woman. She said her name was Pepa.
Were the clothes usually cut up before they were thrown out?
“A veces,” she said in Spanish. Sometimes.
She packed up a few items that had escaped the blade — a bright green T-shirt that said “Summer of Surf,” and a dark-blue hoodie in size 12, with a Divided label. The rest was returned to the pyramid.
It is winter. A third of the city is poor. And unworn clothing is being destroyed nightly.
A few doors down on 35th Street, hundreds of garments tagged for sale in Wal-Mart — hoodies and T-shirts and pants — were discovered in trash bags the week before Christmas, apparently dumped by a contractor for Wal-Mart that has space on the block.
Each piece of clothing had holes punched through it by a machine.
They were found by Cynthia Magnus, who attends classes at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York on Fifth Avenue and noticed the piles of discarded clothing as she walked to the subway station in Herald Square. She was aghast at the waste, and dragged some of the bags home to Brooklyn, hoping that someone would be willing to take on the job of patching the clothes and making them wearable.
A Wal-Mart spokeswoman, Melissa Hill, said the company normally donates all its unworn goods to charities, and would have to investigate why the items found on 35th Street were discarded.
During her walks down 35th Street, Ms. Magnus said, it is more common to find destroyed clothing in the H & M trash. On Dec. 7, during an early cold snap, she said, she saw about 20 bags filled with H & M clothing that had been cut up.
“Gloves with the fingers cut off,” Ms. Magnus said, reciting the inventory of ruined items. “Warm socks. Cute patent leather Mary Jane school shoes, maybe for fourth graders, with the instep cut up with a scissor. Men’s jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls.” The jackets were tagged $59, $79 and $129.
This week, a manager in the H & M store on 34th Street said inquiries about its disposal practices had to be made to its United States headquarters. However, various officials did not respond to 10 inquiries made Tuesday by phone and e-mail.
Directly around the corner from H & M is a big collection point for New York Cares, which conducts an annual coat drive.
“We’d be glad to take unworn coats, and companies often send them to us,” said Colleen Farrell, a spokeswoman for New York Cares.
More than coats were tossed out. “The H & M thing was just ridiculous, not only clothing, but bags and bags of sturdy plastic hangers,” Ms. Magnus said. “I took a dozen of them. A girl can never have enough hangers.”
H & M, which is based in Sweden, has an executive in charge of corporate responsibility who leads the company’s sustainability efforts. On its Web site, H&M reports that to save paper, it has shrunk its shipping labels.
“How about all the solid waste generated by throwing away usable garments and plastic hangers?” Ms. Magnus asked in a letter to the executive, Ingrid Schullstrom. She volunteered to help H & M connect with a charity or agency in New York that could put the unsold items to better use than simply tossing them in the trash. So far, she said, she has gotten no response.
On Monday night, Pepa’s shopping bag held a few items. She pointed to her gray sweatpants. “From here,” she said.
How about coats?
“Maybe tomorrow,” she said.
E-mail: dwyer@nytimes.com
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This is such a sin! How terrible!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Epiphany Chalk
Epiphany Chalk
I cannot believe we didn't do this this year...we were over worked and tired and we completely forgot (we forgot St Nicholas' day, too! Grr).
Well, check the blog above, actually Jan. 6th being 12th night is still acceptable to do this.
We usually use regular chalk. Our church doesn't do a ceremony.
Thanks to Easter (a follower of my blog) for pointing out this website on her blog! :))
Adoration
A nice ADORATION break while online...be at peace with the Prince of Peace...who gives it not as the world gives it, but gives True Peace.
Interesting Video
Watch this if you haven't. I never saw it before, maybe you have.
It's interesting...I starting thinking it was well done...peaceful music...but didn't get the point until about mid-way or past....it hit me through the images and peaceful music alone, well, conveyed to me, the idea of PRAY! PRAYER is URGENTLY NEEDED FOR MANKIND. It's no longer an option or something we do half-heartedly in our busy lives....we are here right now in this time for a reason. God has a heart for man as God is man and loves man. He wants us to pray for our mankind.....our brothers. He wants us to intercede and listen....and pray the powerful rosary! Times are critical.
ONLY GOD knows the day and hour.
For each, we are ONE HEARTBEAT away from our "end times," eh? So, we need not worry about dates, but doing all that we can do NOW for love of our brother and love of God. There is a lot of evil right now...a very anti-life, anti-family, anti-God mindset being set up in societies.
Jesus had it bad when he was on earth as well. Who can forget Herod's slaughter of the innocents? We have our new slaughter of the innocents in our times, too.
Anyhow, watch and see if you like it or not.
HEALING HOMILY AT MONTEMARIA fr fernando suarez CYBER HEALING CENTER
Healing homily and healing prayer by FATHER FERNANDO SUAREZ on Feb 2008 at the 3-day vigil in Montemaria, Batangas province, Philippines, where there are plans to erect a mega-shrine of Our Lady for pilgrims worldwide.
FATHER SUAREZ, a Filipino Catholic priest of the Companions of the Cross, is constantly traveling worldwide, healing thousands.
PLEASE PASS TO OTHERS ESPECIALLY THE TERMINALLY SICK.
Healing inquiries www.fatherfernando.com
Thought to Ponder...
the vicious circle - we lose our health to make our wealth we lose our wealth to regain our health - we live as if we will never die we die as if we never lived - we are so busy with daily tasks yet we are so bored in being so busy - we look for meaning in meaningless things and overlook things fraught with meaning - we have no time for others yet we waste our time in absurd undertakings -