Video of Complete Holy Mass (Roman Catholic Rite)

This is for those who cannot make it physically to Church. 

If video fails, click here or go to http://divine-ripples.blogspot.com/2011/09/video-of-complete-holy-mass-roman.html


Holy Mass at Corpus Christi Church on Oct. 3, 2010 from Andrew Golebiowski on Vimeo.

This is a Holy Mass from Corpus Christ Church in Buffalo, N.Y. celebrated by Fr. Mateusz Wydmański with a Homily given by Fr. Simon Shaner, both of the Pauline Order.
For more information about Corpus Christi Church, please visit our website at: CorpusChristiBuffalo.org

Eucharistic Miracle Captured on Tape

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Video description: Miracle captured on video by Daniel Sanford of New Jersey. On 11/13/98, as part of the pilgrimage, he went to see the Bleeding Host of Betania at the Chapel of the Augustinian Nuns in Los Teques. The Spiritual Director, Father Mazzarella, said Daily Mass. When they finished, he opened the Tabernacle door, which contained the Bleeding Host. The Host was in flames, bleeding, and there was a pulsating heart bleeding in the center of the Host. Daniel watched this for about 30 seconds or so, then the Host returned to normal. HOWEVER, He did manage to film this miracle with his camcorder!
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Abp. McElroy favors political correctness over faithful discipline in SF

I doubt if the newly appointed auxialiary bishop of San Fran will deny Holy Communion from  Nancy Pelosi  anytime soon.  From his earlier commetns, this Harvard & Stanford grad deems it more damaging to impose its discipline on pro-abort politicians than just to let it go.  The perception that the church is using it as a weapon and being a tool of the GOP will make others question the objectiveness and truthfulness of her proclamation.  IMHO - if the Church censors herself by word or action, then she already ceases to be an objective voice of truth.  She may not appear to be a tool of the GOP but she unwitting became a supporter of  the Democrats because silence is consent.  In making pastoral decisions, I think the worldly considerations should take a back seat to the proclamation of God's Word - in and out of season, be it popular or not.  And if discipline is required as Pope Benedict directed, the bishop must come out swinging his staff to keep the wolves from tearing apart the flock.  Abp. McElroy must not have read that directive yet or think himself to know better.  I may be wrong and I certain hope I am.

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The newly-appointed auxiliary bishop of San Francisco has in the past criticized Catholic Church policy disallowing politicians who promote abortion from receiving Holy Communion, saying that such a move makes the Church appear too "partisan," "Republican" and "coercive."


In his column, McElroy began by noting that "the theological starting point for those who advocate eucharistic sanctions is a sound one," inasmuch as the support of Catholic leaders for "abortion rights" represents a scandal and "a major failure in church life."...  Citing the Church's traditionally prudential handling of scandal, the monsignor claimed that the benefits of denying Communion are "heavily outweighed" by other considerations, such as that the move would be "perceived by Americans ... as coercive" and make abortion appear to be a "sectarian Catholic issue."  "The imposition of eucharistic sanctions solely on candidates who support abortion legislation will inevitably transform the church in the United States, in the minds of many, into a partisan, Republican-oriented institution," he wrote. 

"It does not matter that eucharistic sanctions would be fully within the legitimate moral and civil rights of the church to adopt, and that those who have attacked them as a violation of the separation of church and state are totally in error in their understanding of the constitutional tradition of the United States," wrote McElroy. "What does matter enormously is that Americans will in general recoil from the use of the Eucharist as a political weapon, and will reassess their overall opinion of the church’s role in the political order."

News source: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jul/10070606.html

Video: My body, my choice

A man and woman alternate in singing "This is my body." The man like Jesus puts us at the Cenacle when Jesus chose to follow God's will and offer His body as a sacrifice. The woman like someone who chose to abort her child also as a sacrifice to herself as she enthrones herself in place of God. Dramatic, artistic, inspiring and thought provoking.

Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VJMUS9AJHw or click here

My Journey: Communion on Tongue Childish ? et. al.

I went for the parents' class of the First Communicants and was surprised by how our parish priest characterized receiving Holy Communion on the tongue.  He said, "If we had hang-ups with receiving communion by the hand and want to be fed like a child, then the option of receive it on the tongue is still available but, we must teach our kids that they can receive it by the hand."  I was doing that because I did not want particles of the consecrated host to be left in my palm.

I had the cable TV service cut off and it worked wonders.  We sleep earlier and there was less mischief in the house - usually when kids mimic the cartoon network characters.  The family night prayers are succeeding and my good night talks have been received eagerly.  Last night, I spoke about the Eucharistic miracles - the blood showing in the host and the donkey kneeling at the manager.  Since my kids go to public schools, they have been exposed to non-believers so, they question a lot e.g. "Hiow do I know that?  etc..."    I patiently addressed their questions but in the end, it boils down to faith in Jesus Who is God.

Reported Eucharistic Miracle at Mumbai, India

A Eucharistic Miracle was reported at Tabor Ashram (Mumbai, India): Drops of Water and Blood during the Holy Eucharist
(Monday, 27th August, 2007)

On 27th August 2007 in the presence of around 60 retreatants (of a special English Growth Retreat) when Fr. Joby was con-celebrating Mass along with Fr. Anto (who himself was a retreatant), during the Epiclesis [that part of the prayer of consecration of the Eucharistic elements (bread and wine) by which the priest invokes the Holy Spirit] when Fr Joby invoked the the Holy Spirit, he noticed many drops of water and blood on the altar cloth. He immediately announced to the congregation that Jesus was pouring out His Blood and Water and continued with the Holy Mass.

Read more here

http://glorify-god.com/specials/miracle-at-tabor-divine-retreat-ashram/

Another account with more pictures here

http://taborashram.org/sections/view/0/21

Eucharistic Miracle in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Video has english subtitles. Medical testimony and scientific findings on a consecrated host. If you believe in the Eucharist, I guarantee that this is worth 9 minutes of your time.




Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbg_dhI4XCs

Video description:
En Buenos Aires, Argentina se ha puesto de moda el recibir la Eucaristía en la mano (la obra sacrílega de satanás), y a una persona que recibió la eucaristía en la mano se le cae la Hostia Consagrada al suelo y no la quiere tomar porque decía que estaba sucia, y se rehusó a tomar esa eucaristía del suelo. Otra persona más piadosa la colocó a un lado con más cuidado y le avisó al sacerdote lo ocurrido.

El sacerdote siguió el procedimiento para estos casos y colocó la Hostia en un recipiente con agua para que se disuelva, para luego echar dicha agua en una planta (como es el procedimiento a seguir), y la coloca dentro del Sagrario. Pasado un tiempo abre el Sagrario para desechar dicha agua donde se debía haber disuelto la Hostia y lo que vió fue que la Hostia no se disolvió sino que tenía manchas rojas de diversos tamaños.

Cuando dichas manchas rojas se llevan a un laboratorio para ser analizadas, el laboratorista confirma que contienen sangre humana del tipo AB, y que el tejido que se le ha entregado (era un pedazo de Hostia) corresponde a tejidos del miocardio de un corazón humano; pero lo que más sorprendió al laboratorista fue que el tejido humano latía, las células humanas seguían vivas (a pesar que todo científico sabe que los glóbulos rojos empiezan a morir a los 5 minutos de la muerte del ser humano).

Esta es la historia del milagro eucarístico de Buenos Aires.

Bishop of DC needs to discipline pro-abortion lawmakers

To grow in the spiritual life, one needs direction. General spiritual guidance is provided in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Specific guidance needs to be arranged with a director preferably with a priest because of his training. The specific guidance is absolutely necessary when discerning a calling or making decisions like supporting a certain law. It is required for priests and religious.

When I was at the order and had to take classes in different schools, I changed directors every year. It is cheaper than making long distance calls and also the non-verbal communication is essential during the session.

That may sound like common sense, but not when one considers the position of the Archbishop of the nation’s capital. In a statement, he says that the spiritual direction for Catholic politicians who publicly support abortion, “can best be made by the bishop in the person's home diocese with whom he or she presumably is in conversation.” It is like the politician from CA who works in DC for a year is suppose to be guided by her bishop in CA even if she commits scandal in DC - like supporting abortion despite the explicit prohibition of the Pope himself.

The problem with the right to life issues is that only one party is considered and others are overlooked e.g. the mother but not the child and in this case the visiting politician but not the resident parishioners.

Correct me if I am wrong, but what some bishops don’t get or refuse to understand is the impact of the politician’s reception of the Eucharist to the faith community. The politician who defies the bishops’ and pope’s teaching, guidance and orders about defending life goes and receives the Communion as though she did nothing wrong or was unaware of any wrongdoing scandalizes the community.

There is a pastoral approach to help the politician by tolerating that until she sees the light. But what about the pastoral approach to the faithful who are confused and scandalized into wrongdoing. They would think, “The bishop allows her to receive communion even if she supports abortion, so abortion might not be that bad. Then, they go and procure it themselves or advise others of the moral relativity based on that praxis. And all this from the perception that the local bishop gave when he relegated the duty of spiritual guidance to another bishop and worse when he neglected his pastoral responsibility to control scandal in his local faith community.

I have emailed my bishop about this at chancery@adw.org and have not received any response. When I searched the web, I saw his position and I doubt whether I will ever get a response. But, I will give him a chance. If he does not follow the Pope’s orders, then I shall stop donating to my diocese. I shall encourage others to do the same. If this still does not work, the I shall appeal humbly to the Holy Father and suggest that my bishop be replaced by Cardinal Justin Rigali, Bishop Joseph Martino, Bishop William Murphy, Archbishop Joseph Naumann, Archbishop Charles Chaput or some other bishop or priest who is faithful to the Pope, the Church and ultimately the Lord in defending the life of the unborn.

We need apostles in the Church, not politicians – even if the Church is at the nation’s capital.

Jesus in the Holy Eucharist

When I heard of an alleged apparition of our Lady in Conyers, GA, I went there but saw nothing.

Come to think about it, there is something more than an apparition and that is the transubstantiation of ordinary bread into the living Lord.  At the last supper when Jesus said, “This is my body.”  He did not say, “This is like my body” or “This is a symbol of my body.”  So, while the look and feel, “accidents”, of the bread stays the same, the substance has changed from bread to the Lord.  Over the course of history, there have been numerous miracles to confirming this – like bleeding hosts.  Just scour the web and see.

How much more intimate can one get with the Lord than to absorb and assimilate Him bodily.  And in the process, one receives the life of God, grace, to get transformed into the Lord.  That part is not automatic; it requires our disposition and cooperation.    To this end, St. John Bosco encouraged his students to receive Communion frequently i.e. daily.  That practice has produced 29 canonized saints or candidates for canonization.

What if the Lord had limited the power of consecrating the Eucharist to St. Peter on Holy Thursday?  People will save the whole year just to afford the fare to go to Rome that day and receive Him.  But the Lord knew how much we needed him so he had given that power to priests, even sinful ones, so that he can nourish us spiritually.

The left-over are put in the tabernacle.  The lighted votive lamp indicates the presence of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  And that is why St. John Bosco encouraged his students to visit the Blessed Sacrament many times during the day – to meet the Lord.

 

The Church has built rules so that the Eucharist will be respected appropriately.  No one in grave sin is allowed to receive the Lord without prior reconciliation.  That is why some bishops have suggested to pro-abortion lawmakers to stay away until they repent and reverse their positions. 

 

This Lent, I’ve resolved to go to an extra Mass and receive the Lord.  Then I’ll take my son along.  The life of God, grace, given in this sacrament will help us both to follow the Lord faithfully and grow into his likeness.

 

 

Short visits & prayers to the Blessed Sacrament

St. John Bosco (1888) did not make his boys do long prayers. Instead he encouraged short visits to the Blessed Sacrament & ejaculatory prayers (one liners).

With regards to the quick visits, Fr. Jimmy Hernandez from the Archdiocese of Washington D.C. shared this to me. A construction worker would use his lunch breaks to visit a nearby church. It took him half an hour to get there, so all that he can do is knell and pray, "Lord, this is Jose. I just dropped by to say hello." Then he'd hurry back to the site.

One day he had an accident and was hospitalized. When his friends stopped over, they found him laughing. He said the Lord stopped by saying, "Jose, this is the Lord. I just dropped by to say hello."

While most churches are closed when there’s no service precluding a chance visit, we can at least say an ejaculatory prayer like “O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, all praise & all thanksgiving be every moment Thine.” as we drive by.