[Apologetics] Urgent Prayer Request

Fri Apr 16 22:02:31 EDT 2004

http://www.olrl.org/pray/pieta/   I have not read this but did take a
cursory look at it, it might be of interest to some
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Kelly" <arthurkelly at yahoo.com>
To: "Apologetics Group" <apologetics at gathman.org>; "Mary Ellen Jackson"
<jackson at laudasion.org>; "Kathleen Poole" <ktpoole at earthlink.net>; "Holly
Gatling" <sccl at bellsouth.net>; "English Morris" <inchoir at yahoo.com>
Sent: 16 April 2004 Friday 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Apologetics] Urgent Prayer Request


> Dianne,
>
> WHAT is the Pieta Prayer Book?  WHO is the
> author/editor? WHO is the publisher? WHEN was it
> written? WHERE did it get this spurious story?
>
> If you have a name and mailing address, I encourage
> you to write to them and ask for full AUTHENICATION of
> this story with COMPLETE details.
>
> If they cannot do that, you should demand that they
> recall this book and delete this slander against an
> un-named Pope.
>
> And if they think they can do this, then they ought to
> revised their book to include the WHO, WHAT, WHEN,
> WHERE, WHY, and HOW that is elementary to any
> journalistic reporting.
>
> Art
>
> --- Dianne Dawson <rcdianne at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear Art,
> >
> > All I know is that it is in the Pieta Prayer Book.
> > I have to admit to not being all that focused on the
> > story surrounding the prayers, just the prayers
> > themselves.  But you make an excellent point.
> >
> > Thank you for your continued prayers for Kathy.  I
> > will keep you updated on her status.
> >
> > Dianne
> >
> > Art Kelly <arthurkelly at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dianne,
> >
> > I've prayed for your friend and will do so again
> > today.
> >
> > However, I seriously doubt the story about the
> > sinful
> > Pope who was dying and did not know that a sincere
> > Act
> > of Contrition would obtain forgiveness, to say
> > nothing
> > about the Sacrament of Confession.
> >
> > If this story is true, WHO was that Pope? WHERE was
> > this information obtained?
> >
> > There have been a few sinful (and many saintly)
> > Popes,
> > but they were all OK to good on theological matters.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > --- Dianne Dawson wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear Friends,
> > >
> > > I have a most urgent prayer request. A very dear
> > > friend of mine, Kathy Santos, is at death's door.
> > > She is 61yo and has Emphysema. Kathy's daughter
> > > called me at 6:30am to tell me that they had
> > almost
> > > lost her last night but she rallied.
> > >
> > > Kathy, in her chronic illness, has been through
> > > bouts of anger at God and has been very
> > despondent.
> > > She has been annointed by a priest and is right
> > with
> > > God and the Church. She is frightened and is
> > > fighting to stay as long as she can. She made
> > peace
> > > with one of her sons but the other one probably
> > > won't come around.
> > >
> > > I met Kathy in 1993 in Conyers, Georgia. I haven't
> > > seen her since but we've had a very close
> > > relationship and have talked by phone at least
> > every
> > > 2-3 weeks for the last eleven years.
> > >
> > > Please join me in prayer for her family and for
> > > Kathy that she may be enveloped with Christ's
> > peace
> > > and will reach out with great joy to His loving,
> > > waiting arms.
> > >
> > > Dianne
> > >
> > > P.S. If you would like to send her daughter, Sue
> > > Shea, a note of comfort her address is
> > > sueshea at snet.net
> > >
> > > >From the Pieta Prayer Book -
> > >
> > > THREE VERY BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS
> > >
> > > Which are very useful to a dying person, and
> > should
> > > be prayed often as an act of mercy.
> > >
> > > There once was a Pope in Rome who was surrounded
> > by
> > > many sins. The Lord God struck him with a fatal
> > > illness. When he saw that he was dying, he
> > summoned
> > > Cardinals, Bishops and learned persons and said to
> > > them: "My dear friends! What comfort can you give
> > me
> > > now that I must die, and when I deserve eternal
> > > damnation for my sins?" No one answered him. One
> > of
> > > them, a pious curate named John, said: "Father,
> > why
> > > do you doubt the Mercy of God?" The Pope replied:
> > > "What comfort can you give me now that I must die
> > > and fear that I'll be damned for my sins?" John
> > > replied: "I'll read these prayers over you; I hope
> > > you'll be comforted and that you will obtain Mercy
> > > from God." The Pope was unable to say more. The
> > > curate and all those present knelt and said an Our
> > > Father, then the following Prayers:
> > >
> > > 1. Prayer
> > > Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Son of God and Son of the
> > > Virgin Mary, God and Man, Thou who in fear sweated
> > > blood for us on the Mount of Olives in order to
> > > bring peace, and to offer Thy Most Holy Death to
> > God
> > > Thy Heavenly Father for the salvation of this
> > dying
> > > person...
> > > If it be, however, that by his sins, he merits
> > > eternal damnation, then may it be deflected from
> > > him. This, O Eternal Father through Our Lord Jesus
> > > Christ, Thy Dear Son, Who liveth and reigneth in
> > > union with The Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen
> > >
> > > 2. Prayer
> > > Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who meekly died on the
> > trunk
> > > of the Cross for us, submitting Thy Will
> > completely
> > > to Thy Heavenly Father in order to bring peace and
> > > to offer Thy Most Holy Death to Thy Heavenly
> > Father
> > > in order to free... (this person) ...and to hide
> > > from him what he has earned with his sins; grant
> > > this O Eternal Father! Through Our Lord Jesus Thy
> > > Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in union
> > with
> > > the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen.
> > >
> > > 3. Prayer
> > > Lord Jesus Christ! Thou Who remained silent to
> > speak
> > > through the mouths of the Prophets: I have drawn
> > > Thee to me through Eternal Love, which Love drew
> > > Thee from Heaven into the body of the Virgin,
> > which
> > > Love drew Thee from the body of the Virgin into
> > the
> > > valley of this needful world, which Love kept Thee
> > > 33 years in this world, and as a sign of Great
> > Love,
> > > Thou hast given Thy Holy Body as True Food and Thy
> > > Holy Blood as True Drink, as a sign of Great Love,
> > > Thou hast consented to be condemned to death, and
> > > hast consented to die and to be buried and truly
> > > risen, and appeared to Thy Holy Mother and all Thy
> > > Apostles and the hearts of all who hope and
> > believe
> > > in Thee. Through Thy Sign of Eternal Love, open
> > > Heaven today and take this dying person ...and all
> > > his sins into the Realm of Thy Heavenly Father,
> > that
> > > he may reign with Thee now and forever. Amen.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, the pope died. The curate persevered to
> > > the third hour, then the Pope appeared to him in
> > > body and comforting him; his countenance as
> > > brilliant as the sun, his clothes as white as
> > snow,
> > > and he said: "My dear brother! Whereas I was
> > > supposed to be a child of damnation I've become a
> > > child of happiness. As you recited the first
> > Prayer,
> > > many of my sins fell from me as rain from Heaven,
> > > and as you recited the second Prayer, I was
> > > purified, as a goldsmith purifies gold in a hot
> > > fire. I was still purified as you recited the
> > third
> > > Prayer. Then I saw Heaven open and the Lord Jesus
> > > standing on the Right Hand of God the Father, Who
> > > said to me: "Come, all thy sins are forgiven thee,
> > > you'll be and remain in the Realm of My Father
> > > forever. Amen!"
> > >
> > > With these words, my soul separated from my body
> > and
> > > the Angels of God led it to Eternal Joy.
> > >
> > > As the curate heard this he said: "O Holy Father!
> > I
> > > can't tell these things to anyone, for they won't
> > > believe me." Then the Pope said: "Truly I tell
> > thee,
> > > the Angel of God stands with me and has written
> > the
> > > prayers in letters of gold for the consolement of
> > > all sinners. If a person had committed all the
> > sins
> > > in the world, but that the three Prayers shall
> > have
> > > been read (over him) at his end (death), all his
> > > sins will be forgiven him, even though his soul
> > was
> > > supposed to suffer until the Last Judgement, it
> > will
> > > be redeemed (freed)."
> > >
> > > The person who hears them read, he won't die an
> > > unhappy death, also in whose house they shall be
> > > read. Therefore, take these prayers and carry them
> > > into St. Peter's Basilica and lay them in the
> > Chapel
> > > named the Assumption of Mary, for certain
> > > consolation. The person who will be near death,
> > who
> > > reads them or hears them read, gains 400 years
> > > indulgence for the days he was supposed to suffer
> > in
> > > Purgatory because of his guilt. Also, who reads
> > this
> > > Prayer or hears it read, the hour of his death
> > shall
> > > be revealed to him. Amen!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > CONSECRATING THE LAST TWO HOURS
> > > OF OUR LIFE TO THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN
> > >
> > > by the late
> > > Rev. Fr. Ildefonso M. Izaguirre, O. P.
> > >
> > > Prostrated at thy feet, and humiliated by my sins,
> > > but full of confidence in thee, O Mary! I beg thee
> > > to accept the petition my heart is about to make.
> > It
> > > is for my last moments. Dear Mother I wish to
> > > request thy protection and maternal love so that
> > in
> > > the decisive instant that thou wilt do all thy
> > love
> > > can suggest in my behalf.
> > >
> > > To thee, O Mother of my soul, I consecrate THE
> > LAST
> > > TWO HOURS of my life. Come to my side to receive
> > my
> > > last breath and when death has cut the thread of
> > my
> > > days, tell Jesus, presenting to Him my soul, "I
> > LOVE
> > > IT". That word alone will be enough to procure for
> > > me the benediction of my God and the happiness of
> > > seeing thee for all eternity.
> > >
> > > I put my trust in thee, my Mother and hope it will
> > > not be in vain.
> > >
> > > O Mary! Pray for thy child and lead him to Jesus!
> > >
> > > Amen.
> > >
> > > "Abandoning the Mother is but one step
> > > from abandoning the Son"
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Like a deer that longs for running waters so my
> > soul
> > > longs for you, O God.
> > >
> > > Ps 42:1
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > Like a deer that longs for running waters so my soul
> > longs for you, O God.
> >
> > Ps 42:1
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