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Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
Fill Zion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know, that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God, the beholder of all ages. -- Ecclesiasticus 36:1--19
Essays (Editorials) in the magazine Reflections -
Prayer of Thanksgiving: A Secret of Happiness
Divine Puzzles -Mysteries of Book of JobJulian of Norwich: A Mystic for Our Times. - We are living in times, in which we may see "deeds evil done in our sight and so great harms taken, that it seems it were impossible that ever it should come to good end."
The World Ends Every Day -80,000 persons die every day. They need your help! ---
Think of Heaven -
Blood of the Covenant - circumcision, blood of animals, blood of Christ
Hope for Poor Sinners - do not be shocked at faults
Coldness - and the Legion of Victim Souls
No Vision Is Necessary -
Longing For Paradise -
Universal Atonement - How to improve our lives and save souls
Pride - so much sadness and misery in the world, because of pride -
Actions of Infinite Value -* More Essays Here and Here -
Essays not in Reflections
* Man from the Far North: The Strange Prophecy of Mitar Tarabich. -- how this prophecy is now being fullfilled.
A Prophecy Fulfilled - Ezechiel 34 has been accomplished
Three Days of Darkness and the Scriptures -
Norwich and the Scriptures -
History Will Repeat Itself -* Manichaeism, Puritanism: An Error that Does Harm -
* Is the Church the Kingdom of God? -
• Letter of Ann Butler. With Commentary by Charles Reed -
His Kingdom Will Come - Those who do not bend will break.
Is Victimhood Necessary for Salvation? -
St. Paul and St. Francis Were Victims -
Novel With a Key (Roman a Clef) -
Mount Zion Revisited - PDF - Text - How Sebastian fought against Satan. The outcome of the battle.
Sequel: Delivered From Distress - Canticle of Isidra
Anthology* Book of Job. Anthology
* Why is life unfair? - CS Lewis et al.
A Treasury of Atonement - PDF -
Rosary Meditations from Mystical City of God - Agreda
Descent of Christ into Hell (Agreda) - Introduction by C.R.
Love and Marriage: A Symposium
Pleasures of Looking -G.K. Chesterton et al.
Animal Doppelgangers -see ch. 13 of Mount Zion Revisited
Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell
Life Offering: plus "The Truth about the Second Vatican Council"
Desert Fathers and Mothers. plus Gerard of Cologne, who lived more than a thousand years afterwards.
Catholic End Times Prophecies - Great Monarch, holy Pope, three days of darkness, etc.
Translations
Following His Footsteps, by Anselmo del Alamo
Faith is Greater than Obedience, by Albert Drexel. Translated by Elizabeth Cattana and Charles Reed
Catholic Book of Faith, by Albert Drexel. Last ch. only: Ten Commandments. 6th commandment. Adultery
Greatest Book of All the Ages - Short catechism. Introduction to Sacred Scripture
Confidences of Jesus to a Priest, by Father Octavio. Translated by Jose Luis Acuña and Charles Reed
St. Michael's Well: Apparition of St. Michael to the Indian Diego Lazaro. 1631Little Peter, by Peter D'Airelle. Appendix by Charles Reed.
Atonement Booklets. Translated by Terry Kennis and Charles Reed.
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What a terrific letter! Thanks for this; it is like a wonderful rain storm refreshing this parched Earth. And for me who can't get to Mass today or tomorrow, first Saturday, but l will offer Sunday Mass for your intentions. Yes, may all be for the Glory of God! -- Miss C., USA
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Notice: Charles Reed is the pseudonym of John Stansberry, a former religious brother in the congregation of the Franciscan Minims in Mexico City. In the year 1978, (one year before the death of Maria Concepcion), a tragic incident happened in the congregation. Many years later John still felt guilty about it, and determined to write a report. Eventually the document turned into a short book, named "Mount Zion Revisited." The pseudonym Charles was used to protect the good reputation of all persons involved. Writings of Charles Reed also include translations and short anthologies that he made, and editorials of the magazine "Reflections from the Franciscan Minims" published in English in Mexico City from 1990 to 2005. The magazine had a circulation of about 300, in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Africa. Charles Reed lives in southwest Mexico. Contact: [email protected] --- ESPAÑOL - Obras de Carlos Reed -Mount Zion Revisited was written as a roman a clef (novel with a key), in order to make known controversial topics, to report inside information about scandal and abuse of power, while protecting the good reputation of those involved, living and deceased.A Prophecy of Mitar Tarabich -Mitar Tarabich was a Serbian peasant who received many prophecies. More than half have been fulfilled.20. "Among people of a nation far in the north, a little man will appear, who will teach men about love and compassion, but there will be many hypocrites around him, so that he will have many ups and downs. Not one of these hypocrites will want to know what is real human grace, but his wise books will remain, and all the words he will say, and then people will see how self-deceived they were.Note. Andrew Krogstad was from Trondheim, Norway, in the far north. He emigrated to the USA, and married a Swedish woman from the north of Sweden. Andrew Krogstad's daughter and grandson were from Grand Rapids, Michigan, the far north of the USA. Andrew Krogstad's grandson became the father of John, who was from north California, far north of Mexico, now his permanent abode. Andrew Krogstand left an inheritance to his descendants. Faith is in their blood.Contents of Page
1 Essays in Reflections
2 Essays not in Reflections
3 Mount Zion Revisited
4 Anthology
5 Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . But his writings will remain . . . . (prophecy of Mitar Tarabich). .Atonement Booklets - Franciscan Minims . . . . . . Translated by Terry Kennis and C.R. . . . .• The World Ends Every Day • 80,000 persons die every day. They need your help! • Is Victimhood Necessary For Salvation? -= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the general asssembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. -- Hebrews 12:22 . . . . And there shall come a redeemer to Zion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord. This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. -- Isaiah 59:20And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.
Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Zion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel. -- Isaiah 12:6And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him. -- Isaiah 14:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Zion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten. -- Isaiah 28:16 -- A stone in the foundations. . .namely, Christ.--Ibid. Let him not hasten, etc. . .Let him expect his coming with patience.
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: -- Psalms 9:11
May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee. May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Zion. -- Psalms 19:2
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. With the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her. -- Psalms 47:2-4
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But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the general asssembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. -- Hebrews 12:22 . . . . And there shall come a redeemer to Zion, and to them that return from iniquity in Jacob, saith the Lord. This is my covenant with them, saith the Lord: My spirit that is in thee, and my words that I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. -- Isaiah 59:20
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Mount Zion (Hebrew: הַר צִיּוֹן, Har Tsiyyon; Arabic: جبل صهيون, Jabal Sahyoun) is a hill in Jerusalem just outside the walls of the Old City. The term Mount Zion has been used in the Hebrew Bible first for the City of David (2 Samuel 5:7, 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Kings 8:1, 2 Chronicles 5:2) and later for the Temple Mount, but its meaning has shifted and it is now used as the name of ancient Jerusalem's Western Hill. In a wider sense, the term is also used for the entire Land of Israel. [Read More Here].
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• History of Early Christianity (Wikipedia et al.)And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall be left in Zion, and that shall remain in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, every one that is written in life in Jerusalem. -- Isaiah 4:3
And you shall say in that day: Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make his works known among the people: remember that his name is high.
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath done great things: shew this forth in all the earth.
Rejoice, and praise, O thou habitation of Zion: for great is he that is in the midst of thee, the Holy One of Israel. -- Isaiah 12:6And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nations? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall hope in him. -- Isaiah 14:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Zion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten. -- Isaiah 28:16 -- A stone in the foundations. . .namely, Christ.--Ibid. Let him not hasten, etc. . .Let him expect his coming with patience.
And let them trust in thee who know thy name: for thou hast not forsaken them that seek thee, O Lord. Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Zion: declare his ways among the Gentiles: -- Psalms 9:11
May the Lord hear thee in the day of tribulation: may the name of the God of Jacob protect thee. May he send thee help from the sanctuary: and defend thee out of Zion. -- Psalms 19:2
Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. With the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her. -- Psalms 47:2-4
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Disclaimer. This page has no connection with "Christian Zionism." Mount Zion means only: Israel, called by St. Paul "the Israel of God."
As many as walk accordng to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.-- Galatians 6:16
The Jerusalem that is above, which is our mother. -- Galatians 4:26
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A Prayer for Zion
Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies: And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee: that they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders. Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power. For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence, That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord. Renew thy signs, and work new miracles. Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm. Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath. Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy. Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works. Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people. Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us. Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn. Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
Fill Zion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory. Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name. Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants, According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God, the beholder of all ages. -- Ecclesiasticus 36:1--19
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Explanation of St. Benedict medal
Many Catholics wear the St. Benedict Medal. It is a sacramental containing many symbols and prayers that can remind us to hold fast against temptation.
During his life, Benedict was known to work many miracles through the power of the Holy Cross. These included his heroic conquering of temptations and his miraculous vanquishing of attempts to kill him. By making the Sign of the Cross over a glass of wine that had been poisoned, for example, the glass shattered and he was spared from drinking it.
These miracles, and his devotion to Christ’s Cross, led to the creation of the St. Benedict Medal. It was a Jubilee medal first struck in 1880 by the Archabbey of Monte Cassino to commemorate the 14th centenary of St. Benedict’s birth.
On the front of the medal, St. Benedict can be seen holding a cross in his right hand and the Rule he wrote for his monks in his left.
To the right there is an image of the poisoned cup which he was once given.
On the other side of Benedict, a raven can be seen. This is because an enemy once sent him poisoned bread; God sent a raven to take the loaf and fly off with it, thereby protecting Benedict from harm.
The letters on the medal contain either whole phrases in Latin or the first letter of each word in these phrases. What do they mean in English?
Front of the Medal:
Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti
Cross of the Holy Father Benedict
Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur
May we at our death be fortified by his presence
Back of the Medal:
Pax
Peace
On the cross in the center:
C.S.S.M.L.—N.D.S.M.D.Crux Sacra Sit Mihi LuxNon Draco Sit Mihi Dux
The Holy Cross be my light
Let not the dragon be my guide
Circled letters at each corner of the cross:
C.S.P.B.Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti
Cross of the Holy Father Benedict
Initials around the perimeter:
V.R.S.N.S.M.V.—S.M.Q.L.I.V.B.Vade Retro Satana, Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana
Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas
Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities!
What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!
This is a medal that tells Satan to go back to hell where he belongs.
When we strive to lead virtuous lives, pray for the mercy of God, and seek the intercession of St. Benedict, this medal becomes a true weapon for the spiritual warrior. Let us make use of it as we fight against sin and evil.
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