Virgin of Vladimir (+ image by the hand of Stephen Allison 2008)

Sunday 26 August 2018

Grace abounds


Notes of meeting on 14 August 2018

Picture of Jesus on the Cross, Our Blessed Mother was praying at the foot of the Cross. Our world was very dark, cold and faithless. She prayed for those whose hearts shone in the darkness, those whose faith was strong then for those whose faith was less strong and lastly with tears for those who had no faith at all.
Jesus then appeared as the Risen Christ in all His Glory and Light. He shone His light into all the places upon the earth where sin and faithlessness co-existed.
He said "Where no faith is to be found I am still faithful, where there is sin My Mercy and Grace shall abound. For you are My People even those against Me I shall seek.
Come return to Me and to your Heavenly Father. Those who love Me and are My true companions, pray for your brothers and sisters who know Me not and you will see graces poured forth from Heaven. If you do as My Mother continually asks of you, pray, fast, say her Rosary you will cause great conversions upon the earth.
I your Lord and your Love ask you and beg you to be my true companions and help in the salvific conversion of My lost people. Together we with the Holy Spirit, My Heavenly Father and My Mother Most Holy will vanquish the evil one and we will bring our sons and daughters home!
Jesus your Love."

Picture of Our Blessed Mother in front of the Throne of God and to the right was Jesus suffering on His Cross. Our Mother full of humility, grace and love was abasing herself before the Blessed Trinity pleading for her children here on earth. As she pleaded more and more Jesus suffered willingly more and more to free us from the slavery of sin.
She who is so little, tiny and full of humility again and again pleaded and the Father Son and Holy Spirit felt such love and pity on mankind that they sent extra graces to envelop those in need in the world. All people thanked and praised the Trinity and Our Blessed Mother.
She said " My children I your Mother ask you to pray heartfelt prayers to assuage the terrible concern for my suffering children which makes me weep. But, with your heartfelt prayer the Blessed Trinity can refuse nothing to me and so we will co-operate with the Father's plan.
My little ones pray from your hearts.
My maternal blessing through my Son Jesus be with you. Mary."


Matthew 6 v 1-24
‘Be careful not to practise your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
‘So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honoured by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 
 5‘And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
‘This, then, is how you should pray:
‘“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10 your kingdom come,
your will be done,
    on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
    as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation,
    but deliver us from the evil one.
14 For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
16 ‘When you fast, do not look sombre as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
19 ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 ‘The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
24 ‘No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD
Hail to you. We ask you, O saint, full of glory, the ever virgin, the Mother of God, the Mother of Christ, lift up our prayers unto your beloved Son, that He may forgive us our sins.
Hail to the Holy Virgin, who bore for us the true Light, Christ our God. Ask the Lord on our behalf, that He may have mercy on our souls, and forgive us our sins.
O Virgin Mary, the holy Mother of God, the trusted advocate of the human race, intercede on our behalf before Christ, Whom you bore, that He may grant us the forgiveness of our sins.
Hail to you, O Virgin the right and true queen. Hail to the pride of our race, you who bore us Emmanuel.
We ask you, remember us, our trusted advocate, before our Lord Jesus Christ, that He may forgive us our sins.
From Prime in the Agpeia (Coptic Liturgy of Hours) which is prayed in Egypt's Coptic Catholic Church

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