Sorrowful Mysteries
The
Agony in the Garden
1.
Jesus: My greatest sufferings was for the souls I love so much and
they turn their back on God’s love, given freely to turn their hearts to
sin, holding out, bitterness and punishment with malice of intent for
Satan.
2.
Jesus: Satan wants to show God how he manipulates souls to disobey
God, blocking the Father’s will, then gloating in their victory to
disobey God.
3.
Jesus: Only one thing is important, eternal salvation.
4.
Jesus: Life is very short, you do not know the day nor the hour.
5.
Jesus: I sweat blood in the Garden for those who call themselves
religious, in an order and live a life of disobedience to God’s will.
6.
Jesus: You are to serve God in your vocation and thereby attain your
eternal salvation.
7.
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.
8.
Excerpt from Response in Christ
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
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.
9.
Excerpt from
Response in Christ
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
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
10.
Excerpt from Response in Christ
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
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. We see the Exodus, we see the escape from slavery across the
Red Sea, we see Saul who lived expecting his disobedience to be accepted
by God, who called Saul for obedience in the first place.
The devil
says wrong is right and right is wrong.
Where men
are to obey and praise and love and honor God and authority under God,
why would one in religious life live their lives defying God?
The
Scourging at the Pillar
1. Sin is
ugly.
2. Nobody
likes someone who wants to force abuse, so they can get away with sin.
3. Yet the
person doing so can become so indignant in their sin, they are offended
anyone could challenge their evil.
Demonic, ugly, ugly.
4. Mary
says Gaul. Satan has Gaul. Aggressive. Fighting with fire to prove his
evil is right.
Who would want this for their precious soul made in the image
of God?
5. Mary saw
her Son’s totally beaten body for our sins. Mary saw Jesus shed His
precious Blood for love of us.
6. Jesus
was a bloody mess, skin torn from head to toe.
Blood and skin ripped off for our sins.
7. Jesus
loves us, even when we sin, Jesus wants us to be like Mary, dwell in
Their Hearts of love.
8. When a
person doesn’t love themselves, how can they give love to others?
9. Jesus
said “yes” to all the suffering because of His great love for us.
10. Song:
God’s Love
The
Crowning with Thorns
1. We know
sufferings we must endure, but may do everything to stop any kind of
anything with pain in our lives.
2. Who is
the ruler in our lives?
3. Who is
our Master?
4. Jesus is
the Lamb, led to the slaughter.
5. The Mass
is the sacrifice of Calvary, sacramentally made present.
6.
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
For the tradition I received from the Lord and
also handed on to you is that on the night he was betrayed, the Lord
Jesus took some bread, and after he had given thanks, he broke it,
and he said, 'This is my body, which is for you; do this in
remembrance of me.' And in the same way, with the cup after supper,
saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Whenever you
drink it, do this as a memorial of me.' Whenever you eat this bread,
then, and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death until
he comes.
7.
Matthew 26: 26-29
Now as they were
eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had said the
blessing he broke it and gave it to the disciples.
‘Take it and eat,’ he said, ‘this is my body.’ Then
he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he
handed it to them saying, ‘Drink from this, all of
you, for this is my blood, the blood of the
covenant, poured out for many for the forgiveness of
sins. From now on, I tell you, I shall never again
drink wine until the day I drink the new wine with
you in the kingdom of my Father.’
8. Bread
and wine is changed into the Body and blood of Christ in the Mass.
9. Song:
I Love You Jesus
10. A
Prayer before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in
the sacrament of His greatest love.
I want to be one in Him in this act of
love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him.
Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of
greatest love to Him.
Let me unite with Him more, that I may
more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and
the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and
pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to
You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.
Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me.
Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like
Jesus.
Father, I offer this my sacrifice,
myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more
deeply in this act of my greatest love.
Give me the grace to grow in my
knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest
participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply
in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.
-Mass Book, December 27, 1995
The
Carrying of the Cross
1.
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
2.
Exodus 24:3-8
Moses went and told the people all Yahweh's words and
all the laws, and all the people answered with one voice, 'All the
words Yahweh has spoken we will carry out!' Moses put all Yahweh's
words into writing, and early next morning he built an altar at the
foot of the mountain, with twelve standing-stones for the twelve
tribes of Israel. Then he sent certain young Israelites to offer
burnt offerings and sacrifice bullocks to Yahweh as communion
sacrifices. Moses then took half the blood and put it into basins,
and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. Then, taking the Book
of the Covenant, he read it to the listening people, who then said,
'We shall do everything that Yahweh has said; we shall obey.' Moses
than took the blood and sprinkled it over the people saying, 'This
is the blood of the covenant which Yahweh has made with you,
entailing all these stipulations.'
3. Sing:
A Priest is a Gift from God
4. Sing:
I Am the Bread of Life
5. John
6:57
As the living Father sent
me
and I draw life from the
Father,
so whoever eats me
will also draw life from me.
6. 1
John 4:16
We have recognised for ourselves, and put our faith
in, the love God has for us. God is love, and whoever remains in
love remains in God and God in him.
7. Sing:
A Song from Jesus
8. John
6:57
As the living Father sent
me
and I draw life from the
Father,
so whoever eats me
will also draw life from me.
9. Sing:
Valleys of Green
10. Sing:
Why do we Hurt the Ones we Love
The
Crucifixion
1. Act
of Contrition
O my God, I am heartily sorry for
having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the
loss of Heaven and the pains of Hell, but most of all because they
offend Thee, my God, Who art all-good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace to confess my sins, to
do penance and to amend my life. Amen.
2. God
flooded the earth at the time of Noah because they were so sinful.
3.
Matthew 4:4
But he replied, ‘Scripture says:
Human beings live not on bread alone
but on every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’
4. Luke
4: 1-13
5. Sing:
Remember Your Love
6.
Matthew 17:5
...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to
him.’
7.
Excerpt from Newsletter 2000 Issue 1
At the Last Supper, on the night He was betrayed, our Saviour instituted the
Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the
sacrifice of the Cross throughout the centuries until He should come again, and so to
entrust to His beloved spouse, the Church, a memorial of His death and resurrection: a
sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet in which Christ
is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
(Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, No. 17) 5
Note: 5. The Documents of Vatican II, "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy:, America
Press edition, No. 17.
8.
Excerpt from Newsletter 2000 Issue 1
The Church, therefore, earnestly desires that Christ’s faithful, when
present at this mystery of faith, should not be there as strangers or silent spectators.
On the contrary, through a proper appreciation of the rites and prayers they should
participate knowingly, devoutly, and actively. They should be instructed by God’s
word and be refreshed at the table of the Lord’s body; they should give thanks to
God; by offering the Immaculate Victim, not only through the hands of the priest, but also
with him, they should learn to offer themselves too. Through Christ the Mediator, they
should be drawn day by day into ever closer union with God and with each other, so that
finally God may be all in all. (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, No. 48)
6
Note: 6.
The Documents of Vatican II, "Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy:, America
Press edition, No. 48.
9.
Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis AAS. XXXV, 232-233
Through the Eucharistic Sacrifice Christ the Lord desired to set before us in
a very special way this remarkable union whereby we are united one with another and with
our divine Head, a union that no word of praise can ever sufficiently express. For in this
sacrifice the sacred ministers act not only as the representative of our
Saviour, but as
the representative of the whole Mystical Body and of each one of the faithful.
10.
Pope Pius XII, Mystici Corporis AAS. XXXV, 232-233
continues
Again, in this act of sacrifice, the faithful of
Christ, united by the common bond of devotion and prayer, offer to
the eternal Father through the hands of the priest, whose prayer
alone has made it present on the altar, the Immaculate Lamb, the
most acceptable victim of praise and propitiation for the Church’s
universal need. Moreover, just as the divine Redeemer, while dying
on the Cross, offered Himself to the eternal Father as Head of the
whole human race, so now, ‘in this clean oblation’ He not only
offers Himself as Head of the Church to His heavenly Father but in
Himself His mystical members as well. He embraces them all, yes,
even the weaker and more ailing members, with the deepest love of
His Heart.
(Pope Pius XII, Encyclical Letter,
Mystici Corporis,
AAS, XXXV, pp. 232-233.)
28 Years Ago
August 23, 1993 - Message from Jesus
On His Passion
Jesus: My dear child,
I was condemned to death, death on a
cross. They gave Me a big cross and made Me carry it. They stood around and
glared at Me. It weighed on My shoulder and I pulled at it until it finally
moved. Every step was almost impossible as I dragged it, weighing so heavily
on My shoulders.
My shoulder felt as if the bones inside
would crack and the cross would fall through to the ground. I couldn’t drag
it any more. I tried, I fell. I fell and its weight fell on Me. A guard hit
Me with something sharp. It really hurt because he wanted Me to move, and
fast! People were watching — on with the show! How dare I fall in the middle
of the show! He hit Me again and the blow really stung Me. I got up because
it hurt so badly. I tried to walk on.
My Mother was in the crowd. She looked at
Me and her face looked red and hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like rain
and as her eyes met Mine, I was hurt so by her sorrow! She was always by My
side, silent and loving. She was My Mother of love! She is always there next
to you when you suffer.
I fell again and he (the guard) really hit
Me. It (the cross) was so heavy that he and I together could barely move it.
It seemed as I walked, heavier with the sins of the world heaped on it. My
hands were bleeding. Blood ran from the wounds of My thorns and My head
throbbed, seeming to make the wounds in My head bleed even more. Some of the
Blood was dried, some of it running all over My Body. I had so many cuts and
bruises — and people watched and laughed!
I am Jesus, Son of the Living God, and
they laughed and mimicked Me! Oh, such hardened hearts! How vile can men’s
hearts become? The devil’s grip is paralyzing and crippling.
The walk was so long up a hill and over
rocks — the cross had to be lifted over the rocks. My Body was bleeding so
badly! My Heart was pounding. I knew that the salvation of all men depended
on My love. Therefore, I went through such agony.
I thought of My intense love for you —
that many would go to heaven because of My suffering — and I continued to
the top of the hill. At the top they laid Me on the cross and with a big
hammer nailed My hands to it. It was the worst (suffering) yet. My hands
were nailed with big nails and the big hammer. Then, as if that weren’t
enough, with a big nail they nailed through both feet.
Then they lifted the cross and banged it
into (a hole in) the ground. My shoulders ached from how I hung. My head
bobbed and My neck ached and they laughed and said, "Now save Yourself." I
hurt so much! I suffered this way for hours — which seemed like forever —
and they glared at Me and laughed! My Mother watched in such agony.
For love of you, to My death I gave you My
Body. My child, I shed My Blood and gave you My life that you might be with
Me forever in heaven — not for a day, a month or a year, but forever with Me
in heaven.
I am the true Bread come down from heaven.
He who eats My Flesh will have life forever. For the drink I give you is My
Blood and food you eat is My Body. Who would lay down his life for a friend?
I did, for you. I love you this much, child. Forget about those who reject
you. You have My life that I gave you and I give you life eternal.
I am the One true God. I am the Light of
life. He who abides in Me will have life eternal, for the drink I give is My
Blood and the food I give is My Body. Drink and eat and have everlasting
life.
My child, that is all you need to know.
Love one another and be good that you may enter into My Kingdom.
May 16, 1998 -
Prayer to the Father
My Father,
With my whole heart I desire to
consecrate the whole world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary. I wish with my whole being for the salvation
of souls and that man live according to Thy Holy Will. I pray my Father
that we may be one in You and Your Son Jesus and the Holy Spirit that we
may intercede to You for this cause.
It is this burning desire within
my soul to spread the consecration to the far ends of the earth, that
the cries of Your children are cries of glory and honor and adoration,
praising God as their God.
My Father, at this moment a soul
hangs on the edge of death. For all eternity they will go to a place. It
is not the plot of this soul as it trods this barren land to decide on
the edge of death. You created us that we would grow in our oneness with
God, that we would mature more and more in our image and likeness to
God.
And so My Father, I pray with
every cell in my body for this earth. In the name of Your Son Jesus I
consecrate all the souls of this earth to the Sacred Heart and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Holy Spirit in union with the Holy
sacrifice of the Mass with all the angels and saints and the souls in
Purgatory.
I beg You Father for mercy.
I beg You Father for assistance.
I beg You Father to help us to spread this consecration to the
far ends of the earth.
Please help us. We are helpless
little ones coming in the heart of our Mother, bleeding from our wounds
and our sins.
Your Son, Jesus Christ, shed the
last drop of His Blood for the salvation of mankind. We wish to unite in
this sacrifice, sacramentally made present in the Mass all over the
world at every moment. Help us to make reparation to You for the sins of
men.
Please my Father, help us. Held
in the heart of Mary and the Heart of Jesus we come as the children of
Eve to beg for the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the Triumph of Mary's
heart. Look upon our love, Your shepherds in the Shepherds of Christ,
our sacrifices and devotion to You Our Beloved Father. Come by the means
of the Holy Spirit and sanctify us and make us whole, that we are one in
Your Son Jesus, praying to You, Father, in the name of Your Son Jesus in
the Holy Spirit united with all the angels and saints, in the heart of
Mary. We beg for help for special intentions concerning the Movement. We
beg for help to reach the Churches to give these prayers of Jesus to
them, to reach the schools and the family. Help we cry as poor banished
children of Eve. Help us Father to do this work the Good Shepherd has
entrusted to us. Help us to be one in You that we act as intercessors to
help this world to be turned to God as their God, loving, honoring and
adoring Him as the Lord of Host is truly present on His throne.
We are Your children Father, we
implore You to answer our prayer.
We love You, we worship You, we adore You, we thank you and we
sing from the bottom of our hearts, Holy God we Praise Your Name.
Alleluia
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