St. Augustine’s City of God and Christian Doctrine

St. Augustine’s City of God – Transmutation – Divine Will

The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced that the murder of the 21 Egyptian Christians killed by the so-called Islamic State in Libya will be commemorated in its Church calendar.
Pope Tawadros II announced that the names of the martyrs will be inserted into the Coptic Synaxarium, the Oriental Church’s equivalent to the Roman Martyrology. This procedure is also equivalent to canonization in the Latin Church.

According to terrasanta.net, the martyrdom of the 21 Christians will be commemorated on the 8th Amshir of the Coptic calendar, or February 15th of the Gregorian calendar. The commemoration falls on the feast day of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.
Militants of the Islamic State released a gruesome video entitled “A Message Signed in Blood to the Nation of the Cross” in which they released a warning saying they were “south of Rome.” They then proceeded to behead the Christian men, some of whom were seen mouthing the words “Lord Jesus Christ” moments before their death.

Meaning of the Ceremonies at Mass

1. The Priest Goes to the altar – Christ Goes to Mount Olivet.

2. The Priest Commences Mass – Christ Begins to pray.

3. The Priest Says Confiteor – Christ Falls down and sweats blood.

4. The Priest Goes up and kisses the altar – Christ Is betrayed by Judas with a kiss.

5. The Priest Goes to the Epistle side – Christ Is captured, bound, and taken to Annas

6. The Priest Reads the Introit – Christ Is falsely accused by Annas and blasphemed.

7. The Priest Goes to the middle of the altar and says the Kyrie eleison – Christ Is brought to Caiphas and there three times denied by Peter.

8. The Priest Says the Dominus vobiscum – Christ Looks at Peter and converts him.

9. The Priest Reads the Epistle – Christ Is brought to Pilate.

10. The Priest Says the Munda cor meum at the middle of the altar – Christ Is taken to Herod and mocked.

11. The Priest Reads the Gospel – Christ Is taken back to Pilate and again mocked.

12. The Priest Uncovers the chalice – Christ Is shamefully exposed.

13. The Priest Offers bread and wine – Christ Is cruelly scourged.

14. The PriestCovers the chalice – Christ Is crowned with thorns.

15. The Priest Washes his hands – Christ Is declared innocent by Pilate.

16. The Priest Says the Orate Fratres – Christ Is shown by Pilate to the people with the words, Ecce Homo.

17. The Priest Prays in a low voice – Christ Is mocked and spit upon.

18. The Priest Says the Preface and the Sanctus – Christ Is preferred instead of Barrabas and condemned to crucifixion.

19. The Priest Makes the Memento for the living – Christ Carries the cross to Mount Calvary.

20. The Priest Continues to pray the Canon in a low voice – Christ Meets His Mother and the other pious women.

21. The Priest Blesses the bread and wine with the sign of the cross – Christ Is nailed to the cross.

22. The Priest Elevates the Sacred Host – Christ Is raised on the cross.

23. The Priest Elevates the chalice – Christ Sheds blood from the five wounds.

24. The Priest Prays in a low voice – Christ Sees His afflicted Mother at the cross.

25. The Priest Says aloud, Nobis queque peccatoribus – Christ Prays on the cross for men.

26. The Priest Says aloud the Pater noster – Christ Says the seven last words on the cross.

27. The Priest Breaks and separates the Host – Christ Gives up His spirit and dies.

28. The Priest Lets a small portion of the sacred Host fall into the chalice – Christ His soul descends to Limbo.

29. The Priest Says the Agnus Dei – Christ Is acknowledged on the cross as the Son of God by many bystanders.

30. The Priest Administers Holy Communion – Christ Is laid in the tomb.

31. The Priest Cleanses the chalice – Christ Is anointed by pious women.

32. The Priest Prepares the chalice again – Christ Rises from the dead.

33. The Priest Says the Dominus vobiscum – Christ Appears to His Mother and the disciples.

34. The Priest Says the last prayers – Christ Teaches for forty days.

35. The Priest Says the last Dominus vobiscum – Christ Takes leave of His disciples and ascends to heaven.

36. The Priest Gives the benediction to the people – Christ Sends down the Holy Ghost

37. The Priest Says the Ita Missa est and the last Gospel – Christ Sends the apostles into all parts of the world to preach the Gospel.

Revelation 21:1-7

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ²

(from the volumes)

1 (and so are the souls who live in my Will: they are the new heavens, the new suns, the new earth, all flowery – even more, more varied with beauty and enchantment.”)

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I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, ³ coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

2 (“Now there will be an exchange: if Jerusalem gave to Rome the life of religion and therefore of Redemption, Rome will give to Jerusalem the Kingdom of the Divine Will. (A New Jerusalem)).

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I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and they will be his people ⁴ and God himself will always be with them (as their God).

3 ( so do these heavens, stretched out in man, point out that he is Our dwelling)

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He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for) the old order has passed away.”

4 (My Will is perennial joy, that renders the dwelling in which It reigns peaceful and happy)

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The one who sat on the throne ⁵ said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then he said, “Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and true.”

5 (I will renew the world with the sword, with fire and with water, with sudden deaths, and with contagious diseases. I will make new things.)

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He said to me, “They are accomplished. ⁶ I (am) the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving water.

6 (Oh, prodigy of my Divine Will! – to You everything is due, through You everything is accomplished, and there is no greater prodigy than my Will dwelling in the creature.”)

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The victor ⁷ will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God, and he will be my son.

 7 (the most beautiful inheritance We could give him.  It came out of Our inmost womb, bringing with Itself a share of all Our goods, to let the creature inherit them, and to form him as all beautiful and holy, in the likeness of the One who had created him.)

Fiat !

Hours of Passion:

8 PM Hour: And I, Heart of my heart, want to be always with You in each Tabernacle, in all the pyxes and in each consecrated Host which will ever be until the end of the world, to emit my acts of reparation, according to the offenses You receive. 

Luisa’s prayer asking Jesus to give her the grace to visit the Blessed Sacrament 33 times each day VOL. 1:

‘Lord, I beg You to be with me until I acquire the habit of doing them, for I know that with You I can do everything – but without You, what can miserable I do?’

VOL. 1

3 – As for the visits and the acts of reparation, you must know that everything I did in the course of thirty-three years, from when I was born up to when I died, I am continuing in the Sacrament of the altar. Therefore I want you to visit Me thirty-three times a day, honoring my years and also uniting with Me in the Sacrament with my own intentions – that is, reparation, adoration… You will do this at all times: with the first thought of the morning, fly before the tabernacle in which I am present for love of you, and visit Me; and also with the last thought of the evening, while you sleep at night, before and after your meal, at the beginning of each one of your actions, while walking, working…”

While He was saying this to me, I saw myself all confused, not knowing whether I could manage to do them; and I said to him: ‘Lord, I beg You to be with me until I acquire the habit of doing them, for I know that with You I can do everything – but without You, what can miserable I do?’ And He, benignly, added: “Yes, yes, I will content you – when have I ever failed you? I want your goodwill – whatever you want, I will give to you.” And so He did.

There may be other prayers that Luisa uses to visit Jesus 33 times each day in the Blessed sacrament; but this is at least one of them.

 

From Volume 2 October 3, 1899:

…I commended a sick person to Him, and Jesus showed His wounds, which that sick person had given to Him. I tried to pray Him, to placate Him, to repair Him, and it seemed that those wounds would heal. And Jesus, all benignity, told me: “My daughter, today you have performed for Me the office of a most skillful doctor, for you have tried not only to medicate and to bandage the wounds which that sick person gave to Me, but also to heal them. So I feel very much soothed and placated.” Then I understood that by praying for the sick, one comes to perform the office of doctor for Our Lord, who suffers in His very images.

A post Satan did not want published? But Here it is anyway:

In These Dark Days, the Church Needs Her Men to be Men

The Picture is linked

“[The documents of Vatican II] need to be read correctly,

to be widely known and taken to heart as important

and normative texts of the Magisterium,

within the Church’s Tradition. . . .

I feel more than ever in duty bound to point

to the Council as the great grace bestowed on

the Church in the twentieth century: 

there we find a sure compass

by which to take our bearings. . . .”

– John Paul II, Novo Millennio 

Plenary Indulgence of the Forgiveness of Assisi

On a hot July evening in the year 1216 Saint Francis of Assisi at prayer devoured by his love for God and a thirst to save souls was visited upon by Our Blessed Savior and Our Blessed Mother. Our Lord spoke to him “Francis you are very zealous for the good souls. Ask me what you want for their salvation.” Francis answered that he wanted an indulgence to all those who enter this church,(The Portiuncula)  who are truly contrite and have confessed their sins. Our Lord consented to Francis’ wish, but only after he received approval from Pope Honorius III. The pope granted this petition, and this indulgence has been extended to all parish churches throughout the world from noon August 1 until midnight on August 2.

The conditions to obtain the Plenary Indulgence of the Forgiveness of Assisi (for oneself or for a departed soul) are as follows:

* Sacramental confession (during eight days before or after the dates below)

* Participation in the Mass and Eucharist.

* Recitation of the Apostles’ Creed, Our Father and a prayer for the pope’s intention.

 The Portiuncula Indulgence is a grace not to be missed, not only for yourself but for the many souls suffering in purgatory.

The dates are from noon on August 1 until midnight on August 2, the feast of Our Lady of the Angels.

 

Father Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci was born in Corato on 15 June 1935.   In 1955, he entered the Novitiate of the Capuchin Friars at Alessano, in the Province of Lecce and completed his philosophical studies at the Studentate in Scorrano. On 14 March 1964, in the Capuchin church of Triggiano, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Nicodemo of Bari.  You can send him your Birthday and Anniversery greetings to:

Padre Bernardino Giuseppe Bucci

PADRE BERNARDINO BUCCI
CONVENTO FRATI CAPPUCCINI
VIA BARLETTA, 2
76015 TRINITAPOLI (BT)
ITALY
E-mail:  padrebernardinobucci@virgilio.it

Volontà amabile e potentissima,
Volontà immensa da cui tutto esce
E niente sfugge, vengo a portare
Ai tuoi piedi Santissimi l’amore di tutti”.

Luisa Piccarreta

 Fra Giuseppe Bernardino Bucci
Frate Minore Cappuccino

 Nel 50° Anniversario
Dell’Ordinazione sacerdotale
1964 – 14 marzo – 2014-06-12
Convento Frati Minori Cappuccini
76015 Trinitapoli (BT) – Via Barletta, 2

 “Gesù fu il somministratore della Santissima Trinità:
elargì alle genti la potenza, la sapienza, la carità delle Divine Persone.  Il sacerdozio ministeriale, essendo la continuazione del sacerdozio di Cristo nel tempo, perpetua la stessa Sua opera presso le anime”.

Serva di Dio Luisa Piccarreta

 Loving and powerful Will,
Immense Will from which everything comes out of
And nothing escapes, I come to bring
To your Most Holy feet the love of all.”

Luisa Piccarreta

 Friar Giuseppe Bernardino Bucci
Friar Minor Capuchin

 On the 50th Anniversary
Of his Priestly Ordination
1964 –March 14 – 06/12/2014

Monastery of Friars Minor Capuchin
76015 Trinitapoli (BT) – Via Barletta, 2

“Jesus was the administrator of the Most Holy Trinity:
He bestowed on people the power, the wisdom, the love of the Divine Persons.
The sacerdotal priesthood, being the continuation of Christ’s priesthood through time, perpetuates His work in souls. “

Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta