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January 3, 2007
January 4th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 9 Period I.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for January 4th are Sorrowful.
Retreat in January
is the 12th & 13th only
There will be a big Apostle Retreat in February
10th thru the 13th.
The Priestly Newsletter mailing
will take place then.
January 3, 2007
Messenger:
Life is lived as a response
to God's love —
Living deeper life in Him. Life
a journey saturated with His grace —
we contemplate everyday to
live more directly
according to God's will.
Living according to God's will is
a process whereby we are taught in
the instruction and wisdom of the Holy
Spirit —
dwelling deeply in God:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit in such oneness.
We are to reach to live in the reality —
heaven is real and we are preparing for the
beatific vision —
God's life in us — the life of grace
IS OUR JOURNEY HERE BELOW.
Beginning at baptism — we receive
a special sharing in His life — our knowing
and loving capacity is elevated — we are
raised to such heights in Him.
For me this is reality —
God lives in me —
I communicate in
deep oneness
with the Divine God.
My life a journey of deeper live in Him.
I am deeply aware of His presence
within me. I study my life lived
in Him as one going to school — I
am living in the school of life in
Him — according to His Plan — experiencing
deeper life in Him always is my journey
of life.
Fr. John J. Pasquini states
"Life needs purpose and meaning, a purpose
and meaning that transcends the here and
now."
"We recognize that we must be more than
some complex organism that is born,
lives, struggles and dies in emptiness."
The Priestly Newsletter is the voice of the Good
Shepherd. The Bishops and Cardinals are recognizing
the voice of the Good Shepherd and following
Him.
In this oneness of consecrating our hearts
to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary — in living
deeply IN — Him — IN being united so deeply
in the Mass — I see the oneness grow
ever deeper — as the Church a pilgrim
Church grows to greater maturity — living
more according to God's will — The Father's
Plan for the Church and the world.
The priests are called Father — they are
to help to lead the flock as a deeply
united family following the Good Shepherd.
Truth is in Him — the more we live
in the truth — know the truth — the truth
of Jesus Christ — the more we are united.
Living in truth, being one in Him is
not to confuse the issue with our
individual uniqueness. Every person has
been given such talents to serve God uniquely,
love God and others uniquely and build God's
Kingdom helping to lead souls to heaven.
We shout the joy of the resurrection —
singing Alleluia for the Victory has been
won — Our lives are lived according to God's
will — in the Plan of the Father living the
Pascal Mystery of death/resurrection —
The purple book "Light, Happiness and Peace"
by Fr. John J. Pasquini
is a gift and a very strong companion to
the prayers "Authenticity" a book of prayers
by Fr. John.
Our lives are but a simple breath
when compared to eternity — let us focus
vision of life in Him —
As St. Paul says
"It is no longer I who live, but He
who lives in me."
Yes — LIFE IN HIM IS LIFE
lived in Light, Happiness and Peace —
This book Light, Happiness and Peace is
a journey into the spiritual life —
an awakening of deeper life IN HIM.
This book will be published under
Shepherds of Christ Publications and sent to the
hierarchy in the Church with the
Newsletter as Authenticity was in August.
Here are some of the comments we received
from bishops and cardinals about the book
Authenticity — a book of prayers and meditations
that can help lead the soul
to the unitive life —
January 3, 2007 message continues
Messenger:
Now there were so many requests for this
book of prayers by Archbishops and Bishops
for their priests.
Here are some of these requests — so
we sent the book to them for their priests —
January 3, 2007 message continues
Messenger: Both of these books by Fr. John J. Pasquini,
editor of the Shepherds of Christ Priestly Newsletter can
help lead to deeper oneness in the hearts of
priests as they go deeper and deeper into oneness with
the Divine God.
The Church is "one", "holy", "Catholic" and
Apostolic — The Church is the body of
Christ and Jesus is the head.
A quote from the book
Light Happiness and Peace by
Fr. John J. Pasquini
page 4
A Hardened Heart
"I felt at the time that religion would impede my work. I
wanted to have nothing to do with the religion of those I
saw all around me. I felt that I must turn from it as from a
drug. I felt it indeed to be an opiate of the people and not
a very attractive one, so I hardened my heart. It was a
conscious and deliberate process.
Dorothy Day"
Fr. John says
"Dorothy Day would eventually respond to
God and soften her heart and become
a world leader in the Church's work
for the poor and the disenfranchised."
page 5
"When we examine the lives of atheists, it is astonishingly
common to find these people lacking in good fatherly figures. It
is difficult to pray "Our Father who art in heaven" when our only
experience of a father has been that of one who was evil, mean-
spirited, or non-existent. When looking at the lives of the world's
major atheists, such as men like Nietzsche, we are struck by this
lack of fatherly guidance. For people such as this, nothing short
of a miracle is necessary to soften their hearts.
It is here where the communion of saints becomes so
significant (cf. Jn 2:1-14; Rv 5:8). The communion of the faithful
here on earth and in heaven has a profound effect on the softening
of hearts throughout the world, for by themselves people with
hardened hearts are much too weak to respond to the grace that
is being showered upon them. A tragic event or the power of the
prayers of the saints is often the only way these people soften their
hearts. In many ways, they are very much like addicts. They often
need to hit rock bottom before they can acknowledge the need of
another. It is through the prayers of others, known and unknown,
that the world's hearts are softened."
January 3, 2007 message continues
Messenger:
In living more deeply the Unitive life —
being one with God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
and being deeply united to Mary —
we will be one in truth — one
in Spirit — one in love in the pure
and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
The Shepherds of Christ Movement is a Movement
of hope.
As we circulate the Priestly Newsletter
and these books centered in God's love —
deeply uniting to the Trinity — we will
spread a light of love and live in unity
in this world.
The prayer chapters can help bring down
this grace as we pray for the priests, the
Church and the world.
I have seen God's grace change hearts
overnight, but the instruction — the
instrument to lead was there accompanied
with God's grace for the person to open their
heart to the working of the Spirit's healing
touch — changing hearts with grace
to bring a person lukewarm to deeper
holiness.
This is the voice of the Good Shepherd
in the Priestly Newsletter and the book —
opening the door for God's grace to work
for an awakening of souls to the unitive
life — deeper life IN Him.
The Priestly Newsletter can enormously
help to strengthen the priests, the Church and
the world. The Newsletter is reaching 78,000
priests — every 2 months — accompanied by these
very important books on Catholic spirituality
that can lead to the response of living more
deeply united to and in God and unity
amongst all others.
I want the world to be as God wants
it to be — God is all Powerful — God
can work in grace to move the heart
set in their ways to thirsting after Him —
God's grace to change the fervent to being
more fervent in their response to God's love.
The Priestly Newsletter and prayer chapters
are a pair — the instrument — the Newsletter
to nourish and lead, the prayer chapters —
the fervent prayers of the associates so
great grace will be released for the priests,
the Church and the world.
Fr. John —
Light Happiness and Peace
page 5
"We must thus, never underestimate the
power of praying for others. St. Monica
prayed for thirty years for the conversion
of her son, Augustine. Her prayers
were successful in softening his
heart and he became the great
St. Augustine."
From Fr. John's book
Light Happiness and Peace
the
Introduction
"The first stage of the spiritual life involves
the purgative stage, a stage of purification.
It is followed by the illuminative stage,
a stage of great enlightenment and integration.
The third and final stage is the unitive stage.
This is the stage of the mystics. It is the
stage when one's will and God's will are united
to such an extent that one may say,
without
much reservation, that every
action performed is an
action of God."
In writing here I cannot give this book
justice in my feeble attempts to describe
the framework and gifts of the entire texts
in its brevity and profound insight
stated so succinctly —
This is a book that can help enliven
the love for God, the Church and the world
and lead to greater unity of all who read
it.
I pray that you will help us circulate
it right away with the Priestly Newsletter to
the hierarchy in the Church.
This book is very much linked in
expression to the works of Fr. Carter,
but has a depth that can lead any
Christian into greater unity with God,
the Church and one another. It is
instructive, clearly expressed in
a framework of clarity and moving to a
new place of life in Him — especially when
accompanied with the Newsletter and
prayers of the yellow Authenticity Book
and the daily, if possible, prayers of
the Shepherds of Christ Prayer manual.
January 3, 2007 message continues
Messenger: Fr. John Pasquini from
Light Happiness and Peace
page 12
"Grace provides the person with the
possibility of entering into the Paschal
mystery — Jesus' life, death,
resurrection and ascension. Consequently,
grace justifies a person. It makes
one a "new creation" in God."
For me the reality of this all is overwhelming —
that God is and shares His Mystery with us —
my joy is found in living more deeply my
life in Him and understanding more fully
God's precepts.
