Coffee with Christ: Tuesdays Are Special
We
seek friendship with God through Christ, the Holy Spirit and His mother-Mary.
There is no greater help in our life’s journey in this world than through
friendship with Jesus Christ and His mother. Prayer is, in its purest sense, a
personal journey or intimacy with Our Lord. The imaginary premise of this article
is to encourage having a “Coffee Clutch” with Christ and gather for coffee and
conversation through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Ideally having a
regular or daily set time or appointment to meet and discuss with Him your
hopes, dreams, plans and goals. To bear your heart to Him. To just sit down
with Christ and talk, laugh, and enjoy each other’s company, over a cup of
coffee. To make the common Holy and grow in the love and likeness to our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
My
Coffee Conversation with Christ
During
a Coffee I apologize to Christ as I hand Him a cup of micro waved coffee. I tell him that I could not sleep last night
and that I got up in the middle of the night and could not go back to sleep. He
states that when that happens it is a good time to pray. Pray and I will be
there with you. He mentions that the coffee is good, and he would have liked to
have had a microwave back in Jerusalem. He also tells me that I should try and
make it to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel for a little “one on one” time. He
further reveals that Tuesdays are always trying for Him; for it was the day
that Judas went to the Sanhedrin to betray Him and that it comforts Him when
someone has a special devotion
to him on that day. He further states that I
would grow in grace if I was careful to observe and make a Novena to His Holy
Face for the nine days preceding Ash Wednesday ending the Novena on Shrove (day
before Ash Wednesday) Tuesday.
The Golden Arrow[1]
(as dictated by Our Lord to Sister Marie of St. Peter)
May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and
ineffable Name of God be forever praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified
in Heaven, on Earth, and under the Earth by all the creatures of God and by the
Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the
Altar. Amen. Eternal Father, I offer
Thee the adorable Face of Thy Beloved Son for the honour and glory of Thy Name,
for the conversion of sinners and the salvation of the dying. Amen.
All those who honor My Face in a spirit of reparation will by so doing perform the
office of the pious Veronica. According to the care they take in making
reparation to My Face, disfigured by blasphemers, so will I take care of their
souls which have been disfigured by sin. My Face is the seal of the Divinity,
which has the virtue of reproducing in souls the image of God.
Those
who by words, prayers or writing defend My cause in this Work of Reparation I
will defend before My Father and will give them My Kingdom.
By
offering My Face to My Eternal Father, nothing will be refused, and the
conversion of many sinners will be obtained.
By
My Holy Face, they will work wonders, appease the anger of God, and draw down
mercy on sinners.
As
in a kingdom they can procure all that is desired with a coin stamped with the
King's effigy, so in the Kingdom of Heaven they will obtain all they desire
with the precious coin of My Holy Face.
Those
who on earth contemplate the wounds of My Face shall in Heaven behold it
radiant with glory.
They
will receive in their souls a bright and constant irradiation of My Divinity,
that by their likeness to My Face they shall shine with particular splendor in
Heaven.
I will defend them, I will preserve them, and I assure them of Final Perseverance.[2]
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter Feast Day go to Mass
FEAST ST. PHIILIP and JAMES-Finding
of the HOLY CROSS
Baruch
who was the scribe of Jeremiah argues against the temptation to worship
Babylonian gods. He sets forth reasons such as they are weak, helpless,
attended by unworthy ministers who use these frightening gods with weapons to
enslave and control the masses and in like manner the priests frightened the
Jews into condemning Christ. To this Peter testifies, “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of
our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus whom you handed over and denied in
Pilate’s presence, when he had decided to release him. You denied the Holy and
Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you. The author of life
you put to death, but God raised him from the dead; of this we are witnesses.”
(Act 3:13-15) Christ now compels us-Do not fear. We are blessed because we are the receivers of the apex of
God’s graces through Jesus Christ and He has given us His own mother as our
mother. Even greater is the salvation we have received via the action of Divine
Mercy.
If
you are afraid to start again or are discouraged by failure it is because you
do not understand you can do nothing without Christ. Therefore, if you have
sinned go to confession and receive His Body and Blood: being renewed.
I
remember in 2006 when I and my wife Mary were blessed with being able to make a
trip to Israel. I was reflecting upon the graces I had received. I was thanking
the Lord for I had touched the spot on the earth where He was born, and I had
touched the spot where He had died, and I had touched the spot where He had
ascended into heaven. I was prideful and thought how lucky am I. Then my Lord
reminded me that a greater grace still awaits me and everyone in the Holy
Eucharist. Be honest, humble yourself and make a sincere effort. Leave all else
in His hands-saying: Jesus I Trust in You! Pride wants immediate success. Be
brave and renew your intentions, make a resolution daily to do the will of God
and seek to please Him.
Aids
in Battle[1]The
Power of Christ’s Blood
This
Blood, if rightly received, drives away demons and keeps them far away from us,
while it calls to us both angels and the Lord of angels. For wherever they see
the Lord’s Blood, demons flee, and angels run to gather together. For this
Blood, poured forth, washed clean all the world. . . . Those who
share this Blood stand with angels and archangels and the heavenly powers
above, clothed in Christ’s own kingly robe, and having the armor of the Spirit.
In fact, greater than everything I have yet described is this: Those who share
this Blood are clothed with the King Himself. ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
Saints Philip
and James[2]
PHILIP, born at Bethsaida, was one of the first followers of Our Lord. After receiving the Holy Ghost he preached the Gospel in Scythia and Phrygia (Turkey, Syria and Iran), converting great numbers to the faith, and was finally crucified and then stoned at Hierapolis, in Phrygia.
JAMES, the son of Cleophas, called the Less, and on account of his sanctity surnamed the Just, and for his kinship with Christ known as His brother, was, with his brother Judas Thaddeus, chosen an apostle in the second year of Christ’s ministry. St. James was the first Bishop of Jerusalem. One day, being requested to preach against Christ, he publicly proclaimed Him to be the Messiah, in Whom men were bound to believe, at which the Jewish priests became so enraged that they threw him down from a pinnacle of the temple, cast stones upon him, and finally killed him outright with a fuller’s rod (tool used in wool making)
The Introit of the Mass is as follows: "In the time of their tribulation they cried to Thee, O Lord, and Thou heardest them from heaven. Rejoice in the Lord, ye just; praise becometh the upright."
Prayer.
O God, Who givest us joy by the annual solemnity of Thy apostles Philip and James, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be instructed by the example of those in whose merits we rejoice. Amen
EPISTLE. Wis. v. 1-5.
The just shall stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them and taken away their labors. These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation, saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they whom we had some time in derision, and for a parable of reproach. We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honor. Behold how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.
GOSPEL. John xiv. 1-13.
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: Let not your ear be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you, that I go to prepare a place for you. And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you: I will come again, and will take you to Myself, that where I am, you also may be. And whither I go you know, and the way you know. Thomas saith to Him: Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father but by Me. If you had known Me, you would without doubt have known My Father also: and from henceforth you shall know Him, and you have seen Him. Philip saith to Him: Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jesus saith to him: So long a time have I been with you, and have you not known Me? Philip, he that seeth Me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou, show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of Myself. But the Father Who abideth in Me, He doth the works. Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? Otherwise believe for the very works sake. Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in Me, the works that I do he also shall do, and greater than these shall he do because I go to the Father. And whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, that will I do.
Why did Jesus say to His disciples, " Let not your heart be troubled"?
He said this in order to console them beforehand, so that they might not be downcast, or waver in their faith, in case the predicted tribulations should actually come upon Him and them. Thus, it is that God never fails to comfort those who suffer persecution for His sake.
What is meant by the words, " I am the way, the truth, and the life"?
St. Bernard says Christ is the way, in His holy doctrine and example, in following which we cannot go astray. He is the truth, in the fulfilment of the prophecies, in His mysteries, in His promises and threatening’s, in His Gospel, and in His Church, for, as God, He cannot err, neither can He lie or deceive. Finally, He is the life, in that, through His death, He has gained for us the life of grace and glory.
Why did Christ say to Philip, He that seeth Me seeth the Father also"?
Because, although different from the Father in person, yet in nature and substance He is equal to Him. Christ accordingly adds that He is in the Father, and the Father in Him.
Prayer to St. Philip.
O St. Philip, chosen disciple of the Lord, who brought Nathaniel to Christ, who most zealously preached thy Lord, Jesus Christ, and out of love to Him willingly gave thyself to be nailed to the cross, and put to death, obtain, I beseech thee, for me, and for all men, grace with zeal to bring others to the practice of good works, to have a great desire after God and His truths, and, in hope of the eternal blissful contemplation of God, to bear patiently the adversities and miseries of this life. Amen.
Prayer to St. James.
O St. James,
who lived so temperately and strictly, who, like thy master, prayed so
earnestly and constantly for thy tormentors, I beseech thee that thou wouldst
procure us from Jesus’ grace, after thy example, to live sober and penitential
lives, and to worship God in spirit and in truth. Obtain for us, therefore, the
spirit with which thou didst write thine epistle, that we may follow thy
doctrine, be diligent in good works, and, like thee, love and pray for our
enemies. Amen.
St James TL / St Philip Facts &
Quotes[3]
·
The
mother of St James, Mary was either a sister or a close relative of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, and for that reason, according to Jewish custom, he was sometimes
called the brother of Jesus.
·
In
the Orthodox Church, St. James is commemorated on October 22. St. Philip
is revered on November 14.
·
The
Roman Catholic feast day of St. Philip and St. James, Apostles, is held May 3.
It honors James, traditionally considered to be the brother of Jesus, and
Philip, considered by scripture to be one of Jesus' earliest disciples (John:
1:43).
·
Philip
teaches us ... to let ourselves be won over by Jesus, to be with him and also
to invite others to share in this indispensable company; and in seeing, finding
God, to find true life. - St. Benedict XVI
St James TL/St Philip Top Events
and Things to Do
·
Read
the Epistle of James. This is a letter that addresses several problems
occurring in the early church involving the rich, lack of humility, and other
issues.
·
Read
the first chapter of the Gospel of John. Philip invites others to come
and see what Jesus was teaching, a common theme in the Gospel of John.
·
Bake
a pastry in honor of St. Philip since he is the patron saint of bakers.
·
Say
a prayer for the dying in honor of St. James, who is the patron saint of those
living their last days of mortal life.
Feast of the Finding
of the Holy Cross
MAY 3
Why is this day so called?
Because
on this day the Church celebrates the finding by St. Helena, mother of the emperor
Constantine, of the cross on which Christ died, after it had been for a long
time lost.
Where had the holy cross
been up to the time that it was thus found again?
At
Jerusalem, near the holy sepulcher, hidden under a mass of rubbish. For the
Emperor Adrian endeavored not only to desecrate the holy places of the death
and burial of Jesus Christ, but also to hide the very knowledge of them. The
cave of the holy sepulcher was filled up, and by the erection of a temple of
Venus, built over the spot, came to be quite lost sight of.
Prayer.
O God, "Who, in the miraculous finding of the
saving cross, didst revive the miracles of Thy passion, grant that, by the
ransom paid on the wood of life, we may obtain the suffrages of life eternal.
Amen
Salutation of the Church to
the Holy Cross.
O glorious and venerable cross! O precious wood! O
wonderful sign, by which sin, the devil, and hell were overcome, and the world
redeemed through the blood of Christ, thou art exalted above all the cedars of
the forest, for on thee hung the life of the world! On thee Christ gained the
victory, and by His dying overcame death forever. Alleluia. O Lord Jesus
Christ, we adore and bless Thee; for through Thy cross Thou hast redeemed the
world.
ON THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Why do we sign ourselves
with the sign of the cross?
1. To
testify that we are Christians and worshippers of the Crucified.
2. To
profess our faith in the Most Holy Trinity.
3. In honor
and thankful remembrance of the sufferings and death of Christ.
4. In order
to overcome the devil and his temptations, inasmuch as he is by nothing more
easily driven away than by the sign of the cross.
Is it an old custom to make
the sign of the cross?
The
earliest fathers of the Church make mention of this custom, and say that it
came to them from the apostles; nay, they charge Christians to make the sign of
the cross at eating and drinking, at walking and rising, at sitting and
speaking, and, in a word, before every undertaking.
Why do the priests at divine
service make the sign of the cross over the people?
That
therewith there may be imparted to Christians the abundant blessing of grace
which Christ has obtained for us by His cross, as St. Paul says, Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with spiritual
blessings in heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. i. 3). This custom is of
great antiquity in the Church. The Council of Agde, for example, in the year
506, directed that after prayers the people should be dismissed by the priest
with a blessing
Catechism
of the Catholic Church
PART ONE: THE PROFESSION OF FAITH
SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS
CHAPTER TWO-I BELIEVE IN JESUS
CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD
ARTICLE 2 "AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS
ONLY SON, OUR LORD"
I. Jesus
430 Jesus means in Hebrew: "God saves." At the annunciation, the
angel Gabriel gave him the name Jesus as his proper name, which expresses both
his identity and his mission. Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God
who, in Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from their
sins". in Jesus, God recapitulates all of his history of salvation on
behalf of men.
431 In the history of salvation God was not content to deliver Israel
"out of the house of bondage" by bringing them out of Egypt. He
also saves them from their sin. Because sin is always an offence against God,
only he can forgive it. For this reason, Israel, becoming more and more
aware of the universality of sin, will no longer be able to seek salvation
except by invoking the name of the Redeemer God.
432 The name "Jesus" signifies that the very name of God is
present in the person of his Son, made man for the universal and definitive
redemption from sins. It is the divine name that alone brings salvation, and
henceforth all can invoke his name, for Jesus united himself to all men through
his Incarnation, so that "there is no other name under heaven given
among men by which we must be saved."
433 The name of the Savior God was invoked only once in the year by the
high priest in atonement for the sins of Israel, after he had sprinkled the
mercy seat in the Holy of Holies with the sacrificial blood. the mercy seat was
the place of God's presence. When St. Paul speaks of Jesus whom "God
put forward as an expiation by his blood", he means that in Christ's
humanity "God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself."
434 Jesus' Resurrection glorifies the name of the Saviour God, for from
that time on it is the name of Jesus that fully manifests the supreme power of
the "name which is above every name". The evil spirits fear his
name; in his name his disciples perform miracles, for the Father grants all
they ask in this name.
435 The name of Jesus is at the heart of Christian prayer. All liturgical
prayers conclude with the words "through our Lord Jesus Christ". the
Hail Mary reaches its high point in the words "blessed is the fruit of thy
womb, Jesus." the Eastern prayer of the heart, the Jesus Prayer, says:
"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." Many
Christians, such as St. Joan of Arc, have died with the one word
"Jesus" on their lips.
Daily
Devotions
·
Unite in the work of the Porters of St. Joseph by joining them
in fasting: Today's Fast: The
Pope
·
Make
reparations to the Holy Face-Tuesday
Devotion
·
Pray Day 7 of
the Novena for our Pope and Bishops
·
Tuesday: Litany
of St. Michael the Archangel
·
Litany
of the Most Precious
Blood of Jesus
·
Manhood of
the Master-week 11 day 3
·
Offering to
the sacred heart of Jesus
· Make reparations to the Holy Face
· Total
Consecration to Mary Day 6
· Novena to the
Holy Face Day 7
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