Volume 2
Daily Renewal of Total Consecration Immaculata, Queen and Mother of the Church, I renew my self-consecration to you for this day and for always, so that you might use me for the coming of the Kingdom of Jesus in the whole world. To this end I offer you all my prayers, actions and sacrifices of this day.
By St. Louis de Montfort St. Louis says poor men and women, who are sinners and I a greater sinner than you, wish to give you this rose - a crimson one, because the Precious Blood of Our Lord has fallen upon it. Jesus went through these sufferings as if you were the only one to be saved, for He is a personal God. Please God so that it will bring fragrance into your lives but above all may it save you from the danger you are in. The first thing you do is to admit to God that you are a sinner and you need His help and to ask him for the grace to give yourself to Jesus through Mary, after Jesus she is our hope. Every day unbelievers and unrepentant sinners cry "Let us crown ourselves with roses." (Wisdom 2:8) But our cry should be "Let us crown ourselves with roses of the Most Holy Rosary." The devil hates the Rosary and Mary, because those who give themselves to Mary and consecrate themselves to the Holy Rosary the devil will surely lose. These souls will bring countless other souls to be saved by Jesus through Mary. How different are theirs from ours! Sinners' roses are pleasures of the flesh. How many souls are lost through the pleasure of the flesh and fall in this habit, and if they do not repent, the devil drags them to hell with fire and brimstone. Our Lady said at Fatima that more souls fall into hell from the sins of impurity than all other sins put together. Just think, this one sin brings most sinners to hell. How will you escape it? As we go on with this reading do not despair for Our Lady has the answer. Some souls go through worldly honors and passing riches which will wilt and decay in no time, but ours, which are the Our Father and Hail Mary which we have said devoutly over and over again and to which we have added good penitential acts, will never wilt or die and they will be just as precious years from now as they are today. On the contrary, sinners' roses only look like roses, while in a point of fact they are cruel thorns which prick them during life by giving them pangs of conscience at their death, in eternity, they turn to burning shafts of anger and despair. They fill their appetite with food and wine that at the time tastes good, but they realize they are poison. But if our roses have thorns, they are the thorns of Jesus Christ who changes them into roses. If our roses prick us, it is only for a short time, for life on earth is very short. These thorns are there in order to cure the illness of sin and to save our souls. So by all means we should eagerly crown ourselves with these roses from Heaven and recite the entire Rosary every day, that is to say three Rosaries each day, fifteen decades which are three little wreaths or crowns of flowers; and there are two reasons for doing this. First of all to honor the three crowns of Jesus and Mary - Jesus' crown of grace at the time of His Incarnation, His crown of thorns during His Passion and His crown of Glory in Heaven, and of course, the three-fold crown which the Most Blessed Trinity gave Mary in Heaven. Secondly we should do this so that we ourselves may receive three crowns from Jesus and Mary. The first crown of merit during our lifetime, the second crown of peace at our death. Would you not like a happy death? A peaceful death? Who wouldn't? If you say these Rosaries devoutly and meditate on the Mysteries of the Rosary, just think to have a happy death, the most important moment of our life. The third crown of glory is Heaven. If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, St. Louis says, "I do assure you that in spite of the gravity of your sins, you shall receive a never fading crown of glory." (Pet. 5:4) Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil who practices black magic, (In the life of Blessed Bruno, he sold his soul to the devil. He was a satanic priest. He was converted through the Holy Rosary.), and even if you are a heretic as obstinate as a devil, sooner or later you will be converted and will amend your life and save your soul, if, and mark well what St. Louis says, that you say the Holy Rosary devoutly every day until death for the purpose of knowing the truth and obtain contrition and pardon for your sins. You notice that St. Louis de Montfort says to recite the Rosary devoutly, not just lip work, and to meditate on the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary if you are trying to break the evil habit of impurity or drinking too much or gambling or any other evil habits - even those who are practicing true devotion and would like to get closer to Jesus and Mary, but are prone to anger, impatience, pride or some habit of gossip, etc. Mark the word of St. Louis, you will obtain these graces through the whole Holy Rosary. Also, if you want greater love for God you will obtain it. Read the fifteen promises of the Rosary.
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1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary, shall receive signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary. 3. The rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal thing. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means. 5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary, shall not perish. 6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. 7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church. 8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise. 9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary. 10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven. 11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary. 12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities. 13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death. 14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ. 15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Imprimatur: Say the Rosary daily because every time you missed the Rosary, the devil has won for that day.
Meditation on the woman that I love, Mary, the Blessed Virgin 1st Week - How can you love someone without knowing that person, neither can you have true devotion to Mary without knowing her. First we must rid ourselves of unclean things. St. Teresa of Avila says, "we study self knowledge until the end." St. Francis de Sales says, "you wash a glass and it looks clean but if you look at it near a brighter light you see more streaks and if you go nearer a brighter light you see more streaks." Now we can call on Mary and she will help you to clean yourself. Start this by saying the Rosary daily from your heart. You must look at yourself with your heart not your mind. Prayer must be said from your heart and not from your mind. Open your heart and your eyes. Meditate with your heart and ask to see the truth of how you stand before God. You must change within. Study the Gospel and the life of Mary. After examining your conscience go to confession and receive Jesus in Holy Communion in a state of grace. If you are in serious sin (which is called mortal sin) go immediately to confession. If you die in a state of mortal sin you will not be saved. A soul in mortal sin rejects God completely. If you have any problems contact us at the Little Flower Legion. 2" Week — How to lose affection toward sin. Many souls make a good confession but do not lose affection toward sin - they are like the Israelites who left Egypt, but were longing for the flesh pot of Egypt with its onions and garlic. This is a soul who is pulled back into sin because it has affection toward sin. St. John of the Cross says, "God did not give the Israelites manna that came from heaven until they finished the food they brought from Egypt. These are the attachments we have in us." Ask Mary to help you lose these earthly attachments. She is called refugee of sinners. There is a story that is told where Jesus tells Peter to let no one come through the door who does not belong there. Jesus saw in Heaven people who did not belong there so He complained to Peter, what are these people doing here? Peter answered, "I do keep the door closed to them but Your Mother lets them through the window." The Church teaches that those who have devotion to Mary will be saved. "For he who finds me finds life and wins favor from our Lord." (Prov. 8:35) The Church also applies this to Mary. 3r Week - Look around you - what do you see today? Everything is disorganized. Are we happy? Is there something better? According to St. Louis de Montfort, "the world is in a bad state because Mary and her Holy •>. Rosary are not preached." In the thirteenth century St. Dominic tried to bring the people back to God but failed until Mary gave him the Rosary. As years went by the people's devotion to the Rosary became lax. In the fifteenth century God sent the black plague in which millions of people perished. God raised Blessed Alan Roche. God told him to renew the Rosary. Many people were converted and the black plague stopped. In the battle of Alpana the Moslems wanted to overtake Europe. The Turks outnumbered the Christians. Pius V called on all Christians to say the Rosary and early in the morning a big wind blew and the Moslem ships all sank. There was no war and for the time Europe was saved. This happened the day of October 7, 1571. This day was proclaimed the Feast of Our Lady of Victory. It was later changed to the Lady of the Rosary. 4th Week - Examine yourself, are you on Mary's side? To be on Christ's side you must be on Mary's side as she will lead you to Christ. The whole world is in bad shape and Pope John Paul II is asking lay people to organize "" the Church as he states that there is an antichurch in our Church today. We must pray for priests instead of talking about them. We still have free thinkers in our Church who live on reason instead of living on faith. These people try to reason and say they know God. St. John of the Cross says, "we know what God is not, but we don't know really who He is." Faith is a mystery we don't understand but we believe, because God says so. You see people so immodest on the street and even in Church. You see them in Church half or mostly naked in the presence of Jesus and Mary. How disgraceful to be dressed like that in the presence of God. How they crucify Him over and over. A very holy priest gave a mission in Chicago with over fifteen hundred families. He was told to hear confessions, which he did. Only three people came to confession and at communion they all went to receive the Holy Eucharist. He asked if all these people were on their way to being canonized or something else. The worst sin today is the denial of sin. You go to a doctor to find out what is wrong. He doesn't tell you and says he will see you next year and by then you may be dead. What do you think of a priest who doesn't tell the truth about what mortal sin is or venial sin? I personally know because many people come to me and do not know what mortal sin is. When you stand before God and He sees you as you are, no person who helped you on earth can help you then. Priests say that God doesn't know the future. Still others proclaim that those who die in serious sin as well as the saints go to the same place. Believe me that this is a heresy saying God did not create hell. God is all knowing and created everything. The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) says among Catholics there are only twenty-five percent who truly believe in the teachings of the Church and only thirty-five percent who believe Christ is truly present in the Eucharist. The tabernacle is no longer in the center of the Church and Jesus is off the cross because it is considered too violent. My friend, I am telling you this to let you know the trouble we are in. Of course we know that the Church will remain until the end of time. Pope Paul VI said the smoke of Satan got in the sanctuary, but we know Maty will crush his head. To be devoted to Maty we must get rid of all rubbish in us and ask Maty to help us. Let us truly go to Maty and she will clean all the rubbish in us and she will give us to Jesus in a clean way. Jesus came through Maty and it is through Maty that He will rein. Remember, Satan is very powerful and we must use our weapon against him, the weapon is the Rosary, our uniform is the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and our shield the Miraculous Medal. With this we will win and the devil will lose, if we use these things daily. Praying the Rosary is a blow to the face for the devil. With Maty on our side we surely will win. We must fight for our Church. From the pulpit we hear very little of dogmatic teachings or the Church's sacred traditions. They say that is the old time teaching of the Church and we now have the new age, but rest assured the Church Christ established is still here. It is said that if St. Dominic, St. Francis, St. Louis de Montfort or St. Alphonsus Liguori were to speak in our Church today eighty percent of the people would leave. Please turn back to Maty with the Rosary and the Church will flourish again. Readings taken from
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