Love is Fire!
Pro Sanctity National Convention - July 29-31, 2011
Join us in a countdown of prayer and reflection for the Convention from July 1-29, 2011
Donami un cuore che bruci, (Give me a heart that burns…) G. Giaquinta
July 22, 2011 – St. Therese
Since Jesus has gone to heaven I can follow Him only by traces He has left. But how radiant and how fragrant these traces are! I have only to glance at the Holy gospels and at once I breathe the fragrance of His life and know which way to run. I rush to the lowest place, not the highest, and repeat with the greatest confidence, the humble prayer of the publican. Above all I imitate Mary Magdalene for her amazing and loving audacity which won the heart of Jesus and captivates mine.
St. Therese and Mary Magdalene, our love was fire in your hearts for Jesus and all people! Pray for us!
PAUSE AND PRAY IN REPONSE TO WHAT YOU HAVE READ….
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July 23, 2011 – Msgr. Vaccari
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
The first night might have brought a kind of numbness, after seeing all the agony and suffering that Jesus went through, and after watching him hang there on the cross. The morning of the Sabbath was perhaps the first Sabbath in a long time on which they did not see Him. They had become so used to praying with him and hearing him explain the Scriptures, that it might not have even seemed like the Sabbath to them, except that they observed the laws, as he would have wanted them to do. And on that Sunday morning, when the reality of his death and departure was sinking in more and more, Mary went to the tomb expecting to find his body there.
What a shock to find he was missing and then what joy to hear him call her name, and to recognize him and his voice! Her heart was filled with great delight because the Lord spoke personally and tenderly to her. As for Mary, if we seek him we will find him. And our hearts are filled with joy too, knowing that he speaks personally and tenderly to each one of us, calling us by name with great love!
PAUSE AND PRAY IN REPONSE TO WHAT YOU HAVE READ….
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July 24, 2011 – Teresa Monaghen
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
Many times I have gone to the garden with Mary Magdalene in my prayerful imagination. I have cried with her over loss of a loved one and mourned with her in deep regret for my sins that may have caused hurt in someone else. Every time I pray this way, Mary and I discover the Lord. He is there in our loss and in our sorrow. He comes forward surprises the heck out of us and then holds us in a brief embrace. Our hearts speak loudly, “Here is our Lord, Savior and friend! He is risen!” He reminds us both, “Did I not tell you that my joy will be yours and your joy will be full? Let go of me now and go tell the others you have seen me, your Lord, Savior and friend.”
Oh Lord, my heart is filled to overflowing with love and gratitude for this scene that lives in my heart. Amen.
PAUSE AND PRAY IN REPONSE TO WHAT YOU HAVE READ….
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