Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen

22 February 2010: Grace

"Grace purifies us, calms us, and delivers us from ourselves. But this is not all: after having accomplished this primary work, grace covers our whole being with its beauty and perfection. It enrobes us in light, clothing us with holiness, simplicity, brightness and truth.

Dear children, grace is wedded to the nature of each person: it adapts itself to correspond to each one's needs, their character and temperament, the dispositions of their heart and mind. But also, grace utterly transforms our nature, enriching and illuminating us, making us grow in beauty. Grace corrects our imperfections, bringing us harmony; it adorns us with a celestial and divine splendour."

Clemence Ledoux, December 1964
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NEW: "You Are My Beloved Child" by Father Marie Pierre Faye (based on a preached retreat, 118 pages).
You can order from us in Barna (address below), label cheque to "Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen".
Cost - Ireland: Euro 13 + 1.50 postage; Britain: £12 + £3 postage;
Other Europe: Euro 13 + 3 postage; USA: $20 + $4.50 postage.

Each Fraternity priest offers Mass once a month for our benefactors - with our thanks for prayers and donations.

Fraternity of Mary Immaculate Queen
"Síol Dóchais", Ballard, Barna, Co. Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353-(0)91-592196
Email: miq@eircom.net - for all correspondence, to subscribe/unsubscribe to "Thought of Mere" (monthly meditation), or to receive the "Letter to the Messengers of Mary Immaculate Queen" (quarterly magazine)
Fraternity website: www.maryimmaculatequeen.com

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity for the World Council of Churches

Olivier Schopfer January 12 at 1:50am Reply

Dear Friend of the World Council of Churches,

At the beginning of a new year, let me share the poem that our new general secretary, Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, quoted in his introductory sermon, when he took office yesterday:

This is the dream we carry through the world
that something fantastic will happen
that it has to happen
that time will open by itself
that doors shall open by themselves
that the heart will find itself open
that mountain springs will jump up
that the dream will open by itself
that we one early morning
will slip into a harbour
that we have never known.

Olav H. Hauge (Norwegian poet)

The full text of the sermon can be found here:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=7495

For many communities, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will start on the 18th of January. Resources for this week are available in English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese on the WCC website:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3193

A Facebook group on the Week of Prayer allows you to learn about related events and share the events that you are aware of:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2232091100

With friendly greetings from the WCC Communications Team.

Rev. Olivier Schopfer
Executive web editor

People of Pius X Catholic Church in Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois USA

Shrine of Mary Immaculate Queen of the Universe at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Lombard, Illinois 60148 USA

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The Bible: Codex Sinaiticus

The world's earliest Bible and oldest manuscript of the same gospels, circa the mid-fourth century can be read online at www.codexsinaiticus.org. According to a recent article in The Economist, the various sections of the original manuscript can be found in four different locations--at the British Library in London, the University of Leipzig, the National Library of Russia in St. Petersburg, and the ancient monastery of St. Catherine's on the slopes of Mount Sinai, which is the Bible's original home.--The Economist, July 18, 2009, Books and arts, page 82.

A Sign of Faith for Our Lady Mary Immaculate Queen

During May 2009, a Christian friend found a miniature statue of Our Lady Mary Immaculate Queen...

Our Lady Mary Immaculate Queen