Posted on 05/30/2005 1:59:18 AM PDT by kingattax
I do not mean to be disrespectful, but, you post contains quates from "diary". What is that??
Suggest you take a long look at the Religion forum and then reconsider your ill-informed question.
I imagine that Fort Worth would have a lot of folks named Jesus looking out of windows on any given day.
Put the window on ebay. I'm sure someone will pay five figures for it. What did that ham sandwich go for again?
I did, but that didn't answer my question.
I think that most people who come to see the images are in dispair and have a need to believe that the image is a sign from God for them to continue to hang on to hope. For many, they have nothing BUT hope to help them through their problems. They gather together and give each other support and to pray. Who are we to say that this is not God's way of giving comfort to these people and to help them to continue to have faith.
In 1933, God gave Sister Faustina a striking vision of His Mercy,
Sister tells us:
"I saw a great light, with God the Father in the midst of it. Between this light and the earth I saw Jesus nailed to the Cross and in such a way that God, wanting to look upon the earth, had to look through Our Lord's wounds and I understood that God blessed the earth for the sake of Jesus."
Of another vision on Sept. 13, 1935, she writes:
"I saw an Angel, the executor of God's wrath... about to strike the earth...I began to beg God earnestly for the world with words which I heard interiorly. As I prayed in this way, I saw the Angel's helplessness, and he could not carry out the just punishment...."
The following day an inner voice taught her to say this prayer on ordinary rosary beads:
"First say one 'Our Father', 'Hail Mary', and 'I believe'. Then on the large beads say the following words:
'Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.'
On the smaller beads you are to say the following words:
'For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us and on the whole world.'
In conclusion you are to say these words three times:
'Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world'.
Jesus said later to Sister Faustina:
"Say unceasingly this chaplet that I have taught you. Anyone who says it will receive great Mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as the last hope. Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this Chaplet even once, will receive grace from My Infinite Mercy. I want the whole world to know My Infinite Mercy. I want to give unimaginable graces to those who trust in My Mercy...."
"....When they say this Chaplet in the presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying person not as the just judge but as the Merciful Savior".
BTW - the thrice holy prayer that our Lord requested at the end of the chaplet is the very ancient Trisagion , that has been prayed by the Eastern Churches for 2,000+ years. In giving it to St. Faustina, He extended it to the West.
Thanks for thr clarification.
So, the Diary refers to the Diary of Saint Kowalska?
Is this something widespread in the Catholic Church?
Weird. You see a group of people massed at a window, looking for a sign from God, and you think they are illegal aliens. Why?
It's growing. Over 17,000 pilgrims traveled to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge MA this year to join the Marians of the Immaculate Conception as they celebrated the Feast of The Divine Mercy.
There were two days of Masses, speakers, music, and presentations. Fifty-two priests from four states participated in the weekend and over 1,000 confessions were heard. Two hundred and fifty-four buses arrived for the weekend with large pilgrimage groups of Filipinos, Hispanics, Haitians and French Creole in attendance. Individual pilgrims came from as far away as Equador, the Philippines, and Afghanistan.
The celebration from Eden Hill was broadcast live around the world by EWTN in English and Spanish to a potential viewing audience of over 22 million people, primarily in North and South America. It was the 14th time that EWTN had broadcast the celebration.
On Divine Mercy Sunday -- the eighth and final day of the Octave of Easter -- extraordinary graces are available to the faithful flowing from the Paschal Mystery of Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection. These graces were promised by Christ through private revelations granted to St. Faustina. The revelations are consistent with both Scripture and Catholic Church tradition.
That is awesome! I am thrilled to be learning more about the wonderful Eastern Rite of our Church lately, thanks!
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts,” (Isaiah 6:3)
and the mass “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts.”
In the Maronite liturgy, it precedes the readings. The entire congregation stands. The priest faces the Tabernacle and chants these words in Aramaic ... 3 times.
Qadeeshat aloho; Qadeeshat hyeltono; Qadeeshat lomoyouto.
Holy are you, O God; Holy are you, O Strong One; Holy are you, O Immortal one.
Each time he makes a profound bow towards our Lord, present in the Tabernacle. The congregation responds with:
Itraham alein - Have mercy on us.
As far as I know, all of the Eastern Churches include the Trisagion in their liturgies. It would be a veritable blessing ot see the Latin Church follow this practice.
Yesterday at the Mass in Bari, the Eastern Rite of the church was in evidence once again. Seems that Bari is considered a gateway to the East, and also where St. Nicholas is buried, so the Eastern Rite is very strong there. There were numerous Eastern clergy in attendance.
The Gospel was first proclaimed in Italian, and then a Greek deacon chanted a line, the Holy Father chanted something back (there was no interpretation of these chantings but it may have been a variation of the trisagion), and then the Gospel was chanted in Greek by the deacon. Simply beautiful!
I don't know if I am seeing more Eastern Rite because I am more attentive to it, or if the Holy Father is emphasizing it more.
Thank you so much for your explanations on all this!
This can't be, of course.
Jesus just left Chicago, and he's bound for New Orleans...
So, 'Dear Old Mom' WAS right. It's the inside that counts, not the outside. 
Sigh. Here we go again.
I began watching the replay last night but fell asleep ... dang!
The Gospel was first proclaimed in Italian, and then a Greek deacon chanted a line, the Holy Father chanted something back (there was no interpretation of these chantings but it may have been a variation of the trisagion), and then the Gospel was chanted in Greek by the deacon. Simply beautiful!
The deacon is probably a priest and member of the Italo-Greek Catholic Church - one of only two Eastern Traditions that have never separated from the Magisterium. The other is the Maronite Church.
Benedict XVI has declared that he will actively pursue restoration with the Orthodox Churches. That would explain why you are seeing more Eastern Patriarchs and Bishops at the various papal services.
Towards the end of the JPII's funeral mass, overseen by then Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, we were privileged to experience a Byzantine Service for the Dead.
The week following his funeral, the Church offered up the Novendiales Masses. On Thursday of that week, it was the Patriarch of the Maronite Church, Mar Nasrallah Cardinal Pierre Sfeir, who served as principal celebrant at the liturgy. Representatives from the other Eastern Catholic Churches were all in attendance as were many Latin Rite Cardinals.
Here's some interesting information regarding a beautiful monastery just south of Rome. To learn more, click on the link:
"In 1004 the Tuscolo hills welcomed a group of monks. An old holy man arriving, anxious to find a place to build a monastery to gather all his brothers. It was St. Nilus, born in Rossano, in Calabria, from a Greek family. At that time Calabria was under the Byzantine rule and was Greek in language, culture,and spiritual and liturgical tradition. Nilus had founded several monasteries in Calabria and in Campania. Though a humble saint, he was held in high esteem by Princes, Emperors and Popes. Having flown from place to place to avoid all honours, he finally wanted to reach Rome to end his days in peace."
S. Maria di Grottaferrata
What He did far outweighs physical attributes, and renders what He looked like meaningless.
So true.
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