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Monthly Message From Our Lady

Message of November 25, 2006


“Dear children! Also today I call you to pray, pray, pray. Little children, when you pray you are close to God and He gives you the desire for eternity. This is a time when you can speak more about God and do more for God. Therefore, little children, do not resist but permit Him to lead you, to change you and to enter into your life. Do not forget that you are travellers on the way toward eternity. Therefore, little children, permit God to lead you as a shepherd leads his flock. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

Father Corapi defending the unborn

"UNIV. OF COLORADO CENSORS CHRISTMAS PARTIES"

November 20, 2006

UNIV. OF COLORADO CENSORS CHRISTMAS PARTIES

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments today on the censoring of Christmas parties this year at the University of Colorado:

“According to a recent news story in the Rocky Mountain News, a state audit released last year barred the University of Colorado from holding Christmas parties; the university has now notified all employees that a ‘holiday party is no longer sole justification for an allowable university event.’ According to Bronson Hillard, spokesman for the university, ‘What matters the most is the reason for the party.’ There can be a staff appreciation party, he said, ‘but the motivation cannot be the holiday itself.’ Hillard did not say what techniques the university possesses to police motivation.

“We were curious about this so we decided to contact Sally Symanski, the state auditor. She referred us to the State of Colorado Fiscal Rule 2-7 that says state monies can only be spent for official functions. As we expected, there is absolutely no mention of any Christmas or holiday party in 2-7. When asked what statute or court decision the audit was leaning on to ban Christmas parties, we were told to speak to Mary Catherine Gaisbauer in the controller’s office of the university.

“Gaisbauer told us that holiday parties are no longer allowed, but holiday-themed parties were okay so long as they met the criteria for an official function. We were still perplexed: ‘goodwill functions’ are explicitly recognized as constituting an official function. Upon further questioning, she directed us to Recommendation #15 of the state audit. But Recommendation #15 says not a word about parties, Christmas or otherwise; it deals with procurement practices.
“In other words, there is no statute or court decision that mandates censoring Christmas parties; the state audit is equally silent on this matter. What we have is a clear case of bureaucratic overkill and political correctness run amok. We hope that some department throws a Christmas party and when asked what motivated the decision, they say goodwill. Then let the campus cops try to prove otherwise in court.”

"Miracle of sun at Medjugorje, Bosnia June 25, 2006"

Report from Medjugorje

Dear children of Medjugorje,Praised be Jesus and Mary!

1 - On November 2, Mirjana received her monthly apparition. Then she shared this message with us:- "My coming to you, my children, is God's love. God is sending me to warn you and to show you the right way. Do not shut your eyes before the truth, my children. Your time is a short time. Do not permit delusions to begin ruling over you. The way on which I desire to lead you is the way of peace and love. This is the way which leads to my Son, your God. Give me your hearts that I may put my Son in them and make my apostles of you - apostles of peace and love. Thank you!" Afterwards, in conclusion, Our Lady said for us not to forget our shepherds on our prayers.

Prayer for Daily Neglects

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits. First --- To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. Gloria Patri. Second --- To purify the good I have done poorly this day and during all my life. Gloria Patri. Third --- To supply for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and all my life. Gloria Patri.

A Poor Clare, who just died, appeared to her Abbess who was praying for her, and said to her: "I went straight to heaven, for, by means of this prayer, recited every evening, I paid all my debts."

"The Blessed Mother’s Promises to those who Pray the Rosary"

The Blessed Mother’s Promises to those who Pray the Rosary

The following promises were given by the Blessed Mother to Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan in the twelfth century. These promises are fifteen in number and are for Christians who recite the Rosary. The Blessed Mother promises:

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

3. The Rosary shall be powerful armor against hell. It will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies.

4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish. It will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God. It will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries, shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice. He shall not perish by an unprovided death. If he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life.

7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.

8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have, during their life and at their death, the light of God and the plentitude of His graces. At the moment of death, they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.

9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.

11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

12. All those who propagate the holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.

14. All who recite the Rosary are my sons and brothers of my only Son, Jesus Christ.

15. Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

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Remember All Souls Day

Dear Friends,

The priests of Priests for Life would like to remember your departed loved ones in our Masses and prayers tomorrow, November 2, which is All Souls Day in the Catholic Church throughout the world. Priests normally say three Masses on this day, for all the departed.

You are part of our Priests for Life family, and we want to have the names of all those that you want us to remember. Therefore, we invite you to go to the special online form that we have prepared at www.catholicmusicnetwork.com/pfl/prayer_request.asp, and give us the names of those departed friends and relatives for whom you would like us to pray.

We will, in fact, remember them throughout the month of November. All our staff priests - Fr. Peter West, Fr. Denis Wilde, OSA, Fr. Walter Quinn, OSA, Fr. Giacomo Capoverdi, Fr. Jim Heyd, Fr. Dennis Weber, SC, and I - will consider it a privilege to lift them - and you - up to the Lord each day. Likewise, our seminarians for the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life, our staff, and the thousands of priests around the nation who are Priests for Life members will likewise be asked to pray for those whose names you give us.

You will also notice on this form that you can order Spiritual Enrollment Cards from us, both for the living and the deceased, that can be used throughout the year. Please request as many as you want. We will send them to you without charge, so that you have them on hand to use as the need arises.

We encourage you to extend this invitation to those on your email lists. You can send them the link above. (By the way, the "Catholic Music Network" is a ministry owned by one of our staff members, which is why you see that name in the web link.)

Thanks for being a friend of Priests for Life.

With prayers,Fr. Frank Pavone, M.E.V.National Director

Contact Priests for Life, PO Box 141172, Staten Island, NY 10314.
Phone: 718-980-4400, Fax: 718-980-6515,
email: mail@priestsforlife.org;
web: www.priestsforlife.org.