Blessed be You, our Divine
God.
Dear God come and dwell in
our hearts.
Amen.
Alleluia.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus we
put our trust
in Thee.
Sing:
Glory be to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Dear God we give You our
will and our life --
Holy Spirit enlighten us,
please.
Sing:
Come to me, Lord, and possess my
soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence
with You and let You work in my heart.
Sing: Holy God We Praise
Thy Name
Sing: How Great Thou Art
Dear God the Father, we offer
You all our
thoughts, words our heart
all day in union with Jesus,
in the Holy Spirit, in union with
the Mass around the world
through the intercession
of the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory and Our Lady
of Clearwater, Our Holy
Virgin Mother for all
the intentions of our hearts,
the priests, the Church and the world
and all who asked us to pray
and all we want to pray for.
May God be adored and
honored and loved by
the men on earth.
Amen.
October
30, 2021
R.
One of Fr. Carter’s favorite songs was Amazing Grace.
God gives
us baptism and a sharing in His life.
We must
empty ourselves of self-centeredness so He can fill us with His grace.
But He can’t fill us with His grace when we are full to the brim with
self, selfish control, or pride.
R.
God wants us to surrender, empty ourselves of selfishness.
Come empty
so we can be filled by Him.
Dear God
give us the grace we need most.
Satan has a
way of clouding out good memories with negativism, guilt etc.
Satan uses
whatever he can to deceive us.
Everything Satan tells us is to manipulate and deceive and sadden, to
lead us to darkness.
Satan is
the Father of lies!!
Jesus is
the Light of the world, that’s why we put up lights at Christmas.
God give me
the grace I need most in my life to do the Father’s will and live in
love.
Dear God as
we near closer and closer to the end of this cycle “B” liturgical year
and come closer to Christ the King and the new liturgical year cycle
”C”, we come with great expectations of what grace God will outpour for
our troubled world.
Christmas
can bring out the best and worse in people.
Christmas
is about Jesus who took flesh and came to the earth, our Savior, on
Christmas.
Jesus came
so the souls of this earth could be in heaven forever.
Christmas,
Jesus came the Savior of the world.
Prayer for Union
with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my
soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence
with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to
use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all
that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to
die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw
my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling
within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my
life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to
put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as
You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me
from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus
off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the
promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear
to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me
now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
October
30, 2021
Joyful
Mysteries
The
Annunciation
1. Luke 1: 26-38
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by
God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin
betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the
virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her,
‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She
was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this
greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary,
do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You
are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him
Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor
David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and
his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel,
‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The
angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power
of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child
will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell
you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has
conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her
sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary
said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to
me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.
2. Mary
always did the will of the Father.
3. Mary
loved the Father so much.
4. Mary was
conceived without sin.
5. Mary is
the new Eve.
6. Mary is
pure gift given to us from the Father.
7. The
Angel told Mary, be not afraid.
8. Mary was
chosen by God.
9. We can
learn from Mary, she is our model. Mary conceived Jesus through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
10. Eve
disobeyed God. With the disobedience of Adam and Eve sin entered the
world, and death, disorder and disease.
Jesus is the Savior of the world.
The
Visitation
1. Luke 1: 39-45
Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as
she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into
Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as
soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her
womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a
loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a
visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting
reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is
she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be
fulfilled.’
2. The
Angel Gabriel told Mary about Elizabeth.
3. Mary
went to help Elizabeth.
4. Mary
stayed about 3 months.
5.
Luke 1: 46-55
And Mary said:
My soul proclaims
the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit
rejoices
in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
from their thrones
and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
of Israel his servant,
mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
and to his descendants for ever.
6. When
Mary came with Jesus in her womb, the babe in Elizabeth’s womb leapt for
joy.
7. John the
Baptist was Elizabeth’s son.
8. John the
Baptist prepared the way for Jesus.
9. John the
Baptist was Jesus’ cousin.
10.
Zachariah lost his voice.
The
Birth of Jesus
1. Sing:
Angels we have heard on high
2. Sing:
Joy to the world
3. Sing:
Oh Holy Night
4. Sing:
Away in a Manger
5. Sing;
Silent Night
6. Sing:
What Child is This
7. Sing:
Do You Hear What I Hear
8. Luke
2:1-7
Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus
issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited
world. This census—the first—took place while
Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be
registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from
the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called
Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in
order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was
with child. Now it happened that, while they were there,
the time came for her to have her child, and she gave
birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling
clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them
in the living–space.
9. The
kings came.
10. Sing:
We Three Kings
The
Presentation
1.
Luke 2: 25-35
Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He
was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration
of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to
him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set
eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to
the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do
for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed
God; and he said:
Now, Master, you are letting
your servant go in peace
as you promised;
for my eyes have seen the salvation
which you have made ready
in the sight of the
nations;
a light of revelation for the gentiles
and glory for your people Israel.
As the child’s father and mother were wondering
at the things that were being said about him, Simeon
blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined
for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a
sign that is opposed—and
a sword will pierce your soul too — so that the secret thoughts of
many may be laid bare.'
2. Sing:
Little Baby Hands and Feet
3. And a
sword too shall pierce your heart, oh Mary.
4. Song:
A Song from Jesus
5. The
angels sang at Jesus’ birth.
6. God the
Father had a plan, Mary lived His plan.
7. Mary
suffered.
8. Mary did
not disobey.
9. Mary
shows us how she lived doing everything God wanted.
10. This
life is to obey God’s plan and live in love.
The
Finding in the Temple
1.
Luke 2: 41-52
Every year his parents used to go to Jerusalem for
the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went
up for the feast as usual. When the days of the feast were over and
they set off home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without
his parents knowing it. They assumed he was somewhere in the party,
and it was only after a day’s journey that they went to look for
him among their relations and acquaintances. When they failed to
find him they went back to Jerusalem looking for him everywhere.
It happened that, three days
later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers,
listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who
heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They
were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My
child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and
I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking
for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’
But they did not understand what he meant. He went down with them
then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His
mother stored up all these things in her heart. And
Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and
with people.
2.
Mary cries for her children
sinning.
3.
Mary’s Message -
from the Rosary of August 27, 1996
Mary:
I stood beneath the cross of my Son, and my Heart was in such pain for I
saw Him before my eyes. I saw Him covered with blood. I saw Him die. My
Heart, my children, my Heart to watch my Son, but my Heart, my Heart, how I
suffered for my little children of the world that give in to this world and
give up the love of my Son. O my little children of light, I give you this
message. Carry this light into the darkness for your Mother Mary, for I
stood beneath the cross and I cried. I cried for the little ones. I cried
for the young ones, the ones that do not care and will lose their souls. How
do I make you see for you will not listen to me? What can I do? I come. I
appear. I beg. I plead. I give you these gifts from my Son, and you reject
me. I do not deliver messages very often anymore for I have been ignored.
The message is the same. You do not read the messages I have given to you.
Please help me. Help the little children. I appear. I appear. I appear, and
I am ignored. I stood beneath the cross, and I cried. I cried, and my Heart
was in such anguish for my little children, for I am searching for them this
day as I searched for the Child Jesus. Please, please help me. I cannot hold
back the hand of my Son any longer. I am Mary, your Mother. I ask you to
help my children. You are my children of light.
end of Mary's Message
4.
February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1. The Prophecy of Simeon
Mary, Joseph and the child Jesus went to the temple. Simeon, the prophet,
inspired by the Holy Spirit, met them and told Joseph and Mary of the great
sufferings of Jesus and Mary. He told Mary that a sword would pierce her
heart. From that point on, Mary ever remembered the prophecy of Simeon
whenever she beheld her child. When she looked at His little body, even as
an infant, she knew He would suffer. Every time she clothed Him and watched
Him at play, her heart was torn in her chest as she knew what He would
suffer. And a sword,
too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
5. February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed
Virgin Mary continues
2. The Flight into Egypt
Joseph was told by the angel to flee. Joseph, Mary and the child Jesus had
to flee because of what might happen to Jesus. They had to pack for a long
stay. The child Jesus was so small! They left on their journey, hearts full
of fear, trying to protect Jesus. They were forced to flee into Egypt.
6. February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the
Blessed Virgin Mary continues
3. Jesus Is Lost, In the Temple
Imagine the sufferings in Mary's heart when she realized the child Jesus was
not with them. Think of how it would be to lose your child and not know
where he was or if anything happened to him. With sorrow in their hearts,
Mary and Joseph returned to Jerusalem to look for the child Jesus. And a
sword, too, shall pierce your heart, O Mary!
7. February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
continues
4. Jesus Carries His Cross
Song: See the eyes that look at Mary, her tender infant child. See
the child's Heart beat so tenderly, the Savior of the world!
See the eyes of Jesus and Mary as they met on Calvary. Mary's Heart knew
Jesus' Heart so well! From the first moment of conception and throughout His
life, Mary was so connected with Jesus and now she peered into His eyes. The
crown of thorns adorned His Head! Blood ran down His face! A heavy cross on
His back! Wounded, His whole body covered with bleeding wounds! And her
whole life flashed before her, the life that she had spent with Jesus. This
was the beloved child that she had held in her arms when Simeon told Mary
that 'a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!'
8. February 22,
1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary continues
5. Jesus
Dies on the Cross
Mary stood under Jesus' cross as He was put to death. The child that she
had held in her arms as Simeon prophesied, And a sword, too, shall pierce
your Heart, O Mary! Now Jesus is dead on the cross! He gave His flesh, He
gave His blood so that we might be with Him forever in heaven. He held not
back. He gave His all. He calls out to us this day to see through the eyes
of His mother as she appears and calls out with a Heart of great love,
"Return to the love of my Son! He is with you this day. He remains with
you, no less present than the day that He hung on the cross, in the
Eucharist. He longs for you to come and be with Him. He is in your brother.
How can you not love your brother when Jesus died for your brother?"
Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His Heart was pierced with a lance. What
came forth was blood and water, the sacramental life of the church. He lives
with us this day in the Church. He gives to us His sacraments, the source of
His life! He gives to us the Sacrament of Penance whereby any sin that we
commit can be taken away through the priest. He wants us to be so close to
Him! He gives us everything to be close to Him. But we see with such limited
vision only those things that are right before our face, when the true
reality is that which we don't see with our eyes, the reality of the
invisible divinity of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, in the consecrated Host!
This is reality! This is our life! This is our power! This is God! And a
sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O Mary!
9. February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin
Mary continues
6. Jesus Is Taken Down from the
Cross
If we ever doubted for one second that we were loved, we could visualize the
picture of Mary as she sat beneath the cross with the lifeless, battered,
bruised and bloodied body of her Son in her arms, the same child that she
held when Simeon prophesied her suffering. He gave His last breath. He gave
the last beat of His Heart. He gave His all! This is the way He complied
with the Will of the Father. He came to show us the way. He died in perfect
peace. To His death He was in peace because He knew the Father's love. The
Father loves us so much that He gave His only begotten Son for love of us!
The Spirit descended upon the Virgin Mary and the Word was made flesh! The
love of the Two Hearts! Such immense love beating for us!
In all love there is suffering. Her Heart was pierced with a sword. His
Heart was pierced with a lance. And a sword, too, shall pierce your Heart, O
Mary!
10.
February 22, 1995 - Seven Sorrows of the Blessed
Virgin Mary continues
7. Jesus
Is Locked in the Tomb
And now Jesus, His body lifeless, is locked in a tomb! What cold reality
for Mary to realize that His body is now gone! A stone separated her from
her Son!
He gave His last breath! He gave the last beat of His Heart for love of each
one of us! And she comes to us this day with her sweet, beautiful voice and
she asks us to go to her Son and love Him! How can we refuse Jesus who
spread His arms and gave His life for each and every one of us? How can we
not trust Him when He loved us so much that He allowed them to tear His
flesh, to crown Him with piercing thorns and, lastly, to hang Him on a
cross? He truly gave His life for us! He, truly God, is with us this day,
the same as the day He died on the cross, in the tabernacle! And we take it
so lightly! Death has no power over Him! Locked in the tomb for three days,
He rose triumphant on the third day as He had foretold. He comes to give us
life. He gives us the sacrament of Baptism that initiates us into His life,
that makes us children of God and heirs of heaven if we remain in the state
of grace. He asks two things: love of God and love of one another! He came
to show us the way and His way is love. To His death on the cross He loved
each one of us! He calls out to each one of us here today to be His
soldiers, to march on a world that has forgotten God, that has forgotten
what it is like to love! It is a battle to live in this world. But the
battle is won with hearts that are filled with His love, empowered by the
grace and might that He pours out in the Eucharist. He calls out for us to
come to the Eucharist and to the tabernacle and be fed with His very flesh
and blood. To feed on Divine Life, the greatest nourishment, the Body and
Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God! This is the love He gives. This is
the love He asks us to share.
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