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Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

December 15th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 6 Period I.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for December 15th are Glorious.

Prayer for Grace for 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 old president as he leaves office and our new president as he takes office.

Message from Jesus and Mary
Come to Florida!
December 17, 2016
20th Anniversary of Mary

Given December 13, 2016

                R. When one knows God then there is not that
                fear of time. Why would we fear anything
                if we really have given ourselves to God.
                We know God is true to His promises,
                so we know God wants us with Him in
                heaven forever and He wants us to live
                united to Him while we are here on
                this earth.

                    And yet God calls us to the
                difficult and to that which is
                immensely joy in loving others.
                But there is always that element
                of mystery in our lives, the
                unknown because we do not know
                it all, but we know God is true
                to His word.

                    For we live here in time, but we
                know God has planned for us forever
                the timeless. We know God wants us
                with Him forever in eternity – even
                though now I operate here in time.

                    We are called to operate in holiness,
                to grow in holiness and then to
                receive a reward for all eternity
                in the hands of the Lord.

We are to believe in Him and His
promise to us.

Song: The Cry of the Poor

Song: A Voice Cries Out

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus –

Sing: A Song from Jesus

Jesus is our Savior –

With Him – why should we fear –

Sing: I Am a God of Justice

Isaiah 45: 6-8, 18, 21-25

so that it may be known from east to west
that there is no one except me.
I am Yahweh, and there is no other,
I form the light and I create the darkness,
I make well–being, and I create disaster,
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

Rain down, you heavens, from above,
and let the clouds pour down
    saving justice,
let the earth open up
    and blossom with salvation,
and let justice sprout with it;
I, Yahweh, have created it!

For thus says Yahweh,
    the Creator of the heavens —
he is God, who shaped the earth
    and made it,
who set it firm;
he did not create it to be chaos,
he formed it to be lived in:
I am Yahweh, and there is no other.

Speak up, present your case,
let them put their heads together!
Who foretold this in the past,
who revealed it long ago?
Was it not I, Yahweh?
There is no other god except me,
no saving God, no Saviour except me!
Turn to me and you will be saved,
all you ends of the earth,
for I am God, and there is no other.
By my own self I swear it;
what comes from my mouth
    is saving justice,
it is an irrevocable word:
All shall bend the knee to me,
by me every tongue shall swear,
saying, ‘In Yahweh alone
are saving justice and strength,’
until all those who used to rage at him
come to him in shame.
In Yahweh the whole race of Israel
finds justice and glory.

Song: Lord Let Us See Your Kindness

                R. Jesus cured the blind, the cripples walk,
                lepers are cured, the deaf hear,
                the dead men raised and the
                message of God preached. (Luke 7:23)

WE NEED GOD –

Reference Isaiah 54: 1-10

John the Baptist is our Advent Guide

We prepare our hearts – a stable
for the Lord on Christmas –

Feast of Love –

Feast of Obedience to God –

Feast to know God keeps His promises –

Jesus brings the timeless to our
earth –

The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary
sacramentally made present.

                We smooth in the rough ways
                    of our hearts to prepare
                    a path for our beloved God.

Reference: Isaiah 56: 1-3, 6-8

                We see the Feasts of Mary in Advent
                    The Immaculate Conception
                    Our Lady of Guadalupe
                    Mary is our model.

When we go to Mary's Immaculate Heart
she takes us to the Heart of Jesus.

Now is a time to prepare our
hearts.

Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock.

Sing: Save Us Oh Lord

R: Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace forever.

In his days shall justice flourish,
and great peace till the moon is no more. Isaiah 72: 7

Reference: Isaiah 72: 3-4, 7-8, 17

R. Jesus came from the House of David –

                Fr. Carter died and was buried
                    in the period of
                    O Antiphons

                Come Wisdom of our God Most High!
                Christ is Divine Wisdom.
                Christ guides Creation.

2nd O Antiphon –

Reference Jeremiah 23: 5-8

                Come Leader of Ancient Israel
                    giver of the Law of Moses on Sinai
                    rescue us with your mighty power.

Sing: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Emmanuel means God is with us.

Moses saw the burning bush.

The Lord delivered the Hebrews
from Egyptian bondage.

The people received a Covenant

Redeem us Lord

We see the Annunciation of Samson
We see the Annunciation of Christ

3rd O Antiphon

                Come Flower of Jesse's stem,
                sign of God's love for all his people
                save us without delay.

Jesus came from the House of David –

Mary is our model.

4th O Antiphon

                Come Key of David
                opening the gates of God's eternal Kingdom
                free the prisoners of darkness.

                Key of David
                A person with keys has authority.
                Let the Captives go
                Unlock the doors of
                    those in Religious Darkness.

Reference Song of Songs: 2: 8-14

Song: Sing a New Song

5th O Antiphon

                Come Radiant Dawn,
                splendor of eternal light, sun of justice;
                shine on those lost in
                the darkness of death!

Mary is Mother of Our Lord

                This is the shortest day of the
                    earth when earth is
                    fartherest north from the
                    sun –

The earth needs LIGHT,
LOVE, PEACE and JOY.

We need to be holy and just

Cast out the Darkness of Sin.

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.

R. 6th O Antiphon

                Come, King of all nations,
                source of your Church's unity and faith;
                save all mankind,
                    your own creation.

Priestly Newsletter Book II - September/October 1997

Scriptural Reflections

In all this Mary offers an example. Selfishness was totally foreign to her. She did not belong to herself. She belonged to God. She was not closed in upon herself. She was completely open to God. When God spoke, she listened. When God pointed the way, she followed. She realized that life is not a process a person masters by carefully mapping out one's own self-conceived plans of conquest, but a mystery to be gradually experienced by being open to God's personal and loving guidance.

Selfishness, then, did not close Mary off from God's call. Neither did fear. God asked her to assume a tremendous responsibility. He asked her to be the Mother of Jesus. Mary did not engage in a process of false humility and say that such a great role was above her. She did not say that she did not have the proper qualifications for this awesome mission. Briefly, she did not waste time looking at herself, making pleas that she was not worthy, telling the angel he had better go look for someone else. No, Mary did not look at herself. Her gaze was absorbed in God. She fully realized that whatever God asked of her, His grace would accomplish. She fully realized that although she herself had to cooperate, this work was much more God's than hers.

Mary's words, then, truly sum up what is the authentic Christian response at any point of life, in any kind of situation: "I am the handmaid of the Lord," said Mary, "let what you have said be done to me".

R. Now we stretch out from Hebrews
to Nations!

We want Christ, Our King of
all Nations –

Christ is the unity of the Church

Jesus is peace-maker –

UNITY

                The Church is
                    ONE, Holy, Catholic
                    Apostolic

Last of prophets Malachi

Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24

'Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way, says Yahweh Sabaoth. Who will be able to resist the day of his coming? Who will remain standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like fullers' alkali. He will take his seat as refiner and purifier; he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they can make the offering to Yahweh with uprightness. The offering of Judah and Jerusalem will then be acceptable to Yahweh as in former days, as in the years of old.

'Look, I shall send you the prophet Elijah before the great and awesome Day of Yahweh comes. He will reconcile parents to their children and children to their parents, to forestall my putting the country under the curse of destruction.'

R. Last O Antiphon

                Come Emmanuel
                God's presence is among us, our King, our Judge;
                Save us, Lord our God.

Sing: O Come, O Come Emmanuel

"Tomorrow I shall be"

God is with us!

Jesus is King of Peace

Are our hearts ready for Him?

^{^{Given

October 29, 2016



R.
Please spread blessed holy water

(You can also mix Jesus and Mary water

with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)

in your yard, around your house,

in the state you live in.


    And ask God to bless your state


Ask God to bless the United States

Pray all prayers through the intercession of

Our Lady of CLEAR – WATER.

Ask the Lady of CLEAR - WATER

to help with the blessed water.

Mary has appeared to me for 22 years,

in Ohio and Florida.}}

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