World Heart Day

Today is the Feast of the Archangels! 

It is also "World Heart Day"! 

It is not a coincidence that both celebrations are celebrated today.

The heart is an important part of the body. 

The archangels are an important part of the Heart of God. 

We, the Body of the Church, need heart support from the archangels. 

The Archangels intercede for us and for the good of our hearts. 

We need the archangels' intercession in our lives.

Without them, our hearts would be out of rhythm. 

The archangels never skip a beat.  

St. Michael, we ask you to defend us in battle. Please protect us from the evil one and stand guard over each of our hearts. 

St. Gabriel, we ask you to console our hearts with the words, "Do not be afraid!" Please speak to our hearts,"Take Heart!" 

 St. Raphael, we ask that you bring the gift of healing. Lift our broken hearts to the One who heals and loves us. 

Today is special for me for double reasons. 

 St. Gabriel, my patron saint and heart day because of well...my heart. 

It hasn't been an easy journey with my heart but I know God and His angels are with me. 

God has a plan for my heart and He has a plan for your heart too.  

 O Lord God, please place me where you want me to be, introduce me to the people you want me to meet, and otherwise direct my actions so that I may always be available to you—and others—as a vessel of your grace. Amen. 

Prayer to St. Raphael

Consecration Day

Seven years ago one of my best friends gave me the book, 33 Days to Morning Glory. 

Little did I know that this book would change my heart forever.

 I have reread this book seven times.

Each time I read it, my heart grows closer to Mary and she brings me closer to her Son.

"A new way of life in Christ. The act of consecrating oneself to Jesus through Mary marks the beginning of a gloriously new day, a new dawn, a brand new morning in one's spiritual journey."  

Today, on this Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, I celebrate my Consecration day!

"Marian Consecration basically means giving Mary our full permission (or as much permission as we can) to complete her motherly task in us, which is to form us into other Christs. Thus, by consecrating ourselves to Mary, each of us is saying to her: 

Mary, I want to be a saint. I know that you also want me to be a saint and that it's your God-given mission to form me into one. So, Mary, at this moment, on this day, I freely choose to give you my full permission to do your work in me, with your Spouse, the Holy Spirit." 

In other words, I am entrusting my heart to the Heart of Mary.

Her heart was pierced and filled with sorrow. 

I chose this day because of the sorrow that filled her heart. 

I chose it because it united me to her. 

Yet, she rejoiced in God her Savior.

In God her Son. 

Entrusting my heart through consecration has been the best decision of my life. 

It's eternal. 

It's beautiful.

The gift that keeps on giving.

   Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us! 

Seventh Year of making this Consecration    

Daily Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Mary, my Mother, I give myself totally to you as your possession and property. Please make of me, of all that I am and have, whatever most pleases you. Let me be a fit instrument in your Immaculate and merciful hands for bringing the greatest possible glory to God.. AMEN

The Holy Name of Mary

Today we celebrate the Holy Name of Mary! 

“The devils not only fear but tremble at the very sound of her sacred name. As men fall prostrate with fear if a thunderbolt falls near them, so do the demons if they hear the name of Mary. The evil spirits greatly fear the Queen of Heaven, and flee at the sound of her name, as if from fire. At the very sound of the word Mary, they are cast down as if by thunder." -Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, The Glories of Mary]The demons tremble at the name of Mary

The head of the dragon is crushed by this humble handmaid of the Lord! 

Satan must hate this day dedicated to Mary. 

A day dedicated to her holy name! 

There is great power in the holy name of Mary!

Though exorcisms may sometimes fail, the name of Mary will never fail.

Jesus has given us his Mother and all we have to do is call upon her name. 

Begin and end each day with Mary's name on your lips.   

"The name of Mary is the key of the gates of heaven." St. Ephrem

 Dear children, 

I invite you for your individual conversion. 

This time is for you! 

Without you God's plan cannot be realized. 

Dear children grow day by day closer to God through prayer. 

I give you the weapon against your Goliath. Here are your little stones:

1. Prayer with the heart: Rosary

2. Eucharist 

3. Holy Bible 

4. Fasting 

5. Monthly confession 

Medugorje 

And simply, the name of Mary. 

Please take time to watch the beautiful video below. 

I Thirst for You

Mother Teresa is a model of holiness. 

A woman of grace.

A saint. 

An example of love. 

Her words speak to my heart. 

I hope her words speak to your heart too. 

I THIRST FOR YOU.

"It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could be Me, I am there: waiting for even the smallest signal of your response, even the smallest suggestion of an invitation that will permit Me to enter.

I want you to know that each time you invite Me, I do come always, without fail. Silent and invisible I come, yet with a power and a love most infinite, bringing the many gifts of My Spirit. I come with My mercy, with My desire to forgive and heal you, with a love for you that goes beyond your comprehension.

A love in each detail, so grand like the love I have received from My Father“I have loved all of you as the Father has loved me…” John 15:10

I come longing to console you and give you strength, to lift you up and bind all your wounds. I bring you My light, to dispel your darkness and all your doubts. I come with My power, that allows me to carry you: with My grace, to touch your heart and transform your life. I come with My peace, to calm your soul.

I know you like the palm of my hand. I know everything about you. Even the hairs of your head I have counted. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed you through the years and I have always loved you even when you have strayed. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and your worries and yes, I know all your sins.

But I tell you again that I love you, not for what you have or ceased to do, I love you for you, for the beauty and the dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to rescue you. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all that needs changing in your life: I will give you the strength to free yourself from sin and from all its destructive power.

I know what is in your heart, I know your loneliness and all your wounds, the rejections, the judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried it all for you, so you could share My strength and My victory. I know, above all, your need for love, how much you are thirsting for love and tenderness. Yet, how many times have you desired to satisfy your thirst in vain, seeking that love with selfishness, trying to fill the void within you with passing pleasures, with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for love?

“Come to Me all you who thirst … ” (John 7:37).I will satisfy you and fill you.

Do you thirst to be loved?

I love you more than you can imagine … to the point of dying on a cross for you.

I THIRST FOR YOU. Yes, that is the only way to even begin to describe My love for you.

I THIRST FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you. So precious are you to Me that I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation and give you peace even in your trials.

I THIRST FOR YOU.

You must never doubt My mercy, My desire to forgive, My longing to bless you and live My life in you, and that I accept you no matter what you have done.

I THIRST FOR YOU.

If you feel of little value before the eyes of the world, it doesn’t matter. There is no one that interests me

in the whole world than you.

I THIRST FOR YOU.

Open up to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life. I will prove to you how important you are for My Heart.

Don’t you realize that My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning from this moment? Trust in Me. Ask Me every day to enter and take charge of your life and I will. I promise you before My Father in Heaven that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this?

Because I THIRST FOR YOU.

All I ask of you is that you entrust yourself to Me completely. I will do all the rest. From this moment, now, I behold the place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom. Remember that you are a pilgrim in this life traveling back home. Sin can never satisfy you, or bring the peace you seek. All that you have sought outside of Me has only left you more empty, so do not tie yourself to the things of this world; above all, do not run from Me when you fall.

Come to Me without delay because, when you give Me your sins, you give Me the joy of being your Savior.

There is nothing I cannot forgive and heal; so come now, and unburden your soul.

No matter how far you have strayed without a destination, no matter how often you have forgotten Me,

no matter how many crosses you bear in this life; I want you to always remember, one thing that will never change.

I THIRST FOR YOU – just you, as you are.

You don’t need to change to believe in My love, for it will be your confidence in that love that will make you change. You forget Me, and yet I am seeking you every moment of the day – standing before the doors of your heart and calling.

Do you find this difficult to believe? If so, look at the Cross, look at My Heart that was pierced for you.

Have you not understood My Cross? Then listen again to the words I spoke there, for they tell you clearly why I endured all this for you:

“….I THIRST” (John 19: 28)

YES, I THIRST FOR YOU.

As the rest of the psalm, I was praying says of Me: “… I waited uselessly for compassion, I waited

for someone to console me and I did not find it.” (Psalm 69: 20).

All your life I have been desiring your love. I’ve never ceased searching for your love and longing to be loved by you in return. You have tried many things in your goal to be happy. Why not try opening up for Me your heart, right now, more than you ever have before?

When you finally open the doors of your heart and you finally come close enough, you will then hear Me say again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit: “No matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake. Come to Me with your misery and your sins, with your problems and needs, and with all your desire to be loved.

I stand at the door of your heart and call…

Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU… “

“Jesus is God, therefore His Love and His Thirst are infinite. He, the Creator of the universe, asked for the love of his creatures. He has thirst for our love … These words: “I THIRST” … Do they echo in our soul?

Mother Teresa's response to Jesus' thirst:

"Tell Jesus, "I will be the one." I will comfort, encourage and love Him. ...Be with Jesus. He prayed and prayed, and then He went to look for consolation, but there was none. ... I always write that sentence, "I looked for one to comfort Me, but I found no one." Then I write, "Be the one." So now you be that one, Try to be the one to share with Him, to comfort Him, to console Him. So let us ask Our Lady to help us understand." 

Erin K. McAtee