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October 27, 2013
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18
for the Lord is a judge
who is utterly impartial.
He never shows partiality to the detriment of the poor,
he listens to the plea of the injured party.
He does not ignore the orphan's supplication,
nor the widow's as she pours out her complaint.
Psalm 34: 2-3, 17-19, 22
Bet I will praise Yahweh from my heart;
let the humble hear and rejoice.Gimel Proclaim with me the greatness of Yahweh,
let us acclaim his name together.Zade They cry in anguish and Yahweh hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.
Qoph Yahweh is near to the broken–hearted,
he helps those whose spirit is crushed.Resh Though hardships without number beset the upright,
Yahweh brings rescue from them all.Taw Yahweh ransoms the lives of those who serve him,
and there will be no penalty for those who take refuge in him.
2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18
As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to depart. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come for me now is the crown of uprightness which the Lord, the upright judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his appearing.
The first time I had to present my defence, no one came into court to support me. Every one of them deserted me — may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed for all the gentiles to hear; and so I was saved from the lion's mouth. The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Luke 18: 9-14
He spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and despised everyone else, ‘Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not like this tax collector here. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes on all I get." The tax collector stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner." This man, I tell you, went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.’
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 24, 2010
HOMILY
– (Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14) Today is Mission Sunday, a Sunday in October when there is a collection taken up all over the world for the missions. This collection helps support almost 200,000 schools, almost 18,000 health clinics and leprosy centers and over 1,000 dioceses. It’s a very important collection for the worldwide Church. I will give you one hint of what they deal with. I have an Italian friend (my age), named Tony, who is helping to build a school for girls in Ethiopia. I had the opportunity to visit with him for a few hours recently when I was in Rome. One story impressed me. He told me when he went to Ethiopia many years ago, only about 10 % of the people wore shoes. Now it’s up above 50 %. We suffer under bad times economically, but sometimes we forget how many people in the rest of the world are suffering to a much greater degree. There are special envelopes for the mission collection, but because this is a major collection, even if you put loose cash in the basket, it will go to the missions today.This joke has been around for a long time. A young priest became the associate at a large suburban parish and after several months the pastor sat down with him to review his performance. The pastor said the young priest had been a true blessing for the parish, attendance was up, collections were up, the youth group was more active and a lot more people were coming to confession. The pastor complimented him even for the very creative way he designed a drive-through confessional. But the pastor said the assistant would have to get rid of the big sign in the front of the church that said, “Toot and tell or go to hell!” I’ve never heard of an actual drive-through confessional, but I don’t think God would object. God is always ready to offer his grace to those who ask for his mercy and forgiveness.
We have two people in today’s gospel who have come to the Temple to pray. The one thinks he will avoid hell because he’s such a wonderful person; the other throws himself on God’s mercy. The story would have shocked Jesus’ listeners, because the Pharisees had such a reputation for holiness. They were a lay movement that had dedicated themselves to keeping God’s law perfectly. Along with the 613 commandments of the Law, the Pharisees tithed, which was one of God’s laws. As an additional practice, they fasted often. This particular one fasted twice a week, which was no small sacrifice. A tax collector, on the other hand, was included in the list of occupations considered “crafts of robbers,” which no father encouraged his son to practice. Tax collectors were especially singled out, for the opportunity to cheat others was always there. Plus tax collectors usually were collecting taxes for the Romans – the Jews hated oppressors.
So, naturally Jesus’ audience would have expected God to bless the Pharisee and pretty much ignore the tax collector. This parable, like all of Jesus’ parables, had a surprise ending, an ending that forces us to think more deeply into God’s ways, which are not our ways.
First of all, the Pharisee didn’t have much of a prayer. Jesus said, “he spoke this prayer to himself.” He was pretty much saying, “thank you God that I am not a sinner like everyone else – even like this tax collector.” He seemed to show no attachment toward God. His only attachment was to his own exalted image of himself. The tax collector, on the other hand, came to God for forgiveness and he received it. The key word here is “justified,” which could also be translated “was made righteous.” The tax collector went home justified; the other did not. The Pharisee’s righteousness was of his own making; he didn’t feel the need to ask God for anything. The tax collector’s righteousness came as the answer to a prayer: “God, be merciful to me a sinner.” It reminds us that holiness is God’s gift to those who are open to his grace. All through the gospels, especially in Luke, Jesus is eager to offer his saving grace to anyone whose heart is open to it. This does not eliminate the need to live a holy life, to keep God’s laws, to pray, to do good to others. The gospels certainly emphasize that, but the first step is to humble ourselves before the Lord and ask for his grace.
Archbishop Basil Hume, the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, spoke to a friend shortly before this death in 1999. He said, “If only I could start all over again, I would be a much better monk, a much better abbot, a much better bishop. But then I thought how much better if I can come before God when I die – not to say thank you that I was such a good monk, good abbot, good bishop, but rather, ‘God be merciful to me a sinner.’ For, if I come empty-handed, then I will be ready to receive God’s gift.” Not long after that the Cardinal died and the gospel of the Pharisee and the tax collector was read at his Mass. He knew how to bow low before God who blesses all those who come to him. (from
Celebration, Preaching Resources, 10/24/10, pg 2)As I reflected on today’s gospel, I wondered if there was any hope for this Pharisee who tried to serve God with such fidelity all his life. Certainly! There is the hope that he would look deep into his own heart and realize how self-centered, pompous, judgmental and ungrateful he was in life. Maybe then he would do more than say thank you God that I’m better than everyone else. He would recognize that he is like everyone else, in need of God’s saving love and grace for only Jesus is our Savior.
Dear Friends, a few weeks ago I gave this homily. If you were here at Mass that day, you heard it. If you were not here, and there are reasons why some of our parishioners cannot be here on any given Sunday, I want to be sure you see it because it affects our very existence as a parish. I thank those of you who have increased your contributions since my appeal. I understand that many are doing all they can (it seems everything is going up except Social Security and pensions) and so I thank you for the sacrifices you make. If you did not hear this homily, please take a few minutes to read it. Fr. Joe.
From Blue Book 12
August 5, 1996
Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
1. Jesus: Put aside all of the distractions in your mind and focus totally on Me. In this rosary, you will meditate on My Passion and My death. It is in meditating with a heart that is open and filled with love, that you will know My love in your heart. You must surrender to Me at this moment. Let go of everything that is stopping you from having union with Me. I am waiting and longing for you to unite to My Heart in deepest love. Walk with Me as I walked on the way to Calvary. As I am beaten and crowned with thorns, as I carried the cross on My back, walk with Me and share in My sufferings. For I am with you in a special way this 5th of August in this rosary, and I will deliver to you the messages of My burning love. I am Jesus. I love you. I love you. I love you.
2. Jesus: I see you. I see you there, and I am watching you. I ask you to come into the garden with Me and to kneel with Me now, to be there and to think in your minds of all the sins of all men. Think in your minds of the sins since Cain and Abel. Think of all of the sins of each and every soul that is on this earth at this moment, of all of the sins of men that are killing babies. Think of these sins. Think of the vileness and the hatred in the hearts of these men. How I suffered, in the garden, as I thought of each and every sin from My beloved souls that I love so much
3. Jesus: Will you comfort Me? Will you be there with Me as I suffer, as I am stooped over, and in such utter pain, the pain so strong in My Heart.
4. R. Be with Jesus in the garden, and see Him as He kneels there. See Him buckled over with excruciating pain. His body tense and see the sweat as it breaks out on His forehead, sweat of blood. This is the agony that our beloved Savior suffered. Think of the greatest agony that you have suffered in your life, when you were alone and suffering. Intently think of the pain in the Heart of Jesus to love as only God can love and to be treated as He is treated by His beloved souls. Think of how it is to love someone so much and to be ignored and forgotten and treated hatefully, and think of Jesus how He loved, the Almighty God, that He came to this earth, that He gave Himself for love of men, and to know all of the men that would hate Him.
5. R. I see You, my beloved Jesus, in the garden, and I see the blood as it comes forth from Your body and falls to the ground. I see You bent over in pain and agony, and I want to comfort You with my acts of love. I know that as You suffered so in the garden for the sins of men, that You were comforted by the love that we give to You this day.
6. Jesus: I have called you to the Shepherds of Christ Movement to pray for the priests of this world. It was in the garden that I suffered such agony for the priests and the religious that treat Me with such indifference. I love My religious with such love, and I am forgotten by My chosen ones. I am calling you to pray, to pray, to continue to pray with all your hearts for the religious, for they will lead many back to My burning Heart of love through your prayers. I am Jesus. I am asking you to continue to spread this Movement throughout this world for I am magnifying your efforts.
R. See Jesus, in the garden, humped over, and see the blood as it falls to the ground. This is an urgent message. This is a request made by our beloved Savior that we pray fervently for our priests. It is so important that we pray, that God is talking to us and asking us to pray. How can we say 'no' when we see His blood hit the ground?
7. R. This is urgent. God is speaking to us because of the sufferings of the body of Christ. Because there is such godlessness in this world. God is calling to us to go into the world and to spread His love. Look at the children that are being murdered in the wombs of their mother. Look at the television shows and how the minds of children are being poisoned. Look at what is accepted. Look at the youth that do not even know the name of God. God is calling out to us to go into this world and to reach the souls that are suffering and in pain. How can we turn away when we see Jesus buckled over and covered with a bloody sweat in the garden of Gethsemane?
8. R. Think, the Almighty God loved His creatures so much that He took on a human nature, and He came into this world.
9. R. He came that we would go into this world and that we would touch many souls as He lives in us. We are Christ to one another this day. He lives in us. Let us look at Jesus intently in the garden and see the love that He has for us, and ask ourselves, "What am I doing for Jesus?" Look at our lives. Are we walking this earth and people are seeing His life alive in us? Are we the teachers as Jesus came and taught us? Are people learning from us as He lives in us this day? How can we say 'no' to Him, for He has called us and given us this special calling to be His leaders to go into the world and to spread His teachings to the world today.
10. Hail Mary
Song: A Song from Jesus
The Scourging at the Pillar
1. Jesus: Come to Me, My beloved ones. Come to Me and come to My Heart, for I see you there. I see you tired, and I see you weary. I am Jesus, the Almighty God, and I will refresh you. You must come into My Heart and let Me hold you. I love you, and I am guarding you at this very moment. Are you tired? Are you afraid? I am with you in your every thought. Come to Me and come into My Heart.
2. R. I see Jesus tied to the pillar. I see His wrists torn and His body badly battered. Look at the wounds, the wounds that are open and filled with blood. Look at Jesus and watch the men with their angry faces as they lift their weapons and come down on the precious flesh of our beloved Savior.
3. Jesus: My way is love. My way is always love. I loved the men that persecuted Me and tore My flesh. I came, My beloved ones, to teach you My way of love. In this world today, you are suffering because of the persecution that you are receiving. You are My teachers that I am sending into the world today to teach the message of My love. I loved the men that beat Me and crowned Me with thorns.
4. R. The seeds of time more exceedingly slow. Within the heart of man, there is much hatred and anger. We look at the Heart of Jesus, the Heart of greatest love, and the pure heart of His loving Mother. In order to unite with the Heart of Jesus and the heart of Mary, our hearts must be pure.
5. Jesus: How is your heart? I want to speak to you about the division that is in your heart. You will not unite with My Heart if you continue to hold division, bitterness, or anger in your heart. You must pray for the grace to have a pure heart. You must cooperate with the grace that I am giving to you.
6. R. Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant. Jesus healed the ear. The Almighty God is all powerful. We see His power during the Passion, but He stood at the pillar and allowed His body to be beaten and torn. He bled, and He allowed the men to treat Him with such cruelty.
7. R. God is love. Jesus is the teacher. He teaches us His way of love. As we meditate on the mysteries of the rosary, we learn from Him and how He loved. How is our heart when we are persecuted? How do we react when we are suffering and under duress? Are we the teachers of the Christ that lives within us? Do people see us befragled or do people see Christ within us when we are pressed on? Jesus no longer walks this earth, but Jesus lives in us and He has given to us this special calling to be His teachers and to spread His love into the world. He is giving us abundant grace to be able to go out into the world and to spread this love.
8. Jesus: Is your heart divided, My dear ones? I am talking to you. When any thoughts of division toward your brothers come into your mind, you must respond in love. My way is always love. At the first thought of division, you must respond in love. Do not give in to any thoughts of hatred or anger in your mind and in your heart.
9. Jesus: You will be persecuted and you will suffer. Every day, you carry your cross as you walk into this world, for you are My children of light, and as you carry your cross, many will persecute you. You must come to Me. You must always respond in love to all those who persecute you. Do not give in to the tauntings of satan to work in your minds.
10. R. I prayed for the grace to love, to love as Jesus wants me to love because it is so hard to love many times, and He told me that love was an act of the will. He has now told me that every time that I have any thoughts of division in my mind and in my heart, I must say that I love that person. If I have to say it all day, because I have found out that when I give into these thoughts of division that I separate myself, to a great degree, from Jesus.
Jesus: Satan will talk in your minds to try to divide you, My beloved ones. You are My children of love. You must keep your hearts pure and filled with love. You must love all your brothers and bring your cares to Me. Do not give into thoughts in your mind that are unloving, bitter, or hateful for they will cause anger in your hearts, and you will respond at some time with that anger.
Song: A Song from Jesus
The Crowning with Thorns
1. Jesus: Oh, the torments of the mind! Is your mind tormented, My beloved ones, by thoughts of division, by thoughts of separation, by confusion and doubt? My way is love. I give to you My way of love to always respond in love to all the thoughts that are within your mind. You must always love your brothers. Say to yourselves, "I love my brother", and when you are filled with doubt and confusion, tell Me of your love. Do not give in to thoughts that are confusing and filled with doubt. Come to Me, and tell Me your cares and tell Me your love. Satan will work in your minds and cause you discomfort in your hearts. My way is love. You must come to Me. Tell Me of your cares. Tell Me of your love. Tell Me of your struggle. I am the Almighty God. I am all powerful. You see the sun in the sky and the moon in the night. You see life in a blade of grass, and you see how I care for the lilies of the field. I am the Almighty God. I am calling you to come to Me in your struggle, to respond always in love in your hearts that your hearts may be pure and filled with love. You are the teachers of My love in this world today. You must respond always in love.
2. Jesus: Do you feel pressed on in your minds by the thoughts of division and confusion? My way is peace. My way is love. Look at My head crowned with thorns. Look how the thorns pressed into My head. Now, think of the thoughts that are pressing in your mind. Surrender, My beloved ones, for I am all powerful. I will set you free. I will take all your cares away. Come to Me. I am the Almighty God and I love you with a burning Heart on-fire for love of you.
3. R. Jesus shows us how He sacrificed, how He sat still and allowed the thorns to be pounded into His head. We see the blood as it comes down His head. We see the blood as He is scourged at the pillar. We see the blood and the sufferings that He went through, mental torment and such anguish to His Heart in the garden, and we look at those things that are pressing on our mind today. Jesus tells us to surrender, for He knows the pain of the thorns that pressed into His head. He knows the pain. He came to this earth, the Almighty God, and He took on human flesh that He would teach us His way of love. His way is always love. He is love, and He tells us today that we must respond in all of our thoughts with love towards our brothers, for hatred and bitterness stay in our hearts and our minds and sometimes later we may respond in great anger from the hatred that we let grow in our minds and our hearts.
4. R. It is in the quiet of our minds that we give in to thoughts of division, bitterness, and anger.
Jesus: My dear ones, you must come and dwell in Our Hearts, for Our Hearts are pure. Come to the heart of My Mother and beg for the Holy Spirit to sanctify you. I am giving to you the grace today to respond in your minds with love, always love. Do not wait until you are angered many times and then you react with anger towards your brothers. You must respond with love in your thoughts always. Bring your cares to Me and I will give you rest.
5. R. I see the sun as it shines on the river, and I had a vision of the glistening grace being outpoured on this earth. The power of the Almighty God is beyond our comprehension. It is so silly when we see this world and its magnificence and see the beauty that God created that we think that we have to control so many things in our minds. God is with us at this very moment. He is caring for our every need. We see Him with His head crowned with thorns. We see the blood as it comes down His face and rolls into His eyes and His ears. Jesus knew what it was to be pressed on with the crown of thorns, to suffer mental anguish. Jesus knows. He is telling us to bring our cares to Him.
6. R. Jesus knows sacrifice. He healed the ear of the high priest's servant, but He did not fight the men that crowned Him with thorns, that tore His flesh, that gave Him the heavy cross that He carried on His back. He did not release Himself when He was bound at the pillar. He continued and accepted everything that they gave to Him because of His love for us.
7. Jesus: Are you pressed on today? Let go of all of your fears. Let go of all of the thoughts of anxiety and troubles in your mind. Let go and surrender. In the Heart of Jesus there is peace and there is love. My dear ones, I am this close to you. Surrender and let go. I am the Almighty God and I am with you. I am alive. I am alive. I am alive. Surrender to Me.
8. R. We look at Jesus and we observe His ways. We see Him as He was crowned with thorns. His way is always peace. He did not strike back. He did not come back with any anger. We see Him as He is scourged at the pillar. He allowed them to do whatever they were doing to Him. He is calling us this day to surrender and to always respond in love.
9. Jesus: This is My work that you do, My beloved apostles. I am guarding you, and I am watching you. It is not in power and control that My work will be accomplished, it is in coming to Me and giving Me all of your cares, coming as a little, dependent baby coming to Me.
10. Jesus: Are you tired? Are you weary? I am Jesus, the Almighty God. You are My soldiers of love. I will not forsake you, My beloved ones. I am with you, and I am guarding you. Come to Me and I will give you all that you need.
Song: A Song with Jesus
The Carrying of the Cross
1. R. Think of how it feels to know that someone is talking about you or a lot of people are talking about you, and satan helps to work up our minds and our hearts when we think someone is talking about us. Look at Jesus. See Jesus alone, surrounded by all the men, and hear the mob as it calls out, "Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" Jesus knew what it was to be persecuted, to have a whole mob holler, 'Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" But how did He respond to this treatment? I see Jesus with His hands tied in front of Him and His head down surrounded by angry men that are screaming, screaming at Jesus, looking at Him with such ugliness. This is the Son of God, and He took this treatment from these men, the men He loved, and He responded in love.
2. Jesus: You are My teachers of love. You will go into this world and you will teach many My ways. You must be pure in your heart. Come to Me and I will guide you. Pray to the Holy Spirit to fill you with Divine wisdom that you will know the way to act. I am the Almighty God. I am this close to you. Surrender and come to Me.
3. R. As we walk through this life, let us picture ourselves walking next to Mary as Jesus goes to Calvary. Let us be right next to Mary and watch Jesus with the cross on His back. Let us see Him as He becomes weaker and weaker and as He falls under the cross. Let us watch as they poke at Him and they kick Him, and let us see this scene vividly as Mary His Mother watches with such horror as they treat her beloved Son with such vileness.
4. R. How are we walking our walk? How are we carrying the little crosses that He is putting on our back? How are we showing the world today His love by our actions?
Jesus: You, My beloved ones, are My children of love. Many are watching you. They know how you love Me. It is in your actions that you will teach My messages of love. You come to Me and you tell Me your love. You must respond in love, always, to all those that you come in contact with, for you are teaching them about My love. You are strong in your hearts. You must be pure and respond with My love that many will learn from you.
5. R. And the women came with tears and with their children, and Jesus said to them, "Weep not for Me but for yourselves and your children." Mary appeared to me over and over and over again, calling out for her children this day that are suffering and many are losing their souls. This is an urgent cry from our heavenly Mother. These are messages from the Almighty God. He has chosen us. He has called us. He is giving to us abundant grace that we can go into the world and be the children of light. Who are we that God has chosen us? How are we carrying the cross on our back? Jesus, give us the grace to go into the world to be the teachers of Your love. When we are spit on and persecuted and talked about by so many, give us the grace that in our minds we can say, "I love my brother. I love him. I love her. I love You, Jesus. Give me the strength to carry this cross and to be a teacher of Your love.
6. R. For we go to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and we are bathed in Their love. Look at the eyes of Jesus as He looks into the teared face of His Mother, as He sees His Mother. She did not cry out on the way to Calvary. She did not cry out, "This is God! Why don't you stop?" She was silent. She walked beside Him, and she suffered so much in her heart. Mary looked into the face of her Son. She saw the wounds in His blood covered body. This is love, the love of the two Hearts, and They have called us in a special way to unite to Their Hearts and to know this love. In the Shepherds of Christ Movement, we receive an abundant grace to join ever closer to Their Hearts.
7. R. We do not do this alone. He is the Almighty God, all powerful. I look at the sun and I see the sun as it spins in the sky, and I know that He is with us. I see our heavenly Mother as she appears, and I know how close she is. She is calling out to us on this fifth. She appeared now for three days in a row. This is serious. This is urgent. She wants us to help to lead the souls back to her Son. God is talking to us. Mary is appearing and asking us, "Please, please, help, help the souls so they will know God and serve Him and go to heaven forever. For her children are suffering and we have been called as special apostles. We walk beside Mary. We see her Son, as Mary saw her Son, covered with blood and wounds, the cross on His back. This is the love that He has for us. How can we say 'no'?
8. R. And I hear Him call out, "Bring Me souls! Bring Me souls! Bring Me souls!" It sounded as if He said that 500 times. "Bring Me souls!" For He would have carried the cross on His back and given His life for each and every soul because of His love. How can we be divided towards any of our brothers? He is calling out to us to help to reach the souls. It is through our love, by the way that we act, by the way that we allow Him to live in us that will help many to know about His ways.
9. R. But we do not walk alone, this rocky road. We walk next to our Mother. We walk and we dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. We are bathed with His life, and we are given all that we need so that we can do what the Father is asking of us.
10. Jesus: I came to this earth because of My love for you. I love you with the greatest love. Will you go into this world and carry this love to those that are hurting, that are longing and thirsting for My love but have lost their way? I walk with you. I carry you. I hold you. I kiss you, and I am with you at every step that you take. Do not give up. Do not give in. Come to Me and I will give you strength. I carried the cross on My back, and I carry you when you are struggling.
Song: A Song from Jesus
The Crucifixion
1. R. And what did they do to the Almighty God? They gave Him a cross that He carried on His back, and He fell under that cross, and then they nailed His precious hands, the hands of the Almighty God, nails that went all the way through His hands and His feet. They gave to Him a crown of thorns that pierced His precious head, and they beat His body until His flesh was torn and raw. What did they give to Him? They gave to Him this, and He accepted all that they gave to Him and He loved them.
2. Jesus: I came to teach you My way of love. You are My teachers in this world today. Will you come to My Heart, and I will bathe you with My life, and you will know more My way of love.
3. R. To His death on the cross, He remained at peace. He, the Almighty God, mounted the cross and suffered for three agonizing hours. He gave His life that we would share in His life. What a price He paid for us!
4. R. And He died for me, and He died for you, and He died for each and every soul. And He says to me:
Jesus: Bring Me souls. Bring Me souls. Bring Me the souls of the priests, the souls of the religious. Bring Me the souls of the heretics, the souls of all those who are so hard in their hearts that they do not think of God at all. These are the souls that I gave My life for. You are My soldiers of love. It is through your prayers and your efforts that millions and millions and millions of souls will be helped and do as they should. This is My Movement, the Shepherds of Christ Movement, for the renewal of the Church and the world. You are My apostles that I am sending into this world to spread the messages of My burning love, and I am giving to you abundant graces that you will know more and more My love and teach this to all.
5. Jesus: Are you tired? Are you hungry? Are you afraid? Are you acting for Me, My beloved ones? Do you see the world with all of its sin and vileness? The situation is urgent. I have called you here on the fifth of August, My apostles. I am asking you to respond to this call with all your heart. Give Me your heart and I will lead you on your way. I will live in you, and as you go into this world, I will touch many hearts through your heart of love.
6. R. And He mounted the cross, and He gave His life. He gave the last beat of His Heart and the last drop of His blood for us, for every soul. How can we take all the grace that He is giving to us and not feel this pressure within us, that we must go out into this world and help to reach as many souls as possible, for what delights His Heart is when we bring His precious souls, the souls of the priests, the souls of the religious, the souls of the heretics, the souls of the hardened hearts, for He rejoices at one soul that returns to Him.
7. R. If there were a hundred sheep and one was lost, would we not go in search of that one? This is what He is calling out to us, "Go into the world and carry the message of My love to all hearts. My beloved ones, in your own hearts, be hearts of love on fire for love of God and loving your neighbor, carry My love."
8. R. Jesus gave His life for us. Jesus gave His all. Jesus spread His arms. Jesus was battered, bruised, and bloody, His hands nailed to the cross, His feet nailed to the cross. What is He asking of us this day? That we love. In our minds and in our hearts, at the first thought of division, to choose love for love is an act of the will.
Jesus: I am Jesus. I am calling you to love. All your thoughts must be centered in love. Tell Me of your love. Tell Me of your cares and I will help you and give you all that you need.
9. R. We see Jesus hang on the cross and we see Him as He breathes His last breath and He dies, and beneath the cross is His loving Mother as she watches this horror, and in her heart she knows of so many souls that will be lost despite all His suffering and His death. She is calling out to us that we must heed these messages, that we must not worry what people think or what they are saying or who is talking and what they think of us, but we must focus on what God is saying to us for God is truly speaking to us. This is urgent. Jesus is talking to us, and Mary is talking to us. We cannot focus on what others will say or what they will do. We must go to Him and ask Him what He wants us to do. We must listen to Him, for He is calling us to be His apostles and to spread the messages of His love. This is urgent. For 14 months, Mary appeared almost everyday, and she continues to come on the fifth of each month. I saw her this morning. The cry is urgent from our heavenly Mother, that we do not worry about what others are saying and thinking about us, but that we focus on what Jesus wants of us. Jesus said to me today, when I said something that I knew He wanted me to say and I felt self-conscious afterwards, He said, "Are you doing this for Me or for you?" and I knew, I said to Him, "I am doing this for You." And He said, "Be at peace and do not worry whether people think anything about you. Do as I ask you to do." And Mary tells us to do what Jesus wants us to do.
10. R. I see Mary hold His lifeless body under the cross. He gave His all and He died on the cross. He came into this world a naked baby. The Almighty God came into this world a naked baby in dire poverty, and He went out of the world on a cross and see Mary as she holds the lifeless body in her arms. This is the way that He complied to the will of the Father. She always complied to the will of the Father. We must keep our focus on Jesus and Mary for They are our models. We must always turn to Them.
Jesus: Are you tired? Are you weary? I am with you. At this very moment, I am with you, and I am guarding and I am watching you. You are My children of light. You I am sending into the darkness to light up the dark world. You do not understand the immensity of My love for you. I am calling to you today to surrender and come to Me, and I will lead you out of the darkness. I will be with you as you carry the messages of My love. I called you here this night, each one of you, because I knew that you would carry this message into this world. I love you. I love you. I love you. I am alive and I am with you. I am the Almighty God, all powerful, and I am guarding you.
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Rosaries From the Hearts of Jesus and Mary - Volume I
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Songs From Jesus
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Holy Spirit Novena by: Rita Ring
$ 1.00 plus postageHoly Spirit Novena Booklet. In four languages with the Imprimatur with 18 scripture readings for two complete novenas – this very powerful Holy Spirit Novena has prayers for prayers for Protection by the Blood of Jesus, Healing, Strength and Light, To Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One with Jesus, To Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts, and the Word Alive in Our Hearts. All these prayers take about 10 minutes daily recited out loud. $1
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Holy Spirit Novena CD. Prayers and scripture readings from the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet read by Rita Ring. $10
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Para Comprender Mejor La Santa Misa
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Guiding Light
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Guiding Light homily series - Reflect on the Word - Cycle
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