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Dear Friends,
Today I had the great grace of making Confession at the Brompton Oratory, a very famous and beautiful Church in London which was founded by Blessed Cardinal Newman. I had not had a very good few days and was weighed down with troubles, anxieties and scruples- I am a regular penitent but today I had a very “mystical” experience. I believe I made Confession to the best of my ability and received Absolution for all my sins, by nature I am a very scrupulous person and every time after Confessing have “worried” about my state and whether I had “made a worthy” Confession. I know a number of people suffer with this and the Devil tries to confuse us and keep us away from the Sacraments and receiving them worthily…after making my Confession and assisting at Mass, directing my intentions and receiving Holy Communion (in a state of grace) as I was encouraged to do so by the good Father in Confession, I began this same day to wear the Brown Scapular- I have always known about the Scapular and always had one or two but have never worn it devoutly or worn it permanently. Today after wearing the Scapular I literally immediately felt a change in my Soul, I am in a state of grace and have Confessed this morning but through wearing the Scapular I already feel assurances and a sense of peace that I have almost never felt, I can’t explain it and hope I am making sense. I wanted to share this with you my dear brothers and sisters and to promote this devotion. It is wonderful.
I run a little Rosary group in my parish and I am intending to promote it and do a little talk on the Scapular & its origins. As many of you know it was revealed to St. Simon Stock in 1251, at the Carmelite Priory at Aylesford (which was destroyed at the Reformation but has now been restored and is functioning as a Carmelite Monastery, the shrine of St. Simon Stock is there). I have been invited to go there this Sunday and it is amazing to think…so many 100s of thousands of the faithful wear and honour Our Lady through this beautiful devotion but not many realise its origin and the fact that it is an ENGLISH devotion, it was revealed to an English Saint in England. England used to be an island of Saints and one of the greatest jewels in Christendom and as an English Catholic this makes me so happy!
I just wanted to share this with you. Please pray for me my friends!
Today I had the great grace of making Confession at the Brompton Oratory, a very famous and beautiful Church in London which was founded by Blessed Cardinal Newman. I had not had a very good few days and was weighed down with troubles, anxieties and scruples- I am a regular penitent but today I had a very “mystical” experience. I believe I made Confession to the best of my ability and received Absolution for all my sins, by nature I am a very scrupulous person and every time after Confessing have “worried” about my state and whether I had “made a worthy” Confession. I know a number of people suffer with this and the Devil tries to confuse us and keep us away from the Sacraments and receiving them worthily…after making my Confession and assisting at Mass, directing my intentions and receiving Holy Communion (in a state of grace) as I was encouraged to do so by the good Father in Confession, I began this same day to wear the Brown Scapular- I have always known about the Scapular and always had one or two but have never worn it devoutly or worn it permanently. Today after wearing the Scapular I literally immediately felt a change in my Soul, I am in a state of grace and have Confessed this morning but through wearing the Scapular I already feel assurances and a sense of peace that I have almost never felt, I can’t explain it and hope I am making sense. I wanted to share this with you my dear brothers and sisters and to promote this devotion. It is wonderful.
I run a little Rosary group in my parish and I am intending to promote it and do a little talk on the Scapular & its origins. As many of you know it was revealed to St. Simon Stock in 1251, at the Carmelite Priory at Aylesford (which was destroyed at the Reformation but has now been restored and is functioning as a Carmelite Monastery, the shrine of St. Simon Stock is there). I have been invited to go there this Sunday and it is amazing to think…so many 100s of thousands of the faithful wear and honour Our Lady through this beautiful devotion but not many realise its origin and the fact that it is an ENGLISH devotion, it was revealed to an English Saint in England. England used to be an island of Saints and one of the greatest jewels in Christendom and as an English Catholic this makes me so happy!
I just wanted to share this with you. Please pray for me my friends!
