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January 25, 2011 - Feast of Conversion of St. Paul
Readings
Acts 22: 3-16
'I am a Jew', Paul said,
'and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this
city. It was under Gamaliel that I studied and was taught the exact
observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of
duty towards God as you all are today. I even persecuted this Way to
the death and sent women as well as men to prison in chains as the
high priest and the whole council of elders can testify. I even
received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, which I took
with me when I set off to bring prisoners back from there to
Jerusalem for punishment. 'It happened that I was on that journey
and nearly at Damascus when in the middle of the day a bright light
from heaven suddenly shone round me. I fell to the ground and heard
a voice saying, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" I
answered, "Who are you, Lord?" and he said to me, "I am Jesus the
Nazarene, whom you are persecuting." The people with me saw the
light but did not hear the voice which spoke to me. I said, "What am
I to do, Lord?" The Lord answered, "Get up and go into Damascus, and
there you will be told what you have been appointed to do." Since
the light had been so dazzling that I was blind, I got to Damascus
only because my companions led me by the hand. 'Someone called
Ananias, a devout follower of the Law and highly thought of by all
the Jews living there, came to see me; he stood beside me and said,
"Brother Saul, receive your sight." Instantly my sight came back and
I was able to see him. Then he said, "The God of our ancestors has
chosen you to know his will, to see the Upright One and hear his own
voice speaking, because you are to be his witness before all
humanity, testifying to what you have seen and heard. And now why
delay? Hurry and be baptised and wash away your sins, calling on his
name."
Psalm 117: 1, 2
Alleluia!
Praise Yahweh, all nations,
extol him, all peoples,
for his faithful love is strong
and his constancy never-ending.
Mark 16: 15-18
And he said to them, ‘Go out to the
whole world; proclaim the gospel to all creation. Whoever believes
and is baptised will be saved; whoever does not believe will be
condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with
believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the
gift of tongues; they will pick up snakes in their hands and be
unharmed should they drink deadly poison; they will lay their hands
on the sick, who will recover.’
R. Satan wants us to think thoughts to tear
down God's work — thoughts that are based on impurities —
anger, jealousy, envy, pride . . . then to act
on these impure thoughts —
It violates the law of love — God commanded
us to love God and to know when we love our
brothers we love Jesus —
Tell the Good News to all the world —
God's love is steadfast —
Definition of Conversion —
Changing ones habits —
True conversion lasts —
We must seek God's truth —
We can be blinded in some sense
like Paul —
It is an on going process —
We want to see how to love through
the eyes of Jesus —
That we believe —
We stand up for our faith —
Our behavior changes
We treat people with more dignity —
We treat people with more love —
We want to treat each other with
respect — more stability as
Jesus wants us to love —
Conversion is what we need to
love as Jesus loved —
"See how they love one another" —
We want conversion —
To love as Jesus loved us — to His death
He loved us —
He loves us today — giving us the bread
of life
Paul was knocked to his senses —
Paul had scales on his eyes —
Paul then spread the Good News
May we have the light of faith —
May we see through the eyes of God —
not impure, selfish, vision and
may our actions be based on the will of God —
not impure actions from our impure thoughts or
hurt feelings we have from past wounds
to our heart —
We are commanded by God to love —
We need conversion —
We have a wounded human nature —
We must seek purity in heart —
Purity like the Heart of Jesus —
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
At every Mass I stand beneath His cross
with Mary and intercede for grace to be
outpoured for us and for the Church and
for the world —
Let us pray to our Heavenly Father to help
us — to be open — to think of
others and how God wants us to
love our brothers —
BB6b
February 2, 1995 - Feast of Presentation of Our Lord (excerpt)
Jesus is Crowned with a Crown of Thorns
1. R. They covered Jesus' body with
a dirty purple cloak. His open wounds covered with this cloth! And they
gave Him a scepter to hold and pounded into His Most Precious Head a
sharp crown of piercing thorns!
2. R. The blood from His thorns ran
down His face and into His eyes and into His ears. His mouth was full of
blood from the blows they gave to His head. But He said not a word! He
sat and He suffered all of this!
3. R. They spit on Jesus and they
mocked Him as a King! In compliance with the Will of the Father and out
of greatest love for us, Jesus was silent!
4. R. The little, innocent lamb led
to the slaughter!
5. R. Jesus came to this earth -
God made man - to show us the way! Jesus Christ is our Savior.
6. R. Jesus showed us the way. How
He loved! He loved us so much that He suffered this brutal passion and
He calls out to us this day: Do you not see, you who are so blind, the
immense love that I have for each and every one of you? I wait for you.
I long for you. I thirst for you to come and to be with Me. And how few
come!
7. Jesus: My presence surrounds
you. I am truly present in My Divinity and My humanity in the
Tabernacle. I am present inside of each one of you in such a special way
when you are baptized and in the state of grace. I see life in a blade
of grass. You who are so blind, pray to the Spirit to open your eyes
more and more to My presence for it is in this realization that you will
be drawn ever closer to My Most Sacred Heart.
8. R. Jesus was persecuted! He was
whipped! He was treated so harshly! But these were not the greatest
agonies that He suffered. His greatest agonies were the agonies that He
suffered to His Most Sacred Heart. He, who loves each soul so dearly!
How souls reject Him!
9. R. As Jesus suffered so for the
sins of men, He was comforted by the acts of love that we give to Him
this day. He was comforted by the hours that we spend with Him in front
of the Tabernacle, the time we spend with Him after Communion, the time
that we unite so closely to Him all through the day and tell Him of our
great love. Jesus can experience this love now!
10. R. We love Jesus and Mary.
Jesus thirsts and longs for this love! Mary wants our love.
Song between decades: A Song from
Jesus
Jesus Carries His Cross
1. R. Jesus stood, His hands tied,
the look of peace on His face. The angry men stood around Him with their
instruments to jab Jesus. The hate and anger on their faces and in their
hearts! But Jesus remained at peace because He knew the Father's love.
The Father loves us so much that He sent His only begotten Son into this
world. Do we realize how the Father loves us? Jesus had such peace.
Jesus knew the Father's love.
2. R. They gave to Jesus a heavy
cross that they put on His shoulder. He was made to carry this cross. It
was laden with the sins of all men from all time! Jesus carried this
cross willingly. He did not surrender the cross or try to give it away.
He finally collapsed because the weight of it was so heavy. But
willingly, He carried His cross on Calvary.
3. R. His Mother by His side! She
walked by His side always! She saw the little child that she once held
in her arms and loved so dearly. She saw Him covered with blood,
wounded, carrying the heavy cross. She heard the cross as it went along
the road. She helplessly stood by. She could not raise a hand to help
her Beloved One!
4. R. Their eyes peered into each
other's eyes. In that peering look Their Hearts were joined. Mary saw
her Son from the time she had conceived Him in her womb. She knew Jesus
so well. In that look was this look of knowing between this Son and this
Mother - all the time that Jesus and Mary had shared together!
5. R. Mary appears to us to tell us
of the love of her Son. She asks us to see through her eyes as her Son
carried His cross on Calvary. See through her eyes the love that He has
for each one of you. This is truth! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came
to earth out of greatest love for each and every one of us and suffered
this brutal Passion to His death because He loves each one of us so
dearly.
6. R. Mary appears with her
sorrowful face. Mary appears with her joyful face. She appears with her
old and young face. All the faces of the lives of Jesus and Mary that we
meditate on in the Rosary. It is in this meditation of the Rosary that
we are drawn ever closer to Their lives; that we can more and more
imitate Their lives, and live more and more like Jesus and Mary.
7. R. Can you see Mary as she so
tenderly holds the child Jesus and now see through her eyes the horror
that she watches as He carried His cross on His back? See the blood that
was teaming from His face and His wounded body! Can you see through the
eyes of His loving Mother? And she comes to us and she says: See the
love My Son has for you. It is in realizing this immense love that you
will spread this love to the hurting soldiers in this world. There are
so many hurting souls!
8. Song: See the Eyes that Look
at Mary
9. R. Open up our eyes, O Spirit,
so that we may see more and more with the vision of God, that we may
realize more and more the immensity of the love of God. Fill our hearts
full of this fire of the love of God so that we can radiate Your love
that You want to give through us to this world. Make us empty vessels to
spread this love to the darkened world that is hurting and needs to be
touched by Your immense love.
10. R. Mary carried Jesus in her
womb. She held Him as a child. Mary was with Jesus all through His life.
Now she walks beside Him on the way to Calvary. She asks us to see
through her eyes. Stand with Mary through these meditations on the
Rosary. Stand next to her! See the love of these two Hearts; the love of
her heart for each one of us and the love of His Heart for us. It is in
realizing the love of the Two Hearts of Jesus and Mary that we will grow
closer in our union with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Song between decades: A Song from
Jesus
Jesus is Crucified and Dies on the Cross
1. R. Mary held the baby Jesus in her arms
as Simeon prophesied the immense sufferings that Mary and Jesus would
suffer. Mary held the tiny child, with His little hands and His little feet.
From that point on, Mary remembered the prophecy of Simeon. Now she stands
by as they pound into Jesus' Most Precious Hands and Feet the big nails!
Mary is so closely united to Jesus. They both suffered so immensely for each
one of us. She calls out again and again to come back to the love of her
Son. It is only in realizing your calling that you will spread this love to
the hurting world. We are the apostles to spread the love of the Two Hearts,
the Hearts that suffered all this anguish because They love us so much. She
asks us this day: Please My beloved children, lead men to the love of My
Son! He longs to be close to them!
2. R. It is in spreading this love that
many souls may go to heaven. Mary calls out to you! Can you say no? It takes
courage! It takes the fearlessness the apostles had when the Holy Spirit
descended upon them. The apostles had been so full of fear they had locked
themselves in the upper room. When the Holy Spirit descended upon them, they
were fearless. They went out into the world to preach the Gospel. Mary's
calling is this calling to you this day - to go out into a world that has
turned godless and to spread the Good News! The Good News is: God sent His
only begotten Son into this world and out of greatest love He suffered so
all through the Passion - He rose on the third day to give us new life - He
came to give us life that we may have it abundantly - and He ascended into
Heaven! He wants us with Him forever and ever and ever in Heaven. Can we
take this call from the Blessed Virgin Mary so lightly? Mary, who watched
Her Son as they pounded the nails through to the cross!
3. R. Mary stood under the cross and Mary
watched her Son as He hung for three agonizing hours. Stand there with Mary
in the darkened sky. See as the wind blows Jesus covered with blood and
battered! He hangs there to His very death because He loves each one of us
so much!
4. R. They pierced Jesus' head. Think of
how it is to have a splinter that goes into your hands. But think of the
thorns that were pounded into His Most Precious Head - every drop of blood
that He had was spent. He gave His very flesh! He gave His life! He said
once: I GAVE MYSELF! I GAVE MY LIFE ON THE CROSS! WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT? I
GIVE MYSELF TO YOU THIS DAY! I AM TRULY PRESENT IN THE EUCHARIST THE SAME AS
THE DAY THAT I HUNG ON THE CROSS. In My Divinity and humanity, I give you My
Life, I give you My Body, I give you My Blood to nourish the life that I
give to you in baptism and you take it so lightly!
5. Song: Take and Eat
6. R. Jesus would lament many times when
people would leave after Communion and Jesus said: If I were in the church
with My cross on My back walking across the front of the church, do you
think people would get up and leave? Jesus said over and over again: I GIVE
MYSELF TO YOU! I GIVE YOU MY LIFE TO YOU IN THE EUCHARIST! I AM GOD! And men
get up and they walk out and they talk and they do not even realize the
great gift that they are given here!
7. R. Jesus calls us to love each
other as He has loved us. He loved us to His death on the cross! Does that
mean that He calls us this day to love our brothers so much that we would
die for them?
8. R. Jesus loved us so much that He died
for us!
9. R. They gave to Mary Jesus' lifeless
body under the cross. As Mary held the child Jesus, she now holds the
lifeless, battered, bruised body of her beloved Son in her arms. Can you say
no to Mary's call? You are the soldiers to spread His love throughout this
world. One person fixed deeply on the love of God can move a mountain
because it is His might that radiates from within you that has all the
power. Mary calls out today to come to the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle is the
source of such immense power. It is in it that Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
dwells no less present than the day that He walked on Calvary. Can we say No
to this Divine Love He gives to us and He outpours His grace in the
Eucharist. So abundantly does Jesus outpour His grace to us in the Eucharist
because Jesus is truly present in His Divinity and humanity and the graces
flow!
10. Hail Mary
Song between decades: A Song from Jesus
The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sorrowful Mother Lighted.
1. The Prophecy of Simeon. Mary and Joseph took
the child Jesus into the Temple. Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit
that before he died he would see the Messiah. The Holy Spirit led him into
the temple and he saw Mary and Joseph and Jesus. He went over and held the
child Jesus. Then he said that he was ready to die and he told Mary that a
sword, too, shall pierce your heart, Mary! From that point on, whenever she
looked at the child Jesus, she remembered the prophecy of Simeon of how
Jesus would suffer. Think of looking at your child and knowing what Mary
knew! Her heart through her whole life knew this prophecy. And a sword, too,
shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
2. The Flight into Egypt. Joseph and Mary had to
flee into Egypt with Jesus. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O
Mary!
3. The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple.
When Jesus was twelve years old they took Him to the Temple for the Feast of
the Passover. When it was over, Joseph and Mary left with the caravan and
Jesus had been left behind. When they realized that Jesus was not with them,
they returned with their hearts sorrowing in search of the child Jesus. And
a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
4. On the Way to Calvary Jesus and Mary's eyes Met.
The intimacy in that look between the Son and His Mother! The immense love
between the two Hearts! The love that these two Hearts have for us and the
call of both Jesus and Mary this day to come back to the love of God!
Song: See the Eyes that Look at Mary
5. Mary stood under the Cross as Jesus Died. I
saw Jesus appear. Jesus loves us so dearly! It is Divine Love He has to
outpour to us this day. He wants to give us an outpouring of His grace and
love. He remains with us in the Tabernacle truly present in His Divinity and
humanity. Jesus Christ, the same Jesus that died on the cross, is present
and in our midst this very moment. God loves us so much that He remains with
us this day! God is so good to us!
6. Jesus is taken down from the Cross and laid in
Mary's Arms. 
See Mary under the cross and they give to her the lifeless body of her Son.
She touches her Son and she knows that His body is dead. See that picture so
clearly, the picture of the Pieta that you see so much. Think of Mary as she
holds the infant child in a horizontal position in her arms and now she
holds His lifeless body under the cross. In that picture, if you visualize
that, there is so much to see. See the love of the Father that He sent His
only begotten Son into this world; God became a man because He loves us so
much. See the love that the Son had that He truly gave His flesh and His
blood for each one of us. To His death Jesus gave His all for love of us.
And Mary, see her with the tears on her face. How can you describe the pain
in her heart to hold her Son now lifeless in her arms? Mary is our loving
Mother. Mary is my loving Mother. She calls out to us, the Most loving
Mother that we could ever imagine! Jesus gave His very own Mother to us! She
is calling out to each one of us here, who have been called here this night
by Jesus and Mary, to make a commitment to consecrate ourselves to these two
Hearts; to be soldiers in this world with our hearts filled with His love!
We receive so much grace from sitting in front of the Tabernacle. Pray to be
apostles and be able to go out into this world and spread these messages!
Pray for the grace from the Holy Spirit to be transformed from fear to
fearlessness and to carry the Gospel message with us everywhere we go! What
radiates from our being is the love of the God that lives within. She is
calling us to grow ever closer in union with Jesus. The greatest thing we
can do for this world is to be united to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in
our hearts, to let Him operate us, to surrender ourselves, to follow the
Plan of the Father, the unique plan God has for us to be His soldiers, to
march on a world that has forgotten God. But the Power of the Almighty God is Power that cannot be contained. And in our every smile and glance, this
love radiates from our being and we touch every person that we look at when
we are united to God!
7. Jesus is Locked in the Tomb. The cold reality
that now Jesus is locked in the tomb and a stone is rolled in front of the
tomb and Mary weeps outside so bitterly. But death has no power over Jesus!
Locked in the tomb for three days, on the third day He rose triumphant to
give us new life. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus rose on the
third day. The Might of God cannot be contained! His life He pours out to
us! He gives us a special sharing in His life in the sacrament of Baptism.
He has provided for us so well through the Church. We are His chosen ones!
Can we not spread this message to this world that is hurting - that is
looking in every nook and cranny for something to satisfy the stocking soul?
The only thing that satisfies the soul is the love of God! He calls out to
us this day to carry this message to every person we meet for it is in our
glance, it is in our smile, that we truly will spread His Gospel message,
His love to this world.
This rosary was prayed at St. Ignatius Church on Thursday
evening, 7:30pm., on the Feast of the Presentation, February 2, 1995. Rita
gave a talk on the Love of Jesus and Mary following the Rosary. There were
many people present.
R. Paul was born in Tarsus in Cilicia
in a Jewish family —
Paul's father was a Roman citizen
Paul was a tentmaker —
Paul's Jewish name was Saul —
Acts 9: 4
...‘Saul, Saul, why are
you persecuting me?’
Song: See the Eyes That Look at Mary
R. Paul had St. Stephen martyred —
He was going to Damascus to suppress the Christians
when he was converted —
Why did Paul persecute God —
What we do to our brothers we do to Jesus —
The voice said not why do you persecute
the Christians Saul - but —
"Why do you persecute Me"
Paul was temporarily blinded —
When we are treating our brothers through
impure eyes of anger, hurt feelings,
jealousies, seeking control for control
sake — we are not seeing through
the eyes of doing God's will —
We can have scales on our eyes —
God tries to reach us many times through
others who are helpers He sends and
we further can rebel against
God's will and hold onto our anger —
bad habits and
reject the grace God is sending, the person
who is a spiritual leader and we continue to
do that which is hurting the mission
God calls us to —
God gives us the hierarchy in the Church,
God gives us priests, God gives
religious superiors so religious grow
in holiness —
God gives fathers and mothers to children —
We can't do what we want to do and
obey God's will — we must do what God wants —
God works in structure —
St. Ignatius gave us the rules of discernment —
Spiritual directors are to help us to see
if the evil spirit is getting in and
blocking us from doing God's will — which
is leading us, many times, to vices that
become habits — which can lead to us
not telling the truth as it really is —
and being unloving —
God sends spiritual directors to help us
discern so we don't give into these
deadly sins that lead us from life,
but that we live a virtuous life —
seeing by the eyes of faith according
to God's will —
Having hope in eternal salvation and helping
others to the light —
Loving as God commanded us to do —
Humility living in the truth — not deceiving
ourselves in any way
Being prudent — not planning things that are
rivals to God's will, but seeking
God's will and doing it with all
our attention as God wants —
Being patient — God has a time for
everything — we are to not be
slothful or hold on to things to
provoke others to anger — holding back
and back — stalling —
We are to work in harmony in God's way,
in God's timing helping each other
to work together to do God's will —
Temperance — the all or nothing attitude is
dysfunctional when it comes to many
things —
Not too much of a good thing
Not enough of what God wants —
depriving others of what is needed to
do God's work —
over indulgence in holding back needed
things to provoke others doing
God's work —
Controlling others and things when it isn't
our right to do so —
So if I am to help somebody then I should not
try to possess all the materials so nobody else
can do their work according to God's will —
Holding back on ones commission
waiting for others to come to them
for the slothfulness in their habits —
Not over indulging in anything —
Using all we do and say and are doing it
according to God's will
Time given — according to God's will
Not making others beg so we can
control others — being a rival
to God's will
Our lives are to be lived in virtue
To give glory to God —
To love and serve God in enthusiasm, as
He deserves, with our whole heart,
our whole soul, our whole being and
to love our neighbor as ourselves —
To be just — to give to God what is His due
to give to others what is their due
I worship You my God —
I saw Jesus, I saw Mary —
I report of the love of Their Two Pure and Perfect
Hearts of Love
We are all on a journey to learn to be more and
more like Jesus — to love like Jesus —
to be kind like Jesus —
Jesus who died in love for us —
Jesus who perfectly obeyed the will of the Father —
Jesus who calls us to holiness
I want You
Holy - January 27, 1994
R. Jesus is the bridegroom of our soul —
Jesus wants us to be more and more pure —
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit live in our graced baptized soul —
Jesus wants the truth in us —
Satan is the father of lies —
People can do a bunch of good things to help
build the Kingdom and then use their
good works to punish others and try to
control them —
If we do good things for God, for the Church —
It doesn't give us a right to control and
punish others, act hatefully, disobey
the rules, expect things back to
fill our hurting wounds from the past —
It says in Revelation 22: 14
Blessed are those who will have washed their robes clean, so that
they will have the right to feed on the tree of life and can come
through the gates into the city.
Let us do what we do because we are
motivated to serve God and give Him
what is His due
Let us do what we do because we thirst
for souls going to heaven as He
did when He died and rose for them —
Revelation 22: 17
The Spirit and the Bride
say, ‘Come!’ Let everyone who listens answer, ‘Come!’ Then let
all who are thirsty come: all who want it may have the water
of life, and have it free.
Revelation 22: 1-5
-
Then the angel showed me the river of
life, rising from the throne of God and of the Lamb and flowing
crystal-clear. Down the middle of the city street,
on either bank of the river were the trees of life,
which bear twelve crops of fruit in a year, one in each month, and
the leaves of which are the cure for the nations.
The curse of destruction will be
abolished. The throne of God and of the
Lamb will be in the city; his servants will worship him, they will
see him face to face, and his name will be written on their
foreheads. And night will be abolished; they will not need lamplight
or sunlight, because the Lord God will be shining on them. They will
reign for ever and ever.
Revelation 21: 1-8
Then I saw a new heaven and a new
earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now,
and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride
dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the
throne, ‘Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make
his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be
their God, God–with–them. He will wipe away all
tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more
mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.’
Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. ‘Look, I am making
the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is
trustworthy and will come true." Then he said
to me, ‘It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the
Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free
to anybody who is thirsty; anyone who proves victorious will inherit
these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son.
But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or
worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for
sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is
the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.’
R. When we are unloving to our brothers we offend
God —
We are to make amends to our brothers and be
reconciled
We are to admit our sins to God and tell Him
we are sorry
Mortal sin is a serious offense against God and
it destroys ones relationship and friendship
with God.
In mortal sin one separates oneself from God —
We have confession in the Church and
the priest can take away mortal sin
for one who wants this —
A venial sin is an offense against God
in a lighter matter —
Venial sin does not destroy sanctifying grace
in the soul
Venial sin weakens the soul and disposes
it to more serious sin —
God wants us to spread these prayer
chapters in the Shepherds of Christ to pray
for reparation for our sins and the sins
of the world —
God wants the prayer services on the 13th and 5th
in reparation for offenses against God —
Jesus has told me to pray 8 days a month —
We are praying for the priests, the Church and the world
and to help make reparation to God for the
sins against Him (abortion is a big one,
impurities, lust, lies etc.)
God wants a big group especially praying with
me on the 5ths in Florida and
the 13ths in China —
This reparation has to do with justice —
Man has offended God by so many sins
and we owe this reparation to God —
Also at Mass we unite in reparation —
We say the Morning Offering uniting to the Masses
going on around the world in reparation to God
Every religious order in the Church has
a rule —
usually based on one of these —
St. Augustine, St. Basil, St. Benedict
and St. Francis of Assisi —
Each religious group has its own
constitution it follows —
Sisters, Brothers are to take vows —
The rule is the order of life —
the aims
the restrictions and regulations
of the religious order —
This Movement is dedicated to the inexhaustible
source of love and mercy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus —
Through the pierced Heart of Jesus, the
Church was born —
We are given Jesus' Heart as a symbol
of His love —
Sacrifice means to make sacred —
Religious orders are to live to grow
in greater holiness —
to teach the world how sacred
the Church is —
the Eucharist is —
our lives are —
The religious are to be so united to the Mass —
offering their lives in serving God as a
sacrifice for the priests, the Church and the world —
The vices we listed previously are bad habits
one develops —
among these evils is revenge —
in which one wishes to punish
another person by inflicting
this unjust punishment on them
out of hatred —
when God calls us to justice and love
We as Christians are to dismiss all bitterness,
anger and malice and we are not to
let the sun go down on our anger —
building lasting walls of hate is against
what God wants —
Jesus teaches forgiveness, here is
the Our Father
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. God calls us to conversion
God calls us to die to our sins
God calls us to live the life of resurrection —
We see the empty tomb —
We are to empty ourselves of unforgiveness,
bitterness, envy and to live the
life of resurrection in Him
Jesus gives us the sacraments —
Jesus fills us with His life — His grace —
Matthew 12: 38-41
Then some of the scribes
and Pharisees spoke up. ‘Master,’ they said, ‘we should like to see
a sign from you.’ He replied, ‘It is an evil and unfaithful
generation that asks for a sign! The only sign it will be given is
the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah remained in the belly
of the sea–monster for three days and three nights, so will the
Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three
nights. On Judgement Day the men of Nineveh will appear against this
generation and they will be its condemnation, because when Jonah
preached they repented; and look, there is something greater than
Jonah here.
John 2: 19-22
Jesus answered, ‘Destroy this
Temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews replied, ‘It
has taken forty–six years to build this Temple: are you going to
raise it up again in three days?’ But he was speaking of the Temple
that was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples
remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture
and what he had said.
R. The redemption of the human race
was accomplished through Christ's
Passion, death and resurrection —
We are given the Mass —
To stay united to the Mass all day —
To live to be active participants in
offering our lives for ourselves
to get to heaven and helping others
to get to heaven —
We are members of the mystical body of Christ.
We are commissioned in baptism to
go out and spread the
good news —
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Crucifixes, and
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