R. Dear Jesus,

                    Help me today to do Your will.
                I pray for the world in union with
                the Mass, to be the way - You want
                it to be.

                    Dear Jesus, please help us.

                    We spread the Blood of Jesus on
                the whole world and ask for an
                outpouring of the Holy Spirit to live as
                God wants, we cast the devil in
                the fires of hell and consecrate
                the Church and the world to the
                Hearts of Jesus and Mary as far as we are able.
                God help us. We love You so much.
                We want to help make reparation
                for our sins and the sins of the
                human race

                    God help us. Hear our prayer –
                Help us today.

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.

  

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.

                Sing: Glory Be
  

                Readings of Today –

1 Maccabees 1: 10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63

Psalm 119: 53, 61, 134, 150, 155, 158

Luke 18: 35-43

    Now it happened that as he drew near to Jericho there was a blind man sitting at the side of the road begging. When he heard the crowd going past he asked what it was all about, and they told him that Jesus the Nazarene was passing by. So he called out, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me.’ The people in front scolded him and told him to keep quiet, but he only shouted all the louder, ‘Son of David, have pity on me.’ Jesus stopped and ordered them to bring the man to him, and when he came up, asked him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ ‘Sir,’ he replied, ‘let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight. Your faith has saved you.’ And instantly his sight returned and he followed him praising God, and all the people who saw it gave praise to God.

                R. Throughout salvation history men
                have abandoned God and worshipped
                false gods – trying to force other men
                to do so.

                In yesterday's first reading we see
                that the suffering from doing
                this was unsurpassed.

                Today we see in these readings
                the blindness of men. That God
                has given us His law and we
                are to follow that law –
                When men abandon the law of
                God for false gods there is, indeed,
                suffering. Dear God as we approach the
                end of the liturgical year, let us
                meditate on the willfulness of men
                to abandon the laws of God and
                see that when we go toward this
                how great are the sufferings of
                men.

                    We want to help make reparation
                for our sins and the sins of the
                human race and pray as Jesus
                told Fr. Carter for the Church and the
                world – centered in devotion to the
                Heart of Jesus and Mary's Immaculate Heart.
                Lord, let us focus on You and Your
                Plan for salvation. We are grateful
                for You, Jesus, truly present in
                the Eucharist.

                    We long to receive You, we unite
                to all the Masses going on around
                the world Lord, please hear our
                prayer for renewal of the Church
                and the world.
 

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                Sing: Oh Lord Hear Our Prayer

                Sing: Jesus, We believe –

                Sing: Come Holy Ghost –

                R. Sin is disorder to the order
                God wants in the world.

                    Every sin must be paid for –
                God shows us that Jesus came to
                this earth, Jesus, the Son of God,
                to pay for our sins. Sin brings
                down punishment and is opposed
                to true happiness.

                    We know how disease of the
                body can be so painful, but
                the suffering from disease of
                the soul is far greater.

                    The soul was made to go to heaven
                and be with God. We can see how
                sickness of the body can bring
                on death, but do we comprehend
                that sin hurts the soul and
                we can sin and not repent –
                mortally and suffer for eternity.

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

 

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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. Sin can bring a man to
                desires that are opposed to God's
                plan, opposed to God's will and
                the person can be at war with
                the plan of God inside himself.

                    Sin takes away happiness
                and the man is miserable –
                Why would a man stay in sin?

                    Man has been given laws by
                God to follow and his goal
                should be eternal happiness
                in heaven.

                    Within our heart is always
                the vision God wants us to have
                and working toward the goal
                of eternal salvation.

                    Just like eating right and taking care
                of ourselves so we can avoid disease
                of the body –

                    If we are wise, according to God's
                designs, we seek to follow God's laws for
                our life and we seek eternal happiness,
                in heaven.

                    God has commanded us to love
                Him and love our neighbor as ourselves.
                We live with others and are to work
                with others in the building of the
                Kingdom of God. Men are to work
                in union with each other to
                achieve eternal happiness.

                    We seek peace and harmony among
                men, so families, Churches, neighborhoods,
                countries and the world – work
                together to build the Kingdom of God –

                    The prayers Jesus gave Fr. Carter are
                to help renew the Church and the world –
                centered in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
                Jesus is our eternal King. We want
                to pray that the world makes Jesus
                the King and Center of their hearts.
                The Sacred Heart devotion is centered in
                the love of our Divine God who is
                priest, prophet and king.
 

                R. We consecrate our hearts to our Divine King.
                    to Our Blessed Lord, we give ourselves
                    entirely, to live the Plan of the Heavenly
                    Father, as Jesus showed us when
                    He came to earth, in the Holy Spirit.

                Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
                    are so important to renewal of the
                    Church and the world.

                To display images of the Sacred Heart and Immaculate
                    Heart in homes and schools and Churches,
                    to consecrate homes and schools
                    and Churches to the Sacred Heart and
                    Immaculate Heart.

                Jesus has asked us to pray these prayers,
                    honoring the Sacred Heart and Immaculate
                    Heart before the statues of the Sacred
                    Heart and Immaculate Heart with the
                    glass from Mary's image head
                    that was destroyed.
 

                R. Jesus has promised great graces of
                    healing for praying the prayers
                    before the statues of the Sacred Heart
                    and Immaculate Heart with glass and
                    other statues of Jesus and Mary.

                R. Man can act according to God's laws
                and do what God calls him to do –
                or he can rebel against God's law
                and stay in enslavement of sin,
                but to those who have sinned –
                God tells us we are to be sorry
                and with a firm purpose of
                amendment move away from
                that sin and turn to God.
                God is merciful and he gives us
                the sacrament of confession for
                those who have sinned mortally.

                    We are to do good and we are
                to avoid evil.
   

                R. These laws are to ultimately lead man
                to greater life as God wants us to
                live and lead men to happiness.
                Man needs laws to live by – without
                man obeying laws - he becomes
                lawless and the love goes out
                when he operates on his own
                whims without care for God
                and others –

                    Jesus is the Light of the World –
                Jesus came – He died for our sins
                and we today are to follow in
                His footsteps – this will lead us
                to real happiness.

                Jesus is the eternal King –
                Jesus showed us the way –
                Jesus came to give us life – so
                we would one day have the fullness
                of life in heaven.

                We are in control of our actions –

                How we act with our free will can
                    lead us to happiness if we
                    follow God's plan –

                God gives us this gift – to follow
                    Jesus and be happy –

                    We choose happiness by how we
                act. We are here to learn to work with
                others according to God's plan –

                    True happiness is found in having
                the vision of God –

                    This takes faith.

                    We pray for the increase of faith, hope
                and love.

                    We received these virtues in
                baptism.
 

Romans 6: 2-4

Out of the question! We have died to sin; how could we go on living in it? You cannot have forgotten that all of us, when we were baptised into Christ Jesus, were baptised into his death. So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new life.

                R. Fr. Carter says in Response in Christ:

                Sing: Glory Be to the Father