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July 11, 2007
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July 11, 2007
I am united to all
the Masses going on
around the world.
Everything I do I am
so one with Jesus for the
sake of souls. The suffering
to know one soul could be
lost.
I offer everything I do
here on earth as a sacrifice
united to the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass — being so deeply
one in Him.
Oh God help us for the sake
of souls — for the wonderful
priests to be so deeply wed
to Thee — to know more the
tremendous gift of Your love
given to us — for the realization
more and more of the gift of the
priest and the Church and the
Mass — and to tell the people
about the vine and the branches —
the members of the body of
Christ so one in God as a
strong net-work reaching all
over the surface of the earth —
choking out the weeds and the
love of God enduring, flourishing,
strengthening the hungry souls —
The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present —
Oh I am so grateful for the
priest, for the Church, for baptism —
for my commission as a member of
the body of Christ —
I am so grateful for the
presence of God being in my
graced soul — strengthening me —
I am saturated with God's grace
in me and
Mary is full of grace and I am
saturated more and more with His grace —
He lives in me and
I live in Him —
He is the vine
We are the branches —
Sing: We Have Been Told
Sing: A Priest is a Gift from God
I am one in Him —
I am identified in His selfless
giving of Himself on the cross
for the sake of souls.
I lay my life down for Him and
the souls — My life an offering —
My life a sacrifice.
Jesus: "I am the vine, you are the branches."
Surrender to the will of God —
My life a constant gift of myself
to the Father.
Endurance — living the Pascal
Mystery death/resurrection.
Life in Him
From a Lenten Homily, March 24, 2000
Live in the Moment
Today’s Gospel in its story certainly points ahead to Jesus in His Passion and death. And as we read passages such as this during the Lenten season, we are reminded once again that the Church in her Liturgy of the Word gives us an opportunity to undergo a purification, an ever deepening cleansing of ourselves so that we may be a more fit instrument
for receiving the great graces which are to be given to us at the time of the Resurrection memorial on Easter. And so all in all, Lent is a time of purification to prepare us for ever-greater gifts of the Lord. It’s a time of self-discipline, a time to renew our efforts to be self-disciplined in the service of the Lord. Self-discipline is an aspect of purification. And I suggest that one of the most difficult acts of self-discipline in the spiritual journey is to concentrate on the present moment. We have a very strong tendency to disregard the importance of the present moment by focusing in a wrong way on the past or in a wrong way on the future. There are proper occasions for thinking of the past and the future. For example, we have to learn from the past and we have to prepare for the future, but our great emphasis has to be upon the present. There is a Latin axiom which says, age quod agis, age quod agis, which means: do what you are doing, concentrate on the present. And of course we are familiar with that term in the history of spirituality: the sacrament of the present moment. And so the discipline of Lent certainly encourages us to include in a deeper self-discipline a greater determination to get as much as we can out of the present moment. People with a terminal illness have an opportunity as they prepare for death for increased prayer, contrition, love of God. However, some are taken very, very quickly. But for those who have the opportunity of knowing with some certainty the time of their death, I’m sure as they look back on their lives, they are saddened by the many times they did not use time and opportunities for the service of the Lord properly, and are overjoyed at those times in which they did use the present opportunity properly. A great means we have of living in the present properly is a greater focus upon our Lord. For if I have that awareness of the fact I am united with Jesus here and now, why should I be concerned so much about the future or the past? Yes, a great help in living in the present and deriving all the good we can from it for ourselves and others is an ever greater focus upon Jesus, because the more I focus upon Jesus and the more I live with Him in the present moment, the more I am satisfied with the present moment. And so let us in our Lenten activity resolve to grow in that self-discipline - which is very difficult at times - to really live in the presence with the fullness of our being as much as is possible, with the help of God’s grace. Now is the day of salvation. Now is the day of salvation.
end of Father Carter's homily
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.
-God's Blue Book, December 27, 1995
A home run to me is living
as a member of the body of Christ
united to the Mass - doing
God's will in love —
Always say the Say Daily Card —
spread it
The Song that you play is
the song of harmony —
doing God's will —
When I do the retreat —
those not able to attend
should be in harmony —
not disconnected so that
at the proper time the
devil can use their
activities to act as a distraction.
These 4 days of prayer have
been called by Jesus in
the Shepherds of Christ Movement
to help bring down great grace —
disconnection — disharmony
comes from those having
something else to do —
God wants us praying
here and great grace is
released.
A man called a big dinner
and his wife went upstairs
to be by herself. The guests
came and went and she remained
in her chambers.
Why did she do that —
being in one mind and one
heart, is a grace of surrender —
wanting God's will —
to help bring down great
grace for our work here —
praying for the priests, the
Church and the world —
People divorced deal
with the pain of children
being passed on holidays,
vacations — being united is
to be in harmony — to be
one as God intends —
Living according to God will
in love - keeps us one —
a power house —
Being divided is the way
many families have been forced
to live because of divorce —
survival with a divided
heart —
How do we deal with pain?
Looking at Jesus on the cross and
Looking into Mary's eyes as
Jesus did on the way to Calvary —
oneness in the face of tremendous
suffering —
Jesus was the suffering
servant for our sins — He didn't
punish those who were whipping
Him — He withstood the
blows for the sake of souls —
How are you inside in
one mind and one heart with
the Plan of the Father — even
though you are suffering —
or do you give up the chance
to help bring down powerful
grace because when you
suffer you punish others —
Death/Resurrection — saying
yes to God's will in love
Being harmonious —
Letting God take the lead —
The dance is done when
Jesus leads the dance —
He is the Divine Bridegroom —
how clumsy indeed
when the branch disconnects
from the vine —
soon it gets brittle —
breaks, falls off and dies
People today many from the
chastisement after Fatima —
see themselves as little gods
they turn their talents into
acts for their own
self glory —
little men — like little
gods who have
disconnected from
the vine
It is in God
Rooted to the vine
We are rooted to the
all Powerful
Man is limited —
God is all powerful
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