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Holy Queen 2010 JUNE 1 2 Holy Queen 2010 JUNE The Sure Road “I came down from heaven to point out to you the way along which you must journey in order to attain peace: that of conversion and of a return to the Lord, through prayer and penance. I came down from heaven to give you my Immaculate Heart, as a refuge in which to take shelter and the sure road which leads you to the God of salvation and peace. The Sure Road that leads to an encounter with the God of salvation and the Father of divine mercy. The Sure Road which leads you to accept all the truth contained in the Gospel of my Son Jesus. Thus you become shining examples of the lived-out Gospel and courageous witnesses of Christ, who draws you to follow Him, in the daily actualization of his divine word. The Sure Road which leads you to renounce every form of sin and evil, to have a concrete experience of grace, of love and of purity. The Sure Road which opens up for the full communion of love among you all, made brothers by the bond which unites you as children of one and the same Father, redeemed by one and the same Son, sanctified by one and the same Spirit, and become children of one sole Mother. My Immaculate Heart is the Sure Road which leads you to a reciprocal communion so that the new commandment which my Son Jesus has given you might at last become a reality: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’. On this Sure Road walk—each and all—with me, in confidence and in certain hope, in joyous expectation of the greatest triumph of God which will take place with the triumph of my Immaculate Heart in the world.” PRAYER O Holy Mother we consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart, the surest road to a life with Jesus and to salvation. HolyHoly Queen Queen2010 JUNE 3 2010 JUNE 3 Holy Queen Chief Editor : TOM ZACHARIA VELLOOKUNNEL Senior Sub Editor : CATHERINE MARIAM Sub Editor : Dr. Joseph Thomas Contents Editorial Board : Joy Joseph, Joshi P.P, Francis Thekkekara, Devasia A.D Publication Manager : Thankachan P.C. Circulation Manager : Babu E.K. Editorial 5 Office incharge : Mini Pala Salvation of all Souls 8 Layout : Babu M.D. Design : Bijesh Jose A Catholic Theologian Regional centres: My Reminiscences of a May 12 Tom Zacharia Manchester : International Marian Centre, Manchester, U.K. Tel : 00441612820135 Same Mother: For me and Jesus 18 Surianelly: Marian Centre, Maryland, Joshi Pandari Surianelly P.O 685 618, Tel : 04868 324904 Mumb ai : National Marian Centre, Daily Saint 21 Seawoods West, Navi Mumbai - 400 706 With the Mother 22 Tel: 022 - 22905649 Baby Jose Delhi : Marian Centre, Pandav Nagar, New Delhi 110 018 Tel: 011 22484566 Pilgrimage to Holy Land and.... 24 C e ai : h nn Marian Centre, No.4/39/C Tom Zacharia (First Floor),St.Patrick’s Church Road, 3rd lane, Butt Road, St.Thomas Mount, Chennai 600 016 Be One in the Holy Spirit 28 Tel: 044 22340222 Joby Scaria Velankanni: Marian Centre, Teacher’s Colony. Mother Most Admirable 30 Velankanni - 611 111. 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Though devotees of Holy Mary have been celebrating her festivals, reciting the Holy Rosary and praying Novenas for years on end these have neither resulted in an increase in the love towards her nor made her known more widely. Many have deserted her and the Catholic Church. This was because their devotion to her was not borne out of real love. Those who have real love towards the Mother can never reject her. Those faltered were who approached her seeking favors with selfish motives. How shall Holy Mary be made known, loved and respected throughout the world? Jesus Christ is acceptable to all denominations of Christianity. Everyone who believes in Jesus desires to have the Holy Spirit also. All of the non-catholic churches strongly long for and strive for the intervention of the Holy Spirit in their lives. None of the plans of God would be accomplished without the participation of the Holy Spirit. The cause of the present misery of the world is the absence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of people. Then is it true to state that there is no Holy Spirit in the lives of people? When we truly understand the promise of God that He will pour out his Spirit on all, there is nothing wrong in asserting in the negative. On the day of the Pentecost, filled with the Holy Spirit, St. Peter along with the other eleven disciples, stood up and proclaimed: “This is what was spoken through the prophet Joel: “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh”.(Acts 2:16- 17). Cross-checking the same prophesy with Joel (2:28) it is said: “Then afterwards I will pour out my spirit on all flesh”. The Holy Spirit reveals through St.Peter that ‘then afterwards’ mentioned in Joel means “in the last days”. The fulfillment of the prophesy of Joel began two thousand years ago. It was the promise of the Lord that He would give His Spirit to all. But only 120 persons received the Holy Spirit 2000 years ago. Later through the disciples of Jesus the Holy Spirit was given to many in the world. Among the more than 600 crores of people in the whole world only very few have received the Holy Spirit. Moreover, the truth of the matter is that a Holy Queen 2010 JUNE 5 large majority of the Christians who have received the Holy Spirit know nothing about Him. But what the Holy Spirit said through St. Peter has to be fulfilled; all should get the Holy Spirit. Holy Virgin Mary is the person chosen by God to give the Holy Spirit to the whole world. She has been appointed to do so by God. The descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of the Pentecost was the outcome of the faith of Holy Mary. She was the only person in that community who had already received the Holy Spirit. It was her faith that aroused the disciples. It was she who enthused them to wait in prayer for ten days. And in these last days she has been appointed to give the Holy Spirit to the whole world. Holy Mother was required to give Jesus to the world. She was needed for the occurrence of the Pentecost as well. If so she is indispensable for the fulfillment of the prophesy of Joel revealed through St. Peter by the Holy Spirit. In the 2000 years since the Pentecost and especially in the last 500 years the Holy Spirit has been poured out through many non-catholic preachers. But everyone in the world has not experienced it, because it was not given through Mary. It would be through the Holy Spirit that God the Father would be exalting and glorifying Holy Mary. By pouring out the Spirit on all He would through Mary deliver people from their sins and curses, subdue the diabolic powers, redeem the lost souls, free the possessed and mentally distressed and thus enable people to enjoy all the blessings of God. The heroic works of the Holy Spirit that happened in the Early Christian Community were the outcome of the fidelity and faith of Holy Mary. This was because when Holy Virgin Mary received the Holy Spirit, He found joy in making her His home. When the will of God was revealed to Mary through Angel Gabriel, the Messenger said: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the most High will overshadow you” (Luke1:35). The moment Mary offered herself to the will of God by saying: “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word” (Luke1:38), the Holy Spirit ushered into Her. From that juncture onwards Mary gave herself fully to the Holy Spirit. She found joy in loving and making the Holy Spirit happy. It was her steadfast relationship with the Holy Spirit that caused Jesus to grow unblemished in her. In other words, Jesus was born out of the deep relationship of Mary and the Holy Spirit. It was this relationship that gave Jesus holy and unblemished and as Son of God to the world. The Holy Spirit found joy in making home in Mary. As a result when Mary greeted Elizabeth, through her voice the Holy Spirit jumped out to Elizabeth and to the child in her womb.