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January 3, 2008

  

Retreat in Florida

January 2nd - 6th

If you can go call Doris

1-888-211-3041
 

Regular 5th Prayer Service at 6:20p.m.

in the New Grotto Room.
 

Epiphany January 6th

will be held under the image

in the afternoon.

  

Retreat in China

January 10th - 13th

      

  

  

 

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

December 12, 2007

 

 

 

The Divine Mercy
    

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

First. R. During this first mystery of mercy we want to meditate especially on Jesus in the garden, how Jesus knelt in the garden and the Apostles slept. We see that same situation when Jesus hung on the cross and Mary was underneath and John was underneath, but where were the Apostles. God calls us to do things and we have lots of fervor and love for God, but many times satan presses down. Or we can just become tired like the Apostles in the garden, but at any rate we're not where He wants us to be at the right time and He may want us there in order to perform some work. Where were they when Jesus hung on the cross - where were they, Mary was there, John was there. What was going through Peter's mind when he was so focused on himself, and they said to him "You surely were one of them" and he denied that he was.

    What happens when we get consumed with fear even worrying about what other people are thinking of us? And we know that Jesus wants us to do something and so the devil can work lots of times in just tapping us on the shoulder and getting us to focus on ourselves and worry what somebody is thinking about us and Jesus is saying "You know I wanted you to do that, you were working to do that, you were all set up to do that" and then something at the last minute gets you flustered and why weren't you there.

    God knows all things and we cannot even imagine what that would be to be able to know as God knows and yet He gives us little glimpses and in meditating in the magnificence of God's knowing and loving capacity we can understand more and more about Him a Divine Supreme Being. But we really do have lots of problems when we're down here and we try to limit God in our thinking about how He really is and He says so clearly to us "I AM the I AM" - "I AM the I AM". 

    One thing that I really think is such a gift in God's Blue Book that He gives to us, is He gives to us His vision, succinctly and clearly, in a few words we can open up God's Blue Book and it can help us to see very clearly where we may have had some difficulty because of the imperfections in the world. I remember too when I use to go to Mass all the time before the messages even became public and I would go to Mass and sometimes I would be thinking about God talking to me and worrying and then going to Mass and saying "Oh as I heard the Word of God read, this is exactly how Jesus is talking to me. There was that same truth that is in the Blue Book messages that was in the scriptures, that same vision, the same reality, the vision of the Father.

    And so in opening up the scriptures we can be confused sometimes because of all the different visions that are in the world, some of them could be right, but so many of them can be very tainted and wrong, and so therefore we can open up the scriptures in just reading a little bit or recalling the story of what is said about the Good Shepherd or the blind man — we can be brought back to that vision of God in sending the priestly newsletter to the far ends of the earth to all the hierarchy. It is in trying to send them like a kiss of our love rooted firmly in the vision of the Father based on the scriptures, the wisdom of the saints, the writings of the popes, and the very renowned theologians that it is right on, not right or not left but really purely in the vision of the Father.

    And so when we begin with a quote that says "I am the Good Shepherd and the Good Shepherd lays down His life for His flock" and then we know that it says in scriptures that they hear the voice of the Good Shepherd and they follow him, that because we've sent the newsletter to all the hierarchy and they have written back to us, we know that they're hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd and that beautiful presentation, the instrument as Jesus calls it, that we have sent to the hierarchy and to a total of, many times, 80,000 priests. We've been able to send this almost every other month for over a year now and I think to the tune of 8 or 9 newsletters which is a lot to send that with that frequency and to like hammer down the message of Our Lady of Fatima and consecrating our hearts to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary firmly rooted in the Eucharist and holiness and magnificence of the priesthood in the Church.

    I know that in a 1,800,000 newsletters that we have sent just recently, that we must have impacted many of our priests and hierarchy for them to write such lengthy letters back to us and tell us how pleased they are and especially of our prayers that we pray for them.    During this retreat we pray for our priests, the Church and the world. We pray especially this day on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. We see Our Lady as Our Lady of Guadalupe bringing forth her children of light, our Spiritual Mother, children of the Church.

     We are a big part of this because Mary said at Fatima that as we give our hearts more and more to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary we will know peace in our hearts and in the world. It is so beautiful to ponder the words of the Sacred Heart of Jesus given to St. Margaret Mary about how Jesus will write our names in His Heart and there will be peace in our homes from spreading this devotion and the priests can touch the most harden hearts. The promises are so beautiful but it is the reality - it is the whole story is it not, the story of how much Jesus loves us that He did sweat His Blood in the garden, He sweat His Blood and we are kind of blind because we do a lot of things, a lot of times, that really work against His plan.

    And yet He loves us so much, even Peter, who was not under the cross, who slept in the garden, who wanted to build some tents, who wanted to be washed all over. In His gentle and tender love that Jesus has for us, He condones so many of our stupidities and returns to us even greater grace when we humbly tell Him how much we truly love Him. Oh pure and gentle loving Heart of Jesus as we meditate on this particular mystery please outpour Your mercy for the souls of this earth especially Your grace to the souls that could be lost and give us the capability to do the work that You have called us to.

    We pray oh precious God, oh heavenly Father, for the sake of souls, we love You, for our priests, for our Church, for our children, for all of our families and friends. On this special Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, please help us God, help us to do the work that You have called us to do.

    1. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    2. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    3. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    4. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    5. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    6. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    7. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    8. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    9. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  10. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

 

Second. R. In this second mystery of Jesus' passion, we see the body of a man so perfect and beautiful, a young man, a man in His 30's, early 30's - so beautiful the body of Jesus, so beautiful the Heart of Jesus, so consumed with love for you and me that He allowed them to whip Him at the pillar. The Divine Almighty Son of God with all the power could have stopped this at any moment and yet because of His love for souls He stood at the pillar and they whipped Him and they tore His flesh.

    In the world today we see the focus on the body and yet the more that I know that God is calling me to do this, the more I can't even believe sometimes what I see in the airports in the different places. And I don't want people to lustfully crave the flesh and to teach others by the display of this nudity and other allurements on magazine stands and in other places.

    It is for this that I pray in this mystery that God will give to men on this earth the light to be able to see the beauty in the human body and its purpose to help them to get to heaven. Think about this, think of how they whipped the precious flesh of Jesus and He allowed this. God help us to be docile and humble, to realize how precious indeed every soul is to You, that Your love for them so great that You withstood a terrible battering at the pillar. Just help us to do this mission, God - for our beloved priests, for the Church and the sake of souls. We love You and thank You.

    1. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    2. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    3. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    4. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    5. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    6. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    7. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    8. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    9. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  10. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

 

Third. R. You know its really interesting the senses, think of the senses and how important the head is - the head that we see with our eyes, and we hear with our ears and we taste with our mouth. The head and the face is really important. It is really important because it houses the brain and we think with our brain. Jesus is the head of the Church and we are the body. The more that we realize how important it is that He is the head rather than just kind of thinking about what's going on with us but recognizing that headship - the mystical body of Christ.

    Adam was the head - from him came the seed, all of us came from Adam's seed. And Christ the head of the Church, the head of the mystical body is so important in our spiritual life. Through one man's sin we all suffered the effects of original sin (but Mary). Christ the Divine Almighty God, the head of the mystical body, the Church, comes to outpour His life to us, His sharing in His Divine life. From the seed of Adam we received life and from the gift of Christ, head of the mystical body (the Church). As we are baptized and become members of His Church, we received a special sharing in His life and the Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell within us. Jesus is the Savior of the human race.

    Now let us think about Christ in His passion. Eternal Father I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity - That's really important isn't it? That it is the sacrifice of God Himself that is offered in the sacrifice of Calvary. Eternal Father I offer you the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity — the Sacrifice is the Sacrifice of the Divine Almighty God, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity.

    In the Mass, it is the sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present in our lives as members as the mystical body of Christ. Our sacrifice as we offer everything that we do as members of the mystical body of Christ united to the Mass, to the Sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present, everything that we do, can help in the work of redemption - the fact that I am here, the fact that I am driving home, the fact that I am sleeping, the fact that I am eating. But how few really realize what it is to be a member of the mystical body of Christ and how deeply connected we are to Christ our head, how we receive this special sharing in His Divine life and how we can be a great strength to the other people of the world just because we are members of His mystical body and this is one of the missions that God has asked me to write about and to talk about — is that, members of the mystical body of Christ will realize how every breath that we take can be helping in this work of redemption for our beloved brothers that are in the world.

    To me it's depth, it's depth of knowing deeper into the mystery, it's depth of realizing more how precious it is to be this member of the mystical body of Christ, how we have this great capacity to be able to help others by our very life lived as members of the mystical body of Christ united to Christ so deeply as our head that as we spread the Mass Book and all of the information that was given over and over again on the 13ths, it may seem like a little thing to some people, sort of like when Fr. Carter wrote His Spirituality Handbook and His Tell My People messages.

    I didn't understand the intricacies and the depths and the purpose that God was giving to us this vision and 13 years ago, it is this vision that I impart to you as one that carries the vision out for Fr. Carter and for the Shepherds of Christ Movement. It is the frustration to know more and more the purpose of Our Lady's message at Fatima and yet to realize the rejection of the messages having note worthy by so many and the striving in my soul planted there from these gifts given, to know how majorly we are helping to bring to completion the mission that she began at Fatima.

    Today in this mystery I want us to meditate on the head of Christ, how He showed us that it was thorns that they pounded into His head that made Him bleed, that disfigured His precious scalp and head and yet by the saving blood that Christ shed we are saved. In our sufferings, our daily sufferings of trying to do what God is calling us to, in the joy within our hearts of realizing how a family is formed that is very united and has precious unique gifts that may not even be in other groups in the world.

    I ask you to look at the head of Christ and to say "For love of me Christ allowed them to pound into His head a sharp crown of piercing thorns." In His omnipotence, in all of His Might, His power He endured this - looking like He was helpless as they ridiculed Him and spit on Him, as they mocked Him. There's nothing worse than having somebody mock us, is there? The Divine Almighty God allowed human creatures to mock Him as His saving Blood came forth from His precious head.

    I know that I am not perfect by a long sense in all the ways that I have tried to do this work, but God has given to me the vision to not give up no matter what, to have the strength and the love for souls that nothing else makes sense to me, having called me to do this. But He has called all of you to help, and although I may carry the responsibility, He's called us all to be team players.

    So Peter was not there under the cross. Peter was sleeping in the garden but He still made Peter the head of the Church - "upon this rock I will build my church", in all of our imperfections. It is in our love that we can do the greatest work for He shows us more than anything, love and that He endured the crown that led to blood being shed for you and me.

    1. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    2. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

    Oh God how, how precious indeed are the gifts that You give to me and the human race and You are not even recognized today. When we ponder how You suffered in hanging on the cross, some may say "Well how could they have hung Jesus on the cross?" And yet we can say today - how can we treat each other the way that we do or murder a baby in the womb, God showed us a lot of things when He walked the earth and the more we meditate on this the more the Holy Spirit will bring to light those mysteries in which He reveals Himself so profoundly to us, not in words and writings, but written in our soul in the depth of His love for us. How can we ever measure that?

    3. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    4. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    5. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    6. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    7. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    8. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    9. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  10. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

 

Fourth. R. And He carried the cross on His back but He never stopped, even when He fell and the cross went on His back, He kept going the Divine Almighty God shed His most precious blood and He kept going and He kept getting up and He kept going and He kept getting up. And I can hear in that, that little tiny voice "You did it grandma." We can do some of the most profound things with the might of God but it takes a heart that is consumed with love that is pumped strong with His love alive in us. Never, never, never underestimate what we can do when God is so one with us. And His love is what empowers us and all of our imperfections and all of the things that satan can say, we know the truth, we try and we try and we smile and we frown and we garble and we do all these things and yet the propelling force within us is how deeply He has filled us with so much love.

    1. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    2. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    3. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    4. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    5. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    6. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    7. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    8. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    9. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  10. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

 

Fifth. R. And I think of what St. Paul says - "I have been crucified with Christ but is no longer I who live but He who lives in me." - and it is in this that we must recognize that God has outpoured His abundant grace in us, that He has filled us more and more with His life, that we are saturated with His life alive in us.

    1. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    2. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    3. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    4. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    5. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    6. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    7. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    8. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
    9. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
  10. For the sake of His sorrow Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

 

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

   

September 4, 2004