parakleet

van het Griekse παρά-κλητος

"aan iemands zijde gevraagd" 

"die erbij geroepen wordt"...

H. Geest, trooster, helper

o.a. aanroepen bij wijdingen van diakens, priesters en bisschoppen
of toegezongen als de kardinalen de Sixtijnse Kapel betreden

voor het conclaaf om een nieuwe paus te kiezen...

VENI CREATOR

Come, O Creator Spirit blest

And in our souls take up Thy rest

Come with Thy Grace and Heavenly Aid

To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

Kom, Schepper Geest, daal tot ons neer

houd Gij bij ons uw intocht, Heer

vervul het hart dat U verbeidt

met hemelse barmhartigheid.

Great Paraclete! To Thee we cry

O highest Gift of God Most High!

O Fount of Life! O Fire of Love!

And sweet Anointing [zalf,zalving] from above.

Gij zijt de gave Gods! Gij zijt

de grote Trooster in de tijd!

De bron waaruit het leven springt!

Het liefdevuur dat ons doordringt.

Thou in Thy sevenfold gifts art known

The Finger of God's Hand we own

The promise of the Father, Thou!

Who dost the tongue with power endow.

Gij schenkt Uw gaven zevenvoud

O Hand Die God ten zegen houdt

O Taal waarin wij God verstaan!

Wij heffen onze lofzang aan.

Kindle our senses from above

And make our hearts o'erflow with Love

With Patience firm and Virtue high

The weakness of our flesh supply.

Verlicht ons duistere verstand

geef dat ons hart van liefde brandt

en dat ons zwakke lichaam leeft

vanuit de kracht die Gij het geeft.

Far from us drive the foe we dread

And grant us Thy true Peace instead

So shall we not, with Thee for Guide

Turn from the Path of Life aside.

Verlos ons als de vijand woedt

en geef ons vrede weer voorgoed.

Leid Gij ons voort, opdat geen kwaad

geen ongeval ons leven schaadt.

Oh, may Thy Grace on us bestow

The Father and the Son to know

And Thee through endless times confessed

Of both the Eternal Spirit blest.

Doe ons de Vader en de Zoon

aanschouwen in de hoge troon.

O Geest van beiden uitgegaan,

wij bidden U gelovig aan.

All Glory while the ages run

Be to the Father and the Son

Who rose from death -- the same to Thee

O Holy Ghost, eternally. 

Aan God de Vader zij de eer

en aan de opgestane Heer

en aan de Geest die troost en leidt

van eeuwigheid tot eeuwigheid.

Amen.

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seton shrine

As Elisabeth Ann Seton waited to return to America... 

the young widow went to churches in Italy to pray for peace and strength

—and they were Catholic churches. 

Camilla Filicchi

There she learned of the belief in the Real Presence and suddenly realized that she was not alone anymore. She had found God again and more intensely than ever before. The doctrine of the Blessed Sacrament delivered her from the darkness that had stayed in her soul like a sickness once she left that terrible tower.

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elisabeth ann

 

jim joseph

MaryTv 24/7 !

My dear children,

Despite the conflicts and wars in the world...

which divide and disrupt families...

today, My Međugorje Center of Light lights up... 

to internally transmit My Message of Peace.

MaryTV 24/7

I am the Queen of Peace... 

and I want all My children in the Kingdom of God... 

so that the world no longer continues to lose the innocence... 

and the light... 

that, once, God deposited... 

in each human heart.

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For this reason... 

today, Medjugorje lights up in light and in hope...

because I want to stop the chaos and revenge...

that many hearts live in these times...

forgetting that they are all brothers of the same Father.

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Therefore, once again, He sends Me... 

as His Messenger of Peace... 

to tell the world that... 

if it does not stop the war

something worse will break loose!

To prevent more innocent blood from spilling in the world...

at this time, I am counting on the fervent prayers of áll My children. 

This prevents the wrath of the Angel of God

from raining down on the world

and humanity losing

its redeemable status

!

Therefore, this is the great moment for everyone! 

In which, despite trials or difficulties, My children... 

must cling to My Mantle and hold My Hand... 

so that I, as Mother of all, can keep guiding... 

and leading towards My Beloved Son.

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May today, from Međugorje... 

hearts feel the peace that brings hope and faith... 

which everyone needs at this time.

Remember that I am here...

and I am your Mother.

I thank you for responding to My call!

Who blesses you, Your Mother,

the Virgin Mary,

Rose of Peace.

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Dans le champ où elle gardait les moutons...

son ange gardien veillait. 

Ce n’était pas un ange habituel. Dieu avait posté auprès d’elle un des sept Séraphins, comme on le fait une fois à chaque génération. C’est que Lucifer lui-même avait réclamé son âme. Lors d’un conseil céleste, il s’était levé en criant: ´J’exige un pouvoir plus grand sur Germaine. Je ne peux me contenter des blessures de son corps ou des abandons de sa famille. Laissez-moi la frapper de tuberculose, et elle deviendra comme les autres: coureuse de plaisirs et impure.´ 

Et il avait reçu permission. 

Aussi, depuis un an, Germaine s’épuisait [was uitgeput], d’âme et de corps. Elle ne ressentait plus la présence de Dieu. Elle assistait à la messe comme une pierre. 

Et c’est vrai que, habituellement et dans ces circonstances, les pauvres âmes s’abandonnaient au péché, cherchant dans les créatures cette affection dont on a tant besoin. 

Mais Germaine restait simplement fidèle, récitant vaillamment [dapper] son chapelet et l’offrant pour les âmes des autres. Partout, dans le village, les filles de son âge étaient mariées et mères. Elle était seule.

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´C’est une reine´...

pensait le Séraphin, observant, dubitatif, cette humilité sans détour [zonder omweg]. 

Et dans cette pâture déserte, si les hommes avaient pu voir les choses réelles, ils auraient assisté au défilé ininterrompu des millions de créatures célestes, venant assister et soutenir Germaine au milieu de ses moutons.

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Il était une fois... 

à Pibrac, dans un village du Sud Ouest de la France...

une jeune fille, Germaine Cousin, que personne ne remarquait jamais. Sa chevelure n’était pas dorée et ses yeux n’étaient pas aussi verts et profonds que la forêt. Son corps était maigre et malade, et sa main droite était atrophiée. 

Elle avait bien eu une maman mais, dès l’âge de trois ans, elle l’avait perdue. Son père se désintéressa d’elle. Elle vécut alors silencieusement et on oublia presque son existence. 

Un peu plus tard, son père se remaria. 

Sa belle-mère la prit en grippe et exigea qu’elle ne reste pas inutile. C’est ainsi qu’elle se retrouva bergère dans la journée et servante le soir. 

Bientôt, alors qu’elle avait 9 ans, naquirent des demi-sœurs. Elle devint alors vraiment gênante et on l’exila de la maison commune. On lui réserva pour dormir la soupente [vliering] de l’escalier de l’étable [stal]. On lui mit des sarments [wijnstokscheuten] comme matelas et on lui donna le minimum de nourriture. 

Il lui fut défendu d’adresser la parole à ses soeurs. Alors Germaine passa son temps avec les bêtes, aux champs ou à l’étable.

Le curé du village remarquait, tous les matins, discrète comme un souffle, cette jeune fille qui se glissait à sa messe, l’écoutait pieusement, et ne communiait jamais. Sitôt le ´Ite Missa est´, elle disparaissait. Elle retournait à son troupeau qui, laissé seul aux champs, ne causait jamais de dégâts chez les voisins, restant dans les limites qu’elle lui marquait avant de partir.

Le curé se disait qu’il lui faudrait un jour la rattraper et lui proposer d’assister au catéchisme. Mais il n’en trouva jamais le temps. Alors Germaine apprit à connaître Dieu en écoutant les sermons du dimanche. Ne sachant pas lire, elle récitait son chapelet. Elle choisit Marie comme mère et se mit à parler avec Dieu. Cela devint pour elle toute joie. 

Quand elle rencontrait des enfants des métairies voisines [naburige boerderijen], elle leur parlait du Ciel. Elle était bonne avec eux.

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vuur brengen 3

Dear brothers and sisters,

I am following with concern... 

what is happening in Ecuador. 

I am near to the people and encourage all parties to abandon violence and extreme positions. Let us learn: only through dialogue can social peace be achieved – I hope soon – with particular attention to the marginalized populations and the poorest, but always respecting everyone’s rights and those of the country’s institutions.

I would like to express my closeness... 

to the relatives and fellow sisters of Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, a Little Sister of the Gospel of St Charles de Foucauld, who was killed yesterday in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. For twenty years, Sister Luisa lived there, dedicated above all to serving children on the streets. 

I entrust her soul to God, and I pray for the Haitian people, especially for the least, so they might have a more serene future, without misery and without violence. Sister Luisa made a gift of her life to others even to martyrdom.

I greet all of you from Rome and pilgrims from Italy and so many countries. 

I see an Argentine flag, my fellow citizens, I greet you. In particular, I greet the faithful from Lisbon, the students from the Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix Institute from Neuilly in France, and those from Telfs, in Austria. I greet the members of the Polyphonic Chorale from Riesi, the group of parents from Rovigo and the Blessed Serafino Morazzone pastoral community from Maggianico. 

I see Ukrainian flags there. Bombardments continue there in Ukraine which are causing death, destruction and suffering for the population. Please, let us not forget these people afflicted by the war. Let us not forget this in our heart and with our prayers.

I hope you all have a good Sunday. 

And, please, do not forget to pray for me. 

Enjoy your lunch and arrivederci!

[bron]

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Dear brothers and sisters, buongiorno!

The Gospel for this Sunday’s Liturgy tells us about a turning point. 

This is what it says: ´When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He made a resolute decision to set His Face to go to Jerusalem´ [Lk 9:51]. Thus he begins his ´great journey´ toward the Holy City, which required a special decision because it was his last one. 

The disciples, filled with enthusiasm because they were still too worldly, dream that the Master is going to meet with triumph. Instead, Jesus knows that rejection and death await Him in Jerusalem. He knows He will have to suffer a great deal. This is what demands a resolute decision. 

And so, Jesus goes forward taking decisive steps toward Jerusalem. 

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This is the same decision we must take, if we want to be disciples of Jesus. 

What does this decision consist of? For we must be serious disciples of Jesus, truly decisively, not ´rosewater Christians´ as an old woman I knew used to say. No, no, no! Decisive Christians. And the episode the Evangelist Luke narrates right after this, helps us understand.

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They set out on their journey. 

A village of Samaritans, having learned that Jesus is headed toward Jerusalem – which was the city of their adversaries – does not welcome him. 

Outraged, the apostles James and John suggest to Jesus that he should punish those people by raining fire from heaven down on them. 

Not only does Jesus not accept this proposal... 

He also rebukes the two brothers. 

They want to involve Jesus in their desire for revenge and He will have none of it [Lk 9:52-56]. The ´fire´ that Jesus came to bring on the earth is something else [Lk 12:49]. 

It is the merciful Love of the Father. And it takes patience, constancy... 

and a penitential spirit to make this fire grow.

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James and John, instead, allow themselves to be overcome by anger. 

This happens to us too when, even when we are doing something good, perhaps even with sacrifice, we find a closed door instead of being welcomed. So we get angry. We even try to involve God himself, threatening heavenly punishments. 

Jesus, instead, takes another route. Not the path of anger. But that of a resolute decision to go forward, which, far from translating into harshness, implies calm, patience, longsuffering, not slackening the least bit in doing good. 

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This way of being does not connote weakness, no. 

But on the contrary, a tremendous interior strength. 

It is easy, it is instinctive, to allow ourselves to be overcome by anger when faced with opposition. 

What is difficult, instead, is to master oneself. Doing as Jesus did who, as the Gospel says, ´went on to another village´. 

This means that, when we meet with opposition, we must turn toward doing good elsewhere, without recrimination [verwijt,tegenbeschuldiging]. 

This way, Jesus helps us to be people who are serene... 

who are happy with the good accomplished...

and who do not seek human approval.

Now, we can ask ourselves: what point are we at? 

What point are we at? 

In the face of opposition, misunderstanding, do we turn to the Lord? 

Do we ask Him for His steadfastness in doing good? 

Or do we rather seek confirmation through applause? Ending up being bitter and resentful when we do not hear it? Many times, consciously or unconsciously, we seek applause, approval from others, and we do things for applause. No, that does not work. 

We must do good out of service, not seeking applause. Sometimes we think that our fervour is due to a sense of justice for a good cause. But in reality, most of the time, it is nothing other than pride, united with weakness, sensitivity, and impatience. 

So, let us ask Jesus for the strength of being like Him, of following Him resolutely down the path of service. Not to be vindictive. Not to be intolerant when difficulties present themselves. When we spend ourselves in doing good and others do not understand this. Or even when they disqualify us. 

No, silence and go ahead.

May the Virgin Mary help us...

make the resolute decision Jesus did... 

to remain in Love to the end.

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Paul of the Cross

jordaan

And Adam went to the Jordan... 

and stood up in the water and immersed himself in water... 

and also dampened [natmaken] the hair on his head. 

While he prayed to God and his prayers went up... 

the angels assembled themselves and every flying creature... 

the wild and the domestic and every winged bird...

and they stood as a wall around Adam... 

while they entreated [smeekten] God for him.

And the devil came to me, Eve [in the Tigris]... 

in the form and radiance of an angel... 

there where I stood in the water, letting passionate tears fall to the ground.

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He said to me: 

'Come forth, Eve, out of the water.

God has heard your prayer... 

and also we angels, we who prayed for you.

And the Lord has sent me to you...

that you should emerge from this water.' 

And I discerned that he was the devil...

and answered him nothing at all. 

But when after forty days, Adam emerged from the Jordan...

he noticed the footprints of the devil and was very afraid...

lest the devil had duped [beetgenomen] me. 

But when he saw me standing in the water, he was very happy. 

And he took me and led me out of the water.

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But I, my children, said to your father: 

'Arise, my husband, pray to God... 

that he deliver us from the devil... 

for you suffer so on my account.' 

But Adam said to me: 

'Eve, now you feel such remorse over your error... 

that you will listen to my heart... 

for God created you from my rib. 

We will fast for forty days... 

perhaps the Lord will pity us... 

and leave for us understanding and a portion of life.'

I said:

'My husband, you fast forty days... 

and I will fast forty-four days.' 

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And Adam said to me: 

'Come to the river called Tigris... 

take a stone and place it under your feet... 

stand up in the water and cover yourself with water... 

as with a coat up to the neck...

and pray to God in your heart...

but no word should come out across your lips.'

And I said:

'My husband, I will call out to God with my whole heart.'

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And Adam said to me: 

'Guard yourself carefully!

If you don't see me and all my features, don't climb up out of the water. 

Give no credence to words... 

so that you won't get into any more trouble.' 

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chirograaf

Then the devil appeared...

and stood steadfastly in front of the oxen... 

and wouldn't allow Adam to till the earth... 

and the devil said to Adam: 

'The earth is mine, God owns Heaven and Paradise. 

If you want to become mine, then, by all means, till the earth. 

If, however, you want to belong to God, then go only into Paradise.'

Adam said: 

'God owns Heaven and Paradise...

but God also owns the earth and the sea and the entire world.'

The devil said: 

'I will not permit you to till the earth...

unless you sign a cheirograph (ME contract)...

pledging that you belong to me.'

Adam said:

'Whoever is Lord of the earth, to him both I and my children belong.'

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Adam knew of course that the Lord would come down to the earth... 

and take on Himself the form of a man and trample down the devil. 

The devil was, nevertheless, extremely pleased... 

and said: 'Write for me your cheirograph .' 

And Adam wrote and said: 

'Whoever is Lord of the earth... 

both I and my children belong to him.'

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sor san josé

Sor Ascensión de San José 

was born on May 9, 1861, and she was baptized on the 12th, in the parish church of Santa María la Mayor de Huéscar, then belonging to the archbishopric of Toledo and the province of Granada. 

She received the name of Isabel Ascension.

Her parents were called Andrés and Josefa Sánchez Romero. 

They owned a country house (cortijo), between the towns of Huéscar and Orce. It was a family of wealthy farmers, very good Christians, who gave their eight children, three boys and five girls, a careful education, especially a religious one.

Isabel Ascension was the penultimate [voorlaatste] of all of them. Half a year after receiving baptism, she also received her confirmation on November 11, 1861, in the parish church of Santa María, in the town of Orce.

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She was able to begin her novitiate at the Dominican convent in Huéscar around May 1884, in which month she was 23 years old.

From the time she took her habit, to her baptismal names Isabel Ascension she added ´San José´. In this way her name would be written from now on, although familiarly and for short they commonly called her ´Sor San José´.

Her biographer claims that she entered and lived as a ´religious of obedience´. This meant that she did not follow the community in everything, i.e. in regard to the entire choral celebration. Sisters of obedience all had to learn some kind of work and engage in it. 

She professed in early October 1885.

She was helpful to everyone... 

kind, patient, balanced, youthful, humble, long-suffering, supportive, very simple, very happy and pleasant. She liked to be with the young sisters, her whole life unfolded in an environment of childlike simplicity and innocence that enchanted everyone. One never tired of her presence and company, she didn't get heavy. On the contrary, if she wasn't there, they missed her.

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She found her strength in the presence of God... 

expressly through the recitation of the rosary, which she did with all due respect.

For many years she was known among her peers for her prudence and silence. In the scruples that she suffered, she manifested an absolute conformity to the disposition of the superior and an enviable path of peace. She was always as submissive as a child.

She suffered diseases with great patience and even joy, always hiding the fact that sometimes she had to put up with sores [zweren] that went from head to toe. She suffered with great patience and love. 

She kept in her heart what she heard in talks and readings.

The nuns were forced to leave the convent on August 4, 1936. 

They were distributed among relatives and charitable people. 

The convent was looted. 

Sor San José was welcomed at the home of a niece.

Her prioress continued to care for her as well.

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The persecution intensified in Huéscar at the beginning of February 1937.

She was arrested on February 16, after the men broke into the house that evening, because the persecutors considered it enough of a crime that she wore a crucifix around her neck. 

She was nearing her 76th birthday.

In the dungeons of her town hall, she was beaten at times, and ordered to renounce her faith and blaspheme, since her captors believed that it would amuse them to see a nun at her age do this. But she refused to give in, and her captors decided to kill her, alongside several others which included her nephew Florencio. 

The soldiers decided to take them in a van in the morning to a local cemetery, and brutally threw the aged nun in the van which she had been unable to get into by herself due to her age. 

Sánchez, who never stopped praying throughout the ordeal, was the last one killed on 17 February 1937. Her captors decided not to shoot her like the rest, and instead beat her to death with a rock. Her last words were recorded as ´Long live Christ the King!´

Her relics remained buried in the burial place of the Huéscar cemetery.

They later moved to a niche donated by the city council on December 6, 1958.

Her transfer to the Dominican monastic cemetery in Huéscar took place on May 25, 1973.

Her relics are now venerated in the Baza (!) monastery.

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And after these words... 

God made a three-cornered seal, and sealed the tomb...

that no one should do anything to him in the six days...

until his rib should return to him. 

And the beneficent God and the holy angels having laid him in his place...

after the six days Eve also died. 

And while she lived, she wept about her falling asleep...

because she knew not where her body was to be laid. 

For when the Lord was present in paradise when they buried Adam... 

both she and her children fell asleep, except Seth, as I said. 

And Eve, in the hour of her death, besought [smeekte]...

that she might be buried where Adam her husband was, saying thus: 

My Lord, Lord and God of all virtue, do not separate me, Your servant...

from the body of Adam, for of his members You made me. 

But grant to me, even me, the unworthy and the sinner, to be buried by his body. 

And as I was along with him in paradise, and not separated from him after the transgression...

so also let no one separate us. 

After having prayed, therefore, she looked up into heaven... 

and stood up, and said, beating her breast: God of all, receive my spirit. 

And straightway she gave up her spirit to God.

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And when she was dead... 

the archangel Michael stood beside her. 

And there came three angels, and took her body...

and buried it where the body of Abel was. 

Shiva (2008)

And the archangel Michael said to Seth: 

Thus bury every man that dies, until the day of the resurrection. 

And after having given this Law, he said to him: 

Do not mourn beyond six days. 

And on the seventh day, rest and rejoice in it... 

because in it, God and we the angels rejoice... 

in the righteous soul that has departed from earth. 

Having thus spoken, the archangel Michael went up into heaven, glorifying, and saying the Alleluia: Holy, holy, holy Lord, to the glory of God the Father, because to Him is due glory, honour, and adoration, with His unbeginning and life-giving Spirit, now and forever, and to the ages of ages. 

Amen.

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