Day 9 - Total Consecration Day! To Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph!

Today is our Consecration Day! 

What a wondrous day to consecrate (or reconsecrate) ourselves!

For on this day is a convergence of the Three Hearts! 

How tremendous must the outpouring of grace be upon souls this day! 

For it is:
First Friday - in which we express devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Re-Consecration of the US (and Canada) to Mary
The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

On this day, I ask that we join in with the Bishops in making the consecration at 3pm EST.  See below for the liturgy that the bishops will be using.

But before we do that, I wanted to share one of the most beautiful parts of St. Louis de Montfort's prophesies:

…"When will souls breathe Mary as the body breathes air?"

When that time comes wonderful things will happen on earth. The Holy Spirit, finding his dear Spouse present again in souls, will come down into them with great power. He will fill them with his gifts, especially wisdom, by which they will produce wonders of grace. My dear friend, when will that happy time come, that age of Mary, when many souls, chosen by Mary and given her by the most High God, will hide themselves completely in the depths of her soul, becoming living copies of her, loving and glorifying Jesus? That day will dawn only when the devotion I teach is understood and put into practice:  
"Lord, that your kingdom may come, may the reign of Mary come!” 

St. Louis de Montfort

This is one of my favorite writings of St. Louis! 

It is so beautiful and profound!

Again there is much to ponder. 

Please read it again and again and pray over it. 

Let the words sink deep within you, 

so we come to breathe in Mary as the body breathes air... 

so we can truly come to be filled with wisdom 

and all the gifts of God,

and the Holy Spirit will come into us with great power

so to bring about great wonders of grace

through us, who are chosen by Mary

and given to her by God...

who hide ourselves completely in the depths of Mary's soul, 

so to become living copies of her,

loving and glorifying Jesus!

When we do this 

we will help usher in the age of Mary, 

which is God's Kingdom coming to earth in our time!

This is the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart that Mary promised us! 

Let us rejoice! 

May, through the great multitude of little ones making our consecration today 

in union with our bishops, 

help the glory of God be manifested in our world! 

May Thy Kingdom come! May Thy will be done!

On this day, may we strive to imitate not only Mary, but the all of the Holy Family's virtues so to bring peace to our families and to the world:  

ONLY IN IMITATING THE HOLY FAMILY WILL WE FIND PEACE:

"…[If you are faithful in practicing the virtues of the Holy Family] Then, you also, my children, you also will become another paradise. God will then walk among you and you will have peace.
The imitation of the Holy Family, my child, of the virtues we practiced in our little home at Nazareth is the way for all souls to [find] that peace which comes from God alone and which none other can give.”
God wishes me to be honored in union with Jesus and Mary to obtain peace among men and nations.
I need your help to bring peace into the world. Do not disappoint me." 

And let us today, on May 1, 2020, consecrate ourselves to all three hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph:

Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
By St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.
I take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.
I beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.
Amen.

Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
By St. Maximilian Kolbe
O Immaculata, Queen of heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, God has willed to entrust the entire order of mercy to you. I, N…, a repentant sinner, cast myself at your feet humbly imploring you to take me with all that I am and have, wholly to yourself as your possession and property. Please make of me, of all my powers of soul and body, of my whole life, death and eternity, whatever most pleases you. If it pleases you, use all that I am and have without reserve, wholly to accomplish what was said of you: “She will crush your head,” and, “You alone have destroyed all heresies in the world.” Let me be a fit instrument in your immaculate and merciful hands for introducing and increasing your glory to the maximum in all the many strayed and indifferent souls, and thus help extend as far as possible the blessed kingdom of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. For wherever you enter you obtain the grace of conversion and growth in holiness, since it is through your hands that all graces come to us from the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
V. Allow me to praise you, O sacred Virgin.
R. Give me strength against your enemies.

Act of Consecration to the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph
O Glorious Patriarch and Patron of the Catholic Church! O Virgin Spouse of God, and guardian and foster father of the Incarnate Word! In the presence of Jesus and Mary, I choose thee this day to be my guardian and father.
O thou whom God has constituted Head of the Holy Family, accept me, I beseech thee, though utterly unworthy, to be a poor little servant in thy holy house. Present me to thy Immaculate Spouse, ask her also to accept me as a servant and to adopt me as a child. With her, teach me, thou who art a master of the interior life, how to converse constantly with Jesus and how to serve Him faithfully in all things to the end of my life.
To thy custody was committed the Living Bread of Heaven, to be dispensed to thy starving brethren. O, with Mary help me to prepare the poor stable of my heart to receive, worthily and often, the Bread of my salvation. Let me receive it from thy hands and from those of Mary, as often as I approach the Holy Table.
O my tender and watchful father, I hereby consecrate myself to thee; and I firmly purpose and resolve never to leave thee, and never to say or do anything, nor to suffer anyone under my charge to say or do anything, against thy honor! O thou head of the house of God upon earth, in faithful imitation of Jesus and Mary, I place myself and all my concerns under thy care and protection. To thee, after Jesus and Mary, I consecrate my body and soul with all their faculties, my spiritual progress, my home, and all my affairs and undertakings.
Forsake me not, but adopt me as a servant and a child of the Holy Family. Watch over me at all times, but especially in the last awful hour of my life on earth: then visit, console, and strengthen me with Jesus and Mary, that with them and thee I may sing the praises of the adorable Trinity for all eternity. Amen.

NOVENA PRAYERS:

The Novena prayers are simple, but they are rooted in the messages Our Lady has reiterated and given to us again and again in all of her apparitions to try to save us.
Let us always strive to live them ever more fully.
They are:
Pray the full Rosary
Read Scripture together as a family each day –
We are taught and learn so much from reading and meditating on the Mass readings of each day. Here are today's readings.
Take time to pray through them and notice which words jump out at you and take some time in prayer with these words to understand more deeply what God is saying to you in these Scriptures:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/043020.cfm

Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Lectionary: 277

Reading 1 Acts 9:1-20

Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord,
went to the high priest and asked him
for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, that,
if he should find any men or women who belonged to the Way,
he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains.
On his journey, as he was nearing Damascus,
a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
He said, “Who are you, sir?”
The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what you must do.”
The men who were traveling with him stood speechless,
for they heard the voice but could see no one.
Saul got up from the ground,
but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing;
so they led him by the hand and brought him to Damascus.
For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias,
and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.”
He answered, “Here I am, Lord.”
The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight
and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul.
He is there praying,
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias
come in and lay his hands on him,
that he may regain his sight.”
But Ananias replied,
“Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man,
what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem.
And here he has authority from the chief priests
to imprison all who call upon your name.”
But the Lord said to him,
“Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine
to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and children of Israel,
and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name.”
So Ananias went and entered the house;
laying his hands on him, he said,
“Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me,
Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came,
that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes
and he regained his sight.
He got up and was baptized,
and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength.
He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus,
and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues,
that he is the Son of God.

Responsorial Psalm 117:1bc, 2

R.    (Mark 16:15)  Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R.    Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R.    Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R.    Alleluia.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R.    Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R.    Alleluia.

Alleluia Jn 6:56

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood,
remains in me and I in him, says the Lord.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Jn 6:52-59

The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,
“How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood,
you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day.
For my Flesh is true food,
and my Blood is true drink.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
remains in me and I in him.
Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
This is the bread that came down from heaven.
Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died,
whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Make the Eucharist the center of your life
we can still do this interiorly if not physically during this time of quarantine through our Spiritual Communions, and visits to Church to pray in front of the tabernacle if they are open, etc.
Fast twice a week on Wednesdays and Friday on bread and water for Mary has told us in Medjugorje:

 "Pray and fast, because with prayer and fasting you can stop wars and natural disasters".

Go to Confession at least monthly (again, if you are unable make frequent heartfelt acts of contrition)…

And each day of this novena, pray especially during the 3 O’clock hour (if possible):
•    an act of contrition
(in place of or in addition to confession)
•    an act of spiritual communion
(in place of or in addition to going to Mass and receiving communion;
•    the Divine Mercy Chaplet
•    the Rosary
Besides consecrating ourselves and our loved ones, our nation(s) and leaders, our Church and the world each day - let us also remember to consecrate Russia and China and all those who are perpetrating such great evil upon the world and our Church. 
For the great enemies of our Church can end up being its greatest saints, such as St. Paul which we read about above, and so we pray:

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I love you! Save Souls!

Entrusting all of us into the hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

©Janet Moore 2020. All Rights Reserved.

Liturgy of the Re-Consecration of our Nation

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.
INTRODUCTION
When our Risen Lord appeared to his disciples on Easter Sunday he said: “Peace
be with you.” We can be confident that he desires this same peace for all the
members of his body, the Church, and for the people of the entire world.
In this difficult time we turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
and Queen of Peace, to ask that she intercede with her Son for all those who
are affected in any way by this pandemic. As we renew the consecration of our
country and of ourselves to the Mother of the God, we implore her maternal care
for her children.

OPENING PRAYER
Let us pray.
O God, Father of mercies,
whose Only Begotten Son, as he hung upon the Cross,
chose the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Mother,
to be our Mother also,
grant, we pray, that with her loving help
your Church may be more fruitful day by day
and, exulting in the holiness of her children,
may draw to her embrace all the families of the peoples.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
R. Amen.

SCRIPTURE READING John 19:25-27
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple
there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he
said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took
her into his home.
The Gospel of the Lord. R. Thanks be to God.

[REFLECTION]
DECADE OF THE ROSARY
Recalling Jesus’ words as he hung on the cross – “Behold, your mother” – we
meditate on the fifth sorrowful mystery of the Rosary, 
The Crucifixion and Death of Our Lord.
Our Father
10 Hail Marys
Glory Be
O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell,
and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.

PRAYER OF RENEWAL OF OUR
CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Let us now entrust our country and ourselves once again to the
Virgin Mary’s care:
Most Holy Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church,
you are the fairest fruit of God’s redeeming love;
you sing of the Father’s mercy
and accompany us with a mother’s love.
In this time of pandemic we come to you,
our sign of sure hope and comfort.
Today we renew the act of consecration and entrustment carried out by those who
have gone before us.

Archbishop Gomez:
With the love of a Mother and Handmaid,
embrace our nation which we entrust and consecrate once again to you,
together with ourselves and our families.

A Bishop for his diocese:
With the love of a Mother and Handmaid,
embrace this diocese which we entrust and consecrate once again to you,
together with ourselves and our families.

A Pastor for his parish:
With the love of a Mother and Handmaid,
embrace this parish which we entrust and consecrate once again to you,
together with ourselves and our families.

Families, groups, or individuals:
With the love of a Mother and Handmaid,
embrace us as we renew our consecration to you,
together with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
In a special way we commend to you
those particularly in need of your maternal care.

Mary, Health of the Sick,
sign of health, of healing, and of divine hope for the sick,
we entrust to you all who are infected with the coronavirus. 

Mary, Mother of Consolation,
who console with a mother’s love all who turn to you,
we entrust to you all those who have lost loved ones in the pandemic. 

Mary, Help of Christians,
who come to our rescue in every trial,
we entrust to your loving protection all caregivers. 

Mary, Queen and Mother of Mercy,
who embrace all those who call upon your help in their distress,
we entrust to you all who are suffering in any way from the pandemic. 

Mary, Seat of Wisdom,
who were so wonderfully filled with the light of truth,
we entrust to you all who are working to find a cure to this pandemic. 

Mary, Mother of Good Counsel,
who gave yourself wholeheartedly to God’s plan for the renewing of all things in Christ,
we entrust to you all leaders and policymakers.
Accept with the benevolence of a Mother
the act of consecration that we make today with confidence,
and help us to be your Son’s instruments
for the healing and salvation of our country and the world. 

Mary, Mother of the Church,
you are enthroned as queen at your Son’s right hand:
we ask your intercession for the needs of our country,
that every desire for good may be blessed and strengthened,
that faith may be revived and nourished,
hope sustained and enlightened,
charity awakened and animated;
guide us, we pray, along the path of holiness.
Mary our Mother,
bring everyone under your protection
and entrust everyone to your beloved Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

CONCLUDING PRAYER
As we conclude this consecration, we ask the blessing of Almighty God:
Let us pray.
Bestow the grace of your kindness
upon your supplicant people, O Lord,
that, formed by you, their creator,
and restored by you, their sustainer,
through your constant action they may be saved.
R. Amen.

[Bishop or priest:
And may the blessing of almighty God,
the Father, and the Son, ✠ and the Holy Spirit,
come down on you and remain with you for ever. R. Amen.]

[Others:
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life. R. Amen.]

REGINA CAELI
As is customary, we conclude our prayer with a Marian hymn:
Regina caeli, laetare, alleluia.
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia.
Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia.
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia.
The Son whom you merited to bear, alleluia,
has risen as he said, alleluia.
Pray for us to God, alleluia.

Day 4 Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph!

Day 4 Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary and St. Joseph!

On this fourth day, we come together again to prepare to make our Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary with our bishops.
We come together to dedicate ourselves, our families, our countries and the Church to Jesus through Mary, His Most Holy Mother.
We have been created for such a time as this.

"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance... will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish... for you were created for such a time as this." Esther 4:14

A time of incredible darkness and evil – and yet, unfathomable grace.
We have been created to be a light in this darkness.
Grace amid sin.
Prayer and love amid evil and hatred.
As Communism spreads ever more completely throughout the earth as the most deadly virus of our times, we are called to speak Truth in Love and stand up for the defenseless and most vulnerable.
We are called to be Christ’s hands and feet and voice and love.
Like the young girl in China, who inspired Venerable Fulton Sheen to make a daily holy hour every day of his priesthood -
We are called love Christ unto death and through that love be an inspiration to those who have not yet come to know His Love.
We are called to be willing to live and die for the Eucharist.
And to "Pray, pray, pray. Pray until it becomes a joy for you." 
Especially heeding our Blessed Mother's call to pray the rosary every day - for it is the weapon of our times, and because it wields untold grace to make us holy – as we become more and more like those whom we spend time with.

Today, may we go ever deeper into prayer.
Deeper into the mysteries of God’s love for us, so that we will be able to stand fast no matter what happens to this world and to us.
May we go ever deeper into trust so that we can truly give ourselves completely without reserve and with boundless confidence into the Hands of God, with Mary and Joseph’s help and prayers.
May we go deeper into love, so that we can love without counting the cost, willing to die to ourselves so to live for Christ and for those with whom He’s given to and entrusted to us.
May these preparation days be truly entered into, so that we can become ever more Christlike and ever more like Mary and Joseph. 
Praying for God's Kingdom to come in our homes and in our hearts and minds and wills.
So that we may imitate the Holy Family.
And every Father may live ever more fully his calling to be the face of the Heavenly Father in his home, so the world can again live in peace.
We ask all this in Jesus' Name. Amen.

St. Joseph, pray for us:

“[JOSEPH] SHOULD BE HONORED WHOM THE KING DESIRES TO HONOR.”

"God desires a Feast Day to honor my fatherhood – so that in my fatherhood all fatherhood might be blessed.
Learn from the Little Home of Nazareth – I was king. I sheltered, provided for and protected the Prince of Peace and the Queen of Heaven.
I received deepest love and reverence from them, for they saw God the Father in me, in whose place I took over them.
The head of the family must be loved obeyed and respected and must be a true father and protector to those under his care.
In honoring my fatherhood, you honor Jesus and Mary. The Trinity has placed the peace of the world into our keeping.  You obtain peace from God by imitating the Holy Family and the virtues we practiced."

NOVENA PRAYERS:

The Novena prayers are simple, but they are rooted in the messages Our Lady has reiterated and given to us again and again in all her apparitions to try to save us.
Let us always strive to live them ever more fully.
They are:
Pray the full Rosary,
Read Scripture together as a family each day, We are taught and learn so much from reading and meditating on the Mass readings of each day. Here are today's readings, with God's words that stood out to me emphasized:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/042620.cfm

Third Sunday of Easter
Lectionary: 46

Reading 1 Acts 2:14, 22-33

Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,
raised his voice, and proclaimed:
“You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem.
Let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
You who are Israelites, hear these words.
Jesus the Nazarene was a man commended to you by God
with mighty deeds, wonders, and signs,
which God worked through him in your midst, as you yourselves know.
This man, delivered up by the set plan and foreknowledge of God,
you killed, using lawless men to crucify him.
But God raised him up, releasing him from the throes of death,
because it was impossible for him to be held by it.
For David says of him:
I saw the Lord ever before me,
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
Therefore my heart has been glad and my tongue has exulted;
my flesh, too, will dwell in hope,
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.
“My brothers, one can confidently say to you
about the patriarch David that he died and was buried,
and his tomb is in our midst to this day.
But since he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn an oath to him
that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne,
he foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,
that neither was he abandoned to the netherworld
nor did his flesh see corruption.
God raised this Jesus;
of this we are all witnesses.
Exalted at the right hand of God,
he received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father
and poured him forth, as you see and hear.”

Responsorial Psalm Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11

R. (11a) Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You will show me the path to life,
abounding joy in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
R. Lord, you will show us the path of life.
or:
R. Alleluia.

Reading 2 1 Pt 1:17-21

Beloved:
If you invoke as Father him who judges impartially
according to each one’s works,
conduct yourselves with reverence during the time of your sojourning,
realizing that you were ransomed from your futile conduct,
handed on by your ancestors,
not with perishable things like silver or gold
but with the precious blood of Christ
as of a spotless unblemished lamb.
He was known before the foundation of the world
but revealed in the final time for you,
who through him believe in God
who raised him from the dead and gave him glory,
so that your faith and hope are in God.

Alleluia Lk 24:32

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us;
make our hearts burn while you speak to us.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel Lk 24:13-35

That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus’ disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
He asked them,
“What are you discussing as you walk along?”
They stopped, looking downcast.
One of them, named Cleopas, said to him in reply,
“Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem
who does not know of the things
that have taken place there in these days?”
And he replied to them, “What sort of things?”
They said to him,
“The things that happened to Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people,
how our chief priests and rulers both handed him over
to a sentence of death and crucified him.
But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel;
and besides all this,
it is now the third day since this took place.
Some women from our group, however, have astounded us:
they were at the tomb early in the morning
and did not find his body;
they came back and reported
that they had indeed seen a vision of angels
who announced that he was alive.
Then some of those with us went to the tomb
and found things just as the women had described,
but him they did not see.”
And he said to them, “Oh, how foolish you are!
How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!
Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?”
Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets,
he interpreted to them what referred to him
in all the Scriptures.
As they approached the village to which they were going,
he gave the impression that he was going on farther.
But they urged him, “Stay with us,
for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
And it happened that, while he was with them at table,
he took bread, said the blessing,
broke it, and gave it to them.
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the eleven and those with them who were saying,
“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted
what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of bread.

Make the Eucharist the center of your life (we can still do this interiorly if not physically during this time of quarantine through our Spiritual Communions, and visits to Church to pray in front of the tabernacle if they are open, etc.),
Fast twice a week on Wednesdays and Friday on bread and water for Mary has told us in Medjugorje:

 "Pray and fast, because with prayer and fasting you can stop wars and natural disasters".

Go to Confession at least monthly (again, if you are unable make frequent heartfelt acts of contrition)…

And each day of this novena, pray especially during the 3 O’clock hour (if possible):
•    an act of contrition (in place of or in addition to confession)
•    an act of spiritual communion (in place of or in addition to going to Mass and receiving communion;
•    the Divine Mercy Chaplet
•    the Rosary
Besides consecrating ourselves and our loved ones, our nation(s) and leaders, our Church and the world each day - let us also remember to consecrate Russia and China and all those who are perpetrating such great evil upon the world.

Entrusting all of us into the hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

Janet Moore 2020. All Rights Reserved.

10 of the Most Beautiful and Profound Revelations Ever Given of St. Joseph - Our Lady of America Messages Part V

The revelations St. Joseph gives about himself are what drew me to the messages of Our Lady of America, (that and the teachings of the Divine Indwelling). 
So I'm very excited to share what was revealed. These revelations have made me love Joseph even more than I already did (and I have loved him greatly - as you can see in what I've written previously about him).  

I've wanted to share them for months, but because the messages of Our Lady of America are so vast and so profound, it's taken me a long time to bring the revelations of St. Joseph together and (I pray) do justice to them. 

Below are summarized versions of St. Joseph's main revelations (emphases mine). 

As part of the apparitions of Our Lady of America, St. Joseph shares things we have never known about him. Because the Church has said very little regarding him - for he is the silent man of Scripture - for not a single word of his was ever recorded. 

So, it is especially beautiful to hear him speak in these revelations. 

Nothing he says is contrary to Sacred Teaching -  but instead sheds light on what many theologians have surmised through the centuries regarding Jesus' earthly father and Mary's most chaste spouse.

I hope these revelations help you fall deeply in love with him. I hope that as you come to know more about him, you begin to turn to him ever more for help, for protection and for miracles of grace through his most powerful prayers. 

He is the protector of the Holy Church, so as we read these let us turn to him to help protect the Church from her own sins. May he aid her in being swept clean of all evil, so that our beloved and Holy Church can become ever more radiant in love and virtue -- completely filled with the Divine Indwelling of God as our Heavenly Father intends. 

I pray that you join me in asking for his intercession for our country and for the U.S. Bishops to heed the Our Lady of America's desires and bring her statue into the National Basilica in D.C. - reminiscent of David processing the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord into Jerusalem, which brought untold grace upon the nation of Israel. 
See this for more information: We Need Divine Intervention to Save Our Church and Our Nation! 

Please, also, join me in asking for his prayers for the Pope and all bishops and cardinals in the hierarchy of the Church to be filled with every grace and with unbounding Love, Courage, Wisdom and Truth, in order to faithfully fulfill their duties to our Most Holy God and to each of us, His holy people.

He is the protector of the family, so we also ask for him to pray for each of our families, our marriages and our children -- 
for all who are most in need of our prayers and who are the furthest from God -- 
and that each of us be aided in our conversions to God.

We ask him, also, to help bring peace to the world, for these revelations reveal he has a part to play in that -
as well as for Jesus and Mary's plans to be realized and for the Triumph of the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts to come soon - (which will include St. Joseph's heart likewise triumphing). 

Lastly, I pray with St. Joseph that these revelations be a great grace to you:


"On March 11, 1958,
            Our Lady said to me:

“St. Joseph will come on the eve of his feast. Prepare yourself well. There will be a special message. 

My holy spouse has an important part to play in bringing peace to the world.”

St. Joseph came as was promised and these are the words he spoke at this time:

“Kneel down, my daughter, for 

what you will hear and what you will write will bring countless souls to a new way of life.

Through you, small one, 

the Trinity desires to make known to souls Its desire to be adored, honored, and loved within the kingdom, the interior kingdom of their hearts.

“I bring to souls the purity of my life and the obedience that crowned it.

1. ALL FATHERHOOD IS FROM GOD. IT MUST TAKE ONCE AGAIN ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE AMONG MEN.

The Heavenly Father has blessed al fatherhood through me and continues to do so till the end of time.

My fatherhood extends to all God’s children – and together with Mary we watch over you with great love and care.

“Fathers must come to me, small one, to learn obedience to authority: to the Church always, as the mouthpiece of God, to the laws of the country in which they live, insofar as these do not go against God and their neighbor.

“Let fathers also imitate my great purity of life and the deep respect I held for my Immaculate Spouse. Let them be an example to their children and fellow-men, never willfully doing anything that would cause scandal among God’s people.

“Fatherhood is from God, and it must take once again its rightful place among men.”

2. WE LEARN TRUE UNION WITH THE DIVINE WILL THROUGH ST. JOSEPH:

"Fathers must imitate me in my obedience and purity: perfect obedience to the Divine Will and great purity of life and deep respect for your spouse. Be an example to your children and fellowmen.

Joseph appeared with his flaming heart lying on a cross:

The cross, my little one, upon which my heart rests is the cross of the passion, which was ever present before me, causing me intense suffering. 

I desire souls to come to my heart that they may learn true union with the Divine Will."

3. “[JOSEPH] SHOULD BE HONORED WHOM THE KING DESIRES TO HONOR.”

"God desires a Feast Day to honor my fatherhood – so that in my fatherhood all fatherhood might be blessed

Learn from the Little Home of Nazareth – I was king. I sheltered, provided for and protected the Prince of Peace and the Queen of Heaven.

I received deepest love and reverence from them, for they saw God the Father in me, in whose place I took over them.

The head of the family must be loved obeyed and respected and must be a true father and protector to those under his care.

In honoring my fatherhood, you honor Jesus and Mary. The Trinity has placed the peace of the world into our keeping.  You obtain peace from God by imitating the Holy Family and the virtues we practiced."

3. ST. JOSEPH IS THE PROTECTOR OF THE HOLY FATHER AND OF THE CHURCH  - THE MYSTICAL BODY OF THE SON ON EARTH. 

(St. Joseph revealed he saved Pope Pius XII from death at the hands of his enemies during the war (during WWII). 

"...As God chose me to be the special guardian of his Son, so has He chosen me as the special guardian of him who in Christ’s Name is head of the Mystical Body of that same Son on earth. 

My special protection of the Holy Father and the Church should he made known to him. God wishes to make this known to him that he may receive thereby renewed consolation and encouragement. 

During the war, little daughter, it was I who saved him from death at the hands of his enemies. 

Continually I watch over him and the Church, and I desire this to be acknowledged for the greater glory of God and the good of souls."

4. ST. JOSEPH DESIRES DEVOTION BE GIVEN TO HIM ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAYS OF THE MONTH.

His requests are similar to those of Our Lady's First Saturday devotion that was revealed at Fatima. The Father asks us to offer special love and honor to the hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in reparation for the sins committed against them and to bring peace to the world.

“I am the protector of the Church and the home, as I was the protector of Christ and his Mother while I lived upon earth. Jesus and Mary desire that my pure heart, so long hidden and unknown, be now honored in a special way. 

Let my children 

honor my most pure heart in a special manner on the First Wednesday of the month by reciting the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary in memory of my life with Jesus and Mary and the love I bore them, the sorrow I suffered with them. Let them receive Holy Communion in union with the love with which I received the Savior for the first time and each time I held Him in my arms.

  Those who honor me in this way will be consoled by my presence at their death, and I myself will conduct them safely into the presence of Jesus and Mary."

5. JOSEPH WAS MADE IMMACULATE IN THE WOMB AND REMAINED SINLESS DURING HIS LIFETIME. 

This is a unique privilege of God that is not unheard of in Scripture: remember John the Baptist. This isn't the same grace of Mary in her immaculate conception, but a grace given after his conception:

In early October, 1956

      About a week after Our Lady’s first appearance, Sister Mildred wrote "St. Joseph, though I did not see him at this time, spoke to me the following words:

“It is true my daughter, that 

immediately after my conception, 

I was, through the future merits of Jesus 

and because of my exceptional role 

of future Virgin-Father, 

cleansed from the stain of original sin.

I was from that moment confirmed in grace and never had the slightest stain on my soul. This is my unique privilege among men.

My pure heart also was from the first moment of existence inflamed with love for God. Immediately, at the moment when my soul was cleansed from original sin, grace was infused into it in such abundance that, excluding my holy spouse, I surpassed the holiness of the highest angel in the angelic choir."

6. JOSEPH IS CO-REDEMPTOR WITH JESUS AND MARY AS HE FOREKNEW, PARTICIPATED, SUFFERED AND HAD COMPASSION FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS AND MARY.

"My heart suffered with the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Mine was a silent suffering, for it was my special vocation to hide and shield, as long as God willed, the Virgin Mother and Son from the malice and hatred of men. 

The most painful of my sorrows was that I knew beforehand of their passion, yet would not be there to console them. Their future suffering was ever present to me and became my daily cross. 

I became, in union with my holy spouse, co-redemptor of the human race. Through compassion for the sufferings of Jesus and Mary, I cooperated, as no other, in the salvation of the world.”

7. GOD CHOSE HIM TO BE THE VIRGIN-FATHER OF HIS SON FROM ALL ETERNITY.

"The privilege of being chosen by God to be the Virgin-Father of His Son was mine alone, and no honor, excluding that bestowed upon my Holy Spouse, was ever, or will ever, be as sublime or as high as this."

8. WE ARE CALLED TO IMITATE THE HOLY FAMILY – THE EARTHLY PARADISE AND DWELLING OF THE INDWELLING TRINITY FOR THIS is what God intends for all families.

On November 8, 1954, a short time after the visit of the Angel of Peace, Our Lady spoke to me in these words: 

"It is the wish of my Son that fathers and mothers strive to imitate me and my chaste spouse in our holy life at Nazareth. We practiced the simple virtues of family life, Jesus our Son being the center of all our love and activity. The Holy Trinity dwelt with us in a manner far surpassing anything that can ever be imagined. 

For ours was the earthly paradise where once again God walked among men.

As in our little home no sin was to be found, so it is the wish of the Heart of my Son and my Immaculate Heart that sin should, as far as possible, be unheard of in the homes of our children.

The Divine Trinity will dwell in your midst only if you are faithful in practicing the virtues of our life at Nazareth."

9. ONLY IN IMITATING THE HOLY FAMILY WILL WE FIND PEACE:

"…[If you are faithful in practicing the virtues of the Holy Family] Then, you also, my children, you also will become another paradise. God will then walk among you and you will have peace.

The imitation of the Holy Family, my child, of the virtues we practiced in our little home at Nazareth is the way for all souls to [find] that peace which comes from God alone and which none other can give.”

God wishes me to be honored in union with Jesus and Mary to obtain peace among men and nations.

I need your help to bring peace into the world. Do not disappoint me."

10.THREE VISIONS OF ST. JOSEPH

[When he finished speaking, on the eve of his feast day: March 18, 1958]:

… I saw his most pure heart. It seemed to be lying on a cross which was of brown color. It appeared to me that at the top of the heart, in the midst of the flames pouring out, was a pure white lily. Then I heard these words:

“Behold this pure heart so pleasing to Him who made it.”

St. Joseph then continued:

“The cross, my little one, upon which my heart rests is the cross of the passion, which was ever present before me, causing me intense suffering.

“I desire souls to come to my heart that they may learn true union with the divine will.

“It is enough, my child; I will come again tomorrow. Then I will make known to you how God wishes me to be honored in union with Jesus and Mary to obtain peace among men and nations.”

March 19, 1958 Vision of St. Joseph:

He seemed suspended, as it were, a short distance above what had the appearance of a large globe with clouds moving about it. His head was slightly raised, the eyes gazing upward as if in ecstasy. The hands were in a position similar to that of the priest during the celebration of Holy Mass, only they extended upward somewhat more. The color of his hair as also of his rather small and slightly forked beard seemed a very dark brown. His eyes resembled in color the hair and beard. He was clothed in a white robe that reached to his ankles. Over this he wore a sort of cloak which did not come together at the throat, but covering the shoulders and draped gracefully over each arm, reached to the hem of the robe. 

His appearance, though quite youthful, gave at the same time the impression of rare maturity combined with great strength. He seemed a bit taller than medium height. The lines of his face appeared strong and purposeful, softened somewhat by a gentle serenity. I also saw his most pure heart at this time. Moreover, I saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovering above his head.

Standing sideways, facing each other, were two angels, one on the right, the other on the left. Each carried what appeared to be a small pillow in a satin covering, the pillow on the right bearing a gold crown, the one on the left, a gold scepter. The angels were all white, even their faces and hair. It was a beautiful whiteness that reminded me of the stainlessness of heaven.

Then I heard these words: “Thus should he be honored whom the King desires to honor.”

3. “I will come again, little child of my most pure heart. Until then, continue in patience and humility, which is so pleasing to God.”

March 30, 1958: As St. Joseph had promised, Jesus and Mary also came on March 30. Jesus had the appearance of a boy about fifteen or sixteen year old. He spoke to me first. It was about the sanctification of the family and other matters. He said it would not be required of me to write it at this time, as He would ask this of me at a later date. Our Lady and St. Joseph also spoke to me concerning the same subject and also about the Divine Indwelling.

Read below for the full revelations of St. Joseph, (when not shared already above): 

ST. JOSEPH

On March 11, 1958,

      Our Lady said to me:

“St. Joseph will come on the eve of his feast. Prepare yourself well. There will be a special message. My holy spouse has an important part to play in bringing peace to the world.”

St. Joseph came as was promised [on the 19th], and these are the words he spoke at this time:

“Kneel down, my daughter, for what you will hear and what you will write will bring countless souls to a new way of life.

“Through you, small one, the Trinity desires to make known to souls Its desire to be adored, honored, and loved within the kingdom, the interior kingdom of their hearts.

“I bring to souls the purity of my life and the obedience that crowned it.

“All fatherhood is blest in me whom the Eternal Father chose as his representative on earth, the Virgin-Father of his own divine Son. Through me the Heavenly Father has blessed all fatherhood, and through me He continues and will continue to do so till the end of time.

“My spiritual fatherhood extends to all God’s children, and together with my Virgin Spouse I watch over them with great love and solicitude.

“Fathers must come to me, small one, to learn obedience to authority: to the Church always, as the mouthpiece of God, to the laws of the country in which they live, insofar as these do not go against God and their neighbor.

“Mine was perfect obedience to the divine will, as it was shown and made known to me by the Jewish law and religion. To be careless in this is most displeasing to God and will be severely punished in the next world.

“Let fathers also imitate my great purity of life and the deep respect I held for my Immaculate Spouse. Let them be an example to their children and fellow-men, never willfully doing anything that would cause scandal among God’s people.

“Fatherhood is from God, and it must take once again its rightful place among men.”

As St. Joseph ceased speaking I saw his most pure heart. It seemed to be lying on a cross which was of brown color. It appeared to me that at the top of the heart, in the midst of the flames pouring out, was a pure white lily. Then I heard these words:

“Behold this pure heart so pleasing to Him who made it.”

St. Joseph then continued:

“The cross, my little one, upon which my heart rests is the cross of the passion, which was ever present before me, causing me intense suffering.

“I desire souls to come to my heart that they may learn true union with the divine will.

“It is enough, my child; I will come again tomorrow. Then I will make known to you how God wishes me to be honored in union with Jesus and Mary to obtain peace among men and nations. Good night, my little one.”

On the evening of the next day,

March 19, 1958,

      St. Joseph again appeared to me as he had promised and addressed me in these words:

“My child, I desire a day to be set aside to honor my fatherhood.

“The privilege of being chosen by God to be the Virgin-Father of his Son was mine alone, and no honor, excluding that bestowed upon my Holy Spouse, was ever, or will ever, be as sublime or as high as this.

“The Holy Trinity desires thus to honor me that in my unique fatherhood all fatherhood might be blessed.

 “Dear child, I was king in the little home of Nazareth, for I sheltered within it the Prince of Peace and the Queen of Heaven. To me they looked for protection and sustenance, and I did not fail them.

“I received from them the deepest love and reverence, for in me they saw Him whose place I took over them.

“So the head of the family must be loved, obeyed, and respected, and in return be a true father and protector to those under his care.

“In honoring in a special way my fatherhood, you also honor Jesus and Mary. The divine Trinity has placed into our keeping the peace of the world.

“The imitation of the Holy Family, my child, of the virtues we practiced in our little home at Nazareth is the way for all souls to that peace which comes from God alone and which none other can give”

Then suddenly, as he ceased speaking, I was favored with a unique and marvelous vision of the glorious St. Joseph.

He seemed suspended, as it were, a short distance above what had the appearance of a large globe with clouds moving about it. His head was slightly raised, the eyes gazing upward as if in ecstasy. The hands were in a position similar to that of the priest during the celebration of Holy Mass, only they extended upward somewhat more.

The color of his hair as also of his rather small and slightly forked beard seemed a very dark brown. His eyes resembled in color the hair and beard. He was clothed in a white robe that reached to his ankles. Over this he wore a sort of cloak which did not come together at the throat, but covering the shoulders and draped gracefully over each arm, reached to the hem of the robe. The cloak at times had, or seemed to have, the appearance of a brown, sometimes a purple, hue, or perhaps a slight blending of the two. The belt about his waist was of a gold color, as were his sandals.

His appearance, though quite youthful, gave at the same time the impression of rare maturity combined with great strength. He seemed a bit taller than medium height. The lines of his face appeared strong and purposeful, softened somewhat by a gentle serenity. I also saw his most pure heart at this time, Moreover, I saw the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovering above his head.

Standing sideways, facing each other, were two angels, one on the right, the other on the left. Each carried what appeared to be a small pillow in a satin covering, the pillow on the right bearing a gold crown, the one on the left, a gold scepter. The angels were all white, ever their faces and hair. It was a beautiful whiteness that reminded me of the stainlessness of heaven.

Then I heard these words:

“Thus should he be honored whom the King desires to honor.”

When the vision ended, St. Joseph before taking leave spoke to me in the following manner:

“The Holy Father need have no fear, for I have been appointed his special protector. As God chose me to be the special guardian of his Son, so has He chosen me as the special guardian of him who in Christ’s Name is head of the Mystical Body of that same Son on earth.

“My special protection of the Holy Father and the Church should he made known to him. God wishes to make this known to him that he may receive thereby renewed consolation and encouragement.

“During the war, little daughter, it was I who saved him from death at the hands of his enemies.

Continually I watch over him and the Church, and I desire this to be acknowledged for the greater glory of God and the good of souls.

“Lovely child, precious to the heart of your spiritual father, I will come again on the last Sunday of this month. Jesus and Mary will come also in a special visit. Receive my blessing,”

As I knelt down to receive it I felt his hands on my head and heard the words:

“May Jesus and Mary through my hands bestow upon you eternal peace.”

March 30, 1958

      As he had promised, St. Joseph came again on March 30. His requests were similar to those of Our Lady and the First Saturday. The Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph have been chosen by the Most Holy Trinity to bring peace to the world; hence, their request for special love and honor, also, in particular, reparation and imitation.

These are the words of St. Joseph as recorded on March 30:

“I am the protector of the Church and the home, as I was the protector of Christ and his Mother while I lived upon earth. Jesus and Mary desire that my pure heart, so long hidden and unknown, be now honored in a special way. Let my children honor my most pure heart in a special manner on the First Wednesday of the month by reciting the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary in memory of my life with Jesus and Mary and the love I bore them, the sorrow I suffered with them. Let them receive Holy Communion in union with the love with which I received the Savior for the first time and each time I held Him in my arms.

 “Those who honor me in this way will be consoled by my presence at their death, and I myself will conduct them safely into the presence of Jesus and Mary.

“I will come again, little child of my most pure heart. Until then, continue in patience and humility, which is so pleasing to God.”

As St. Joseph had promised, Jesus and Mary also came on March 30. Jesus had the appearance of a boy about fifteen or sixteen year old. He spoke to me first. It was about the sanctification of the family and other matters. He said it would not be required of me to write it at this time, as He would ask this of me at a later date. Our Lady and St. Joseph also spoke to me concerning the same subject and also about the Divine Indwelling.

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© Janet Moore 2018. All Rights Reserved.

Let us pray the prayers Our Lady of America gave us, particularly praying:

“By thy Holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, deliver us from evil. 

Also, may we pray the Novena to the Immaculate Conception for the US Elections. 

Cardinal Burke affirmed the Church's approval of Our Lady of America in a letter written to the U.S. Catholic Bishops in 2007. 

Click on the links below to read the other articles in this series

What Does Our Lady of America Ask of Us? I Believe it is Important to Know as We Remember 9-11 (Part I)

By thy Holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary, Deliver Us from Evil. - Part II on Our Lady of America

"Write these instructions for the sanctification of My people" - Jesus in Our Lady of America Messages Part III

Heaven's Plan and Answer for America: A Call for Purity, Warning and Hope! The Approved Messages of Our Lady of America Part IV (and Novena to Her for the Elections)