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January 26, 2025
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January 27th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
January 25, 2025 - Conversion of St. Paul
R. God can heal the darkness
in a man.
We have to open our hearts to
trust Him.
On this conversion of St. Paul can
we not see this with the eyes of our
hearts?
God has a Plan for our lives.
It’s not there is too much suffering
in the world, but so much is wasted.
(Fr. Carter said)
Dear God, help us to see with the
eyes of our hearts.
Can we see beyond our eyes?
Do we see our brother before the
color of their skin?
Do we love as God wants us to?
Is Jesus first in our hearts.
Jesus is the Light of the world and
in Him is no darkness.
In John’s Gospel we hear about the
blind man, then in John 10, we hear
about the Good Shepherd!!
Trust in the Sacred Heart, the Good
Shepherd.
Hear His voice, follow Him.
The Good Shepherd is the Lamb
of God.
The Good Shepherd gave His life
in love for our sins.
Listen to Him, the Father said at
the Transfiguration.
“Listen to Him.”
They hear His voice and follow Him.
We were created to know, love and
serve God and thereby attain our
eternal salvation.
Oh God, let me see with eyes unveiled
Your truth and Your abundant mystery,
that I may see with Your vision more
and more. Give me wisdom in my heart.
Oh God: I love You, I thank You,
I adore You.
Give me the grace I need most.
Amen.
God gives us a free will, He created
the stars and the sun and the moon.
He is omnipotent and all powerful.
He speaks to us in our hearts. He
loves us so much. Believe in Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, the light of
the world.
God help us to see with eyes
unveiled Your vision for our lives
and to co-operate with the grace to
live that vision.
"Nothing is impossible with God."
Celebrate this Feast and learn from
this gift given in St. Paul’s life.
Amen.
January 24, 2025
R. Jesus healed the blind.
Jesus healed the lepers.
After healing the blind man in John 9John 10: 11-15
I am the good shepherd:
the good shepherd lays down his life
for his sheep.
The hired man,
since he is not the shepherd
and the sheep do not belong to him,
abandons the sheep
as soon as he sees a wolf coming,
and runs away,
and then the wolf attacks
and scatters the sheep;
he runs away
because he is only a hired man
and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd;
I know my own
and my own know me,
just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for my sheep.
R. Jesus taught us what to do,
do we obey Him?
Jesus came and gave and gave and
gave and look what they did to Jesus
for loving them.
Jesus loves and loves and loves and
those who choose darkness and walk
in it and show darkness to others can
reject all the love given by Jesus.
God is life.
God is light, in Him is no darkness.
January 24, 2025
Jesus: I gave and I gave and I gave,
that others may live.
I speak, but you do not listen.
When you love God first with your
whole heart, your whole soul and
your whole being, you will help in
the building of the Kingdom of God.
Some men are so focused on others
not to love them, but to decide how
others should serve them.
When you love you are following
in My footprints.
But many cannot get passed their
own selves, putting themselves first.
What you do to others, you do to Me.
I knock on your door and call you
to love and many say
"I come first, Jesus, go away."
I am Love.
When you love you are Godly.
I am the way, the truth and the life.
Life is in Me.
I gave the last drop of My blood, the
last beat of My Heart for your sins.
God the Father wants you to teach
the world about God.
God is love.
God gives for the good of the other.
Listen to Me.
Every day is an opportunity to love
and serve God or serve yourselves.
Tomorrow you won’t walk this way
again, today is the day to know, love
and serve your God in love and
thereby attain your eternal salvation.
How are you doing?1 John 4:17-21
Love comes to its perfection in us when we can face the Day of Judgement fearlessly, because even in this world we have become as he is. In love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear implies punishment and no one who is afraid has come to perfection in love. Let us love, then, because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love God' and hates his brother, is a liar, since whoever does not love the brother whom he can see cannot love God whom he has not seen. Indeed this is the commandment we have received from him, that whoever loves God, must also love his brother.
January 24, 2025
R. Jesus did nothing wrong.
Jesus was the innocent Lamb,
lead to the slaughter.
They were like mean animals
the way they tortured Jesus.
Jesus suffered for our sins.
Mary suffered so watching her
precious Son, Jesus.
Oh Jesus, I’m so sorry, oh Jesus
was so mistreated in such pain.
Jesus fell 3 times, they tortured
Jesus when He fell.
Jesus forgave them on the cross.
The bad thief didn’t even fear
God as He was dying.
Jesus died for our sins.
The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
They pierced His Heart with a lance
and Blood and water came out.
Blood for the Eucharist, water for Baptism.
Mary cried!!!
May 14, 2024
R. Dear Holy Spirit come to me, possess
my soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.
Help me, dear Holy Spirit to know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my life.
I turn to You. Amen.
When I find doing God's desire for my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude, dear
Holy Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act purely for the
honor and glory of God.
I may be willing, but I need Your gift to
give me courage to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of God.
Help me to always put God first in my life,
in love for God in my heart.
Help me to walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.
Help me to be patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.
Please Holy Spirit give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me in the gift
of piety to do that which pleases my Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His little child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this "All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
Matthew 22: 36-40
'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
Dear Holy Spirit, strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.
Alleluia.
March 10, 2024
Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father (2024)
Begins March 11, 2024 - March 19, 2024
Dear Saint Joseph,
I turn to you, you who cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You taught men and women, the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest commitment
and love.
You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.
You showed us how you
lived in loving conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.
You guided Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.
Protect us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did the Holy Family of Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.
How intimately you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them. You showed us love.
Your heart was pure and gentle and
yet you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for when we
are weak we are strong in God.
St. Joseph please intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick loved ones.
Amen.
St. Joseph help us now in this nine
day novena to you.
Amen.
March 23, 2024
Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home
R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.
My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.
I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.
I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.
Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.
I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.
July 29, 2024
R. Dear Mary,
My Mother, I love you so much.
Please take care of my needs in my family.
Ask your precious Son Jesus to help me
and my family.
You are the Mother of Jesus. You cared
so lovingly for Him in your life on earth.
You are His most perfect disciple.
Oh Mary, I love you so much, you are my
spiritual Mother.
There are many of my friends I ask you
to pray for, too.
I know your powerful intercession from
the wedding of Cana.
You stood beneath the cross on Calvary,
after you endured the bitter treatment of
your precious Son Jesus.
Oh Mary, you know so well the trials and
pains of life. Help me now, I turn to your
powerful intercession.
You stand by the altar at Mass and intercede
for Grace for us all day long, please never
abandon me, your little child.
Oh Mary I love you so, so much.
Oh Mary you are the Queen of Peace, please
help us in peace in the world, the Churchs,
the family, the work place for all your little
children of the world.
We need your help for peace now, hear our
pleas as we turn to your powerful intercession.
We pray especially for our beloved priests,
Oh Mother of the Eucharist we turn to you.
Amen.
God is love, please take us to your Immaculate
Heart of love and place us in the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, there to know the riches of God's love.
Amen. Alleluia
November 10, 2024
Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection
1. Luke 24: 1-12On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, they went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, but on entering they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled about this, two men in brilliant clothes suddenly appeared at their side. Terrified, the women bowed their heads to the ground. But the two said to them, ‘Why look among the dead for someone who is alive? He is not here; he has risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee: that the Son of man was destined to be handed over into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.’ And they remembered his words.
And they returned from the tomb and told all this to the Eleven and to all the others. The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. And the other women with them also told the apostles, but this story of theirs seemed pure nonsense, and they did not believe them.
Peter, however, went off to the tomb, running. He bent down and looked in and saw the linen cloths but nothing else; he then went back home, amazed at what had happened.
2. Jesus came forth from
the tomb as He foretold.
3. Follow the Father’s Plan.
4. Nothing is impossible with God.
5. Jesus came forth from the tomb, His body was
glorified.
6. Jesus came forth from the tomb His wounds
were glorified.
7. Through His pierced side the Church was born.
8. What came forth from His side was Blood and
water. Blood for the Eucharist and water for
Baptism.
9.
Jesus: I am the way, the truth and the life.
10. Life is in Him.
The Ascension
1.
Acts 1: 6-9
Now having met together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's remotest end.'
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
2. The Church,
the world, the individual
Christian is in the state of becoming like
Jesus.
3. Christ went to prepare a place for us.
4. Even though we are saddened by the
world’s evil, we are so much happier
because of its goodness.
5. This is where we are now, in the Father’s
Plan.
6. We are here preparing for our eternal life.
7. God intends us to work for the building
of the Kingdom of God while we are
here on earth.
8. Oh God, I love You so much.
9. The Lord is my Shepherd.
10. Sing:
Amazing Grace
The Descent of the Holy
Spirit on the Apostles and the Virgin Mary
1.
Acts 2: 1-4
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
2. Dear Holy Spirit come and
work in my heart.
3. Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
understanding, knowledge, and wisdom.
4. Dear Holy Spirit please give me the gift of
counsel to know what to do, what not to do.
5. Dear Holy Spirit please give me Your gifts,
fill me with Your love.
6. Dear Holy Spirit help me to have courage
to do what God wants me to do.
7. Dear God help me to have love for God
and others.
8. Dear God, I love You so much.
9. Only one thing is important: eternal
salvation.
10. The Holy Spirit is the spirit of Light.
The Assumption
1. Mary was taken body and soul into heaven.
2. Can you imagine Mary’s joy?
3. In hell there is no love.
4. Mary wants her children to go to heaven
forever.
5. Mary is our spiritual Mother.
6. Mary is Mother of the Christ-life.
7. Mary cooperates with the Holy Spirit in our
ongoing transformation in Christ.
8. Jesus gave us our Mother Mary as He was
dying on the cross.
9. Mary brought forth Jesus,
the Son of God.
10. We honor the Virgin Mother of God.
The Queenship of Mary
1. Revelation 12:1-2
Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.
2. Immaculate Heart of Mary,
pray for us.
3. Heart of Jesus, we place our trust in You.
4. Sing:
Immaculate Mary
5. Sing: Hail Holy Queen
6. Sing:
Our Lady of Clearwater
7. Mary is Mother of the
Church.
8. Mary is our Model.
9. Sing: See the Eyes That Look at Mary
10. From the Prayer Manual
Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!
Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.
