Crusade prayer 102: To sustain faith and belief in God's Message for the world

Dearest Jesus, when I am down, lift me up. 

When I doubt, enlighten me. 

When I am in sorrow, show me Your Love. 

When I criticise, help me to remain silent. 

When I judge another in public, seal my lips. 

When I utter blasphemies, in Your Name, redeem me and bring me back into Your protection. 

When I lack courage, give me the sword I need to do battle and save the souls You desire. 

When I resist Your Love help me to surrender and abandon myself, completely, within Your Loving care. 

When I wander away, help me to find the Path of Truth. 

When I question Your Word, give me the answers I seek. 

Help me to be patient, loving and kind, even to those who curse You. 

Help me to forgive those who offend me and give me the grace I need to follow You to the ends of the earth. Amen.

source: crusadeprayergroup.org

Crusade prayer 159: Plea for God's love

O Mother of Salvation, I ask you to intercede on my behalf as I plead for God‘s Love. Fill my soul, an empty vessel, with the Love of God, so that when it is overflowing, it will spill over the souls for whom I struggle to show compassion.

By the Power of God, I ask that I am freed from any feelings of hatred I may harbor for those who betray your Son. 

Humble me in spirit and fill me with generosity of soul so that I can follow the Teachings of Christ and spread His Love into every part of my life. Amen.

source: crusadeprayergroup.org

Reblogged: Silence: a deeper level of trust

'THE HEART WHERE I WILL SPEAK': Silence: a deeper level of trust: God, at times, puts a soul into the most adverse situation (the gravest of the desert soul experience being Divine-Friendship-turned-...

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Today's Gospel: 'Judge not'

Reading 12 KGS 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18

Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land
and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years.
In the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel
the king of Assyria took Samaria,
and deported the children of Israel to Assyria,
setting them in Halah, at the Habor, a river of Gozan,
and the cities of the Medes.

This came about because the children of Israel sinned against the LORD,
their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt,
from under the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt,
and because they venerated other gods.
They followed the rites of the nations
whom the LORD had cleared out of the way of the children of Israel
and the kings of Israel whom they set up.

And though the LORD warned Israel and Judah
by every prophet and seer,
"Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes,
in accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers
and which I sent you by my servants the prophets,"
they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers,
who had not believed in the LORD, their God.
They rejected his statutes,
the covenant which he had made with their fathers,
and the warnings which he had given them, till,
in his great anger against Israel,
the LORD put them away out of his sight.
Only the tribe of Judah was left.

Responsorial PsalmPS 60:3, 4-5, 12-13

R. (7b) Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses;
you have been angry; rally us!
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
You have rocked the country and split it open;
repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering.
You have made your people feel hardships;
you have given us stupefying wine. 
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
Have not you, O God, rejected us,
so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies?
Give us aid against the foe,
for worthless is the help of men. 
R. Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.

AlleluiaHEB 4:12

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of God is living and effective,
able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

GospelMT 7:1-5

Jesus said to his disciples:
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged,
and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
How can you say to your brother,
'Let me remove that splinter from your eye,'
while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
then you will see clearly
to remove the splinter from your brother's eye."

Sunday crusade prayers for clergy

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (22) Catholic Priests uphold the teachings of the Church

Oh, My beloved Jesus, keep me strong and the flame of my love for you alight every moment of my day. 

Never allow this flame of love for you to flicker or die. 

Never allow me to weaken in the presence of temptation. 

Give me the graces needed to honour my vocation, my devotion, my loyalty and to uphold the teachings of the orthodox Catholic Church. I offer you my allegiance at all times. 

I pledge my commitment to fight in your army so that the Catholic Church can rise again in glory to welcome you, dear Jesus, when you come again. 

Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (40) Prayer for the Clergy to prepare souls for Second Coming

O My Jesus, I am but a humble servant and need you to guide me so I can prepare souls for your Glorious Second Coming. 

Help me to convert souls and prepare them according to your Holy Will so that they are fit to enter the New Heaven and Earth which you promised all of mankind through your death on the cross. 

Give me the graces I need so that I can impart Your word to thirsty souls and that I never waiver in my duty to you dear Jesus to whom I pledged my allegiance through My Sacred Vows. 

Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (49) Pledge of loyalty for Christian Clergy

O Jesus, I am Your humble servant and I pledge my love and loyalty to You. 

I beg You to give me a sign of Your Calling. 

Help me to open my eyes and witness Your Promise. 

Bless me with the Grace of the Holy Spirit, so that I will not be deceived by those who claim to come in Your Name, but, who do not speak the Truth. 

Show me the Truth. Allow me to feel Your Love, so that I can fulfill your Most Holy Will. 

I ask You, with a humble heart, to show me the way in which I can help You to save the souls of humanity. 

Amen. 

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (56) Priests seeking Protection for Holy Eucharist

O Dear Father, in the name of your Precious Son, Who sacrificed Himself on the Cross for the whole of mankind, help me to stay true to the Truth. 

Cover me with the Precious Blood of Your Son and give me the Graces to continue to serve You in faith, trust and honor, for the rest of my ministry. 

Never let me stray from True Meaning of the Sacrifice of the Holy Mass or the Presentation of The Holy Eucharist to Your children. 

Give me the strength to represent You and feed Your flock, the way in which they must be fed, with the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Son, Jesus Christ, The Savior of Mankind.

Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (57) Jesus let me hear your call

O my dear Jesus, Open my ears to the sound of Your Voice. 

Open my heart to Your loving call. 

Fill my soul with the Holy Spirit, so I can recognize you at this time. 

I offer You my humble allegiance to all that You ask of me. Help me to discern the Truth, to rise, respond, and follow Your Voice so, I can help You to save the souls of all of humanity. 

Your Will is my command. Give me the courage to let You guide me, so I can take up the armor needed to lead Your Church towards your New Kingdom. 

Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (66) Help me to remain true to Your Most Holy Word

Oh Dear Jesus help me to remain true to Your most Holy Word at all times. 

Give me the strength to uphold the Truth of your Church in the face of adversity. 

Fill me with the grace to administer the Holy Sacraments in the way in which You taught us. 

Help me to feed Your Church with the Bread of Life and remain loyal to You, even when I am prohibited from doing so. 

Free me from the chain of deceit I may face in order to proclaim the true Word of God. 

Cover all Your sacred servants with your Precious Blood at this time so that we will remain courageous, loyal and steadfast in our allegiance to You, Our Beloved Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (70) To remain firm and true to the Holy Word of God

Oh Dear Jesus help Your sacred servants to recognize the schism within Your Church as it unfolds. 

Help Your sacred servants to remain firm and true to Your Holy Word. Never let worldly ambitions cloud their pure love for You. 

Give them the graces to remain pure and humble before You and to Honor Your Most Holy Presence in the Eucharist. 

Help and guide all those sacred servants who may be lukewarm in in their love for You and re-kindle the fire of the Holy Spirit in their souls. 

Help them to recognize temptation placed before them to distract them. 

Open their eyes so they can see the Truth at all times. 

Bless them Dear Jesus at this time and cover them with Your Precious Blood to keep them safe from harm. 

Give them the strength to resist the seduction of satan, should they be distracted by the allure of denying the existence of sin. 

Amen. 

Crusade Prayer (110) For Priests to remain true to Your Holy Word

O my dearest Jesus, I beg You to keep me strong and courageous, so that I can defend the Truth in Your Most Holy Name. 

Give me the Grace I need - I implore - to give testimony to Your Holy Word at all times. 

Enable me to withstand the pressures to promote untruths, when I know in my heart that they offend You. 

Help me to remain true to Your Holy Word, until the day I die. 

Amen.

Crusade Prayer (114) For Priests to receive the Gift of Truth

My Lord, open my eyes. 

Allow me to see the enemy and close my heart to deceit. 

I surrender all to You, dear Jesus. 

I trust in Your Mercy. Amen. 

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (135) To defend the Truth

O beloved Mother of Salvation, help me in my moment of need. Pray that I am blessed with the Gifts poured down upon my unworthy soul, by the Power of the Holy Spirit, to defend the Truth at all times. Sustain me in every incident, where I am asked to deny the Truth, the Word of God, the Holy Sacraments and the Most Holy Eucharist. 

Help me to use the Graces I receive to stand firm against the wickedness of Satan and all those poor souls he uses to defile your Son, Jesus Christ. 

Help me in my hour of need. For the sake of souls, give me the courage to provide the Sacraments to each child of God, when I may be forbidden by the enemies of God to do so. Amen.

For Clergy: Crusade Prayer (170) To uphold the Holy Word of God*

O Dear Lord, my beloved Jesus Christ 

Hold me. 

Protect me. 

Keep me in the Light of Your Face, as my persecution intensifies, when my only sin is to uphold the Truth, the Holy Word of God. 

Help me to find the courage to serve you faithfully at all times. 

Give me Your Courage and Your Strength, as I fight to defend Your Teachings against fierce opposition. 

Never desert me, Jesus, in my time of need and provide me with everything I need to continue to serve You, through the provision of the Holy Sacraments and Your Precious Body and Blood, through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. 

Bless me Jesus. 

Walk with me. 

Rest in me. 

Stay with me. Amen.

*Crusade Prayer 170 is a daily prayer for clergy.

source: crusadeprayergroup.org

Rebuking a young seminarian who rebukes me

From sleeping the whole night through, I woke up from a dream this morning. I saw a procession going on. I knew it was an Our Lady of Akita procession because I saw the nun, the visionary of the Akita apparition, sitting there fronting me as the procession was going to the right. The whole appearance of the nun was almost white amidst the backdrop of the darkness of the night and the light of the candles could hardly equal her clarity. A young seminarian, who was among the people watching the procession, rebuked me all of a sudden in a manner where he spoke swiftly. I told him to speak slowly, just the same he spoke swiftly. "You are hiding something!" I told him and I began to speak in tongues loudly to rebuke him. He collapsed on the ground. I went on speaking in tongues, and I was dumbfounded to see his companion seminarian also fell down. And another seminarian who was standing beside me also fell down. I went on speaking in tongues. I was speaking in tongues in my sleep. A close relative heard me and called my name, I woke up and the dream stopped.

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Fr. Glenn: Requiescat in pace

At the time I had the vision in my sleep, I had no inkling he already passed away. The backdrop was in white. The soul was walking up the wide stairs. I was facing the edge of these stairs when his image started emerging. He was in the best version of himself. A countenance which exuded youthfulness and good looks more than he was in the prime of his earth-life. He was smiling at me as the soul walked up the stairs leading to where I was. It was a split second vision on the night of May 30. Of whether the vision was in my dream or in my drowsiness, I am unsure. I forgot about the vision when I woke up in the morning of May 31. I can tell from his sermons in his Masses he was with me in my calling, but the last mass I attended with him as the officiating priest was when he was harsh, rough and sharp in the pulpit and I knew in my spirit he intended it on me. I can tell because of the way he put the Blessed Host on my tongue during Holy Communion, it was close to irreverence. Out of his indignation. The particular sermon happened at the hype of something against me was circulating among the clergy. (Even up to now, the Lord has never given me a clue as to what that was all about. I can only guess, but it died a natural death.) I decided not to hear his Masses for awhile to keep him from giving me Holy Communion with irreverence. I understand him all the while, I'd be back to his Masses when the "story" died down. It appears that was the last Mass I had with him. Going back to the vision, I came to remember it only at noontime of May 31 when I learned of his death. I tried to keep back my tears. I knew in my heart he would defend the cause of God in me but at the same time, we are humans, subject to err, so I understand his frailty. Yesterday, his remains had to be buried. Going to the cemetery with others, I "saw" the word "Sorry" that was sprayed on the concrete fence leading to where his remains had to be laid down. Go on, Father Glenn, you were long before forgiven. I envy the beauty of your soul.