Live Worldwide Rosary -5

BEADS OF JOY 03-07-14
“Live Worldwide Rosary-5”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

Look on the map and see what time FRIDAY you will be praying with us

My Friends,

UPDATED LIST for Friday, March 07, 2014.
Every single Friday at Midnight (Eastern Standard Time) I will POST an updated blog, with new names of those joining us and the new mystery each of us will pray on that Friday… Thank you all for joining us. Let us begin this Rosary -as you would begin any Rosary -with The Apostles Creed… then Your Mystery...and end together with the Hail Holy Queen…

THE APOSTLE'S CREED
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified; died, and was buried. He descended into Hell; the third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

The 20 Mysteries
And the Fruit of each mystery…

JOYFUL

1^st Joyful –The Annunciation.
Humility
Virlyn Levy Ofs – Wayne, New Jersey USA
Dave Engard – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

2^nd Joyful –The Visitation.
Love of Neighbor
Barbara L. Emslie – West Lafayette, Ohio USA
Jane Mcguire – Huntsville, Texas USA

3^rd Joyful –The Birth of Jesus.
Poverty / Detachment from the things of this world
Angelica R. Gutierrez Depogrl – Danville, California USA
Ann Garces – Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima, Japan
Shibu Francis - Trivandrum, Kerala, India 

4^th Joyful –The Presentation.
Obedience
Sue Jan Lai – Kuching, Sarawak, East Malaysia
Hanna Naous – Wollongong, Australia
Lorraine L Sorrentini – Hershey, Pennsylvania USA

5th Joyful -Finding in The Temple.
Piety
Michael Ruffino – San Francisco, California USA
CarolynTapel – Kowloon..Kwuntong, Hong Kong
Brenda Miller – Ocala, Florida USA

LUMINOUS

1^st Luminous – The Baptism of Jesus.
Openness to the Holy Spirit
Darluh Marie Herbst – Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania USA
Godfrey Herbst – Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania USA
Cindy Campbell Higgins – Oakland, Tennessee USA

2^nd Luminous – Wedding Feast of Cana.
To Jesus through Mary
Al Picogna OFS – Town of Niagara, New York USA
Jim Dacey Jr OFS – Milford, Pennsylvania USA
Marion Marsico - Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey USA

3^rd Luminous – Proclamation of the Kingdom of God.
Repentance / Trust in God
Doreen Duquette – Manchester, New Hampshire USA
Jan Martinez – Miami, Florida USA
Juliana Cho – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4^th Luminous – The Transfiguration.
Desire for Holiness
Ann Garces – Kenya, Africa
Rose Klein – Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

5^th Luminous – Institution of the Holy Eucharist.
Eucharistic Adoration / Participation at Mass
Mitzi Speranzello Ofs – Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
Cecilia Ruloph Savage – Unionville, Missouri USA

SORROWFUL

1^st Sorrowful – The Agony in The Garden.
Contrition / Conformity to the Will of God
Igwe Anthony Ejikeme – Lagos, Nigeria
Laura Elder – Ozark, Arkansas USA
SS Lim - Singapore, Singapore

2^nd Sorrowful – The Scourging at The Pillar.
Purity / Mortification
Maria T. Lehan Newcomer – Boston, Massachusetts USA
Amy Paquette Seymour – Joliet, Montana USA

3^rd Sorrowful – Crowning with Thorns.
Moral Courage
David R. Oberley – Carthage, Missouri USA
Danny Smittl – Joplin, Missouri USA
Linda Laborte – Laguna Province, Philippines

4^th Sorrowful – Carrying of The Cross.
Patience
Joseph White – Mois Bridge, Rift Valley, Kenya
Heidi Brock – Georgetown, Guyana

5^th Sorrowful – The Crucifixion.
Self-denial
James Lee Hawes – Oakland, Iowa USA
Earl Wells – Millbury, Ohio USA

GLORIOUS

1^st Glorious – The Resurrection of Jesus
Faith
Jean Whitehead Potter Ofs – Garfield Heights, Ohio USA
Ganny Beltran Ofs – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

2^nd Glorious – The Ascension of Jesus
Hope
Carole Lamontha Ocds – Trios-Riveres, Quebec
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Chee – Bedok Town, Singapore

3^rd Glorious – Descent of the Holy Spirit
Wisdom
Daniela Calvano – Frasso Telesino, Italy
Audrey L. Clough Meade – Clintwood, Virginia USA

4^th Glorious – The Assumption
Devotion to Mary
Zurikutoji Jheng Buenaflor – Pasay City, Philippines
Onyeobalu Adaeze – Enugu, Nigeria, Africa

5^th Glorious – The Coronation
Eternal Happiness
KeNia ANdoy DacilLo – Bukidnon, Philippines
Helene Romero – Palm Bay, Florida USA

After you prayed your ONE mystery -finish your Rosary like you normally would any other Rosary…

HAIL HOLY QUEEN
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Leader: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God,
All: That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ. -AMEN

(Optional)
Leader: Let us pray.
All: O God whose only begotten Son by his life, death, and Resurrection has purchased for us the rewards of eternal life; grant we beseech thee, that meditating on these mysteries of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Benefits of Praying The Rosary

(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche)

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive powerful graces.

2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies

4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovoked death; if he be just, he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.

7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.

8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise.

9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.

11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death

14. All who recite the Rosary are my children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ.

15. Devotion of my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

Blessing of the Rosary

1. Sinners are forgiven.
2. Souls that thirst are refreshed.
3. Those who are fettered have their bonds broken.
4. Those who weep find happiness
5. Those who are tempted find peace.
6. The poor find help.
7. Religious are reformed.
8. Those who are ignorant are instructed.
9. The living learn to overcome pride.
10. The dead (the Holy Souls) have their pains eased by suffrages.

Indulgences

from Enchiridion indulgentiarum Recitation of the Marian Rosary (Rosarii marialis recitatio)

An indulgence is the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, a remission, which one of the faithful, properly disposed and under certain definite conditions, can acquire through the Church, which authoritatively dispenses, applying the treasure of the satisfactions of Christ and the Saints.
An indulgence is either PLENARY or PARTIAL, depending upon whether it frees one from the whole or from a part of the temporal punishment due to sin.
This means that one of the faithful who, with at least a contrite heart, performs a work enriched with a partial indulgence, is granted by the power of the Church that same amount of remission of temporal punishment as he has already obtained by the work itself. In other words, the remission is doubled, and that as often as the work prescribed is performed.  A plenary indulgence means a full remission of temporal punishment, provided that several other conditions apply, in addition  to the work performed or prayer said.

A plenary indulgence is granted, if the Rosary is recited in a church or public oratory or in a family group, a religious Community or pious Association; a partial indulgence is granted in other circumstances.

• "Now the Rosary is a certain formula of prayer, which is made up of fifteen decades of "Hail Marys" with an "Our Father" before each decade, and in which the recitation of each decade is accompanied by pious meditation on a particular mystery of our Redemption."(Roman Breviary) The name "Rosary," however, is commonly used in reference to only a third part of the fifteen decades.

The gaining of the plenary indulgence is regulated by the following norms:

• 1) The recitation of a third part only of the Rosary suffices; but the five decades must be recited continuously.
• 2) The vocal recitation must be accompanied by pious meditation on the mysteries.
• 3) In public recitation the mysteries must be announced in the manner customary in the place; for private recitation, however, it suffices if the vocal recitation is accompanied by meditation on the mysteries. 

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday 9pm EST with our
"Our Lady's Rosary Text Vigil Group"…

Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
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Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

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Quotes About Mary -2

BEADS OF JOY 03-06-14
“Quotes About Mary -2”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

“There is no one, O Most Holy Mary, who can know God except through thee; no one who can be saved or redeemed but through thee, O Mother of God; no one who can be delivered from dangers but through thee, O Virgin Mother; no one who obtains mercy but through thee, O Filled-With-All-Grace!” ~St. Germanus of Constantinople

“For if we are bidden to honor carnal fathers and mothers, how much more the spiritual? . . . If this virtue of charity has been overlooked, a man will lose any fruit of salvation in any good he may do.” ~Pope Saint Gregory VII

“It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.” ~St. Anselm, Archbishop and Doctor of the Church

“Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors . . . He who neglects the service of the Blessed Virgin will die in his sins . . . He who does not invoke thee, O Lady, will never get to Heaven . . . Not only will those from whom Mary turns her countenance not be saved, but there will be no hope of their salvation . . . No one can be saved without the protection of Mary.” ~St. Bonaventure, Cardinal-Bishop and Doctor of the Church

“We may seek graces, but shall never find them without the intercession of Mary.” ~St. Cajetan, Founder of the Theatines

“I have great doubts about the salvation of those who do not have special devotion to Mary.” ~St. Francis Borgia

“It seems unbelievable that a man should perish in whose favor Christ said to His Mother: ‘Behold thy son’, provided that he has not turned a deaf ear to the words, which Christ addressed to him: ‘Behold thy Mother.” ~St. Robert Bellarmine, Cardinal-Bishop and Doctor of the Church

“A man is no true Christian if he has no devotion to the Mother of Jesus Christ.” ~St. John Eudes

“All true children of God have God for their father and Mary for his mother; anyone who does not have Mary for his mother, does not have God for his father.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“Let not that man presumes to look for mercy from God who offends His Holy Mother!” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“For God, having given her power over his only-begotten and natural Son, also gave her power over his adopted children - not only in what concerns their body - which would be of little account - but also in what concerns their soul.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“We must conclude that, being necessary to God by a necessity which is called "hypothetical", (that is, because God so willed it), the Blessed Virgin is all the more necessary for men to attain their final end. Consequently we must not place devotion to her on the same level as devotion to the other saints as if it were merely something optional.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“The pious and learned Jesuit, Suarez, Justus Lipsius, a devout and erudite theologian of Louvain, and many others have proved incontestably that devotion to our Blessed Lady is necessary to attain salvation. This they show from the teaching of the Fathers, notably St. Augustine, St. Ephrem, deacon of Edessa, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Germanus of Constantinople, St. John Demascene, St. Anselm, St. Bernard, St. Bernardine, St. Thomas and St. Bonaventure. Even according to Oecolampadius and other heretics, lack of esteem and love for the Virgin Mary is an infallible sign of God's disapproval. On the other hand, to be entirely and genuinely devoted to her is a sure sign of God's approval.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“The greatest saints, those richest in grace and virtue will be the most assiduous in praying to the most Blessed Virgin, looking up to her as the perfect model to imitate and as a powerful helper to assist them.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday 9pm EST with our
"Our Lady's Rosary Text Vigil Group"…

Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
https://www.facebook.com/RosaryManJim

Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

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Ash Wednesday - 2014

BEADS OF JOY 03-05-14 
“Ash Wednesday”

Lent Begins…
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

Today's Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 (Teachings of Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving) “Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you. "And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face that your fasting may not be seen by men but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

My Friends,

Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving…
During this Lenten Season many of us can make some serious changes in our lives. This is a wonderful time to make changes in our lives. Just try to keep all things in perspective going and growing simply one day at a time. These first four days represent a sort of starting point, a preparation period where we can focus on: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving. Three very important elements to our faith, three traditionally very important parts of our Lenten Journey. Four separate yet all equal portions of a very spectacular quest as we go day to day through Lent together. Let us look at what each of these mean to our faith:

Prayer
This is the most wonderful special act of love, so many of us share every single day. In prayer we lift up our soul to God in love and praise and thanksgiving. Prayer builds up and empowers our faith, and faith comes from our hope, and our hope and desire for Him leads us to hunger, a hunger for Him and His word and the grace that leads us to God, which leads us to prayer. I just tried to lay that out all by myself. Was anyone able to follow that? lol. Prayer is an essential part of who we are in God, and in our walk following after Jesus. We must be a praying people, our communication with God is vital to our eternal life and the transition that we will go through at our death. I encourage you to please pick a devotion that is of interest to you, and then try to pray and speak to God every single day. Our conversation doesn't necessarily have to be written prayers only, we can speak plainly to Him also. We are in relationship to a person, Jesus. And in that relationship we can freely talk and share and open our hearts to Him.

Fasting
This isn't easy for everybody. But this has a lot of spiritual value added to the experience. Fasting is about curbing down our desires in our appetite that appetite could be for anything. This in turn creates a hunger for God, which is key to living our lives in Jesus. If many of our pleasures are fulfilled with food, we will have much less desire for God. I will share with you something I told Fr. Mullally a while ago (actually many many years ago), as to how and why I fast. Believe it or not, it's not health related at all. To me fasting is a spiritual experience. I fast as an offering to all those who hunger and starve around the world. I do that so that I feel the hunger pangs. I want to feel their pain and suffering, so that I can offer the reality of the pain of starvation. No I don't starve myself, but I have done very long fasts for that sole purpose. I have found that when you are "starving - very very hungry" you tend to draw so much closer to Jesus spiritually, that it can't really do justice trying to explain it in words. Don't do these things if your health requires medication and food intake. First consult your doctor and make sure it is safe. Please...

Almsgiving
This evolves from our prayers and our fasting. Charity in all forms, your time, your talents, your treasures, whatever you can do to help further the spreading of the word and love of God. Most all of us belong to church communities, we should invest in them to help support them in whatever way you can. I tell you the following for the sole purpose to share ideas that maybe you can use; back in the past when I was in business, we as a family gave both our treasures and volunteer time. Now with all our challenges and lack thereof, we do our best to increase our time offered. I know once we move back in town we will return to our old way of living. And some of you might be saying, "What is that?" Our lives, our day to day, our weekends revolved around our St. Patrick's Church community activities, and schedule. When we lived in town in the past, we pretty much were involved with everything at our parish. I strongly encourage you to try this. If you are anything like me and my family, once you do that, you will always be very involved in whatever capacity you can help.

Questions to Ponder Today:
-Do you hunger for God?
-Do you live each day seeking the bread of life, either in word or Eucharist?
-Do you have a daily prayer life? If not, why not?
-What devotion of prayer interests you?
-Have you ever fasted before? Might you?
-Now after today's meditation would you consider fasting?
-How might you give your personal charity to your parish?
-Would you ever consider joining a ministry? Think about it.

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday 9pm EST with our
"Our Lady's Rosary Text Vigil Group"…

Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
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Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

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Prepare For Lent

BEADS OF JOY 03-04-14
“Prepare For Lent”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

My Friends,

Today is the day before a truly wonderful season of Lent begins. How prepared are you to celebrate the next 40 days? Jesus really wants us to have an incredible celebration, as we go from day to day walking with Him. So what are you going to give up for Lent? Well you don't have to, but it's nice to be able to give up something as a sacrifice for our Lord. Our own self-denial is one way for us to show our allegiance and love for our Lord, as we go through the next 40 days with Him. Now to do this correctly and with the right "self-denying" heart, you don't give up things you hate, that's just too funny, and you don't give up things where you will gain. So you ask, well then what are some examples of what I can give up for the next 40 days? If you like say, french fries and really eat them a lot and you get this immense satisfaction from them, a kind of gluttonously approach on them, then you need to self-sacrifice that desire. That would be a very good thing for you to give up. And that example works with all our desires, cake, chocolate, soda or coffee, whatever. If you are almost in another world with delight and satisfaction over "something", then that should be the something you offer to our Lord for 40 days.

So today let us also look at the days and weeks ahead. What is the schedule throughout the Lenten Season this year? What do we celebrate along the way? There are five week in Lent leading into a Holy Week that ends with Easter. Here are some of the highlights, so you can better plan for a successful, healthy, spiritually alive Lenten Season this year:

March 2014
5: Ash Wednesday - Marks the beginning of Lent (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18)
9: Psalter I, Lent Week 1 (Matthew 4:1-11)
16: Psalter II, Lent Week 2 (Matthew 17:1-9)
17: St Patrick's Day
18: Vigil of the Solemnity of Joseph, husband of Mary.
19: Solemnity of Joseph, husband of Mary (Matthew 1:16, 18-21)
23: Psalter III, Lent Week 3 (John 4:5-42)
24: Vigil of the Solemnity of Annunciation.
25: Solemnity of Annunciation (Luke 1:16-38)
30: Psalter IV, Lent Week 4 (John 9:1-41)

April 2014
6: Psalter I, Lent Week 5 (John 11:1-45)
13: Psalter II, Holy Week. Palm Sunday (Matthew 26:14-27:66)
14: Holy Monday (John 12:1-11)
15: Holy Tuesday (John 13:21-33, 36-38)
16: Holy Wednesday (Matthew 26:14-25)
17: Holy Thursday (Chrism Mass-Luke 4:16-21 / Evening Mass-John 13:1-15)
18: Good Friday (John 18:1-19:42)
19: Holy Saturday. - Vigil of the Solemnity of Easter (Matthew 28:1-10)
20: Psalter I, Octave of Easter. EASTER SUNDAY (Evening Mass – Luke 24:13-35)

As this Lenten Season begins, "Beads of Joy" will be sharing daily reflections and prayers and tid-bits of wisdom gathered from research throughout this season; fully focusing on the season, prayer, and all things Jesus, which will include Mary. I invite everyone to take a moment each day to check in and share the joy of this season with us. As always we do this because of our love and commitment to our Lord, there is no personal gain here. Jesus is the only reason for such a wonderful, spectacular, joyous season. Let us celebrate our love for Him, our love for each other, our love for our families, and our prayer communities over these 40 days and beyond.

"Jesus, I trust in You."

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday 9pm EST with our
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Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
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Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

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Quotes About Mary -1

BEADS OF JOY 03-03-14
“Quotes About Mary -1”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

“If you ever feel distressed during your day - call upon our Lady - just say this simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now.' I must admit - this prayer has never failed me.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa 

“Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.” ~St. Josemaria Escriva

“Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” ~St. Maximilian Kolbe

“O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all you necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Will that she should help in every kind of necessity.” ~St. Basil the Great

“Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.” ~St. John Damascene

“It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.” ~St. Anselm

“Throughout Lent there is but one desire of my heart… beyond my already immersed state spiritually -and that is to unite itself even more fully and more completely without hesitation to my Lord Jesus and His Most Precious Beautiful Loving Mother. For in this solidified state of unity; my heart and my life will grow ever closer to what truly matters to me. –What is that you ask? My love and my devotion to My Lord Jesus Christ…” ~Jim Dacey Jr OFS

“I have great doubts about the salvation of those who do not have special devotion to Mary.” ~St. Francis Borgia

“We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son.” ~St. Louis Marie de Montfort

“Mary having co-operated in our redemption with so much glory to God and so much love for us, Our Lord ordained that no one shall obtain salvation except through her intercession.” ~St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

“To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.” (1746) ~St. Faustina

“Mary, give me your Heart: so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate; your Heart so full of love and humility that I may be able to receive Jesus in the Bread of Life and love Him as you love Him and serve Him in the distressing guise of the poor.” ~Blessed Mother Teresa

“If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.” ~St. John Vianney

“Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.” ~St. Josemaria Escriva

“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” ~St. Francis de Sales

“After the love which we owe Jesus Christ, we must give the chief place in our heart to the love of His Mother Mary.” ~St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

“With reason did the Most Holy Virgin predict that all generations would call her blessed, for all the Elect obtain eternal salvation through the means of Mary.” ~St. Ildephonsus, Bishop

“No one will ever be the servant of the Son without serving the Mother.” ~St. Ildephonsus, Bishop

“Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save.” ~St. John Damascene

More on Page 2.. and more to come.
Quotes About Mary -2

LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Come PRAY THE ROSARY with us every evening Monday through Friday 9pm EST with our
"Our Lady's Rosary Text Vigil Group"…

Invitations posted daily… and throughout the evening…
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Your brother in Christ Jesus
And His Most Blessed Mother,
Jim (The Rosary Man) Dacey Jr OFS

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Whom Do You Serve?

BEADS OF JOY 03-02-14
“Whom Do You Serve?”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

Today’s Gospel: Matthew 6:24-34 (God and Possessions) “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon. "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?' or `What shall we drink?' or `What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day's own trouble be sufficient for the day.”

My Friends,

Another fantastic Sunday indeed. Look at today’s gospel Jesus speaks of Mammon, what is Mammon? “Mammon” is referring to money, success, things of worldly nature. You can as easily worship a fancy sports car as much as you can worship your financial self-worth that got you the sports car. The sports car becomes a representation of your success, creating pride and a sort of feel good feeling about it. It pretty much becomes your God and Master in so many ways. Because you will find yourself taking care of it, maintaining it, cleaning it, showing it off, sharing it with photos, boasting about it. You get the idea. This can be very dangerous for our soul and our eternal well-being. You do know that if you simply replaced the word “sports car” with anything or anyone, period (my bank account, my drug habit, a person I am in relationship with, my sailboat, my big impressive house, my pride of cause, etc., etc.); the thoughts are all the same on how that thing will become your Master. Jesus and Jesus alone must be the very first and only thought of focus when it comes to any kind of a Master in your life. Jesus said, "..understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father." John 10:38. So when we are thinking of Jesus we are automatically thinking of Almighty God. For they are one in the same.

So are you really serious about understanding and then living and then doing what is right before God? We all are of cause and that is fantastic, but know that we will fall and mess up and have to get back up; we are all sinners and that will happen. That's why we have to go to confession regularly, to keep our soul as clean and as ready for our Lord as it possibly can be. But if you are serious, then it is critical to begin immediately. You don't want to allow the strong-hold of satan to capture your heart, or allegiance towards anything that will draw you away from Jesus. What do you have an appetite for? No not necessarily food, though it could be. It is usually wealth, or possessions that you own, or maybe it's lust? So many things can easily capture our hearts and steal it away from our Lord. So now consider this series of questions, "Who died for your sin?, Who's death defeated the very darkness of death, so that you can spend life everlasting in Heaven with Him and His Father for all eternity?, Who gave you freedom from the bondage of this world, and its inevitable destruction? Who forgives you of all your wrong-doing, and sinfulness? Who is this one person that has done this for you?" There is only one word, one name, one Lord who is the only one who has done all these things, and His name is Jesus.

So I challenge you today, in a way that many of you just might not do; make your life, ALL THINGS JESUS - 100%, 24/7/365. Become addicted to HIM (not in a bad way), but become addicted with the desire, the continual desire from within your soul to please Him and worship Him, love Him, and always put Him before anything else in your life. Every thought must lead to Jesus. The reason why we do something, must lead us to Jesus. The reason why we won’t do soething, must also lead us to Jesus. Does that make sense? If we chose not to do something sinful or wrong or mean, it must be because of our love and our allegiance to Jesus, hence all things must lead to Jesus. This is actually much easier than it sounds. Keep Jesus in your life, on your mind, in your thoughts, at the end of the pen as you write at all times, you get the idea; without ever ceasing. This will and I mean it, this will create an inner Joy that will blow your mind. You will have so much peace inside, real peace, a very Godly peace. You won't see yourself as anxious or worried as much anymore, and you will find yourself trusting Jesus a whole bunch more. It is truly a wonderful feeling this kind of inner Godly, Trusting, Loving, Joy. 

Pondering these thoughts today: Do we have two masters? Do you? Do I? Interesting concept, but how easily true this can be for anyone. An even further thought to that might be; -Is it possible to have my allegiance split between two or more things or people or whatever in my life? Unfortunately it can be. Our life's inevitably are controlled by the way we think, do we think of how successful in business or at work we will be; well then everything we do will help guide us and direct us to that goal. But rather if all we think about is Jesus, and pleasing and honoring and not offending Him; well then we live each day knowing that that is what we are striving for. Continuing that thought we know that loving and following Jesus will lead us to Heaven, which is truly our ultimate goal.

Please don’t misunderstand my reflection -success is a good thing… when we respect the fact that our success is from God and in all reality it is all still God's. He has entrusted us with a huge responsibility to do the right thing with these gifts. Be a "Giver" not a "Taker" in this world. Many wealthy, successful, very blessed people unfortunately watch others (even family members) suffer and rot away, while they hoard, hold and embrace their stuff, their God. It’s very sad for them… 

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And His Most Blessed Mother,
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Marian Feast Days of March

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“March Marian Feast Days”
©2014 James Dacey, Jr. OFS

Marian Feast Days of March

My Friends,

Praise Jesus Our Lord always,
Love Our Lady continually,
Embrace the Holy Spirit Cheerfully,
Hold your Rosary BOLDLY,
And SHARE your Love
-for Our Lord and Our Lady OPENLY !!!

1. Our Lady Della Croce (Crème, Italy)

2. Apparitions of Our Lady

3. Our Lady of Angels of Toulouse (France)

4. Our Lady of Guard (Notre Dame de la Garde)

5. Our Lady of Good Help

6. Our Lady of Nazareth

7. Madonna of the Star

8. Our Lady of Virtues

9. Our Lady of Savigny (France)

10. Our Lady of The Vine (Wurzburg, Germany)

11. Our Lady of The Forest

12. Our Lady of Miracles

13. Our Lady Empress

14. Our Lady of de la Breche.

15. Our Lady of The Underground.

16. Our Lady of The Fountain.

17. Our Lady of Ireland.

18. Our Lady of Mercy of Savona.

19. Our Lady of The Cape.

20. Our Lady of Calevout

21. Our Lady of Bruges

22. Our Lady of Citeaux

23. Our Lady of Victory of Cirteax

24. Our Lady of the Thorn.

25. The Annunciation of Our Lady.

26. Our Lady of Soissons

27. Our Lady of Foggia

28. Our Lady of Castelbruedo

29. Our Lady “Aracoeli” –Altar of Heaven

30. Our Lady of Auvergne

31. Our Lady of the Holy Cross

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