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SHORT COMMUNICATION 45
Other Heavenly Help
By
Roger Behra
In communication 42, the Blessed Trinity (Triune God) was presented and explained. The value and ways of praying to the Blessed Trinity was offered also. I this communication other ways of obtaining help from heaven will be offered to those who are interested. Praying to St. Jude, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, and saying the Short Way of the Cross is a very fruitful way of obtaining help from heaven.
A SHORT WAY OF THE CROSS (Used by the Franciscan Fathers on their Missions)
1. First Station. Jesus Condemned to Death. O JESUS! So meek and uncomplaining, teach me resignation in trials.
2. Second Station. Jesus Carries His Cross. My Jesus, This Cross should be mine, not Thine; my sins crucified Thee.
3. Third Station. Our Lord Falls the First Time. O Jesus! By the first fall, never let me fall into moral sin.
4. Fourth Station. Jesus Meet His Mother. O Jesus! May no human tie, however dear, keep me from following the road of the Cross.
5. Fifth Station. Simon the Cyrenean Helps Jesus Carry His Cross. Simon unwillingly assisted Thee; may I with patience suffer all for Thee.
6. Sixth Station. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus. O Jesus! Thou didst imprint Thy sacred features upon Veronica’s veil; stamp them also indelibly upon my heart.
7. Seventh Station. The Second Fall of Jesus. By Thy second fall, preserve me, dear Lord, from relapse into sin.
8. Eight Station.Jesus Consoles the Women of Jerusalem. My greatest consolation would be to hear Thee say: “Many sins are forgive thee, because thou hast loved much.”
9. Ninth Station. The Third Fall of Jesus. O Jesus! When weary upon life’s journey, bet Thou my strength and my perseverance.
10. Tenth Station. Jesus Stripped of His Garments. My soul has been robbed of its innocence; clothe me, dear Jesus, with the garb penance and contrition.
11. Eleventh Station. Jesus Nailed to the Cross. Thou didst forgive Thy enemies; my God, teach me to forgive injuries and FORGET them.
12. Twelfth Station. Jesus Dies on the Cross. Thou art dying, my jesus, but Thy Sacred Heart still throbs with love for Thy sinful children.
13. Thirteenth Station. Jesus Taken Down from the Cross. Receive me into thy arms, O Sorrowful Mother; and obtain for me perfect contrition for my sins.
14. Fourteenth Station. Jesus Laid in the Sepulture. When I recive Thee into my heart in Holy Communion, O Jesus, make it a fit abiding place for Thy adorable Body. Amen.
“Jesus, Mary, I love You, Save Souls”
The 4 keys to heaven
MASS
ROSARY
SCAPULAR
WAY OF THE CROSS
Our Lord made many promises to those who with faith make (say also} THE WAY OF THE CROSS. For favors asked, He promised “I will grant everything asked of Me with faith, when making (saying) The Way of The Cross.”
St. Jude is another heavenly helper. He is very powerful and grants many, many favors to those who ask him.
Prayer to St. Jude
St. JUDE, glorious Apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor has caused you to be forgotten by many, but the true Church invokes you universally as the Patron of things despaired of; pray for me, that finally I may receive the consolations and help of heaven in all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly (here make your request), and that I may bless God with the Elect throughout Eternity. Amen.
St. Jude, Apostle, Martyr and relative of our Lord Jess Christ, of Mary and of Joseph, intercede for us.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus is a very popular saint that helps people when they need great and urgent help from heaven. Here is her Novena Rose Prayer.
Prayer to St. Therese
O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus, ask Gad today to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands (mention specific requests)
St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did, in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day. Amen.
One day the wife of the writer of this communication prayed to St. Therese for a very special favor. No one but she knew about the special prayer she said to St. Therese early that day. Very late afternoon the same day the son of one of her friends who lived nearby came to the house with a very special and beautiful rose from her friend’s flower garden. Was that a coincidence? Absolutely not! The rose was directed to my wife from St. Therese, no doubt about it! And along with the rose the special favor was granted. And as a result the wife’s husband developed a prayerful devotion to St. Therese, and has been diligent in ordering and placing in church the special prayer cards he orders by the hundred. They are placed at the Statue of her at our church each Saturday evening. And they are taken very quickly.
It is hoped that the users of these prayers receive abundant heavenly help.
R. B.