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Newsletter: Summer 2020
Author Archives: Trese
The Fourth-Sixth Letters of the Benedictine Oblates of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope
Our Charism
For such a Time as This
Beloved Family,
I have been waiting to send you this most glorious Consecration to St. Joseph by Father Donald Calloway, MIC. If you are anything like me, you might have a few questions about this Consecration: Why is it “for such a time as this”? What if I have already consecrated myself to the Blessed Mother, or to Jesus through Mary? What about other forms and commitments to prayer? And what if I hardly know St. Joseph?
Not to worry. All these questions and more are answered in Father Calloway’s description below and further in the book. I urge you to read Father’s note below through to the end, and then, if you wish to get started and could use a bit of help in purchasing the book, Father Calloway has generously donated 80 books to us for whomever asks! Simply email us with your address and we’ll get them in the mail to you as long as our supply lasts. Of course, you can always go to Father’s website at: www.consecrationtostjoseph.org.
God bless you. It is no secret that we are in the fight of our lives – for freedom of religion, for the restoration of the orthodox teaching of our Holy Catholic Church, for the family, for the return of fallen-away Catholics and for the millions of souls who are without God and without hope.
Here, then, is Father’s Calloway’s message. It is ‘gold’ and, I believe, exactly what Our Blessed Mother has ordered!
Our love, prayers, and gratitude to Father Calloway,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Consecration to St. Joseph
Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC
“I did not understand St. Joseph well enough, but that will change.”
— St. John of the Cross
In the 16th century, St. John of the Cross humbly acknowledged that he lacked a proper understanding of the greatness of St. Joseph. Inspired by the tremendous love that his friend, St. Teresa of Avila, had for St. Joseph, St. John of the Cross made a firm resolution to get to know and love St. Joseph better.
What about you? Do you know St. Joseph? Do you feel you understand his greatness and love for you?
Saint José Manyanet, a priest in 19th-century Spain, fervently promoted devotion to St. Joseph and the Holy Family. He prophesied that a “time of St. Joseph” would soon arrive in the life of the Church. He wrote:
I believe that the true time of Saint Joseph has not arrived yet: after two thousand years we started only now to glimpse something of the mystery in which he is immersed.
Well, my friends, I firmly believe that in our day the Lord wants to direct our hearts, families, parishes, dioceses, and Church to St. Joseph in a major way. In 1961, St. Pope John XXIII made a profound statement about St. Joseph. He wrote:
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The Ascension of Our Lord
By Dom Prosper Gueranger
The sun of the fortieth day has risen in all his splendor. The earth, which shook with gladness at the Birth of our Emmanuel, now thrills with a strange emotion. The divine series of the mysteries of the Man-God is about to close. Heaven has caught up the joy of earth. The Angelic Choirs are preparing to receive their promised King, and their Princes stand at the Gates, that they may open them when the signal is given of the mighty Conqueror’s approach. The holy souls that were liberated from Limbo on the morning of the Resurrection are hovering round Jerusalem, waiting for the happy moment when Heaven’s gate, closed by Adam’s sin, shall be thrown open, and they shall enter in company with their Redeemer:–a few hours more, and then to Heaven! Meanwhile, our Risen Jesus has to visit his Disciples and bid them farewell, for they are to be left, for some years longer, in this vale of tears.
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How to Persevere in Hard Times
Beloved, a number of you were puzzled and some disappointed by the previous email we sent out regarding the Warning. We lost subscribers and considerable donations over it. I do understand and often anticipate the reactions of some while still moving forward with an overall message that I think is vital for us to have, in spite, at times, of the particular messenger or presentation. More about that in our next email.
For now, dear ones, I did not want to keep this short and most precious video, received only today, to myself. It’s message is “Never give up!” “Keep going!” “You can do it!” But I think there is a further message at the very end, which I’ve noted below the video. We send it with our love and daily prayers for you all.
Did you notice that, at the third and last try, the mother bear began to turn and walk away before the baby reached the top? I think that was the saving maneuver on the part of the mother. Had she remained at the foot of the cliff as before, the baby would have strived for one more step, one more reach . . . and fell again. But this time, the mother began to walk away which made the baby realize she had better step up her courage and striving to reach her mother.
Sometimes we fall just before the goal line. If we place the goal a bit further away, we’ll have passed the (initial) goal line before collapsing into safety. God bless you and never, never, never give up. Never lose hope. Our Lord is building HIs Church and the gates of hell will not prevail. Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart will triumph!
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
A Warning about THE Warning!
Beloved, I never imagined I would be sending you such a video . . . until today, when I saw this one.
I believe that Our Blessed Lord is reaching out to us in every way, and from every corner of the world, to extend His mercy to every soul while there is yet time. Please watch this video to the very end of Christine’s talk; you will see how close we are to what appears to be next in God’s timetable. This is not our first warning – Our Lady has been speaking all over the world for centuries – but it might be our last. None of us knows that he has tomorrow.
Let’s live as true Catholics, beloved. Let us hold nothing back from God, and keep none of the Gospel to ourselves. We are God’s instruments to a world desperately in need of the Savior and His Church, whether they know or believe it or not. “If we keep the Gospel to ourselves,” said one dear priest, “we are thieves.”
Our love and daily prayers,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Urgent Message for Divine Mercy Sunday!
Beloved, the message in this video unfortunately is not known or well understood by many. Having just watched it, I cannot bear not getting it to you right away on this blessed Eve of Divine Mercy Sunday. Please trust the message of God’s truly unfathomable Mercy and how, even from your home this Sunday, you and your loved ones can receive God’s boundless gift and be forgiven of all your sins, both temporal and eternal. It is almost too good to be true!
God bless you and your families,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Christ is Risen
and is
Present Among us!
The following article by Gerhard Cardinal Müller appeared in Thursday’s, April 9, 2020, edition of LifeSiteNews. Cardinal Müller served as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 until 2017.
Dear Sisters and Brothers!
Not one of us has ever experienced a comparable situation as we are facing today. Because of the terrible Corona epidemic, public life is drastically restricted. We can no longer celebrate the liturgy in church on Sundays and even now in the Holy Week and at Easter.
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