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October 23, 2006
October 24th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 9 Period I.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for October 24th are Sorrowful.
October 23, 2006
Messenger: Honesty and understanding are health.
1 John 3: 1-3
You must see what great love
the Father has lavished on us
by letting us be called God’s children—
which is what we are!
The reason why the world
does not acknowledge us
is that it did not acknowledge him.
My dear friends,
we are already God’s children,
but what we shall be in the future
has not yet been revealed.
We are well aware that when he appears
we shall be like him,
because we shall see him as he really is.Whoever treasures this hope of him
purifies himself, to be as pure as he is.
October 23, 2006 message continues
Messenger: Dear God,
Help me to comprehend Your precepts. I
see the vastness of the skies, the wonder how
light shows up every day — how children
sleep at the darkness and like little set
clocks wake before the morning light
filled with energy and song, how heart-
felt things are so important to a child. They
are so aware of presence, of your being
attentive of looking into your face and
touching your arm, sitting on your lap.
How is it we grow to almost ignore each
other many times, miss the sun-lit days,
the blue skies, the autumn beauty — miss
looking into each others faces even in a
fast food line and exchanging a warm
smile.
Presence — I know you are near — I
connect in my heart.
The children are always aware of their
mom and dad when very little and they
miss their mom and dad when gone. Mom
and dad are why they are there — It was
their love that brought them into the home.
God allows parents to be co-creators.
Why do we lose that connection with
our heavenly Father? We are to be so aware
as a little child always trying to please
Him — living every moment with our eyes
set on His Plan. He created us, He loves us,
He has a plan — He has vested us with the
talents to do His work.
Where do we become so numb to not
being connected as we should in our hearts.
What of the body of Christ — realizing that
deep connection of being one in Him —
one in love —
Not acting like blubbering babies when
adults — being other focused because we
are one with our heavenly Father filled
with such love because we know Him.
We are not empty, starving, longing - selfish —
we are the sons of God - by baptism - the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell in us in a special
way when we remain in the state of grace.
We have dignity God made us in His
image and likeness.
Genesis 1: 27
God created man in the image of himself,
in the image of God he created him,
male and female he created them.
October 23, 2006 message continues
Messenger:
God wants us to strive to be lovers,
connected as one — in loving union — using
our unique talents to love and serve God
and love others — to nurture ourselves
with His presence and love and to work
as one, — like builders, building a house, a
wall, — helping, all united to build God's
Kingdom on earth.
We can't do that when we think our
talents were given for selfish gain — making
our paradise on things for this earth. Where
did we stop feeling this oneness in our
hearts, that God desires, being one in loving
union — the human race, working together
to help make reparation to God for all
this sin —
Being one in the Hearts of Jesus and
Mary — the New Adam, the New Eve —
loving God so very deeply like little
children wanting to please Him and
follow the Plan of the Creator —
When did we stop understanding how
His immense love binds us —
There is no limit to the love of God —
our feeble minds cannot ever comprehend —
look at the perfection, the beauty of
a child — so young, so sweet, so
connected —
Look at us in your beep the horn,
hard ways, hard eyes focused on the
pot of gold —
The well of the Father never runs
dry — love is immeasurable — we
think of it sometimes as quantity —
A person fixed on the love of God has
wealth, fortune and joy.
Oh immeasurable love of God — shower
me, I am thirsting for Your presence and
hungering for Your grace.
Oh precious Jesus feed me with Your
Body
Wash me in Your Blood —
let me see with the wide vision —
know with the eyes of faith —
Let my heart swell to know and love
the souls more and more like Jesus —
to give and not to count the cost —
to unite and be deeply one and aware of
all souls — the saints in heaven,
the souls of the earth, the souls
in purgatory —
Stretch my heart, Lord to be greater
identified with You —
in loving more likened to You —
My days have measure —
my heart fuller and fuller —
knowing more and more Your
infinite love ——
How wide is the ocean —
How deep is the sea —
the love of God is immeasurable —
Why do we think we can measure our
love — our kindness and be happy
as God intended us to be —
We were created in the image and likeness
of God and given these talents to
serve God — to love God and
others and ourselves.
We love ourselves by seeing to our
own spiritual stretching —
God of all creation — stretch our
hearts to love with fire for souls and
to pray for all the souls -
Jesus died for —
Look at the pierced Heart of Jesus
on the cross —
can His love be measured —
He died so we could be
filled with His life and
live the fullness of life
forever with Him in heaven —
We are the poor banished children
of Eve and
WE ARE BLIND
Sing: We are Blind we need Your grace —
October 23, 2006 message continues
Messenger:
We cannot even fathom the
love of God, but God has revealed
to us insights into the mystery of
His love.
Insight into His magnificence,
without bounds
beyond our comprehension.
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:
A time for giving birth,
a time for dying;
a time for planting,
a time for uprooting what has been planted.
A time for killing,
a time for healing;
a time for knocking down,
a time for building.
A time for tears,
a time for laughter;
a time for mourning,
a time for dancing.
A time for throwing stones away,
a time for gathering them;
a time for embracing,
a time to refrain from embracing.
A time for searching,
a time for losing;
a time for keeping,
a time for discarding.
A time for tearing,
a time for sewing;
a time for keeping silent,
a time for speaking.
A time for loving,
a time for hating;
a time for war,
a time for peace.
Sing Song: "The Lord is my light and my
salvation of whom
should I be afraid.
Ecclesiastes 9: 11-12
Another thing I have observed
under the sun:
that the race is not won by the speediest,
nor the battle by the champions;
it is not the wise who get food,
nor the intelligent wealth,
nor the learned favour:
chance and mischance befall them all.
We do not know when our time will come:
like fish caught in the treacherous net,
like birds caught in the snare,
just so are we all trapped by misfortune
when it suddenly overtakes us.
1 John 4: 7-9, 11
My dear friends,
let us love one another,
since love is from God
and everyone who loves
is a child of God and knows God.
Whoever fails to love does not know God,
because God is love.
This is the revelation
of God’s love for us,
that God sent his only Son into the world
that we might have life through him.John 20: 21
and he said to them again, ‘Peace be with you.
‘As the Father sent me,
so am I sending you.’
Matthew 28: 20
and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’
3 John 2
My dear friend, I hope everything is going happily with you and that you are as well physically as you are spiritually.
Sing: I Have Loved You
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