Nelson Mandela
Most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Assist me in my need. Help me and show me you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to help me in this need. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, Pray for us (3x). Hail Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3x). (say this for 3 days)
~~Never known to fail~~
Give me stillness of soul in You.
Let Your mighty calmness reign
in me. Rule me, O King of gentleness,
King of peace.
Give me control, great power of
self-control; control over my words,
thoughts, actions. From all irritability,
want of meekness, want of gentleness,
dear Lord, deliver me.
By Your own deep patience give me patience,
stillness of soul in You.
Make me in this, and in all,
more and more like you. Amen.
The medal of the Immaculate Conception, popularly known as the Miraculous Medal, was designed by the Blessed Virgin herself.
No wonder, then, that it wins such extraordinary graces for those who wear it and pray for Mary's intercession and help.
Mary, the Mother of God, gave the pattern for the medal to Sister (now Saint) Catherine Labouré on November 27, 1830.
The visions occurred in the mother house of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris.
Catherine saw our Lady standing on a globe, with dazzling rays of light streaming from her outstretched hands.
Framing the picture was an inscription, "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you."
Have a medal struck upon this model, Mary instructed Catherine.
Those who wear it will receive great graces, especially if the wear it around the neck.
With the approval of the archbishop, the first medals were struck in 1832 and were distributed in Paris.
Almost immediately the blessings that Mary had promised began to shower down on those who wore her medal.
The devotion spread like wildfire. Marvels of grace and health, peace and prosperity, followed in its wake.
Before long, people were calling it the Miraculous Medal. And in 1836, a canonical inquiry undertaken in Paris declared that Catherine's apparitions were genuine.
There is no superstition, nothing of magic, connected with the Miraculous Medal.
No one should consider it strange that God works wonders through the faith and trust symbolized by sincerely wearing a medal. God loves us and works through his Church to bring about our salvation. The medal is simply an instrument bringing a person's prayers into focus and submission to God's plan.
The two sides of the medal convey two different messages to us.
The front presents the person of Mary. It shows Mary in the glory of her Immaculate Conception.
She stands upon the globe, as the Queen of Heaven and Earth. Her feet crush the serpent, to proclaim that Satan and all his followers are helpless before her.
It shows her as intercessor, the rays of light from her hands symbolizing the gifts coming through her intercession to all who ask for them.
Etched about the rim is the invocation composed by Mary herself, "O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you."
The reverse of the Medal shows Mary in relationship to us, the Church. There are no words there because, as Mary said to Sister Catherine, "The M and the two hearts express enough." For they tell us that Mary is not only Queen and intercessor, but also our mother who knows our sorrows and mother of our redeemer.
For the love of God's children his heart wears a crown of thorns and hers is pierced with a sword.
We find her with Jesus her Son at the foot of the cross, as shown in the cross intertwined with the letter M.
The twelve stars area double reminder. They can refer to the apostles, who represent the entire Church as it surrounds Mary.
They may also be reminders of the stars in the vision of Saint John, in which "a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothes with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars."
In this we can see Mary's part in our salvation.
She brings her children through the sorrows of earth to the bliss of heaven, where in the crown of the Queen they will shine like stars for all eternity.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, gloried, loved & preserved throughout the world now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us. St. Jude, helper of the hopeless; pray for us. (say 9 times a day, 9 days)
아무것도 너를 혼란하게 하지 말며,
아무것도 너를 놀라게 하지 말라.
모든 것은 다 지나가고,
하느님은 불변하신다. 인내는모든것을얻게하고,
하느님을 소유한 자는 아무 부족함이 없나니, 하느님만으로 만족하도다.
네 생각을 드높이,
천국에 올라, 아무것도너를번민하게하지말고, 아무것도너를혼란하게하지말라.
넓은 마음으로 예수 그리스도를 따르라.
어떤 일이 일어나더라도,
아무것도 너를 놀라게 하지 말라.
세상의 영광을 보고 있는가?
헛되고 헛되다.
아무 것도 한결같지 않으니, 모든것은다지나가는것.
영원한 천상의 것을 추구할지니,
성실하신 분, 약속의 하느님께서는 불변하신다. 사랑 받으셔야 마땅하신 분,
한없는 선이신 분을 사랑하여라. 허나인내함없는참사랑이란없네.
신뢰와 살아있는 믿음이,
네 영혼을 지탱하게 하라.
믿고 희망하는 사람은,
모든 것을 얻게 되리라.
지옥에게 괴롭힘을 받는 것처럼 보일지라도, 하느님을 소유한 사람은,
오히려 지옥의 분노를 비웃으리라.
버려짐, 십자가와 불행이 들이 닥칠지라도, 하느님께서 그의 보물이시니,
아무 모자람이 없도다.
그런즉,
물러가라, 세상 것들아, 물러가라, 헛된 것들아.
모든 것을 잃는다 하더라도, 하느님만으로 만족하도다. (예수의 데레사 성녀, 30번 시)
Nada te turbe,
Nada te espante, Todo se pasa, Dios no se muda, La paciencia
Todo lo alcanza; Quien a Dios tiene Nada le falta:
Sólo Dios basta.
Eleva el pensamiento,
al cielo sube,
por nada te acongojes, Nada te turbe.
A Jesucristo sigue
con pecho grande,
y, venga lo que venga, Nada te espante.
¿Ves la gloria del mundo? Es gloria vana;
nada tiene de estable, Todo se pasa.
Aspira a lo celeste,
que siempre dura;
fiel y rico en promesas, Dios no se muda.
Ámala cual merece Bondad inmensa;
pero no hay amor fino Sin la paciencia. Confianza y fe viva mantenga el alma,
que quien cree y espera Todo lo alcanza.
Del infierno acosado aunque se viere,
burlará sus furores
Quien a Dios tiene. Vénganle desamparos,
cruces, desgracias;
siendo Dios su tesoro, Nada le falta.
Id, pues, bienes del mundo; id, dichas vanas,
aunque todo lo pierda,
Sólo Dios basta.
(Santa Teresa de Jesús, poesía 30)
For every pain, that we must bear,
For every burden, every care,
There's a reason.
For every grief, that bows the head,
For every teardrop that we shed,
There's a reason.
For every hurt, for every plight,
For every long and lonely night,
There's a reason.
For every joy filled day,
For every sunlit sky,
For every happy hour,
There's a reason.
If we trust in God as we should,
It will all work out for our good
For he knows the reason.
(Patron Saint of Cancer Patients)
O great St. Peregrine, you have been called “The Wonder Worker” because of the numerous miracles which you have obtained from God for those who have had recourse to you. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being & who had recourse to the source of all grace when the power of man could do no more. You were favored with the vision of Jesus coming own from His Cross to heal your affliction.
Ask of God and Our Lady re of the sick whom we entrust to you. (mention names of those you are praying for) Aided in this way by your powerful intercession, we shall sing to God, now & for all eternity, a song of gratitude for His great goodness & mercy. Amen. (Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be.)
O God, Who by the Precious Blood of
Your only begotten son, sanctified the
standard of the Cross, grant we
beseech You, that all those who rejoice
in honoring the same Holy Cross may
at all times and places feel the gladness
of Your protection, through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Cross is my salvation.
The Cross I ever adore.
The Cross of my Lord is with me.
The Cross is my refuge.
O God, Who by the Precious Blood of
Your only begotten son, sanctified the
standard of the Cross, grant we
beseech You, that all those who rejoice
in honoring the same Holy Cross may
at all times and places feel the gladness
of Your protection, through the same
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Cross is my salvation.
The Cross I ever adore.
The Cross of my Lord is with me.
The Cross is my refuge.
-- From Easter Sunday to the day after the Feast of Pentecost --
Hail, O Cross, our only hope,
Harbinger of our Paschal joys!
Holiness in the just increase,
And cleanse the sinner of his guilt.
-- During the year --
Hail, O Cross, our only hope,
The world's glory and redemption!
Holiness in the just increase,
And cleanse the sinner of his guilt.
-- From Passion Sunday to Easter Sunday --
Hail, O Cross, our only hope,
During these holy Passion days,
Holiness in the just increase,
And cleanse the sinner of his guilt.
Hail, O Cross, our only hope,
Through Thy triumphant glory,
Holiness in the just increase,
And cleanse the sinner of his guilt.
The Lord is my shepherd;
There is nothing I lack.
In green pastures,
He makes me lie down;
To still waters he leads me;
He restores my soul.
He guides me along right paths,
For the sake of His name.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
For you are with me;
Your rod and your staff comfort me.
You set a table before me
In front of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup overflows.
Indeed, goodness and mercy
Will pursue me
All the days of my life;
I will dwell in the house of the Lord
For endless days.
Amen.
Lord God,
You are attentive to the voice of our pleading.
Let us find in Your son comfort in our sadness,
Certainty in our doubt,
And courage to live through this hour.
Make our faith strong,
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.
St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant & friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors & invokes you universally as the patron of difficult and desperate cases. Pray for me who am so miserable. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded to you to bring visible & speedy help where help was almost despaired of.
Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation & help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations & sufferings, particularly (here mention your request) and that I may bless God with you & all the elect throughout all eternity. I promise you, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, & I will never cease to honor you as my special & powerful patron & do all in my power to encourage devotion to you.
St. Jude, pray for us & for all who honor & invoke thy aid. (Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory be. 3 times)
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