We welcome you for Divine Mercy Prayer and Talk
(Family - Fundamental Unit of Evangelisation) - By Fr Albert Fernandes
MSFS - Founder Director of W2W - Word to the World Ministries.
Saturday26th September 2020 8PMSydney TIME ZONE (3:30 PM India Time - same day)
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every day for more than 20 hours. Yes that is correct. So much zeal, so
much determination, so much tenacity. But most importantly - Love of
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English First Friday Adoration and Daily Mass - we watch at his channel. Super Inspiring.
If
there is tension, discord, division, brokenness,, hatred, feelings of
getting even/revenge, relationship issues, heaviness, anger within
family or extended family, then review your family life, entire family.
See What Bible recommends and where you are falling short.?
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this talk, united and coming together as a priority and see how Jesus
will help you with this simple gesture of unity. Note - Heaven is taking
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Testimony and life conversion from Hindu Iyer (Brahmin) family to a super charged powerful witness to preach Christ.
In this recorded preaching of sr Rupa's YouTube Video
Authentic Christian Teaching - Pure Love of Jesus preached
Simple practical yet profound tips of Holy Living
Mikaela's miracle after prayer last Saturday - Donor found, and successful operation - testified by Amelia.
Watch the video that will change the meaning of AFRAID in your life.
29th September, the Church celebrates the feast of the holy
Archangels, Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael, all of whom
appear in the Bible. Considering this is their Feast, it may be worth
taking a moment to look at Angels in connection with the message of
Divine Mercy. Angels seems to have several specific roles in the Diary – sometimes, to direct the young Sister Faustina and to call her to prayer, and at other times, to protect and guard her.
It is easy to overlook the place of Angels in the Diary of St
Faustina. Be that as it may, they figure many times in her writing.
Perhaps most often, she writes about her own Guardian Angel, such as on
this occasion when he tells her to pray –
“When I went to the garden one afternoon, my Guardian Angel said to me, ‘Pray for the dying’.
And so, I began at once to pray the Rosary with the gardeners for the
dying. After the Rosary, we said various prayers for the dying.” (Diary, para.314)
There are other occasions, in Notebook II, where St Faustina’s
Guardian Angel again directs her to pray, this time for a particular
soul, who is close to death (Diary, para.820 and 828). On other occasions, her Guardian Angel is the one she prays to for protection from evil spirits –
“I fell asleep as soon as I lay down,
but at about eleven o’clock, Satan shook my bed. I awoke instantly, and
I started to pray peacefully to my Guardian Angel.” (Diary, para.412)
And on various occasions, her Guardian Angel appears to her in visible form, such as on this occasion –
“A great multitude of demons blocked
my way.. seeing their great hatred for me, I immediately asked my
Guardian Angel for help, and at once, the bright and radiant figure of
my Guardian Angel appeared and said to me, ‘Do not fear, spouse of my Lord, without His permission these spirits will do you no harm’. Immediately,
the evil spirits vanished, and the faithful Guardian Angel accompanied
me, in a visible manner, right to the very house. His look was modest
and peaceful, and a flame of fire sparkled from his forehead.” (Diary, para.418-419)
At other times, St Faustina would hear the Angels but without seeing them –
“Today is the renewal – that is, the
profession of vows in the course of a solemn celebration. As the Sisters
were making their vows, I heard Angels singing in various tones, ‘Holy, Holy Holy’, with chanting so delightful that no human tongue could ever match it.” (Diary, para.1111)
On some occasions, the Angels seen by St Faustina seem to be other
than her own Guardian Angel. In Notebook I of her Diary, St Faustina
describes having a deep longing for God, at which moment –
“I beheld a Spirit of great beauty .. This Spirit is very beautiful and his beauty comes from close union with God” (Diary, para.471)
Looking upon him, the Angel told her –
“I am one of the seven Spirits who stand before the Throne of God day and night and give Him ceaseless praise”(Diary, para.471)
These seven Spirits are mentioned in another passage of St Faustina’s Diary –
“Then I saw one of the seven Spirits
near me, radiant as at other times, under a form of light. I constantly
saw him beside me when I was riding on the train. I saw an Angel on
every Church we passed, but surrounded by a light which was paler than
that of the Spirit who was accompanying me on the journey, and each of
these Spirits who were guarding the Churches bowed his head to the
Spirit who was near me.. I thank God for His goodness, that He gives us
Angels as companions.” (Diary, para.630)
Perhaps the most singular mention of Angels is in Notebook I, where
St Faustina records the occasion on which she was given the Chaplet of
Divine Mercy. This took place on Friday 13th September 1935 –
“In the evening, when I was in my
cell, I saw an Angel, the executor of Divine wrath. He was clothed in a
dazzling robe, his face gloriously bright, a cloud beneath his feet.
From the cloud, bolts of thunder and flashes of lightning were springing
into his hands; and from his hand they were going forth, and only then
were they striking the earth. When I saw this sign of divine wrath which
was about to strike the earth.. I began to implore the Angel to hold
off.. and the world would do penance. But my plea was a mere nothing in
the face of the divine anger.. At that very moment, I felt in my soul
the power of Jesus’ grace, which dwells in my soul.. I found myself
pleading with God for the world, with words heard interiorly. As I was
praying in this manner, I saw the Angel’s helplessness; he could not
carry out the just punishment which was rightly due for sins. Never
before had I prayed with such inner power as I did then. The words with
which I entreated God are these – Eternal
Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your
dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, for our sins and those of the
whole world; for the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us
and on the whole world.” (Diary, para.474-475)
You may recognise here marked similarities to the third part of the
Secret given to the children at Fatima; there, too, an Angel is sent as
the executor of the wrath of God, but his efforts are thwarted by means
of the Most Blessed Virgin, who intercedes for humanity and obtains
God’s mercy for the world.
This would appear to bring together the theme of reparative prayer,
strongly present both at Fatima and in the message of Divine Mercy, as a
means of staying the just anger of God. In the Diary of St Faustina, we
are explicitly given the very prayer with which to do this – the
Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
Angels play a significant part in both the message of Divine Mercy
and the life of St Faustina, and the message of Fatima; on both
occasions, they prepare the way for what will follow, they direct those
to whom they are sent and solicit prayer, and they are portrayed as the
executors of the just anger of the Most High; and yet, this reparative
prayer prevents them from fulfilling this part of their mission. There
is a lesson there for every one of us.
