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October 12, 2015
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October 13th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
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October 12, 2015
R.
The gifts of the Holy
Spirit are
Wisdom,
Understanding, Counsel,
Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety
and Fear of the Lord
The fruits of the Holy Spirit are
charity, joy, peace, patience,
benignity (kindness), goodness,
long-suffering, mildness,
faith, modesty, continency,
and chastity
Matthew 11: 25
At that time Jesus exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.
R.
The more abundantly we are filled
with God's grace the more we
are in the image and likeness
of God.
The Holy Spirit paints that likeness of Jesus
on our soul. The Divine artist –
God paints this likeness – God the Holy Spirit
knows the Plan of God the Father
for our lives – God the Holy Spirit directs us,
counsels us, instructs us of
God's unique precious plan for us –
The Holy Spirit sanctifies us – makes us more
holy as we cooperate with this grace
to be transformed more and more into
God's image –
Come Holy Spirit Come into our hearts –
Fill us with the fire of God's love –
Acts 2: 1-4
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
Romans 5: 3-5
Not only that; let us exult, too, in our hardships, understanding that hardship develops perseverance, and perseverance develops a tested character, something that gives us hope, 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.
R.
In confirmation the Holy Spirit strengthens
the faith received in Baptism –
to make us soldiers of Jesus Christ –
This is done by the imposition of
the bishop's hands and the
cross traced upon our forehead
with holy chrism and the words
he says –
Ephesians 3: 14-19
Paul’s prayer
This, then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every fatherhood, in heaven or on earth, takes its name. In the abundance of his glory may he, through his Spirit, enable you to grow firm in power with regard to your inner self, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, with all God’s holy people you will have the strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; so that, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond knowledge, you may be filled with the utter fullness of God.
R. Confirmation strengthens us!
Ephesians 6: 11-17
The spiritual war
Put on the full armour of God so as to be able to resist the devil's tactics. For it is not against human enemies that we have to struggle, but against the principalities and the ruling forces who are masters of the darkness in this world, the spirits of evil in the heavens. That is why you must take up all God's armour, or you will not be able to put up any resistance on the evil day, or stand your ground even though you exert yourselves to the full.
So stand your ground, with truth a belt round your waist, and uprightness a breastplate, wearing for shoes on your feet the eagerness to spread the gospel of peace and always carrying the shield of faith so that you can use it to quench the burning arrows of the Evil One. And then you must take salvation as your helmet and the sword of the Spirit, that is, the word of God.
R.
We received the gift of the Holy Spirit of fortitude –
which strengthens us – first
in Baptism, but in a greater
measure in Confirmation.
To grow in the image and likeness
of God more and more – we must
co-operate with the Holy Spirit –
The gifts help us to be sensitive to
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit working
in us.
The Holy Spirit guides us with the gifts
in the plan of God the Father to
holiness more and more in our soul!
Isaiah 11: 2
On him will rest the spirit of Yahweh,
the spirit of wisdom and insight,
the spirit of counsel and power,
the spirit of knowledge
and fear of Yahweh:
R.
We must use these gifts, God gives
us the gifts, but we are expected
to use them –
In the gift of fortitude we are
able to withstand trials with
courage.
Piety – helps the work of the virtue
of justice – to give others what
is their due –
to give to God, the Creator, what
is His due –
Counsel – This gift helps the
virtue of prudence – the Holy Spirit
counsels us in the uncertainties
of life –
Sing: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Knowledge – This helps the virtue
of faith – of knowing the
truth, our duty –
also knowledge of self!
Understanding –
The Holy Spirit moves us more and more in
the image and likeness of Jesus –
This helps deepen faith and knowledge
To understand meaning!
Wisdom – is the highest and greatest
of the gifts –
This gift helps us order our goals –
Fear of God – means we don't want
to offend God with sin –
R.
The Holy Spirit Novena is in 5
languages with the
Imprimatur –
Holy Spirit Novena
Daily Novena Prayers
Opening Prayer
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Dear Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus, in union with Him in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit. We come to You united to the Child Jesus of Good Health and the Infant of Prague. We come to You in the perfect, sinless heart of Our Mother Mary, asking her powerful intercession, uniting ourselves to her holy tears. We come to You united to all the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory.
Prayer for Holy Spirit
We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit on us, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, that He will descend mightily on us as He did on the Apostles at Pentecost. That the Holy Spirit will transform us from fear to fearlessness and that He will give us courage to do all the Father is asking of us to help bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. We pray for the Holy Spirit to descend mightily on the Jesuits and the Poor Clares on the Shepherds of Christ leaders and members and on the whole Body of Christ and the world.
Protection by the Blood of Jesus
We pray that the Blood of Jesus will be spread on us, everyone in our families, and the Shepherds of Christ Movement, that we will be able to move steadfastly ahead and be protected from the evil one.
Healing
We pray for healing in body, mind, and soul and generational healing in ourselves, in all members in our families, and in all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, the Jesuit Community, the Poor Clares, the Body of Christ, and the world.
Prayer for Strength and Light
We adore You, oh Holy Spirit. Give us strength, give us light, console us. We give ourselves entirely to You. Oh Spirit of light and grace, we want to only do the will of the Father. Enlighten us that we may live always in the Father's will.
Eternal Spirit fill us with Your Divine Wisdom that we may comprehend more fully insight into Your Divine Mysteries.
Give us lights, Oh Holy Spirit that we may know God. Work within the heart, the spiritual womb of the Virgin Mary, to form us more and more into the image of Jesus.
Prayer to Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
We long for You, Oh Spirit of Light, we long to know God, we want to be one with Him, our Divine God. We want to be one with the Father, know Him as a Person most intimately. We want to know the beloved One, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and live and dwell in Him at all times, every moment of our lives. We want to be one with You, Oh Spirit of Light, that You move in us in our every breath.
Prayer to Be One in Jesus
Let us experience life in the Sacred Heart of Jesus, so we can say as Saint Paul, "I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me...." Let us live, united to the Mass, all through the day being one in Him. Let us be able to love and know in this elevated state of oneness with our God. We long for Thee, oh beauteous God, we love You, we love You, we love You. We praise You, worship You, honor You, adore You, and thank You, our beloved God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Prayer to Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
We seek to be one in God, to live and dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, our little heaven on earth, to experience life in the all perfect, pure, sinless heart of our Mother. We want the Holy Spirit to move in us and to be united to Jesus as the Bridegroom of our souls and be a most perfect sacrifice offered to the Father at every moment as we unite in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass around the world to help in the salvation of souls.
Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts
Come Holy Spirit, come, come into our hearts, inflame all people with the fire of Your love.
Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and all will be reborn.
All: And You will renew the face of the earth.We pray for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ask for perfection in our souls to make us holy, holy souls likened to God.
Dear Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to You soul and body. We ask You to give us the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.
Prayer for the Word Alive in Our Hearts
We know, dear Holy Spirit, the Word in His human nature was brought forth within the womb of the woman. We pray that His word will be brought forth in our hearts as He lives and dwells in us. We want the incarnation to go on in our lives. Dear Holy Spirit, work in us.
Little Prayers to the Holy Spirit
Dear Holy Spirit, help us not to be ignorant or indifferent or weak, help us to be strong with the love of God.
Dear Holy Spirit, please pray for our needs for us.
Dear Holy Spirit, help us to respect God and to avoid sin. Help us to live in the Father's will.
Dear Holy Spirit, help us to keep Your commandments and to respect authority. Help us to love all things as You will us to love them. Help us to want to pray and always serve God with the greatest love. Help us to know the truth. Help us to have the gift of faith, hope, and love. Help us to know what is right and what is wrong.
A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb, the Bridegroom of the Soul
Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.
end of excerpt
Ephesians 1: 14
who is the pledge of our inheritance,
for the freedom of the people
whom God has taken for his own,
for the praise of his glory.
From Tell My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
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.
end of excerpt
R. We pray through the intercession
of Our Lady of Clearwater
Sing: Come Holy Spirit
Sing: Spirit of the Living God
R. Missing the Forest, through
the trees –
When a person is closed to anger
why do they walk in such
blindness?
Jesus: Anger is a habit and anger is
fueled by the anger held inside
which can be fed by one's
thoughts, but satan wants to
use anger and he presses the
buttons of the past in men
to try to turn them on to
raging anger –
You must pray to live a holy life and
to love – despite those around you
who continue in their ways giving
into satan –
Satan or devil – the word devil
comes from division – Satan wants
to divide and he uses the persons
around to do the work for him –
God is love – but a person who
is being used by satan can receive
a tremendous grace, when another
one prays for them –
Fighting with two angry people –
closed down in anger is almost
a locked cage – who will give
to the other when they are shut down
and have not even tried to control
their own anger directed at others –
many times innocent others
because of their own negative behavior
patterns, they have chosen – some
life-long.
Anger is an emotion – that satan
uses to grip a person – to get them
to sin against Me and their brothers –
Anger is passed down in homes and
taught to children like trying their
shoes –
Anger can be the raging types –
but in childhood, a child may have
used pouting and saw they could
manipulate others – People using
passive-aggressive behavior can
try to force their negative ways on others
to bring destruction, division, a
failed outcome of any fruit for the Kingdom of
God – satan uses men to manipulate as they
give into them in passive-aggressive
behavior, sitting on pity pots –
How long is a pity pot welcome?
Some people use this negative behavior
life-long as a mechanism they can
develop and control methods to
force others to deal with their
antics –
Satan wants a battle –
Satan wants a war –
Satan wants to tear down and
take joy away –
Satan is hatred and lies and
deceit and where does this
end –
Tomorrow is the Anniversary of
the sun dancing and looking
like it would crash –
When a bat comes charging in a
swoop toward a man – the
man runs away –
When satan presses down – he is
undetected –
Satan wants to continue
using a person to tear down the house –
Satan is real – Satan operates to take
down the house and he comes
in bad behavior, anger, undetected,
time elapses or boredom, bad habits –
satan uses people who give in to
do his work – satan is an evil spirit –
You have seen the message of
Our Lady of Fatima – October 13, 1917 –
98 years ago
Excerpt from the Spirituality of Fatima
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
October 13, 1917
In her message that day, Our Blessed Mother told the children:
I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day.(17)
NOTE:
17. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to
Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN
Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). p.7.
Jesus: I am God – you must fight satan with
the prayers and help you need
from God –
An alcoholic is addicted to alcohol –
this addiction seeps into the man
and he wants the drug –
but underneath all this is usually
pain, pain and more pain –
loss of life – where he lived in
a fog – justifying why he needed
the drink, to numb the pain,
he has, to do what he does –
which is give himself over
to the drug, alcohol, whatever –
Here is a sketch Mary gave you yesterday –
Jesus:
In the messages of Our Lady of Fatima – on July 13, 1917
Mary showed the children hell and the
people still did not believe because
they jailed the children in August, on the
13th they were in jail –
Mary gave this message
Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
July 13, 1917
"During her appearance in July, Our Lady, in answer to Lucia's plea, promised that in October she would work a great miracle so that all might believe and know who she was. Again, the Mother of God told the children to sacrifice themselves for sinners and to say many times, especially when making a sacrifice, this prayer: "O my Jesus, I offer this for love of Thee, for the conversion of poor sinners, and in reparation for all the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary." (11)
"During this same July apparition, Mary showed the three children a vision of Hell. She told them:
"You have seen Hell, where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish, in the world, devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If people do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.
"The war (World War I, then raging) is going to end. But if people do not stop offending God, another and worse one will begin in the reign of Pius XI. When you shall see a night illuminated by an unknown light [January 2, 1938], know that this is the great sign that God gives you that He is going to punish the world for its many crimes by means of war, hunger, and persecution of the Church and the Holy Father. (12)
"To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart and the Communion of Reparation on the five first Saturdays. If my requests are granted, Russia will be converted and there will be peace. If not, she will scatter her errors throughout the world, provoking wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred, the Holy Father will have much to suffer, and various nations will be destroyed....
"But in the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph, the Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, Russia will be converted, and a certain period of peace will be granted to the world." (13)
11. For background material on Fatima, I am particularly indebted to
Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven (Rockford: TAN
Books and Publishers, Inc., 1983). pp.3-4.
12. Ibid., pp.4-5.
13. Ibid., p.5.
Jesus:
There was a war – World War II – do you
visually see destruction in war from
satan operating as he did in aggression
and power during World War II – You may
say – how can a German officer have
hurt the people and killed them the
way they did?
I say see that war –
Now envision satan and his crafty
ways and the years satan has
worked to block the message of
My Mother, sent by God the Father,
to the earth – to tell them they
had to change, to convert, to live
holy lives according to God's
commandments and live according
to the Father's will and love and not
hate.
Some have lived negative behavior
their whole life – seeking power –
lying and deceiving and leading
the unborn babies to a slaughter
house –
Is the War of World War II a visible war
you know about?
What of this spiritual battle in
the United States that has led to many more
than 50,000,000 abortions –
abortions, deaths of children
in the womb
Do you not call this a battle,
the issues on marriage now
opposed to the law of God!
Do you see the spiritual battle
that surrounds you now and yet
after all I have given –
power-seeking for self promotion –
division, hatred in the hearts –
cannot be touched by your
efforts to make the world more
and more as God wants –
without prayer –
without living a life yourself of
growing more and more in
unity with God –
Soldiers of the Holy Spirit – so one in God –
filled with hearts on fire in
love of God –
marching in truth –
marching in love of God and
others and loving oneself so
much to seek heaven –
Do you think a soldier marching in
negative behavior and anger
can win anything – really
ultimately in what really
counts – Eternal salvation
Jesus:
Loving is a decision – Seek the grace
to love and cooperate with
it – that you will be an
Apostle of Love for the Holy Spirit –
marching into battle
against anger and hated that
a person can let grip
them because they hug it.
When you are beginning to feel angry,
you must fight that anger
and negative behaviors with
prayer and begging help from
God to not give into the
destructive behavior patterns
of holding-out that you can
use to try to force the tearing
down of what God wants –
Anger doesn't build the house –
Pride is seeking dominance for
dominance sake –
power – power – power for
oneself – to control –
Now study the visual War of World War II
over 66,000,000 people died –
When satan comes in – he comes in to
tear down the house and take
souls to hell – if he can –
You see the destruction of World War II –
the torn cities, the torn
bodies, the families torn
apart in death – one dad
fighting – a family with no
dad – after the war –
the murder of innocent woman
and children for being Jewish –
What do you need to see the spiritual
battle now –
Mary has given these messages for over
20 years and she appeared in Clearwater
on the building for over 7 years for
all to see
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Jesus: Did you listen –
Yes you are in a spiritual battle
all over the world –
Vocations are attacked
Marriages ending in divorce
Children being used to focus on
things and forget God
Materialism at the heights
Many never even stop on Sunday –
The family torn apart by selfishness –
I have given My Plan in the Blue Books –
In praying the prayers I gave Fr. Carter
In the Mass Books and messages on
the Mass, the Eucharist,
Baptism, Love
The Daily Message and teachings about pain
and suffering used by men to
manipulate for satan using
power, control, anger like
bullets in a gun – held to
the head of those trying to
spread these teachings –
When you block prayer I asked for –
you are taking out your cannon –
Even under the image in Clearwater –
people fought for satan who
were supposed to be working
in love to build up the world –
I called Judas and he betrayed
Me with a kiss
Remember Mary's picture
Jesus: Did you ever think of Leprosy –
Do you focus on the sins of those
fighting God – in this spiritual
battle –
There are 2 Camps
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
136. THE FOURTH DAY
A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS
The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human naturePRAYER. The usual preparatory prayer.
window at a former Jesuit Seminary
137. FIRST PRELUDE. This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.
138. SECOND PRELUDE. This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.
139. THIRD PRELUDE. This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
FIRST PART
THE STANDARD OF SATAN
140. FIRST POINT. Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.
141. SECOND POINT. Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.
142. THIRD POINT. Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.
The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
SECOND PART
THE STANDARD OF CHRIST
143. In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.
144. FIRST POINT. Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.
145. SECOND POINT. Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.
146. THIRD POINT. . . .
end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
Jesus:
I have given this message here for
20 years –
the message of Our Lady of Fatima
Conversion
Reparation
Obedience to God's will
Love
Unity
The Mass
The Rosary
The Retreats – praying in
China and Clearwater
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 within me.F
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.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)
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The Holy Spirit Novena
Jesus:
Fighting for Victory
means fighting for God –
Fighting against God can lead
to destruction of your
own soul –
4 Days Before Fr. Carter's Death
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDSFirst they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.
The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 12
23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p.1121. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
no decision is made under the influence of any
inordinate attachment
Prayer from St. Ignatius
Lord, teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor and not to ask for any reward,
Save that of knowing
that I am doing your will.
Jesus: When the religious life declines then
the destruction is very bad.
Corruption at the time of Noah –
Corruption after Joshua died –
The Protestant Revolt 1517
The Reformation
The 30 Year War
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Jesus:
I have given you 98 years to listen
to the Fatima message –
Mary appeared in Clearwater 1996 –
Do you listen?
November 4, 2013
Excerpt from the Priestly Newsletter
Through the Eucharistic Sacrifice Christ the Lord desired to set before us in a very special way this remarkable union whereby we are united one with another and with our divine Head, a union that no word of praise can ever sufficiently express. For in this sacrifice the sacred ministers act not only as the representative of our Saviour, but as the representative of the whole Mystical Body and of each one of the faithful. Again, in this act of sacrifice, the faithful of Christ, united by the common bond of devotion and prayer, offer to the eternal Father through the hands of the priest, whose prayer alone has made it present on the altar, the Immaculate Lamb, the most acceptable victim of praise and propitiation for the Church’s universal need. Moreover, just as the divine Redeemer, while dying on the Cross, offered Himself to the eternal Father as Head of the whole human race, so now, ‘in this clean oblation’ He not only offers Himself as Head of the Church to His heavenly Father but in Himself His mystical members as well. He embraces them all, yes, even the weaker and more ailing members, with the deepest love of His Heart. (Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis AAS, XXXV, 232-233)
R. God gives us grace in the Church –
What a gift to be helping in
the renewal of the Church and the world
that can go on with the
writings when we are gone
What a privilege it is –
We must thank God for this –
We are soldiers in the army
of the Holy Spirit leading the Church
and the world –
We work in the work of Redemption
to help the souls to get to heaven –
There are sinners and saints in
the 20th Century –
going into the 21st Century –
Are we bravely carrying the light
of Christ to the world –
Are we living in the image
and likeness of God –
Will we build up the Mystical
body of Christ or
Will we tear it down?
The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ.
We have seen the bloodshed in the
Church –
Christ lives and works in the
world in us. We are in
a spiritual battle with
satan.
We must control our willfulness and
live God the Father's will
in love –
What will you do
God's will or your will
opposed to God and serve
satan to tear down the house?
Whose side are you fighting on in
this spiritual battle?
The choice is ours – we have
a free will –
R. We received the virtues of faith, hope and
love in baptism and the Holy Spirit came
to us in a special way in
baptism –
Sin drives the Holy Spirit far from us –
We are on a journey to be more
and more in the image of
God –
We are on a journey – hopefully
headed for heaven –
God gives us the sacraments –
God gives us the sacrament of Penance –
We are members of the Mystical Body
of Christ, the Church
Christ is the head –
The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church.
The Holy Spirit unites
The Holy Spirit sanctifies, makes us holy –
Sin causes us unhappiness!
John 20: 23
If you forgive anyone’s sins,
they are forgiven;
if you retain anyone’s sins,
they are retained.
R. In sin a person chooses to be
willful in thoughts,
desires, words or
actions or in
omission forbidden by
the law of God.
In sin a person refuses to
serve God as he should
and in pride serves
himself –
It is willfulness opposed to
God's will –
A sin can be a habit when it
is done repeatedly – this
sin is a vice –
The more the person gives into
the same sin – the easier
it is to sin and the
harder it is to do good.
The devil wants a person to stay
in the state of sin –
to sin and not really
repent!
A sinner must seek real
forgiveness from God –
want to stop sinning.
Habitual sins are like a
very slippery slide –
Sin can be of the type to try
to lead others to sin –
provoking others and trying
to get them to sin –
lying and justifying the
evil they did –
they are further guilty
in trying to get others
to sin –
giving scandal in
leading another to sin –
Sins trace back to pride and
that the person prefers
themselves to God!
Vice or Virtue
Vice Virtue
Pride
Faith
Greed Hope
Wrath Love
Gluttony Humility
Sloth
Temperance
Envy
Fortitude
Lust
Justice
Obedience
Purpose of Amendment
If we do not intend to not sin
again – our contrition
is not sincere or
genuine –
We must be genuine in wanting
to improve
we must take steps to improve
We must avoid near occasions
of sin
We have to change the
habits in our life that
lead to sin
Gratitude to God for forgiveness
of our sins –
Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, life.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Prayer from St. Ignatius
Lord, teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor and not to ask for any reward,
Save that of knowing
that I am doing your will.
John 15: 1-8
I am the true vine,
and my Father is the vinedresser.
Every branch in me that bears no fruit
he cuts away,
and every branch that does bear fruit
he prunes
to make it bear even more.
You are clean already,
by means of the word
that I have spoken to you.
Remain in me, as I in you.
As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself,
unless it remains part of the vine,
neither can you unless you remain in me.
I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me, with me in him,
bears fruit in plenty;
for cut off from me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
is thrown away like a branch
—and withers;
these branches are collected
and thrown on the fire
and are burnt.
If you remain in me
and my words remain in you,
you may ask for whatever you please
and you will get it.
It is to the glory of my Father
that you should bear much fruit
and be my disciples.
R. God loves us so much to forgive
us –
God is merciful –
God is faithful –
Lamb of God
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
To be recited daily at the end of the day)
O God, on behalf of Shepherds of Christ Ministries and Our Lady of Light Ministry, we offer up these prayers of thanksgiving:
Thank You Father for Your love, patience, and understanding. We know we are not worthy of such gifts, but that You give them anyway - because of Your great love for souls.
Thank You Jesus for the many gifts and graces You give us as members of Your Movement - Shepherds of Christ. We offer You our love and gratitude through Your Mother's Immaculate Heart.
Thank You Holy Spirit for Your special gifts. Please inspire us to be grateful for what we have been given. Please help us to give ourselves in love to You and all we meet.
Thank You Holy Trinity for Your boundless love and mercy. Please help us to nurture Your presence within us. Help us to be obedient to Your commands and give all the glory to You - Our loving God. We especially thank You for the gift of our Heavenly Mother, Mary.
Thank you Mary for your example while on earth, and for your constant intercession today. Please help us to grow in holiness and put into action all that your Son Jesus asks of us.
We thank St. Michael and the Holy Angels for their prayers, help, and protection. Finally, we thank the saints in heaven and the souls in purgatory for their prayers. We ask them to unite with us in giving thanks and praise to the most Holy Trinity - Our Heavenly Father, Our Lord Jesus, and our Comforter- the Holy Spirit.
We love You! We love You! We love You! Amen.
November 4, 2013
Luke 1: 46-55
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
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