Ven. Pio XII : O augusto sacrifício do altar é um verdadeiro e próprio sacrifício, no qual, imolando-se incruentamente, o sumo Sacerdote faz aquilo que fez uma vez sobre a cruz, oferecendo-se todo ao Pai, vítima agradabilíssima.

VEN. PIE XII : Il est un véritable renouvellement du sacrifice de la croix: Le saint sacrifice de l’autel dans lequel, par une immolation non sanglante, le Souverain Prêtre fait ce qu’il a fait sur la croix, en s’offrant lui-même au Père éternel comme une hostie très agréable.

Encyclique MEDIATOR DEI

de Sa Sainteté le Pape PIE XII

SUR LA SAINTE LITURGIE

II LE CULTE EUCHARISTIQUE

I. NATURE DU SACRIFICE EUCHARISTIQUE

Le point culminant et comme le centre de la religion chrétienne est le mystère de la très sainte Eucharistie que le Christ, Souverain Prêtre, a instituée, et qu’il veut voir perpétuellement renouvelé dans l’Église par ses ministres. Comme il s’agit de la matière principale de la liturgie, Nous estimons utile de Nous y attarder quelque peu et d’attirer votre attention, Vénérables Frères, sur ce sujet très important.

Le Christ, notre Seigneur, " prêtre éternel selon l’ordre de Melchisédech " (Ps CIX, 4), " ayant aimé les siens qui étaient dans le monde " (Jn XIII, 1), " durant la dernière Cène, la nuit où il fut trahi, voulut, comme l’exige la nature humaine, laisser à l’Église, son Épouse bien-aimée, un sacrifice visible, pour représenter le sacrifice sanglant qui devait s’accomplir une fois seulement sur la croix, afin donc que son souvenir demeurât jusqu’à la fin des siècles et que la vertu en fût appliquée à la rémission de nos péchés de chaque jour… Il offrit à Dieu son Père son corps et son sang sous les apparences du pain et du vin, symboles sous lesquels il les fit prendre aux apôtres, qu’il constitua alors prêtres du Nouveau Testament, et il ordonna, à eux et à leurs successeurs, de l’offrir " (Conc.Trid., Sess. XXII, cap. 1).

Il est un véritable renouvellement du sacrifice de la croix:

Le saint sacrifice de l’autel n’est donc pas une pure et simple commémoration des souffrances et de la mort de Jésus-Christ, mais un vrai sacrifice, au sens propre, dans lequel, par une immolation non sanglante, le Souverain Prêtre fait ce qu’il a fait sur la croix, en s’offrant lui-même au Père éternel comme une hostie très agréable. " La victime est la même ; celui qui maintenant offre par le ministère des prêtres est celui qui s’offrit alors sur la croix ; seule la manière d’offrir diffère ". (Ibid. cap. 2)

a. Prêtre identique

C’est donc le même prêtre, Jésus-Christ, mais dont la personne sacrée est représentée par son ministre, celui-ci, en effet, par la consécration sacerdotale qu’il a reçue, est assimilé au Souverain Prêtre et jouit du pouvoir d’agir avec la puissance et au nom du Christ lui-même (Cf. S. Thomas,Summa theol. IIIa, q. 22, a. 4.). C’est pourquoi par son action sacerdotale, d’une certaine manière, " il prête sa langue au Christ, il lui offre sa main ". (Jean Chrysostome, In Ioann. Hom., 86, 4.)

b. Victime identique

La victime est également la même, à savoir le divin Rédempteur, selon sa nature humaine et dans la vérité de son corps et de son sang. La manière dont le Christ est offert est cependant différente. Sur la croix, en effet, il offrit à Dieu tout lui-même et ses douleurs, et l’immolation de la victime fut réalisée par une mort sanglante subie librement. Sur l’autel, au contraire, à cause de l’état glorieux de sa nature humaine, " la mort n’a plus d’empire sur lui " (Rm VI, 9), et, par conséquent, l’effusion du sang n’est plus possible ; mais la divine sagesse a trouvé un moyen admirable de rendre manifeste le sacrifice de notre Rédempteur par des signes extérieurs, symboles de mort. En effet, par le moyen de la transsubstantiation du pain au corps et du vin au sang du Christ, son corps se trouve réellement présent, de même que son sang, et les espèces eucharistiques, sous lesquelles il se trouve, symbolisent la séparation violente du corps et du sang. Ainsi le souvenir de sa mort réelle sur le Calvaire est renouvelé dans tout sacrifice de l’autel, car la séparation des symboles indique clairement que Jésus-Christ est en état de victime.

Ven. PIO XII : El Augusto Sacrificio del Altar es un Sacrificio propio y verdadero, en el cual, inmolándose incruentamente el Sumo Sacerdote, hace lo que hizo una vez en la Cruz

"Mediator Dei"
Sobre la Sagrada Liturgia
20 de noviembre de 1947

PARTE SEGUNDA

EL CULTO EUCARÍSTICO.

I. Naturaleza del Sacrificio Eucarístico

A) MOTIVO DE TRATAR ESTE TEMA

84. El Misterio de la Santísima Eucaristía, instituida por el Sumo Sacerdote, Jesucristo, y renovada constantemente por sus ministros, por obra de su voluntad, es como el compendio y el centro de la religión cristiana. Tratándose de lo más alto de la Sagrada Liturgia, creemos oportuno, Venerables Hermanos, detenernos un poco y atraer Vuestra atención a este gravísimo argumento.

B) EL SACRIFICIO EUCARÍSTICO

1º. Institución.

85. Cristo, Nuestro Señor, «Sacerdote eterno según el orden de Melchisedec» (Sal. 109, 4)) que «habiendo amado a los suyos que estaban en el mundo» (Juan, 13, 1), «en la última cena, en la noche en que era traicionado, para dejar a la Iglesia, su Esposa amada, un sacrificio visible -como lo exige la naturaleza de los hombres-, que representase el sacrificio cruento que había de llevarse a efecto en la Cruz, y para que su recuerdo permaneciese hasta el fin de los siglos y fuese aplicada su virtud salvadora a la remisión de nuestros pecados cotidianos... ofreció a Dios Padre su Cuerpo y su Sangre, bajo las especies del pan y del vino, y las dio a los Apóstoles, entonces constituidos en Sacerdotes del Nuevo Testamento, a fin de que bajo estas mismas especies lo recibiesen, mientras les mandaba a ellos y a sus sucesores en el Sacerdocio, el ofrecerlo» (5).

2º. Naturaleza.

a) No es simple conmemoración.

86. El Augusto Sacrificio del Altar no es; pues, una pura y simple conmemoración de la Pasión y Muerte de Jesucristo, sino que es un Sacrificio propio y verdadero, en el cual, inmolándose incruentamente el Sumo Sacerdote, hace lo que hizo una vez en la Cruz, ofreciéndose todo El al Padre, Víctima gratísima. «Una... y la misma, es la Víctima; lo mismo que ahora se ofrece por ministerio de los Sacerdotes, se ofreció entonces en la Cruz; sólo es distinto el modo de hacer el ofrecimiento» (6).

b) Comparación con el de la Cruz.

1) Idéntico Sacerdote.

87. Idéntico, pues, es el Sacerdote, Jesucristo, cuya Sagrada Persona está representada por su ministro. Este, en virtud de la consagración sacerdotal recibida, se asimila al Sumo Sacerdote y tiene el poder de obrar en virtud y en la persona del mismo Cristo; por esto, con su acción sacerdotal, en cierto modo; «presta a Cristo su lengua; le ofrece su mano» (7).

2) Idéntica Víctima.

88. Igualmente idéntica es la Víctima; esto es, el Divino Redentor; según su humana Naturaleza y en la realidad de su Cuerpo y de su Sangre.

3) Distinto modo.

89. Diferente, en cambio, es el modo en que Cristo es ofrecido. En efecto, en la Cruz, El se ofreció a Dios todo entero, y le ofreció sus sufrimientos y la inmolación de la Víctima fue llevada a cabo por medio de una muerte cruenta voluntariamente sufrida; sobre el Altar, en cambio, a causa del estado glorioso de su humana Naturaleza, «la muerte no tiene ya dominio sobre El» (Rom. 6, 9) y, por tanto, no es posible la efusión de la sangre; pero la divina Sabiduría han encontrado el medio admirable de hacer manifiesto el Sacrificio de Nuestro Redentor con signos exteriores, que son símbolos de muerte. Ya que por medio de la Transubstanciación del pan en el Cuerpo y del vino en la Sangre de Cristo, como se tiene realmente presente su Cuerpo, así se tiene su Sangre; así, pues, las especies eucarísticas, bajo las cuales está presente, simbolizan la cruenta separación del Cuerpo y de la Sangre. De este modo, la conmemoración de su muerte, que realmente sucedió en el Calvario, se repite en cada uno de los sacrificios del altar, ya que por medio de señales diversas se significa y se muestra Jesucristo en estado de víctima.

Ven. PIUS XII : The august sacrifice of the altar is a true and proper act of sacrifice, whereby the High Priest by an unbloody immolation offers Himself a most acceptable victim to the Eternal Father, as He did upon the cross.

Ven. PIUS XII : The august sacrifice of the altar, then, is no mere empty commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, but a true and proper act of sacrifice, whereby the High Priest by an unbloody immolation offers Himself a most acceptable victim to the Eternal Father, as He did upon the cross. "It is one and the same victim; the same person now offers it by the ministry of His priests, who then offered Himself on the cross, the manner of offering alone being different.

MEDIATOR DEI

ENCYCLICAL OF POPE PIUS XII
ON THE SACRED LITURGY

66. The mystery of the most Holy Eucharist which Christ, the High Priest instituted, and which He commands to be continually renewed in the Church by His ministers, is the culmination and center, as it were, of the Christian religion. We consider it opportune in speaking about the crowning act of the sacred liturgy, to delay for a little while and call your attention, Venerable Brethren, to this most important subject.

67. Christ the Lord, "Eternal Priest according to the order of Melchisedech,"[56] "loving His own who were of the world,"[57] "at the last supper, on the night He was betrayed, wishing to leave His beloved Spouse, the Church, a visible sacrifice such as the nature of men requires, that would re-present the bloody sacrifice offered once on the cross, and perpetuate its memory to the end of time, and whose salutary virtue might be applied in remitting those sins which we daily commit, . . . offered His body and blood under the species of bread and wine to God the Father, and under the same species allowed the apostles, whom he at that time constituted the priests of the New Testament, to partake thereof; commanding them and their successors in the priesthood to make the same offering."[58]

68. The august sacrifice of the altar, then, is no mere empty commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus Christ, but a true and proper act of sacrifice, whereby the High Priest by an unbloody immolation offers Himself a most acceptable victim to the Eternal Father, as He did upon the cross. "It is one and the same victim; the same person now offers it by the ministry of His priests, who then offered Himself on the cross, the manner of offering alone being different."[59]

69. The priest is the same, Jesus Christ, whose sacred Person His minister represents. Now the minister, by reason of the sacerdotal consecration which he has received, is made like to the High Priest and possesses the power of performing actions in virtue of Christ's very person.[60] Wherefore in his priestly activity he in a certain manner "lends his tongue, and gives his hand" to Christ.[61]

Ven. Pio XII : O augusto sacrifício do altar é um verdadeiro e próprio sacrifício, no qual, imolando-se incruentamente, o sumo Sacerdote faz aquilo que fez uma vez sobre a cruz, oferecendo-se todo ao Pai, vítima agradabilíssima.

Ven. Pio XII : O augusto sacrifício do altar não é, pois, uma pura e simples comemoração da paixão e morte de Jesus Cristo, mas é um verdadeiro e próprio sacrifício, no qual, imolando-se incruentamente, o sumo Sacerdote faz aquilo que fez uma vez sobre a cruz, oferecendo-se todo ao Pai, vítima agradabilíssima. "Uma... e idêntica é a vítima: aquele mesmo, que agora oferece pelo ministério dos sacerdotes, se ofereceu então sobre a cruz; é diferente apenas, o modo de fazer a oferta".

 

CARTA ENCÍCLICA DO PAPA PIO XII

MEDIATOR DEI

SOBRE A SAGRADA LITURGIA

SEGUNDA PARTE

O CULTO EUCARÍSTICO

I. Natureza do sacrifício eucarístico
59. O mistério da santíssima eucaristia, instituída pelo sumo sacerdote Jesus Cristo e, por vontade sua, perpetuamente renovada pelos seus ministros, é como a súmula e o centro da religião cristã. Em se tratando do ápice da sagrada liturgia, julgamos oportuno, veneráveis irmãos, deter-nos um pouco, chamando a vossa atenção para esta importantíssima temática.
60. O Cristo Senhor, "sacerdote eterno segundo a ordem de Melquisedeque" (56) "tendo amado os seus que estavam no mundo",(57) "na última ceia, na noite em que foi traído, para deixar à Igreja, sua esposa dileta, um sacrifício visível, como exige a natureza dos homens, o qual representasse o sacrifício cruento que devia cumprir-se na cruz uma só vez, e para que a sua lembrança permanecesse até o fim dos séculos e nos fosse aplicada sua salutar virtude em remissão dos nossos pecados cotidianos... ofereceu a Deus Pai o seu corpo e o seu sangue sob as espécies de pão e de vinho e deu-os aos apóstolos então constituídos sacerdotes do Novo Testamento, para que sob essas mesmas espécies o recebessem, e ordenou a eles e aos seus sucessores no sacerdócio, que o oferecessem".(58)
61. O augusto sacrifício do altar não é, pois, uma pura e simples comemoração da paixão e morte de Jesus Cristo, mas é um verdadeiro e próprio sacrifício, no qual, imolando-se incruentamente, o sumo Sacerdote faz aquilo que fez uma vez sobre a cruz, oferecendo-se todo ao Pai, vítima agradabilíssima. "Uma... e idêntica é a vítima: aquele mesmo, que agora oferece pelo ministério dos sacerdotes, se ofereceu então sobre a cruz; é diferente apenas, o modo de fazer a oferta".(59)
62. Idêntico, pois, é o sacerdote, Jesus Cristo, cuja sagrada pessoa é representada pelo seu ministro. Este, pela consagração sacerdotal recebida, assemelha-se ao sumo Sacerdote e tem o poder de agir em virtude e na pessoa do próprio Cristo;(60) por isso, com sua ação sacerdotal, de certo modo, "empresta a Cristo a sua língua, e lhe oferece a sua mão".(61)
63. Também idêntica é a vítima, isto é, o divino Redentor, segundo a sua humana natureza e na realidade do seu corpo e do seu sangue. Diferente, porém, é o modo pelo qual Cristo é oferecido. Na cruz, com efeito, ele se ofereceu todo a Deus com os seus sofrimentos, e a imolação da vítima foi realizada por meio de morte cruenta livremente sofrida; no altar, ao invés, por causa do estado glorioso de sua natureza humana, "a morte não tem mais domínio sobre ele"(62) e, por conseguinte, não é possível a efusão do sangue; mas a divina sabedoria encontrou o modo admirável de tornar manifesto o sacrifício de nosso Redentor com sinais exteriores que são símbolos de morte. Já que, por meio da transubstanciação do pão no corpo e do vinho no sangue de Cristo, têm-se realmente presentes o seu corpo e o seu sangue; as espécies eucarísticas, sob as quais está presente, simbolizam a cruenta separação do corpo e do sangue. Assim o memorial da sua morte real sobre o Calvário repete-se sempre no sacrifício do altar, porque, por meio de símbolos distintos, se significa e demonstra que Jesus Cristo se encontra em estado de vítima.

MARY: God has placed all the gifts of the kingdom of heaven, all the gifts that Jesus brought to this earth, in my Immaculate Heart. These gifts will do everything. They will protect, guide, purge sin, and lift to greatness. All of God’s treasures are present in the kingdom proclaimed by Jesus and all of these treasures are in my heart, waiting to be given away.

12. Being Set Aside By the Church

Aug 5th, 2014

Mary
Who can know the sorrows of my heart unless I speak openly and reveal what is hidden? I see the many difficulties of the Church. A Church that was strong and flourishing has now been set aside, and often is the object of ridicule. The young are no longer formed by its teachings and many of the older generation have abandoned its truths. The Church cries out in the marketplace but its voice is not heard. Its teachings have no impact upon the modern mind. How has all of this happened?
I must speak honestly. I have been set aside. The Church flourished when I was exalted. Many gave themselves to the priesthood and religious life when the Church rejoiced to be my child. Then, new waves of thought washed upon the shore. The new agenda erased the deeply ingrained devotions. My appearances, my visitations and my words no longer occupied the Catholic mind. How different would these decades have been if I had not been moved to the sidelines!
I must speak honestly. It is late. The weapons of war explode. Some roads of peace narrow and even end. The world’s resources turn to destruction not to life. At this point, no one can perceive the power of the coming darkness, nor how close it is at hand.
I will try again. I will send out greater invitations. I will use more messengers, in even higher places. They must be faithful to the message, “There is only one path to peace, the road that leads into the center of my Immaculate Heart”. There will be new movements, new beginnings, new fires. I have not abandoned my Church and I refuse to sit on the sidelines while Satan claims his victories.
Those who heed me, I will use. Those who believe they have a better plan will waste their time.
Comment: This is a very strong locution that sums up Our Lady’s feelings.

11. Special Surprising Lights

Aug 4th, 2014

Mary
Usually, I pour out my gifts in great order, the small ones first and later the greater ones. Now, however, a greater need exists to which I must respond. I must take people who are not fully prepared and give them gifts far greater than usual. Like children in an emergency, who are pressed into action and asked to do works usually reserved to adults.
What a special time this will be! Many will wonder. People of good will who have just begun to live devoutly will be given great powers, usually reserved for the perfect. Those who are spiritual children will lead many to great faith. Others, who have just begun themselves to love my Immaculate Heart, will be foundation stones of strong communities.
New movements, filled with the greatest lights will arise. Fresh spiritual leadership will emerge. These are the fruits of the new lights that will suddenly begin to push back the world’s darkness. As always, these secrets lie in my Immaculate Heart.
Comment: In these days of extraordinary darkness, Our Lady must take surprising actions.

10. Rain Clouds of Hope

Aug 3rd, 2014

Mary
I see the world in such anguish. Never before have I so desired to pour out my gifts. I must always repeat the message. The heavenly Father has placed all of his treasures for the world in my Immaculate Heart because he foresaw this moment in human history when the fires of hell would break forth from beneath the earth.
He placed them there because my heart is so easily broken open and his gifts can fall like raindrops upon the fires. When fires are burning out of control, are not rainclouds a joyous sight? Do they not hold out hope that soon the fires will be overcome?
The Church must see my heart in this way, filled with heavenly rain, waiting to quench these demonic forces that are evident everywhere and to everyone. Is there not a demonic source to all the wars, to all the diseases, to all the acts of terrorism, to all the hopelessness?
The Holy Father must consecrate Russia. The rain will fall there first. From Russia, peace will go out to the whole world.
Comment: For almost 100 years, Our Lady has said that for world peace Russia must be consecrated. Events are showing that Mary was right all along.

9. Promising A New Light

Aug 2nd, 2014

Mary
I will speak from my heart, bringing forth the deepest feelings. I weep abundantly. I see my children walk away from all that Jesus taught. I see them cast aside their baptismal gift and to think nothing of their loss of faith. I see them enter deeply into the immoral ways of modern culture and be swept up in its mighty current.
Those who have been called to a deep Catholic faith and to the highest of Catholic values are never even taught the basic truths. Their rich heritage has been stole from them. They were never shown the path to goodness. The darkness of the culture has obscured everything.
I must provide another light because the lights of the powerful Catholic culture have become too weak to light the way, and the road has become far too dark.
This is my message. I will provide extra lights which you must freely choose. Seek these lights. Look for my new lights. Do not be content with your current light. Seek for yourselves and your children. Write this on your heart, “Mary has told me that I need more light. She has promised to provide this light. I must search for this new light, like the Wise Men searched for Jesus, the light of the world”.
You will find. I promise that you will find the new light I have prepared for you.
Comment: Our Lady sorrows over the great darkness but promises to provide. We must search.

8. Lazarus, the Beggar At Our Door

Aug 1st, 2014

Mary
Let us stop for a moment and remember that getting to heaven is the purpose of earth. At the moment of death, the human person leaves this temporary human existence and enters into an eternal state. Jesus never exalted earth or human life but constantly reminded all that earthly life ends. “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” “If anyone should save his life in this world, he will lose it in the next”. “Thou, fool, what good is it to have stored up all these treasures, when tonight you will die?”
Yet, Jesus was sensitive to earthly needs. He fed the hungry and healed the sick. He promised that if a person seeks first the kingdom of God, the heavenly Father would care for the necessities.
Do you not see Satan’s plan? He wants only sufferings so that people cannot find their way to heaven. Taken up in the trials of earth they lose faith in their heavenly home. So, I speak to every Catholic, to every believer, to every person of good will. You all have a Lazarus, a beggar, at your door, a needy person. Care for them and you will both arrive safely in heaven.
To the rich and the powerful, to those who control great amounts of earthly resources, I have placed all these in your hands so you can help many on their road to heaven.
Many voices of the poor cry out to me and I search for those who can answer their needs. I will come soon and ask for your help. Blessed are you if you hear my voice, open your heart, change your ways and give of yourself by helping the needy.
Comment: Man is made for heaven but his search takes place amid earthly needs. Helping others is the surest road to eternal life.

7. A New World Order

Jul 31st, 2014

Mary
To lead the world is a matter of the heart and you leaders of the world have hearts that are too small. So, I offer you the gift of my heart. I have a plan for every person. I know what they need so their life can fulfill all that God intends.
I dream of a new world order, where weapons are put aside, and where nations cooperate. I dream of a new economic system where all share in the goods of society.
I must raise up new world leaders whose hearts are quite different, leaders who dream of blessing others. I need a veritable army, fashioned in a different mold, claiming a different vision, and refusing to set aside their firm beliefs that every person in the world must have the necessities of life.
Where are these people? I will go and look for them. When I find those who are committed to my dream, I will open doors for them. They shall rise quickly in every field of human endeavor. Only those formed in my heart can truly bring about a new world order.
Comment: Changing the world results only from leaders whose hearts are attuned to the heavenly Father.

6. The Less-Traveled Road

Jul 30th, 2014

Mary
I will speak gently to world leaders, because if I fully exposed all of your sins, you would cover your ears and shut your eyes. Instead, I will speak about what you are able to do. All I ask is good will.
First, look at your heart. Why have you sought this high position? What led you to public office? Only you can examine your own heart and be honest. Expose your own selfishness, your own pride and ego. I am not asking you to step down. I am only asking you to change.
You have made many decisions in darkness which you would never want to come to the light of publicity. You have two lives – your public life and your private life. One for the people to see and one which only you can see. Right now you are entangled. I do not say hopelessly entangled because I will help you.
I must ask you “Are you willing to walk a different path, one that is less-traveled?” If so, I will do two favors for you. I will free you from your entanglements and I will lift you up to a much higher position. If not, I can only leave you mired in your world that will inevitably destroy you. Such is the nature of worldly power.
Comment: Power corrupts unless God continually purifies the world leader.

5. The New Flame

Jul 29th, 2014

Mary
I go now to the depth of my heart to find the most consoling words for my Church. Among your members, I find the little ones, those whose hearts are firmly set upon me. I find your missionaries who have left their native lands to preach the gospel in difficult circumstances. I find mothers and fathers who fulfill their sacred duties and I find ministers of the word who live out their commitment. At every level and in every situation I find these people of good will.
This is my promise. I am ready to take all of them into the most sacred fire that burns in my Immaculate Heart.They will be the first ones to whom I reveal the gift. I am not asking them to do more. I am asking them to receive more, to take this new flame into their hearts. I know their hearts and if they take the new flame it will burn brightly. That is why I invite them first.
However, they must accept the invitation or they will be left behind, not ready for the difficulties that lie ahead.
Comment: Whatever we have received from God, we must be open to greater gifts, this new flame on Mary’s heart.

4. The Age of Mary

Jul 28th, 2014

Mary
Return to your first love. When you were a child and held no possessions, when you were small and had only your faith, when you were persecuted, and loved one another, I watched over you. I saw you spread to all the nations. I watched you cling to my Son and proclaim him even when this brought sufferings and death.
I saw your acts of charity. You were revered even among those who did not understand your beliefs. You were truly a light to the nations waiting to be put upon the lampstand.
Now, I have put you on that lampstand. You are known throughout the world, the largest of all the churches but your light has dimmed. It is now mixed with darkness. Many know you but they scorn you and reject you. Even your own sons and daughters, born into your bosom, walk away from you. You watch them leave with great sorrow. You are quite aware of your state. You know the reality, like a parent disappointed in the decisions of their children. I know your failures and how distraught you are.
I have a question for you. Are you ready? Are you willing to take my hand, to walk my road? Are you ready to trust your mother and to do what I tell you? Are you ready to inscribe me on your heart and to decide firmly, “I will walk the road of Mary?”I challenge you at this grave moment in human history, when the world will need the Church more than ever. Do you truly believe that this is the Age of Mary? If you do, I can make you the light of the nations. If not, your own resources will prove too little and too late.
Comment: The Age of Mary holds unbelievable gifts of the Father but the Church has never committed herself fully to that gift.

3. Mother of the Church

Jul 27th, 2014

Mary
The Church must learn the wisdom of my heart. So often, the Church seeks wisdom from its learned men and women. It seeks wisdom from all the human sciences. It studies the wisdom that the world uses in its business enterprises. Why does the Church reject the wisdom of my heart? It chooses broken cisterns that cannot bring forth living water.
The Church has a great strength. It has openly proclaimed me as the Mother of the Church. Well, come back to your mother. The mother gathers the family and embraces all the children. The mother keeps the household together, always inviting her children to return.
Do not reject me. Do not set me aside. God’s plan began with me (I was with him in the beginning of his days) and God’s plan will end with me, the Woman Clothed With the Sun.
O Church, I will heal your divisions. I will bring back your children. I will purge you of your sins. I will make of you the new Jerusalem, the light on the mountain.
The heavenly Father has declared these times as the Age of Mary but you have not yet understood or even believed the words of your own prophets and saints.
Comment: The Church certainly needs help and Our Lady wants to be the Church’s mother.



2. A Place With Mary in the Desert

Jul 26th, 2014

Mary
I speak first to my Church, born when the heart of Jesus was pierced by a sword and filled with the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. I was there at your beginnings and I will be present at the grand culmination when the angels gather all the elect.
What a history you have had, filled with sinners and saints, moments of divine greatness and moments of the most shameful behavior. Yet, you are mine, the child of my womb and I will always clasp you to my breasts and give you life.
Now, I must speak my mind in words only a mother could say, “You must repent and turn back to reclaim your former glory, the glory of serving the world by being its light. Once you were small, persecuted, trodden under foot by the power of the world but I loved you for your fervor and your fidelity.
I say to you what Jesus said to the Church of Ephesus, ‘I hold this against you. You have lost the love that you had at first’” (Rev.2:4). That is where we must begin. Like Israel, I must lead you back into the desert where you can again recover your first love.
“What about my worldly power?” you ask. I say, “What good is your worldly power? Soon, you will see all the power of the world collapse. Will you be caught up in that destruction or will you have escaped with me into the desert of your first love?”
God prepared a place for me in the desert (Rev.12:6). That is where I will take you. Do not delay in the city where you think you are so needed. If you come into the desert with me, I will prepare you. In the moment of the world’s great darkness, you will be its light. This is my message of hope?
Comment: Where else could Our Lady begin? She calls us back to our first fervor.

1. An Even Clearer Word

Jul 25th, 2014

Mary
Many who read these locutions are surprised that I would think about and express my thoughts on so many issues. Am I just a heavenly figure? Did I not live on earth? Did I not conceive and give birth? Did I not share in all the sufferings? I am a mother, who takes everything into her heart and brings forth a wisdom. That is what I am doing and people should not be surprised.
I know that so many delight in my words and anxiously await the daily locution. Those who read them all are formed by my thinking and I bless them.
Now, I will embark on an even clearer road. Up to now, I have revealed my heart. Now, I will speak my mind. No one will have to read between the lines or conjecture what I mean. The words will be both pointed and true. They will cut through the darkness and give light. They will chastise but always offer the grace of conversion. When I finish, no doubts will remain about where I stand and what I think. Let no one interpret away the clarity of my words.
I will speak to a Church which has failed me, to world leaders who have deceived their people, to the rich whose gold has made them an abomination, to the powerful who have manipulated the structures of power, to the average Catholic who has been swept along by the world, to the little ones who need my encouragement and to you, the reader, who are so anxious to find your way. To the whole world, I will speak my mind.
Comment: Mary’s words have always been to the point. Now, the words will become more pointed.

Special Locution – The Fire Leaps to Europe

Jul 25th, 2014

Jesus
The world is not yet in total darkness. However, it is on a road that leads away from the heavenly Father. Inevitably, the future holds more and more darkness. Many see the problems but few see the road that lies ahead. In the Middle East there are many fires. These burn brightly but are still separate. Satan’s goal is to have one, unified conflagration, even though the terrorists groups are diverse. When there is one united fire, then the flames will jump to Europe.
The terrorists have their eyes upon Europe, especially those countries with a sizeable Muslim population. For centuries, Muslims have dreamed of controlling the European countries. Now, these populations see that the terrorists destabilize and bring about fear. This hastens the day when they will no longer be denied many rights. They dream of taking control of these countries. What happens within the heart of a person who sees their dream suddenly come much closer? They are ready to make any sacrifice.
Europe looks stable but this is fiction. They cannot defend themselves like Israel.
Comment: Sooner than expected, the Middle East fires will leap over to Europe and find a Muslim population that will see a new opportunity.

9. Treasures of the Kingdom

Jul 24th, 2014

Mary
I bring forth these gifts for everyone. All are included. My arms embrace the whole world and my heart has gifts for everyone, a secret that I am constantly revealing.
The heavenly Father created a world in which man had gifts that precluded suffering. Suffering was brought into the world by sin which caused the first parents to lose God’s grace and these special gifts. Thus began the sinful and suffering-filled stage of human history.
The heavenly Father held on to his dream of the original creation. Jesus spoke of the kingdom of heaven and proclaimed that the kingdom was at hand. This is the secret which I proclaim. God has placed all the gifts of the kingdom of heaven, all the gifts that Jesus brought to this earth, in my Immaculate Heart. These gifts will do everything. They will protect, guide, purge sin, and lift to greatness. All of God’s treasures are present in the kingdom proclaimed by Jesus and all of these treasures are in my heart, waiting to be given away. Unfortunately, many of these gifts will not be claimed even by those who love me.
Comment: Jesus spoke about “as it was in the beginning” when man’s internal and external world were in order due to special gifts. These gifts can still be found in Mary’s heart.

http://www.locutions.org/2014/08/9-promising-a-new-light/

THE MYSTIC MASS. Mystic Treasures of the Holy Mass . 77 Fruits of Holy Mass by Father M. von Cochem

THE MYSTIC MASS.

By Fr F. ASTRUC.

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY No. 722a (1936).

The Christian's Life is a Mass.

"Tu es sacerdos in aeternum!" “You are a priest for ever!” What a joy was ours when, on the morning of our ordination, a consciousness of this divine reality dawned in our souls: "You are a priest for-ever!" Yes, we were happy then with a happiness we could not measure, a happiness which the passing years have served but to increase.

Many Christians in the world envy us our sacerdotal dignity. Well do I understand their holy jealousy. For their consolation, I would remind them of a truth which they do not perhaps sufficiently recognize — Every Christian has received a true participation in the priesthood of Jesus Christ; as a member of the mystical Body of Christ, he belongs, as St. Peter has authoritatively declared, to "a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood." St. Ambrose repeats the same truth to the people of Milan: "All the children of the Church are priests; in Baptism they receive the anointing that makes them participate in the Priesthood; the victim which they must offer God is wholly spiritual: this victim is themselves."read...

Mystic Treasures of the Holy Mass

On the first Wednesday of the month when I volunteer at the Apostleship of Prayer (AoP) I always take a few minutes to browse the library shelves. The AoP recently acquired the books of Fr. Richard Tomasek, SJ who has just passed away this past August, and I've found some real gems among his donations including Mystic Treasures of the Holy Mass by Fr. Charles Coppens, SJ which was written in 1905.

One of the very first posts that I wrote on this blog 2-1/2 years ago was about a pilgrimage that my sisters and I made to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse, WI. It was at this Shrine where I experienced the Latin Mass for the first and only (so far!) time. I had written in that post that I was mystified by the translation that said that the priest offered a "secret" prayer. I wondered what that secret prayer could be and in Mystic Treasures of the Holy Mass, I found the answer to that long ago question.

"The entire series of prayers and ceremonies that make up the Canon are the most solemn that the human mind can conceive. But the words are not heard by the people; for this part of the Holy Mass is called "the Secret," from the "Sanctus" to the "Pater Noster," The silence entered upon by the priest soon spreads over the entire congregation...So during the secret portion of Holy Mass the incense of prayer from the hearts of the priest and people ascends to the throne of God in Heaven."

Sigh...isn't that a beautiful explanation? I also found this suggestion for prayer during the Consecration of the Mass to be especially touching and effective:

"At the most solemn portion of Holy Mass she suggests propriety of individual communing with Christ by the silence of her ministers at the altar. The time is most appropriate for laying our wants and desires before the throne of God's mercy. A practice familiar to many devout persons, one said to have been dear to St. Aloysius, consists in imaging ourselves at that solemn moment to see the crucified Lord, as He was on Calvary, and recommend our principal requests through the bleeding wounds of our Redeemer. By the wounds of his sacred head we may pray for all of our superiors, spiritual and temporal, the Pope, the Bishop, our pastors, rulers, parents, etc. By the wound of the right hand of Christ we beg blessings for our relatives and friends. By that of the left hand for all sinners, and in particular for our enemies, who hate, persecute and calumniate us. In the wound of the right foot of Christ we ask perseverance for all the just; in the wound of the left foot we recommend the souls in Purgatory, those chiefly for whom we have special reasons to intercede. Finally, in the wound of His Sacred Heart we seek a safe refuge for ourselves, enumerating our own personal wants of body and soul, for time and eternity."

http://annebender.blogspot.pt/2011/11/mystic-treasures-of-holy-mass.html

77 Fruits of Holy Mass by Father M. von Cochem

77 Fruits of Holy Mass

Father M. von Cochem

To omit hearing Mass merely from carelessness or indolence would be proof that we were either ignorant of, or indifferent to, the divine treasures it contains. God grant that those who read this may in future appreciate more fully this pearl of great price, value it more highly, seek it more diligently. Ponder this.

1. For thy salvation God the Father sends his beloved Son down from heaven.
2. For thy salvation the Holy Spirit changes bread and wine into the true Body and Blood of Christ.
3. For thy sake the Son of God comes down from heaven and conceals Himself under the form of the sacred host.
4. He even abases Himself to such an extent as to be present in the minutest particle of the Sacred Host.
5. For thy salvation He renews the saving mystery of the Incarnation.
6. For thy salvation He is born anew into the world in a mystic manner whenever Holy Mass is celebrated.
7. For thy salvation he performs on the altar the same act of worship He performed when on earth.
8. For thy salvation He renews His bitter passion in order that thou mayest participate in it.
9. For thy salvation He mystically renews His death, and sacrifices for Thee His precious life.
10. For thy salvation He sheds His blood in a mystic manner, and offers it up for thee to the Divine Majesty.
11. With this Precious Blood He sprinkles thy soul and purifies it from every stain.
12. For thee Christ offers Himself as a true burnt-offering, and renders to the Godhead the supreme honor which it is due.
13. By offering this act of worship to God, thou dost make reparation for the glory which thou hast failed to give Him.
14. For thee Christ offers Himself to God as a sacrifice of praise, thus atoning for thy omissions in praising His Holy Name.
15. By offering to God this oblation which Christ offers, thou givest Him greater praise than do the Holy Angels.
16. For thee Christ offers Himself as a perfect sacrifice of thanksgiving, making compensation for all failures on thy part to render thanks.
17. By offering to God Christ’s act of thanksgiving, thou dost make ample acknowledgment of all the benefits He had bestowed on thee.
18. For thee Christ offers Himself as the all powerful victim, reconciling thee to the God Whom thou hast offended.
19. He pardons thee for all thy venial sins, provided thou art firmly resolved to forsake them.
20. He also makes repartition for many of thy sins of omission, when thou didst leave undone the good thou mightest have done.
21. He removes many of the imperfections attaching to thy good deeds.
22. He forgives thee the sins, unknown or forgotten, which thou hast never mentioned in confession.
23. He offers Himself as a victim to make satisfaction for a part at least of thy debts and transgressions.
24. Each time thou hearest Mass thou canst do more to pay the penalty due to thy sins than by the severest work of penance.
25. Christ places to thy credit a portion of His merits, which thou mayest offer to God the Father in expiation of thy offences.
26. For thee Christ offers Himself as the most efficacious peace-offering, interceding for thee as earnestly as He interceded for His enemies on the cross.
27. His Precious Blood pleads for thee in words as countless as the drops which issued from His sacred veins.
28. Each of the adorable wounds His sacred body bore is a voice calling aloud for mercy for thee.
29. For the sake of this propitiatory victim, the petitions proffered during Mass will be granted far sooner than those that are proffered at other times.
30. Never canst thou pray so well as whilst present at Mass.
31. This is so because Christ unites His prayers to thine, and offers them to His heavenly Father.
32. He acquaints Him with thy needs and dangers to which thou art exposed, and makes thy eternal salvation His particular concern.
33. The angels also, who are present, plead for thee, and present thy poor prayers before the throne of God.
34. On thy behalf the priest says Mass, by virtue of which the evil enemy will not be suffered to approach thee.
35. For thee and for thy everlasting salvation he says Mass, and offers that holy sacrifice to God Almighty.
36. When thou hearest Mass, thou art thyself in spirit a priest, enpowered by Christ to offer the Mass both for thyself and others.
37. By offering this Holy Sacrifice, thou dost present to the Blessed Trinity the most acceptable of all oblations.
38. Thou dost offer an oblation precious indeed, of greater value than all things in heaven and earth.
39. Thou dost offer an oblation precious indeed, for it is none other than God himself.
40. By this sacrifice thou does honor God as He alone is worthy to be honored.
41. By this sacrifice thou dost give infinite satisfaction to the Most Holy Trinity.
42. Thou mayest present this glorious oblation as thine own gift, for Christ Himself gave it unto thee.
43. When thou hearest Mass aright, thou dost perform an act of highest worship.
44. By hearing Mass thou dost pay the most profound reverence, the most loyal homage, to the Sacred Humanity of Our Lord.
45. It is best means whereby to venerate the Passion of Christ, and obtain a share in its fruits.
46. It is also the best means of venerating the blessed Mother of God, and increasing her joy.
47. By hearing Mass, thou canst also enrich thy soul more than aught else in the world.
48. By hearing Mass devoutly, thou canst give greater honor to the angels and the saints than by reciting many prayers.
49. For this in act thou dost perform a good work of the highest value.
50. It is a signal exercise of pure faith, which will receive a great reward.
51. When thou dost bow down before the Sacred Host and the Sacred Chalice, thou doest perform a supreme act of adoration.
52. For each time thou doest gaze reverently upon the Sacred Host thou wilt receive a recompense in heaven.
53. Each time thou dost smite thy breast with compunction, some of thy sins are remitted to thee.
54. If thou hearest Mass in a state of mortal sin, God offers thee grace of conversion.
55. If thou hearest Mass in a state of grace, God gives augmentation of grace.
56. In Holy Mass thou doest spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink His blood.
57. Thou art privileged to behold with thine eyes Christ hidden under the sacramental veil, and to be beheld by Him.
58. Thou dost receive the priest’s benediction, which is confirmed by Christ in heaven.
59. Through thy diligence in hearing Mass, thou wilt also obtain corporal and temporal blessings.
60. Furthermore, thou wilt be preserved from many misfortunes that would otherwise have vanquished thee.
61. Thou wilt also be strengthened against temptations which would have otherwise have vanquished thee.
62. Holy Mass will also be to thee a means of obtaining grace of a holy death.
63. The love thou hast shown for Holy Mass wilt secure for thee the special succor of angels and saints in thy last moments.
64. The remembrance of the Masses heard in thy lifetime will be a sweet solace to thee in the hour of death, and inspire thee with confidence in the divine mercy.
65. They will not be forgotten when thou dost stand before the strict Judge and will incline Him to show thee favor.
66. Thou needest not a fear a long and terrible Purgatory if thou hast already to a great extent atoned for thy sins by frequently assisting at Holy Mass.
67. One Mass devoutly heard will do more to mitigate the pains of Purgatory than any act of penance, however difficult of performance.
68. One Mass in thy lifetime will be of greater service to thee than many said for thee after death.
69. Thou wilt attain a high place in heaven, which will be thine to all eternity.
70. Thy felicity in heaven will, moreover be increased by every Mass thou hearest on earth.
71. No prayers offered for thy friends will be as efficacious as a single Mass heard and offered on their behalf.
72. Thou canst amply recompense all thy benefactors by hearing Mass for their intention.
73. The best help, the greatest consolation, thou canst afford the afflicted, the sick, the dying is to hear Mass for them.
74. By this same means thou canst even obtain for sinners the grace of conversion.
75. Thou canst also earn for all faithful Christians saving and salutary graces.
76. For the suffering souls in Purgatory thou canst procure abundant refreshment.
77. And if it is not within thy power to have Mass said for thy departed friends, thou canst by devout assistance at the Holy Sacrifice release them from the tormenting flames.

What dost now think of the Holy Mass, O Christian? Can it be supposed that in the whole world there is any other good work whereby so many graces and fruits are placed within our reach? It is no longer possible to question the truth of the words of Father Sanchez:

If Christians only knew how to profit by Holy Mass, they might acquire greater riches than are to be found in all things God has created.

We have indeed a precious storehouse in the Mass: happy he who can earn treasures so great at the cost of so little labor! Who would willingly miss Mass? Who would not delight in hearing it? Let us resolve never to lose an opportunity of hearing Mass, provided the duties of our state of life do not prevent us from doing so.

Father Martin von Cochem (1625-1712). Cochem’s Explanation of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

http://fatima.ageofmary.com/apostasy/new-mass/77-fruits-of-holy-mass/