Prayer for Grace for our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass,
the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated
around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do
united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as
members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in
the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful
intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in
purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the
United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to
always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus
on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the
devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart
and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our
families, the priests, the Church and the world.
In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our
president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation
under God to work together in love as God wants.
January 11, 2019
R. Dear Jesus,
Thank You for the sky so sweet –
Thank You for the beauty of the earth –
Thank You for all my relationships in which
we have friendship and love –
Let the joy of such gifts given to us, fill
our hearts –
Thank You God for the Eucharist and the
Church in China, and the
retreat and ability to pray there –
Thank You for our health and all the energy
You do give us.
We praise You, God and we love You God –
You are our beloved God –
Thank You God for loving us so much –
Thank You for one another –
Thank You for Florida and the servants
and handmaids and all the
priests who help us –
Thank You Lord –
We love You so very much –
Matthew 11: 28-30
‘Come to me, all
you who labour and are overburdened, and I will
give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from
me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. Yes, my yoke is
easy and my burden light.’
The Our Father
Our Father, Who art in
heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
R. Love is giving
Oh God I cannot wait to have the
Mass in China tomorrow –
2:30 or 3:00
Please outpour Your grace.
R. Love and Unity at Mass
A
Prayer
before the
Holy
Sacrifice
of the
Mass
Let me
be a
holy
sacrifice
and
unite
with
God in
the
sacrament
of His
greatest
love.
I want
to be
one in
Him in
this
act of
love,
where
He
gives
Himself
to me
and I
give
myself
as a
sacrifice
to Him.
Let me
be a
holy
sacrifice
as I
become
one
with
Him in
this my
act of
greatest
love to
Him.
Let me
unite
with
Him
more,
that I
may
more
deeply
love
Him.
May I
help
make
reparation
to His
adorable
Heart
and the
heart
of His
Mother,
Mary.
With
greatest
love, I
offer
myself
to You
and
pray
that
You
will
accept
my
sacrifice
of
greatest
love. I
give
myself
to You
and
unite
in Your
gift of
Yourself
to me.
Come
and
possess
my
soul.
Cleanse
me,
strengthen
me,
heal
me.
Dear
Holy
Spirit
act in
the
heart
of Mary
to make
me more
and
more
like
Jesus.
Father,
I offer
this my
sacrifice,
myself
united
to
Jesus
in the
Holy
Spirit
to You.
Help me
to love
God
more
deeply
in this
act of
my
greatest
love.
Give me
the
grace
to grow
in my
knowledge,
love
and
service
of You
and for
this to
be my
greatest
participation
in the
Mass.
Give me
the
greatest
graces
to love
You so
deeply
in this
Mass,
You who
are so
worthy
of my
love.
-Mass
Book,
December
27,
1995
R. Retreats – Unity
Community Prayer
Masses in China
Masses in Florida
R. May the Flood gates of heaven open
in the Mass in love and
unity and grace is outpoured
abundantly –
Adam and Eve disobeyed God
They wanted to be like God –
With Noah – FLOOD
R. Lower nature
Contrary to right reasoning
DISTORTED REASONING
Contrary to God's law
Self-Control and Discipline is needed!
Dying to self / will
Loving God's will
Putting God first
Death / Resurrection
Obedience to God's will
OPPOSING GOD'S WILL
Suggestions → satan
act
habits - do it over and over again
enslaved
When the suggestion is given - can choose
not to give in
Instead of acting wrongfully can control
low nature impulses –
control oneself - not to sin and offend God.
not make more and more bad habits
of sin and then not accountable
of behavior – SAME DANCE –
Habits
Lie about the truth
Reliving Christ's Mysteries
Dying to bad behavior
Dying to bad habits
Don't give into deadly sins
Death / Resurrection
Dying to self - will –
Rising to God's will
We assimilate Christ's mystery
of death / resurrection into our
lives –
Dying to the ways NOT like Christ!
Dying to self - will.
Reliving Christ's Mysteries in our
vocation –
Christ in us!
R. Selfishness, closed in, sneaky,
holding out and lying about it.
Jesus is the way, the truth
and the life –
The interior disposition being
holy, loving is the
essence for liturgical
participation –
Fight - Division – is what satan wants
Blocking grace –
Mechanical participation NOT RIGHT
reciting prayers like a heartless
machine –
not interior, but exterior
Shepherds of Christ is for intimate, interior love
union with God –
with each other –
especially in the Mass –
Love – ONENESS
Jesus: The essence of liturgical participation
is in an interior affair –
not heartless, mechanical,
divided, angry, hypocrites –
R. Christ comes and shows us His
Heart
January 6, 2019
R. Jesus gives us His Body and Blood!
Jesus: I am Your Redeemer –
I died, I shed My Blood for you!
R. Do you live the Mystery –
The Annunciation is Mary saying "yes"
to God's unique call for her.
Visitation
Luke 1: 46-55
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
R. Birth –
Living God's Plan
Being holy
Being loving
Loving God's will.
NOT WILLFUL
Surrender to God's will
Put God first –
Presentation – living the cross of
Christ in our life –
following Christ's footsteps –
helping to bring down grace –
Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet
R. Finding in the Temple –
Going out of ourselves –
Helping souls –
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to
Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved
priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds
of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates,
in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter
and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful
instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to
become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them
I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help
bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My
Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of
Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart
and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy
Spirit."
- Message from
Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31,
1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus
(The Jesuits)
A message for the Earth from Jesus
January 22, 1998
I am the Good Shepherd, these are My
prayers, the prayers I give to help renew the Church and the world, all
prayer chapters are asked to include these prayers (found in the Shepherds
of Christ Prayer Manual). As My Apostles and Shepherds I ask you to
encourage all existing Chapters to try to encourage all existing prayer
groups to pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers. Encourage all Churches to
pray these prayers. It is most urgent that the people of this earth concur
with the Father's wishes to begin Prayer Chapters. This is an urgent request
from the Good Shepherd. The flock will become one when they have given their
hearts to Jesus and Mary. Encourage all priests to pray the Shepherds of
Christ prayers. Your world will be lighted with great light as the people of
this earth pray these prayers.
My promise is this to you My beloved
earth: When you give your heart to Me and spread the devotion to My Sacred
Heart, I will write your name In My Heart. I promise to give the greatest
graces when you pray these prayers for renewal of the Church and the world
and take all who pray them deeply into My Heart. The prayers I give will
bring about the reign of My Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's
Immaculate Heart. I am Jesus Christ, this is My message of January 22, 1998,
Please circulate this message to your world. I am the Good Shepherd, I know
Mine and Mine know Me and they follow Me. Grace My Shepherds, I will give
you the greatest graces for spreading these words to this earth and to your
Church. I love you, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, it is the Plan of the
Father that Prayer Chapters are begun immediately and the Priestly
Newsletter is given to all priests. The Voice of the Good Shepherd speaks
through it. end of January 22, 1998
Mary's
Message
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
R. Full Christian Living
(1) Response to God's Love
(2) Participate in God's life
(3) Elevation of human nature
(4) Christ - life –
(5) Life in the Holy Spirit
(6) Mary, Mother at Our Side
The Paschal Mystery
Death / Resurrection
Involvement in the World –
Prayer – Prayer and self - identity
need for a healthy self - identity
Mysticism – mystical marriage –
insight into the hidden mysteries
A
Prayer for
Intimacy
with the
Lamb, the
Bridegroom
of the
Soul
Oh Lamb
of God,
Who
take
away
the
sins of
the
world,
come
and act
on my
soul
most
intimately.
I
surrender
myself,
as I
ask for
the
grace
to let
go, to
just be
as I
exist
in You
and You
act
most
intimately
on my
soul.
You are
the
Initiator.
I am
the
soul
waiting
Your
favors
as You
act in
me. I
love
You. I
adore
You. I
worship
You.
Come
and
possess
my soul
with
Your
Divine
Grace,
as I
experience
You
most
intimately.
R. Full Christian Living
Incarnationalism and Transcendence
April 18, 2016 - 1:30am
R. Dear Heavenly Father,
I offer You all my prayers, works, joys
and sufferings in union with the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass, all day. I give You my life, dear
God, to do with. Dear God please help us
spread this message and these prayers for
the renewal of the Church and the world –
Oh please God help us.
Mary's
Message
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
R. Christ carried the cross laden with our sins
and His legs hurt Him, His body hurt all over.
God has given to us so many pleasures just
to maintain life. He has given us the gift of
water and food and friendship and love –
communication.
God has given us the Church and baptism
and the Eucharist. Let us focus on the true
presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Let us focus
on receiving Jesus and being able to be with
Jesus before the Blessed Sacrament. I love the
Eucharist so much, I love to be with Jesus
before the Eucharist in adoration. I know His
presence. I know God outpours His grace to us
when we pray to Him. I know, more and more,
what a gift it is to go to Mass and to receive
Jesus and what a gift it is to be before Him
in adoration in the Blessed Sacrament.
Oh Jesus – You are the Bread of Life –
I come to You and I know Your presence
with me. I love to be there with You.
I love You, Jesus, so much.
Prayer for Union
with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my
soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence
with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to
use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all
that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to
die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw
my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling
within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my
life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to
put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as
You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me
from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus
off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the
promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear
to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me
now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
A
Prayer for
Intimacy
with the
Lamb, the
Bridegroom
of the
Soul
Oh Lamb
of God,
Who
take
away
the
sins of
the
world,
come
and act
on my
soul
most
intimately.
I
surrender
myself,
as I
ask for
the
grace
to let
go, to
just be
as I
exist
in You
and You
act
most
intimately
on my
soul.
You are
the
Initiator.
I am
the
soul
waiting
Your
favors
as You
act in
me. I
love
You. I
adore
You. I
worship
You.
Come
and
possess
my soul
with
Your
Divine
Grace,
as I
experience
You
most
intimately.
Today's Readings
Acts 11: 1-18
The
apostles and the
brothers in Judaea heard that
gentiles too had
accepted the word of God, and when Peter came up to
Jerusalem the
circumcised believers protested to him and said, 'So
you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating
with them!' Peter in reply gave them the details
point by point, 'One day, when I was in the town of
Jaffa,' he began, 'I fell into a trance as I was
praying and had a vision of something like a big
sheet being let down from
heaven by its four
corners. This sheet came
right down beside
me. I looked carefully into it and saw four-footed
animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and
birds of heaven. Then I heard a voice that said to
me, "Now, Peter, kill and eat!" But I answered,
"Certainly not, Lord; nothing profane or unclean has
ever crossed my lips." And a second
time the voice
spoke from heaven, "What
God has made clean,
you have no
right to call
profane." This was repeated three times, before the
whole of it was drawn up to
heaven again.
'Just at that moment, three men
stopped outside the house where we
were staying; they had been sent
from Caesarea to fetch me, and the
Spirit
told me to have no hesitation about
going back with them. The six
brothers here came with me as well,
and we entered the man's house. He
told us he had seen an
angel
standing in his house who said,
"Send to
Jaffa
and fetch Simon known as Peter; he
has a message for you that
will
save you and your entire household."
'I
had scarcely begun to speak when the
Holy Spirit
came down on them in the same way as
it came on us at the beginning, and
I remembered that the
Lord
had said, "John baptised with water,
but you
will
be baptised with the Holy Spirit." I
realised then that
God
was giving them the identical gift
he gave to us when we believed in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ; and who was I to stand in
God's way?'
This account satisfied them, and
they gave
glory
to God, saying, 'God has clearly
granted to the
gentiles
too the repentance that leads to
life.'
Psalm 42: 2-3; 43: 3-4
I thirst for God,
the living God;
when shall I go to see
the face of God?
I have no food but
tears
day and night,
as all day long I am taunted,
'Where is your God?'
Send out your light and
your truth;
they shall be my guide,
to lead me to your holy mountain
to the place where you dwell.
Then I shall go to the
altar of God,
to the
God of my joy.
I
will rejoice and
praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
John 10: 1-10
'In all truth I tell you, anyone who does not enter
the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a
thief and a bandit. He who enters through the gate is the shepherd
of the flock; the gate-keeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice,
one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has
brought out all those that are his, he goes ahead of them, and the
sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will never follow
a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not recognise
the voice of strangers.'
Jesus told them this parable but they failed to
understand what he was saying to them.
So Jesus spoke to them again:
In all truth I tell you,
I am the gate of the sheepfold.
All who have come before me
are thieves and bandits,
but the sheep took no notice of them.
I am the gate.
Anyone who enters through me
will be safe:
such a one will go in and out
and will find pasture.
The thief comes
only to steal and kill and destroy.
I have come
so that they may have life
and have it to the full.
R. Jesus shows us Himself as the Good Shepherd –
We are commissioned in baptism to go out
and spread the Good News.
We must pray for men to be converted –
Do all we can to help sinners find the way –
Our prayers given, uniting all we do, all day,
to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass –
This is how we love our brothers –
We do what we can to witness to Jesus –
We live our life spreading the Good News –
We give from our hearts – love – because
God is love –
We were created in the image and likeness
of God –
We see Jesus who gave so much for us. When
we are like Jesus, we are people with
loving hearts, caring for others, there is not
room for darkness and anger in our hearts –
God is love –
Those who need to be converted, who have wronged
us need our prayers, we pray for them
to know Christ – to give love –
We pray for ourselves to unite our lives
like a sacrifice – where we live to
love, to give, to be one with Christ –
We identify our lives with His. We pray
for His grace to help us to be more and more in
His image and likeness.
We pray through the powerful intercession
of Our Lady of Clearwater – for the world
to be pure and holy –
The Good Shepherd leads the flock –
The Good Shepherd protects the flock –
Jesus was not a hired man, but the Good Shepherd –
Jesus laid down His life for the flock –
We must, go through Jesus, then we will be safe –
John 15: 1-8
I am the
true vine,
and my Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in me that bears no fruit
he cuts away,
and every branch that does bear fruit
he prunes
to make it bear even more.
You are clean already,
by means of the word
that I have
spoken to you.
Remain in me, as I in you.
As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,
unless it remains part of the vine,
neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me, with me in him,
bears fruit in plenty;
for cut off from me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
is thrown away like a branch
—and withers;
these branches are collected
and thrown on
the fire
and are burnt.
If you remain in me
and my words remain in you,
you may ask for whatever you please
and you will get it.
R. Jesus is the Good Shepherd – He laid down
His life for the flock –
We think about our vocation –
Have we laid down our lives according
to the vocation God has called us to –
God has called us to a certain vocation –
to seek our eternal happiness living
in obedience to the vocation God
has called us to –
The Good Shepherd laid down His life for
the flock –
The Good Shepherd teaches us about doing
the Father's will –
Jesus gave His all doing the will of the
Father in love – with energy
and love –
Jesus was like a runner in a race –
He laid down His life doing the
Father's will –
Jesus held back nothing – meditate
how Jesus shows us how to love –
how to witness in our vocation –
Jesus' Heart full of love for the sheep –
Jesus' Heart full of love for man –
The Father loves the Good Shepherd
because He laid down His life
for the sheep.
Jesus gave freely doing the Father's will –
God wants unity –
Jesus wants the flock to be one –
Jesus shows us how He sacrificed to
make the flock united –
The Church is One, Holy, Catholic and
Apostolic.
God has called the Shepherds of Christ to help
spread these prayers praying for the renewal
of the Church and the world –
So the flock will be more and more one,
united in Christ –
Consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus –
Jesus wants us to Consecrate our Hearts
to the Immaculate Heart of Mary –
Total Consecration is giving –
Our lives are lived to give love – to
give of oneself more and more –
following the footsteps of Jesus –
who lived to do the Father's will –
Jesus laid down His life for the flock –
R. Jesus held nothing back –
John 20: 19
In the evening of that same day, the
first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the
disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among
them. He said to them, 'Peace be with you,'
R. We see that the disciples formed Christian
communities – they were in one mind
and one heart and the communities
grew – their love of God and love
for each other gave witness to others
to come and be baptized.
There is one flock and one Shepherd.
We see how the martyrs helped the Church
grow –
Christ shed His Blood and the Martyrs
shed theirs –
We must be grateful for what God has
done for us –
We are grateful to Christ who is the
way, the truth and the life –
Christ the Good Shepherd who laid
down His life for the flock –
We are grateful to the disciples and
martyrs and all who went before
us to help build up the Church
as it is today and we know in
justice – we as members of the
mystical body of Christ, in our
vocation are to give what is our duty
and responsibility today –
To lay down our lives for the flock –
To work as one to spread the Good News –
We have a responsibility to follow in the
footsteps of Jesus –
Faith is a gift from God –
From The
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p.
12
23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.
R. Men shout with joy in this season, for
Christ has risen from the dead –
He calls us to commitment to the vocation
He has called us to –
We see the Good Shepherd who laid
down His life for the flock –
We celebrate the resurrection –
We work as one – sharing and
loving one another in Christ
our head –
We see how the Church spread –
In Shepherds of Christ God has called us
to spread this message of the Blue Books and
to spread these prayer chapters to the far
ends of the earth –
We see the fervor of the Apostles –
We can see the fervor of those in Blue Book 16
that worked together to do the Ministries
and to spread this Movement, the
Prayer Chapters, the Consecration
to the Church and schools and
family and elderly, and to all
as Jesus commissioned Fr. Carter
and me, as Co-founder –
We see the calling God gave the leaders and
Apostles in the Shepherds of Christ
to come on 13ths and 5ths –
to join after the prayers on the 13th
to spread the words in the
community as we ate together –
to be focused in that hour after
the prayers on the 13th – to be
leaders – to spread the work
of the Shepherds of Christ to the
pilgrims and members – to support
the 4 hours of prayer with the people
that God had called –
Support the day on the 13th –
Materials on the table – in the
store – rosary kits, prayer chapters –
The work of those who were called the
leaders during this valuable
time of interaction –
Committing and bearing witness
to the people as they communicated
after the prayers –
Support –
We see the message several days ago –
Jesus gave – about the witness is
not in the words alone –
the person tells the community, the
members of their support and
unity as a leader by their
actions –
Unity – love – commenting on
the prayer, the Ministries,
It's about the Good Shepherd that
lays down His life for His flock –
the hired man runs away because
he is not a shepherd and the flock
scatters when the wolf comes –
Jesus is the Son of God. We see how John
witnessed to Christ. We see how Paul
witnessed to Christ. We see how Peter
witnessed to Christ –
and the Church grew –
they were shepherds – they laid down
their life for the flock – they
didn't run off like the hired man –
John 10: 27-30
The sheep that belong to me
listen to my voice;
I know them and they follow me.
I give them eternal life;
they will never be lost
and no one will ever steal them
from my hand.
The Father, for what he has given me,
is greater than anyone,
and no one can steal anything
from the Father’s hand.
The Father and I are one.
R. The sheep hear the voice of the Good Shepherd –
God knows who is faithful and does
the work of witnessing – being
there – living their vocation
helping the flock to be one –
They hear the voice of the Good Shepherd –
they follow Jesus – not have their
own plan and own voice drowning out Jesus –
And Jesus gives to them, the promise
of eternal life for believing in Him,
witnessing to Him – doing the
Father's will in love –
The Good Shepherd protects the sheep –
He is not a hired man who
runs away –
Jesus is the way –
We know Jesus by meditating on
His example, His Word, His
life, His witnessing before men –
Jesus is the Truth –
There is no deception in God –
Jesus went to the cross bare bodied
Jesus was whipped bare bodied –
God is Absolute Truth!
Jesus is the Life –
Jesus died so we could be saved
Jesus rose from the dead –
Jesus gives us this magnificent
example –
We live out His life, death and
resurrection in our life!
God is our Father
It is about His will –
Not our selfish will, our plan –
God calls us to humility and truth!
The growth of the Church was
so much – men believed because
of the fervor and love of the
disciples to witness with
enthusiasm and laid down
their life for the Church, for
Christ spreading the Good News –
They gave of themselves, likened to Christ –
They followed Christ –
They gave their lives for their vocation –
There was Barnabas and Paul and
John and Peter and Mark
Jesus is the light of the world –
To follow Jesus is to spread this
light to the world –
Jesus wants us to follow Him and
to be with Him eternally in heaven
and lead other men to the light!
God gives us a sharing in His life in Baptism.
John 12: 44-50
Jesus declared
publicly:
Whoever believes in
me
believes not in me
but in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me,
sees the one who sent me.
I have come into the world as light,
to prevent anyone who believes in me
from staying in the dark any more.
If anyone hears my words
and does not keep them faithfully,
it is not I who shall judge such a person,
since I have come not to judge the world,
but to save the world:
anyone who rejects me
and refuses my words
has his judge already:
the word itself that I have spoken
will be his judge on the
last day.
For I have not spoken of my own accord;
but the Father who sent me
commanded me what to say
and what to speak,
and I know that his commands
mean eternal life.
And therefore what the Father
has told me
is what I speak.
John 15: 16-19
You did not
choose me,
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
so that the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.
My command to you
is to love one another.
If the world hates you,
you must realise that it hated me
before it hated you.
If you belonged to the world,
the world would love you as its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
because my choice of you
has drawn you out of the world,
that is why the world hates you.
R. We know the angel said
"Nothing is impossible with God"
We are to bear witness to the truth
before men –
We are to pray for the virtues to not
be a coward –
the virtue of fortitude helps us to
do the difficult with the help of the
Holy Spirit –
Fortitude helps us to do it in the time it
takes, as God wants – not a fast
job to get it off our plate
because we have another agenda
of our selfish will –
Man needs humility –
Humility is truth –
but a man can over compensate by
his inferiority complex by
pride and jealousy, envy
etc. –
In the Our Father we ask to be forgiven and
we forgive others –
the prideful man thinks he is better
than everybody else and he wants
to prove his superiority before
them – he can live his whole life
thinking he is great and not getting
the recognition he deserves – so
his efforts are not building the Kingdom of God,
but building up his inferiority
complex – little work is ever accomplished
to witness for Christ –
The man of truth is grateful to God and
he sees himself as blessed before
God –
He lives his life thinking of others –
laying his life down for the sheep –
Jesus shows us – He washed the feet of
His disciples – He showed them
love and He is the Divine God –
Jesus showed self-sacrifice for
the flock, Jesus showed us how
He was a man for others, how to love,
how to give – how to witness.
Jesus laid down His life for His flock –
He wasn't a hired man who
ran away when the wolf came –
He took care of the sheep –
He witnessed to His Father –
We have been given so much –
Jesus is our Savior, but we must
choose life, to battle the enemies,
to sacrifice and live in the
truth asking forgiveness for our
sins and forgiving others –
Our Father
Our Father, Who art in
heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our
trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
R. Paul traveled and worked so hard on
his journeys to convert people,
he did not weary, he was
shipwrecked and imprisoned,
persecuted and he bore
witness to Christ and spread the Good News.
Acts 13: 32-33
We have come here to tell you the good
news that the promise made to our ancestors has come about. God has
fulfilled it to their children by raising Jesus from the dead. As
scripture says in the psalms: You are my son: today I have
fathered you.
John 14: 5-6
Thomas said, 'Lord, we do not know where
you are going, so how can we know the way?' Jesus said:
I am the Way; I am Truth and Life.
No one can come to the Father
except through me.
1 Peter 2: 9
But you are a
chosen race, a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, a people to be a
personal possession to sing the praises of God who called you
out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
R. Paul went to the Gentiles because he
was rejected by his own people –
Obedience pleases God –
Obedience pleases God more than sacrifices
Obedience from a heart of love
pleases the Father –
We should live our lives giving love
to God the Father and doing all
we do in love to please Him
for what He calls us to do –
We are called to spread the Blue Books
and writings in the Shepherds of Christ
and begin the Prayer Chapters
and spread the Consecration to
Jesus' Heart and Mary's Heart –
The Holy Spirit will help us if
we ask Him to –
The devil is the evil spirit – he wants to
block us by tempting us to give
into selfishness, isolation,
lies and the deadly sins –
anger, pride, jealousy, envy,
slothfulness, lust, gluttony.
John 14: 21-26
Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them is the one
who loves me; and whoever loves me will be loved by my
Father, and I shall love him and reveal myself to him.'
Judas-not Judas Iscariot-said to him, 'Lord, what has
happened, that you intend to show yourself to us and not to
the world?' Jesus replied:
Anyone who loves me will keep my word, and my Father will
love him, and we shall come to him and make a home in him.
Anyone who does not love me does not keep my words. And the
word that you hear is not my own: it is the word of the
Father who sent me. I have said these things to you while
still with you; but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and
remind you of all I have said to you.
R. We can never underestimate the work of
a just soul that has struggled
to please God and put up with
the pride and anger of those
who oppose the work of God.
Look at the Lives of the Martyrs,
look at these men, most who
were put to death –
They operated steadfastly – led
by God to try to bring
growth to the new Church –
If we aren't doing the work God wants
according to His will –
we are laboring in vain!
Working against the will of God
makes conflict in the man
and he can blame it on other
people – his unhappiness
is caused by opposing God's will.
We must focus on being one under
God. We are brothers in Christ.
When we pray the prayers Jesus gave to
Fr. Carter, we are praying for the Church
and the world and Jesus told Fr. Carter,
as founder, to spread these prayers
all over the earth!
Men should know Christ by watching
us live a virtuous life –
We pray to God for the increase
of the infused virtues we received
in baptism of faith, hope and love.
God is love –
If we aren't loving, we are not like Christ.
The Law is the Law of love –
Heaven is for lovers –
We are here to learn to love –
We are to be unselfish, we love
because God is loving –
that is reward in itself –
We aren't kind because we expect
others to repay us for that!
We see the Apostles and we know they were
persecuted and mistreated and
they endured because they loved
God and did God's will –
Does it matter if we carry a pebble
or a boulder if it is God's will –
look at Jesus on the cross!
The world may hate us – we follow
what God wants of us – we live
the life, death and resurrection of Christ
in our life. We will suffer –
Identify with Christ.
Suffering is redemptive as Christ
showed us.
Paul was courageous, he was not
a coward to do the difficult –
his journeys were dangerous
and Jesus just asks us to spread
the Blue Books and prayers and
to pray ourselves.
We are pilgrims on a journey –
this is not our true home here on earth –
Our lives are to be lived like St. Paul says
Galatians 2: 19-20
...I have been crucified with
Christ and yet I am alive; yet
it is no longer I, but Christ
living in me.
R. Our goal for our actions is eternal
salvation –
We are to see ourselves as the Father's
family – not isolate, be
divided and hurt others
in the family of God!
Jesus paid a precious price so we could
be saved – we owe gratitude
to Jesus who shed His blood and
died for our sins of
pride and anger etc. –
Men must work in the Holy Spirit to spread
this work – they must work in love
and with each other as a community,
as friends and in unity with
Christ the Good Shepherd.
God enlists our help. We each have
a calling by God in our vocation
to bring our talents and work
in love and unity in Christ.
God wants our gratitude, God wants
our love, when we work on His
work with others we are giving
love to God –
What we do to others we do to God –
We have been so abundantly blessed by
God in the Church, in this Movement –
with these writings, with these prayers.
We acknowledge what God has given to
us in gratitude.
Paul was arrested and jailed and
he praised God – his commitment
was so strong – His faith so
strong – He was faithful to his
calling!
The person with a humble heart will lead
others to God – they are ready to ask
God for forgiveness of their sins
and they forgive others readily.
We pray to the Holy Spirit to help us, to help us
to be vibrant as witnesses spreading
this Movement, we ask for strength
and help to do this work – like
the Apostles – we must labor together,
but we need God to do it in us.
The Holy Spirit will help us in the uncertainties
of life –
God calls us to be zealous, to be vibrant,
to be on fire for the love of God –
not a "dud" firecracker.
God is always helping us to do this work
if we ask Him and surrender to Him.
We pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We pray to lead a virtuous life.
In fortitude we must do the job in the
time it takes – not a hurried job
making a mess –
We pray for fortitude to do the difficult
and not be a coward putting off what
needs to be done –
And for fortitude to do it correctly as
God wants –
It takes 9 months, usually, to have
a baby – it is important to
do God's work in the time it
takes - correctly – not rush
it making a mess – or not
doing it at all –
We pray to the Father in the name of
Jesus –
Novena to the Infant of Prague
(to be prayed hourly if possible)
O
Jesus, who said, "Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find,
knock and it shall be opened to you," through the intercession of
Mary, Your most holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be
granted.
O Jesus, who
said, "All that you ask of the Father in My Name He will grant
you," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I
humbly and urgently ask Your Father in Your Name that my prayer be
granted.
O
Jesus, who said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My word shall
not pass," through the intercession of Mary, Your most holy Mother, I
feel confident that my prayer will be granted.
Acts 1: 8
but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will
come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in
Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to
earth's remotest end.'
R. We have been given baptism and confirmation.
We are to spread this Good News – we have
been commissioned in baptism.
We are to bear witness to the truth of the Gospel.
We need to be strong and steadfast in
our faith –
God calls us to be His servant and
serve Him as He calls us –
We cannot be selfish and do this
Priestly Newsletter Book II -
September/October 1997
Scriptural Reflections
In all
this Mary offers an example. Selfishness was totally foreign to
her. She did not belong to herself. She belonged to God. She was
not closed in upon herself. She was completely open to God. When
God spoke, she listened. When God pointed the way, she followed.
She realized that life is not a process a person masters by
carefully mapping out one's own self-conceived plans of
conquest, but a mystery to be gradually experienced by being
open to God's personal and loving guidance.
Selfishness, then, did not close Mary off from God's call.
Neither did fear. God asked her to assume a tremendous
responsibility. He asked her to be the Mother of Jesus. Mary did
not engage in a process of false humility and say that such a
great role was above her. She did not say that she did not have
the proper qualifications for this awesome mission. Briefly, she
did not waste time looking at herself, making pleas that she was
not worthy, telling the angel he had better go look for someone
else. No, Mary did not look at herself. Her gaze was absorbed in
God. She fully realized that whatever God asked of her, His
grace would accomplish. She fully realized that although she
herself had to cooperate, this work was much more God's than
hers.
Mary's words, then, truly sum up what is the authentic Christian
response at any point of life, in any kind of situation: "I am
the handmaid of the Lord," said Mary, "let what you have said be
done to me".
R. A man who is like Jesus finds joy in
serving – Doing good for God is
reward in itself –
A man of victory has before him the
goal of eternal happiness in
all of his actions –
The Church is to be loving and show
men the love of God –
We are to live united – one in our
works – one as members of the
Mystical Body of Christ in Christ
the head.
Jesus prayed that we would be one –
John 17: 20-23
I pray not only for these
but also for those
who through their teaching
will come to believe in me.
May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
as you have loved me.
R. We must trust God –
We know God is merciful – we seek
His mercy and forgiveness –
Paul was arrested – he continued
to give witness
Paul made dangerous journeys –
He was strengthened by God for
these –
He was on fire – He gave us so much
of the New Testament
Jesus is the Lamb of God –
Lamb of God
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the
world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have
mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us
peace.
R. Peter was made the first Pope –
We see how the pope is such a powerful
source of unity in the Church
and the world –
Acts 1: 14
With one heart all these
joined constantly in prayer, together with some women, including
Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Prayer for Union
with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my
soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence
with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to
use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all
that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to
die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw
my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling
within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my
life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to
put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as
You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me
from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus
off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the
promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear
to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me
now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
Act of consecration
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and
the Immaculate Heart of Mary
"Lord Jesus, Chief
Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred
Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You
have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your
Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your
most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in
this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help
me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my
life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust
in You! +
"Dear Blessed Virgin
Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart,
this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother
of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most
special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates,
a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the
renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give
myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed
Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to
imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor
so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever
closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the
flock."
R. The Shepherds of Christ Movement
helps us to take seriously our calling as members of the Mystical Body
of Christ with Christ our head.
If we want the world to change, it needs the power of God. The
members of the Mystical Body of Christ must take this commission
seriously – this would help the world.
If we want the world to get better we must reach the members of the
Mystical Body of Christ to unite and pray as never before for grace.
April 18, 2016
Passion
Sorrowful Mysteries
Agony in the Garden
1)
R. Jesus knew all He would
suffer and He
willingly suffered doing the will of God.
2)
R. Jesus suffered for love of
us.
Jesus has given us His messages of love in the
Blue Books. Open Anywhere.
3)
R. Eve wanted to be equal to
God – she rebelled
against God's will –
Whenever we rebel against God's will
we have conflict inside, conflict with God.
4)
R. This conflict inside with
God goes away
from God and thus causes unhappiness.
5)
R. God created us and wants us
to obey Him –
When we obey God in love we find favor with God.
6)
R. When we disobey God and do a
lot of good
works, we need to hear the scripture.
Hebrews 10: 5-7
and that is why he said,
on coming into the world:
You wanted no
sacrifice or cereal offering,
but you gave me a body.
You took no pleasure in burnt offering'
or sacrifice for sin;
then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming,'
in the scroll of the book it is written of me,
to do your will, God.
7) Matthew 12: 46-50
The true kinsfolk of Jesus
He was still speaking to the crowds when
suddenly his mother and his brothers were standing outside and were
anxious to have a word with him. But to the man who told him this
Jesus replied, ‘Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?’ And
stretching out his hand towards his disciples he said, ‘Here are my
mother and my brothers. Anyone who does the will of my Father in
heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’
8)
R. God is all powerful – Jesus
could have
done something else, but He
knew all the suffering in the Garden
and He did the Father's will in love.
9)
R. God is always calling us to
say "yes" and
obey His will –
The man disobeying God's will distances
himself from God and lives in
greater and greater darkness if
he does not repent –
He is unhappy and
He can be very angry blaming
others for his actions of
disobedience that took
him further and further from
intimacy in love with God.
10)
R. God is love. Our life is to
be lived in
working with those God has called
us to work with in love.
A person can rebel against their vocation
and God does not have to put up
with this. God is just.
The Scourging at the Pillar
1)
R. A person's vocation is how
they are to
attain eternal happiness –
God has a plan.
2)
R. God called us to obey His
will, to live
our vocation in love – respecting
authority and working in unity –
3)
R. The sheep hear the voice of
the shepherd and
they know His voice and follow Him.
4)
R. Sheep need to be watched
constantly – so there is
a sheep corral and a gate – because
they need to be protected from animals
that can get them.
5)
R. The Good Shepherd protects
us. The Good
Shepherd lays down His life for the
flock –
6)
R. Jesus was so whipped at the
pillar. Jesus
was whipped for our sins – Jesus
shows us He gave His all for love of us.
7)
R. Jesus' face was beaten – His
eye was shut
with wounds and blood – men used
their energy to beat Jesus to a bloody
pulp –
8)
R. Mary watched this massacre
of her
beloved Son all through the passion –
Mary suffered so much in the passion –
9)
R. Jesus was so beaten He stood
in a
puddle of His own blood –
Jesus' back had ridges with big wounds
and the men laughed and pounded
Him with whips.
10)
R. We know how Jesus gave so
much – then we
see the hard hearted man – so disconnected
to his heart – he doesn't do the simple
things God asks for in his vocation –
God is all just.
The Crowning With Thorns
1)
R. They pounded in Jesus' Head
a sharp
crown of thorns.
2)
R. They gave Jesus a purple
cloak and
they mocked Him as King.
3)
R. They gave Him a staff and
they
spit on Him –
4)
R. Jesus shows us how He gave –
He gave, He gave His all –
He was so wounded and
He was before men while He
was so beaten –
5)
R. Think of how some men are so
worried
about being right and if
people see how great they
are.
Think of the contrast between Jesus
and a man thinking of his image
wearing a mask – wanting
superiority before men as his goal –
rebelling against God.
6)
R. God is always above –
We are under God.
7) 1 Corinthians 15: 20-28
In fact, however, Christ has
been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of all who
have fallen asleep. As it was by one man that death came, so
through one man has come the resurrection of the dead. Just
as all die in Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to
life; but all of them in their proper order: Christ the
first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who belong to
him. After that will come the end, when he will hand over
the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished every
principality, every ruling force and power. For he is to be
king until he has made his enemies his footstool, and
the last of the enemies to be done away with is death, for
he has put all things under his feet. But when it is
said everything is subjected, this obviously cannot include
the One who subjected everything to him. When everything has
been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be
subjected to the One who has subjected everything to him, so
that God may be all in all.
8)
R. Jesus was ridiculed, spit
on,
beaten to a pulp and He
did it to show us how
much He loved us –
Love is giving – Jesus bled and bled
for our sins of pride and anger.
9)
R. How offensive to God to
treat others
with disrespect because we think
we are better than others and
want them to know it –
Look at Jesus – how He suffered the
worst torture before men and
He did it for love of us.
10)
R. Jesus knew the men's hearts
who beat
Him and crowned Him with
thorns, He knew all the sins
of all men and He paid the price –
What about the arrogant man who doesn't
repent and tell God he is sorry for his sins.
Carrying of the Cross
1)
R. Jesus carried the cross – He
was covered
from head to toe with bloody wounds –
The people cried "Crucify Him"
2)
R. They condemned the Son of
God
to death –
3) John 19: 10-11
Pilate then said to him, ‘Are you
refusing to speak to me? Surely you know I have power to release you
and I have power to crucify you?’ Jesus replied, ‘You would have no
power over me at all if it had not been given you from above; that
is why the man who handed me over to you has the greater guilt.’
4)
R. Jesus fell under the cross –
the cross
was so heavy it felt like His
shoulder would break – clear
through to the ground –
5)
R. They made Simon of Cyrene
help Jesus
carry the cross.
From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
Simon of
Cyrene Is Forced to Help Jesus Carry His Cross
Jesus: The cross was so heavy
I could not move. My persecutors became angry and forced a man to help Me.
The cross was so heavy the two of us could barely move it. How is your
cross today? Does it seem so heavy you cannot go on? I am forever watching
you. When you are suffering the greatest, I am very close to you. It is in
immense suffering that you realize My great love for you. Pray for grace
to do always the Father's Will. Pray for grace to grow in your knowledge
and love of Me.
6)
R. Jesus fell 3 times in all
under the cross.
From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
3. Jesus
Falls the First Time
Jesus: The cross was so heavy
I could hardly walk. I held on to My cross for greatest love of you and in
compliance with the Will of My Father. It became so hard to walk! The
cross was so heavy! I fell. I fell and the cross fell on Me. They poked at
Me, they struck Me, they demanded I get up. The pain from the instruments
they used to poke Me and strike Me was so great! I somehow managed to get
up.
When you fall under the weight of your cross, come to My Eucharistic
Heart. I am no less present in the tabernacle and in the Eucharist than on
the day I carried My cross. I wait with the same love that I had for you
when I carried this cross and suffered such agony. Oh, how I love you!
7. Jesus
Falls the Second Time
Jesus: Oh, dear ones, the
road became harder and harder to walk. The cross was becoming heavier, My
body weaker and weaker. My shoulders and arms hurt so much! My head
throbbed as I walked. The blood came from My body, from My head to My
feet. I was covered with open wounds. I could not go any farther. I
stumbled and fell. Again they poked at Me, only harder, and with such
hatred they kicked Me. Such vileness in the hearts of men! My greatest
agony was not the agonies of My body, but the agonies of My heart for the
love I have for all My precious souls. I loved them so dearly. I loved
those who persecuted Me. Oh, how I love you!
9.
Jesus Falls the Third
Time
Jesus: I fell hard the third
time. I was so weakened I could not go on. My body collapsed under the
cross from such exhaustion! My child, My child, My greatest agonies were
not the wounds to the body. They were the wounds I experienced to My
heart. Do you know a little more now how I love you? It is in meditating
on My Passion and death that you will realize My immense love for you.
When you fall, when you struggle, I give you the grace to get up. I never
give you more than you can handle. Your strength will come from Me. Come
to My Eucharistic Heart. I am waiting for you this day. Oh, how I love
you!
7)
August 23, 1993 - On His Passion
Jesus: My dear child,
I was condemned to death, death on a
cross. They gave Me a big cross and made Me carry it. They stood around and
glared at Me. It weighed on My shoulder and I pulled at it until it finally
moved. Every step was almost impossible as I dragged it, weighing so heavily
on My shoulders.
My shoulder felt as if the bones inside
would crack and the cross would fall through to the ground. I couldn’t drag
it any more. I tried, I fell. I fell and its weight fell on Me. A guard hit
Me with something sharp. It really hurt because he wanted Me to move, and
fast! People were watching — on with the show! How dare I fall in the middle
of the show! He hit Me again and the blow really stung Me. I got up because
it hurt so badly. I tried to walk on.
8)
August 23, 1993 - On His Passion continues
Jesus:
My Mother was in the crowd. She looked at
Me and her face looked red and hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like rain
and as her eyes met Mine, I was hurt so by her sorrow! She was always by My
side, silent and loving. She was My Mother of love! She is always there next
to you when you suffer.
I fell again and he (the guard) really hit
Me. It (the cross) was so heavy that he and I together could barely move it.
It seemed as I walked, heavier with the sins of the world heaped on it. My
hands were bleeding. Blood ran from the wounds of My thorns and My head
throbbed, seeming to make the wounds in My head bleed even more. Some of the
Blood was dried, some of it running all over My Body. I had so many cuts and
bruises — and people watched and laughed!
I am Jesus, Son of the Living God, and
they laughed and mimicked Me! Oh, such hardened hearts! How vile can men’s
hearts become? The devil’s grip is paralyzing and crippling.
9)
August 23, 1993 - On His Passion continues
Jesus:
The walk was so long up a hill and over
rocks — the cross had to be lifted over the rocks. My Body was bleeding so
badly! My Heart was pounding. I knew that the salvation of all men depended
on My love. Therefore, I went through such agony.
I thought of My intense love for you —
that many would go to heaven because of My suffering — and I continued to
the top of the hill. At the top they laid Me on the cross and with a big
hammer nailed My hands to it. It was the worst (suffering) yet. My hands
were nailed with big nails and the big hammer. Then, as if that weren’t
enough, with a big nail they nailed through both feet.
Then they lifted the cross and banged it
into (a hole in) the ground. My shoulders ached from how I hung. My head
bobbed and My neck ached and they laughed and said, "Now save Yourself." I
hurt so much! I suffered this way for hours — which seemed like forever —
and they glared at Me and laughed! My Mother watched in such agony.
10)
August 23, 1993 - On His Passion continues
Jesus:
For love of you, to My death I gave you My
Body. My child, I shed My Blood and gave you My life that you might be with
Me forever in heaven — not for a day, a month or a year, but forever with Me
in heaven.
I am the true Bread come down from heaven.
He who eats My Flesh will have life forever. For the drink I give you is My
Blood and food you eat is My Body. Who would lay down his life for a friend?
I did, for you. I love you this much, child. Forget about those who reject
you. You have My life that I gave you and I give you life eternal.
I am the One true God. I am the Light of
life. He who abides in Me will have life eternal, for the drink I give is My
Blood and the food I give is My Body. Drink and eat and have everlasting
life.
My child, that is all you need to know.
Love one another and be good that you may enter into My Kingdom.
end of August 23, 1993 msg
The Crucifixion
1) From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
Jesus: They took Me to the
hill to crucify Me. They angrily stripped Me of My garments. They took off
My clothes to whip Me. They had covered My bloody wounds with a dirty
purple robe. Now, total surrender-they took off My clothes. I showed you
the way to surrender, always complying with the Will of the Father. It is
in living in His Will that you will have peace and joy, and life eternal
some day. Oh, how I love you!
2) From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
11. They Nail Him to the Cross
R. See Mary as she holds the
little Baby Jesus. See her as she washes His tender hands and feet. See
her now as she watches as they pound into those same hands and feet the
gigantic nails that fix Jesus to the cross.
Mary: Oh, my dear ones, my heart was torn in my chest as they
nailed His hands and feet to the cross. I ask you this day to walk the
Passion with me and see through my eyes the love He has for you. He truly
was nailed to the cross.
Jesus: They pounded the nails into My first hand, then they
stretched My body and nailed My other hand. The blood poured from these
wounds that went totally through My hands. My pain was so immense, but
then they nailed My feet! You do not know what pain I suffered, My child.
My children, My children, for each one of you I suffered this pain. Oh,
how I loved you!
3) From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
12. Jesus Dies on the Cross
(Silence.)
R. He hung for three agonizing hours on the cross against the
darkened sky. His greatest agonies were not the agonies of His body, but
those of His Heart for the great love He has for each and every soul.
Jesus: I gave Myself to you, My dear ones. I gave My all. I
hung with My arms spread in total surrender. My head was punctured; My
hands and feet were nailed to the cross. I gave Myself to you. I give
Myself to you this day in the Eucharist. I give Myself to you. I, God,
give you Myself! What more do you want?
Song: Oh, burning Heart, oh, Love divine, etc.
R. They pierced His Heart with a lance and what flowed forth
was blood and water, the sacramental life of the Church, water for Baptism
and blood for the Eucharist. His life, death and resurrection live on in
the Church this day.
4) From Blue Book II
I Died
For You - February 23, 1994
Jesus: I want this emotion in the
letter I told you to write. I, Jesus, Son of God, talk to you with such
emotion! I am He Who died a brutal death for love of you. I died for
you! I love you this much, to give My Life! Yet you couldn't even write
when I asked you. You must do exactly as I say. I do not want you ever
to say no to Me!
I have such emotion! I am telling you how I
died a brutal death and you, My child, did not write for Me! What more
can I do? What more do they want? You put others before Me or you would
do as I command. I want you to do as I tell you every moment.
I am the Lord. I am the Son of God. Such
emotion I let you feel for My death. I died. I am a person. I was human
and I died for you. Think of yourself giving your life for someone and
they do not care. What can I do to shake you? What more can I say? I am
here and I am loving you and pleading with you to listen to Me with this
emotion that God is telling you. I am Jesus. I died for you. I gave My
life for you and do you even listen, My little sweet one? You didn't
want to write it for My children. When I give you a command, you write.
When I say do, you do. Selflessness! I am pushing you because I need
your total surrender. Do not ever deny My writing to My loved ones. You
have a responsibility. I don't care where you are when I talk. I am God
and I talk to you. I am so present to you.
Listen. I need your selflessness. I need
your surrender. I need your life, given for love of Me and Me alone. I
need you to be the light that shines on the hill, that does not go in
and out but is constant in My love. I need your commitment. I need your
attention at every moment. I am feeding you My words every moment on
paper and in your hand. You must obey Me exactly as I command. No
questions, only action. I want action. Now! You write when I say write.
I don't care where you are. You worry not for others. I am giving you
the mighty medicine. Would you tell the doctor to wait? I am God and I
do not ever want to wait while you play a safe game with Me. When I say
do something, I want you to do it. You are My beloved and I am filling
you with fire.
I am pushing you to do that which I need
done. Do not ever stop to look around. Keep your focus on Me and My
commands for you. I am using you every moment. I must be able to count
on your constant consent to do My will immediately! I am calling you to
this work and I want you to comply. I love you ardently. I am so full of
love for you. Focus on this and this alone. I am Who am. I am God,
child. Do not ever hesitate. Do not doubt or think. You must act as I
act in you or My work will not be done.
Be selfless about My commands. You will do
My work. You will spread My words of love and create emotion with My
songs and I will use you to bring My flock to My love. I love every
soul! You must spread My love.
Note: (Meditating on the Crucifixion)
Going to Mass at the seminary at 8:00 a.m. was rushed. He said to me,
"Where are you going, child. Do you not feel My presence with you?" A
calm came over me. Then He started lamenting how He died for us, how He
is a true person and He loves us so much. He said, "I died for you."
R. He gave His life for us. He is the
little lamb led to the slaughter out of love for us. He said, "I need
you to do this work now and I am pushing you." He was so upset! He died
for us. He loves us so much as to give His life.
He begged me to spread His love, to tell
others how He, bloodied, bruised and beaten, gave us His life.
Jesus: I am God. I am God. I died.
Spread My love now! Now! Now! Now! Now! I am begging you not to hold
back! Read these letters now, read and learn about My love. I beckon you
to speak of My love. Shout it from the high roof. Proclaim it in the
cities. Jesus Christ died for love of you and He is risen! I am He Who
is God and I died for you!
Listen and preach My love and emotion here.
Priests will create little cities, little cities in each church to
spread the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create
his own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power.
His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no power
except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of Jesus will
be powerhouses.
I am God, My little ones. God can do all
things. I can make your cities light up the darkness. I am the Way, the
Truth, the Life. I am the light of life. I am God! I can do all things.
I want to act in you. You need to be in constant union with Me. My
priests, you need to be selfless. My soul and yours are one. I want to
act in you.
Hold not back. Pray the Prayer for Union
with Me.
end of excerpt
5)
From the Seven Sorrows of Mary - February 22, 1995
5. Jesus
Dies on the Cross
Mary stood under Jesus' cross as He was put to death. The child that she
had held in her arms as Simeon prophesied, And a sword, too, shall pierce
your Heart, O Mary! Now Jesus is dead on the cross! He gave His flesh, He
gave His blood so that we might be with Him forever in heaven. He held not
back. He gave His all. He calls out to us this day to see through the eyes
of His mother as she appears and calls out with a Heart of great love,
"Return to the love of my Son! He is with you this day. He remains with
you, no less present than the day that He hung on the cross, in the
Eucharist. He longs for you to come and be with Him. He is in your brother.
How can you not love your brother when Jesus died for your brother?"
Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a lance. What
came forth was blood and water, the sacramental life of the church. He lives
with us this day in the Church. He gives to us His sacraments, the source of
His life! He gives to us the Sacrament of Penance whereby any sin that we
commit can be taken away through the priest. He wants us to be so close to
Him! He gives us everything to be close to Him. But we see with such limited
vision only those things that are right before our face, when the true
reality is that which we don't see with our eyes, the reality of the
invisible divinity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the consecrated Host!
This is reality! This is our life! This is our power! This is God! And a
sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
6) Excerpt from the Rosary of March 17, 1995 - Jesus Is Crucified and Dies on
the Cross
1. Jesus: I hung for three agonizing
hours on the cross. My body was beaten, My head crowned with thorns. I
breathed My last breath, My thoughts always of you, My beloved ones. I
truly died for you.
2. Jesus: Do you not hear My
plaintive cries, the cries that I am giving to you this day, to spread
this love throughout the world? You are the backbone. You are the ones
that will carry this out. You must be strong soldiers. I am speaking
directly to you. You are going into battle. It is a hard battle. Do not
be discouraged by the opposition that Satan has created for you. He will
try to stop you at every turn, but you must be strong soldiers and you
must stayed fixed in Me. Only if you are rooted in My love can you do
the work that I am asking you to do. You are human. You, on your own,
cannot do this work. This work is the work of lighting up the world with
the fire of My love. You must be strong soldiers. You are truly battling
a world that hates God. Come to My Heart and receive all that you need
to light up this world.
3. Jesus: My Mother stood under My
cross. My beloved Mother! How she loves each one of you. Go to the Heart
of Mary and reside in her arms. Rest in her Heart. This is Her House.
She is with each one of you on your journey. We love you with the
tenderest love.
7) Excerpt from the Rosary of March 17, 1995 - Jesus Is Crucified and Dies on
the Cross
4. Jesus: As she stood by Me all
through My life, she stands by your side. Think of that! Where you are
sitting now, Mary is right by you. Do you feel her presence? Put
yourself on the other side. Be alone with Us now. Let go of this world.
Be touched by the grace of God, special grace that I am giving to you
alone. The angels and saints are so present here at this Center. They
are in the halls. You do not realize because you do not see. You must be
alone with Me and let go of your world to be united ever closer and to
see these things that I want to show you.
5. Jesus: See Me hanging on the
cross. Do you see that? Do you need to see with your eyes? Do you know
what you feel when you receive the Eucharist? You must reach more and
more beyond your vision. Reach into your heart. I communicate in your
heart. Such oneness I have with you in your heart! See beyond your eyes,
beyond your ears, and go inside into your heart. Minute by minute,
second by second, I am there! Mary is with you. My Father and the Holy
Spirit are inside of you. You just do not see. Pray more for grace to
partake in the life I want to give you.
6. Jesus: Pray to the Holy Spirit to
open your eyes more and more to the things of God. You are all blind
men! You do not realize the great gifts that you have. You must be lost
in My Heart. Come to My Heart and let Me hold you close to My divine
love!
8) Excerpt from the Rosary of March 17, 1995 - Jesus Is Crucified and Dies on
the Cross
7. Jesus: My love is burning and on
fire for you. Do you see Me as I hang on the cross with My arms
outstretched? I held on to nothing! I totally surrendered to the Will of
the Father. I held nothing back. I gave My flesh and My blood. I was
born in poverty in a stable and I died on the cross. I came to show you
the way so that you might have life and have life to the full. Life is
not life if it is not rooted in Me!
8. Jesus: Let Me pour My life out to
you. Feel its vibrancy within you. I am truly with you this day and
longing for closer union with you. Let go! Let go! Let go!
9. Jesus: It is in this time that you
spend alone with Me that I can work in your heart. Do not look for
visions. Do not look to hear things. Go inside of your heart and be
alone with Me. Spend this time with Me each day and, through the day,
spend short periods, minutes when you just close your eyes and focus on
My presence with you, for I am truly present. I will work in your heart
when you come to Me in these special moments.
10. Jesus: This time between noon and
3:00 p.m. is so important to Me. Spend this time focusing on being ever
more united to Me and think of My passion. See Me as I hung on the
cross. See My flesh torn! See the blood as it ran down My body. Spend
this time each Friday focused from noon until 3:00 p.m. on My passion.
It is in meditating on this passion that you will realize My immense
love that I have for you. I truly gave My blood. I gave you My flesh. I
give you My body and I give you My blood this day in the Eucharist. Come
to Me and spend time with Me after Communion and let Me work in your
heart, for I love you so dearly, My beloved ones. I am Jesus. Jesus! I
love you so much!
9) From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
13. Jesus Is Taken Down from the
Cross and Placed in the Arms of His Mother
R. His totally lifeless body
was placed in the arms of His most loving Mother. As she had held the
little baby body in her arms, she now received His bloodied, bruised body
in her arms. This is how He obeyed the Father's Will. Jesus gave His life
for us. The Father gave His only Son because He loves us so much. Mary,
His Mother, our Mother and the Mother of the Church, is forever by His
side. See Jesus in the arms of His loving Mother under the cross. This is
love.
Mary: I held His lifeless body in my arms. See through my eyes
the love He has for you this day. He gives Himself to you today in the
Eucharist. He loves you so much!
From the Seven Sorrows of Mary - February 22, 1995
6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the
Cross
If we ever doubted for one second that we were loved, we could visualize the
picture of Mary as she sat beneath the cross with the lifeless, battered,
bruised and bloodied body of her Son in her arms, the same child that she
held when Simeon prophesied her suffering. He gave His last breath. He gave
the last beat of His Heart. He gave His all! This is the way He complied
with the Will of the Father. He came to show us the way. He died in perfect
peace. To His death He was in peace because He knew the Father's love. The
Father loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son for love of us!
The Spirit descended upon the Virgin Mary and the Word was made flesh! The
love of the Two Hearts! Such immense love beating for us!
In all love there is suffering. Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His
Heart was pierced with a lance. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O
Mary!
10) From the Stations of the Cross - February 22, 1995
14. Jesus Is Locked in the Tomb
R. His enemies rolled the
stone up to the tomb and were pleased to have buried Jesus. Mary, outside
the tomb, wept bitterly. The cold reality that He was dead! But death has
no power over Jesus for on the third day He rose, triumphant, from the
tomb! We are partakers in His divine life. Death has no power over Jesus.
He is with us this day. He comes to bring us life to the full. He loves us
so much!
From the Seven Sorrows of Mary - February 22, 1995
7. Jesus
Is Locked in the Tomb
And now Jesus, His body lifeless, is locked in a tomb! What cold reality
for Mary to realize that His body is now gone! A stone separated her from
her Son!
He gave His last breath! He gave the last beat of His Heart for love of each
one of us! And she comes to us this day with her sweet, beautiful voice and
she asks us to go to her Son and love Him! How can we refuse Jesus who
spread His arms and gave His life for each and every one of us? How can we
not trust Him when He loved us so much that He allowed them to tear His
flesh, to crown Him with piercing thorns and, lastly, to hang Him on a
cross? He truly gave His life for us! He, truly God, is with us this day,
the same as the day He died on the cross, in the tabernacle! And we take it
so lightly! Death has no power over Him! Locked in the tomb for three days,
He rose triumphant on the third day as He had foretold. He comes to give us
life. He gives us the sacrament of Baptism that initiates us into His life,
that makes us children of God and heirs of heaven if we remain in the state
of grace. He asks two things: love of God and love of one another! He came
to show us the way and His way is love. To His death on the cross He loved
each one of us! He calls out to each one of us here today to be His
soldiers, to march on a world that has forgotten God, that has forgotten
what it is like to love! It is a battle to live in this world. But the
battle is won with hearts that are filled with His love, empowered by the
grace and might that He pours out in the Eucharist. He calls out for us to
come to the Eucharist and to the tabernacle and be fed with His very flesh
and blood. To feed on Divine Life, the greatest nourishment, the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! This is the love He gives. This is
the love He asks us to share.
Given
October 29, 2016
R.
Please spread blessed holy water
(You can also mix Jesus and Mary water
with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)
in your yard, around your house,
in the state you live in.
And ask God to bless your state
Ask God to bless the United States
Pray all prayers through the intercession of
Our Lady of CLEAR – WATER.
Ask the Lady of CLEAR - WATER
to help with the blessed water.
Mary has appeared to me for 22 years,
in Ohio and Florida.
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© 2014 Shepherds of Christ.