Mother Angelica Live Classics - Odds and Ends - Mother Angelica - 08-02-2011

like a live brought to you from the Eternal Word television studios in Birmingham see in you the love the compassion of Jesus warriors worthwhile to praise God in his finger moved by this period when I lived in love lives in God and God what a wonderful thing is our church this whole network is built on trust the essence of evangelization is to tell everybody jesus we are all called to be great Saints don't miss the opportunity well we're gonna have ads and ends tonight how's that the Feast of the Transfiguration I think we need to look at that feasts in a way I want you to read a little bit what comes ahead of it and what followed it because our faith our faith is something that is weak today we need to look at the scriptures and find out find out what did the apostles believed was their faith greater than ours we're going to find out something tonight I think that you may be surprised you know our Lord said just before the Transfiguration he said to them he made it clear that he was destined to go to Jerusalem and suffer grievously and that he would be put to death and rise on the third day but you know what Peter said I don't like to pick on him you know I mean I'm gonna live with that man for all eternity at all that day that I hate to pick on him but he's a wonderful man to give you courage Peter said heaven preserve your Lord this must not happen to you and the Lord turned her to Peter and said get behind me Satan you are obstacle in my path because the way you think is not God's Way but the way of man whew now did you ever think that way huh yeah we all do we are not a group of people for suffering we like the weather the right temperature today I went up to see the dish one of them and it was a perfectly beautiful date and I thought oh Lord it's a beautiful day I should not have opened my mouth out of nowhere came rain and hail I saw what happened or I was soaked and everybody with me soaps and one of the engineers hid under one of the dishes but there we were now there's two things you can do get really upset or enjoy being soaking wet one of the two you can't figure out why it happened because five minutes before it was a beautiful day and I wondered if the Lord looked on incense a good dousing would do it but so I came up and I sat in my chair Oh with wet now that's a little thing just too little see like we don't enjoy that it's not in our nature and I understand Peter you know he loved the part he loved the light many of you have mothers fathers children that have been ill for years freer and we all say at some time but Peter said Lord this must not happen to you or ye Lord does this happen and and and we need to be careful you're sure the Lord doesn't ask us to understand he asks us to accept they accept and sometimes illness specially in children is so seemed sometimes so unfair doesn't it and and even there we do all we can to make those that are ill comfortable painless whatever be careful of the world today the world makes you think that this is not necessary you shouldn't have this that's where this assisted suicide and euthanasia comes in see the total neglected and total unacceptance of the way God treats us all as we get older and more creaky you know my mother used to say I used to get up in my chair like that she and my mother looked at me and she said to me one day just wait till you get up in your years you'll have to have two or three tries before you get out when I said all come on well I met at the place where I gotta have at least two tries before I get and see we don't even understand that because the soul is as new and fresh and young as it was when the Lord put it in your little body so our soul is always young the old body doesn't match anymore you know he's gotten taller or shorter or fatter or skinnier you ever look at a picture of yourself 20 years ago you wonder where all that hair wet you never noticed it going one day you looked in the mirror there was a spot you never saw before now you could put a wig on everybody knows because it don't look like real hair or anything now some of you men let me give you a chip if you're gonna wear a wig be sure your sideburns match because they're gonna talk right off the bat I met a man what I hate to say to say but I almost died but I I couldn't laugh because it was such a shock see I was talking to him and all of a sudden I looked up and his old hair did come down to here and then I got up and he said what's the matter I said oh you know he left to never look I hope the wind pushed it back but those guys don't even those kind of things and I said I pray I did Lord I hope the wind pushes it back before he looked in the mirror you know you've been so impaired and those are little little things that's just a tiny thing that happened to us all day long and then when big things come along tragedies the poor people in that terrible - waa accident those kind of things we don't understand any more than Peter did this must not happen to you but you see the Lord has the Peters the first thing he said wrong heaven preserve fueler but if Heaven had preserved Jesus none of us would be redeemed and see none of us know that without this pain this illness and I believe in doctors and nurses and medicine and everything you can get to help yourself but the ordinary trials of life doesn't have to be something that's physical what we have to watch that we don't say oh whatever preserve me because my degree of glory and the kingdom depends on that willful adherence to either the ordaining well of God or the permitting will of God let's see what happens here the Lord is going to get my teaching now in the scene we all need this teaching today because we're not followers of Jesus we're not followers of the crowd if anyone wants to be a follower of mine to wonder follow Jesus then he must renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me he is our leader the leader of this network is Jesus it's not to me it's not belt it's not the vice-president it's it's all of us as a family and Jesus is our leader and because it is anyone once the sabres I answer those Oh what does that mean well all of us have different temperament different lights different dislikes and some things are hard for some and not hard at all for others some things are very difficult and somebody go through that like nothing almost makes you mad you know cuz you didn't take it to a hot that's because we're all differ and because of that each one of us is gonna have a different mansion in his kingdom oh and Jesus said if it were not true I would have told you and that's right and you would have a hard time with it I'm gonna have a mansion you you're gonna have a mansion well this sister said to me last week mother I will you visit me in my mansion oh sure I can even come a little bit mind if you want to because the Lord's had a mansion now I know all your liberals are jumping up and down at this well just jump cuz that's the way it is the Lord said I I go he said and I prepare how is he gonna prepare a place I got a love everybody in heaven it everybody has to love me now you're looking at me say well that's not hard mother well you don't live with me there's a difference but we're going to have that kind of heart and mind and soul that we are really and truly I love everybody I know you're thinking of somebody who I hate right now mmm somebody did you it even that person if he gets the heaven you're going to love God be totally different my friend I believe that my dear mother saw my father before she died twice and there was no love loss and evening and I prayed I prayed that she would forgive my father before she died and when they should look towards the door I've heard some of you this before I knew it my father because she said what are you doing here thank you and then a few hours before she died she looked at that same door and she said oh you're so beautiful I thought wow she began to forgive I began to love began to forgive began to love and so in heaven is going to be so awesome and so beautiful and there we won't appreciate all the pain and all the suffering that we wish I'd never had but then we'll know we'll know for sure what it meant well I'm going to have to take a break for some reason I think there's some more people coming in don't go away we're going to tell you the rest of it just a minute this read our little incident here remind me of something and happened to me in an airplane during your program we had kind of a loud sound and then we thought with my hearing aids you know but anyway I was in a plane going to Europe and they had these the worst movies you could possibly pick here you are over the ocean your life is in God's hands if you went down there's no way of going to confession or saving Eve and st. gotta help me cuz you're probably so scared they put the worst the very worst movies on so I looked at the title and a few of them will say I saw Lord can't you do something with this thing you know now the planes aren't just the movie and so I would put my blinders on you know so I could sleep and somehow my hearing aid got on real high and the movie would I look but there was nothing there I mean out I said oh thank you Laurie so I took off my blinders and went to sleep so the next in the morning is suppose morning it's about five hours after that and the stewardess came up to me and she said to bring you watching a movie I said no those are the crummiest movies you could possibly put on she said well we don't know what happened I know you don't she says no she said it he just went off right what oh I said well I think I did it she said you did it as I think so I said night I put my hearing up real high and they went she's your kid I said no so she couldn't tell the captain at that time I thought about this big you know I thought you gonna make an announcement on the on the microphone he looked at me and he said you're the one that shut off the movie I said yet and I'm glad I did it he said well I don't think they're too hot either so I thought well I know how to turn about that so if you have a crummy movie on the moon on a plane turned it off with your Harrogate anyway so Jesus tells us that we have to we have to be like him if I am patient I am like Jesus I'm not like Angelica if I had compassionate I'm like Jesus I'm not like Angelica if I trusted his Providence I'm going to be like Jesus I'm not gonna be like Angelica and that's when he meets well now he said the Son of Man is going to come in glory in the glory of his father with his angels I wish he'd come tomorrow can't you imagine the Lord coming with the father and all of the angels and what's he gonna do he said when he does he will reward each one according to his behavior some of you need to go to confession because if the Lord judge you now by your behavior you might not make it and when I say that I'm not being negative I'm being very loving because I want you in heaven well after all of that said six days later Jesus took Peter James and his brother John up a high mountain that we call tabor and he said in their presence he was transfigured and his face shone like the Sun he would just look at the Sun and it said here his clothes were white as light now that flight in here is very white and very bright that's how his clothes were then you would imagine these men I mean they've been eating with Jesus and walking with them and sleeping on the same ground and worshiping and praying with them and all of a sudden it's totally changed totally changed well and then all of a sudden no Moses and Elijah come they're talking to Jesus just like I'm talking to you wouldn't that scare you to death huh not Peter Peter said Lord it's wonderful to be here if you wish I'll make three tents one for you one for Moses and one for Elijah now why in the world would you ever say that because all of us when we have those moments of joy and happiness we never wanted to end do it huh people that come here and they go back home inevitably so many will write and say mother I thought it was in heaven then I came home well home with all his trials with all its heartaches is that preparation for heaven you have to understand that now he was still speaking when suddenly a bright cloud covered them in shadow oh that happened to our lady did you remember when she said be it done to me according to thy will it said the spirit covered her in shadow and they heard a voice said this is my son the beloved he enjoys my favour listen to him if I was asked to say in one word or two what I would want the people to know or to hear and what was important today I would say that listen to him do you listen to Jesus I just read something in a paper about a group of Christian ministers decided that the Holy Father with a detriment to unit chief well my friend I Got News for you he is the source of unity you had to be united to him because he is the Vicar of Christ and you must understand that and you must know that and then the cloud thereafter that voice when they heard this they fell on their faces it's there overcome with fear you know that happened to my mother the woman that where I was healed many years ago with call mrs. white and the Lord would appear to her every 28th of Dru once here and when he would come the entire house little-bitty kind of a shotgun house you know you come in the front you could see the back door and that place became all kinds of colors the light was a with a small little old 50 watt bulb in the room all of a sudden there was gorgeous colors that you never saw before gold and silver in rainbow colors and everybody would know the Lord was there and immediately was there was awesome thing to see everybody was down on their knees with her underground they knew they were in the presence of God I like that huh and this is exactly what the Apostles did they fell on their faces overcome with fear when Jesus came up and touched them since then DAF do not be afraid and they raised their eyes and the next few words I want to imprint upon your mind and heart they raised their eyes and they saw no one but Jesus you know when I was a young sister I used to try and make up all kind of pious schemes to keep my mind on the right track you know and if you're not Italian you don't realize how difficult that might be because it tell you'd minds don't stay on the same track very long and I remember for a long time for months I used to repeat this one little sentence and looking up they saw no one but Jesus if we would all do that when you're ready to go somewhere and the sun is shining and it poised see Jesus when things are difficult for you in any way look up and see Jesus trying to have your eggs and your paints and we all do see Jesus in all circumstances look up and see Jesus you and I did that in a year's time we would be All Saints why because everything would look much different than it does now well I could go on but we have a call hello mother where you from I'm from Missouri this is Vincent what is your question well I got a request from my daughter she's 11 years old going to be 12 and she wants to ask you a question how can you get some literature on your religious order because she wants to be a nun someday she talking about all the time about you and how wonderful you are well thank you well you just write to me here at the network put on the letter vocation and then it will take a different turn if you want to be a nun that's what you want to be a lot of my sisters one of one to be a nun sensuous read but some guy is God inspires many children at a very young age so what you need to do is to pray give yourself to Jesus now be loving kind your neighbor thoughtful think of others before yourself obedient to your parents and God will slowly begin to show you how to give all to Jesus but you can read the scriptures read the lives of the saints they're so interesting and so encouraged so I would do all of that we have another call hello are you from I'm from July 2nd by a 21 year old daughter I'm sorry and other my wife and myself one would be like did God causes number two how can love be number three if he did not cause this right if protect her and and her baby soft heart because she was she was also thankful to pregnant okay that is a mystery and it's difficult very difficult God did not did not cause it no I don't know what happened if someone hit her or she was she had some announcer she slipped whatever it was the train accident that's even worse whatever happened it could be caused by perhaps she slid in front of the Train we don't know but it did happen your next question follows why did God allow it in other words why did God permit it we have to understand that God sees everything he saw before time began when your daughter would be born conceived born lived he knew all of that for a reason we don't understand here there's where our faith has to hold this up oldest up whatever reason God allowed this to happen we must bow to his infinite permitting will and know it was for the good of your daughter and her baby and and we we rebelled against that because Peter said the same thing you see said look don't go don't go if you're going to be murdered if you're going to be safe you're gonna suffer stomach don't go let's look at how things are now okay her baby is with her in the kingdom that baby never saw pain never felt pain never saw a jealous never saw an angry look heard an angry voice suddenly was conceived and then saw the face of God and had told her happiness unbelievable joy your daughter may be taken out of her time maybe her time but when she was 80 had this accident not happened but God in His infinite love and mercy is so generous so generous that he would give her greater glory greater love greater compassion greater everything in the kingdom because she was deprived of the rest of her life so now she had greater glory than she would have ever had she has a droid that you and I cannot even imagine and our faith has to bow before the Lord because he knows when you die you will add your wife you will see her and all that glory and then at that moment you will know why but then it won't matter and that's how you and I have to be a witness to the world that we can accept this tragedy with faith with thee that's when our faith grows in the time of tragedy and heartache disappointment and they are knowing the unknowing that's when your faith is at its best it doesn't take away the pain or the grief of missing her or even the wonder why it only says God I trust you'll and we'll say a prayer for you I know you are already handling it well we have another call hello where are you from from Michigan what is your question I have one wondering is first of all I believe in miracles all that I finally got through to you and I was wondering have you ever heard of anybody outside of the Catholic faith that has had an apparition of the Blessed Mother I think so I think so I can't remember the occasion that this woman told me about in fact I think she had a hard time with I laid there she just thought we worshipped her no you know she had the typical hard time with the mother of God I can't understand that but she did and one time if I remember correctly it's been many years she told me that she was just in her living room and she just sitting there griping about our lady I said all of a sudden there was before her the most beautiful woman she ever saw she smiled at her and that smile took away all of her fears her anger almost jealous again all her doubts then she began to take instructions because she no see so I don't know how often it is but our lady is generous she wants all of her children to get to heaven and I she's appearing so many places today you know that I know something just rather quick we have another call hello hello mother hey where you from I'm from Rhode Island and what is your question I have a couple mother dear mother last year and the year before I lost young son so I can go along with me and they just call this be faithful pray to the mother you'll get the relief he needs but right now mother we just buried another young brother 59 years old another sudden death hmm it breaks our heart because we were a family at 12 now we're down to six all certain deaths now my sister just called me dear mother she has a husband in a nursing home who was 80 years old with Alzheimer's disease mm-hmm she was really crying tonight because he's failing so fast and you know sometimes it makes you wonder why she lost brother so full of life and a husband who is 80 father I told her to turn your program on because you've always lifted my spirits I told it to listen to you because I knew you would say a prayer for her because we don't know why only God knows why so please Tiferet specialist and and give him in the nursing home one yeah well I think it's natural for people when you have someone young or middle-aged died and you see somebody way up there down there I don't know which way it is that you say well they're they're orbiting that's we're thinking the thoughts of man all of us have a certain degree of glory in heaven been destined for us from all eternity I personally feel that and every day I asked the Lord to let me live a long life why I'm not going to be too peppy after a certain amount of time but a long life is the blessing a big blessing why well it's a blessing because every minute every minute that you're alive you have the opportunity to change to learn more about God to get a higher degree of glory in his kingdom to know him better in the heaven to learn more about him in heaven to be happier to understand more in heaven it's a blessed thing a blessing but so we we don't know a person soul a person may be working on their purgatory here that's my suicide is so bad and this don't call assisted suicide suicide is suicide you you cannot determine your birth and you cannot determine your day of death and now we do both and we can't do that this is the prerogative of God and and if it's living longer will make me closer to God I wanted to live luck so you say well then why is my brother in his fifties why did he go suddenly maybe that was the best time for him to go maybe that was the greatest the moment he would have the greatest glory in the kingdom that wonderful how wonderful and there my friends we have to trust we can imitate Peter and a lot of things we shouldn't in something because he said you know why you want to do this we would give the Lord great honor and glory if we could say heard I don't know why I don't understand but I trust you oh he's so happy when you say that you can trust the light whenever he calls whatever time he calls whoever he calls you can trust you can't trust doctors to go around assisting you to end your life I wouldn't trust them at all I want to say forever only have two minutes that I dear Lord will bless all of you out there Lord just bless everyone right let your hand fall upon them and give them that peace that only you can give and that joy in your holy will that we all know Lord that we can rest in your wheel we can trust the web and we asked our sweet mother to comfort them for she stood beneath the crowd she knew why her Sunday died and she suffered with him let us suffer with our loved ones and say to him and she said to him thy will be done and we say every day well we're about ready to go I have enjoyed being with you remember please you write to me this network that belongs to you is doing great things everywhere and when you get to heaven you're not only gonna know the wives of all the problems in your life you're gonna see thousands and millions of people running after you and saying thank you I'm here because of you well I'm looking forward to that and I hope you are remember in our lives trust Jesus he loves you beyond any words you could express and he wants you to be with him forever so remember brothers betrayed your dad's electric bill we need you and God needs you to give his message around the world by now

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Length: 48min 6sec (2886 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 03 2011