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October 9, 2023
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October
10th Holy Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
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Service in China
October 13th - 12 Noon
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and 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 president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
October 8, 2023
The birds know what to
do when it gets cold.
China, Indiana last winter
God gives us the beauty of
the earth.
He is so good to us.
Fr. Carter S.J. Our Founder
R. Dear Holy Spirit,
I love You!! Come and
possess my soul.
Infuse in my intellect
knowledge, wisdom and
understanding.
Help me know the Father’s
will.
Please give me the grace I
need most!
Help me now.
Please give me Your gifts.Contemplative Prayer
Presence - we begin praying
and focus on presence.
Song: Your Presence Pervades My Soul
R. Love - we tell God our love.
We let God lead.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. Contemplate the love of the
Divine Bridegroom.
Close your eyes.
Let go.
Empty your mind, let God
lead.Love gives for the good of
the other.
Fr. Carter says: Sin is
refusing to love.
God commands us to love.
God is love.
When we die, God will ask
us: How did we love.
July 5, 2000
Clearwater, Florida
Jesus is the Bridegroom of our Soul.
Rosie
Our Lady of Lourdes
Holy Cross-Immaculata
Mural in China Church.
December 17, 2022
December 22, 2022
God is good all the time.
God gives us beauty.
Are we grateful?
Clearwater Mary well
R. Mary, Our Mother, we love
you.
Mary, Queen of Peace, Help
us, now.
Mary, Immaculately
Conceived, Help us spread
your message to the hurting
world.
Mary is Mother of Love.
Jesus is truly present in the
Eucharist.
Let us adore Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament.
Fall in China by the Church
From the Cathedral of St. Peter in Chains
December 3, 1996
Feast of St. Francis Xavier
R.
I will never be able to write what He allows me to feel all through the Mass. I feel every word in my soul.I was in awe after Communion. The priest read the words. I passed out. I was in such ecstasy.
I feel all the words in my being. Every word I experience in the depth of my soul.
I know the Mass as I experience every word within me.
I am filled with the love of God, oh how I adore God in the Mass, all three Persons. The way I feel for God, with such love in the Mass, I cannot explain.
I feel His Life, His grace outpoured on me. Oh, the glory of the Mass, what He gave to me today is such a gift.
I cannot put on a paper what I feel in the Mass: His love pouring through my soul, His Life, enveloping me, the presence of God in the Mass, His words that I live and I feel and I experience, the realization of God answering my petitions and listening and loving me, my great desire to love Him, to give myself to Him, my great desire to praise and worship Him.
Oh my desire to unite in this oneness with Divinity, to be so one as the Sacrifice is offered, one with Mary, one with the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, one with my fellow men. How can I express the love I feel for all men in the Mass, when I unite to Him in such oneness and I feel His oneness and love for all men?
In this oneness with Him, I am overwhelmed with His love for all and I am in Him in this experience of oneness. Oh to unite to Him is to have it all, to pass out. I scarce can breathe when You come into me for I am in such ecstasy to behold my God.
Oh how do I write, but I know so deep in my soul these things.
I feel it all, I feel the Mass, I am one with Him in the Mass and I know as He knows. I cannot write it, but oh, I want to share it with another, for it is so glorious. No man can ever know in his feeble mind, only in this oneness with Him.
Jesus:
I have given you Myself and taken you to My Heart, I love you. Words cannot express what you know. As you write and publish these works, I give to souls the grace to know the Mass as I impart to you. I ask you to publish with the Imprimatur these writings leading into My Heart. Your words will suffice to lead souls to the deepest chamber of My Heart. Through My grace they will come and sup with Me and I will make them fishers of men. I gave you Myself and you shared the Mass in this intense oneness with Me. You know the oneness I want with My beloved souls in the Mass. I am the King, this is My Kingdom, I give you this sharing in My treasures in the Eucharist. The gift I give is MYSELF. I share My Divine Life and love with you. This is the treasure I give to you.Jeremiah 20: 7-9
You have seduced me, Yahweh,
and I have let myself be seduced;
you have overpowered me:
you were the stronger.
I am a laughing-stock all day long,
they all make fun of me.
For whenever I speak, I have to howl
and proclaim, ‘Violence and ruin!’
For me , Yahweh’s word has been the cause
of insult and derision all day long.
I would say to myself,
‘I will not think about him,
I will not speak in his name any more,’
but then there seemed to be a fire
burning in my heart,
imprisoned in my bones.
The effort to restrain it wearied me,
I could not do it.Jeremiah 1: 7-8
But Yahweh replied,
‘Do not say, “I am only a child,”
for you must go to all to whom I send you
and say whatever I command you.
Do not be afraid of confronting them,
for I am with you to rescue you,
Yahweh declares.’R.
We unite to Him, He is reigning now, people will partake more fully when He reigns in all hearts.He is lifting the veil and reigning in our hearts now, as it will be when there is the reign of the Sacred Heart.
I am one with Him in the Mass. It overwhelms me to experience this. I am overwhelmed with His love for all in the Mass.
I feel tremendous, overwhelming love for Him and from Him, I am filled with immense love for all, for all heaven and earth and souls in purgatory as I am one in Him.
I feel immense unity with all He created and love for all.
When I am in immense oneness, I an overwhelmed with experiencing the Mass through His Heart and Mary’s Heart. I cannot describe it in words.
I loved God to such depth - loving God from her Heart and His Heart.
I was overwhelmed with the love of God and all He created because of my union with Him.
In this oneness great grace is outpoured.
How tremendously great it is when the priest is intensely one with Him.
HE LIVES AND REIGNS now - so many are missing it.
I experience the Mass as He reigns in my heart.
Zephaniah 3: 9-10, 14-20
Conversion of the nations
Yes, then I shall purge
the lips of the peoples,
so that all may invoke
the name of Yahweh
and serve him shoulder to shoulder.
From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,
my suppliants will bring me tribute.Psalms of joy in Zion
Shout for joy, daughter of Zion,
Israel, shout aloud!
Rejoice, exult with all your heart,
daughter of Jerusalem!
Yahweh has repealed your sentence;
he has turned your enemy away.
Yahweh is king among you, Israel,
you have nothing more to fear.When that Day comes,
the message for Jerusalem will be:
Zion, have no fear,
do not let your hands fall limp.
Yahweh your God is there with you,
the warrior-Saviour.
He will rejoice over you with happy song,
he will renew you by his love,
he will dance with shouts of joy for you,
as on a day of festival.
Return of the exiles
I have taken away your misfortune,
no longer need you bear
the disgrace of it.
I am taking action here and now
against your oppressors.
When that time comes
I will rescue the lame,
and gather the strays,
and I will win them praise and renown
when I restore their fortunes.
At that time I shall be your guide,
at the time when I gather you in,
I shall give you praise and renown
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes
under your own eyes,
declares Yahweh.
R.
I feel every word in the Mass, I am so one in Him, He lets me experience the words.As a two edged sword that penetrates the soul.
We pray to St. Ignatius.
Oh God, we want to be one in holiest love so we will be Your faithful servants and obey Your will.
We are a SOCIETY OF APOSTLES of the SACRED HEART ON FIRE with YOUR LOVE.
Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place our trust in Thee.
John 15: 16
You did not choose me,
no, I chose you;
and I commissioned you
to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last;
so that the Father will give you
anything you ask him in my name.
end of December 3, 1996
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 said “yes”.
3. The baby Jesus was
formed in Mary’s womb.
4. Mary gave life to Jesus in
Her womb.
5. Mary was the perfect
handmaid of the Lord.
6. Mary is our spiritual
Mother.
We go to her Immaculate
Heart, our spiritual womb.
7. The most favored daughter
of the Father was chosen
by God.
8. Mary is the Mother of the
Father’s Son, the Son of
God.
9. Think of how God the
Father loves women, that
Jesus came in Mary, a
woman.
10. Pray to see the Father’s
Plan. Pray to the Holy
Spirit.
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. Mary, filled with
the Holy
Spirit said the Magnificat.
3. My soul doth magnify the
Lord.
4. And my spirit rejoices in
God my Savior.
5. Always focus on the love
of Jesus.
6. Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her baby at the breast,
feel no pity for the child she has borne?
Even if these were to forget,
I shall not forget you.
7. We need to open
our
hearts.
8. Jesus: I want to fill your
heart and permeate your
soul with My light and My
love.
9. Sing: On this Day, O Beautiful Mother
10. Mary is Mother of the
Eucharist.
The Birth of
Jesus
1. Luke 2: 8-14
In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night. An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified, but the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.’ And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:
Glory to God in the highest heaven,
2. Love is in the
heart. This
is how it should be when we
pray, that we are filled with
such love for God, and one,
another that we unite with
the Almighty God.
3. This is love, look at the
manger.
4. 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.
5. God gives Himself
to us in
love.
6. Sing: What Child is This
7. Jesus is the Light of the
world.
8. Jesus is our Savior.
9. Sing: Angels we have Heard on High
10. Sing: Away in a Manger
The Presentation
in the Temple
1. Luke 2: 21-24
When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception. And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord—observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first–born male must be consecrated to the Lord—and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.
2. Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet
3. A sword, too,
will pierce
your heart, O Mary.
4. Jesus was just a baby.
He and Mary were told of
sufferings to come.
5. In the agony in the Garden,
Jesus, in His Divine knowing,
knew all He would suffer.
6. Mary’s Heart was invisibly
pierced with a sword.
7. Look at the separation
Mary knew when Jesus was
lost in the temple.
8. Look at the separation in
the tomb when Jesus died.
9. Jesus remains with us,
truly present in the Eucharist.
10. Jesus comes to us in the
Eucharist, Body, Blood, Soul
and Divinity.
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. Sing: We Have
Been Told
3. Mary gives us her
Immaculate Heart.
4. Mary is the Immaculate
Conception.
5. Sing: Immaculate Mary
6. Mary is the New Eve.
7. Jesus is the New Adam.
8. How many of Marys
children's souls are lost
today?
Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
(To be read by leader or family member)
We are gathered here to honor our King, Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He is our most honored guest. He loves us so ardently and wants to be King of our home and King of our hearts. We all join together and most graciously welcome Him in our midst. We love You, dear Sacred Heart of Jesus. We honor You this day and are privileged that You, God, love us so much.
Please help us all grow in our knowledge and love of You. We honor You. We praise You. We adore You, and we love You.
We ask You to come and dwell in our hearts. As our King and the center of our lives, we forever want to be with You, most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we love You so much.
Come and be with every member of this family in a special way. Guard us in our undertakings. Dear Holy Spirit, lead us to the on-fire love of Jesus' Heart.
Mary, our most loving Mother, as you carried Jesus in your womb, you who cared for Him as a child, you who forever stood by Him and walked with Him on Calvary, you, dear Mary, as you stood under His cross and suffered so for love of Him and us, you who held His lifeless body under the cross, you who saw His glorified Body after the resurrection and watched Him ascend into heaven, you, dear Mary, you who know this most Sacred, tender, loving Heart, place us so gently into His most Sacred Heart.
Protect and lead every person present and their families to this intense union with your Son. We pray for the priests the world over, Your special anointed sons, to lead all children to the love of Your most Sacred Heart.
May the Sacred Heart of Jesus forever reign in the hearts of all people through the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
We praise You, we honor You, our beloved Jesus. We tenderly love Your Heart so!
Dear Father, thank You for Your beloved Son. Thank You for Your gifts to us. We thank You for giving us a sharing in Your divine life through baptism. We are Your beloved children. Draw us ever closer to union with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit and Mary, in communion with the angels and saints. Amen.
Clearwater
9. Find Refuge in the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(To be read by leader or family member)
We want the Sacred Heart of Jesus to bless our home in a special way. We ask You, Sacred Heart of Jesus, to bless our home. We make You the King and Center of our hearts and our home. May the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary reign in our hearts. Please help us spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart. In #12 of this booklet you will see the promises given by Jesus to St. Margaret Mary for those who are devoted to His Sacred Heart. We should hang pictures of the Sacred Heart and Mary's Heart throughout our homes.
When we read the promises of the Sacred Heart and circulate them among our friends, many people will want to have a devotion to Jesus' Sacred Heart.
We can carry the picture of the Sacred Heart and Mary's Heart with us. If we look at His picture, we will be reminded of the promises. When we have a difficult day, it will help us to look at Their pictures.
It may help us to pray the Litanies to the Sacred Heart and the Blessed Virgin.
Jesus loved us so much He died for us. From the cross, He gave us Mary as our spiritual Mother.
Mary leads us to a closer union with Jesus. Mary will take us to the depth of the Heart of Jesus. Mary loves us so much. She is our loving Mother. Mary is pure and tender of Heart. It is through Mary we will experience such intimacy with God. It is through her Immaculate Heart that we will be led into the deepest union with the one, triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Jesus' Heart is burning with love for us.
10.
Promises of Our Lord to those devoted to His Sacred Heart
(to be led by leader or family member)
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I will give them all the graces necessary in their state of life.
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I will establish peace in their homes.
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I will comfort them in all their afflictions.
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I will be their refuge during life and above all in death.
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I will bestow a large blessing on all their undertakings.
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Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and the infinite ocean of mercy.
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Tepid souls shall grow fervent.
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Fervent souls shall quickly mount to high perfection
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I will bless every place where a picture of My Heart shall be set up and honored.
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I will give to priests the gift of touching the most hardened hearts.
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Those who promote this devotion shall have their names written in My Heart, never to be blotted out.
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I promise you in the excessive mercy of My Heart that My all-powerful love will grant to all those who communicate on the first Friday in nine consecutive months the grace of final penitence; they shall not die in My disgrace nor without receiving their sacraments; My divine Heart shall be their safe refuge in this last moment.
