New Postulant

On Divine Mercy Sunday we welcomed a new postulant into our community. Please pray for her!

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Mother Superior Speaks

about St Margaret Mary Alacoque on podcast:https://visitationspirit.podbean.com/

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St Margaret Mary’s Feast Celebrated with Joy!

The closing Liturgy for the Jubilee Year of St Margaret Mary’s centenary of canonization was celebrated at Brooklyn Visitation Monastery with joy!

His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan presided with the Mass concelebrated by Most Reverend Bishop Raymond Chappetto, Very Reverend Joseph Gibino, Reverend Stephen Ries, Reverend Gerard Sauer, Pastor, and Reverend Michael Falce.

The Brooklyn Tablet featured this holy event here: https://thetablet.org/cardinal-dolan-says-mass-at-visitation-monastery-to-celebrate-sacred-heart-of-jesus/?fbclid=IwAR0n8Lawv_smIFDrLyp0YdhsU_gZigfjFy4AcnzS12afUyhuWM535ovwF2Q

 

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Postulant Received into Novitiate

On the Feast of St Margaret Mary  Whei Sing Koo, or Sister Jennifer, became a novice in the Visitation Monastery of Brooklyn NY! Please pray for her. The novitiate lasts for two years.

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Brooklyn Visitation Monastery 165 years old today!

On September 24, 1855 The Monastery of the Visitation in Brooklyn New York was founded by Mother Juliana Matthews and 7 other Sisters from Baltimore Visitation Monastery, thanks to the invitation of Bishop Loughlin.

The Visitandines have served this Diocese with Visitation Academy from the very first day!

May The Lord bless all who have become members of the Visitation family throughout the years!

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Blessed Feast of St Jane

St. Jane de Chantal’s Feast is celebrated on August 12th and this Foundress of the Visitation Order of Holy Mary demonstrates characteristics that can model responses for us in our own times.

We are living through the Covid-19 pandemic; she lived courageously through the Plague of 1628-1631.

St Jane suffered through the wars of religion in her day as we intercede for justice during our own civil unrest.

St. Jane was challenged by city authorities and lack of resources as she established new monasteries in difficult conditions as we face the situations of fragility of communities today.

Our Holy Mother tells us: When will we savor the tenderness of the Divine Will in all the events of our life, seeing in them only His good pleasure and His unchanging, mysterious love which is always concerned with our good, as much in prosperity as in adversity?  But, imperfect as we are, we somehow transform into poison the very medicine the Great Physician prescribes for our healing.  Let us surrender ourselves lovingly to the will of our heavenly Father and cooperate with His plan to unite us intimately to Himself through suffering. LSD 216

As Bishop Bougaud states in his biography of St Jane, The spirit of poverty, courage, and cheerfulness in the midst of want were not the only virtues they(Sisters of Paris Visitation) admired in Mother de Chantal. Among a thousand others, her zeal for the observance of the Rule, the rarest humility, and the purest love of God shone pre-eminent.

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Miracle Statue Spared Amid Storm

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Our garden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary remained untouched amid a violent tropical storm that left more than two million homes in the tri-state New York area without power.

A pine tree in the garden fell with its limbs coming close but not touching the statue of the Virgin holding the baby Jesus. The power outage of the storm named Isaias will take days to recover from, Com Ed was reported as saying in the New York Times.

Huge fallen tree in Brooklyn monasteryWe would like to add, thanks be to God for preserving the statue of his own mother. The storm hit on the eve of the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, a church in Rome erected to honor Mary, the Mother of God.

Our prayers go out to others who suffered during the storm.

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SACRED HEART MISSION

You and/or your Diocese has been consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What a blessing!

Now you can learn to LIVE that consecration, to deepen your commitment to His Sacred Heart.

How? There are many ways.

To begin, view these videos from Msgr. John Essef.https://sacredheartapostolate.com/2019/11/01/msgr-john-esseff-on-the-sacred-heart-enthronement/

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Brooklyn Diocese Consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

With appeals for reparation for sin and the ongoing sanctification of priests, Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio consecrated the Diocese of Brooklyn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus on Friday, June 19.

The consecration was made during the Chrism Mass of the diocese, which was postponed from Holy Thursday because of COVID-19 concerns. The consecration, which was made in the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, also coincided with the 100th anniversary year of the canonization of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, to whom the Sacred Heart appeared.

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Bishop DiMarzio said in his homily,

“The consecration to the Sacred Heart reminds us that we know the love of God, that the Father has given us in Jesus, his Son. The Son who died and rose for us. We also recognize that we must still make reparation for our sins and the sins of others because God’s love is offended by sin, when we turn away from God.”

Our Will Taken Up By His

Quoting Saint Margaret Mary, the apostle of the Sacred Heart, to whom Jesus revealed himself, he said,

“There must be no longer anything of ourselves, but this divine Heart of Jesus must take the place of our own so completely that our Lord alone will live and act within us. Our own will must be taken up by His, that He may be able to act in us without any resistance whatsoever.”

The bishop continued,

“Tonight, as we consecrate the Diocese of Brooklyn, here in Queens and Brooklyn, and ourselves to the Sacred Heart, we ask for that grace, that Jesus take us over, that our will become His own. And that is our special request tonight.”

Referring to the pandemic, the bishop said,

“I don’t think people have prayed more at home than during this time. The spirit of prayer and devotion entered into each home in a different way. Perhaps it is the Sacred Heart of Jesus who asked to be honored in every home with his picture to remind us that His love should be the centerpiece of each Catholic family, the domestic Church.”

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Most Sweet Jesus

Bishop DiMarzio led the priests in a renewal of their vows, and then after Mass led the other six bishops as well as clergy, religious and laity in the prayer of consecration. A portion of the prayer was thus:

“Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us. Humbly we pray kneeling before You in the Blessed Sacrament. We are Yours and Yours we wish to be, more surely united with You.

“Behold, each one of us freely consecrates our entire person to You, to Your Sacred Heart. Oh Jesus Incarnate, Divine Mercy of the Heavenly Father … New York City and our world, so devastatingly bruised by sickness, poverty, and particularly our dioceses here in Kings and Queens counties, where there was so much pain, sorrow and anxiety.”

The prayer concluded with,

“Humbly and fittingly, a shepherd of the sheep commanded to my care, I humbly entrust and consecrate to Your most Sacred Heart, all the faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn. May its laity, religious, and clergy be protected by Your most august presence and continually avail themselves in the cloak of Your divine love.”

Diocesan Consecrations Not Common

There have been only a few dioceses in the United States which have been consecrated to the Sacred Heart. Besides Brooklyn, the Diocese of Marquette, MI was consecrated in 2015.

Jesus Christ appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation nun and mystic, in 1673. Jesus spoke these words,

“Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared nothing, even to exhausting and consuming Itself, in order to testify Its love; and in return, I receive from the greater part only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege…”

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque was officially canonized on May 13, 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. In 1928, Pope Pius XI upheld the Church’s position regarding the credibility behind her visions of Jesus Christ. He stated Jesus “manifested Himself” to Margaret and the chief features of devotion to the Sacred Heart are “reception of Holy Communion on the first Friday of each month, Eucharistic adoration during a ‘Holy hour’ on Thursdays, and the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart.”

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Act of Consecration of the Diocese of Brooklyn to the Sacred Heart

The following is a transcription of the Act of Consecration of the Diocese of Brooklyn to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus by Most. Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, on June 19, 2020.

See also the article on the Mass and consecration, Bishop DiMarzio’s homily, and photos of the event.


My dear brothers and sisters, we have just implored the Mercy of God and the Litany of the Sacred Heart. Join me in humble prayer as now, I consecrate our beloved diocese and our very lives for the most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Most sweet Jesus, Redeemer of the human race, look down upon us. Humbly we pray kneeling before You in the Blessed Sacrament. We are Yours and Yours we wish to be, more surely united with You.

Behold, each one of us freely consecrates our entire person to You, to Your Sacred Heart. Oh Jesus Incarnate, Divine Mercy of the Heavenly Father – New York City and our world, so devastatingly bruised by sickness, poverty, and particularly our dioceses here in Kings and Queens counties, where there was so much pain, sorrow and anxiety. Welcome those who are in their earthly pilgrimage with only You to accompany them into Your kingdom of light, happiness and peace.

May Your healing gifts assist those who continue to recover mind and body. Look kindly on the countless men and women and children who are the embodiment of Your precepts of love have made such a great impact in this time of trial. Many indeed have never known You. Many too foolishly who despise Your precepts have rejected You. Have mercy on all of them, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to Your Sacred Heart. Oh Lord of love, You are king not only of the faithful who have never forsaken You, but also the prodigal children who have abandoned You.

Grant that they may quickly return to Your Father’s house, lest they forfeit the blessings of Your grace and be deprived themselves of Your very self. Oh God of all wisdom, You are the King of all who are deceived by erroneous opinions of whom discord keeps aloof and call them back to the harbor of truth in You that they are safe. So that they may be one flock with one shepherd. Oh Light of the world, You are the king of all those who still are involved in the darkness of idolatry or materialism, refuse not to draw them into the light of Your Kingdom of God. Grant, Oh Lord in Your Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm.

Give peace and order to all nations, and make the Earth resound from pole to pole with one cry, praise be to the Divine Heart, and order our salvation to be glory and honor forever. Amen.

Humbly and fittingly, a shepherd of the sheep commanded to my care, I humbly entrust and consecrate to Your most Sacred Heart, all the faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn. May its laity, religious, and clergy be protected by Your most august presence and continually avail themselves in the cloak of Your divine love.


See also the article on the Mass and consecration, Bishop DiMarzio’s homily, and photos of the event.

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