Monday, January 27, 2020
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Friday, January 24, 2020
Saint Marianne Cope
Dan Lynch
January 23,2020
“Today the Church needs saints. This calls for our combating our attachment to comforts that lead us to choose a comfortable and insignificant mediocrity. Each one of us has the possibility to be a saint, and the way to holiness is prayer. Holiness is, for each of us, a simple duty.” ~St. Mother Teresa
Simon and Garfunkel sang Mrs. Robinson, the classic song from the movie The Graduate. They lamented the lack of American heroes and sang, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” The true American heroes are not sport or entertainment figures, but Catholic saints. We should turn our “lonely eyes” to them and follow their good examples, virtues and works. They are our true friends and are alive in heaven with God. They are models of holiness for us. They can help us just like friends on earth by their prayerful intercession on our behalf. They give us courage and hope. Today is the feast of one of our saints of the states, St. Marianne Cope. Let our nation turn its lonely eyes to her for courage and hope. She was born Barbara Koob in Germany in 1838. She immigrated to Utica, New York, as a child and worked in a woolen factory for nine years before joining the Franciscans in 1862. In 1883, she arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, with six of her Sisters. They expected to travel on to Molokai to help St. Damien de Veuster minister to the lepers.
Her first service was as a schoolteacher but she soon became nurse-administrator of the Franciscans’ hospital in Syracuse, which introduced new standards of cleanliness. Seven years later she was elected Provincial Superior of her Order.
After Mother Marianne and her Sisters settled in Honolulu, the Board of Health decided that they should not serve the lepers on Molokai, but should begin their work with those lepers who were at the Branch Hospital in Honolulu.
This “hospital” was actually a collection of poorly built wooden buildings located on a salt marsh which often flooded. The few attendants treated the lepers as prisoners. There were no sanitary facilities and the stench was vile. The nuns brought order and cleanliness and three years later welcomed Father Damien as a patient and provided him with the luxury of sheets for the first time in years.
The nuns wept at the pitiable state of Father’s disfigurement and treated him with the utmost care helping him with newly invented baths. Unfortunately, Father had little patience with their constant care or with spending time bathing. He worried about the lepers on the island of Molokai and returned there within two weeks.
On November 14, 1888, Mother Marianne and two other nuns finally landed at Molokai to care for the female lepers. As Father Damien had done before them, they washed and bandaged the lepers’ wounds.
One day one of her Sisters asked her, “Mother, what will you do with me if I become a leper?” Mother calmly answered, “You will never become a leper. I know we are all exposed, and I know, too, that God has called us for this work. If we are present, and do our duty, He will protect us. Do not allow it to trouble you, and when the thought comes to you, drive it from your mind. Child, remember, you will never be a leper, nor will any Sister of our Order.” This proved to be a prophecy that time fulfilled. No Franciscan Sister at Molokai ever contracted leprosy.
Mother Marianne came to the Hawaiian Islands for an expected short period, but she stayed there until her death at age 80, on August 9, 1918, after 35 years of service. In 1889 she wrote to her Superior in Syracuse, “Will I ever see those I love again? God’s will be done.”
Soon after Mother Marianne died, a woman wrote in the Honolulu Advertiser, “Seldom has the opportunity come to a woman to devote every hour of 30 years to the mothering of people isolated by law from the rest of the world. She risked her own life in all that time, faced everything with unflinching courage and smiled sweetly through it all.”
Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mother Marianne on October 21, 2012. In his homily he said that at a time when very little could be done to treat people with Hansen's disease, commonly called leprosy, "Marianne Cope showed the highest love, courage and enthusiasm. She is a shining example of the tradition of Catholic nursing sisters and of the spirit of her beloved St. Francis."
Leading a group of Hawaiian pilgrims, including nine leper patient-residents from Kalaupapa, where St. Marianne ministered, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva said St. Marianne is "an inspiration for those who care for those most in need, which is what all Christians are called to do. Now, with universal veneration, she can inspire people around the world."
January 23,2020
“Today the Church needs saints. This calls for our combating our attachment to comforts that lead us to choose a comfortable and insignificant mediocrity. Each one of us has the possibility to be a saint, and the way to holiness is prayer. Holiness is, for each of us, a simple duty.” ~St. Mother Teresa
Simon and Garfunkel sang Mrs. Robinson, the classic song from the movie The Graduate. They lamented the lack of American heroes and sang, “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.” The true American heroes are not sport or entertainment figures, but Catholic saints. We should turn our “lonely eyes” to them and follow their good examples, virtues and works. They are our true friends and are alive in heaven with God. They are models of holiness for us. They can help us just like friends on earth by their prayerful intercession on our behalf. They give us courage and hope. Today is the feast of one of our saints of the states, St. Marianne Cope. Let our nation turn its lonely eyes to her for courage and hope. She was born Barbara Koob in Germany in 1838. She immigrated to Utica, New York, as a child and worked in a woolen factory for nine years before joining the Franciscans in 1862. In 1883, she arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, with six of her Sisters. They expected to travel on to Molokai to help St. Damien de Veuster minister to the lepers.
After Mother Marianne and her Sisters settled in Honolulu, the Board of Health decided that they should not serve the lepers on Molokai, but should begin their work with those lepers who were at the Branch Hospital in Honolulu.
This “hospital” was actually a collection of poorly built wooden buildings located on a salt marsh which often flooded. The few attendants treated the lepers as prisoners. There were no sanitary facilities and the stench was vile. The nuns brought order and cleanliness and three years later welcomed Father Damien as a patient and provided him with the luxury of sheets for the first time in years.
The nuns wept at the pitiable state of Father’s disfigurement and treated him with the utmost care helping him with newly invented baths. Unfortunately, Father had little patience with their constant care or with spending time bathing. He worried about the lepers on the island of Molokai and returned there within two weeks.
On November 14, 1888, Mother Marianne and two other nuns finally landed at Molokai to care for the female lepers. As Father Damien had done before them, they washed and bandaged the lepers’ wounds.
One day one of her Sisters asked her, “Mother, what will you do with me if I become a leper?” Mother calmly answered, “You will never become a leper. I know we are all exposed, and I know, too, that God has called us for this work. If we are present, and do our duty, He will protect us. Do not allow it to trouble you, and when the thought comes to you, drive it from your mind. Child, remember, you will never be a leper, nor will any Sister of our Order.” This proved to be a prophecy that time fulfilled. No Franciscan Sister at Molokai ever contracted leprosy.
Mother Marianne came to the Hawaiian Islands for an expected short period, but she stayed there until her death at age 80, on August 9, 1918, after 35 years of service. In 1889 she wrote to her Superior in Syracuse, “Will I ever see those I love again? God’s will be done.”
Soon after Mother Marianne died, a woman wrote in the Honolulu Advertiser, “Seldom has the opportunity come to a woman to devote every hour of 30 years to the mothering of people isolated by law from the rest of the world. She risked her own life in all that time, faced everything with unflinching courage and smiled sweetly through it all.”
Pope Benedict XVI canonized Mother Marianne on October 21, 2012. In his homily he said that at a time when very little could be done to treat people with Hansen's disease, commonly called leprosy, "Marianne Cope showed the highest love, courage and enthusiasm. She is a shining example of the tradition of Catholic nursing sisters and of the spirit of her beloved St. Francis."
Leading a group of Hawaiian pilgrims, including nine leper patient-residents from Kalaupapa, where St. Marianne ministered, Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva said St. Marianne is "an inspiration for those who care for those most in need, which is what all Christians are called to do. Now, with universal veneration, she can inspire people around the world."
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
Prayer Request Invoking Audrey Santos
I received this email with a prayer request for a young person with Juvenal rheumatoid arthritis and wanted to pass it on to others in need of a miracle.
I am praying this prayer to Audrey Santos for Anna and Esme both little babes under 3 years old in need of healing from this painful disease.
[note: Both Anna & Esme are mentioned in the Prayer Request section above.]
Little Audrey Santos and her mother suffered for years at home while Audrey was left in a akinetic state after a swimming accident. When a child suffers the mother suffers as well.
While Audrey was alive I visited the house many times. My son Dan was allowed into her room and prayed on his knees at her bed side
for a long time. I didn't say anything to him when he waked into the room he fell to his knees and like two young friends they prayed silently.
Thank you for joining me in intercessory prayer through little Audrey Santos .
Blessings and prayers,
Margaret of souls for Jesus OCDS
If you would like to read more about Audrey Santos, please click HERE.
Sunday, January 12, 2020
St. Peregrine Novena
St. Peregrine was known for his holiness but also for a miraculous healing that he received.
He was scheduled to have his leg amputated because of a cancerous growth. The night before the surgery, he prayed for healing, received a vision of Christ coming down from the cross to touch his leg and was completely healed.
St. Peregrine Novena Prayers
Dear holy servant of God, St. Peregrine, we pray today for healing.Intercede for us! God healed you of cancer and others were healed by your prayers. Please pray for the physical healing of…
(Mention your intentions)
These intentions bring us to our knees seeking your intercession for healing.
We are humbled by our physical limitations and ailments. We are so weak and so powerless. We are completely dependent upon God. And so, we ask that you pray for us…
Day 1 – Pray for us, that we will not let sickness bring us to despair
Day 2 – Pray for us, that we may persevere in hope
Day 3 – Pray for us, that we will have the courage to offer up our suffering in unity with the Cross
Day 4 – Pray for us, that the loneliness of our suffering will be consoled
Day 5 – Pray for us, that the fear of death will be replaced with the hope of everlasting life
Day 6 – Pray for us, that our suffering will not rob us of joy
Day 7 – Pray for us, that in our pain we will not become selfish but ever more selfless
Day 8 – Pray for us, that this sickness will teach me to depend more and more on God
Day 9 – Pray for us, that our lives will glorify God alone
We know, St. Peregrine, that you are a powerful intercessor because your life was completely given to God. We know that in as much as you pray for our healing, you are praying even more for our salvation.
A life of holiness like yours is more important that a life free of suffering and disease. Pray for our healing, but pray even more that we might come as close to Our Lord as you are.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Our Lady’s January 2, 2020 apparition to Mirjana
Today, January 2nd, 2020, Our Lady appeared to Mirjana Soldo at the Blue Cross near the base of Apparition Hill and gave the following message:
Dear children,
I know that I am present in your lives and in your hearts. I feel your love, I hear your prayers and direct them to my Son.
But, my children, according to motherly love, I desire to be in the lives of all of my children. I desire to gather all of my children around me, beneath my motherly mantle. This is why I am inviting you and calling you, apostles of my love, to help me.
My children, my Son pronounced the words of the ‘Our Father’—Our Father, [you] who are everywhere and in our hearts—because He desires to teach you to pray with words and feelings. He desires for you to always be better, to live merciful love which is prayer and limitless sacrifice for others.
My children, give to my Son love for your neighbors, give words of consolation, compassion and acts of justice to your neighbors. Everything that you give to others, apostles of my love, my Son accepts as a gift.
I am also with you, because my Son desires for my love, as a ray of light, to bring your souls to life; for me to help you in the search for peace and eternal happiness. Therefore, my children, love one another, be united through my Son, be children of God who all together, with full, open and pure heart, pronounce the ‘Our Father.’ And do not be afraid!
Thank you.
Video with January 2, 2020 Message from Our Lady
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