Given April 25, 2017
 

Prayer of St Ignatius

Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the wicked foe defend me
at the hour of my death call me
and bid me come to Thee
That with Thy saints I may praise Thee
For ever and ever. Amen.

                R. Mary wanted nothing but to serve Jesus –

                Mary's Heart is Immaculate

                Mary said I am the Immaculate Conception

                God is to receive glory –

                God has all the power –

                The devil wants people to seek power
                    for anger and hatred.

                The devil wants people to disobey and do
                    what they want.

                The message of Easter is we let go of the
                    old pride and anger and envy and
                    jealousy and we live a pure life likened
                    to Jesus.

                Mary always said "yes" to God –
                Mary always did the will of God –

                Mary teaches us to love the will of God
                    and to serve Him –

                Mary teaches us about obedience and
                    purity and humility and she shows
                    us how she obeyed the will of
                    the heavenly Father –

                Mary was obedient –

                Mary, as Mother, teaches us about
                    the 4th Commandment –

                What is important in our lives is not
                    what men think, but what God
                    thinks – how we are before God.

                We are to do God's plan with love in
                    our heart – give God what He
                    really wants – Give it to Him
                    willingly –

                Sing: Alleluia #1

                Sing: Jesus Christ has Risen Today

                Sing: Hail Mary Gentle Woman

                Mary was conceived without sin –

                We see Adam and Eve –

                    Our first parents were jealous of God –
                    Envious of God.

                God told them not to eat of the tree.
                    They disobeyed God – they wanted
                    power –

                Adam and Eve sinned. We were born into
                    a sinful race. Adam and Eve wanted
                    to be equal to God –
                    they didn't know their place –
                    they disobeyed authority –

                Mary loved obeying God –
                    Mary wanted to please God –
                    Mary said "yes" to God –

                Mary said

    "Yes"

                In Greek that means

                    "I am the slave of God"

                Mary prays with us.

                Mary is a powerful intercessor.

                Mary intercedes with us to God to
                    help build the Kingdom of God.

                Adam and Eve were thrown out of the
                    Garden of Paradise – they
                    disobeyed God –

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. Holy is God's Name –

                All honor and glory to God –

                Jesus: I call you to sing to Me –
                    The devil is hate –
                    The devil comes so men are
                    prideful and disobey God –

                R. What is important is not what men think,
                    but what we do before God.

                Doing God's plan with love in our
                    heart – giving God what He
                    wants – willingly!!

                In baptism we are filled with God's
                    grace and we can follow Mary
                    and say "yes" to God or we can
                    say "no" to God like Adam and Eve did.

                R. Mary is our Queen,
                Queen of heaven and Queen of earth –

                Mary is our model –

                Hail Mary pray for us –

                Mary we ask you to be Queen of our heart –

                Mary we love you –

                Mary Holy Virgin pray for us –

                Tower of David – pray for us –

                Mary, Queen of our hearts, pray
                    for us.

                Jesus, we pray through the powerful
                    intercession of Mary, Queen
                    of Peace, please help us.

                Jesus have mercy on us –

                We love You Jesus –

                We love You Mary

                Thank You God – You are all holy –

                Jesus gives us His Body and His Blood –

                God is love –

                Jesus gives us Himself –

                Jesus loves us so much –

                Jesus teaches us about love and purity
                    about giving and kindness –

                Jesus teaches us about the light –

                Jesus lived in a family with Mary and
                    Joseph even though He
                    is God.

                Jesus shows us how He taught 12 Apostles
                    to carry on –

                Jesus worked with others
 

                R. Our Father loves us – we are His
                    little child –
                    God gives us a sharing in His
                        life in baptism and He
                        feeds us with the Eucharist –

                Dear God grant us peace –

                    Help us to be free from sin –
 

                R. We are to be witnesses of God's love –
                    We are to live the Christ-life –

John 15: 5-6

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.
 

                R. Sin brings darkness
                Sin brings guilt and shame

                Today is the Day the Lord has
                    made –

                Responsibility and
                Opportunity –
 

                R. We are to live the life, death, and resurrection
                of Jesus.

Acts 2: 36-41

    ‘For this reason the whole House of Israel can be certain that the Lord and Christ whom God has made is this Jesus whom you crucified.’

Hearing this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘What are we to do, brothers?’ ‘You must repent,’ Peter answered, ‘and every one of you must be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise that was made is for you and your children, and for all those who are far away, for all those whom the Lord our God is calling to himself.’ He spoke to them for a long time using many other arguments, and he urged them, ‘Save yourselves from this perverse generation.’ They accepted what he said and were baptised. That very day about three thousand were added to their number.

                R. We are given such a gift in baptism –

                In this reading Peter tells us we need to be
                baptized.

                    In baptism we receive a sharing in His life.
                Our knowing and loving capacity is elevated.
                The supernatural world is opened to us.
                We receive the gifts of Faith, Hope and
                Love. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit
                dwell in the graced baptized soul. WOW

                    Our human nature is elevated in baptism.
                We can participate in God's life on a
                supernatural level. We can live deeply the
                Christ-life and life in the Holy Spirit. Mary is
                our spiritual Mother and she is by our
                side – helping us.

                    We are to live the Pascal mystery of
                dying to the ways not like Christ and
                rising in Him.

                    We live the mystery of Christ more deeply
                in our lives, the more we live as devout members
                of the mystical body of Christ.

                    Prayers to Know.
 

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 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

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Morning Offering

My dear Father, I offer you this day all my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit.

I unite with our Mother, Mary, all the angels and saints, and all the souls in purgatory to pray to the Father for myself, for each member of my family, for my friends, for all people throughout the world, for all the souls in purgatory, and for all other intentions of the Sacred Heart.

I love You, Jesus, and I give You my heart. I love you, Mary, and I give you my heart. Amen.

My dear Father, I offer You this day all my prayers, works, joys and sufferings, my every breath, my every heartbeat, my every thought, all my actions, in union with Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world, in the Holy Spirit. I pray the Holy Spirit is with me every second today, enlightening me to do the Will of the Father and filling me with the fire of God's love.

I ask Jesus and Mary to be one in me in all that I do and I unite with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory to pray continually to the Father for these intercessions, in this prayer, for this day.

For myself, I pray for grace-abundant grace, to know and love God more and more and to follow the Will of the Father. I pray to the Holy Spirit to transform me in the heart of Mary to be more and more like Jesus. I pray that I can forever dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. I pray for conversion of all those I hold dear who need conversion. I pray for each member of my family that they will be filled with Your abundant grace to grow in their knowledge and love of God.

I pray for all my friends that they will receive abundant grace to carry out the great plan of the Father, that they will grow forever closer to Jesus' Heart through Mary's heart, that we will all be led by the Holy Spirit to do His work, that we will, together, carry out the plan of the Father as He intends us to, to spread the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary's heart to this world.

Jesus, I pray for myself so the Holy Spirit descends upon me and opens my heart to Your love so I will grow more and more deeply in union with You. I pray that I do not worry what other people think but try always to please the Father and do His Will. I pray that I may help lead many to Your burning love.

I pray for the following people in particular that they will be filled with the Spirit and grow deeply in their union with You, that they will receive abundant graces to know, love and serve You more. (Include special friends by name...)

I pray for priests the world over, for the success of the Priestly Newsletter, the Chapters and for the finances needed for the Newsletter. I pray for the circulation of the Blue Book messages, rosary meditations and tapes. I pray for all those involved in the publication of these messages.

I pray that You will shower Your abundant graces onto the priests reading the Newsletter the people reading and hearing the Blue Book messages and rosary meditations and all of Fr. Carter's publications.

We pray for the intentions we hold deep within our hearts, for our families and friends, for those requesting our prayers. We pray for children the world over and for the souls in purgatory. We ask God to shower His abundant grace on us and the members of our Shepherds of Christ Chapter so that we may grow more and more in our knowledge and love of God.

We consecrate ourselves to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We pray for Father Carter, for Father Smith, for Rita Ring, and for John Weickert, for all leaders and helpers in the Shepherds of Christ Movement, for Shepherds of Christ Ministries, and Our Lady of Light Ministry. We pray for all those who are working in these ministries.

We bind ourselves and our children and our friends to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. We place the precious blood of Jesus on ourselves, and all we touch, so that we will be protected from the evil one. We pray to St. Michael to cast the devil into hell.

We love You, God, we love You, we love You. We beg that we may receive the grace to love You more and more deeply. We adore You, we praise You, our beloved Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.