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.   

            

October 9, 2023

R. Gifts from God.
People see the God inside
by your love and devotion,
efforts given, even when you
sacrifice for love.
God is love.
God gives us so much.
Gratitude for these gifts,
thanksgiving for God’s love
and generosity.

The devil is hate, he works
for division, tearing apart,
anger, disorder, pride,
jealousy.

God gives us supernatural
faith, hope and love in
baptism.
God dwells in the graced
baptized soul.

We live the Christ-life.
In Baptism He elevates our
knowing and loving capacity.
Faith gives us the vision of
God.
Hope, we desire eternal
salvation for ourselves and
others.
Love gives for the good of
the other.

Fr. Carter said: people who
love live in the moment,
they aren’t crippled by
hatred, unforgiveness of the
past.

We must see things
according to the vision of
the Father.
That is why we act to help
build the Kingdom of God.

Jesus taught us how to
love. We follow Jesus.

We treat others as Jesus
wants of us.
People were created and
redeemed by God’s love.
We are not selfishly caved-in
using them in pride, anger
and jealousy for our evil
inside of us.
We love others as we should.

Love works for unity,
harmony, building up as
God wants.
Love works for the
functioning of the whole.

Love is trusting.
Trust grows, Fr. Carter says
in proportion to how a
person loves.
As one realizes God’s love
more and more, they give
love to God and others as
they should.
God is the source of love!!

Love is affirming.
Love encourages. Love
helps others know God.

Love is not afraid to love too
much, according to God’s
will.
Love is a motivating force in
how we live. Vibrancy in our
lives comes from God’s love
in us.
Love is now.
We were created by God to
love.

R. Babies are beautiful.
Families are blessings.
God is love.
Jesus: When there is a
problem, it is resolved
right away.

Faith is the vision of My
Father.

R. Hope is the goal of eternal
salvation for ourselves,
eternal happiness and the
eternal salvation of others,
Jesus died for.

Love is the gift God gives
us. God is love.
Love is the gift of self for
the good of the other.

Humility is truth. Realizing
your creature-hood, God is
Creator.
Prudence
Temperance,
Justice
Obedience
Courage

       Mary said

       My soul proclaims the
       greatness of the Lord
       My spirit finds joy in God
       my Savior.
   

        Your attitude must be that of Christ.
        Though he was in the form of God,
             he did not deem equality with God
             something to be grasped at.
         Rather, he emptied himself
             and took the form of a slave,
             being born in the likeness of men.
 
         He was known to be of human estate,
             and it was thus that he humbled
             himself,
             obediently accepting even death,
             death on a cross!
                                            —Phil 2:5-8

 
Jesus: It is the truth how I
died in love for you.

How can you have a
relationship when you won’t
trust
and are untrustworthy.
No relationship works
without trust and with
dominance, punishment and
the deadly sins, for the
basis! I am Jesus.

Beatitudes are in Matthew 5.

"Blessed are the meek for
they will possess the earth."
Meekness means not combatal.
Yielding to others.

"Blessed are they who mourn,
for they shall be comforted"

Mourning here refers, a
Jesuit says, to one’s own
sins, and the sins of others.

Come to Me, all you who
labor
and are burdened, and I will
give you rest (Mt 11:28)

The Spirit of Jesus!!

"Blessed are they who hunger
and thirst for justice, for they
shall be satisfied."

Giving to God His rights!!!!
What about justice for Jesus,
truly present in the Eucharist!

"Blessed are the merciful for
they shall have mercy."
Tenderness, charity, pity,
forgiveness

So God will give mercy to them.
Christ had compassion on
the crowd.

"Blessed are the poor of
spirit, for they will see God."

"Blessed are the
peacemakers, for they shall
be children of God."

"Blessed are they who suffer
persecution for justice sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of
heaven."

You are the salt of the earth
and the light of the world.
 

R. At Mass

Fr. Carter says
The Father accepts our
sacrifice united to Jesus in
the Mass in proportion to
how we lovingly conform
to the Father's will.

From the Our Father

…Thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.

Prayer for Union With Jesus

Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.

I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling in me.

I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of The Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.

When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now. end of January 17, 1994

R. Very,
Very important

Loving conformity of our
will to the Father's will.

       Excerpt from Response in Christ by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.

     What do we say concerning the Father's acceptance of the sacrificial offering of the individual Christian? Such an offering will be acceptable in proportion to the Christian's loving conformity of will to the Father's will. Speaking of the Christian's participation in the Mass, Jungmann says: "It follows that an interior immolation is required of the participants, at least to the extent of readiness to obey the law of God in its seriously obligatory commandments, unless this participation is to be nothing more than an outward appearance."³⁰

30. J. Jungmann, The Mass of the Roman Rite (New York: Benziger, 1959), p. 146.

 

October 9, 2023

Walking with Jesus brings happiness

R. Our goal is happiness.
One action we perform to
see light ahead for our next
step, moving ahead with the
goal of happiness in our
actions, for a greater goal of
eternal happiness in the end.
There is a light on our path
when we walk with Jesus.
The Holy Spirit guides us in
wisdom and understanding
and love, on our path,
walking with Jesus to our
heavenly Father, who created
us to come home to heaven
one day. (Prodigal Son)

 
Home is a place where
children are to learn about
relationships, love is the
way, love is safe, not envy,
jealousy, control, power
over, abuse, in the God-like
home.
We learn about God and
trusting God, heaven, Faith,
Hope, Love, obedience,
authority, unity with others,
working as one, respect,
dignity, fairness, truth and
responsibility, and
accountability!

Home is a place to learn
trust of others, giving and
taking, allowing others to
develop their talents, joy,
happiness, goals of eternal
happiness.
Home is where the heart is
open and grows with our
brothers and sisters.

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.

R. God loves His children!

A kind-spirit not a mean-
selfish spirit is taught in the
home of origin.

Jesus:
I showed you love, that you
would love each other, as I
taught you. I came and
showed you My way of love.
I am love.

Your journey on earth is to
grow in My image and
likeness.
Like a boat at sea, you work
with the goal ultimately of
eternal happiness on your
journey.
Every action performed with
the happiness goal to serve
your God and to grow in
love and obedience to God.

Each goal lived in happiness
to serve God is a light to
your next goal to love and
serve and work with others
to promote My Kingdom.
You are to act in your
vocation to help build up
the Church.

I love you, I am Jesus, I
died, for your sins, I am
your Redeemer and Savior.
Amen.
I am God.

Jesus says:

Cling to Me – hold My hand –
Know Me –
Oh you, beloved of My Father –
Love all that I send to you as
the Father intends.
I put you into My strength
Like dipping you in My
machine – you are made strong.

Little girl, walk your path, you
are not alone, feel My hand,
know My love –
you are in My care –

Little girl, walk your path
you are not alone, feel My
sun light – warm and good –
you are not alone –

Little girl, walk with Me,
tell Me your troubles too –
I am there to listen as no
other can do –

Little girl walk your path,
you are the one I know,
sweet and kind and always
there for others.

Little girl walk your path,
skip if you feel the need,
slow down and stop –
look at the earth –
study some “dumb old weed”.

Little girl walk your path,
open your heart to love –
to love one another –
That is all you need do –
Love God and love others as yourself –

Little girl walk your path,
turn your life over to Me
if I watch out for the leaves –
do you think I would not
watch out for thee –

Little girl walk your path,
looking to others, but
God knows and you know that
you are to be one with God first –

October 5, 2023

Virtues

Mary:
I am the Queen of Peace.
Queen of Virtues.
 
Christians Virtues are Good
Habits

The Deadly Sins are Sins -
refusing to love -
Bad Habits.


The virtues are supernatural
faculties.

The Divine participation
expresses itself through the
Christian virtues.

Faith is participation in
God’s knowing activity.

Faith and hope are the two
most important virtues!!

The two most important
faculties of a person are
1) intellect
2) will

Why is the intellect so
important?

Genesis 1:27

God created man in His image;
In the Divine Image He created Him
Male and female He created them. 
 

The intellect allows us to
participate in God’s knowing
activity.

The will allows us to
participate in God’s willing
activity.

Intellect and will allows us
to reflect God.

Faith is the virtue which will
elevate the intellect to a
new level.
In Baptism our knowing and
loving activity are elevated.

From Baptism we receive
the supernatural virtues of
faith, hope and love.

Loving is an act of the will.

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Virtue of Hope

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Hope gives us the capacity
to desire God, desire to live
the life of faith and trust
that God will do so.

Two things
1) desire to live the life of faith
2) trust.

1) We have the desire to
    possess the vision of faith.
2) We trust God will help us.

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Love

Love is now.
Love is concentrated with
the present;
than it is with the past and
future.


Virtue of Love
God first loved us.

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.

1 John 4:10

Love consists in this: it is not we who loved God, but God loved us and sent his Son to expiate our sins.

R. We participate in God’s love.

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8

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...
 

R. The 3 loves
1) Love of God
2) Love of others
3) Love of self.

Every time we sin, we hate
ourselves.

Every time we love properly,
we love ourselves.

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Humility
Humility is truth, realizing
everything good about
ourselves comes from God.

Recognizing our gifts is not
against humility.

Reference Luke 1:6-55

We recognize the Divine
Plan of our Father. He
created each of us with
special gifts and talents to
be used to do His work.
They are not for our self
promotion.

We are nothing except as
the Father created us.
The talents we were given
come from God. Why
promote ourselves? God
gave us the talents we are using.

Love finds a way.

Love is not forced, love is
giving the other their
freedom. He gives us a free
will. He loves us too.
God gave us the
commandments to live by.
Love God, love one another.
God gives His love to us
freely; we can accept His
love, or reject it.

1 Corinthians: 4:6-7

I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that you can learn how the saying, 'Nothing beyond what is written' is true of us: no individual among you must become filled with his own importance and make comparisons, to another's detriment. Who made you so important? What have you got that was not given to you? And if it was given to you, why are you boasting as though it were your own?

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