JEANNE'S HOUSE AFIRE : December 2021

Friday, December 24, 2021

SAINT ALPHONSUS LIGUORI

PATRON SAINT OF PRIESTLY VOCATIONS

Please pray for PRIESTLY VOCATIONS !

Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Patron Saint of Priestly Vocations

Saint Alphonsus Liguori wrote this:

Act of Spiritual Communion

"My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen." [Saint Alphonsus Liguori]

Love, Jeanne

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

BLESSED CHARLES OF AUSTRIA

PATRON SAINT OF WORLD PEACE

Please pray for PEACE ON EARTH !

Blessed Charles of Austria
Patron Saint of World Peace

(1887 – 1922) He was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, King of Bohemia and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary.

Blessed Charles was beatified by Pope Saint John Paul II on October 3, 2004. His feast day is October 21, the date he was married to his wife, Zita, in 1911. (Zita is now being considered for sainthood as well.)

Pope John Paul II called him "Prince of Peace" in his beatification ceremony, and Church leaders have praised Charles for putting his Christian faith first in making political decisions, and for his role as a peacemaker during the war, especially after 1917. After WWI he was exiled with his family and died soon after in Madeira, age 34.  At the beginning of the cause for canonization in 1972 his tomb was opened and his body was discovered to be incorrupt.
WIKIPEDIA CAUSE FOR CANONIZATION

Love, Jeanne

.... Lucia's Lament

In 1961 Sister Lucia of Fatima grieved to Father Augustin Fuentes who was visiting her, "Father, our Lady is very unhappy because they have not taken Her message of 1917 seriously. NEITHER THE GOOD NOR THE BAD HAVE PAID ANY ATTENTION TO IT. The good continue their way without preoccupying themselves with it, they do not heed her celestial requests. The bad walk through life swollen with perdition, not taking into account the punishment that threatens them. Believe me, Father, God will chastise the world very soon. THINK, FATHER, ABOUT ALL THE SOULS WHO WILL FALL INTO HELL. This will happen because no one prays, because they do not do penance."

[Sister Lucia of Fatima to Father Augustin Fuentes in 1961.]

"What is the purpose of all this talk of Hell in Lucia's message, to frighten us? No! It is assumed that a majority of this book's [and this blog's cj] readers are adult Christians of sound faith who are in the state of grace. THE PURPOSE IS TO EMPHASIZE MARY'S CALL FOR PRAYER, SACRIFICE, & PENANCE IN ORDER TO SAVE THE SOULS OF OTHERS.

"But there is a downside to personal refusal of this 'call.' IN OUR CHARITY WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THIS CALL FOR PRAYER, SACRIFICE, & PENANCE FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS.

"If we do not, is there a possibility that sometime in the future we might need such spiritual assistance from others - perhaps to withstand some great temptation of our own, (despair, pride, loss of faith, etc.) and that when we need help we shall receive as we gave? 'Let him who stands, beware lest he fall.' Let us charitably respond to Mary's call." [Desmond A. Birch ........... in his book, "Trial, Tribulation & Triumph"]