The final words of the Decree issued in 1966 by Major Archbishop Cardinal Joseph of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops on the occasion of the relaxation of all fasts in the whole Catholic Church that came about after the Second Vatican Council:<\/p>\n
\u2026 “Let all faithful Christians remember that the Christian spirit scarcely dwells, if at all, in the family where prayer has become silent, the practice of fasting has disappeared, and even the memory of it is forgotten. \u00a0Therefore, let the relaxed fast increase our zeal in prayer, meditation, and participation in divine services, almsgiving, labor, frequent Confessions and Holy Communions.” \u00a0(Blahovisnyk, Year II, Bk. 2-4)<\/p>\n
From the Nine Excesses of Love<\/a><\/strong> in Volume One:<\/em><\/p>\n EIGHTH EXCESS OF LOVE<\/strong> \u201cMy daughter (Luisa), do not leave Me (Jesus) alone; place your head upon the womb of my dear Mama, for even from the outside you will hear my moans, my supplications.\u00a0 In seeing that neither my moans nor my supplications move the creature to compassion for my love, I assume the attitude of the poorest of beggars; and stretching out my tiny little hand, I ask – for pity\u2019s sake, at least as alms – for their souls, their affections and their hearts.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> My love wanted to win the heart of man at any cost; and in seeing that after seven excesses of my love, he was reluctant, he played deaf, he did not care about Me, nor did he want to give himself to Me, my love wanted to push itself further.\u00a0 It should have stopped; but – no, it wanted to overflow even more from within its boundaries, and even from the womb of my Mama it made my voice reach every heart \u2013 and with the most insinuating manners, with the most fervent pleas, with the most penetrating words.\u00a0 And do you know what I said to him?\u00a0 \u2018My child, give Me (Jesus) your heart; I will give you everything you want, provided that you give Me your heart in exchange.\u00a0 I have descended from Heaven to make a prey of it.\u00a0 O please! do not deny it to Me!\u00a0 Do not delude my hopes!\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0 And in seeing him reluctant \u2013 even more, many turned their backs to Me \u2013 I passed on to moans; I joined my tiny little hands and, crying, with voice suffocated by sobs, I added:\u00a0 \u2018Ahh! Ahh! I (Jesus) am the little beggar; not even as alms do you want to give Me your heart?<\/strong>\u00a0 Is this not a greater excess of my love – that the Creator, in order to approach the creature, takes the form of a little baby so as not to strike fear in him, and that He asks for the heart of the creature, at least as alms, and in seeing that he does not want to give it, He supplicates, moans and cries?\u201d<\/p>\n Then I heard Him say to me:\u00a0 \u201cAnd you, don\u2019t you want to give Me (Jesus) your heart?\u00a0 Perhaps you too want Me to moan, beg and cry for you to give Me your heart?\u00a0 Do you want to deny Me (Jesus) the alms that I ask of you?\u201d<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 And as He was saying this I heard Him as though sobbing, and I:\u00a0 \u2018My Jesus, do not cry, I give You my heart and all of myself.\u2019\u00a0 Then, the interior voice continued:\u00a0 \u201cMove further, and pass on to the ninth excess of my love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The final words of the Decree issued in 1966 by Major Archbishop Cardinal Joseph of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops on the occasion of the relaxation of all fasts in the whole Catholic Church that came about after the Second Vatican … Continue reading
\nSupplicating Love<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n