Heartbeat of the month - December
We begin a month and a liturgical season that is important in the year. In the midst of the crisis of faith so great that we are experiencing in the Church, this Advent cannot be just another one for you.
No, it cannot be so because we cannot remain indifferent. a4> while we see how they try to change our faith.
It cannot be so because the greater the power of sin in the world, greater it has to be our conversion.
It cannot be so because in the midst of the darkness, the Lord calls us (you and me) to be light, perhaps the only light for many people around us.
This Advent has to be, truly, that, that change that so many times You have asked of the Lord. Because every time there is less time. Because every time there is less faith. Because the Lord and the Virgin
Love the Immaculate
While some want to extinguish love for the Blessed Virgin in the hearts of her faithful children, let us turn to the safe refuge of the saints, where we will find the embers always burning to rekindle our faith and hope and a sure path to the Heart of Our Mother.
“My dearest children, how I wish I could tell you, repeat to you, how good the Immaculate One is, so that I could banish sadness, inner discouragement, and despondency from your little hearts forever. The mere invocation of “Mary,” even with the spirit submerged in darkness, dryness, and even the misfortune of sin, what an echo it produces in her Heart that loves us so much! And the more unhappy the soul is, sunk in its sins, the more this Refuge of poor sinners like us surrounds it with loving and solicitous protection. But never be sad if you do not feel such love. If you want to love, this is already a sure sign that you are loving; it is only a love that comes from the will. The external feeling is also a fruit of grace, but it does not always follow immediately from the will. A thought may come to you, my dear ones, almost a sad nostalgia, a plea, a lament. “Who knows if the Immaculate One still loves me?” Beloved children! I say this to all of you together and to each one of you individually in her name, mark this well, in her name: She loves each one of you, she loves you very much and at all times without exception. This, my dearest children, I repeat to you in her name. Love her, love the Immaculate One. She will make you happy. Trust her without limits.”
Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe
The thorns of November
With the confidence of that God is the only one who can turn thorns into roses, we ask for forgiveness for so many wounds that in this month of November have been inflicted on the Mystical Body of Christ: His Holy Church.
For those who frivolize with the salvation of souls by asserting that “the heart of the Gospel is the certainty that no one is lost forever.” Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
For those who despise the Most Holy Virgin, pretending to exalt her human virtues, while belittling her divine privileges. Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
For those who promote indifferentism in religion by arguing that “no religion possesses the truth.” Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
For those who despise the sacrament of confession, devising alternatives that confuse but do not save. Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
For those who prioritize ecological conversion over conversion to Christ and seek to place the Church at the service of globalist agendas. Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
For those who consider that the truths of faith are “controversial theological that have lost their reason for being.” Forgive us, Lord, forgive us.
The purpose of December
At this time of year when there is an abundance of calendars of Advent of all kinds, we want to join the tradition of the Church that does not contemplate this time of preparation solely for the first coming of Christ, but that it also focuses its attention on its Second Coming. Therefore, the purpose of this month is:
Meditate every day on the appointments from our
Calendar of the Second Advent
