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January 7, 2025
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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.
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change...
Courage to change the things I can
and Wisdom to know the difference.
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
January 7, 2025
Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
1. The natural fear of death entered in.
2. Jesus knew all that would happen.
3. Oh Jesus. I am so sorry, I love You so
much.
4. Please Jesus, help me now, in this
struggle, I trust in Your Sacred Heart.
5. As I live daily, I unite to the Mass
going on around the world.
6. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
7. I envision the priest at the Mass
and unite to that Mass.
8. I envision Jesus on the hill of Calvary,
and see the blood He shed on the
cross in my mind.
9. This is the greatest sacrifice, Jesus,
the Son of God.
Lamb of God who takes away our sins,
have mercy on us.
Jesus sweat blood in the Garden.
10. I envision the Last Supper -
Jesus is priest and victim in the Mass.
The Scourging at the Pillar
1. The devil is relentless.
2. Jesus was whipped and whipped for
our sins.
3. Jesus was the innocent Lamb led to
the slaughter.
4. Jesus suffered such a beating for
our sins.
5. Jesus bled and bled.
6. Jesus' flesh was torn, He was a
bloody mess.
7. Jesus was beaten by men He loved
so much.
8. The devil is hatred.
9. God is perfect love.
10. Oh Jesus, thank You so much.
I love You.
The Crowning with Thorns
1. Jesus gives us so much love.
2. We can accept His love
or we can reject it.
3. Peace is in telling God how much we
love Him and thank Him for all His
gifts to us.
4. The Father created us because He
loves us so much and wants us to go
to heaven with Him one day.
5. John 3:16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
6. Jesus did not wear a crown of jewels,
but a crown of thorns. Jesus’
head
was full of blood for our sins.
7. Jesus’ head was full of blood, He
shed for sins of pride.
8. Jesus’ eyes were hit and bloodied.
9. Jesus’ thoughts were of you and me
and He gave so much because He
loves us so, so much.
10. Jesus said: I am the way, the truth
and life.
R. Think about God and Heaven and
how wonderful it is.
The Carrying of the Cross
1. These crosses we carry are little
crosses compared to the heavy
cross, Jesus carried, laden with
our sins.
2. The cross leads to life.
3. Jesus shows us this.
4. Jesus fell 3 times with the cross.
5. Jesus endured all this to His death,
for our sins.
6. Jesus was covered from head to toe
with blood and wounds for our sins.
7. Make peace with God who loves us
so much.
8. Jesus carried our sins. Jesus endured
the wounds for our sins.
9. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, perfect love, see
Him carry the cross for us.
10. Oh Jesus, Your blood You shed for
my sins is a precious gift.
I love You, Jesus.
The Crucifixion
1. Can you imagine Mary standing under
the cross, watching the slaughter of
her Son, Jesus, after she watched
what He went through in the bitter
Passion?
2. Oh Mary, I see your heart invisibly
pierced on Calvary!! And so many
souls reject the grace God wants to
give us for inordinate attachments.
3. Jesus hung for 3 hours on the cross.
4. Jesus hung to His death.
5. Jesus gave the last drop of His Blood
and last beat of His Heart.
6. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
7. God is love. He loves us with Divine
love.
8. God wants us eternally with Him in
heaven.
9. We can unite to the Mass going on
around the world - all day and offer
our lives united to the Mass for grace
for the priests, the Church and the
world.
10. Envision yourself next to Mary
under the cross, offer up all you do
all day united to the Mass.
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.
Oh Jesus, I love You so much and want
to go to my true home in heaven some day.
I love You and want to do the Father’s will.
Amen.
Death / Resurrection.
We can see us locked up here in our bodies,
breaking forth from the tomb on the other side.
Awesome, beautiful!!!
This is reality. God wants us in heaven eternally.
So awesome.
January 7, 2025
Joyful Mysteries
The Annunciation
1. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary.
2. He asked her to be the Mother of God.
3. She said "yes".
4. Mary loved the Father's will.
5. Mary is the New Eve.
6. The old Eve did her own will.
7. Jesus is the New Adam.
8. Jesus did the will of the Father to
His death on the cross.
9. John 3: 16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
10. In the Our Father it says: "... thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven
The Visitation
1. Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth.
2. Elizabeth was in her sixth month.
3. Elizabeth was thought barren for
nothing is impossible with God.
4. Mary said "My soul doth magnify
the Lord."
5. "My spirit rejoices in God my Savior."
6. God created us with a plan uniquely,
no one is like us.
7. We can truly say "The Mighty one
has done great things to me."
8. When we follow God's will,
we will be able to do great things.
9. God loved us into existance.
10. No one can do what God has called
us to do.
Dear Holy Spirit enfuse in us the gifts of
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel us, gift us what we need to
follow the Father's will in love.
The Birth of Jesus
1. Mary had to ride on a donkey to
Bethlehem.
2. Jesus was born in a stable in such
poverty.
3. Envision the splendor of that glorious
night when Christ was born.
4. God is never outdone in generosity.
5. The Incarnation goes on in us.
6. Holy Spirit form us, more and more,
in the image of Jesus.
7. Holy Spirit give us the grace we
need most.
8. We go to the Immaculate Heart of
our Mother.
9. From Tell My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
The Holy Spirit
Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My people!"
Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus, the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of the Holy Spirit within us.
Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fill us with your gifts of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord. As we dwell in the Heart of Mary, Your spouse, fashion us more and more according to the Heart of Jesus.
10. Sing: See the Eyes That Look at Mary
The Presentation
1. Mary always did the will of the Father,
she took the child Jesus to the Temple.
2. Simeon told Jesus and Mary of
sufferings to come.
3. Identify in the suffering, at this point,
in Mary's heart.
4. And a sword too will pierce your heart,
O Mary.
5. Mary tucked all these things in her
tender heart.
6. Can you imagine the tenderest of Mary's
heart?
7. God is love and Mary is the Mother
of love.
8. Jesus is the Sacred Heart on-fire with
burning love.
9. I give my heart to Jesus and Mary
with you in love.
10. Come to me Lord and possess my soul.
The Finding of Jesus in the Temple
1. Jesus lived the quiet life for 30 years.
2. We hear of Jesus going to the Temple
when He was 12.
3. This is reality. God wants us in heaven
eternally.
4. If we are ever lost by sin, please dear
Mary, help us to return to Jesus.
5. Joseph and Mary were searching for
the Child Jesus.
6. Jesus said He was about His Father's
business.
7. At the Baptism of Jesus, the Father said
"This is my beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased.", Jesus was always about the
Father's business.
8. Think of the love of Jesus for His Father.
9. We were created in the image and likeness
of Jesus, how is our love for our Father,
is it like Jesus?
10. Think of the love of the Father for Jesus.
God loved us first.
John 3: 16
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
