“Lend Us Your Heart”
“Then the LORD God said to the serpent:
"Because you have done this, you shall be
banned from all the animals and from all the wild creatures; On your belly
shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life. I will put
enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will
strike at your head, while you strike at his heel."
-
Genesis 3:14-15
The Title:
This piece of music
and video was inspired by years of meditation with the Blessed Virgin Mary and
triggered by the motto of the new Bishop Andrew Cozzens, “Lend Us Your Heart.”
Why Bishop Cozzens? Two reasons. One, he is a friend
and two, he is a personal example of Marian Devotion.
What is Comet ISON?
Many people today
are interested in the “Comet of the Century”, Comet ISON. This comet has an interesting path through
our skies that correlates with the Catholic calendar.
Objects from
the “Oort Cloud” – Comets, orbit the Sun
over long periods of time. As comets get
closer to the sun they become more luminous.
They emit gas and dust that gets blown by the solar wind away from the
Sun, this is what we call the tail of the comet.
Comets do not
always make it around the Sun (perihelion) . Sometimes they get pulled apart
and fall into the Sun. There are high hopes that ISON will make it around the
Sun and give us an amazing display.
Back in September,
it parallel with the planet Mars from the constellation Cancer. Once the comet reached the heart of the
constellation Leo it became visible to armature observers. At this point it became brighter and
brighter as it passed through the constellation Virgo. It has passed through the constellation
Libra joining the planets Saturn and Mercury just before November 28
(Thanksgiving U.S.A.) when it makes its way around the Sun in the constellation
Scorpio.
Planets and the meaning of their names:
Mars: Roman God of
War
Mercury: Speedy
Messenger
Saturn: The Sickle
Constellations: Leo
(Lion)
Virgo (Vigin)
Libra (Scales)
Scorpio ('the (creature with) a burning
sting, Serpens Caput (Head of the
Serpent)
A Prophetic Timeline of Events: 2013
Date
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Comet Event
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Catholic Calendar
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Scriptures from the Liturgy
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November 27
|
Approaches
perihelion
|
“Miraculous Medal”
(On this image
Mary is crushing the head of the serpent, with 12 stars adorning the reverse)
|
“Sun and moon, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all
forever.”
“Stars of heaven, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all
forever.”-Dan 3
|
November 28
|
Rounds the Sun
(perihelion) In the heart of the constellation “Scorpio”
|
“St. Catherine Laboure” (Who received the
“Miraculous Medal” from Our Lady)
|
“There will be signs in the sun,
the moon, and the stars,
and on earth nations will be in
dismay,
perplexed by the roaring of the
sea and the waves.
People will die of fright
in anticipation of what is coming
upon the world,
for the powers of the heavens
will be shaken.” Luke 21
|
December 1
|
Tail at brightest due to perihelion –
|
“1st Sunday of
Advent” beginning of the Church liturgical Year
|
So too, you also must be
prepared,
for at an hour you do not expect,
the Son of Man will come.” – Mt 24
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December 9
|
The tail will come to the base of head
of the constellation “Serpens
Caput” (Serpents Head)
|
Immaculate Conception (Image on the
“Miraculous Medal”)
|
I will put enmity between you and
the woman,
and between your offspring and
hers;
he will strike at your head,
while you strike at his heel.”
–Gen 3
“The Holy Spirit will come upon
you,
and the power of the Most High
will overshadow you.
Therefore the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of
God. – Luke 1
|
December 12
|
Tail completes Sweep over the head of
“Serpens Caput”
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“Our Lady of Guadeloupe”
(Aztecs called her “Snake Crusher”)
|
“A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the
sun,
with the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve
stars.
She was with child and wailed
aloud in pain as she labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared in the
sky;
it was a huge red dragon, with
seven heads and ten horns,
and on its heads were seven
diadems.
Its tail swept away a third of
the stars in the sky
and hurled them down to the
earth.” -Rev 12
“My soul proclaims the greatness
of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my
savior.” -Luke 1
|
December 15
|
The tail of the
comet passes over “Corona Borealis”( The Crown of Stars)
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“Octave of the
Immaculate Conception”
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“The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he
thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all
generations.” – Ps 146
|
December 26 ––
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The comet passes
Earths orbit
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St. Stephen, the
first martyr
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“You will be hated by all because of my name,
but whoever endures to the end
will be saved.” -Mat 10
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These are all are significant feasts of the
Blessed Virgin Mary whom Catholics
believe is the women for-told in Genesis who’s off-spring (the Son of God)
together with her crushes the head of the serpent.
Prayer on the “Miraculous Medal”:
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who
have recourse to thee!
Lastly, I have come to see Mary as the Mother and Queen of the
Universe. The miraculous image of Our
Lady of Guadeloupe, prominently displayed in this music video is that
image; an image given us by the Father
in heaven of his beloved daughter. She
is the image of what we will enjoy in the resurrection of the body, not bound
by space and time and in constant communion with the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit! Her body is a blue print of the final
mysteries of our Faith and a map of the beautiful system of celestial bodies
that point us to her first love, God.
Peace be with you! Please share
what you have learned and pass on the Music Video! J - Justin
"Lend Us Your Heart" by Justin Stroh from Justin Stroh on Vimeo.