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January 29, 2005
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January 30th Holy Spirit
Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
Retreat for Apostles
Starts Ash Wednesday
February 9, 2005 6:20pm
Continues 10th thru 13th
January 29, 2005
Jesus speaks: You
have been given My face —
look at My face
My Mother looked into My face at Calvary
My Mother looked into My face when I was
a baby.
My Mother's heart and My Heart are one.
When you pray — pray to be one in Our
Hearts —
Your world will please My Father most
when you are dwelling in the pure
and holy Hearts of the New Adam
and the New Eve.
Oneness — the mission of the Shepherds of Christ is
to dwell in Our Hearts — to be
one with God and one with another —
I loved those who hated Me — I gave My
life for them.
People in families may be taught unforgiveness,
It is harmful to your spiritual life
to carry a bag of division on your
back.
Your heart is divided when you
do this —
You hold onto bitterness,
some make a movie of their
present life —
seeing how those in their
immediate life have persecuted
them —
projecting all their anger at
brothers, sisters, mothers
fathers present —
They tear down —
their division, unrest, anger is felt
by all around them
A person with a heart that is one with
Our Hearts, may not like what
others do, but they build up,
they forgive, they don't sit
like a sitting bull dividing
every gathering with an angry
heart, projecting discontent
and selfishness.
I give you My Word
Hebrews 11: 1-2, 8-19
Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of realities that are unseen. It is for their faith that our ancestors are acknowledged.
It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country that was the inheritance given to him and his descendants, and that he set out without knowing where he was going. By faith he sojourned in the Promised Land as though it were not his, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. He looked forward to the well-founded city, designed and built by God.
It was equally by faith that Sarah, in spite of being past the age, was made able to conceive, because she believed that he who had made the promise was faithful to it.
Because of this, there came from one man, and one who already had the mark of death on him, descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and the grains of sand on the seashore which cannot be counted.
All these died in faith, before receiving any of the things that had been promised, but they saw them in the far distance and welcomed them, recognising that they were only strangers and nomads on earth. People who use such terms about themselves make it quite plain that they are in search of a homeland. If they had meant the country they came from, they would have had the opportunity to return to it; but in fact they were longing for a better homeland, their heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has founded the city for them.
It was by faith that Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He offered to sacrifice his only son even though he had yet to receive what had been promised, and he had been told: Isaac is the one through whom your name will be carried on. He was confident that God had the power even to raise the dead; and so, figuratively speaking, he was given back Isaac from the dead.
Luke 1: 69-75
and he has established for us
a saving power
in the House of his servant David,
just as he proclaimed,
by the mouth of his holy prophets
from ancient times,
that he would save us from our enemies
and from the hands of all those
who hate us,
and show faithful love to our ancestors,
and so keep in mind his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore
to our father Abraham,
that he would grant us, free from fear,
to be delivered
from the hands of our enemies,
to serve him in holiness and uprightness
in his presence, all our days.
Mark 4: 35-41
With the coming of evening that same day, he said to them, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just as he was, in the boat; and there were other boats with him. Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and said to him, ‘Master, do you not care? We are lost!’ And he woke up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Quiet now! Be calm!’ And the wind dropped, and there followed a great calm. Then he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened? Have you still no faith?’ They were overcome with awe and said to one another, ‘Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him.’
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: When
I was put to death, men whipped
My flesh, they tore it off, I bled,
they pounded thorns into My head —
I forgave My persecutors —
I gave My life for them —
The answer is in this —
to be one with Me — you must love
to be one with Me you cannot harbor
angry thoughts against your brothers —
My apostles surrounded Me at the last
supper — Judas, who I loved
betrayed Me —
When you sit at table — let your hearts
be like the apostles connected
to Me.
A lady did lots of work in the
institution — she loved her work, she
loved the institution
At a certain point she gave into anger —
Now look at the dogs in your house —
they may sit by your side and lick
your hands, crawl on your lap,
run after you,
But old wounds are like angry dogs
in a basement,
If one person doesn't know they
are down there and opens the door —
the dogs come rushing up and possibly bite
the leg of the innocent party opening
the door.
Dogs are taken to obedience school
because some just want to be in
charge.
When a dog does not want to be
under anyone — he may bite the
instructor trying to train him.
I give you My Heart — if you want
to be united to Me — you must forgive —
holding grudges is just that and then
you cannot be united deeply to My
Heart.
Satan tricks you into thinking you
need to carry your old grudges, but
he is really trying to divide houses.
Mark 3: 23-27
So he called them to him and spoke to them in parables, ‘How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot last. And if a household is divided against itself, that household can never last. Now if Satan has rebelled against himself and is divided, he cannot last either—it is the end of him. But no one can make his way into a strong man’s house and plunder his property unless he has first tied up the strong man. Only then can he plunder his house.
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: He
appeals to your feelings, he lies to you about
the truth, he tries to get you to give in
to just hold onto a bag of anger.
Anyone with clear vision can
see that anger divides hearts. My Heart
is love — to be one with My Heart you
must love — if someone acts with
malice — you do not like their behavior,
but you love them and pray for them.
The angry person is like the hungry
dogs in the basement filled with anger —
all they hear is their growling stomach,
at the sound of the door opening — you
hear the body of the dog come running —
lunging forth and acting like a dog that
is angry and hungry.
Only you can control your heart —
A person can send you a valentine every
day and if you want to be mad at them
you can criticize the valentine, said
they did it with malice and twist
the story so it can fit the anger in
your own heart.
Angry hearts don't unite with Mine —
I am love.
A person had a dear sister and her
sister was killed by a drunk driver.
The person harbored so much anger —
she lost 30 pounds, hurt everyone
around her and eventually got cancer
and died herself.
Anger is a killer —
Anger is the devil's playground —
Some people with built-up anger
from the past are like
angry dogs, biting the person
opening the door to the basement.
Some people think they can live with
a divided heart and be happy — it
is the way the devil robs them
of a real way to get to the
depth of their heart and feel
loving feelings of truth and
warmth.
They carry a self-made crown of
thorns around their own heart — spreading
darkness — doing the work of the devil —
where there could be joy — there is
instead no way to get to the joyful
part of their heart — the center of loving.
Like an onion — they never even attempt
to look at the real issues, they have
an onion skin on their heart — ready
to be peeled to get down to the core,
but they guard the onion skin
that it never even gets broken —
keeping the anger sealed in
1 Corinthians 13: 1-13
Though I command languages both human and angelic—if I speak without love, I am no more than a gong booming or a cymbal clashing. And though I have the power of prophecy, to penetrate all mysteries and knowledge, and though I have all the faith necessary to move mountains—if I am without love, I am nothing. Though I should give away to the poor all that I possess, and even give up my body to be burned—if I am without love, it will do me no good whatever.
Love is always patient and kind; love is never jealous; love is not boastful or conceited, it is never rude and never seeks its own advantage, it does not take offence or store up grievances. Love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but finds its joy in the truth. It is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes.
Love never comes to an end. But if there are prophecies, they will be done away with; if tongues, they will fall silent; and if knowledge, it will be done away with. For we know only imperfectly, and we prophesy imperfectly; but once perfection comes, all imperfect things will be done away with. When I was a child, I used to talk like a child, and see things as a child does, and think like a child; but now that I have become an adult, I have finished with all childish ways. Now we see only reflections in a mirror, mere riddles, but then we shall be seeing face to face. Now I can know only imperfectly; but then I shall know just as fully as I am myself known.
As it is, these remain: faith, hope and love, the three of them; and the greatest of them is love.
Revelation 9: 3-6
and out of the smoke dropped locusts onto the earth: they were given the powers that scorpions have on the earth: they were forbidden to harm any fields or crops or trees and told to attack only those people who were without God’s seal on their foreheads. They were not to kill them, but to give them anguish for five months, and the anguish was to be the anguish of a scorpion’s sting. When this happens, people will long for death and not find it anywhere; they will want to die and death will evade them.
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: What
does a man promise the woman
he is to marry —
he promises her love —
What are you giving to Me your Spouse —
When you are so unloving —
Who could penetrate the layers of
anger you have stored up over the
years, generations back from angry
parents and grandparents — long gone,
but you carry the anger like an
heirloom and you don't even know
it exists —
Look into My face —
April 5, 2001
September 4, 2004
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: Did
you not learn how I forgave you —
Did you not learn the lesson I taught
you about love.
What good does it do a man to kiss his
wife and step on her toe, with malice,
at the same time.
Let your hearts be pure —
Don't give into satan
Titus 2: 12-13
it has taught us that we should give up everything contrary to true religion and all our worldly passions; we must be self–restrained and live upright and religious lives in this present world, waiting in hope for the blessing which will come with the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 49: 13
Shout for joy, you heavens; earth, exult!
Mountains, break into joyful cries!
For Yahweh has consoled his people,
is taking pity on his afflicted ones.
Psalm 72: 1-4, 7-8, 17
God, endow the king with your own fair judgement,
the son of the king with your own saving justice,
that he may rule your people with justice,
and your poor with fair judgement.Mountains and hills,
bring peace to the people!
With justice he will judge the poor of the people,
he will save the children of the needy
and crush their oppressors.In his days uprightness shall flourish,
and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.
His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,
from the river to the limits of the earth.May his name be blessed for ever,
and endure in the sight of the sun.
In him shall be blessed every race in the world,
and all nations call him blessed.
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: What do you think —
Are you worthy of the gifts I have
given you —
I have paid for your sins with
the price of My Blood —
You have performed works to build
My Kingdom and have at the
same time performed more works of
destruction with your unloving ways.
A mother wanted love from her adult daughter —
one day in tears she said —
"Oh God how do I do this — she is just
unloving to me —"
I told her — LET GO love her,
pray for her —
this is My way —
Your desire to get favors of love from
your daughter is making you
a very impure person and hurting
everyone who knows you and
interacts with you.
I came as a baby —
Think of that —
The Son of God came to the earth a
baby —
How would you come on your high
horse.
I give you dignity
you are the son and daughter of God.
Praise Me, I am God —
I am the King
Colossians 1: 13-14
Because that is what he has done. It is he who has rescued us from the ruling force of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son that he loves, and in him we enjoy our freedom, the forgiveness of sin.
Hebrews 9: 15
This makes him the mediator of a new covenant, so that, now that a death has occurred to redeem the sins committed under an earlier covenant, those who have been called to an eternal inheritance may receive the promise.
Sing: Of the Father's Love Begotten
Sing: Loving and Forgiving
Sing: Healer of Our Every Ill
Sing: What Star Is This
Excerpt from November 18, 1999
Jesus speaks: You see a wooded land covered with spring trees of glorious beauty, you see the fall days of beauteous color, you see the snow-capped trees with a soft white lustrous touch.
And My children, you do not control such things, it is the hand of the Creator that paints the field with a mystical brush of love.
I have given to My messenger the vision of the beauty of a celestial aura that has covered My sanctuary at certain times.
I give to you this vision. Picture the lights of heaven as a celestial veil of little gold dust, as snowflakes so close together and a veil of dense little mystical snowflakes covering the sanctuary where the Lord is in the Eucharist exposed or at the Consecration of the Mass.
See the wind blow and in the spring the petal flowers are blowing as little flakes of snow in a wooded part of the land.
See the little white snowflakes come down creating this aura of mystical beauty.
See the little leaves from Aspen trees blowing down from above as little snowflakes to grace the beautiful land.
Oh My children, I show you the lights of heaven, I describe here the aura which appeared in two of the great visions I gave to My messenger. The last of the three visions in April 1996, and the vision of August 13, 1996, before the rosary at Tom's farm.
Excerpt from September 27, 1999 Daily Message
April 9, 1996
Messenger: After Communion I had this immense presence of God. I knew a vision was coming. My vision gets a certain way. The distinct lines I see before me begin to disappear and are smudged with light.
Then I saw again the celestial lights of heaven. It was as though light was spilled from heaven and landed on the flowers and the corners of everything. The Eucharist took on an immense warmth and I knew God truly present in this room.
I saw with eyes unveiled in my soul and in the room. The room had a celestial aura, it no longer looked defined and clear. It was bathed in a gentle, celestial film and all I saw I wanted to tell to those around me. But I was so caught in His embrace that my mouth did not want to move.
Grace is being spilled on the earth. I have seen this celestial light come upon the altar of sacrifice, the monstrance and the cross. The vision on March 26 (1996) I will never forget as long as I live. The light is so thick and so intense as if the heavens open in these cracks of light and there is a depth far beyond that which any mind can envision.
The sky opened up and it rained down its grace. It opens when hearts are one in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
(end of March 26, 1996 description)
Excerpt from August 12, 1999 Daily Message
The next morning of the 13th of August Mary appeared again in the same place for several hours in the same exact setting in that white light in the darkened Sorrowful Mother Chapel in the corner. In the late afternoon of the 13th, I would go to the Sorrowful Mother Chapel again.
The Eucharist was exposed and the whole front of the chapel was covered with a celestial aura and she appeared again. This time the light and the aura were a golden light, almost like a gold glistening veil across the whole front of the chapel in front of the exposed Eucharist and before Mary. I did not want to leave there. I drove to the rosary at Tom's farm...
(end of August 13, 1996 description)
Jesus speaks: I show you a mystical veil of light, looking as little minute golden snowflakes, an aura of mystery, a beauty beyond words, a veil to cover the hard cold reality of a hardened world so straight and hard, almost seemingly unable to bend or surrender. The hard must bend to the soft, the darkness must give way to the light.
end of excerpt from November 18, 1999
April 9, 1996
Messenger: I went to All Saints Church - saw with eyes unveiled- such an aura
of celestial light. I went to Communion, had the presence of God, wanted to cry so hard from the awe of it all. I was not feeling good and He wrapped me as only He can do in His heavenly embrace. My soul sang out and the vision began. My eyes now are still seeing with this effect. He, as it were, lifts up the hard, defined lines and I see with a celestial aura. This is what I see when I see a vision....
After Communion I had this immense presence of God. I knew a vision was coming. My vision gets a certain way. The distinct lines I see before me begin to disappear and are smudged with light.
Then I saw again the celestial lights of heaven. It was as though light was spilled from heaven and landed on the flowers and the corners of everything. The Eucharist took on an immense warmth and I knew God truly present in this room.
I saw with eyes unveiled in my soul and in the room. The room had a celestial aura, it no longer looked defined and clear. It was bathed in a gentle, celestial film and all I saw I wanted to tell to those around me. But I was so caught in His embrace that my mouth did not want to move.
Grace is being spilled on the earth. I have seen this celestial light come upon the altar of sacrifice, the monstrance and the cross. The vision on March 26 (1996) I will never forget as long as I live. The light is so thick and so intense as if the heavens open in these cracks of light and there is a depth far beyond that which any mind can envision.
The sky opened up and it rained down its grace. It opens when hearts are one in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
end of April 9, 1996 writing
Excerpt from December 22, 1998
Messenger: On January 9, 1996, I went to pray. The snow was so bad the street was blocked to Holy Cross-Immaculata. I finally managed to find a place to park and trudged through the snow, panting with joy to be with Our Lord in the tabernacle there. When I arrived all I could do was kneel before the Sacred Heart statue and pour out myself to Him.
Please show a picture of the tabernacle and the Sacred Heart statue.
From my writings of January 9, 1996, I write:
"I was engulfed again in my love of God and cried so hard because I love Him so much. In this intimate act of giving myself totally to Him, my whole act was in emptying myself, wanting only to be lost in Him and united forever to Him in this most blissful moment. I turned myself over and was lost in Him, knowing His presence with me and knowing His deep love. The world stopped and I existed in Him, longing to forever stay there, so this moment would never end."
"I touched you, God and in this embrace I knew your unending love. I saw Your Body as if it was transfigured and glowing in light and I was lost in Thee."
This is how it began. I would see a great reflective light, as if from a mirror, on the eaves of the church in the front of Holy Cross-Immaculata and His Body was changed in the most brilliant light before my eyes. I cannot describe what I saw, nor have I ever seen it except in this vision and two that would follow the next two days. Jesus was transfigured before my eyes.
The date of January 9, 1996, when it first happened, was the same date January 9, 1994, when I genuflected before the crucifix and the altar at St. Gertrude's and the Father spoke; Blue Book II-page 18, January 9, 1994: "This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."
On January 9, 1996, I would see Jesus transfigured before me in the statue.
At the end of December, on the 5th of the month, 1996, I would see Him in the back of the church on the crucifix at the point of death.
On August 20, 1997, I would see the glorified Lord as He appeared in magnificent light transfigured on the crucifix at St. Gertrude's church in Madeira, Cincinnati, Ohio.
end of excerpt from December 22, 1998
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: Pray for oneness —
This is the mission of the Shepherds of Christ
Pray for wider vision
Pray that you will receive the grace
to see behind the veil
Mary is Immaculate — Sinless
You may be a perfectionist —
Let go and be loving —
Look at how I looked when I died
September 4, 2004
Sing: Immaculate Mary
Sing: Hail Holy Queen
Sing: Holy God We Praise Thy Name
Sing: A Song From Jesus
Sing: Save Us Oh Lord
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: I
came a little baby —
I love you so much —
be pure — don't carry layers of
anger with you — you project
on others
Malachi 3: 1-4
‘Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire, like fullers’ alkali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they can make the offering to Yahweh with uprightness. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be acceptable to Yahweh as in former days, as in the years of old.
Psalm 24: 7-10
Gates, lift high your heads,
raise high the ancient gateways,
and the king of glory shall enter!Who is he, this king of glory?
It is Yahweh, strong and valiant,
Yahweh valiant in battle.Gates, lift high your heads,
raise high the ancient gateways,
and the king of glory shall enter!Who is he, this king of glory?
Yahweh Sabaoth,
he is the king of glory. Pause
Hebrews 2: 14-18
Since all the children share the same human nature, he too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could set aside him who held the power of death, namely the devil, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself; he took to himself the line of Abraham. It was essential that he should in this way be made completely like his brothers so that he could become a compassionate and trustworthy high priest for their relationship to God, able to expiate the sins of the people. For the suffering he himself passed through while being put to the test enables him to help others when they are being put to the test.
Luke 2: 22-40
And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord—observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first–born male must be consecrated to the Lord—and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons. Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:
Now, Master, you are letting
your servant go in peace
as you promised;
for my eyes have seen the salvation
which you have made ready
in the sight of the nations;
a light of revelation for the gentiles
and glory for your people Israel.As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too—so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’
There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty–four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer. She came up just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem.
When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went back to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. And as the child grew to maturity, he was filled with wisdom; and God’s favour was with him.
Exodus 17: 3-7
But tormented by thirst, the people complained to Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt,’ they said, ‘only to make us, our children and our livestock, die of thirst?’ Moses appealed to Yahweh for help. ‘How am I to deal with this people?’ he said. ‘Any moment now they will stone me!’ Yahweh then said to Moses, ‘Go on ahead of the people, taking some of the elders of Israel with you; in your hand take the staff with which you struck the River, and go. I shall be waiting for you there on the rock (at Horeb). Strike the rock, and water will come out for the people to drink.’ This was what Moses did, with the elders of Israel looking on. He gave the place the names Massah and Meribah because of the Israelites’ contentiousness and because they put Yahweh to the test by saying, ‘Is Yahweh with us, or not?’
Romans 5: 1-2, 5-8
So then, now that we have been justified by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; it is through him, by faith, that we have been admitted into God’s favour in which we are living, and look forward exultantly to God’s glory.
and a hope which will not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us. When we were still helpless, at the appointed time, Christ died for the godless. You could hardly find anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that, for a really good person, someone might undertake to die. So it is proof of God’s own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
John 4: 5-42
On the way he came to the Samaritan town called Sychar near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there and Jesus, tired by the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, ‘Give me something to drink.’ His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew. How is it that you ask me, a Samaritan, for something to drink?’—Jews, of course, do not associate with Samaritans. Jesus replied to her:
If you only knew what God is offering
and who it is that is saying to you,
‘Give me something to drink,’
you would have been the one to ask,
and he would have given you living water.‘You have no bucket, sir,’ she answered, ‘and the well is deep: how do you get this living water? Are you a greater man than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his sons and his cattle?’ Jesus replied:
Whoever drinks this water
will be thirsty again;
but no one who drinks the water
that I shall give
will ever be thirsty again:
the water that I shall give
will become a spring of water within,
welling up for eternal life.‘Sir,’ said the woman, ‘give me some of that water, so that I may never be thirsty or come here again to draw water.’ ‘Go and call your husband,’ said Jesus to her, ‘and come back here.’ The woman answered, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You are right to say, "I have no husband"; for although you have had five, the one you now have is not your husband. You spoke the truth there.’ ‘I see you are a prophet, sir,’ said the woman. ‘Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, though you say that Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.’ Jesus said:
Believe me, woman, the hour is coming
when you will worship the Father
neither on this mountain
nor in Jerusalem.
You worship what you do not know;
we worship what we do know;
for salvation comes from the Jews.
But the hour is coming—
indeed is already here—
when true worshippers
will worship the Father
in spirit and truth:
that is the kind of worshipper
the Father seeks.
God is spirit,
and those who worship
must worship in spirit and truth.The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah—that is, Christ—is coming; and when he comes he will explain everything.’ Jesus said, ‘That is who I am, I who speak to you.’
At this point his disciples returned and were surprised to find him speaking to a woman, though none of them asked, ‘What do you want from her?’ or, ‘What are you talking to her about?’ The woman put down her water jar and hurried back to the town to tell the people, ‘Come and see a man who has told me everything I have done; could this be the Christ?’ This brought people out of the town and they made their way towards him.
Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, do have something to eat’; but he said, ‘I have food to eat that you do not know about.’ So the disciples said to one another, ‘Has someone brought him food?’ But Jesus said:
My food
is to do the will of the one who sent me,
and to complete his work.
Do you not have a saying:
Four months and then the harvest?
Well, I tell you,
look around you, look at the fields;
already they are white,
ready for harvest!
Already the reaper
is being paid his wages,
already he is bringing in the grain
for eternal life,
so that sower and reaper
can rejoice together.
For here the proverb holds true:
one sows, another reaps;
I sent you to reap
a harvest you have not laboured for.
Others have laboured for it;
and you have come
into the rewards of their labour.Many Samaritans of that town believed in him on the strength of the woman’s words of testimony, ‘He told me everything I have done.’ So, when the Samaritans came up to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed for two days, and many more came to believe on the strength of the words he spoke to them; and they said to the woman, ‘Now we believe no longer because of what you told us; we have heard him ourselves and we know that he is indeed the Saviour of the world.’
January 29, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: A
person using passive aggressive behavior can be
more damaging than a person yelling.
Undercover techniques that are unkind to
anger another disgust Me.
A person creating tension through an
angry silence, disharmony is passively
trying to try another's patience while looking
innocent.
Some people carry anger for weeks, months,
years —
This is not like Me —
You are doing the work of satan —
Put your work aside and
STRAIGHTEN OUT YOUR HEART.
Look at babies —
babies hurting others should be corrected
screaming babies — that speaks for itself
A little child pulled the new babies fingers when the
mother turned her back — some children do nasty things to
others then watch the fight and other siblings get punished
that is like PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR
JESUS LOVES
ME
HE IS WITH
ME
HE DIED FOR
ME!
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.p. 28
"What have I done for Christ?"
"What am I doing for Christ?"
"What ought I to do for Christ?"
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© 2005 Shepherds of Christ.
