October 31, 2017
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Prayer for Grace for 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 new president as he takes office. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
October 31, 2017
Today's Readings
Romans 8: 18-25
In my estimation, all that we suffer in the present time is nothing in comparison with the glory which is destined to be disclosed for us, for the whole creation is waiting with eagerness for the children of God to be revealed. It was not for its own purposes that creation had frustration imposed on it, but for the purposes of him who imposed it—with the intention that the whole creation itself might be freed from its slavery to corruption and brought into the same glorious freedom as the children of God. We are well aware that the whole creation, until this time, has been groaning in labour pains. And not only that: we too, who have the first–fruits of the Spirit, even we are groaning inside ourselves, waiting with eagerness for our bodies to be set free. In hope, we already have salvation; in hope, not visibly present, or we should not be hoping—nobody goes on hoping for something which is already visible. But having this hope for what we cannot yet see, we are able to wait for it with persevering confidence.
Psalm 126
Song of the returning exiles
When Yahweh brought back Zion's captives
we lived in a dream;
then our mouths filled with laughter,
and our lips with song.Then the nations kept saying, 'What great deeds
Yahweh has done for them!'
Yes, Yahweh did great deeds for us,
and we were overjoyed.Bring back, Yahweh, our people from captivity
like torrents in the Negeb!
Those who sow in tears
sing as they reap.He went off, went off weeping,
carrying the seed.
He comes back, comes back singing,
bringing in his sheaves.
Luke 13: 18-21
He went on to say, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it with? It is like a mustard seed which a man took and threw into his garden: it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air sheltered in its branches.’
Again he said, ‘What shall I compare the kingdom of God with? It is like the yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it was leavened all through.’
R. God gives us hope despite how sinful the
world may seem. The vision we need is to
focus on the vision of the heavenly Father.
We are here to build the Kingdom of God.
The mustard seed shows us new life and
growth. "Seedless barren no Fruit on the Vine",
Jesus says. We can be like the image of
yeast growing. We pray for the virtues of
faith, hope and love. The Body and Blood
of Jesus transforms us. We pray to be more
and more in the image of Jesus. God is the
source of love. Only in God can we find
true happiness. We need to have as our
goal eternal salvation and we need to hope to
lead others to eternal salvation. We pray for
an increase in the virtues we received in
Baptism. We pray for vocations to all 7
Categories in this Movement. We pray to
answer God's call in this vocation and say
"yes" as Mary said "yes" to God. We pray for
funds and grace to do what God has called
us to do in this vocation, in Shepherds of
Christ. We pray to have that relationship
with God to be so one in this mission of
renewal for the Church and the world.
Dear God, we want intimacy with You
so we can say with St. Paul
...I have been crucified with Christ and yet I am alive; yet it is no longer I, but Christ living in me.
R. We praise You God we love You, we
adore You. Help us to grow in holiness
and love. You are the font of all holiness, God.
Outpour Your grace to us for this mission.
Oh God, I love Thee with my whole heart
and soul. Oh God outpour Your grace. Oh
God I adore Thee. You are the Bread of
Life. Oh God I love Thee. Give us the
fullness of Charity. Help us. Forgive us.
Have mercy on us.
Say Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Sing: Oh Lord I am not worthy
R. Oh my sweet Jesus, You are my life and
my love. I adore You.
Sing: Glory be to the Father.
Sing: Hail Mary
Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
R. Oh Lord, You are the Center of my life,
I love You, my Lord and my God. All that
matters is eternal salvation, all that matters
is that, I love and praise You and keep my focus
on You, God. I adore You. I love You God, I
worship You God. Help me to live in joy, living
to serve You. You are love. I give myself
to You, Lord, to use for Your work. I give
myself in love. Oh God, help me to prepare
for eternal life loving You, God.
Life is in God. Happiness and joy is in God.
God is love.
Jesus: Those who serve Me, serve Me they don't
do evil. When they sin they ask for forgiveness
with a firm purpose of amendment. They
never ignore their sins, deny their sins. They
are sorry when they sin and offend God. I
am a God of Justice. The man who denies
his sins goes deeper and deeper into darkness.
It becomes easy for him to ignore his sins. Satan
uses this blindness, the man's thinking becomes
more and more distorted. His thinking is twisted
as he denies the commandments and lives in
greater, righteous, pride. I give you the virtues
to help you grow in greater holiness. Satan
wants souls for hell. Satan is a liar. Satan
works in the deadly sins and the impudent
sinner keeps giving in. You must pray for
the virtues to grow in holiness. I am love,
I am the source of love.
After all I have given you in love, how can
you in pride ignore My gifts to you. I am
the way, the truth and the life. Life is in Me,
I am Jesus, the Son of God, why do some
smite Me for evil?
R. Oh God You are the center of my life.
Oh God I love Thee so much. Thank You
God for all You have given to me. Help me
to be a child of the light. Oh God I love
Thee so much. Help us in this mission.
Thank You Jesus for dying for my sins.
Thank You God for rising from the dead.
Thank You for my relationships of love.
I love Thee God. I love those You send to me.
Oh God we are Your instruments, help us
to live virtuous lives. Dear God, outpour
Your grace to me, please I love Thee so much.
Sing song: Service
Sing: A Song from Jesus
October 31, 2017
3Excerpt from Priestly Newsletter 1998 - ISSUE FOUR
Shortly before he was to die from cancer, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin left us these inspiring words about peace: "It is the first day of November, and fall is giving way to winter. Soon the trees will lose the vibrant colors of their leaves and snow will cover the ground. The earth will shut down, and people will race to and from their destinations bundled up for warmth. Chicago winters are harsh. It is a time of dying.
"But we know that spring will soon come with all its new life and wonder.
"It is quite clear that I will not be alive in the spring. But I will soon experience new life in a different way...
"What I would like to leave behind is a simple prayer that each of you may find what I have found—God's special gift to us all: the gift of peace. When we are at peace, we find the freedom to be most fully who we are, even in the worst of times. We let go of what is non-essential and embrace what is essential. We empty ourselves so that God may more fully work within us. And we become instruments in the hands of the Lord."
Notes:
3. Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, The Gift of Peace, Loyola University Press, pp. 151-153.
R. Mary appeared to me for 45 minutes
Saturday night –
I cannot even describe what
I saw
R. God is with me in everything all day. He
never leaves me, He is in my heart loving me
and guiding me, helping me to see more and
more clearly in my imperfect state about
God and eternal life.
My life is a life of relationship with God
and with others. Trying to be the just and
prudent servant God has called me to be.
God has called me to a unique and important
life – to be the servant He has called and to
seek eternal salvation and help as many souls
as possible to go to heaven. Nothing really
matters, but eternal salvation. I am
here to serve God – He created me for a purpose
and I am under Him, living in Him, created
by Him to do what He called me to do in the
vocation He has called me to. And He is with
me. The Holy Spirit is in me. The Spirit of truth helping
me to know God's plan for me and filling me
with more and more virtues so I do it. God is
strengthening me, living in me, bringing me
to the place God wants me to be at to serve
and love Him more.
Life is in Him. He dwells in me. God guides
me. God loves me. God is my friend. He never
leaves me.
God infuses virtues into the graced, baptized
soul. God will increase in us the supernatural
virtues if we ask Him, go to Him and co-operate
with how He is working in our soul to be
more perfected and likened to Him.
We are all uniquely called by God in our
vocation to be the best we can be for God.
God sends guides and authority to help direct
us and help us, but we must see the order God has
established in our lives and follow the order,
be responsible and accountable before God for
the directions given to us in our vocation.
God has given us the story of Adam and Eve
in the scriptures. God told them what to do
and not do and they did what they wanted –
rebelled against God and were thrown from
the Garden of Paradise.
Shepherds of Christ Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 3
The Father's Will for Us - Our Source of Peace
Pope John Paul II instructs us: "The Church, as a reconciled and reconciling community, cannot forget that at the source of her gift and mission of reconciliation is the initiative, full of compassionate love and mercy, of that God who is love (see 1 John 4:8) and who out of love created human beings (see Wisdom 11:23-26; Genesis 1:27: Psalms 8:4-8)…He created them so that they might live in friendship with Him and in communion with one another.
"God is faithful to His eternal plan even when man, under the impulse of the evil one (see Wisdom 2:24) and carried away by his own pride, abuses the freedom given to him in order to love and generously seek what is good, and (instead) refuses to obey his Lord and Father. God is faithful even when man, instead of responding with love to God’s love, opposes Him and treats Him like a rival, deluding himself and relying on his own power, with the resulting break of relationship with the One who created him. In spite of this transgression on man’s part, God remains faithful in love.
"It is certainly true that the story of the Garden of Eden makes us think about the tragic consequences of rejecting the Father, which becomes evident in man’s inner disorder and in the breakdown of harmony between man and woman, brother and brother (see Genesis 3:12 ff; 4:1-16). Also significant is the Gospel parable of the two brothers (the parable of the ‘prodigal son’; see Luke 15:11-32) who, in different ways, distance themselves from their father and cause a rift between them. Refusal of God’s fatherly love and of His loving gifts is always at the root of humanity’s divisions.
"But we know that God…like the father in the parable (of the prodigal son), does not close His heart to any of His children. He waits for them, looks for them, goes to meet them at the place where the refusal of communion imprisons them in isolation and division. He calls them to gather about His table in the joy of the feast of forgiveness and reconciliation.
"This initiative on God’s part is made concrete and manifest in the redemptive act of Christ, which radiates through the world by means of the ministry of the Church." 13
13. Pope John Paul II, as in Celebrate 2000!, Servant Publications, pp. 140-141.
R. We are vulnerable, we are here to love
and serve God. God has given us day after
day to prepare for our heavenly reward.
God has given us order and rules to live
by under God and to live and work in
a vocation and relationships with others.
Like Adam and Eve we cannot decide
we are independent and we don't have
to listen to God and write our own plan.
Doing God's will and living in loving relationships,
working in love in our unique calling,
contributing to the building of the Kingdom of God
is why we are here. We can spend our whole life
living by God's Plan, seeking God's Plan or
rebelling against God's Plan for our own
control and using our vocation to manipulate
every one around us for power and control.
God has all the power. God is Almighty – God
tests us to see if we will obey Him or
do our own will.
Look at Abraham – he waited and waited for a
child. He was given Isaac and then God
told him to sacrifice his son. Abraham
loved God first! Abraham was tested.
Abraham obeyed God.
God is putting us here and promising
us a reward for those who abide by His
rules.
Satan says – you can be independent,
do what you want – disobey God's commandments,
who knows, manipulate, lie, control others –
use others as objects to your power –
God says – seek My will. Pray for grace
to follow and see the Plan of your heavenly Father.
Be docile, be loving, let go, be ready for God's
Plan – serve Him – love Him – worship God,
you are here to know, love and serve God,
develop virtues – good habits to live a
more perfect and holy and obedient life.
We all have unique talents – one of us is
better at something than another, but together
we contribute to the building of God's Kingdom –
we are parts of the body working with each
other to serve God. If we don't do what we
are supposed to, it doesn't get done. Our brothers
are to be loved – we are to work in relationships
and see through the eyes of God. We are
God's instruments.
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. pp.60-61
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
R. God calls us to be good. To be the best we
can be, but we all have unique talents
to contribute and these gifts God has given
to us are gifts we are to give away for
the building of God's Kingdom –
We must avoid mortal sin. The devil can
tempt a person their whole life to rebel in
independence against the will of God. It
becomes easier and easier to give nothing
with a kind and loving heart and prepare
evil traps for our brothers because of our
darkness.
God is light and in Him is no darkness.
God is love. God wants us to be Christ-like
living in the world – spreading the message
of love and unity. Teaching others by our
example how we live by God's word and the
commandments of God.
God gives us gifts and we should cherish
and use them as God gives them to us, for
His purpose. We must learn to love and be
loved – not learn to be the manipulator and
controller of other people's lives for the
sake of our selfish seeking of dominance
and control over others.
We are channels in this world – in
which God's vision should be seen
by how we live our lives. We should
be instruments in which He gives us life
and our example given to others teaches
others about God's love in us. He must
increase, we must decrease.
Jesus is meek and humble in heart.
The opposite of meekness is a man who
fights every body for control and power –
they are full of themselves – they can
see their world and are blind to others
around them.
We used to go to Coney Island when I was
a child and there was a ride called "The Dodgers."
Everybody had a bumper car and they were
to bump their neighbor as hard as they could
and then go do it to everybody else. This
is not how God wants us to be in life.
God is loving and He is teaching us about
giving and Jesus sure taught us when
He went through the bitter passion.
Jesus, the Son of God, suffered such
torture for our sins. He went out on
a limb giving –
Darkness is ugly – a person can become more
and more full of themselves, they see only
themselves and power and control and
manipulation. Jesus calls it sterile and
the more they lie about things – the easier
it is to live in their distorted, lying world.
They treat others as objects to their own
power and their heart becomes harder
and harder as satan operates in them
in self-righteous pride – They are "up",
they can think and others need to be "down".
The life God gave us to love, to give, to be
more and more in the image of Jesus, they
can turn into a dynasty of controlling, lying,
punishing others for their distorted, dark
reality.
When a man throws a ball from a window
and it is not obstructed it will go down.
God gave us a sharing in His life in
baptism. The first Blue Book is teachings
to lift you up.
A person going down and riding a
bumper car to bump his brothers for power
in life has missed the boat. They can see like
at the bottom of a dumpster and keep
looking at the scum and garbage down
there or they can abide by God's rules,
live the life God intended and prepare
for eternal life of eternal love and relationships
in heaven.
Excerpt from Response in Christ by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
e) Relationship with Members of the Church
There is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world, composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church’s existence, there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and the heavenly Church.
The members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them, and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.
The members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in God’s own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however, until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of the Trinity experienced here below.
This life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."14 And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.
The heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.15 The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are, each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem. Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God, will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."16
The members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity. We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as well as from those with whom we dwell here below.
Not only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert in the life of the Church.17
NOTES:
14Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
15 Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
16Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No. 48.
17Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.
R. The goal is perfect happiness with God in
heaven. The virtues prepare man for
this – that is why we are here –- to prepare
a life of love and perfection in heaven.
A man doesn't feel good when he lives
in lies and deception because he distances
himself from God.
A man that just keeps going down and
down enjoys the pleasure he gets from
power over others. It is darkness to
love and lust after power for one's selfish
evil in life.
Man can only have happiness and living
in the vision of God. Man condemns
himself to hell by his mortal sins and his
denial of them in self-righteous
living.
Today is the Day the Lord has made –
Here the sun is out and the leaves
give a golden hue around them.
God gives us love and we are to
love God and others in return.
Heaven is wonderful. We were created
for this happiness in heaven –
When a person tries to live without
love in their life they aren't living
in the vision of God.
Love is the answer –
Happiness is found in loving and
being loved –
in giving and receiving
1 John 4: 19-21
Let us love, then,
because he first loved us.
Anyone who says ‘I love God’
and hates his brother,
is a liar,
since whoever does not love the brother
whom he can see
cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Indeed this is the commandment
we have received from him,
that whoever loves God,
must also love his brother.
R. Love is giving. Love is an act of the will.
What do you think the virtue of temperance
is all about?
What about the virtue of fortitude which
strengthens us to do the will of God.
Prudence helps us to do what we can and
cannot do.
Justice is a virtue that gives to others what
is their just due.
We are to live in the truth. God is absolute
truth. We live to do what is good and
right and when we sin we don't lie
about it for pride and envy and slothfulness,
but we promptly admit it.
God knows all things. God knows the way of
our hearts – working hard to be disciplined
and balanced – to be holy and trust-worthy
and truthful.
God so loved the world.
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. The virtues we discussed temperance,
fortitude and justice help us to do
the will of God as He desires – not give
into passions of anger and pride and
slothfulness, envy, jealousy, lust and gluttony.
Prudence helps us to choose the right action
as God wants according to our ability and call.
A person listening to satan day-long lives a life
of division, chaos, confusion, disorder,
sin in hatred of his neighbor as enemies,
a person giving into satan can go to great
lengths to cause this chaos, disorder,
division, confusion, but many times
gets so hard in heart they see little
of others around them and live in
an irrational way in how they behave.
A person who is just will pay his debts –
work to pay his debts and do it in the
proper time. This is prudence, justice.
A man who is not temperate does
not judge prudently.
These virtues when supernaturally
infused in the soul help man in his
actions to be focused on his eternal
salvation and the plan of God.
We must pray for God to infuse ever
greater faith, hope and love in us – so
we love supernaturally. In baptism God
gives us a sharing in His Divine Life
and we can grow ever more in the
infused supernatural virtues of faith,
hope and love given in baptism –
But a person has a free will – they
can rebel against God's gifts and
the grace He gives us to be holy
and grow in the supernatural
life –
Mary shows us her "yes" her selflessness –
her life lived to serve God.
God is the Master – we are His servants!
A man of supernatural prudence sees more and
more the vision of God for him. God is
in perfect order. A man who chooses
disorder is not cooperating in God's
Divine order. A man must will to
develop good habits that will lead
him to eternal happiness if he
wants to go to heaven. Love is absolutely
necessary for the supernatural moral
virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude
and temperance to function properly.
Love of God must be the source
of all our actions, Love of God and
love of others. One cannot grow
in the spiritual life without the
3 loves – love of God –
– love of others –
– love of self –
To have the vision of God we must
have these 3 loves and our life is
lived to grow in them, to share in
God's loving activity.
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.
R. We are to live our lives in the
pursuit of happiness. We must
believe but love. We must hope
in our eternal salvation and that
of others and be loving.
The center of our actions in the spiritual
life is to love and do the will of God in love.
In faith we seek the vision of God –
We seek friendship with God –
We believe we can be so intimate with God.
God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell in the
graced, baptized soul.
Our knowing and loving capacity
is elevated in baptism.
We are to live the Christ life –
We are commissioned in baptism to
spread the Good News.
Romans 5: 12-14
Well then; it was through one man that sin came into the world, and through sin death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned. Sin already existed in the world before there was any law, even though sin is not reckoned when there is no law. Nonetheless death reigned over all from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sin was not the breaking of a commandment, as Adam's was. He prefigured the One who was to come . . .
Romans 12: 1-2
I urge you, then, brothers, remembering the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, dedicated and acceptable to God; that is the kind of worship for you, as sensible people. Do not model your behavior on the contemporary world, but let the renewing of your minds transform you, so that you may discern for yourselves what is the will of God – what is good and acceptable and mature.
Mutual love
Romans 12: 9-21
Let love be without any pretence. Avoid what is evil; stick to what is good. In brotherly love let your feelings of deep affection for one another come to expression and regard others as more important than yourself. In the service of the Lord, work not halfheartedly but with conscientiousness and an eager spirit. Be joyful in hope, persevere in hardship; keep praying regularly; share with any of God’s holy people who are in need; look for opportunities to be hospitable.
Bless your persecutors; never curse them, bless them. Rejoice with others when they rejoice, and be sad with those in sorrow. Give the same consideration to all others alike. Pay no regard to social standing, but meet humble people on their own terms. Do not congratulate yourself on your own wisdom. Never pay back evil with evil, but bear in mind the ideals that all regard with respect. As much as possible, and to the utmost of your ability, be at peace with everyone. Never try to get revenge: leave that, my dear friends, to the Retribution. As scripture says: Vengeance is mine—I will pay them back, the Lord promises. And more: If your enemy is hungry, give him something to eat; if thirsty, something to drink. By this, you will be heaping red-hot coals on his head. Do not be mastered by evil, but master evil with good.
October 5, 1992 - 3:30am
R. Dear Jesus, Give me Your hand to write this book for you. I am your servant. I want to be Your hand to this world. If you, Lord Jesus, would write a book, what would you say?
Jesus: My dear children,
Today I come to deliver a message to each of you. I want to tell you of each person's dignity, of their beauty and their self-worth. Each child is, oh, so uniquely precious to My Most Sacred Heart. Each child is full of the talents I have given to them. Each person is divinely created by God and given all these gifts to be happy and love one another.
The problem comes when you feel you will be left out. That you will be left by another who has trodden on you and will do it again. I see you all as My most precious children. I watch your every move and know all pain and anguish in your heart. My Heart aches, you have insecure feelings about yourself. I came to this earth I died for you. I felt cold, hungry, lonely on this earth. You need not worry that no one knows the pain and anguish in your heart. God created you with such special gifts and talents. It is important for you to raise above your wound and forgive those who hurt you.
You need only turn your will and your life over to Me and I will guide you in all your ways. I have all the Power. Many are not of My ways. The key to life is to recognize your faults, but still know you are this precious gift of My Father a gift to this world. This world is in need of your strength. Running yourself down, blaming others hurting them can cause you misery and pain. At this very moment, you are the precious creation of God!! You must operate with Me in your heart.
You need not run yourself down. I am with you every day guiding your ways, lest your foot stumble and you lose your way. You will not wander far from your path if every day you keep bringing your focus back to Me. If you dare let Me be at the helm, if you dare to really let Me run your life, I will do with you such wonders that you yourself would be amazed. But you will know with such ease when you did these things that you did not do them alone. You will know My power, moving the mountain, My power chipping at the stone, My power working on your hardest problem and you will be set free.
Oh yes, you will be set free and know a serenity that only comes from letting go and letting Me run your life. To you, My child, I have given all that is good. I made you My holy soldier, My warrior in a world of pain and hatred. You are the light that shines in the darkness, you are the coat to a cold child, you are the smile that warms a troubled and lonely heart. You are the comfort for everyone you meet, because My most precious Heart powers you, smiles through you, understands and loves through you.
Love your fellows for Me. There are so many troubled hearts that need to know My love. I can love through you if you let Me, I can be their friend through you if you let Me. I am He who comforts you and you are he who comforts them. My power is endless, it never runs out, there is not a power failure EVER. In your darkest hour, My light shines in the darkness and I say to you, "Oh blessed of My Father, look at yourself with awe, you are My creation, you are indeed so precious to Me, you are My light to this world, you are My hands and My feet and most of all My Heart."
Oh, you are My loving Heart, to those who are bowed down, to those who are lost in the darkness, you carry My smile and wear My armor in a world that is trying to tear one another down with hate and ugliness. There is gentleness, there is love, there is hope in you, if you open yourself up to Me. Be My knight to the world, wear My armor. I am your God and I will protect you from the darkness. Plug into My power, be not afraid, I go before you always and you can rest in My arms when you feel weary. You can put your head in My lap and weep, you will know, I am truly with you and you are My light to this world. I created you so special - to cast out fear in the darkness, to clothe the naked, to give hope to the oppressed, to be as I live in you and love through you and you are My smile and I touch My hurting ones through your love.
You are he who loves this world. You must stay plugged into My power-source This world is hungry for My love. It needs My love, I give to them through you. I am your God and I made you as a gift to the world. You are filled.
Focus on Me and your life will be abundant and whole, joy in suffering, freedom but you can take the knocks because you will know you do not go it alone, but with Me. I love you My precious child.
end of excerpt
Given
October 29, 2016
R.
Please spread blessed holy water
(You can also mix Jesus and Mary water
with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)
in your yard, around your house,
in the state you live in.
And ask God to bless your state
Ask God to bless the United States
Pray all prayers through the intercession of
Our Lady of CLEAR – WATER.
Ask the Lady of CLEAR - WATER
to help with the blessed water.
Mary has appeared to me for 22 years,
in Ohio and Florida.
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God's Blue Book IV by Rita Ring. This book is about the love Jesus has for Mary and Mary has for Jesus and Jesus and Mary have for us It is truly the Love of the Two Hearts. Mary appeared every day at the Holy Spirit Center Fr. Carter was there. Mary's first apparition July 5, 1994. $5 |
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Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 1. Mary appeared in Clearwater December 17, 1996 in rainbow color and these rosaries left the printer the same day from Apparitions of Jesus and Mary transcribed from a tape. $10 |
Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 2. This is a book of so many rosaries — transcribed from a tape. So many beautiful rosaries. pages $12 |
Messages for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This is a big book of loving messages for nursing home people and homebound from Jesus and Mary Their lives are so important united to the Mass offering up their suffering, their lives for the souls of this earth. $10 |
Short Rosary Meditations for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This book is so important with pictures they can open it and lay it on their laps and pray the rosary. $10 |
Songs from Jesus Songbook. These loving songs were given from Jesus. So beautiful Love Songs from Jesus of His love — helping us have pure and loving hearts. $3 |
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Guiding Light — The Word Alive in Our Hearts. — Cycle B for 2017/2018 $10.00 |
Guiding Light — The Soul Who Could. — Cycle A for 2016/2017 $10.00 |
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Guiding Light homily series — Steadfast to the Son — Cycle A The sunflower is a great example of how we should be steadfastly guided by light. What a powerful thought that this exceptional plant is not stuck in one pose day in and day out, yet adaptable and magnetized to the sun. We feel the same about our Son. Our heads turns to face Christ as each day presents its challenges to find light. We join together like plants in a field and soak up the Son through the pulpit. We are a warm circle of strength using the wind of our breath to carry our priests' words, Christ's words, to new rich soil. $15 |
Guiding Light — Focusing on the Word — Cycle B At times we may feel that our path to Christ is a bit "out of focus". Like the disciples in the Book of Mark, this ordinary life clouds our vision of Christ's Divinity. We may doubt the practicality or possibility of applying His teachings and example to our modern life. Cycle B's homilies are a "guiding light" to help us realize Jesus' Messianic greatness and His promise of better things to come. $15 |
Guiding Light — Feed My Soul — Cycle C In a world rapidly advancing and encouraging personal gain, we are faced with modern problems. There is a challenge to find time in our busy schedules for Sunday Mass or a family meal. We are able to research, shop, bank and even work without hearing one human voice. It is no wonder that we may often feel disconnected and famished at our week's end. In Fr. Joe's third book of homilies from Cycle C, we are reminded of the charity that Christ intended us to show each other. We have a calling to turn the other cheek and be the Good Samaritan to others. We are rewarded with the Father's kingdom and love when we are not worthy. We are not left alone or hungry. $15 |
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Response to God’s Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10 |
Shepherds of Christ — Selected Writings on Spirituality for all People as Published in Shepherds of Christ Newsletter for Priests. Contains 12 issues of the newsletter from July/August 1994 to May/June 1996. $15 |
Shepherds of Christ — Volume 2: by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13—29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 — Issue 5, 1999) $15 |
Shepherds of Christ — Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carter’s tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10 |
Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.) One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a book and here is that book." $10 |
Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 20he Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3 |
The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5 |
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Priestly Newsletter — 2000 #1 — CD. — Christ is Our Strength — Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. It is so beautiful. "This brief passage contains one of the greatest lessons of the spiritual life. As we progress along our spiritual journey, we become increasingly aware of how weak we are in our—selves, but how strong we are in Christ. To experience our weakness involves suffering. The degree and kind of suffering can vary. The suffering can include the experience of the classical dark night of the spirit as described by St. John of the Cross. One of the main purposes of the dark night is to make a person keenly aware of his or her helplessness without God." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10 |
Shepherds of Christ Holy Spirit Novena Holy 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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Manual Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual. The Shepherds of Christ has prayer chapters all over the world praying for the priests, the Church and the world. These prayers that Father Carter compiled in the summer of 1994 began this worldwide network of prayer. Currently the prayers are in eight languages with the Church’s Imprimatur. We have prayed daily for the priests, the Church, and the world since 1994. Associates are called to join prayer Chapters and help us circulate the newsletter centered on spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and helping to renew the Church through greater holiness. Please form a Prayer Chapter & order a Prayer Manual. |
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This book Light, Happiness and Peace is a journey into the spiritual life an awakening of deeper life IN HIM. Here are some of the comments we received from bishops and cardinals about the book. Cardinal – Pontifical Council for Culture – Vatican City “I am sure that this book, Light, Happiness and Peace through a discussion on traditional Catholic Spirituality will contribute in bringing back prayer into the mainstream of life.” $10 |
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In Imitation of Two Hearts — Prayers for Consolation, Renewal and Peace in Times of Suffering Fr. John J. Pasquini leads a suffering soul to the gentle Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In these most loving Hearts — the prayers by Fr. John Pasquini — help the person suffering to know more deeply the pascal mystery of death/resurrection. President of the Pontifical Council for Health $10 |
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Authenticity, the Yellow Book of prayers by Fr. John Pasquini, can lead the soul into deeper intimacy with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, can lead to greater love of Mary which leads to the unitive life and greater holiness. The book of prayers Authenticity by Fr. John J. Pasquini is to help one grow ever deeper in the Unitive life. Apostolic Nuncio – Archbishop – Philippines “With Authenticity, much is gained in prayer, and much is accomplished through prayer. More especially if prayer is directed in behalf of the Church.” $10 |
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“In Medicine of Immortality, Father John Pasquini offers his readers the richness of Catholic devotional prayer, the wisdom of the Fathers and, most of all, the fruits of his own prayer and meditation before the Blessed Sacrament. I recommend this book to all who wish to grow in their love for the Lord, who sustains the life of His Church through the precious gift of His Body and Blood.” Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago $10 |
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Ecce Fides is a work dedicated to defending Catholic beliefs through reason, Scripture, and the life of the Holy Spirit. "It is important that we (as people of God) return to the source of life, our faith, which is usefully exposed in this volume, and take it out to our contemporaries, evangelizing them and their cultures and inculturating the Gospel." Cardinal – Pontifical Council for Culture – Vatican City $10 |
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Shepherds of Christ, a book of Spirituality Newsletters, is a compilation of the first nine newsletters from Fr. John J. Pasquini begining in August 2006. The Newsletter has been circulated to the priests and hierarchy spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart, promoting love for the Eucharist, greater love for the Church, the Priesthood, Mary and the Holy Spirit, the Mass, Prayer, and greater intimate relationship with God. $35 |
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Blue Book 1 & 2 – $4.00 each plus postage
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The more you use the Blue Books and
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the more your lives are a blessing and
everything you do in life can help
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Guiding Light Homily Book Series
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These books can be given to:
1) All Priests
2) Good for Music Ministers
7) Good for Mom and Dads
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6) Good for Teachers
Given March 21, 2014
R. Pray for These Things
1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
6) People going to Florida and China.
7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
9) Pray for pope helping us.
10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
11) Blue Book 17 and cover and all involved.
For our Publisher and all involved
12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
15) Donors and members and their families.
16) Healing of the Family tree.
17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
18) All who asked us to pray for them.
19) All we promised to pray for.
20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
21) 2 babies and moms.
22) Funds and insurance.
23) Jerry's garage.
24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
26) Consecrate all hearts.
27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.
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