The Effects of Prayer
Over 40 people came on Monday Evening to pray for an out-pouring of the Holy Spirit on our Parish. It was an incredible night of adoration, meditation, communion with the Lord, communion with each other.Since that Holy Hour Monday evening, our Parish has bgun to open up to the promptings of the Spirit. At the Holy Hour we prayed together that the Holy Spirit of God would send us a new encounter with the Holy Spirit and a renewed openness and receptivity to what He wants to accomplish in our lives and in the life of the Parish, herself.
How to Pray for a Whole Hour and Why.
We now have new Open Church Hours, so please take advantage of these times to go sit with Jesus! When you are unable to go to the Church for Prayer, set up a place in your home for prayer, get a crucifix, an, open bible, an image of some kind of the Lord, put your phone away, and be in the Lord's presence. Light a candle, blessed candles are available periodically by the front door of the Church, or bring me one to bless.
Christians and Alcohol.
“Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation. What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad. Wine drunk in season and temperately is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul. Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul, with provocation and stumbling. Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds. Do not reprove your neighbor at a banquet of wine, and do not despise him in his merrymaking; speak no word of reproach to him, and do not afflict him by making demands of him.” -Sir 31:27–31.
Michaelmas
St Michael, in one of his subsequent apparitions, said that any of the rocks hewn from this cave would be considered a 1st class relic of the Archangel. St Michael has said that these rocks should be made accessible to the priests throughout the world so that they may be used to against the attack and influence of the evil one.
What is Last Rites?
Anytime a person is in danger because of ill health or injury, they ought to call on the priests to have them anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick can, and in certain cases, be repeated.
Joy through Cross and Sorrow.
We are trained that hope means that tomorrow, there will be no more illness, tomorrow there will be more money, tomorrow a relationship will be pieced back together, tomorrow I will suffer less, have more, and will experience no discomfort. That is NOT what the Christian means by hope. For the Christian, Hope is something much more profound, something all together superior to some vague wish that tomorrow is more pleasant that today.