Please Pray for Fr. Joe & Bob
Prayer for Grace for
our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated
around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to
the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical
body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of
Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the
angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving
grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further
pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood
of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the
devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and
Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the
Church and the world.
In
the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and
leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work
together in love as God wants.
April 26, 2021
Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the
Garden
1. Jesus was willing to
pay for our sins.
2. Jesus' love for us is
Divine love.
3. Jesus knew the sins of
those who were
the greatest sinners and would
reject His love and lose their souls.
4. Pride keeps people
stuck, they can refuse
the truth about their sins and
fail to ask for forgiveness.
5. Many suffer today in
sickness and
they need to unite it to the
sufferings of Christ, so grace
can be outpoured on the earth.
6. All that is important
is eternal salvation and
sin can keep us from this.
7. Fr. Carter would say,
it's not that there is so much suffering in the
world, but so much is wasted.
8. We know how deeply
Jesus knew the sins of
men and those that would reject God
and lose their soul He sweat blood.
9. Pray for grace when you
suffer, even little
frustrations and offer up the sufferings
united to Jesus.
10. We must unite all we
do to Jesus, our
lives are to be identified with Christ.
The Scourging at the
Pillar
1. Many saints suffered
tremendous sufferings.
2. Padre Pio had the
wounds of Christ for
50 years.
3. Jesus suffered so for
our sins and grace
is released when we live as God
wants and identifies our lives in
union with Jesus.
4. We will have joys and
sufferings in
our lives – we unite all we do to
the Mass – the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
5. Luke 13: 3
They were not, I tell
you. No; but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.
6. Luke 22: 39-46
He then left to make
his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, with the disciples
following. When he reached the place he said to them, ‘Pray not to
be put to the test.’
Then he withdrew
from them, about a stone’s throw away, and knelt down and prayed.
‘Father,’ he said, ‘if you are willing, take this cup away from me.
Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine.’ Then an angel
appeared to him, coming from heaven to give him strength. In his
anguish he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to the
ground like great drops of blood. When he rose from prayer he went
to the disciples and found them sleeping for sheer grief. And he
said to them, ‘Why are you asleep? Get up and pray not to be put to
the test.’
7. Judas betrayed the Son
of Man with a kiss.
8. Jesus was whipped raw
for our sins.
9. The angry men tore His
flesh and whipped
Him.
10. They whipped Him with
angry faces, tearing
Jesus' flesh and laughing at Him.
The Crowning with
Thorns
1. Matthew 27: 27-31
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus with them into the
Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him. And they
stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, and having twisted
some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed
in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying,
‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they spat on him and took the reed and
struck him on the head with it. And when they had finished making
fun of him, they took off the cloak and dressed him in his own
clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
2. Jesus was crowned with
a crown of
thorns for all of our sins in
our heads, pride and lies and
bad thoughts, evil schemes etc.
3. Oh Jesus, I am sorry
for offending you.
4. Oh Jesus, I love You so
much.
5. Oh Jesus, You shed Your
precious blood
for my sins.
6. Oh Jesus, thank You for
suffering so
for me.
7. These men spit and
mocked Jesus
and He took all this for love
of us.
8. They struck Jesus on
the head.
9. Jesus endured all this
suffering - He knew us
by name – Our prayers today comforted
Jesus during the bitter passion.
10. Jesus' face was so
bruised and beaten as
they hit Him on the head and blood
came from His eyes and ears and
mouth –
Oh God thank You –
The Carrying of the
Cross
1. Mark 15: 21
They enlisted a
passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was
coming in from the country, to carry his cross.
2. Luke 23: 27-32
Large numbers of
people followed him, and women too, who mourned and lamented for
him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do
not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children.
For look, the days are surely coming when people will say, "Blessed
are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne children,
the breasts that have never suckled!" Then they will begin to say to
the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills, "Cover us!" For if this
is what is done to green wood, what will be done when the wood is
dry?' Now they were also leading out two others, criminals, to be
executed with him.
3 Jesus carried the heavy
cross with our
sins.
4. The cross was so heavy
He fell 3 times
under the cross.
5. They poked at Jesus
when He fell and
made Him to get up again.
6. Veronica wiped His face
and His
imprint was on the cloth.
7. Jesus' shoulders felt
as if it would
break from the weight of the cross.
8. The Mass is the
sacrifice of Calvary
sacramentally made present.
9. Can you imagine
watching Jesus as He
carried the cross?
10. John 19: 3-7
They kept coming up to him and saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ and
slapping him in the face.
Pilate came outside again and said to them, ‘Look, I am going
to bring him out to you to let you see that I find no case against
him.’ Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple
robe. Pilate said, ‘Here is the man.’ When they saw him, the chief
priests and the guards shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’ Pilate
said, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him: I find no case against
him.’ The Jews replied, ‘We have a Law, and according to that Law he
ought to be put to death, because he has claimed to be Son of God.’
The Crucifixion
1. John 19: 17-22
They then took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went
out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew,
Golgotha, where they crucified him with two others, one on either
side, Jesus being in the middle. Pilate wrote out a notice and had
it fixed to the cross; it ran: ‘Jesus the Nazarene, King of the
Jews’. This notice was read by many of the Jews, because the place
where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the writing was in
Hebrew, Latin and Greek. So the Jewish chief priests said to Pilate,
‘You should not write "King of the Jews", but that the man said, "I
am King of the Jews". ’ Pilate answered, ‘What I have written, I
have written.’
2. John 19: 19: 28-30
After this, Jesus knew that everything had now been completed and,
so that the scripture should be completely fulfilled, he said:
I am thirsty.
A jar full of sour wine stood there; so, putting a sponge soaked
in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth. After
Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his
head he gave up his spirit.
3. John 19: 31-32
It was the Day of
Preparation, and to avoid the bodies’ remaining on the cross during
the Sabbath—since that Sabbath was a day of special solemnity—the
Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away.
Consequently the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man
who had been crucified with him and then of the other.
4. John 19: 33-34
When they came to
Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his
legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and
immediately there came out blood and water.
5. John 19: 35-37
This is the evidence
of one who saw it—true evidence, and he knows that what he says is
true—and he gives it so that you may believe as well. Because all
this happened to fulfil the words of scripture:
Not one bone
of his will be broken;
and again, in another place scripture says:
They will look to the one
whom they have pierced.
6. Mary's Message from
the Rosary of August 27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
7. August 23, 1993 -
Message from Jesus
On His Passion
Jesus: My dear child,
I was condemned to death, death on a
cross. They gave Me a big cross and made Me carry it. They stood around and
glared at Me. It weighed on My shoulder and I pulled at it until it finally
moved. Every step was almost impossible as I dragged it, weighing so heavily
on My shoulders.
My shoulder felt as if the bones inside
would crack and the cross would fall through to the ground. I couldn’t drag
it any more. I tried, I fell. I fell and its weight fell on Me. A guard hit
Me with something sharp. It really hurt because he wanted Me to move, and
fast! People were watching — on with the show! How dare I fall in the middle
of the show! He hit Me again and the blow really stung Me. I got up because
it hurt so badly. I tried to walk on.
My Mother was in the crowd. She looked at
Me and her face looked red and hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like rain
and as her eyes met Mine, I was hurt so by her sorrow! She was always by My
side, silent and loving. She was My Mother of love! She is always there next
to you when you suffer.
I fell again and he (the guard) really hit
Me. It (the cross) was so heavy that he and I together could barely move it.
It seemed as I walked, heavier with the sins of the world heaped on it. My
hands were bleeding. Blood ran from the wounds of My thorns and My head
throbbed, seeming to make the wounds in My head bleed even more. Some of the
Blood was dried, some of it running all over My Body. I had so many cuts and
bruises — and people watched and laughed!
I am Jesus, Son of the Living God, and
they laughed and mimicked Me! Oh, such hardened hearts! How vile can men’s
hearts become? The devil’s grip is paralyzing and crippling.
The walk was so long up a hill and over
rocks — the cross had to be lifted over the rocks. My Body was bleeding so
badly! My Heart was pounding. I knew that the salvation of all men depended
on My love. Therefore, I went through such agony.
I thought of My intense love for you —
that many would go to heaven because of My suffering — and I continued to
the top of the hill. At the top they laid Me on the cross and with a big
hammer nailed My hands to it. It was the worst (suffering) yet. My hands
were nailed with big nails and the big hammer. Then, as if that weren’t
enough, with a big nail they nailed through both feet.
Then they lifted the cross and banged it
into (a hole in) the ground. My shoulders ached from how I hung. My head
bobbed and My neck ached and they laughed and said, "Now save Yourself." I
hurt so much! I suffered this way for hours — which seemed like forever —
and they glared at Me and laughed! My Mother watched in such agony.
For love of you, to My death I gave you My
Body. My child, I shed My Blood and gave you My life that you might be with
Me forever in heaven — not for a day, a month or a year, but forever with Me
in heaven.
I am the true Bread come down from heaven.
He who eats My Flesh will have life forever. For the drink I give you is My
Blood and food you eat is My Body. Who would lay down his life for a friend?
I did, for you. I love you this much, child. Forget about those who reject
you. You have My life that I gave you and I give you life eternal.
I am the One true God. I am the Light of
life. He who abides in Me will have life eternal, for the drink I give is My
Blood and the food I give is My Body. Drink and eat and have everlasting
life.
My child, that is all you need to know.
Love one another and be good that you may enter into My Kingdom.
8. They buried Jesus.
9. Through Jesus' pierced
Heart, the
Church was born.
10. Water for Baptism.
Blood for the Eucharist.
Galatians 2: 19-20
...I have been crucified with
Christ and yet I am alive; yet
it is no longer I, but Christ
living in me.
Song: A Song from Jesus
Healings
from
The Building of the Two Hearts
1. A gentleman from
Florida called and said since he got the Fatima Statue with glass
his life has been transformed.
2. After using the Jesus
water, pain and non-movement (for 3 years) in my fingers was healed
instantly. Now fingers are cracking and working and no pain. Has
taken x-rays.
3. Ruptured ACL Ligament
and PCL ligament left leg (knee) and damaged meniscus. 3-4 weeks
excruciating pain. MRI showed damaged ligaments - went to do surgery
and scopes revealed no damage other than meniscus injury. Day before
surgery we came here to pray for healing. Wife anointed knee with
Jesus water. Were told prior to surgery that would be out of work
3-6 months and surgery would be 4 hours. Surgery was only 40 minutes
and recovery time is 1-2 weeks.
4. My best friend (a
couple) was granted a son, which now is my godson. They've been
married for a long time but never had a child until they both came
to see the Virgin Mary's image.
5. I just wanted to tell
you we have had so many prayers answered most especially since we
have had the image statue in our home a few months ago. Prayers
being miraculously answered for our children & grandchildren, our
daughter's heart has literally almost healed ... she is also
pregnant and that is also a miracle that she carried the baby this
far, she is so thankful and also her cardiologist can't figure out
how she is doing so well, and even agreed with her it must be
prayers being said for her. He also told her in her 4th month to
abort the baby, maybe he will have a conversion, we hope. Others in
my family have changed since we got the statue. They are more
understanding and patient and love being a Catholic more than ever
before ...We thank Jesus, Mary, Rita and you all. Praise all of
heaven. We are also so eager to have many more prayers answered. We
are giving our married children a 10 inch statue each for their
homes and red prayer manual if they would also like to say the
prayers if they so choose to. The statue we know will help them with
many graces as they pray before it as it has helped us in our home
and lives. Love you all.
6. Pregnancy. (A long
note about how a woman got pregnant after she came to the Virgin
Mary Building.)
7. My mother was
diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in April 2005. She received
the Jesus water of Clearwater that my brother brought to El
Salvador. She was treated at Instituto Salvadoreno del Segino
Social. She was expected to live 3-6 months. She lived well for 2
years. Now she rests in peace with Lord Jesus and Virgin Mary. She
died of Pneumonia March 21, 2007.
8. The CAT scan showed a
dark spot and they thought they would have to remove my right
kidney. My family went to the Blessed Mother and asked for prayers
and help. They also got the healing water. Well all our prayers were
answered. There was no cancer or tumor. Thanks for all your prayers
and help, and thanks to the Lord above.
9. Knees were injured
from motorcycle accident July/August 2006. His mom got the water in
Florida right after the accident and took it to him and he used it
every day and now his knees are completely healed. He knows Jesus
water did it.
10. Suspected blood clot.
Pain in leg with swelling. Jesus water was used and pain went away
and swelling.
11. Barretrs – My
husband brought Jesus water to hospital and put on my stomach.
Biopsy came back fine.
12. A man from South
Carolina came to thank Jesus and Mary for his healing. His brother
sent him Jesus' water when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Three doctors told him there was nothing they could do for him. He
started using Jesus' water and started feeling better (He could
hardly walk, he was using a wheelchair a lot). He went back to the
doctor and tests showed no more cancer — gone! The doctor told him
he never saw this happen before. He is around 70 years old and walks
and feels normal.
13. A lady from Egypt
wrote asking St. Mary for a baby for 3 years. She helped me and now
I have a little daughter. Her name is Mariam after St. Mary name by
my language. Thank God and Thank St. Mary. She always remembers me.
- Egypt
14. This woman filled out
a healing form at the site. I am so blessed by the Blessed Mother
that she has been there for me on more than several occasions. She
performed a miracle on all occasions, one in particular was cancer
of the right leg. The doctors wanted to cut my leg off the cancer
was in the bone. When I returned to New York and went to a plastic
surgeon he saw the cat scan and said my chances weren't good. When
he did the surgery the cancer was not in the bone. It was
superficial.
15. Stroke. Healed August
2006.
16. A year ago he went to
Orlando for a test on his prostate. It was positive. He came here in
May and got some Jesus water out of the trough. He went back to the
doctor and he was healed. - Venezuela
17. Infertility.
Conceived and gave birth exactly 9 months after our first visit to
Clearwater in August 2000. Our son was born exactly 9 months after
our visit (May 20, 2001). I've had surgeries on both ovaries in 1998
and had very little chance of conceiving. Mother Mary gave us our
blessing and wish.
18. Peter was operated on
for cancer he had for 10 years on his leg and because the wound was
so big, they had to take some skin from another part of his leg to
be able to fix it but it did split. So Monday the doctor said that
another surgery was needed but thanks to Jesus water on Wednesday on
that same week he was healed. - Argentina
19. Cancer of the lungs.
A friend of ours who we visit from Canada. He told us of his illness
and we came and prayed at the Virgin Mary's appearance on March 28,
2006. He had Jesus' water put on him the night before his surgery.
His surgery was on March 31 and the cancer was gone. Thank you for
your blessings.
20. Lower back muscle
strain. After straining my back I used the Jesus water before using
pain crème. After putting on the water I no longer needed the crème.
The strain was gone.
21. Neuropathy. He had
gotten Jesus water a few days ago and went to the doctor yesterday.
22. Pregnancy. I could
not become pregnant. I came here to ask Mary to extend her hands on
me, to be able to have a child. The miracle happened. I did not know
that other women had become pregnant by asking Mary. My son is 3
years old. I am convinced that he is called to be special in his
life, he has a mission. When she went to see the doctor,
specialists, they said forget it, she couldn't have a baby, and she
went to many different ones. Came here to pray and became pregnant.
All the doctors never understood what had happened. They said he is
a miracle child.
23. Pregnancy. Became
pregnant of twin girls after we prayed in 2005 and even have a
statue of the Virgin Mary in our yard. After 15 years of concubinage
Virgin Mary finally blessed us. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Jesus water
was used to help conceive.
24. A woman came in today
from New York and said she was here last March (2005) and got the
Jesus water. Her cousin who was very healthy and had just retired at
age 60 suffered a massive stroke. He was taken to the best
neurological hospital in New York and the doctors said he had no
chance of recovery. He had a blood clot at the base of his brain
stem. He was in intensive care and the woman with the other family
members were visiting him and she put Jesus water on him and they
prayed over him, while he was laying in bed in a fetal position
unable to talk was paralyzed. After she had left (only 30 minutes of
visitation in Intensive Care) the woman received a call from her
cousin's wife saying the man had sat up in bed after they left and
was miraculously healed. He is back at home now. The doctors came in
and said this was a miracle. This was 2 months ago.
25. Dermatomyositis (a
form of Muscular Dystrophy). I was given 6 months to live. I was
really depressed ready to give up when, while being in town for my
girlfriends niece's Christmas Party. I heard it on the news.
(December 17, 1996) Decided why not let's go, when I got here I was
not expecting to see what I saw. I couldn't believe what I saw.
Within an hour I put the cane down, slowly but surely got better
enough where I wasn't paralyzed or dead. Thank you Jesus and Mary.
26. Small Bowel Syndrome.
Infant acquired surgical intervention at birth. 4 months care at
home. Healed completely as of May 2005.
27. Newborn very sick - 2
lbs. My mother came to visit me. We used to live in the post
apartments by Target. I brought my Mother to the Virgin Mary
Building in Clearwater and she prayed for my niece, who was in
Guatemala. When my Mother returned to Guatemala she took the picture
of Virgin Mary and put it in my niece's room. When my niece was
born, she needed a tube feeding. She couldn't eat on her own. She
was very thin and very sick. Many people told my sister and my
mother (including the doctors) that my niece was so sick that she
probably would died. Thank to our Lady Virgin Mary, my niece is a
healthy gifted 9 year old girl. - Guatemala - Healing was at 6
months old.
28. My daughter was told
she had thyroid cancer, after having one side of the thyroid removed
they found the cancer was gone. This had to be due to Mary and Jesus
Water and her belief in the Mother and Son.
29. Virus. He was in
Egypt. His relatives came to the site and asked for prayers for
healing for him. That same day they were here he was completely
healed of his Liver virus. He is a physician.
30. After waiting about 8
months for the baby to get bigger for the surgery, the doctor
checked him and couldn't believe it, but she said, "It just fixed
itself." He was 4 months premature and this surgery would have
lowered his sperm count significantly and its already been lowered
by a double inguinal hernia surgery.
31. Burst tube with
unexpected pregnancy. Was internal bleeding. Doctor told was
miracle, surviving from this kind of operation. She (the mother) had
come to the site and prayed to God if this Image (Our Lady of
Clearwater) was from God to grant her a miracle. Her daughter who
was in Lithuania at the time was in the hospital and the above
miracle happened during the 2 hours the mother was praying at the
site.
32. Heart failure. He was
not breathing. Jesus water was poured on him while praying. He
started breathing again.
33. When I was pregnant,
my baby was sick. My baby born was well. Thanks.
34. Flu. Both sitting in
car, praying rosary both sick of flu. He very sick, not getting
better. Both used the water, felt pain leave body, didn't say
anything, but after few minutes he said "I feel pain is gone." They
drove back to tell us that they were healed.
35. Asthma. Put Jesus
water on neck. Breathing much better.
36. Severe back pain.
Have a bad back from laying brick for years and sometimes I bend
over and the pain is severe and it takes at least 3 or 4 or more
weeks for it to go away. I put Jesus water on it and it went away in
2 days. Alleluia.
37. I must admit that
some days I forget to wash in the water. But I have felt the same
feeling once again a few days ago as I did on March 2nd, the first
time I applied it to my knees. On the movie that you took, I am
walking on the beach without a cane. I don't know if you noticed. I
didn't use the cane yesterday, and I have no pain. I'm still slow at
climbing the stairs, but I'm seeing a tremendous improvement. I'll
keep a journal, and continue updating you I pray a lot, as I'm
applying the medicine. Part of my prayer is "If it be your will."
Thank you. I'll be in touch soon.
38. My husband had a good
friend and he was diagnosed with cancer and given less than a few
weeks to live. Jesus told me to take him the Jesus water. I never
really met him, but I went to the hospital. He was so sick. He
bounced up and said I knew it - I will be healed. And he lived over
two years longer.
39. Leukemia went into
remission February 7, 2003. Her doctor can't believe how well she is
doing. She has the worse kind of Leukemia there is and she is doing
extremely well. He said this does not happen, so soon, we told him
its because of all the prayers, everyone is saying for her. The day
after we visited the Blessed Mother Building, her blood count was
excellent. Thank you so much. As of 11/3/2004 she is still in
remission and doing very well, a happy 10 year old little girl. We
are all so thankful for all the prayers from everyone, we truly
believe, if we hadn't had our faith and by going to the Virgin Mary
building so often, we wouldn't have been so fortunate to have her.
Prayer is still the most powerful and healing process. Thank you so
much.
40. Spinal Manangitas.
December 16th, 2002 we almost lost our little grandson. He was taken
flight for life to Madison where they worked on him for hours. They
told us he would either be blind - deaf - brain damage, or he might
not walk. Today he is a happy - healthy little boy full of life.
Thanks to everyone's prayers to our Blessed Virgin and our heavenly
Father, without them we would not have him. Thank you. As of this
date November 3, 2004 our little grandson is doing very well, a
healthy happy little boy, and so full of life, and without any
complications. Our prayers and by going to the Virgin Mary building
truly helped this little boy. Thanks to everyone for all their
prayers.
41. After my family visited the Virgin Mary
and returned to hospital, I showed no sign of having a
stroke. Doctors at hospital said I would not recover.
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