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November 27, 2008

November 28th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 7 Period I.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries  
for November 28th are Luminous.

   

  

                January 17, 1992

                Jesus: I am all powerful
                    I am your strength
                    I am your God
                    I am there every breathe you take!!
                    You must stay plugged into My Power.
                    Without Me life is void, empty and
                        unproductive.

                    They wander a valley of pain,
                        hiding —
                        they give their power to satan —
                        they think they are in charge and
                            yet they can be enslaved
                            to satan —
                            because of their pride

                    As "you" stay plugged into My power  —

                    "They" give into satan

                    They weave a web of their own making —
                        a web they are caught in
                        fallacious reasoning from the evil
                            one
                        impurities keeps them stuck.

                    They want power because they feel a
                        loss of power — so they want
                        power over innocent others

                    How can you trust a liar —

                    What is a promise from a man
                        who rocks with untruths —
                        full of sin

                    Some seek power over others so
                        they like watching others
                        suffer.

                    You are plugged into My source —

                    You are plugged into an endless
                        source —
                    You know My light —

                    You know the fire of My love,
                    You know My warmth,
                    You know My ever vigilant heart —

                    My Heart is burning for love of you —
                    I am your God —
                    You should have no gods before Me

                    I am here with you now in your
                        heart —

                    I love you so much —

                    Come Holy Spirit
                    Beg for the gift of Wisdom —
                    Beg the Spirit of God to fill you —

                    The devil wants your power —

                Some people want to be over authority,
                        but authority under God
                        is to be respected —

                    People who seek power over
                        authority — seek problems —
                        they are challenging structure —
                        God has put in place —

                DISORDER —

                Where I put order —

                Fallen man

                    DISORDER

                My power never runs out!

                It is an endless source of power

 

               

                 

 

 

November 27, 2008 - Thanksgiving

                    Jesus: The devil is the enemy —

                    In giving you the Shepherds of Christ
                Movement and sending My messenger — I
                have sent My medicine to shout out the
                darkness of sin and defiance — to
                restore man to recognize the
                dignity by which God has created men.

                R. People need to turn their
                    minds and hearts to the
                    Church — to the Eucharist —
                    to Adoration

                To defend the dignity of man as
                    God intends him — created in
                    the image and likeness of God

                    The willfulness of the garden —
                is where Eve tries to make herself
                equal to God

                    We must recognize the dignity of man
                in recognizing his place
                as God intends — so intimately one
                with God — being fed on God's
                grace in the sacraments —

                fed with the Eucharist, the Body and Blood
                    of Jesus Christ
                    fed with His Word

                Jesus:

                    I have given My Movement and revealed the
                inner most secrets of My Heart as
                never before

                    I am all Powerful
                    and I am merciful —

                    The lack of recognition for the dignity of
                life is seen in men murdering babies
                in the womb and born alive intended to
                be aborted —

                God the Father:

                    My issues are strong

                    I am the Father — the Creator of all —
                        to the babies created by My hand
                        I give life,
                        You a nation have murdered babies —
                            children I created and gave life to —

                    This shows the lack of dignity of man that a human person
                is murdered in their innocence in the womb

                    The dignity of man is shown by
                loving more and more as I created them —

                Jesus:

                My Movement is to show the world more
                    and more the intimate love I desire
                    with My precious souls — the souls I
                    died for

                R. Last night Jesus showed me Himself with
                    bloody tears

                He then appeared in the most magnificent
                light to me and

                    I see Him now in a vision in my heart
                holding an embryo

                    The words Jesus gave to me

                Jesus:

                    "I cry bloody tears for those I have called
                to help Me and give into satan blocking
                My call in My retreats for you to lead
                prayer services, appeasing your God —

                I sweat blood in the garden —

                The people I called to help you
                remember little of the devastation of human
                life in World War II —

                bodies killed — thrown on heaps —
                    carted away as sardines

                Thanksgiving

                    "Today I write to you whom I have so
                richly blessed — I have appeared in My
                building in Clearwater and you have
                not encouraged any one to pray as I have
                instructed —

                    In these prayer services I have called,
                I appear, My Mother appears to tell the
                world a message of hope and love and compassion —
                I call them to obey God

                    Eve in the garden gave into satan for
                she wanted to be equal to God —

                    In this troubled world I gave you the
                key and the vision of the doors 16 years
                ago — To those who listened they were
                given the grace to carry My cross next to
                Me to lead the souls to the Church, the
                Pillar of Truth —
                to lead the souls to the Mass
                to lead the souls to the Word

                My Movement is to help lead those floundering
                    in the cold waters of this world —
                    to safety

 

 

                    Those that survived the flood at the time
                of Noah mounted the ark —

                    Today those who will survive will
                know more the power of the Catholic
                Church — the importance of the priest and
                why I told Fr. Carter to begin Prayer
                Chapters all over the world praying for the
                priests, the Church and the world — why
                I called My Movement to circulate the
                Priestly Newsletter and how I have given
                the hierarchy the grace to respond

                    Human freedom

                    The freedom of a human life created
                        by God — to love as god intends
                        and to be molded more and more
                        into the image of God —
                        the freedom for a human life to be able to grow
                        and be born —

                    The freedom to live while being
                        formed in the womb

                God the Father:

                    I created the life of the little embryo—

                Who are you to block this message I give —
                    but when Mary appeared looking as
                        Our Lady of Guadalupe — 12 years ago

                    In rainbow color —

                        You blocked My message

                    I sent Mary a messenger delivering
                        Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

                You spit on My message and the message
                    of My Son and Mary about the
                    freedom of life

                I called you to teach the world about
                    intimacy with God in My Son's
                    Blue Books

                You miss the King of Glory and seek
                    dominance for yourself in this
                    world without God —

                I want the Blue Books to circulate
                I want My homily books to circulate
                I want My Son's Priestly Newsletter
                    to circulate —

                To deliver My Mighty Medicine to the
                    world

                I give My Movement so you will know
                    the dignity of man more and more
                    that you will recognize I want men to receive dignity in the whole world
                    dignity for life
                  
                    spread My Son's letters of love
                    in the Blue Book to lead men
                    to the love of God —
                    in the Eucharist —
                    in adoration

                To pray in the retreats in China
                    to appease Me for the grave offenses
                        of the human race —
                    I am God the Father
                    I teach you to pray —
                    To respect human life

                Mary appeared in Clearwater for
                    7 1/2 years as the Mother of life

                I give you the Blessed Mother —
                                    your spiritual Mother
                    go to her Immaculate Heart
                    go to the Heart of My Son
                    worship your God
                    Make recompense for the offenses
                        against God

                Mary said at Fatima —
                    You have offended your God —
                        I cannot hold back the
                        hand of My Son any longer

    

Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima

by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Besides the messages associated with the major Fatima apparitions, there were other revelations given by Our Lady. Before Jacinta died, she told of other messages given her (during her illness) by Mary:

I can no longer restrain the hand of my Divine Son from striking the world with just punishments for its many crimes.

  end of excerpt

 

Excerpts from The Spirituality of Fatima

by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Before receiving the six apparitions of Our Lady, May through October of 1917, the three Fatima visionaries were visited by an angel on three different occasions during the preceding year. He appeared to them in the spring, summer, and fall. Lucia (now Sr. Lucia) describes the springtime apparition of the angel:

"My God, I believe, I adore, I hope and I love You! I ask pardon of You for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope and do not love You."

Then, rising he said: "Pray thus. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications."

His words engraved themselves so deeply on our minds that we could never forget them (3)

During the summer of 1916, the angel again appeared to the three visionaries. He said to them:

Pray! Pray a great deal. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary have merciful designs on you. Offer prayers and sacrifices continually to the Most High. Make everything you do a sacrifice, and offer it as an act of reparation for the sins by which God is offended, and as a petition for the conversion of sinners. Bring peace to our country in this way.... I am the Guardian Angel of Portugal Accept and bear with submission all the sufferings the Lord will send you. (4)

In the fall of the same year, the angel visited the visionaries a final time:

The angel came...bearing a golden chalice in one hand and a Host above it in the other. The amazed children noticed that drops of blood were falling from the Host into the chalice. Presently, the angel left both suspended in mid-air and prostrated himself on the ground, saying this beautiful prayer: "Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore You profoundly. I offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is offended. By the infinite merits of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [the intercession of] the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners." (5)

Sr. Lucia relates how the angel gave them Communion:

Then, rising, he took the chalice and the Host in his hand. He gave the Sacred Host to me and shared the Blood from the chalice between Jacinta and Francisco, saying as he did so:

"Take and drink the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, horribly outraged by ungrateful men! Make reparation for their crimes and console your God." (6)

Reflecting upon these messages of the angel, we see how much they contain for our spiritual instruction.


NOTES:

3. Louis Kondar, SVD, editor, Fatima in Lucia's Own Words (Fatima: Postulation Center, 1976), p.62. Distributed in the U.S.A. by the Ravengate Press, Cambridge, MA.
4. Our Lady's Peace Plan, op cit., pp.1-2.
5. Ibid., p.2 (The words in brackets are my own-added for clarification).
6. Fatima in Lucia's Own Words, op cit., pp.64-65.

   

                I have given you the gift of the priest

                You must pray for them

                Blue Book II —

     

Sufferings Will Befall You

January 19, 1994 4:45 a.m.

Jesus: ...Pray, America, pray. You will soon know My might if you continue your foolish ways. Every soul who is fixed in Me is My messenger. Go to the highways and byways and tell all: Jesus is Lord and He wants you to amend your lives. He will rock the earth and you will know His might. Time is short. Repent and pray constantly. What do I do to shake you? This earth is very insecure, here today, gone tomorrow. The only things that remain are the things of God...

end of excerpt

 

Sufferings are Golden Gems

January 20, 1994 6:00 a.m.

Jesus: My child, hold My hand and know that I am with you at this moment. You do not need the busyness of Satan. He wants to stop your book, here, in any way possible. Hold tight and pray for strength. I am He Who loves you intently. I care for everything in your life. Anything that happens will strengthen you.

Sufferings are golden gems from heaven. When your life is tested, turn to Me. I am closest in your trials. Any person who is close to Me moves full steam ahead and does not become bogged down by Satan's distractions. He is out to distract you (read the message of January l8). I need your total commitment to Me. I need you with your feet in the air and not looking back with yearning for this worldly ground. Once you are out there on a limb, it is worse to crawl back and forth. I am supporting you in everything and you must know this is not a little work but very important to My plan. I will give you the strength you need to do all I want you to do but you must come to Me constantly.

None of what you do here makes sense in the eyes of this world. No one of the world understands one thing that is happening. Do not turn your eyes to people and their explanations. Turn your eyes trustingly to Me Who needs you to perform your work selflessly and without any questions. Do your job and do not question. Your mind is being engulfed by Satan's sea of doubt.

He will try to stop you any way he can. These letters will bring many of My people back to Me. Do not worry what or how this is happening or how they will reach people. I am Jesus and I am supporting all who are involved in this endeavor. I am defending you with My arms. I am your God and I loved you to My death. See Me with My arms outstretched in love of you! Keep focusing on My Passion. There is so much gained by meditating on My Passion.

My death and Resurrection are the redemption of all mankind. Focus on Me and My love for you. It is My love that will see you through all this.

Focus on Me and My love. Think of Me at My death. Remember My agony, all the blood I shed and the Passion I walked for love of you. Child, I love you this much this day. How can you ever doubt that anything I send you is not out of deepest love for you?

Focus on Me and My love and My work here. You must get both feet off the ground and move full steam ahead. Don't look back to the ground. I need your surrender totally to Me. I need your commitment totally to Me. I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.

In the end, it will be the things of Me and all that you did for My world that goes with you. All else here is of no account.

My work is your top priority. Your prayer life alone with Me is your utmost concern. You need to be with Me in front of the tabernacle. You need time alone with Me. Satan is going to try to trip you up. Do not focus on anything but the things of Me.

I come to you with such love. I am Jesus, who died for you. I have so much to give you. I will care for all the details in your life. Let go and surrender into My hands. When you worry, when you doubt, that is from Satan. You must be absolutely sure in Me and My work here.

Spend time with Me alone. Spend so much time with Me that you do not ever miss a moment of solitude with Me. Make Spiritual Communions all day. Do not ever take your eyes from Me. You need constant union with Me. Full steam ahead, total commitment, focus on My love for you—nothing else. Say the prayer for Union with Me and let your mind be engulfed in My love. Let go of every distraction and let Me in your heart to work.

Pray to the Holy Spirit for guidance. I am your God and I am so loving. I am Jesus Christ. I am truly here!

end of January 20, 1994

         

                I call every walk of life to be united to the
                    Mass —
                    in the Morning Offering

 

                R. They conquered satan with the Blood
                    of the Lamb

                Mary crushes the head of the serpent

 

 

Lucia's vision

 

                Despite any distraction

                Pray priests will celebrate Mass not thinking
                    of problems, but so one with
                    God —
                    praying for grace for the priests, the
                        Church and the world

 

                Pray that priests will be holy
   

Excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima

by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Besides the messages associated with the major Fatima apparitions, there were other revelations given by Our Lady. Before Jacinta died, she told of other messages given her (during her illness) by Mary:

Priests must be pure, very pure. They should not busy themselves with anything except what concerns the Church and souls. The disobedience of priests, to their superiors and to the Holy Father, is very displeasing to Our Lord.

end of excerpt from The Spirituality of Fatima

       

                As members of the mystical body of Christ
                    stay united to all the Masses going
                    on around the world —
                    praying for the priests, the Church and
                        the world —

                    offering everything you do as a
                        sacrifice united to the Mass —
                        living according to the Father's
                            will in love

                Friendship —

                God wants loving friendship with Him

                As we say with St. Paul

                    It is no longer I who live, but
                        Jesus lives in me

                Intimacy with God —

                Knowing the Spousal relationship with God —

   

 A City on a Hill Shines to the World

February 23, 1994 5:30 a.m.

Jesus: I am the light of the world. A city on a hill will shine to the world. You at the Center will be this city when you are filled to the brim with the love of Jesus. What power, what might, to have each person a personal spouse of Jesus Christ! This is the light to the darkened world. The love of Jesus radiates from the very being of those who love Him. What light when all together are lifted by His love abounding deep within their breasts!

end of excerpt

    

                Oneness in the Mass

                Living as Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

   

Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus

My dear fellow Associate Members,

Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to Father Carter:

    My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.

    These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.

    I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.

    I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.

    I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.

    This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:

  1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.

  2. For the Pope.

  3. For all bishops of the world.

  4. For all priests.

  5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.

  6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, and for the spread of this movement to the world.

  7. For all members of the Catholic Church.

  8. For all members of the human family.

  9. For all souls in purgatory.

end of Apostles of the Eucharistic Heart message

    

July 31, 1994

Words of Jesus to Members
of Shepherds of Christ Associates:

    "My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.

    "I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.

    "I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."

- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)

       


    

Agony in the Garden

Luke 22: 44-45

In his anguish he prayed even more earnestly, and his sweat fell to the ground like great drops of blood. When he rose from prayer he went to the disciples and found them sleeping for sheer grief.

 

The Scourging at the Pillar

John 19: 1

Pilate then had Jesus taken away and scourged;

        

Crowning with Thorns

Matthew 27: 28-29

And they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, and having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt to him saying, 'Hail, king of the Jews!'

   

Carrying of the Cross

John 19: 17

They then took charge of Jesus, and carrying his own cross he went out to the Place of the Skull or, as it is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,

        

Crucifixion

Luke 23: 46

...‘Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.

    

Resurrection

Mark 16: 6

"But he said to them, ‘There is no need to be so amazed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: he has risen, he is not here. See, here is the place where they laid him."

     

Ascension

Mark 16: 19

And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven; there at the right hand of God he took his place,

      

Descent of the Holy Spirit

Acts 2: 4

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves. 

 

    

Assumption

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.

 

Coronation

Revelation 12: 1-2

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.

    

   

 

 

Numbers 20: 1-13

The Israelites, the whole community, arrived in the first month at the desert of Zin. The people settled at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. There was no water for the community, so they banded together against Moses and Aaron. The people laid the blame on Moses. 'We would rather have died', they said, 'as our brothers died before Yahweh! 4Why have you brought Yahweh's community into this desert, for us and our livestock to die here? Why did you lead us out of Egypt, only to bring us to this wretched place? It is a place unfit for sowing, it has no figs, no vines, no pomegranates, and there is not even water to drink!' Leaving the assembly, Moses and Aaron went to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. They threw themselves on their faces, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to them. Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said, 'Take the branch and call the community together, you and your brother Aaron. Then, in full view of them, order this rock to release its water. You will release water from the rock for them and provide drink for the community and their livestock.' Moses took up the branch from before Yahweh, as he had directed him. Moses and Aaron then called the assembly together in front of the rock. He then said to them, 'Listen now, you rebels. Shall we make water gush from this rock for you?' Moses then raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the branch; water gushed out in abundance, and the community and their livestock drank.
 
Yahweh then said to Moses and Aaron, 'Because you did not believe that I could assert my holiness before the Israelites' eyes, you will not lead this assembly into the country which I am giving them.' These were the Waters of Meribah, where the Israelites laid the blame on Yahweh and where, by their means, he asserted his holiness.
 

 

 

                            The earth has yielded its Fruit
                                God our God has blessed us
   
                            God is fair
                                you rule the nations with justice

 

  Psalm 67

May God show kindness and bless us,
and make his face shine on us. Pause
Then the earth will acknowledge your ways,
and all nations your power to save.

Let the nations praise you,
God, let all the nations praise you.

Let the nations rejoice and sing for joy,
for you judge the world with justice,
you judge the peoples with fairness,
you guide the nations on earth. Pause

Let the nations praise you, God,
let all the nations praise you.

The earth has yielded its produce;
God, our God has blessed us.
May God continue to bless us,
and be revered by the whole wide world.

        

Psalm 98: 5-9

Play to Yahweh on the harp, 
to the sound of instruments; 
to the sound of trumpet and horn, 
acclaim the presence of the King. 

Let the rivers clap their hands,
and the mountains shout for joy together,

at Yahweh’s approach, for he is coming 
to judge the earth; 
he will judge the world with saving justice 
and the nations with fairness.

 

Luke 17: 11-19

Now it happened that on the way to Jerusalem he was travelling in the borderlands of Samaria and Galilee. As he entered one of the villages, ten men suffering from a virulent skin–disease came to meet him. They stood some way off and called to him, ‘Jesus! Master! Take pity on us.’ When he saw them he said, ‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ Now as they were going away they were cleansed. Finding himself cured, one of them turned back praising God at the top of his voice and threw himself prostrate at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan. This led Jesus to say, ‘Were not all ten made clean? The other nine, where are they? It seems that no one has come back to give praise to God, except this foreigner.’ And he said to the man, ‘Stand up and go on your way. Your faith has saved you.’

   

Luke 21: 5-19

When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, he said, 'All these things you are staring at now—the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another; everything will be destroyed.' And they put to him this question, 'Master,' they said, 'when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that it is about to take place?'

But he said, 'Take care not to be deceived, because many will come using my name and saying, "I am the one" and "The time is near at hand." Refuse to join them. And when you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be terrified, for this is something that must happen first, but the end will not come at once.' Then he said to them, 'Nation will fight against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines in various places; there will be terrifying events and great signs from heaven.

But before all this happens, you will be seized and persecuted; you will be handed over to the synagogues and to imprisonment, and brought before kings and governors for the sake of my name —and that will be your opportunity to bear witness. Make up your minds not to prepare your defence, because I myself shall give you an eloquence and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death. You will be hated universally on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your perseverance will win you your lives.

 

Ezekiel 34: 11-12, 15-17

    “For the Lord Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it. As a shepherd looks after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of clouds and darkness.

I myself shall pasture my sheep, I myself shall give them rest–declares the Lord Yahweh. I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them."

    "As for you, my sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep, between rams and he-goats.

   

Malachi 3: 19-20

    ‘For look, the Day is coming, glowing like a furnace. All the proud and all the evil–doers will be the stubble, and the Day, when it comes, will set them ablaze, says Yahweh Sabaoth, leaving them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear my name, the Sun of justice will rise with healing in his rays, and you will come out leaping like calves from the stall, 

   

                Humility

                Gratitude

                Joy

                Humility — What we have, has been given
                    to us — Our existence is something
                    we received — the kind of parents
                    we had —
                    all these things are given to us
                    all of these gifts our blessings are given
                        to us — not because we
                        earned them

                Gratitude — A person that has been given
                    gifts is to be grateful
                    thanking God

                Joy —

                A study was done —

                    What truth is in this?

                    3 groups

  

Group 1

focus on everything
that made them mad

Group 2

focus on just ordinary
things they did

Group 3

focus on the things that
made them happy

           
                Those people who were grateful
                    had fewer health problems
                    they were happy

                Be thankful

                St. Paul says to the Colossians

                    Dedicate yourselves to thankfulness —
                    It doesn't just come
                    Must work at it

    

Colossians 3: 12-17

    As the chosen of God, then, the holy people whom he loves, you are to be clothed in heartfelt compassion, in generosity and humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another; forgive each other if one of you has a complaint against another. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same. Over all these clothes, put on love, the perfect bond. And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it is for this that you were called together in one body. Always be thankful.

    Let the Word of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God; and whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him.

 

                Fr. Joe says —

                    people who are depressed —
                    just always dragged down —
                    unhappy people —
                    many are always looking at what's wrong —

                    the word "Eucharist" means — "giving thanks" —
                    the Church intends us to be grateful

                        ACTS

                        A    adoration
                        C    contrition
                        T    thanksgiving
                        S    supplication

                Waitresses who wrote Thank you on
                    the check received 11% more
                    in tips

                Thank God for all we have
                Thank God for how we have been blessed —

                You are about as happy as you make
                    yourself

                Humility is the opposite of the pride —
                    like the pride of Eve

                Mary was humble

                Eve wanted to be equal to God and we
                    are all punished because of Eve

                The mission of the Shepherds of Christ is to teach
                    people to be intimate with God
                    So God lives in us in such a powerful
                        way and
                    We are lights in this world
                    Not selfish

                Jesus died on the cross — He gave His all —
                    The selfish person stands and wants
                        others to serve Him
                    God served us —

                Jesus died, Jesus took flesh —
                    Jesus is the suffering servant —

                Our lives are to be lived in
                    supplication

                Admitting our sins and asking for forgiveness
                    with a contrite heart to not
                    sin again

                The connection is in the heart —

                A heart filled with pain that acts out
                    that pain on others and blames others
                    for their pain inside of themselves

                    missing the purpose of our life
                    to give honor and glory to God —
                    to praise God —
                    to grow more in the image of God
                    God is love

                Man is enslaved to satan when he
                    is willful.

                    A man hurting others on purpose rather than
                        loving is missing the point
                        of why we are here —

                To be rooted in the vine
                To be as branches
                To bear fruit
                To obey God
                To obey the commandments
                To be changed from our impure
                    lives to pure lives
                In loving God and others

 

                This vision

 

Excerpt from January 21, 2008

                    When Jesus appeared to me in the mural
                over the altar in China — light was on
                Him — like a bolt of lightening coming
                down

                First I saw this light as if it came
                    upon Him, His whole body shown
                    lighted — so brightly, but it was
                    as if a light came as a beam from
                    the direction shown — from
                    above

                LIGHT, LIGHT, LIGHT

                Jesus spoke through me then —

                Then the blackest, black around
                    the left arch particularly the
                    left side

end of excerpt from January 21, 2008

    

                Renewal

                Contrition

                Conversion dying to self
                                        living a deeper life of resurrection in Jesus

           

           

   

Genesis 1: 26-27

     God said, ‘Let us make man in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild animals and all the creatures that creep along the ground.’

    God created man in the image of himself,
    in the image of God he created him,
    male and female he created them.

    

                Lord let our lives be an offering —
                    a sacrifice as we unite to the Masses going
                    on around the world
                    living in the Father's will in love
                                   
                Father we adore You
                Father we worship You
                Father we love You

    

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. 

   

                Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world 
                    have mercy on us."
                Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
                    have mercy on us."
                Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world
                    grant us peace."

  

   

Matthew 25: 31-46

‘When the Son of man comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on his throne of glory. All nations will be assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the shepherd separates sheep from goats. He will place the sheep on his right hand and the goats on his left. Then the King will say to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you made me welcome, lacking clothes and you clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me." Then the upright will say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you? When did we find you sick or in prison and go to see you?" And the King will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me." Then he will say to those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink, I was a stranger and you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and in prison and you never visited me." Then it will be their turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?" Then he will answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the least of these, you neglected to do it to me." And they will go away to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.’

    

                Jesus: I give you a sharing in My life

  

John 6: 53-58

In all truth I tell you,
if you do not eat
   the flesh of the Son of man
and drink his blood,
you have no life in you.
Anyone who does eat my flesh
   and drink my blood
has eternal life,
and I shall raise that person up
   on the last day.
For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
Whoever eats my flesh
   and drinks my blood
lives in me
and I live in that person.
As the living Father sent me
and I draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me
   will also draw life from me.
This is the bread
   which has come down from heaven;
it is not like the bread our ancestors ate:
they are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread
   will live for ever.

  

 What is life?
 
Life is in Me —
 
I outpour My life, My grace to you in
    the Eucharist —
 
If you are filled with pain and punishing
    others — you are clogged —
    clogged with sin — you must admit
    your faults and be healed
    if you want to please God.
       

 

 

 

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