Beloved, how could I resist sending this to you after this last series of discouraging emails on the state of the Church? The dear friend who sent it to me wrote, “Could not pass up sending this to you!!!” And I thought the same, so here ’tis:
And yet another from another dear friend who “has my number”!
Bask in His love, dear ones. The Savior is your light, life and truest love.
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Dear Ones, I know this is crazy, but I don’t wish to withhold (as these things come to my attention) what I believe is so very vital to our Faith and lives as Catholics.
The video below with Raymond Arroyo and “The Prayerful Posse” is, to me, perhaps the most intelligent and thoroughly Catholic response to the Holy Father’s very first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” the full text of which can be read here.
I commend Raymond Arroyo: author, journalist, producer and, I must say, amazing entertainer. whose many works can be found at: (https://www.raymondarroyo.com/); Father Gerald Murray, J.C.D., pastor of Holy Family Church in New York City and outstanding canon lawyer, whose prayers helped me into the Church in 1995, and whose book: “Calming the Storm – Navigating the Crises Facing the Catholic Church and Society” is a wonderful guide as we navigate every false and seemingly compromised teaching of the Church today; and Robert Royal, Editor-in-Chief of “The Catholic Thing” (https://www.thecatholicthing.org/) for their untiring and unwavering analysis and commentary on the state and life of the Church. This is the first time I have sent out one of their programs; I think their analysis of the Holy Father’s encyclical is vital for every Catholic to know and understand.
We pray you and your family are enjoying a glorious Octave of Pentecost and ask Our Lord’s blessings upon you and your families,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Dear Family, I can hardly believe I’m sending out another email. Oy! But I think this one by Father Robert McTeigue, S.J. (which I just received from a dear friend) you may find, as I did, humerous, refreshing, strengthening to our mission as Catholics, and helpful to pass on to others who may feel alone in their daily strivings to be faithful in a world, and in a Church, that has largely turned from God.
God bless, keep and strengthen you all for the days and times ahead,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Are announcing . . .
Beloved, our last few emails have been on the “down-ish” side concerning our fight for the Faith, for reverence, holiness and steadfastness in the Truth. We want to bring you now, in contrast, hope – Hope for our Church and Hope for the Family.
First: We have just completed . . .
Many of you know that we have been, and still are, committed to receiving women of all ages (18-118 in fact!). Understandably then, we now have an imbalance of women over 50. Therefore, we have planned three two-week discernment retreats for this summer for younger women, ages 17 to 35. Here are the dates:
| When: | June 10-24 . . . . . July 8-22 . . . . . and August 5-19 |
| Who: | Young Catholic Women, Ages 17 to 35 |
| Where: | At the Benedictine Monastery of the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope 1155 N. FM 2869 – Winnsboro Texas 75494 |
| Email: | vocationinquiry@motherofisraelshope.org |
If you, or you and a friend, are interested in exploring a religious vocation, simply email us at the vocation inquiry email address above and we’ll get right back to you. In the blessed words of Saint Francis de Sales:
“To know whether God will have a person become a religious it is not to be expected that God Himself should speak, or send an angel from heaven to signify His will. It is not necessary that ten or twelve confessors should examine whether the vocation is to be followed. But it is necessary to correspond with the first movement of the inspiration, and to cultivate it, and then not to grow weary if disgust or coldness should come on. If a person acts thus, God will not fail to make all succeed to His glory. Nor ought we to care much from what quarter the first movement comes. The Lord has many ways of calling His servants.”
Second, I think most of us believe that the family has, from the beginning, been God’s design to build His Kingdom – and, therefore, the enemy’s target to destroy. Our primary charism at the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel’s Hope is to help restore God’s design for the family.
To that end, Mother Miriam will begin a series on her weekday radio podcast, Mother Miriam Live, titled:
Mother will be going through two extremely wonderful books: The Christian Father and The Christian Mother, both written by Reverend Wilhelm Cramer, and published by Benziger Brothers between 1880-1883. Both books may be purchased online or downloaded for free at: http://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/The_Christian_Father.pdf and https://catholicharboroffaithandmorals.com/The_Christian_Mother.pdf#page=8.
In addition to the live program, which welcomes call-ins and email questions, Mother Miriam Live, may also be watched or simply listened to at any day and time at thestationofthecross.com on Facebook, Rumble, YouTube and other social media outlets.
Here are the details:
| What: | Hope for the Family In the Midst of a World Turned from God |
| When: | Beginning in the Month of the Sacred Heart Monday-Friday, from June 1, 2:00-3:00 p.m.EST |
| Where: | On Mother Miriam Live through The Station of the Cross, Facebook, YouTube, Rumble and other social media outlets. |
This is a wonderful opportunity for men’s/husband’s and women’s/wives study groups!
God bless you all in your holy calling to raise a generation of saints who will restore the family and society to sanity and to the God Who loved us and Who gave Himself for us.
May Our Lord grant you and all whom you love a most blessed and holy Pentecost!
With our love and prayers,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Beloved, I don’t wish to bombard you with email mailings! However, I just received the mailing below from Dan Burke of the Avila Foundation and wish I could “bombard” the whole world with it.
I believe that nothing, absolutely nothing, is more crucial in today’s increasingly evil society than the preservation of the family. Because . . . the family is God’s design – not manmade, not one idea among many – but God’s specific and only design to build His Kingdom, to get us from Earth to Heaven.
I trust Dan and Stephanie Burke completely, and equally trust, in advance, what they are bringing to us in July to help, not only to preserve, but to restore relationships, to heal discord, and help us to be aware of every diabolical tactic that the enemy of our souls uses to destroy the family, your family and ours.
Please do read Dan’s message below and, if at all possible, register for this thoroughly Catholic and potentially life-restoring and even life-saving family conference.
With our love, prayers, and support for your families,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Something is happening to families right now that cannot be ignored. Anxiety. Anger. Division. Confusion. Crisis. Spiritual heaviness. This is no mere cultural or political war.
Beloved, just as I was about to send this latest sane message from Bishop Strickland, today’s headline from LifeSiteNews struck me:
Where are our shepherds??? While the Church hierarchy, the same hierarchy who joined in the worship of the Pachamama idol, threatens to excommunicate the Society of St. Pius X for their plan to consecrate new bishops in order to save and continue the Church’s perennial teaching including, above all, the Mass of the ages, heretic prelates are given free run to teach, publish and lead the Faithful astray – seriously astray. Where is the outcry on this Cardinal. Why is he not laicized? Why is his book not banned, as books were banned in the past in order to protect the sheep?
From Bishop Joseph Strickland:
The crisis of our age is not merely rebellion against truth. It is the slow training of souls to forget it.
Not all at once. Not through open hatred of Christ in every case. Not always through direct attacks against the Church. The enemy has learned a quieter strategy, a more subtle corruption. If souls can be taught to forget, then eventually they will surrender truths they once would have died defending.
And so we find ourselves living through a crisis of forgetting.
You may wish to download and open the Newsletter in Acrobat Reader
so that you have full access to the interactive features in the file.
Beloved, I believe this is the third time I have sent this Easter card out. It was sent to me years ago by a dear friend, following my conversion to the Catholic Church and his return to the same! I cried for hours after watching it for the first time and hold back tears each time I watch it to this day.
I send it now again to confirm the Shepherd’s love to all who believe and in union of prayer with all who have lost children, friends and maybe parents to other faiths or to the stark emptiness of the world. May all your lost and wandering sheep come Home!
With our love and prayers,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Beloved, our Lord has truly raised up Bishop Strickland to be a voice for the voiceless, and for those who refused to speak.
This Palm Sunday message could not be better. I pray you take a few moments to listen to it with your families and with all who have ears to hear.
We wish you all a blessed Palm Sunday, and a blessed and most holy Holy Week. May we be unafraid to walk with our Lord, the Lamb for sinners slain, to the Cross, and through it to Heaven’s glory.
With our love and prayers,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.
Beloved, Fr. McTeigue, host of “The Catholic Current” through The Station Of The Cross, has given us what, to me, is not only wonderful comic relief midway through Lent, but has given a bit clarity to the current insanity in the Church. Feel free to pass this on if you wish and have a most blessed remainder of this holy season.
With our love and prayers,
Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, O.S.B.