December 24, 2009

                God is with us

Joyful Mysteries

                Annunciation

                (1) Luke 1: 26-38

                (2) The saints are like the rest of
                        mankind in desiring greatness.
                        But, following the lead of Jesus,
                        they know where to seek greatness.

                (3) Christ stands out as a giant
                        of greatness.

                (4) Christ tells us that a man is
                        great, not because of what he
                        possesses, not because of social
                        status, not because he is
                        admired by the crowds, not
                        even primarily because of great
                        works he might accomplish,
                        but simply because of what
                        he is.

                (5) For great works, if they really are
                        authentically great, are
                        possible because of the innate
                        greatness of the man who
                        achieves them.

                (6) From Fr. Carter

                        "Christ's greatness as man, then,
                        was the innate greatness of
                        His humanity itself. His
                        greatness was the fullness
                        and perfection of a truly human
                        life, a life elevated above
                        its mere naturalness to a
                        new dynamism, the life of
                        grace.
                        Christ as man possessed this
                        life of grace in its fullness
                        as a result of His human nature's
                        close union with the divine
                        person of the Word. But Christ's
                        greatness was not an isolated
                        greatness, an "unrelated"
                        greatness. It was a greatness
                        which centered in relationships
                        of love."

                (7) Jesus' life was a life of love.
                        He mightily loved His Father
                        and His fellow men.
                        The greatness of Christ's life
                        can be comprehended only
                        in terms of love, the love
                        which united Him so intimately
                        to His Father and to us.

                (8) "The poverty, the hiddenness, the
                        disappointments, the accomplishments,
                        the weariness, the joy and the
                        happiness, the pain and the agony —
                        all that comprised the earthly
                        life of Christ was experienced
                        and lived out within the framework
                        of love. Jesus was the great man.
                        He was because He was a great
                        lover. He loved in everything He did.
                        He loved tenderly, manfully,
                        with understanding and sympathy.
                        He loved with complete devotedness
                        and with deep, sincere concern
                        for the individual. He loved with
                        a passion for that which was
                        right and true and beautiful
                        and good. He loved with complete
                        conformity to His Father's will.
                        He loved always and completely.
                        Jesus loved with a gift of Himself,
                        always pouring Himself out,
                        even to the point of death. He
                        gave Himself in love to the
                        Father and to us until there was
                        no more to give. This was the
                        poignant beauty of Christ's life.

                        This was His greatness. His
                        greatness was centered in love.
                        He was a giant of greatness
                        because of what He simply was —
                        a tremendous lover."

                (9) Many times we have not followed the
                        lead of Jesus in being a tremendous
                        lover and have sought our
                        own greatness and fulfillment
                        in a manner which necessarily
                        resulted sooner or later in
                        disappointments. We have striven
                        after greatness in ways God
                        has not intended. We have
                        reached out for our self-determined -
                        bubbles of achievement and
                        fulfillment against God's will.
                        These left us with dissatisfaction
                        and frustration and unhappiness.

                (10)

                        23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

                            Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God 
                        our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

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21.                     SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

    Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
    and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
    no decision is made under the influence of any
    inordinate attachment

 

                        In this mystery let us meditate on
                            Christ's greatness —
                        Christ was formed in the womb
                            of Mary —

                        Let us ask the Holy Spirit to form us in
                            the spiritual womb of Mary
                            her Immaculate Heart —
                            Ask the Holy Spirit to form us more and
                            more in the image and likeness
                            of God —

                        Ask the Holy Spirit to help us to love —
                            more like Jesus — for God is
                            love and to be like Jesus
                            is to be a tremendous lover —
                            A lover like Christ —
                            Giving according to the Father's
                            will, in love, for the
                            honor and glory of God —

                The Visitation

                (1) Luke 1: 39-45

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’

                (2) What we follow must be rooted in
                        Christ — in the Father's Plan —

                    Sing: Dwelling Place —

                    Our plans must be rooted in Christ's
                        way of life, His way of true
                        personal greatness.
                        We must look to the example
                        Jesus gave us — we meditate on
                        these mysteries of the lives of
                        Jesus and Mary for in following
                        the love of These Two Hearts
                        lies our joy —

                    The New Adam and the New Eve —

                    We see the once barren women of the Bible,
                        Hannah, Sara, Elizabeth and
                        how God brought forth
                        blessings from their lives —
                        in the child they had after
                        their barrenness —

                    God lets us see poverty — He lets
                        us see a low point and in
                        our faithfulness of following
                        Him according to His will —
                        He can bless us and many
                        after a long dry spell —

                    God wants us to live according to
                        His plan - in love —

                (3) Mary shows her love for
                        Elizabeth and her desire
                        to follow the will of
                        God in traveling to her —

                    The greeting of the angel —
                        Hail Mary and
                    the greeting of Elizabeth —

                        Elizabeth filled with the Holy Spirit
                            cried out in a loud voice

                        "Most blessed are you
                            among women, and
                            blessed is the fruit
                            of your womb."

                (4) Mary, from the first moment of
                        conception, was conceived
                        without sin —
                        What a gift this is for the
                        fallen human race —
                        Mary, a human person,
                        a creature, conceived without
                        sin —

                    Hail Mary — FULL of GRACE —

                        From the first moment of conception
                            we were all marked with
                            original sin because of
                            the sin of Adam and Eve —

                        God the Father gives us such a
                            gift in Mary's Immaculate
                            Conception —

                        Mary is the New Eve
                        Mary is the Mother of God
                        Mary is Mother of divine grace.

                (5) I love the Litany to Mary for we
                        honor Mary in her
                        Motherhood, her Virginity,
                        her various titles,
                        her Queenship —

                    We celebrate the 5th with special
                        days of prayer because of the
                        5 blasphemies of Mary and 5
                        wounds of Christ

                (6) From the Mass Book —
                        Here are the 5 Blasphemies of Mary

                (7)

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.

                (8) Sing: Holy, Holy Is His Name

                (9) Dear Mary — we give ourselves
                        to your Immaculate Heart —
                        we want to dwell in this
                        spiritual womb —
                        We ask the Holy Spirit to act powerfully
                            in your heart so pure
                            to bring us forth as
                            great lovers likened
                            more and more to Jesus

                (10) Sing Song: Give Me Your Heart Oh Jesus

                The Nativity

                (1) Luke 2: 1-20

Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census—the first—took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living–space. In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night. An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified, but the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.’ And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words: 

    Glory to God in the highest heaven, 
    and on earth peace for those he favours. 

    Now it happened that when the angels had gone from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go to Bethlehem and see this event which the Lord has made known to us.’ So they hurried away and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds said to them. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as they had been told.

                (2) Song: See the Eyes that Look at Mary

                (3) Sing: Silent Night

                (4) Sing: What Child is This

                (5) Isaiah 62: 1-5

                (6) Psalm 89: 4-5, 16-17, 27, 29

I have made your dynasty firm for ever,
built your throne stable age after age.' Pause

The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh,
your constancy in the gathering of your faithful.

In your name they rejoice all day long,
by your saving justice they are raised up.

You are the flower of their strength,
by your favour our strength is triumphant;

So I shall make him my first-born,
the highest of earthly kings.

I have established his dynasty for ever,
his throne to be as lasting as the heavens.

                (7) Acts 13: 16-17, 22-25

Paul stood up, raised his hand for silence and began to speak:

'Men of Israel, and fearers of God, listen! The God of our nation Israel chose our ancestors and made our people great when they were living in Egypt, a land not their own; then by divine power he led them out

                (8) Dear God — You so loved the world
                        to send Your only Son Jesus —
                        to show us how to love —
                        how to be a son of God —

                        We want to serve You as
                            Your child — Oh heavenly
                            Father — for we are the
                            poor banished children of
                            Adam and Eve

                        Help us God —

                        Oh this Christmas Eve — fill us
                            more and more with Your life —
                            Your grace —

                        Let our hearts be filled
                            with Your truth so we
                            will witness to Your
                            truth with our lives
                            living in Your truth —
                            according to the teachings
                            of the Church, Your Word
                            and living by Your
                            Commandments — Amen.

                (9) Sing: A Song from Jesus

                (10) Sing: I Love You Jesus

                    Sing between decades again

                    Song: See the Eyes that Look at Mary

                    Here — Sing the Litany

Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.

Holy Mary, pray for us (repeat after each invocation).
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of angels,
Queen of patriarchs,
Queen of prophets,
Queen of apostles,
Queen of martyrs,
Queen of confessors,
Queen of virgins,
Queen of all saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of families,
Queen of peace,

Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and, by the glorious intercession of the blessed Mary, ever virgin, be delivered from present sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

                Presentation in the Temple

                (1) Luke 2: 22-28

                (2) Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet

                (3) God has manifested His love —
                        God created us to love —
                        We are commanded to love —

                        Jesus came to bring us
                            peace and joy —

                        Jesus is all merciful
                        Jesus is love

                (4) Isaiah 9: 1-6

                (5) From the Red Rosary Book - skip Hail Marys

THE SEVEN SORROWS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
AT A SHEPHERDS OF CHRIST MEETING

February 22, 1995

1. The Prophecy of Simeon
Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus went to the temple. Simeon, the prophet, inspired by the Holy Spirit, met them and told Joseph and Mary of the great sufferings of Jesus and Mary. He told Mary that a sword would pierce her heart. From that point on, Mary ever remembered the prophecy of Simeon whenever she beheld her child. When she looked at His little body, even as an infant, she knew He would suffer. Every time she clothed Him and watched Him at play, her heart was torn in her chest as she knew what He would suffer. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!

2. The Flight into Egypt
Joseph was told by the angel to flee. Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus had to flee because of what might happen to Jesus. They had to pack for a long stay. The child Jesus was so small! They left on their journey, hearts full of fear, trying to protect Jesus. They were forced to flee into Egypt.

3. Jesus Is Lost, In the Temple
Imagine the sufferings in Mary's heart when she realized the child Jesus was not with them. Think of how it would be to lose your child and not know where he was or if anything happened to him. With sorrow in their hearts, Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem to look for the child Jesus. And a sword, too, shall pierce your heart, O Mary!

4. Jesus Carries His Cross
Song: See the eyes that look at Mary, her tender infant child. See the child's Heart beat so tenderly, the Savior of the world!
See the eyes of Jesus and Mary as they met on Calvary. Mary's Heart knew Jesus' Heart so well! From the first moment of conception and throughout His life, Mary was so connected with Jesus and now she peered into His eyes. The crown of thorns adorned His Head! Blood ran down His face! A heavy cross on His back! Wounded, His whole body covered with bleeding wounds! And her whole life flashed before her, the life that she had spent with Jesus. This was the beloved child that she had held in her arms when Simeon told Mary that 'a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!'

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. 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!

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.

 

                (6) Luke 2: 10-11

but the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

                (7) Isaiah 62: 11-12

This is what Yahweh has proclaimed to the remotest part of earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Look, your salvation is coming; with him comes his reward, his achievement precedes him!' They will be called 'The Holy People', 'Yahweh's Redeemed', while you will be called 'Sought-after', 'City-not-forsaken'.  

                (8) How beloved, indeed, we are
                        to our God —

                    Mary suffered for us —

                    Look at this picture of Mary
                        with the sword in her heart —

                    It was in this statue, Mary
                        appeared to me.

July 5, 1994 6:30 p.m.

R. I was told to go to Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center to pray the rosary with my children. There were people in the front of the church, so we decided to pray the rosary in the back before the Sorrowful Mother statue. I had the following vision at the end of the rosary.

The statue of the Sorrowful Mother was lit up as if she had fire around her. The light was very bright. Her whole gown was all-white, but the statue's gown is blue and pink. She was all aglow. It looked like the glow that comes off of a fire. Her face kept changing but remained totally sorrowful-the sorrow of an older woman. She was in such pain and sorrow! (It was hard to explain how she looked-extremely pained!) Her face looked as though she was in such pain that she could hardly bear it.

The vision remained like this for about ten minutes, having begun during the last Hail Mary of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary. She was holding something-it was all bright white-the brightest light ever!

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                (9) From the Red Rosary Book

August 10, 1994 After Mass, Fr. Smith’s Chapel

And Their Eyes Peered Into One Another's Eyes

R. See Mary as she beholds the baby in her arms. She looks at Him so tenderly. His sweet baby eyes look up at the eyes of His loving Mother. Such tenderness between Mother and Son, such oneness to hold her infant Son so lovingly in her arms. Oh, do we ever know the tenderness between a baby and his loving mother?

A life of close union between this Mother and this Son, a life of her looking into His loving eyes. Such silent, but strong and loving communication! Such a strong bond-Their eyes meeting-from one soul to the other soul.

Song: See the Eyes That Look at Mary (Verse l)…

Deep, deep communication, a deep bond, indescribable in words, a touching of the souls! And the peering look between Son and Mother on the road to the crucifixion. What a peering look, what communication between this Son and Mother. Seeing the other suffer was as agonizing as each's very own suffering-suffering and oneness between a Son and His Mother. A peering look, deep into the very souls. Such an intimacy between Them!

How can one describe in words this oneness, this union between the Son and His Mother? The perfect love between Him and her. Total giving of each person in such love to the other. To see the suffering of the other was as agonizing as-if not more than-each's own suffering.

How His passion and crucifixion were intensified by the sufferings of His dear Mother! How her sufferings were such a sharing in our redemption, the swords that pierced her Heart! The eyes of Mary that invisibly bled as she watched such brutality to the beloved Baby she once carried in her womb and held in her arms!

Song: Little Baby Hands and Feet…

Mary held the Child Jesus when He was a baby; she watched Him and cared for Him as a little boy; she was so attentive to the needs of her little Son. Will we ever know this connectedness between Their loving Hearts? Do we know this oneness? The peering eyes on the way to Calvary tell the story. They tell the story of this oneness. They tell the story of her watching this horrid event of her beautiful baby Son and His horrible passion and death.

Her eyes! Oh, Mary, help me to see the love of Jesus through your eyes! You watched Him as a baby, you watched Him as a child. You watched Him grow into the beautiful Man He became and you, Mary, watched Him all through this bitter passion and death. Your eyes saw the love that He gave for us. Now you come, Mary. You appear to tell us to go to this Son. You knew more than anyone His love to suffer so for us. You come and appear with blood in your eyes and tears running down your cheeks. You show me your sorrowful face, your young face, your old face, your joyful face. This was the face Jesus peered at as He walked His walk to Calvary. This was the face that appears now to tell us the story of His love this very day. I see your parade of faces, Mary, old and young, sorrowful and joyful. I see these faces that Jesus beheld. Your face tells the story of His love for us.

Mary: This is my beloved Son. This is my Baby. This is the Child I bore in my womb. He came to give you love. He came to be God-made-Man among you this very day. He is, my children, no less present in the Eucharist than He was at Calvary and you go after such incidental things. My Son loves you. I show you my face so you can tell the world of our love. Live our lives in the rosary. Let our lives live in your day. The way to eternal happiness is to be likened to my beautiful Son.

I watched my Son. I lead you to the ardent love of my Son, Jesus. His Heart burns for love of you. Come to Him this day. Give Him your love. Spend time with Him. He is alive and in your midst in the Eucharist.

R. Note: I smelled roses very strongly throughout this message.

Song: See the Eyes That Look at Mary (Verse 2)…

This is the Son of the Father, the Son of God, born of Mary through the Holy Spirit, and He lives this day in your hearts. Share His love for you. Go to Him through Mary's Heart. She who is so closely united to Jesus! Their Hearts are so close to one another! As their eyes were joined in such oneness, Their Hearts are joined in such intimacy. Go to Jesus' Heart through His beloved Mother, through her who bore Him in her womb, her who watched Him give Himself for love of you.

end of August 10, 1994

 

                (10) Isaiah 52: 7-10

                Finding in the Temple

                (1) Luke 2: 41-50

                (2) Excerpt from Response to God's Love by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

                (3)

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

                (4) Sing: See the Eyes that Look at Mary

                (5) 1 Samuel 1: 20-22

                (6) 1 John 3: 1-2, 21-24

                (7) Isaiah 60: 1-6

                (8) Oh God help us to be holy—
                        Fill us with Your grace —
                        Have mercy, for the sake of
                            the children

                        Let our prayer — rise like
                            incense to You —
                            Oh God our beloved —

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