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All of us have had times and experiences when we’ve needed help. Spiritual help, right now! In the United States and Canada, the telephone number used to call for police, fire, or ambulance emergency services is “911.” When we call “911″ we need help immediately. Well, it often happens that people, suffering many and various things, need help from God right now. I have a “Spiritual 911″ for you if that’s the case.I received most of the inspiration for this from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, although she didn’t relate any of it to the term “911.”If you find yourself in...

Chaplet of the Most Precious Blood Seven "effusions of the Blood of Christ", implicitly or explicitly mentioned in the Gospels, are recalled in a series of biblical meditations and devotional prayers: the Blood of the Circumcision, the Blood of the Garden of Gethsemane, the Blood of the Flagellation, the Blood of the Crowning of Thorns, the Blood of the Ascent to Calvary, the Blood flowing from Christ's side pierced by the lance. Directory on Popular Piety and the LiturgyThis Chaplet is divided into seven groups, containing thirty-three "Our Fathers" in honor of the thirty-three years during which the Precious Blood...

Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.    Other Articles by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D.Printer Friendly Version   Divine Mercy: Yours for the Asking April 13, 2007 Several years ago, the Catholic Church declared the Sunday after Easter "Divine Mercy Sunday."  So what exactly is "mercy" anyway, and what does it have to do with the Easter season?Mercy is not just pity.  Neither is it simply sparing someone the punishment that they deserve.  No, mercy is love's response to suffering.  When mercy encounters suffering, it ultimately seeks to alleviate it.  God the Father is so "rich in mercy" (Eph 2:4) that Paul calls him "the...

On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole world about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment.* [our emphasis] On that day all the divine floodgates through which grace flow are...

April 14, 2006 Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Psalm: Friday 17 Reading 1Is 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.Even as many were amazed at him—so marred was his look beyond human semblanceand his appearance beyond that of the sons of man—so shall he startle many nations,because of him kings shall stand speechless;for those who have not been told shall see,those who have not heard shall ponder it. Who would believe what we have heard?To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?He grew up like a sapling before him,like a shoot...

Jesus I Trust in You Jesus Have Mercy on UsPraying the Chaplet for Pro-life Causes"Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy" (Diary, 300). The entire world is convulsing in an atmosphere of catastrophic peril. We live in a collage of terrorism, religious division, plague, famine, war, pornography, homosexuality, abortion, stem cell research, euthanasia, and moral indifference; human cloning is on the horizon.As a human race, we have hardened our hearts to the authority of God. We have rejected His laws and replaced them with our own, and we must act to restore God's authority over...