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GOD THE FATHER (2010-2013)

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“I want everyone to venerate My Divine Heart, because it is the Heart of a Father who loves His children with Infinite Love. Anyone who adores My Divine Heart atones for a multitude of sins. Console My Divine Heart and repair from your hearts (…) In this manner, peace – My Peace – will come on earth. Joy, Happiness, and Love will reign in the world once more.

“My Divine Heart is the Heart of a Father Who loves His children to folly (…) a refuge for all men to come and rest in It, as a haven from the cares and burdens of the world (…) I desire to be loved, honored, worshipped, and venerated by all My children (…) Do not deny your Father this plea. I will accept anyone who comes to Me with a sincere heart.

“This Devotion is in atonement for all the blasphemies committed against My Divine Heart (…) Many of the consequences of the Chastisement can be averted if (…you) pray sincerely and honestly to My Divine Heart. Whoever devoutly worships My Divine Heart pays Me homage, reparation for the tremendous agony and sorrow that I endure from My creation, due to the multitude of its sins. True reparation calms My Wrath and consoles My wounded Heart (…) Anyone who genuinely loves Me will console Me, otherwise he will be responsible for having let the fullness of My Wrath fall upon mankind.”

Note: The diptych, ecumenical icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father Encompassing All Hearts was written by Fr. Richard G. Cannuli, O.S.A., according to the original pencil drawing of the Divine Heart given in 2010. Upon completion, the icon was kept on the altar in the chapel of Saint Thomas of Villanova Friary (USA) for many liturgies. The icon was blessed by Fr. Cannuli both with a regular blessing and with the Holy Eucharist.

Prints of the icons on canvas or as posters in different sizes can be obtained from here and here.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE CONSECRATION PRAYER

French, Italian, Latin, Maltese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Christ is risen, Alleluia!

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The Holy Face

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The Stations of the Cross

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Vintage Stations of the Cross for your contemplation.

America’s Woman – Feature documentary

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Photo Credit: © 2024, Avinu Films

Does America’s future depend on its past? Will America survive?

America’s Woman is a feature-length documentary that revolves around the mysterious woman, overlooked by historians, who had a profound influence on George Washington, his vision for America, and its independence – a vision that could deeply influence the nation’s need for healing and unity. A journey into the heart of America’s past and future, it is also the first film to explore in depth this relationship. Shot on location in the United States and featuring a large ensemble cast, together with major historical figures, the film is slated to be released by Avinu Films later this year.

Discernment – 2

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Given the notable events that have occurred in the past few days, the following says it all:

They will succeed in establishing a church that goes against My divine will.

God the Father, to Barbara Centilli (in Seeing With the Eyes of the Soul).

God does not contradict Himself nor does He go against Himself. Read Scripture and you will see the Truth for yourselves in crystal clear terms.

Anything else is not from the Spirit of God.

The request of Mary, Queen of martyrs

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One evening at Eucharistic adoration, Mary spoke to this successor of the apostles. Pointing toward Golgotha, she directed him: “Joe, there is your home……”

“The crisis of the Church has entered a new phase: the crisis of the Magisterium”- Robert, Cardinal Sarah (10/26/2023).

Discernment

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Given the way things are escalating in the Church these days, particularly in the United States, the following needs to be said:

On the left, we have seen and keep on seeing ever-increasing efforts toward establishing a “Catholic Spring,” in an attempt to widen the narrow pathway and bring the Church in line with the postmodern world. Meanwhile, on the right, we are seeing a rapidly escalating regressive movement toward pre-Vatican I and Council of Trent norms, in reaction to the left’s efforts. In both instances, clerics and laypeople are involved. Furthermore, all this is being said and done “in the name of the Catholic faith” or to “defend the real faith and the true Church.” However, none of it is the Will of God.

God never wills the death of human persons or inciting violence against others in His name – not even to defend the faith and His Church. This because Christ paid the price for people’s sins with His Blood through the Crucifixion. That is why the Old Testament punishments became obsolete, as soon as the Temple curtain was ripped apart upon Christ’s death on the Cross and the New Testament came into being.

Christ came to lay down His life for others, not to kill them, and there is only one Way to God the Father – and that is Jesus Christ. This is true for the baptized and the unbaptized, the believer and the non-believer. It should thus be noted that whoever is stating that the best way to defend the faith and the Church is to carry out an act of violence, is not speaking in accordance with the Will of God. It is scandalous that this even needs to be said, given that the origin of such speech is forthcoming from those who have been more than abundantly catechized in the Catholic faith.

Hence, discern carefully every single thing you hear, see, or read. For whoever speaks in the above-referenced manner is going directly against the Will of God. This even though their speech may be forthcoming under the guise of praying publicly, preaching the gospel, and leading people to God.

Altar of Repose

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Relics of the Passion – 9 – The Stone of the Anointing and the Holy Sepulcher

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From the Stone of the Anointing and the Holy Sepulcher

The Stone of the Anointing

The Stone of the Anointing can be found inside the main entrance to the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher,[1] Jerusalem. It was placed there after the reconstruction of the church had been finished in 1810 (Murphy-O’Connor, 1998).

According to tradition, the slab of reddish Stone is located in commemoration on the spot where Saint Joseph of Arimathea had prepared the Body of Jesus Christ for burial (See the Holy Land, 2017). It belongs conjointly to the Armenian Orthodox,[2] the Roman Catholics[3] and the Greek Orthodox[4] that are at the Sepulcher, all of whom were indicated as primary custodians of the church in the firman[5] of the Ottoman Sultan, Osman III, in 1863[6] (ibid.; Morio, 2014). Above is a photograph of a relic from the Stone of the Anointing in a sealed hand-carved, gilt-bronze reliquary that comes from the Custodian Franciscans serving the Holy Land.

The Holy Sepulcher

The Holy Sepulcher is the tomb where Christ was buried for three days before His Resurrection. It is located 295 feet (90 meters) northwest of Golgotha.[7] The tomb had been provided for the burial of Christ by Saint Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Sanhedrin who had quietly disagreed with their condemnation of the Savior.

The tomb, which has a bed of limestone (Romey, 2016; Pells, 2016) upon which the Body of Christ had been placed, is enclosed inside the Kouvouklion, a small chapel that is located in the Aedicule of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. The bed had been covered for centuries by a marble slab with a cross on it, which had been reportedly engraved by the Crusaders. Above is a photograph of a small stone from the Holy Sepulcher in the same sealed bronze reliquary that comes from the Custodian Franciscans in Jerusalem.

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[1] Also known as the Church of the Resurrection.

[2] The Armenian (Saint James Brotherhood; 2011).

[3] The Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor (Custodia Terrae Sanctae, 2019). Known locally as ‘Latins.’

[4] The Jerusalem Patriarchate (Brotherhood of the All-Holy Sepulcher; 2012).

[5] A firman was a royal decree issued during the time of the Ottoman empire. The 1863 firman confirmed that which had been decreed in the firman of 1749.

[6] The Status Quo (United Nations Conciliation Commission, 1949).

[7] The place of the skull.

Relics of the Passion – 8 – The Shroud

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From the Burial Shroud

The Burial Shroud is a linen cloth of 14 feet 5 inches long by 3 feet 7 inches wide (4.4 x 1.1 meters). Imprinted on it is the negative image of the Body of Jesus Christ (Adler, 2002), which had resulted after the Savior was wrapped in it for His entombment after the Crucifixion.

The Shroud is known to have been in the possession of the Byzantine emperors until the Sack of Constantinople, which occurred in April 1204[1] (Poulle, 2009). Boniface I[2] and his chief counselor, Othon de la Roche,[3] took the Shroud from the Church of Saint Mary of Blachernae together with other relics and kept them in Athens (Anon., n. d.; Legrand, 1982; Piana, 2014; Rinaldi, 1983; Villehardouin, 2007). But after that no mention of it has been reliably documented for another two centuries.

The knight, Geoffroy I de Charny,[4] and his wife, Jeanne de Vergy,[5] were noted as the new owners of the Shroud in the 14th century, where it was preserved from 1360 to 1389 at Monfort-en-Auxois. Their great-granddaughter, Marguerite de Charny,[6] gave the Shroud to Louis I of the Casa di Savoia[7] in 1453 (Chevalier, 1900; Dubarle, 1993), in exchange for the castle of Varambon and monetary assets. The Savoyards in turn presented it to the Holy See in 1983.

The Shroud is woven in a 3-to-1 herringbone twill pattern made of flax fibrils. The negative image imprinted on it has been described as that of

A front and back view of a naked man with his hands folded across his groin. The two views are aligned along the midplane of the body and point in opposite directions. The front and back views of the head nearly meet at the middle of the cloth (ibid.).

The burial cloth of Christ can be found enclosed in a bullet-proof glass case at the Cappella della Sacra Sindone in Turin, Italy. This chapel had been built in the 17th century by Carlo Emmanuele II[8] to house the sacred relic.

Above is a photograph of a single thread from the Shroud in a sealed reliquary that comes from the Augustinians. A limited number of relics of the Shroud had been distributed to Catholic bishops around the world after a drop of molten silver from a fire had damaged a small part of it in 1532, while at the Sainte Chapelle in Chambéry,[9] France (Cruz, 1984).

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[1] The culmination of the Fourth Crusade, which is considered a major victory and turning point in medieval history.

[2] Marchese di Monferrato and King of Thessaloniki. Boniface was one of the knight-commanders of the Fourth Crusade.

[3] Baron of Ray-sur-Saõne and the first Frankish Lord of Athens.

[4] Lord of Lirey and Savoisy.

[5] A fifth-generation descendant of Othon de la Roche.

[6] de Charny became Madame de la Roche in 1418 after having married Humbert of Villersexel, Count de la Roche.

[7] The House of Savoy, a royal family that was established in 1003 at the historical region of the northwest Alps northwest of Italy. The Savoyards ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946 (Ginsborg, 2003).

[8] The Duke of Savoy.

[9] Chambéry was the capital of the Savoy region at the time. After the fire, Emmanuele Filiberto, the current Duke of Savoy, ordered that the Shroud be translated to Turin where it has remained since 1578. The coffer in which it traveled can also be seen (Piana, 2014).