Miraculous Medals of Our Lady

This weekend, our dear First Communion Children will receive the Miraculous Medals of Our Lady. One of the famous medals in the Catholic Church with the picture of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady – it means with St. Mary, conceived without the original sin. This medal symbolise our confidence in Her intercession for us. Please, pray for the children and their Families, so they will love God, who left Himself for us in the Holy Eucharis from all their hearts, minds, and strength. With God’s blessing – Fr. Marcin Drabik

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Papal Blessing: His Holiness Pope Francis presents His greetings to all those persons participating in the Rosary on the Coast for Faith, Life and Peace in Scotland, England and Wales, due to take place on Sunday 29th April 2018, assuring them of His spiritual closeness to them in their prayers. Pope Francis, recalling the words of Pope Saint John Paul II, reminds us that the liberating message of the Gospel of Life has been placed in our hands. Invoking the intercession of the Blessed Mother, the Holy Father prays that those who believe in her Son may feel the urgency of making that Gospel known to our world by their words and by their lives. His Holiness imparts to all those who participate in the Rosary on the Coast his Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of abundant graces from heaven while placing them under the protection of Our Blessed Lady, Mary, Mother of the Church.Rosary on the Coast of the British IslesFor Life, Faith and Peace Sunday 29 April 2018Programme:2.00-2.30pm Gather at Rosary on the Coast location - Before the entrance of SOUTHSEA CASTLE (nearby the fountain) 2.45pm Invocation of the Holy Spirit Prayers of Protection 2.50pm Act of Contrition Scripture Readings 3.00pm Glorious Mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary 3.30pm Litany of Our Lady 3.40pm Prayer invoking St. Joseph 3.50pm Litany invoking Saints of the British Isles ... See MoreSee Less

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DAILY MEDITATION:Wednesday of the 5th Week of EasterFeast of St. Mark, EvangelistApril 25, 2018Today's Saint Quote: Saint Pedro BetancourtAt a sick man's side, you can pray as much as you want, and God will hear you as well as in Church.Today’s Prayer:Beloved Jesus: I want to be the disciple who believes in You, does good works thanks to You and bears fruit that testifies of Your glorious presence among us. Amen.Today's Readings:1 Peter 5:5b-14Ps 89:2-3, 6-7, 16-17Mark 16:15-20Going into the whole world with the Good NewsMark 16:15-20 contains the reason for the name "Good News Ministries." Jesus said: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News." In 1995, when my husband Ralph and I were commissioned to start this Catholic evangelization ministry in our local diocese, we had no idea we would be reaching out to "the whole world".The Feast of St. Mark is a good opportunity to share some of our experiences in ministry with you, to inspire you in whatever the Holy Spirit is calling you to do for spreading the Gospel of salvation.Over the years, beginning early on, there have been temptations and attacks to stall or stop the ministries. The first reading shows why I have always felt an urgency to keep this ministry and these daily reflections going despite every hardship. Everywhere, people are suffering and struggling in daily battles against Satan and trials and other sufferings. I want to be God's proclaimer of the Good News about victory over evil, healing from our wounds, encouragement in holiness, and restoration from weariness.By turning to the Holy Spirit for help, we've grown stronger in faith and persistence.In every trial, God has restored us, confirmed us, and used the hardships to make us more compassionate, more humble, and more able to do his work well. When one ministry door gets slammed shut in our faces, God opens a new door and blesses us as we walk into unexpected opportunities. This is how our Internet ministry has grown so huge. We've been sharing the Good News in many ways that we had not foreseen or imagined.Satan prowls around like a roaring lion, trying to interfere, especially when God is about to do something important and life-changing. Christians in ministry are tempted most when the devil wants us to stop what we're doing. If you're being harassed by unusual problems that keep popping up, praise the Lord! God is about to take you to the next level of service and growth.If you're suffering and are willing to turn it into a ministry for others who are likewise suffering, praise God like in Psalm 89! You are already victorious; you will be a powerful and effective instrument for God's kingdom.#dailymeditations www.stswithuns.org.uk/event/dr-25042018 ... See MoreSee Less

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DAILY MEDITATION:Tuesday of the 4th Week of EasterApril 24, 2018Today's Saint Quote: Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier:If you always love one another, if you always uphold one another, you will be capable of...Today’s Prayer:Lord, may I always recognize You and discover You in every sign You give me all the days of my life. Thank You for opening my spiritual ears to Your voice. Amen.Today's Readings:Acts 11:19-26Ps 87:1b-7 (with Ps 117:1a)John 10:22-30The sound of the Shepherd's voiceIn today's Gospel reading, there's a distinct difference between those who are the sheep of Christ and those who are not. By nature, we all want to follow the Good Shepherd. We were created in the image of God, and we instinctively want to be with the one whom we're most like. More than that, everyone wants a savior who will love them no matter what and who will rescue them from evil when no one else can. But many don't recognize his voice."If you are the Christ, tell us plainly," these people say.Jesus answers, "I told you and you do not believe."Why don't they believe? Well, why don't we always believe? Our sins are evidence that sometimes we don't really believe that we should follow Jesus. If we always recognized his voice -- and the love behind everything he says, teaches, and commands -- we'd always follow him and never stray into sin. But when we don't understand what Jesus tells us, we doubt it's really him. When we don't like a moral teaching of the Church, we doubt it's really Jesus speaking through the Church Magisterium. And then we listen to false shepherds who give us the words we want to hear, and we follow them.However, we are the sheep of God's flock. We do know how to recognize the voice of Jesus. We know he is the Good Shepherd and we do want to follow him.The problem is: We all have imperfect voice-recognition programs running in our ears. Unconsciously, we've been affected by the way humans have modeled (or rather, failed to model) Christ among us. No human person is perfect except Jesus; therefore, every person we've known has imperfectly loved us, imperfectly forgiven us, imperfectly shepherded us -- and we project onto God what we've experienced from others.The Jesus we think we know is very limited. Has a friend ever let you down? The result is that you probably see (unconsciously) Jesus as a shepherd who can mislead you. Did you grow up in a home where a parent was abusive or short-tempered or too quick to punish? Were you ever treated unfairly by a teacher or priest or policeman or other authority figure? To the extent that these representatives of God failed to convey to you what God is really like, that's the extent to which you believe in a god who is not God.To discern the difference between false shepherds and the true Shepherd, we need to spend time consciously separating the imperfect image from the Divine Image.#dailymeditations www.stswithuns.org.uk/event/dr-24042018 ... See MoreSee Less

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