Secular Order of Jesus, Mary and Joseph “To save those souls who can still be saved”

July – Sept., 2014

The Solemnity of the Assumption - August 15

Excerpt from Day Thirty-One of The Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the Divine Will “. . . As I gave my last breath of pure love in the endlessness of the Divine Will, my Son received

me in His arms and took me to Heaven, in the midst of the angelic choirs which praised me as their Queen. I can say that Heaven emptied Itself to come toward me. All celebrated, and in looking at me, remained enraptured and said in chorus: “Who is She, who comes from the exile, all cleaving to her Lord? All beautiful, all holy, with the scepter of Queen? Her greatness is such that the heavens have lowered themselves to receive Her. No other creature has entered the celestial regions so adorned and so striking—so powerful as to hold supremacy over all.”

Now, my child, do you want to know who She is—for Whom the whole of Heaven sings and remains enraptured? It is I—She who never did her own will. The Divine Will abounded so much with me as to extend more beautiful heaven, more refulgent suns, seas of beauty, of love, of sanctity, with which I could give light to all, love and sanctity to all, and enclose everything and everyone within my heaven. It was the work of the Divine Will operating in me to accomplish such a great prodigy; I was the only creature entering Heaven, to have formed Its Kingdom in my soul. Now, in looking at me, all the celestial Court remained amazed, because as they looked at me, they found me heaven; and looking at me again, they

found me sun; and unable to take their gaze away from me, looking at me more deeply, they saw me sea, finding in me also the most clear earth of my humanity, with the most beautiful flowerings. Enraptured, they exclaimed: “How beautiful She is! She has centralized everything within herself. She lacks nothing! Among all the works of her Creator, She is the only complete work of the whole creation!”

Now, blessed child, you must know that this was the first feast made in Heaven for the Divine Will, which had worked so many prodigies in Its creature. Therefore, at my entrance into Heaven, the whole celestial Court celebrated all the beautiful and great things that the Divine Fiat can work in the creature. Since then, these feasts have never been repeated, and this is why your Mama loves, so much, that the Divine Will reign in the souls in an absolute way: to give It the field in order to let It repeat Its great prodigies and Its marvelous feasts.”

“Mother of my soul, Virgin Mary; you went to rejoice eternally among the rewards and crowns, the divine compliments of your beloved, bought with your sorrows. But I know that you will

not forget me; that in your motherly heart echo smothered cries for the sorrows of your poor children. I know that you love me much, so much; and that, loving and compassionate, you look down at me from your throne, whose pedestal the cherubim and seraphim form. I know what you are for me,

Mary, and here hold the crown of Roses of your martyrdom that I pray you will replace on my brow at the hour of my death. For your incomparable glory, but even more for your sorrows and thorns, I pray that, as the hour of my passing from this world to the other, you may be present, very close to me, and

that one of your tears will fall upon the balance of my destiny so as to obtain eternal happiness. Remember, Mother, that I am your child; that although I do not merit it, you are my Mother;

and that in this exile where I still wander, I weep with you. O Mother – Mother of my soul! I sympathize with your martyrdom of solitude. Amen.”

(Excerpt from “Roses and Thorns” by Ven. Conception Cabrera de Armida (Conchita))

The Three Days of Darkness

Below is taken from translation of a copy of a personal letter supposedly written by Padre Pio addressed to the Commission of Heroldsbach appointed by the Vatican that testifies to the truth and reality of these revelations given by Our Lord to Padre Pio, a Capuchin priest who bore the stigmata. There has been controversy regarding the authenticity of this letter, but even if false, there have been many Catholic seers and mystics such as Saints Hildegard of Bingen, Gaspar del Bufalo, Padre Pio, and Blesseds Anna Maria Taigi, Elisabeth Canori Mora, Elena Aiello, Mariam Baouardi (Mary of Jesus Crucified), Rosa-Colomba Asdente, Palma d'Oria, Pere Lamy, Marie Martel, Marie Julie Jahenny and Franciscan Brother David Lopez or Weslaco, Texas (has appeared with Mother Angelica on EWTN), who have prophesied the Three Days of Darkness. The letter written by Padre Pio:

JANUARY 28, 1950 Keep your windows well covered. Do not look out. Light a blessed candle, which will suffice for many days. Pray the rosary. Read spiritual books. Make acts of Spiritual Communion, also acts of love, which are so pleasing to Us. Pray with outstretched arms, or prostrate on the ground, in order that many souls may be saved. Do not go outside the house. Provide yourself with sufficient food. The powers of nature shall be moved and a rain of fire shall make people tremble with fear. Have courage! I am in the midst of you. FEBRUARY 7, 1950 Take care of the animals during these days. I am the Creator and Preserver of all animals as well as man. I shall give you a few signs beforehand, at which time you should place more food before them. I will preserve the property of the elect, including the animals, for they shall be in need of sustenance afterwards as well. Let no one go across the yard, even to feed the animals--he who steps outside will perish! Cover your windows carefully. My elect shall not see My wrath. Have confidence in Me, and I will be your protection. Your confidence obliges Me to come to your aid. The hour of My coming is near! But I will show mercy. A most dreadful punishment will bear witness to the times. My angels, who are to be the executioners of this work, are ready with their pointed swords! They will take special care to annihilate all those who mocked Me and would not believe in My revelations. Hurricanes of fire will pour forth from the clouds and spread over the entire earth! Storms, bad weather, thunderbolts and earthquakes will cover the earth for two days. An uninterrupted rain of fire will take place! It will begin during a very cold night. All this is to prove that God is the Master of Creation. Those who hope in Me, and believe in my words, have nothing to fear because I will not forsake them, nor those who spread My message. No harm will come to those who are in the state of grace and who seek My mother's protection. That you may be prepared for these visitations, I will give you the following signs and instructions: The night will be very cold. The wind will roar. After a time, thunderbolts will be heard. Lock all the doors and windows. Talk to no one outside the house. Kneel down before a crucifix, be sorry for your sins, and beg My Mother's protection. Do not look during the earthquake, because the anger of God is holy! Jesus does not want us to behold the anger of God, because God's anger must be contemplated with fear and trembling. Those who disregard this advice will be killed instantly. The wind will carry with it poisonous gases which will be diffused over the entire earth. Those who suffer and die innocently will be martyrs and they will be with Me in My Kingdom. Satan will triumph! But after three nights, the earthquake and fire will cease. On the following day the sun will shine again. angels will descend from Heaven and will spread the spirit of peace over the earth. A feeling of immeasurable gratitude will take possession of those who survive this terrible ordeal-the impending punishment-with which God has visited the earth since creation. I have chosen souls in other countries too, such as Belgium, Switzerland. Spain, who have received these revelations so that other countries also may be prepared. Pray much during this Holy Year of 1950. Pray the Rosary, but pray it well, so that your prayers may reach Heaven. Soon a more terrible catastrophe shall come upon the entire world, such as never before has been witnessed, a terrible chastisement never before experienced! The war of 1950 shall be the introduction to these things. How unconcerned men are regarding these things! which shall so soon come upon them, contrary to all expectations. How indifferent they are in preparing themselves for these unheard of events, through which they will have to pass so shortly!

The weight of the Divine balance has reached the earth! The wrath of My Father shall be poured out over the entire world! I am again warning the world through your instrumentality, as I have so often done heretofore. The sins of men have multiplied beyond measure: Irreverence in Church, sinful pride committed in sham religious activities, lack of true brotherly love, indecency in dress, especially at summer seasons...The world is filled with iniquity. This catastrophe shall come upon the earth like a flash of lightning at which moment the light of the morning sun shall be replaced by black darkness! No one shall leave the house or look out of a window from that moment on. I Myself shall come amidst thunder and lightning. The wicked shall behold My Divine Heart. There shall be great confusion because of this utter darkness in which the entire earth shall be enveloped, and many, many shall die from fear and despair. Those who shall fight for My cause shall receive grace from My Divine Heart; and the cry: "WHO IS LIKE UNTO GOD!" shall serve as a means of protection to many. However, many shall burn in the open fields like withered grass! The godless shall be annihilated, so that afterwards the just shall be able to stand afresh. On the day, as soon as complete darkness has set in, no one shall leave the house or look from out of the window. The darkness shall last a day and a night, followed by another day and a night, and another day--but on the night following, the stars will shine again, and on the next morning the sun shall rise again, and it will be SPRINGTIME!! In the days of darkness, My elect shall not sleep, as did the disciples in the garden of olives. They shall pray incessantly, and they shall not be disappointed in Me. I shall gather My elect. Hell will believe itself to be in possession of the entire earth, but I shall reclaim it! Do you, perhaps, think that I would permit My Father to have such terrible chastisements come upon the world, if the world would turn from iniquity to justice? But because of My great love, these afflictions shall be permitted to come upon man. Although many shall curse Me, yet thousands of souls shall be saved through them. No human understanding can fathom the depth of My love! Pray! Pray! I desire your prayers. My Dear Mother Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint Elizabeth, Saint Conrad, Saint Michael. Saint Peter, the Little Therese, Your Holy Angels, shall be your intercessors. Implore their aid! Be courageous soldiers of Christ! At the return of light, let everyone give thanks to the Holy Trinity for Their protection! The devastation shall be very great! But I, Your God, will have purified the earth. I am with you. Have confidence!

We know it over and over. Live in the Present Moment, but be ready for Eternity. 2 Peter 2:3-18: 3 Knowing this first, that in the last days there shall come deceitful scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 Saying: Where is his promise or his coming? for since the time that the fathers slept, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they are willfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God. 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. 7 But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store,

reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men. 8 But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your

sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance. 10 But the day of the Lord shall come as a thief, in which the heavens shall pass away with great violence, and the elements shall be melted with heat, and the earth and the works which are in it, shall be burnt up. 11 Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness? 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of the Lord, by which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat? 13 But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to his promises, in which justice dwelleth. 14 Wherefore, dearly beloved, waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found before him unspotted and blameless in peace. 15 And account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation; as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: 16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, brethren, knowing these things before, take heed, lest being led aside by the error of the unwise, you fall from your own steadfastness Ron Lee JMJ

The Ark of the New Covenant “This is the moment for all to take refuge in me, because I am the Ark of the New Covenant. At the time of Noah, immediately before the flood, those whom the Lord had destined to survive his terrible chastisement entered into the ark. In these your times, I am inviting all my beloved children to enter into the Ark of the New Covenant which I have built in my Immaculate Heart for you, that they may be assisted by me to carry the bloody burden of the great trial, which precedes the coming of the day of the Lord. Do not look anywhere else. There is happening today what happened in the days of the flood, and no one is giving a thought to what is awaiting them. Everyone is much occupied in thinking only of themselves, of their own earthly interests, of pleasures and of satisfying in every sort of way their own disordinate passions. Even in the Church, how few are who concern themselves with my motherly and most sorrowful admonitions! You at least, my beloved ones, must listen to me and follow me. And then, through you, I will be able to call everyone to enter as quickly as possible into the Ark of the New Covenant and of salvation, which my Immaculate Heart has prepared for you, in view of these times of chastisement. Here you will be in peace, and you will be able to become signs of my peace and of my motherly consolation for all my poor children.” (From “To the Priests, Our Lady’s Beloved Sons”, #328)

We ask Almighty God to renew the face of the earth

through the life giving power of the Spirit. Send forth Your Spirit, O Lord,

renew our hearts and minds with the gifts of Light and Truth. Renew Your church

on earth with the gifts of penance and reconciliation, with unity in faith and love.

Amen Pope Saint John Paul II

FEAST OF THE HOLY ARCHANGELS September 29, 2014

“In this great struggle, a special task has been entrusted to the Archangel Gabriel, who clothes you in the very strength of God; to the Archangel Raphael, who pours a healing balm on each of your wounds; and to the Archangel Michael, who leads all the angelic cohorts to the complete victory over the infernal cohorts. For this reason, I entrust you to the powerful protection of these archangels and of your guardian angels, so that you may be guided and defended in the struggle which is now being waged between heaven and earth, between paradise and hell, between Saint Michael the Archangel and Lucifer himself, who will appear very soon with all the power of the Antichrist.

Thus you are being prepared for the greater prodigy which will take place when, with the triumph of my Immaculate Heart, the heavenly dew of divine mercy will descend upon the world.” (To the Priests, My Beloved Sons, #553, 9/29/95)

SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE – AUGUST 14TH

Transfiguration of the Lord – Aug. 6th

On December 8, 2010, Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, Wisconsin, issued the Decree of the Authenticity of the Apparitions of 1859 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help – Diocese of Green Bay. In his homily, the bishop explained, “This official declaration is an explicit recognition of what has been going on in the development and expression of people’s faith in our Lord Jesus.... I think today is a gift we give back to the Blessed Mother for all the prayers she has answered in this place, for all the solace and comfort she has given to troubled souls.” Bishop Ricken added that the message Adele Brise received in 1859 to teach children the faith is the same message people are called to today: “We need this message as much as they needed it 150 years ago: the message to proclaim the Gospel, each one of us, in our families and in our workplace.” At the same ceremony, the bishop formally designated the shrine’s chapel as an official shrine for the whole diocese. Bishop Ricken encouraged the people to frequent this holy site as place of solace and answered prayer.

“To be a saint is to do everything for You,

for your love, because You are Who you are. With You means in union with You, without ever losing sight of You and in You with great intimacy and holy confidence.

It is to see with Your eyes, to hear with You ears, to work with Your hands, to walk with Your feet, to feel with Your own Heart.

Is it not true, Jesus, that this is what it means to remain in Your love? What horizons open before me with these words!”

Ven. Concepcion Cabrera de Armida (Conchita)

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