January 13, 2017   

                R. Relationship –

                Our whole life is relationship –

                Relationship with God –

                Relationship with others –

                Relationship in eternity –

                A man is to open His heart
                    and grow in His relationship
                    with God and
                    others and love Himself
                    as God's creation –

                God intends us to function
                    in dimension with others.

                He put Adam and Eve together –
                    He made their union
                        necessary for children–

                God walked with them in
                    the Garden.

                R. We are related to one another –
                    in birth, children of
                    our mother and father –
                    brothers and sisters in our
                        family –

                Sin divides man from God
                    from others –

                Sin brings disorder and
                    selfishness

                We are members of the human
                    family – How we love
                    in God effects the human
                    family –

                We see how Hitler effected
                    so many lives.

                66,000,000 people were
                    killed in World War II.

                We are to seek to know and
                    love as members of the
                    human family.

                Jesus told Fr. Carter to pray this
                    pray in the Shepherds of Christ
                    prayers for the
                    human family.
 

From the Prayer Manual

Prayer for all members of the human family

Heavenly Father, we ask Your blessings on all Your children the world over. Attend to all their needs. We ask Your special assistance for all those marginalized people, all those who are so neglected and forgotten. United with our Mother Mary, we make this petition to You through Jesus and in the Holy Spirit.
 

                R. Children must mature and
                    see themselves in their
                    relationship with others –
                    They must learn to love
                    themselves and respect
                    others.

                God brings us into families
                    to learn how to be
                    social –

                A child is not born like
                    a jungle child –
                    all alone –

                Children are under their
                    parents – children can
                    rebel against their parents
                    and as adults be so
                    immature they are still
                    rebelling against authority
                    because they rebelled
                    against their parents –

                The Bible says to love our
                    parents even when
                    they are old –

                Love brings peace to our
                    hearts –

                Peace comes from living in
                    order – respecting structure –
                    living in God's truth –

                The Church is the Mystical
                    Body of Christ –

                We know how powerful
                    the Mass is –
                    That we as members of
                    the mystical body of
                    Christ can unite as
                    one with Christ the
                    head and partake
                    in the Mass, the sacrifice
                    of Calvary sacramentally
                    made present. We pray
                    united at the Mass for
                    atonement of sins, for
                    adoration of God, for
                    thanksgiving for gifts
                    from God, for petitioning
                    God for our needs –

                The Mass is a special
                    relationship we have
                    with God and with
                    each other.

                    We have been created by God to
                be one with Him and one with
                other men and He commands
                us to love Him and to love
                others as ourselves.

                    No man is an island. In the
                plan of God we are to be one
                with Him and one with each
                other – to freely open our hearts
                and live in unity and love
                with our brothers.

                    To meet each other in one
                heart building the Kingdom of God and
                bringing others out there to
                see the Plan of God that we
                live in love united to one another.

                    We are not an island – we are
                never cut off from others. We
                are to become one with our
                brothers through the free
                gift of our love given to
                them – seeing God in them –
                knowing this is God's plan
                of love for us.

                    How has satan pressed
                down in our lives and we
                have given into that bondage of
                self-enclosure where we
                close our hearts to God and
                to His plan of love of
                brothers and sisters.

                    God has given us love – He
                loved us first – We see the
                self-lessness of Jesus in
                His life – We study and meditate
                on His selflessness.

                    And we know the self-lessness
                of Mary.
 

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. God wants to transform us,
                God wants us to be more and more
                in His image and likeness –

                    Mary said at Fatima we must
                convert – be changed, be
                transformed.

                    We see the transfiguration –
                Jesus was transfigured before
                their eyes –

                    The voice of the Father said
                "This is my beloved Son in
                    whom I am well
                    pleased, listen to Him"

                Yes, we listen to Jesus –

                We see that success comes in
                    being as Jesus showed
                    us. Jesus paid a big price –
                    He took flesh –
                    He came and He taught
                        us how we are to be
                        sons and daughters of
                        our heavenly Father.

                We have such a gift –
                    God the Father created us –
                    We are His little child –
                    We are so precious to Him –

                He has a plan for us –

                    The sinner that fails to repent and
                continues on his sordid path keeps
                hating – feeling sorry for themselves,
                putting themselves above God –
                They listen to satan –

                    God loves us. God has
                given us a lifetime to love –
                to be as God wants us to
                be – to prove we will
                convert and change and
                and do His will –

                    We can spend a lifetime
                doing this or rebelling against
                God and being bound, closed-in,
                angry, prideful and self-
                enclosed.

                    God wants to use us as His
                instruments, witnesses, to
                bring His love to others.

                    We have a free will to
                say "yes" to God's plan
                or "yes" to satan.

                R. God wants us to go to Him and ask
                for forgiveness of our sins. God is
                all merciful. We must seek to know
                God as He really is! Divine, Almighty
                worthy of all our love. God loves
                us so much. God forgives even women
                who have aborted babies.

                    Think of all the mercies God
                has shown to us. God is full of
                tenderness and love for him, but
                we must approach Him with a
                humble, truthful heart. God
                wants personal love with us.

                    We saw Jeremiah put on trial.
                We saw Jesus put on trial, what
                about our trial for our sins
                and how we lived our life?
                The judge is Jesus Christ Himself.
                Jesus is our dearest friend.
                Jesus is God – Jesus is just –
                Jesus is perfect and full of mercy.
                Jesus loves us with perfect love.
                God is a just judge. We can't
                lie to Him - He knows everything.

                Jesus: I am light. I am love.
                I come to give you My peace and
                joy that you will let go and
                surrender to Me. I want to lift
                you up, bring you so one in Me.
                I am Almighty, I am Divine,
                I am God.

                    In order to let Me lift you up
                you must let go so I can possess
                your soul. I have all the power --
                No one has power over you. (I give you a free will.)
                surrender to Me. You must learn
                to trust. I have put people in
                your lives to help you, to teach
                you, to guide you, the more you
                let go in trust to those trust-
                worthy guides, the more you
                learn to trust in Me. The more
                you say "Jesus, I put my trust
                in Thee", the more you learn
                to trust in Me. Trust comes
                with grace, with letting go,
                with right reasoning from going to
                God, from meditation on My life,
                My truths.

                    A person lived in deception –
                secrets, hiding things – The devil
                is the father of lies.

                    I lead you, I love you, I want
                you eternally with Me in Paradise.
                I want to dwell in your heart.
                The Holy Spirit wants to guide
                you, counsel you, give you
                wisdom.

                    Satan is real, if you turn
                from Me, turn from truth, live
                in the darkness inside, it is a
                cold, wet dark cell you choose
                yourself.

                    My Heart is warm and loving,
                I am trust-worthy. I have all
                the Power – No one has power
                over your heart unless you
                give satan free reign in your
                heart with his deception and
                lies.

                    You must seek the way of God.
                Seek My truths. I give you
                My letters of love in God's
                Blue Book to help you –
                Open anywhere and read and listen
                and your life will change.

                    Teachings to Lift you up.
                I give you My Prayer for Union
                with Me –

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

                Jesus: Open your heart and surrender
                to the God who loves you.
                You were created by God for
                a purpose. You are precious
                in God's sight.

                    Why would a person cling
                to their own self-righteous
                darkness.

                    Two men looked out prison
                bars, one saw mud – the other
                stars.
 

                Jesus: I am love. When a person is
                so stubborn they, with their
                free will, choose darkness,
                evil, hatred of one's brother,
                hatred of one's self, they turn
                themselves further and further
                from holiness, kindness, love,
                unity.

                    Yes My children the devil is
                very real and you have one life
                to surrender to the will of God and
                to live in the truth according to
                His will.

                    Eve had everything and she
                wanted to be equal to God –
                So she rebelled against God –
                She disobeyed God, she listened
                to satan and she convinced Adam
                to disobey God and they were cast
                from the Garden of Eden.

                    Pride keeps people stuck in
                satan's grip. They don't want to
                trust anyone, including God,
                they do not want to let go –
                I am the way, the truth and
                the life –

                    I have given you these writings
                in God's Blue Book, My letters of
                love to lead you into the truth,
                right reasoning, to lead you
                into a deeper Spousal relationship
                with Me. Surrender to God's will –
                in this lies your peace – even
                in suffering, even in the realization
                you have led a life that is out
                of control – surrender to God and
                learn about Him, truthfully –
                live in peace to follow Him.
                Be truthful and pray to the Holy Spirit
                to come and possess your soul.
                I am the way, the truth and
                the life.

                    Do you trust Me to let go to Me?
                Do you trust Me to let Me run
                your life? Do you examine your
                conscience and tell yourself the
                truth about your sins or has
                pride filled you to prove you are
                never wrong, you see yourself
                as equal to God and you lie
                about your wrong-doings so
                the devil has a grip on you.

                    Feel the love I outpour to
                you now. Pray to live in My
                Heart of love and lie consumed
                by the warmth of My love –

                    Live to grow to be more and more
                in My image and likeness. Live
                in the truth –

                    Reconciliation – repair the breach
                for your offenses against God
                and others. A heart of lies and
                pride, coldness becomes a very
                hard heart.

                    Really consecrate your heart to
                Me. Say all through the day –
                Come to me Lord and possess
                my soul. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
                I place my trust in Thee.

                R. I had such devotion to the Sacred Heart,
                I put up pictures inside the
                cupboard, I carried pictures
                of Jesus on my body, a little
                holy card next to my heart. He
                called me to surrender entirely
                to Him. I knew His true presence
                in the Eucharist and I went
                before the tabernacle. I knew
                His presence truly there.

                    I knew that the more I went
                to the Eucharist, the more He
                outpoured His grace to me –
                I prayed to the Holy Spirit and He let me
                see in Technicolor – about
                Jesus and the Mass and I
                knew His life in me. I knew I was
                not perfect, nor lived a perfect
                life, I needed guidance and
                I needed to love, to give, to forgive,
                to rely on His grace. I had to
                surrender to control. I had to
                live in order as God put this
                order in my life.

                    Living to choose love – first
                and foremost. Making room
                in my heart for God to dwell
                in me and asking the Holy Spirit to
                come and possess my soul –
                Going to the Eucharist and just
                being there wanting a more and
                more abundant filling of His life
                in me.

                    Letting go to God's will, wanting
                His will in all things – surrendering
                to Him, saying "yes" – "yes"
                when it was hard in the Movement
                with others – always living
                under the order God put in
                my life –

                    Obeying just authority –
                order in just structure, is our
                peace. Knowing our place –
                trusting in God – living His
                truth –

                    Wanting God's Plan – Putting
                God's plan first in our lives –
                loving God and loving His
                Plan – working in unity to
                accomplish His will – Doing
                His will – Doing His will –
                Doing His will!

                    Doing His will because
                we love Him – Because we
                want His Plan – Because
                we don't want to get in
                His way –

                Learning to curb what we
                want and wanting His Plan
                first –

                Wanting it with zeal – He
                fires up the heart          

                ^{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.