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THE PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP St. Padre Pio Prayer of Cleveland

Spiritual Director: Rev. Fr. Edward J. Janoch Group Newsletter

Chaplain: VOLUME 6, ISSUE 7 Rev. Fr. William E. Browne J U L Y 2 0 1 8

Group Leader: Cindy Russo The Rosary and the Brown The Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of The Dominican tradition holds that the Blessed on . Pious tradition maintains Virgin Mary made 15 specific promises to those who UPCOMING that both the rosary and the brown scapular of Our pray the rosary. The promises range from protec- E V E N T S : Lady of Mount Carmel were given by the Virgin tion to meriting a high degree of glory in heaven. Mary to Dominic and Simon Stock respec- Aug 4 - tively during the 13th The scapular has remained for century. Historical re- a sign of Mary’s motherly protection and Padre Pio Prayer cords document their commitment to follow Jesus in the foot- Group Gathering growth during the 16th steps of His Mother. In 1251 the Virgin beginning with and 17th centuries. By the Mary made the "Scapular Promise" to St. Rosary at 8:00 AM 20th century they had Simon Stock regarding the Scapular of Our and Mass at 8:30 AM, gained a strong following Lady of Mount Carmel, namely: "whoever St. Church, among Catholics world- dies clothed in this habit shall not suffer 9451 Brandywine wide. Josef Hilgers, writing the fires of Hell." This is understood to in the Catholic Encyclope- mean that anyone who remains faithful to Rd., Northfield dia of 1914, stated: "Like the meaning of the brown scapular until Aug 10-19 - the rosary, the brown death will be granted the grace of final scapular has become the perseverance. Padre Pio Prayer badge of the devout Group Pilgrimage to Catholic." In the 19th century, the reported Marian Ireland apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes gath- Since the Second Vatican ered significant attention and provided Oct 21-23 - Council, the more appro- momentum for the spread of the rosary. Padre Pio Prayer priate term for these The spread of the devotion to both the items is "devotional arti- rosary and the scapular was influenced by Group Pilgrimage to cles", in order to distin- Marian apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima National of guish them from liturgical actions and items used reported by three Portuguese children in 1917. The the Immaculate therewith, such as candles, chrism, or holy water. Fatima messages placed emphasis on the rosary and Conception, St. John The sacramental related to them would be the rite in them the Virgin Mary reportedly identified herself Paul II and Mother of blessing, rather than the object blessed. They as The Lady of the Rosary. The visions and messages Seton have been supported, encouraged and linked by a also encouraged the wearing of the brown scapular. number of saints and cardinals. Specific indulgences In the final Fatima appearance on October 13, 1917, Jan 8-18, 2019 - have been associated with each of them. the Virgin Mary had a brown scapular in Padre Pio Prayer The rosary and the scapular are important one hand and a Group Pilgrimage to expressions of popular piety in the Roman rosary in the other. the Holy Land . Sister Lucia from Fatima stated “The rosary and the scapular are in- Through the grace separable”. In order to obtain the graces and of God, our Padre promises received from wearing the scapular, Pio Prayer Group Check the online one should wear it devoutly. In other words, started a ministry Community Bulletin under the usual conditions, i.e. state of grace of making rosary Board on our (Go to Confession regularly), be properly . They are invested/enrolled by a Catholic priest, pray either a sign of Marian Spirituality, the loving presence of website to view the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary or five Our Blessed Mother. We have two Padre Pio devo- upcoming events decades of the Most Holy Rosary daily. Novenas to tees, Karen and Juliann Stoklas, who are working in the area Our Lady of Mt. Carmel are optional but highly endlessly making hundreds of brown corded rosary recommended to show Mother that we are unde- scapulars. Priests have requested them and they serving servants, and have faith in Her most power- have been shipped across the world. Thank you ful protection and intercession. Karen and Juliann for your generous time you have donated to the rosary scapular! 2 E G A P

REFLECTIONS FOR OUR SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Servant of GodRhoda Wise . T S F O R E T H G U A D L A U T I R I P S / R E D A E L P U O R G , O S S U R Y D N I C Sincerely, Sincerely, festival. Barnabas parish St. atthe Rosary hourly the and Mass Anniversary Canonization coordinat for Dye Mary to you thank special a Also, you. of pray and love his sends Kolbe Maximillian of Shrine National The from OFM Thielson, Don Brother intercession. Pio’s St. through arereceived with blessings and graces what know I but relics, the traveling of over- distance little the with a whelming gets sometimes It Italy! Ro-tondo, Giovanni San in was I felt I band. Italian marching a including neighborhood the around They procession a and Italian in mass beautiful Illinois. a had Chicago, in Church Borgia cis Fran- St. at Group Prayer Pio Padre a at speak to pleasure the had I IL. 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July is the month dedicated to honoring the precious pushing their agenda is that they are seeking acceptance blood of Jesus. In the movie “The Passion of the and respect. Having forsaken looking for God's blessing Christ”, there is a very touching scene of our Blessed for the meaning and purpose for life, they are seeking Mother wiping up with a towel the blood of her son “the blessing” of society. Christians already know we after his horrific scourging. So much suffering and for are blessed. what good? For what purpose? Why was Jesus hated so much? Jesus could only persevere through all this Some thoughts for reflection: shedding of his blood on the cross because He was liv- • Do I keep my identity and purpose uppermost in ing out his identity, the of saints through love. my mind -- to become a saint throughout the day? “God is love”, sums up His being and His method. Love • Do I evaluate all my actions in terms of doing them is a noun (God) and a verb (His activity). with love rather than getting my own way, etc.? • Do I look upon myself as a pilgrim, only passing In our media-driven age, we have many voices telling us through this life on my way to a much better land? how to act, think, spend our money, vote, etc. To clear • When setbacks come, do I have the attitude in the confusion and focus correctly we can call to mind mind which Padre Pio Prayer Group members on the dictum: “The main thing is to keep the main thing, pilgrimage are reminded of: ”It's not a vacation, it's the main thing.” If Jesus, who is love, is our head, and a pilgrimage!” Let's offer it up. we are the members of his body, then we are to live • Do I value Jesus living in my soul, sanctifying grace, out our identity, that is, saints who love. It's that sim- as my greatest joy which is to give me “peace which ple. It's the answer to life. surpasses all under- standing?” As Americans we complicate this • When tempted to simple message terribly. We are a give into anxiety, do I very wealthy and advanced culture put my earthly con- and have much unhappiness. Visi- cerns in the hands of tors to African nations are im- God who is right now pressed with the happiness of the preparing a place for African people. They have so little me in heaven? This materially, yet they have one an- puts earthly concerns other and love one another. Per- into perspective. haps this is one of the main reasons • Do I really try to why the Christian faith is growing limit my exposure to by leaps and bounds in Africa. They the media which so are already doing the action part. often is like the voices The Gospel simply deepens their identity as saints in of the Tower of Babel which keep me from having a the making. In America and the West in general, our childlike peace? Little children don't like harsh anxi- culture is choking out the Gospel. We find it irritating, ety-producing words. We are God's children. bothersome and limiting. We are into freedom, all • Do I catch myself becoming too focused on “me, kinds of sexual expression, building wealth, looking myself and I” instead of being interested in others,- trendy, doing away with unwanted pregnancies, narcis- my brothers and sisters in this great family of God, sism -- in short, as John Paul II described it, a the mystical body of Christ? “culture of death.” • There is only one tragedy in life -- not to become a saint and find ourselves in purgatory, or worse, in Giving up our identity as children of God and saints in hell. the making, we go to extremes trying to find our iden- tity. This is manifested very poignantly in the sexual Thank you Jesus that your precious blood shed for me sphere with the LGBTQ movement. A profound insight infuses in me your identity of love, which is my identity into why the militant LGBTQ people are so aggressively and purpose in life.

J U L Y 2 0 1 8 P A G E 5 Novena to Start on July 7th.

Day 1 O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splen- you covered us with your Scapular as a shield of defense dor of heaven, holy and singular, who brought forth the Son against the Evil One. Through your assistance, may we of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our ne- bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to cessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that your Son Jesus Christ. you are our Mother! Day 7 O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing (Repeat every day. Please pause and mention petitions and your Scapular worthily would keep us safe from harm. Pro- recite Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Our Lady of tect us in both body and soul with your continual aid. May all Mount Carmel, pray for us. ) that we do be pleasing to your Son and to you.

Day 2 Most Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us Day 8 You give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through you gave us the Holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard your Scapular promise we might quickly pass through the the prayers of your chosen son Saint Simon Stock. Help us fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your Son. Be our comfort now to wear it faithfully and with devotion. May it be a sign and our hope. Grant that our hope may not be in vain but to us of our desire to grow in holiness. that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of Jesus and the Day 3 O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an saints. outward sign by which we might be known as your faithful children. May we always wear it with honor by avoiding sin Day 9 O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this desire a Saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, you gave of ours. assurance of your Motherly love and help to those faithful to you and to your Son. Behold us Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. We Day 4 When you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of Habit, you called us to be not only servants, but also your your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your own children. We ask you to gain for us from your Son the powerful protection in life, at death and even after death. grace to live as your children in joy, peace and love. Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now in their last agony! Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Day 5 O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your Carmel, on all those in need of help! Look down mercifully, O children, we are called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us Mother of our Savior, on all those who do not know that they to live in charity with one another, prayerful as of old, are numbered among your children. Look down tenderly, O and mindful of our call to minister to God's people. Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls.

Day 6 With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us ! P A G E 6 Prayers for Priests and Those Destined for the Priesthood 1. My beloved Jesus, by the Precious Blood 4. Lord Jesus, by the Precious Blood which you which you did shed on the day of the did shed in your Crowning with Thorns, we Circumcision, deign to watch over the infancy beseech you to maintain our clergy in such filial and the early education of the submission to the and its representa- children whom you have destined tives as will forever secure them the venera- to minister at the altar, that they tion, confidence and docility of the faithful chil- may be preserved spotless till dren of Holy Church. consecrated to you by the Holy Unction. Bless the families that Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over honor your Precious Blood and the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. spread this devotion by choosing Amen. from their midst a large number of vocations to the priesthood 5. Lord Jesus, by your Precious Blood shed on and by maintaining their fervor the Way to Calvary take pity on priests who till the close of the their lives. are victims of injustice and who like their Ador- able Model, receive in return for their devoted- Our Lady of the Precious ness but crosses, trials, and persecutions. Blood, watch over the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. Amen. Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. 2. Lord Jesus, by the Precious Blood you did Amen. shed in the Garden of Olives, take pity on all aspirants to the priesthood who, through the 6. Lord Jesus, by the Blood of your Cruci- temptations of the evil one, or dread of the fixion , inflame with ever increasing zeal the responsibilities of the sacred ministry, are in dispensers of your Blood. Grant that, thirsting danger of losing their vocation. Impart to these like you for souls, they may continue the work tortured souls sufficient courage to make the of your Bloody Passion by applying its merits. sacrifices by which the Eucharistic Chalice must Succor most of all the poor missionaries who, be purchased; and in return for their generos- after watering with their sweat and their tears Seven ity, inebriate them at the altar with the Blood the soil in which they have sown the Divine which, in Heaven, shall be their eternal source Seed, may still be called upon to dye with their times of delight. blood the land upon which they planted the Our Lord Cross. Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over shed His the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over Precious Amen. the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. Blood Amen. 3. Lord Jesus, by the Precious Blood shed in your painful Scourging, shield with your own 7. Lord Jesus, through the Blood and Water special protection and that of your Immaculate shed by you after death, take special pity we Mother all ministers of the sanctuary so that, beseech you on those among your ministers having renounced the goods of earth in order who will soon be mown down by death. If, to belong entirely to you, they may every day through human frailty, they have become the offer and receive your Body and Blood with debtors of your justice, grant that this very day such pious disposition as to enable you to find the infinitely Precious Blood may discharge in their hearts a “Paradise of Delight.” their obligations.

Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over Our Lady of the Precious Blood, watch over the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. the living chalices of the Blood of Jesus. Amen. Amen.

BEST WISHES to our Spiritual Children celebrating birthdays and special occasions in the month of July, especially Cindy Russo, our Group Leader! J U L Y 2 0 1 8 P A G E 7 Devotions Are devotional practices wrong? Is it wrong to hang a • Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown religious picture in your house or pray a rosary? No. mercy. Devotions should lead you to a deeper devotion. Devo- • Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see tions mean dedicating yourself, giving yourself com- God. pletely to something or someone. In religious content it • Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be means completely dedicating yourself to God, belong- called children of God. ing to Him, caring about Him and the things He cares • Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake about. It means allowing Him to touch your heart and of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of give you direction to the way you live. It comes down to heaven. whom do you want to be, a Pharisee or a disciple? In the above passage Jesus promises us happiness. In The Pharisees practiced daily devotions. They did all the fact the word "blessed" means "happy." The Beatitudes right stuff. They said all the right prayers, performed all are at the core of Christ's teaching. They fulfill the the proper rituals, fasted regularly, etc. But none of it promise made to the Jewish people by pointing beyond touched their hearts. None of it led them into a deeper earthly happiness to the eternal happiness of heaven. personal relationship with God so that they learned to The reward promised in each of the Beatitudes is pri- live the way He wanted them to live. marily heaven.

What would Jesus say right now to you? Does your The Beatitudes reveal the goal of human existence. If heart lead you to live what your lips profess, or do you we live according to this plan of Christ we shall have a say one thing and do another foretaste of the happiness like the hypocrites we see in of heaven in this life. the Gospel? Do I play the Christ tells us that we will Catholic role and live as a pa- be happy by doing for his gan? Jesus knows all that is in sake the very things your heart. We cannot fool which we may think will Jesus. In front of HIM, we can- make us unhappy. Christ not pretend to be saints and tells us that we must not then live a life that is not set our hearts on money, what He wants. whereas many people stated “If you do not live ac- appear to want even cording to the spirit of the more money than they Beatitudes, you are not already have. Christ tells Catholic. You are a hypocrite.” us that we must forgive our enemies and love The Beatitudes are: them, whereas many peo- ple seem to want to "get even with" or at least avoid • Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the king- those who hurt them. Christ tells us that we must avoid dom of heaven. all sin, that we must be willing to take a lower place and • Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be com- we must suffer for him. These are conditions which forted. might seem to make us unhappy, but the Lord's words • Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the tell us otherwise. land. • Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for right- So … are you ready to completely surrender and com- eousness, for they will be satisfied. pletely devote yourself to God? KEEP OUR SICK SISTERS & BROTHERS IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS Call Helen Husky 440-232-3462 to add a member to the list.

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The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

OUR LADY’S GREAT PROMISE REMEMBER, ALL PRIESTS HAVE THE FACULTY TO ENROLL PEOPLE IN THE BROWN SCAPULAR OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL. On July 16, 1251, in , , the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock. She was dressed in the Habit of the Carmelite Order with her INVESTITURE IS NECESSARY FOR THE SABBATINE PROMISE OR PRIVI- infant Son in her arms. Taking the Scapular in her right hand, she gave it to LEGE. RE INCREASES. him saying, “RECEIVE, MY BELOVED SON, THIS SCAPULAR. WHOSO- EVER DIES WEARING THIS SCAPULAR SHALL NOT SUFFER ETERNAL The Blessing and Enrollment of the Brown Scapular and Rosary FIRE .... IT SHALL BE A SIGN OF SALVATION, A PROTECTION IN DAN- Scapular GER AND A PLEDGE OF PEACE.” Priest - Show us, O Lord, Thy mercy. For over 700 years, the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel has been Respondent - And grant us Thy salvation. one of the most precious gifts and highly-indulgenced Sacramentals of our Priest - Lord, hear my prayer. Church. It is more than that, however; it is in reality a garment, given to us Respondent - And let my cry come unto Thee. by Our Blessed Mother which makes us her special children. Blessing and Priest - The Lord be with you. clothing with the Scapular of the 'Blessed Virgin of Mt. Carmel' enrolls the Respondent - And also with you. individual in the Scapular Confraternity and admits him to a share in all the Priest - Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, sanctify by Thy power spiritual works performed by the Religious of Mount Carmel. these scapulars, which for love of Thee and for love of Our lady of Mount Carmel, Thy servants will wear devoutly, so that through the intercession of At Fatima, Portugal on October 13, 1917, Mary appeared as Our Lady of Mt. the same Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and protected against the evil spirit, Carmel holding the Brown Scapular in her hand. Years later, Lucia, the re- they persevere until death in Thy grace. Thou who lives and reigns world maining seer of Fatima, said that “Our Lady wants all to wear the Scapular as without end. Amen. their sign of Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart.” THE PRIEST SPRINKLES HOLY WATER THE SABBATINE (OR SATURDAY) PROMISE Priest-Receive this blessed Scapular and beseech the Blessed Virgin that In 1322, Our Lady appeared to Pope John XXII and made another promise through Her merits may you wear it without stain. May it defend you against for those who wore her Scapular faithfully, practiced Chastity according to all adversity and accompany you to eternal life. Amen. I, by the power vested their state in life, and said certain prayers known as the “LITTLE OFFICE”*: in me, admit you to participate in all the spiritual benefits obtained through “I, THE MOTHER OF GRACE, SHALL DESCEND ON THE SATURDAY the mercy of Jesus Christ. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of AFTER THEIR DEATH AND WHOMSOEVER I SHALL FIND IN PURGA- the Holy Spirit. Amen. May God Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and earth, TORY, I SHALL FREE.” bless you, He who has deigned to join you to the confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Of Mount Carmel; we beseech Her to crush the head of the ancient *NOTE: The ROSARY may be substituted for the LITTLE OFFICE when serpent so that you my enter into possession of your eternal heritage, permission is obtained from a priest. through Christ our Lord. Respondent - Amen.

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