Friday, Mar 4 - First Fridays: Special Prayer Event

my soul is thirsting for you o my god thirsting for you [Music] like the earth parched and dry does my so long for you your kindness is greater than life [Music] my soul is thirsting for you oh my god thirsting for you [Music] in the dark of the night in the depths of my soul i long for the ways of my god [Music] my soul is thirsting for [Music] thirsting for you [Music] we would like to thank everybody for coming to this very important holy hour we will be with you for the next 60 minutes to offer a preparation to the sacred heart of jesus for the sins and ingratitude of mankind and especially prayers for the situation in the ukraine let us begin in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen amen heavenly father we ask that you send the holy spirit down upon us renew our hearts renew our land and renew all of those who have gone astray we ask blessed virgin mary that you wrap your mantle around your children of russia and ukraine and we ask for atonement and forgiveness of their sins and our sins that have wounded the heart of your son we ask this through christ our lord amen in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen well thank you everybody as we continue our series that we began last year of first fridays and first saturdays as you know the first friday devotion is nine consecutive months of receiving holy communion or making an act of contrition and making reparation to the sacred heart of jesus there's more detail and what we will do is part of the praying holy hour we'll walk you through the promise jesus makes what i'd like to do for the next few minutes is tell you a little bit about what we're praying for and tomorrow for the first saturdays we'll go into much more detail about the situation of the ukraine russia and our lady and so just a few words that i'd like to say tonight about this again we'll go into much more detail tomorrow is the first thing is we are not here to discuss politics this is not a political talk this is not an endorsement of a political candidate or governments or condemnation of governments anywhere in the world we will present historical facts and church teaching my job as a priest is to inform the conscience of the laity for you to make your decisions based on that now we can't claim to know the intentions of the world's governments or government officials but we will state what they have said and what they have done again these are just factual right now if you base it on actions there seems that there are really two forces of evil that are threatening the world it's interesting because you never hear these two mention together the first many people have been talking about is the great reset an understanding of a quest for world control a world order a one world government that wants to eliminate borders national sovereignty to eliminate any one nation such as the united states in the rule of supremacy but rather to form a new one world government and order some say this concludes population control and other things to enforce such control this seems to be possibly controlled by the freemasons which have publicly stated themselves they are responsible for the last great six revolutions in the world this is their own statements they've been against the church for years the church has stated many times that a catholic cannot be a freemason and then there is the second great threat that appears to be in the world today and that is the self-proclamation of russia and china to become the world's superpowers and to dethrone the west to minimize the west to economically and militarily separate the west to cause division again this is not a political accusation this is their own words now instead they want rather than a one world government they don't seem to be part of that they want a chinese in russian-controlled world that as we said will displace the united states so for now we will just briefly speak about russia and the ukraine and the situation there and what it has to do with private revelation and the apparitions of mary you know our lady spoke at fatima and surprisingly at a place called russia rashev in the ukraine but not many people have heard of that marian apparition we will talk about that well anyway our lady spoke of the errors of the soviet union i'm sorry of russia the soviet union collapsed and many people thought it was over but russia has remained mary has said at fatima that russia would spread her heirs unless two things happened i'm not going to go into detail here because you've heard me say these two things and that's one of them will be why we're here tomorrow first that russia must be consecrated and second that we must do the five first saturdays so we invite you to join us far for these five first saturdays tomorrow at 11 a.m eastern time now even if russia was consecrated or not the vatican has stated that russia was consecrated but even if you hold that it was not we still need to do the first saturdays and we continue to do these even if you have done the first fridays and first saturdays before please let's keep doing them again last year we did two set two and a half sets of five first saturdays because we had 12 months in the year many people joined us you finished five let's do another five let's keep making reparation to the sacred heart and the immaculate heart of mary so whether or not you believe that the consecration happened or not we'll talk about that more tomorrow the fact was it was late even if it did happen and our lord said that he was very displeased that it was late that allowed russia to continue to spread errors now some say that russian nationalism and russian supremacy of vladimir putin is one of the errors of russia many church theologians hold this their claim is this russia has blocked all independent media blocked the truth attacked nuclear power plants invaded the ukraine has spread atheistic communism at points in history mary constantly warned about these errors and evils of russia now a lot of you have taken a position that putin is standing up for virtue and we'll get to that in a moment and i'm not here to say he is or he isn't but i will quote you what jesus told saint faustina in paragraph 8 18 of her diary st faustina says she offers prayer for russia and jesus told her this this is saint faustina now praying for russia and jesus told her this i cannot suffer that country any longer do not tie my hands she said if it was not for her prayers the whole nation russia would have been reduced to nothingness she said oh how i suffer for that nation which has banished god from its borders but now russia appears to be changing it appears not to be part of this masonic one world government plan it appears to be promoting values putin says he's against abortion against gay marriage against transgenderism especially against the emasculation of the west he seems to be promoting the orthodox church saying the west has lost its way because of that many catholics have supported him again we are not here to claim what his true intention is we don't know but others say this is only a facade that he is a wolf in sheep's clothing that he's using the orthodox church to advance his cause because he wants to restore the old soviet union and in the old soviet union and even before that in the czarist russia the head of the state was also the head of the church kind of like henry viii in england now why is this important all right many have said that this is a facade i again am not here to tell you what to believe but i will tell you there's some very strong voices in this corner george weigel one of the ones i respect the most read what he is saying about the situation in the ukraine cardinal pell of australia the heads of the ukrainian catholic church in both the ukraine and in the united states remember there's a difference between eastern catholic churches and orthodox okay we are latin right catholics we are the west western right the latin right catholics okay but there are also 23 eastern catholics denominations such as the coptics and byzantine and uh you know the other forms of eastern catholics they are in communion with rome the biggest is the ukrainian catholic church the biggest of all 23. kind of interesting isn't it then you have the orthodox church the greek orthodox the russian orthodox that split from rome and the papacy back in 1053 or 1054. they are no longer under a communion of rome that's the church that is predominant in russia of which vladimir putin has supported but those like cardinal pell george weigel and the head of the ukrainian catholic church claim is just so he can destroy the ukrainian catholic church whether or not that's true i will not say i do not know but these are the claims of what is happening now we don't know the answer and as i said we won't attempt to make a political analysis tonight or tomorrow we won't do that tomorrow though we will go into more depths we will give the facts not political positions as i said and we will explain what the church has said on this what we do know is what mary has said at fatima and other places is consistent so how does the ukraine fit in here this is very interesting and this is where i want to finish tonight before we begin the prayer service now there are two sides to this story many will claim that the ukraine was the creation and the united states puppet by the obama administration in 2014. and that it threatens to join nato and therefore is a threat to russia and russia is only reacting in a way that it should similar to the way the united states reacted in the cuban missile crisis in the 1960s when russia was looking like they were going to plant missiles close to the united states the united states reacted threatened an invasion of cuba russia's claiming you want to put nuclear weapons in the ukraine next to russia we are threatened but again others say this is not the case this is not true we will go into that in much more detail tomorrow others say that this is fatima playing out as russia is spreading her heirs again because we have not done the first five saturdays they say if ukraine falls into russian hands this will be disastrous many priests are involved we will tell you about sumerian martyrs that were killed for their faith at the hands of russia as i said i want to finish here because there are a couple of examples of mirroring apparitions that we'll talk about tomorrow that i bet you have not heard of but are incredibly applicable to today in poland in 1920 there was something called the miracle at the vestula that is a river in poland where after the russian bolshevik army formed the red army in 1920 they threatened and lenin said they were going to begin a world revolution the world hung in the balance because lenin claimed he was going to start an entire revolution to change the whole world he began with an invasion of poland poland was outnumbered ten to one as the russians entered into poland the soldiers saw mary mary appeared it is reported and i think the numbers were seen were huge by russian and polish that she was there on the battlefield she made a difference and by some miracle poland was spared and you know why the bishops of all of poland got every polish person to pray reports are every single polish person that was capable was praying they flooded the churches they began all night vigils they implemented perpetual adoration they prayed and they prayed and they prayed and mary said if you pray if you make reparation i will assist you that's exactly what happened this is called her name the anti-bolshevik mother of god who came to the aid of poland through prayer and penance it stopped lenin and world revolution remember prophecy is contingent upon how we react pope benedict said prophecy is not set in stone it all depends like mary said at fatima if you do not repent a greater war will break out if you do not pray and do penance russia will spread her heirs soldiers reported seeing mary coming and being present on the battlefield then one that i hadn't even heard of till seminary mary appeared in the ukraine at russia in ukraine in 1987 the revisions of mary half a million people star now please don't call that mass hysteria there's no way half a million people are wrong now mary appeared there before back in 1914 and listened to this back when the ukraine was at the mercy of russia again mary said that ukraine would suffer and be ruled by russia for 80 years that's exactly what happened russia took over and controlled ukraine until they got their independence in 1991. this is all playing out all of this prophecy is happening right before our eyes we are present in what is listed in private accepted revelation of mary that will happen ushering in the triumph of the immaculate heart we are living at quite possibly one of the most important times in human history other than the resurrection of jesus christ the incarnation and resurrection of jesus christ her message forgive your enemies she said through you and the blood of the martyrs will come the conversion of russia now we're fighting again but mary is still present in any event our job is to not change politics although we'll discuss some issues our job is to pray our job is to bless the people and to ask reparation i have two minutes left and i want to finish because the soldiers at the miracle of the vestula stated that when the russians came in they couldn't explain but there was some kind of protection over them we know that that was mary i want to read you a post that i got from an antolia cernelli because this sounds exactly like the miracle at the vestula it says please don't stop praying there are results here is a testimony of a ukrainian soldier that i just received through an acquaintance of mine in the ukraine quote we feel your prayer support sometimes something unexplainable happens as in if an invisible hand really diverts bullets and shells away from us and they fly past us we come out of a very difficult situation as if we are being accompanied by someone we become invisible at times to the enemy we see ourselves in complete darkness and gain knowledge of how to protect ourselves this inspires and strengthens us we believe that the lord jesus himself is with us please please don't stop praying support us and keep praying we need you that's why we're here and regardless of who's who on the world stage or intent or whatnot our job is to pray so now i will go vest we will expose the blessed sacrament we will do our prayers we will pray for this situation of the ukraine and we will ask reparation to the sacred heart of jesus for the sins and ingratitude of mankind [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] oh [Music] oxy [Music] [Music] no [Music] lord god we come before you this evening on this first friday to follow your request of saint margaret mary ellicott to do the devotions to the sacred heart of jesus in this devotion we come to ask for the forgiveness of the sins and ingratitude of mankind and especially we ask to make reparation to your sacred heart for the sins and ingratitude and especially the transgressions in the ukraine we ask almighty god that you have mercy on us and on the whole world at this time we will do our opening invocation prayer of this holy time please follow us on your screen heart of jesus burning with love for us inflame our hearts with love for you jesus meek and humble of heart make our hearts like unto yours heart of jesus we trust in you most sacred heart of jesus have mercy on us all for you o heart of jesus sacred heart of jesus we implore make us love you more and more sacred heart of jesus i believe in your love for me sacred heart of jesus your kingdom come blessed and praise be forever the heart of jesus in the most holy sacrament of his love we will now before taking a brief moment of silence afterwards offer up praise and worship to our god in song and during this time we will make a blessing with the most blessed sacrament that we ask god to distribute like saint faustina did through the power of the eucharist upon the whole world let us now praise our god in song [Music] at the name of jesus every knee shall move every tongue confirms [Music] we should call him lord who from the beginning was the mighty word [Music] humbled for a season to receive our name from the lips unto whom he came faithfully he bore it spotless to the last [Music] victorious when from death [Music] at this time in the silence of our hearts let us call to mind our sins the sins that we want to bring [Music] to the eucharistic lord to be healed to be given in reparation to the sacred heart of jesus we are here tonight on the first friday to fulfill the request jesus made he also gave a promise the promise of nine first fridays the promise of these first fridays is now on your screen if we can read together jesus's promise that if we come he will bless us jesus says i promise you in the excessive mercy of my heart that my all-powerful love will grant to all those who receive holy communion on the first fridays of nine consecutive months the grace of final perseverance they shall not die in my disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments my divine heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment what we will now do is an act of contrition and an act of spiritual communion if you are able to go to the sacrament of confession this weekend to cover both first friday and first saturday may god be praised if you are able to receive holy communion may god be praised but if you do not and are not able we will now make an act of contrition and spiritual communion but before we do we've called to mind our sins now let us ask lord jesus to forgive the sins of our brothers and sisters in the situation in the ukraine lord god we ask your forgiveness right now as we speak of man's uncharity of man's inhumanity to man if there is even even drive any driven impulses based on greed power money fame legacy strength pride envy let it please be forgiven hearts be converted we ask lord that you forgive the sins of the politicians we ask lord that you forgive the sins of the soldiers that may have carried out any crimes we ask for the forgiveness of any civilians who have died unprepared to meet you we ask for the forgiveness of all of those here in our western world that have failed to pray to fast support and to overall make reparation to your heart for the situation in the ukraine we ask that you protect the civilians that are in hiding we act that ask that you protect the clergy that is trying to provide we ask that you protect god's creation in the ukraine from the bombs and the gunfire we ask lord that you protect those innocent and convert those who are guilty we ask lord and we place our brothers in the ukraine and from russia at your feet in the throne of the most holy eucharist we ask lord that you accept our humble petition to forgive the sins and ingratitude the inhumanity of man to man we now ask that you join us on our screen as we make our act of contrition o my god i am heartily sorry for having offended thee and i detest all my sins because of thy just punishment but most of all because they offend thee my god who art all good and deserving of all my love i firmly resolve with the help of thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin amen lord jesus we now ask that you accept our act of spiritual communion for those who are unable to make the sacramental communion that you will accept this lord as the church teaches to fulfill your request of first friday the act of communion spiritual communion my dearest 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 holy to you never permit me to be separated from you amen before our closing prayers join me in an act of consecration to the sacred heart of jesus and let us offer through this consecration russia and the ukraine most sacred heart of jesus abyss of mercy and source of every grace i consecrate and unite myself to you without exception or reserve all that i am and all that i have past present and future through the immaculate heart of mary your mother i give myself with complete confidence in your mercy and love and i beg you to look upon my offering so that you may use me for your own glory for the honor of your mother and for the salvation of souls help me to seek you alone in all things hide me in the shelter of your most sacred heart and be my refuge and consolation most tender jesus grant me the graces i need to joyfully accept my daily crosses to lead a holy life and to die a holy death in service to you help me to trust completely in your mercy and love and never to fear to humbly throw myself into the infinite ocean of mercy which is your most sacred heart through this weak and miserable instrument that i am may your mercy love glory and power shine forth set my heart on fire with the flame of love which burns in your most sacred heart and teach me how to return love for your love most sacred heart of jesus have mercy on me i put all my trust in you amen dear lord jesus let us honor you more and more as we aspire to give ourselves completely to you in communion with our lady your angels and saints for you our own are one certain desire dispel the darkness from our lives by the rays of your merciful love enlighten our conscience and lead us to the father by the wisdom of your holy spirit may our hearts never fail to adore you yet burn with zeal for your kingdom amongst the eternal flame of your most sacred heart for you are our one certain desire the hope of all our days amen lord jesus we have consecrated ourselves to the most sacred heart we ask in this consecration we bring to you the ukraine and russia we ask for your blessing upon these nations and these peoples we ask that hardened hearts will be open to receive your grace of mercy we ask that the leaders and politicians will look not for conquest greed and invasion but for virtue and love of neighbor lord in today's world this seems like an impossible task but you have told us you have promised us that with us it is not possible but with you all things are possible lord jesus before we begin the closing prayers of benediction in the silence of our hearts we bring to you the governments the peoples and the nations of the ukraine and of russia have mercy on them o lord so [Music] m [Music] no [Music] is [Music] j [Music] see [Music] oh [Music] you have given them bread from heaven having all sweetness within it let us pray lord jesus christ you gave us the eucharist as the memorial of your suffering and death may our worship of this sacrament of your body and blood help us to experience the salvation you won for us and the peace of the kingdom where you live with the father and the holy spirit one god forever and ever [Music] uh the divine praises blessed be god blessed be his holy name blessed be jesus christ true god and true man blessed be the name of jesus blessed be his most sacred heart blessed be his most precious blood blessed be jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar blessed be the holy spirit the paraclete blessed be the great mother of god mary most holy blessed be her holy and immaculate conception blessed be her glorious assumption blessed be the name of mary virgin and mother blessed be saint joseph her most chaste spouse blessed be god and his angels and in his saints may the heart of jesus and the most blessed sacrament be praised adored and loved with grateful affection at every moment in all the tabernacles of the world even until the end of time oh [Music] lord of all [Music] honor [Music] the [Music] is [Music] before our recessional song and him out we would like to say thank you for joining us and please be with us tomorrow as we offer up our time of first saturday's devotion we ask that you join us at 11 o'clock eastern time or 8 a.m west coast as we will briefly begin with a talk more explaining the prophecy of fatima and the meaning of what is happening in the ukraine in russia we ask you to keep this intention in your prayers to make reparation to the sacred heart of jesus and tomorrow join us to make reparation to the immaculate heart of mary if you would like to help our marian brothers in the ukraine we have several priests and brothers at multiple locations there are two houses in kharkiv that have been hurt or damaged the house has been but the prayers have been working as we have heard of no deaths or injury of our marian priests if you would like to assist them please contact us at marion.org ukraine 100 percent of all donations will be through our generality given to those in need care of refugees and our marian ministry that's m a r i a n dot o r slash ukraine until tomorrow let us keep this friday in lent a day of penance abstinence and most of all prayer for the end of hostilities and a bringing about of peace as jesus said mankind will not have peace until he turns with trust to my mercy good night and god bless you [Music] whatever sorrow that's the mind or guilt the soul oppressed jesus who gave themself [Music] opens to you his sacred heart o to that heart [Music] you

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Length: 60min 35sec (3635 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 05 2022