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December 13, 2024
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December 14th Holy Spirit Novena |
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and our Country
Dear Father united to Jesus in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Sacrifice of Calvary sacramentally made present, celebrated around the world, in the Holy Spirit. We offer up all we do united to the Mass. We unite in one mind and one heart as members of the mystical body of Christ, with Christ our head in the pure and holy Hearts of Jesus and Mary, through the powerful intercession of Mary with all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory, and we beg for the saving grace, for our country, the United States. Please help us. We further pray for unity to always do the will of God in love. We spread the Blood of Jesus on the leaders and people of the United States and cast the devil into hell. We consecrate our country to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and all our dioceses, and beg for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God help us. We pray for our families, the priests, the Church and the world. In the Name of Jesus please hear us, we pray. We pray for our president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
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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My Joy is Upon You
Jesus: Yes, My child, I am with you and I won’t go away. I love you very much and I want to be close to you. Write My words exactly as I say them. I am Jesus and I love you so much. You know Me in your heart. My love is alive and it is inside of you. Hold on to how much love I have for you. I love you and I am God – What more could you want. Others are sad and sick and tired; they are still My beautiful children but they are not perfect. You must love them for Me. Show everyone My love. That is your job: a smile, a look, a recognition that they are of value. Each person is so valuable to Me. I love them all so much – even in their darkness. I am deeply loving their hearts.
In your suffering I am there loving you. You are not alone – I am with you, My child. When you are down My hand is ever upon you and I am with you at the darkest hour. Life is so simple – you are making it confusing. Live and enjoy its fruits. My heart is spreading joy and love to you. Don’t give into sad or angry feelings; focus on My love, My direction, My being in every moment of your life. I am there when you are bowed down. I am there in your car at the moment of an awaiting wreck. I catch you lest you stumble and fall and I am your comfort, your love, your peace, your strength. I am alive. I dwell inside of you. You never, ever, walk alone. I am with you every step of your path. I come to you and I stay with you; know I am there with you. Let Go - Enjoy - I am doing the driving. Do My will. You are powered by Me and I have important work for you to do. I will take care of you as a mother for her child. I am your God and I am with you and I truly love you. That is what you need to know – to bring such joy to your heart, I will take care of the details. Love, live and smile, for My joy is upon you now. I am standing by your side. Do you feel Me there? Concentrate, for I am here; I am here. I love you, child.
Faith is the answer. You must have faith. Walk in the truth. I am in you and dwell in you. FAITH - feel My presence, My child.
R. I give you my face, my Lord to smile your smiles and give you glances of love. I give you my hands and my heart to touch the lives of others. I give you my feet to walk your ways.
Jesus: I want to use you, My child, to do My work on this earth. I want to love with your heart and smile with your face. You are precious to Me and I clothe you with dignity and honor. I see you as precious. I am your God and I love you. Breathe in the richness of Jesus Christ. Breathe out all that is not of Me – breathe in Jesus, out worldliness; in love, out fear.
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December 13, 2024
R. Freedom of spirit - Doing what the Father
wants of us.
Peace - living even in suffering doing the
Father’s will in love.
Praying deeply united to Father, Son and
Holy Spirit in us.
Deeply praying united to the Mass - all day
through the powerful intercession of Mary
for the priests, the Church and the world
and our needs.
Living the mystery of Christ in our lives,
Jesus' life, death and resurrection.
5 Blasphemies against Mary and how the
Litany to Mary honors Mary. (her Immaculate
Conception, her Virginity, her Motherhood,
destorying images of the Virgin Mary, and
teaching children not to honor their spiritual
Mother Mary.)
Love, real love is heartfelt devotion -
really loving Jesus in a personal union.
Mary is a Virgin, spouse of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus came a baby, approachable, we need
to be humble and docile.
Magnificat
"He casts down mighty from their thrones
and lifts up the lowly."
"The Mighty one has done great things to me."
Music to:
Holy is His Name.
Mary has powerful intercession.
She was still down on earth with the
Apostles and praying after Jesus died.
Mary prayed with the Apostles in the
upper room after the Ascension.
The Holy Spirit appeared to Mary and
the Apostles in tongues of fire.
Mary is the highest human person.
Think of how important it is to please
our Heavenly Father.
Being one with Jesus.
God must be first.
We are creatures, God is Creator.
"My soul doth magnify the Lord."
Mary kept her focus on Jesus.
Where are all the nuns and priests praying
before the Blessed Sacrament?
Mary, teach us to pray.
Confirmation, soldiers of Christ.
What solder fights like a baby?
Can we have a strong Church built on babies?
Unless the messages of Jesus’ on-fire love
are circulated in the Church, the bloodshed
will continue.
Luke 12: 49-50'I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and what constraint I am under until it is completed!
R. We can close ourselves and not receive
the love God gives.
2 roads
Life and death, blessing or curse
10 virgins
2 thieves"Lord, Lord" Matthew 7
Who is my mother? Matthew 12
I can be beat up outside, (exterior) but
interior life on-fire in love.
Like Jesus at the pillar.
Rose blood writing November 30th.
R. God please give me the grace I need most.
The body exists, for the soul.
Can you imagine how powerful God‘s grace
is working for us?
Pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit,
also the fruits.The fruits of the Holy Spirit are
charity, joy, peace, patience,
benignity (kindness), goodness,
long-suffering, mildness, faith,
modesty, continency, and chastityTrust in God.
For the beauty of the Earth, in awe!!!!
God loves me !!!!
Love is giving and receiving.
I must learn how to receive love.
God‘s plan is beyond our comprehension.
The Good Shepherd, they hear His voice
and follow Him.
In the arms of Divine love
Our goal is heaven.
Prayer purifies and unites.
When I love God, I love God, others, myself.1 Corinthians 2: 10-12
to us, though, God has given revelation through the Spirit, for the Spirit explores the depths of everything, even the depths of God. After all, is there anyone who knows the qualities of anyone except his own spirit, within him; and in the same way, nobody knows the qualities of God except the Spirit of God. Now, the Spirit we have received is not the spirit of the world but God's own Spirit, so that we may understand the lavish gifts God has given us.
R. Mary is our spiritual Mother.
We need peace of spirit. John 14:17
Dying to the selfish will to live the life of
Resurrection.
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.
July 29, 2024
R. Dear Mary,
My Mother, I love you so much.
Please take care of my needs in my family.
Ask your precious Son Jesus to help me
and my family.
You are the Mother of Jesus. You cared
so lovingly for Him in your life on earth.
You are His most perfect disciple.
Oh Mary, I love you so much, you are my
spiritual Mother.
There are many of my friends I ask you
to pray for, too.
I know your powerful intercession from
the wedding of Cana.
You stood beneath the cross on Calvary,
after you endured the bitter treatment of
your precious Son Jesus.
Oh Mary, you know so well the trials and
pains of life. Help me now, I turn to your
powerful intercession.
You stand by the altar at Mass and intercede
for Grace for us all day long, please never
abandon me, your little child.
Oh Mary I love you so, so much.
Oh Mary you are the Queen of Peace, please
help us in peace in the world, the Churchs,
the family, the work place for all your little
children of the world.
We need your help for peace now, hear our
pleas as we turn to your powerful intercession.
We pray especially for our beloved priests,
Oh Mother of the Eucharist we turn to you.
Amen.
God is love, please take us to your Immaculate
Heart of love and place us in the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, there to know the riches of God's love.
Amen. Alleluia
May 17, 2024
Prayer for procedures of the sick -
St Rita’s Feast - May 22
Dear Saint Rita,
My loved one is very sick.
You suffered much in your family, but your
faith comforted you through your life.
Please intercede for me for procedures soon
with my Husband (wife) and help my children
and family, with suffering the sickness of their
dad (mom).
Dear Mary, My heavenly Mother,
I give you my heart, and place the hearts of
my family in your Immaculate Heart,
please take us to the Heart of our beloved
Savior, Jesus, you, my heavenly mother had
such power of intercession at the Marriage of
Cana, you stood beneath the cross of Jesus on
Calvary, please intercede for us, now.
Please Place my family in your loving care in
your Immaculate Heart and take us to the
Heart of Your Son Jesus.
St. Joseph, Foster Father of the child Jesus,
we pray for a peaceful holy death for all of us,
when it comes.
Mary who promised to take care of our
children if we help you with yours, please
intercede, now, for these intensions for our
family, we pray for the priests, the Church
and the world, Mary’s children.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my
trust in Thee.
Hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, we are your little children
in need of Your help.
We pray United to the Mass, to You, Father,
in the name of Jesus in the Holy Spirit,
through the intercession of Our Lady, with
all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory.
Amen.
November 2, 2024
Glorious Mysteries
The Resurrection
1. Luke 24: 1-12
On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, they went to the tomb with the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, but on entering they could not find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled about this, two men in brilliant clothes suddenly appeared at their side. Terrified, the women bowed their heads to the ground. But the two said to them, ‘Why look among the dead for someone who is alive? He is not here; he has risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee: that the Son of man was destined to be handed over into the power of sinful men and be crucified, and rise again on the third day.’ And they remembered his words.
And they returned from the tomb and told all this to the Eleven and to all the others. The women were Mary of Magdala, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. And the other women with them also told the apostles, but this story of theirs seemed pure nonsense, and they did not believe them.
Peter, however, went off to the tomb, running. He bent down and looked in and saw the linen cloths but nothing else; he then went back home, amazed at what had happened.
2. Sing: Glory, Glory, Glory Lord
3. Jesus rose as He foretold.
4. Jesus came forth from the tomb.
5. What joy for the Apostles.
6. Jesus’ wounds were glorified.
7. Jesus came in magnificent light.
8. We were created in love by God the Father.
9. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
10. Sing: I Am the Bread of Life
The Ascension
1. Acts 1: 6-9
Now having met together, they asked him, 'Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth's remotest end.'
As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight.
2. Jesus ascended into heaven.
3. Jesus went to prepare a place for us.
4. In Baptism we receive a sharing in Divine life.
5. We live the life, death, and resurrection of
Jesus in our lives.
6. God has a plan for our lives.
7. God’s Plan for our lives is uncomplicated.
8. We live the Pascal Mystery of Death /
Resurrection.
9. The world belongs to Christ.
10. We should feel at home in the world.
The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the
Apostles.
1. Acts 2: 1-4
When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.
2. The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles
in
tongues of fire.
3. Sing: Come Holy Ghost
4. The Holy Spirit’s presence was miraculously
manifested through the appearance of tongues
of fire.
5. From the Holy Spirit Novena
Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts
Come Holy Spirit, come, come into our hearts, inflame all people with the fire of Your love.
Leader: Send forth Your Spirit and all will be reborn.
All: And You will renew the face of the earth.
We pray for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, we ask for perfection in our souls to make us holy, holy souls likened to God.
Dear Holy Spirit, we give ourselves to You soul and body. We ask You to give us the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord.
6. The Holy Spirit is present to mold us
more and
more in the image of Jesus.
7. The Holy Spirit helps us to be vibrant and alive.
8. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.
9. Do we remain closed to the Spirit out of fear?
10. Open wide your hearts to God: Father, Son
and Holy Spirit.
The Assumption
1. Mary was taken body and soul into heaven.
2. Mary is our spiritual Mother.
3. Mary takes us to Jesus.
4. When Jesus was dying on the cross, He
gave us His Mother.
5. God has a Plan for our lives.
6. God created us, He is Creator, we are creatures.
7. From Tell
My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
The Riches of the Immaculate Heart
Prayer: Mary, draw me each day more deeply within your Heart, so that each day you can place me more deeply within Jesus’ Heart!
8. Mary: “My beloved priest-son, how
often I have pressed you to my maternal and Immaculate Heart in the
greatest love! How often I allow you to taste the sweetness of this
Heart. How often I make you aware that my Heart is your refuge where you
feel so much loved, where you feel so secure, where you feel bathed in
peace! I desire that you tell all the people about the riches contained
in my Immaculate Heart. Tell my people to come to my Heart each day. I
will caress them with my maternal love. I will lead them ever closer to
the Sacred Heart of my Son. I will tell them to listen to Jesus. I will
remind them that He is their Lord and Master. I will remind them to do
whatever He tells them to do.
“Yes, my dearly beloved son, tell my people all these things. Keep
reminding them of my great love for them. Keep reminding them how I love
to draw them to my maternal and Immaculate Heart!”
9. Sing: Immaculate Mary
10. Reflection: Is there anyone who, listening to these words of
Mary, does not long for a closer union with the loving Heart of our
Mother?
The Queenship of Mary
1. 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.
2. From Tell My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
Children of Mary
Mary: “My beloved priest-son, how often I have embraced you! How often I have told you how much I love you! How often, at your request, I have held you in my arms as my child. You have told me you realize how helpless you are of yourself, but how strong and secure you feel dwelling in my heart and Jesus’ Heart. Your sense of your littleness and helplessness endears you to me all the more. I take you ever more securely to my maternal and Immaculate Heart. Tell all my people of the riches you have found within my heart. Tell them how I place you within my Son’s Heart. Tell them that, because of my motherly action, you are now more closely united with Jesus than ever before. Tell my people to come to my heart and draw forth similar riches. Tell all my little ones that Jesus, Who is Lord and Master, bids me to lead all to His Sacred Heart. The more my little ones dwell within my Immaculate Heart, the more I place them within Jesus’ Heart. Oh, how I love all my little ones! How I love to bring them to the Heart of Jesus!”
3. Reflection: Again, let us remind ourselves that we live in the Age of the Two Hearts. The Hearts of Jesus and Mary are inseparable. The more we dwell in Mary’s heart, the more she places us within Jesus’ Heart. Within these Two Hearts, the Holy Spirit fashions us more and more in the likeness of Christ, and the more we become like Christ, the more closely He unites us to the Father.
4. Prayer: Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, we place our trust in You.
5. From Tell
My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
Mary, Model and Teacher of Love
Mary: “My beloved priest-son, I have led you to greatly increase your prayers and sacrifices for others. I have often reminded you of my teaching at Fatima—that many souls go to Hell because they have no one to pray and make sacrifices for them. My Immaculate Heart longs that all my little ones be saved. Tell my little ones that they must love their neighbor through prayer, sacrifices, and other ways, too. All should learn from me. My Heart is symbol, not only of my great love for God, but also of my tender love for all my little ones. Imitate my love for God and all my children. If you love Jesus and me, this means you also love all of God’s children. Jesus died for all. You cannot exclude anyone from your love.
“My Heart is the perfect imitator of the Heart of my Son. I will teach you how to love the Father and all mankind after the example of Jesus. All my little ones, I long for you to come to my Heart so I can teach you the ways of love! I love you so much! Come to my Immaculate Heart. Pressed against my Heart, I will hold you in my arms. I will clothe you with my motherly and protective mantle. As I hold you close to my Heart, I will teach you the ways of love!”
6. Reflection: In the above message, our dear mother tenderly reminds us that the following of Jesus is summed up in love of God and neighbor.
7. Prayer: Mary, in your great love for us, teach us the ways of love. Help us to surrender more and more to your Immaculate Heart, so that you can lead us to an ever closer union with the Heart of Jesus, the source of our being able to love.
8. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10
but he has answered me, 'My grace is enough for you: for power is at full stretch in weakness.' It is, then, about my weaknesses that I am happiest of all to boast, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me; and that is why I am glad of weaknesses, insults, constraints, persecutions and distress for Christ's sake. For it is when I am weak that I am strong.
9. Sing: Hail Holy Queen
10. From Tell
My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.
Mary as Our Mediatrix
Mary: “My beloved priest-son, I have given you a profound conviction of how necessary it is to realize I am your motherly mediatrix with Jesus. I have been appointed by the Triune God. Constantly remind all my little ones of this great truth! The more my little ones give themselves to my maternal and Immaculate Heart, the more I bring them to the Heart of Jesus!”
Reflection: Some mistakenly think that Mary “gets in the way” of their relationship with Jesus. How far from the truth is this erroneous attitude. Mary’s role in oursalvation has been willed by God. Enough said!
Prayer: Lord, give us a deeper realization of Mary’s motherly mediation. In Your great love for us, You gave Mary to us as our mother as You hung upon the cross. Give us the grace to entrust ourselves to Mary’s maternal love every day, all day. We ask You to take this petition to Your Heavenly Father in the Holy Spirit.
