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November 25, 2024
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Sheila died Monday night.
Sheila W.
Written January 14, 2000
Jesus has led me gently and gradually into closer union with Him through Shepherds of Christ. From the Prayer for Union that I found in church, to the first time I read a Blue Book, to my first 13th meeting, to starting a prayer chapter in my parish, He has patiently led me into doing things I didn’t know I could do.
I have loved Shepherds of Christ from the beginning because I have experienced Jesus' guidance in a special way.
And here I am, a Handmaid of the Good Shepherd, being a spouse of Jesus, loving and serving Him here in China, Indiana. For many years, I wanted to work for Jesus in the Church, but didn’t know how.
The daily Mass and holy hour were a part of my life before I knew about Shepherds of Christ or the Blue Books. Reading the Blue Book for the first time confirmed what I was already doing and gave me the direction on how to spend that hour with Jesus before the tabernacle.
During the last few years of my working days, I looked forward to the time off so I could spend it with Jesus before the tabernacle. I purposely did my housework during the weeknights so I could have Saturday totally free to spend with Him before the tabernacle.
So, to be here in China, where I can focus totally on Jesus, loving and adoring Him in the Eucharist, and helping to send out His newsletters and filling the orders, is a dream come true for me.
Being a handmaid has been a joy and a challenge. A joy to know this is God’s will for me and a challenge to change myself and to let go of the things I am attached to.
I am now sitting before Jesus, in the exposed Blessed Sacrament, and I am thankful to Him that He has fulfilled my heartfelt wish to be able to love and serve Him 24 hours a day and to adore Him in the Eucharist.
I am also grateful to Jesus for letting me work with the most selfless people who are in Shepherds of Christ. They are always willing to help me out when I need them and go the extra mile to make things easier for me. It is a blessing to be in this family called Shepherds of Christ.
I am also thankful for my friends back home who have been a great support to me, who have prayed for me and helped me to move to China.
On the 13ths, when everyone is gathered for the rosary here in China, I look at the people and I feel a connection in my heart to all of them, to my friends from Jasper and my Shepherds of Christ family and I thank Jesus for loving me through these beautiful people.
And I thank Jesus for leading me to the Shepherds of Christ and for teaching me so many things, especially how to be a better spouse of the Lamb. It is my heartfelt desire to be united with Him forever and He is continuing to lead me there a step at a time. I love Him with all my heart and I love the Shepherds of Christ Movement.
Sheila W.
November 20, 2024
R. Jesus with a Heart of Divine Love,
Jesus who is love,
came among men to teach them His
way of love,
and the men of the earth did not
recognize what His message was.
So many today miss the message
of the Lord.
God is love and He emptied Himself
to His death on the cross to teach us
that love is not selfish, love gives.
Love puts God first, even when the
sacrifice is very great and hard on us.
Love looks to Jesus as the guide, the
teacher.
God is Mighty.
We must keep our eyes always on the
prize - that is Jesus - life eternal with
Jesus.
Jesus came with a kind and generous
Heart to show us how much He loves
us.
Love is giving and receiving.
Do we really receive this on-fire love
Jesus gives us?
This is what fills us when the world
is cold.
Jesus is the source, so we can love with
His Heart, see with His Heart and give
His love to others, so they know Him
and His generous love.
Jesus will never be outdone in generosity,
God is love.
Jesus came with a kind and generous
Heart to teach us how to love and to
bring this love to others.
We were created in the image and
likeness of Jesus. We were created by
God the Father, so unique, to bring
Jesus to the world.
Jesus is the source of our love.
This Christmas let us pray:
God I love You so much, dwell in me,
give me the grace I need most, so I
can be Your love working in me to
others and the Church and the world.
When the world is cold and uncaring,
selfish and what seems empty of love,
we are living more and more one with
Jesus - who fills us with burning love
to let His love shine through our
troubled souls, when we feel weary.
Come to me Lord, fill me now and
possess my soul, help me to pray and
love those in my life and in the world.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I love
You so much, teach me to love.
Song: Teach Me to Love with Your Heart
R. A lesson to learn:
To give and to learn to receive Love.
Receive the love God gives us, so we
can more perfectly love as we should.
God is the source of love - open your
hearts to Him and be filled by the source.
God is Divine, All-Perfect love.
Jesus emptied Himself to teach us this
lesson.
Jesus gives us Divine love.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
God is love, go to Him to be filled
more and more.
I love You, most Sacred Heart of Jesus
and place my trust in Thee.
Amen.
November 18, 2024
Jesus: My love is ablaze for you.
My love is eternal.
R. Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my
trust in Thee.
Come to me Lord and possess my soul.
I want to dwell in Thee.
November 19, 2024
R. Sheila prayed 26 and 1/2 years
in the Church in China for the priests,
the Church and the world.Over 20 years 12 am - 3 am
before the exposed Eucharist.Please pray for her and all of this
Thanks.
Pray for the mailing of Fr. Joe's homily book.
Please Pray for Bob & special intentions.
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. We pray for the upcoming election.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
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Saturday 1992
R.
I thought I smelled roses two times last
night and this morning, what it did was make
me feel honored and important,
I am honored.
I am not perfect, but I try to be good,
I am so lucky to be here and feel
the breeze and listen to the ocean.
I have You my sweet Jesus –
I give You my life – I have the
wonderfulness of these children
You allowed me to bring into the
world and share my life with them,
I am indeed blessed in so many ways,
You are my rock and my
strength, I am Your putty, I hope
when I am home, I can close my eyes
and come to this place in my
heart, the flowers, knowing Your life in me,
the mercy of God and yes, oh yes all my
gifts – this moment of love with my
children seeing each child’s specialness
and loving the moments of being here
with them, Please God I pray to You to
send Your special grace and love into
each soul and with Your precious blood
paint each soul with Your blood –
solid and thick to know that we are free
from outside forces. I denounce satan
in Your name Lord Jesus. You are my best
friend, Jesus, I love You so much –
Jesus, Jesus help us all to be
holy – Cast the devil far away
from my family and every
thing in this world – God help
us to be holy – Outpour Your
grace on my husband and
children and forgive us all for
anything we ever have done –
help us to have unity and love and to
be strong persons loving in our
Church and the world –
Jesus, Jesus, I consecrate our
hearts as a family to You and to
Mary our Immaculate Mother.
Protect us from the evil one –
help us to be joined hand in hand
in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary –
Let my family be so united to the
precious Hearts of Jesus and Mary to
ward off any evil attempts
against us and help us grow in
greater holiness.
Our strength and our courage is
from You dear Jesus and Mary and
through Your most loving Hearts –
Our love will endure in the Hearts
of Jesus and Mary – You, Lord,
are our strength –
We ask for healing for any dysfunction –
generational healing – that love will
abound in the Hearts of Jesus and
Mary – I ask for this healing so we
will be one in the Hearts of Jesus
and Mary –
Our family dwelling in the
Hearts of Jesus and Mary –
Help us all to go to heaven –
Dear Father, I love You, my Divine
God hear my prayer – help us to
be heirs of the Kingdom –
Oh most blessed Holy Spirit –
I beg for the gifts of wisdom,
understanding, counsel, fortitude,
knowledge, piety, and Fear of the Lord –
I beg to have love in our family –
Holy Spirit – the fire of God's love.
Holy Spirit shower on my family Your
gifts –
I want the fire of Your love over
all our heads –
impart to us the fire of the tongues
of love –
You gave Your gifts to the Apostles –
please Holy Spirit give them to my
family – to the world.
Protect us from the fears of the world
hurting us with their errors.
Your love is Divine Love.
Your love is unending –
Your love is everlasting –
You my God
You my Savior
You Oh Holy Spirit
I know You never slumber or sleep –
I know the very hairs of my head are
numbered, every freckle and white
spot counted and You care for me
with precious love – You know
everything about me –
You know the love of my heart –
on fire for You and the love for each
child and the world – a furnace that
is hot and a blaze with the fire of
Your love –
Oh Holy Spirit – I love – I know
more Your understanding and Your
wisdom,
Your counsel – I want my heart to
be consumed with love –
God help me to spread Your love
to the world –
Fill me with Your grace –
I am Your child, God
You love me with Divine Love –
You are my strength
You have all the power,
I give You Lord Jesus, my will
and my life –
I surrender to the fires of Your love –
I give in – Help me Jesus to let go
and let You run the show,
help me to let go to You, Jesus –
I am Your putty.
You are my God.
Heal me.
Put me in Your hands –
Let me feel Your presence with me.
Jesus says:
“Listen to My direction. I talk to
you. Write these letters every day
as you get up from bed.
A new letter every morning –
My direction will be with you –
new life – I come to give you new life.
You will have peace –
Your children are guarded.
Your life will be directed by Me.
It will be easy for you to turn
your life over to Me.
I love you, I will not leave you
orphaned – nor your children –
Celebrate and know My gift is at hand.
I am your God –
Jesus the Lord”
R. Everything that Jesus has taught me in
26 years and all of us is about prayer,
is about life in Him, is about being a
branch attached to the vine.
God wants us to help in helping souls,
baptized Catholics are to live more deeply
as members of the body of Christ
Jesus:
I am the vine you are the branches.
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May 14, 2024
R. Dear Holy Spirit
come to me, possess
my soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am
weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dear Holy Spirit
infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.
Help me, dear
Holy Spirit to know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my
life.
I turn to You. Amen.
When I find doing God's desire for
my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude, dear
Holy
Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act purely for the
honor and glory
of God.
I may be willing, but I need Your gift to
give me courage
to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of
God.
Help me to always put God first in my life,
in love for
God in my heart.
Help me to walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.
Help me to be patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.
Please Holy Spirit give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not
offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good
and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in
pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me in the gift
of piety to
do that which pleases my Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His
little child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this
"All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
Matthew 22: 36-40
'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
Dear Holy Spirit,
strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.
Alleluia.
March 10, 2024
Novena to
St. Joseph, Patron and Father (2024)
Begins March 11, 2024 -
March 19, 2024
Dear Saint Joseph,
I turn to you, you who
cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You
taught men and women, the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest
commitment
and love.
You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.
You showed us how you
lived in
loving conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.
You guided
Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.
Protect us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did the Holy Family of
Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.
How intimately
you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them.
You showed us love.
Your heart was pure and gentle and
yet
you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for
when we
are weak we are strong in God.
St. Joseph please
intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick
loved ones.
Amen.
St. Joseph help us now in this nine
day
novena to you.
Amen.
March 23, 2024
Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home
R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.
My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.
I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.
I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.
Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.
I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.
November 4, 2024
Mysteries of Light
The Baptism of Jesus
1. Matthew 3: 13-17Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John. John tried to dissuade him, with the words, ‘It is I who need baptism from you, and yet you come to me!’ But Jesus replied, ‘Leave it like this for the time being; it is fitting that we should, in this way, do all that uprightness demands.’ Then John gave in to him. And when Jesus had been baptised he at once came up from the water, and suddenly the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him. And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’
2. The Father’s voice was heard.
3. "This is My beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased."
4. God is Light and in Him is no darkness.
5. This began Christ's public life.
6. Jesus lived the private life 30 years.
7. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
8. Jesus is the Light of life.
9. Jesus gave and gave and gave and some
didn’t care how much He gave in love.
10. Jesus: I am the way, the truth and the life.
The Marriage at Cana
1. John 2: 1-10On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited. And they ran out of wine, since the wine provided for the feast had all been used, and the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ Jesus said, ‘Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not come yet.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ There were six stone water jars standing there, meant for the ablutions that are customary among the Jews: each could hold twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the jars with water,’ and they filled them to the brim. Then he said to them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the president of the feast.’ They did this; the president tasted the water, and it had turned into wine. Having no idea where it came from—though the servants who had drawn the water knew—the president of the feast called the bridegroom and said, ‘Everyone serves good wine first and the worse wine when the guests are well wined; but you have kept the best wine till now.’
2. Jesus changed water into wine.
3. Mary has powerful intercession.
4. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
5. Jesus changed water into wine.6. 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
7. In the Morning Offering we unite our
prayers, works, joys and sufferings
united to the Mass.
8. God is good all the time.
9. Pray for greater faith and hope and love.
10. With each goal we walk in light to the
next goal.
Building the Kingdom of God
1. Matthew 5: 3-12How blessed are the poor in spirit:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Blessed are the gentle:
they shall have the earth as inheritance.
Blessed are those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Blessed are those
who hunger and thirst for uprightness:
they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Blessed are the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers:
they shall be recognised
as children of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted
in the cause of uprightness:
the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.Blessed are you when people abuse you and persecute you and
speak all kinds of calumny against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven; this
is how they persecuted the prophets before you.
2. The most important work we can work
on is so we can get to heaven.
3. Happiness is union with God.
4. We help in the work of redemption.
5. We die to self-will to grow in the greater
life of resurrection.
6. Romans 8:23
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.
7. Oh Jesus, I love You so much.
8. Please help me.
9.
Excerpt
from Response to God's Love
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
... In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.
The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.
At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).
10.
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.
The Transfiguration
1. Mark 9: 2-8
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John and led them up a high mountain on their own by themselves. There in their presence he was transfigured: his clothes became brilliantly white, whiter than any earthly bleacher could make them. Elijah appeared to them with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus. Then Peter spoke to Jesus, ‘Rabbi,’ he said, ‘it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ He did not know what to say; they were so frightened. And a cloud came, covering them in shadow; and from the cloud there came a voice, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him.’ Then suddenly, when they looked round, they saw no one with them any more but only Jesus.
