Mary: My dear children, I give
to you my Son Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn'.
He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.
I appear to you, my children,
on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you
know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for
your money. Your money is your god.
I am Mary, your Mother. I do
not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to
circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it
to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate
my Rosary Book.
R. John the Baptist tells us to
prepare, but teaches us how
we are to be, we are to
spread the Good News.
We are told if we do what
God wants, our reward will
be great in heaven –
If we do our own will and disobey
God we will be punished –
God is teaching us and we
must listen.
The devil tells people to think
they know it all – and not to
listen to the teachings God
puts before them.
The devil then instructs in
chaos, confusion, independence
and misery. As people give into
satan they can be impudent
and pompous – making their own
misery through rebellion –
a lawless nation – fighting
what God is telling us.
John the Baptist answers
the call of God by going
out and teaching – preaching
repentance, showing us how
to commit and be apostles
of Jesus.
Given December
10, 2016
R. The cross shows us fulfillment
of Christ to the Father's will.
The Son of God mounted the cross
and willingly gave His all in
such love to do the Father's will.
Doing the Father's will He shows
us His love for His Father –
love for His Father's will. He
mounted the cross giving great
glory to His Father.
Actions can be performed but
how are they performed. A person
can do something and be so mad
when they do it or they can give
themselves with all their heart,
all their heart to do God's will.
Attitude, being, surrender,
serving.
Fr. Joe said that the word
Handmaid of the Lord, in
Greek can be interpreted
Slave of the Lord. Mary
was indeed the 'slave' of God.
She gave all her love to the
Father's will. We see Eve who
was jealous and wanted power,
full of envy of God's power – who
disobeyed the Father's will
to serve satan because she
wanted power – she wanted
to be equal to God.
So we see 2 pillars, Mary's
Immaculate Conception on December 8th –
remembering Mary is pure gift – Mary is the
only human person created
sinless by God the Father from
the moment of conception –
We see the Feast of Our Lady
of Guadalupe December 12th. In this I
see Mary – she is our Mother –
she is Jesus' Mother – she is
shown with roses.
When my first mother died when
I was five, I went to the funeral
parlor and it reeked of roses. My
whole life, that smell reminded
me of the funeral parlor and my
mom in the casket. Every time
I smelled roses, I felt sick inside
and I didn't like it.
When I was 48, it was
the age my mother died of cancer,
I smelled the gift of Our Lady
in the gift of roses.
Mary truly is my Mother
and she has appeared to me
now for 22 years. Mary has
shown herself to me in such
beauty and light and tenderness
far beyond anything I can use
to express what I know and saw
in apparitions and messages from
Mary.
Mary is Mother, Mary is
pure gift – Mary is perfect
Mother to us. God the Father,
perfect Father to us – who
created us – who loved us
into existence – who made
us uniquely so very special –
the ideal self to serve Him
and help in the work of redemption.
The Father made us. He is my
Father and I am His little child.
Knowing my Father and His
Power and His love – helps heal
any problems I have from my
earthly father and helps me to
love my earthly father deeply
because I want him embraced
in love in my heavenly Father's
arms for all eternity. It doesn't
matter how my earthly father
was in imperfections, I see him
as my heavenly Father wants me
to love and see him now – I support
those I love and want God's will
for them. I believe my mother
is in heaven with God now
enjoying the heavenly reward
and I believe my earthly father
is close and I keep praying for him
and loving him as the heavenly
Father wants me to do – lives
in me and helps me with
my relationships – God
guides me in relationships –
all relationships I want
God's will for me –
The guidance of the Holy Spirit to
see reality as it really is. To
see the ideal self God wants
of me – of others – what is
His plan for the salvation of
souls. How am I to help in
the work of redemption –
Relationships of those who
have passed, relationships of
the saints, angels, souls
in purgatory are guided by
the Holy Spirit – we are led
in love to embrace the plan
of God the Father and live
according to His plan for us
in helping in the work of
redemption –
Our Lady of Guadalupe
bringing forth children
reminds me of how I
need her powerful intercession
in my prayers to do this and
seeing her appear over and over
again with her praying
with us in Clearwater,
I know this whether others see
her or believe it or not. Mary
appears in Clearwater to me
and I see her as she prays
with us.
Excerpt from Response in Christ
by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.
e) Relationship with Members of the Church
There
is but one true Church of Christ. Yet this one Church has three different
states of existence. There is the pilgrim Church, the Church of this world,
composed of members who have received the grace of Christ and strive for its
development. They have not yet obtained the goal of their efforts, as have
the members of the heavenly Church, who enjoy God in eternal happiness. The
Church suffering is an intermediate state of existence necessary for those
who had not achieved the required purification as members of the pilgrim
Church. Although there are these three phases of the Church’s existence,
there is a profound union existing between all the members. All these
members possess the same basic life of grace in Christ, and this common life
establishes the most intimate bonds of love. In our preceding chapter, we
discussed the pilgrim Church. Let us now consider the Church suffering and
the heavenly Church.
The
members of the Church suffering are those who have departed from this life
in an incomplete state of Christian development. Their development is
incomplete in the sense that grace has not fully taken possession of them,
and, as a result, they are yet closed in upon themselves to a greater or
lesser degree. They as yet cannot open themselves out in complete love to
the Triune God in the beatific vision. They must undergo a further
purification, a purification which could have been achieved upon earth with
merit. Now the purification must be achieved with no merit attached. The
pain of this purification is mixed with the certain expectation of achieving
the vision of God. We can hasten the advent of this vision for this people
by the offering of prayers and other good works. Scripture itself refers to
our action on behalf of those in purgatory in Chapter 12 of the Second Book
of Maccabees beginning with verse 38.
The
members of the heavenly Church are those in whom the life of grace has taken
full possession and has reached its completion in the life of glory. Faith
now is unnecessary, as the light of glory gives the human intellect a new
strength and capacity for seeing God face-to-face. While the Christian was a
wayfarer, he received the imprint of the indwelling Trinity as he shared in
God’s own life. Now in heaven that grace-life and possession of God
reaches its completion—the absolute completion is not achieved, however,
until the resurrection of the body. The divine persons give Themselves to
the beatified in a profound union far surpassing that of the indwelling of
the Trinity experienced here below.
This
life of heaven is still the Christ-life, for just as we possess a share in
Trinitarian life here below as mediated by Christ, and exercise this
grace-life as structured by Him, so also in heaven is the mediation of
Christ present. In the words of Rahner, "One always sees the Father
through Jesus. Just as immediately as this, for the directness of the vision
of God is not a denial of the mediatorship of Christ as man."14
And not only does the humanity of Christ unite the blessed to
God, but also, in some way, to the whole of creation. This is merely a
completion of what is begun here below, namely, the union with Christ in His
humanity establishing the Christian in a special relationship with God, with
other men, and with the whole of creation. We have a glimpse, therefore, of
the fullness of life which members of the heavenly Church possess.
The
heavenly Church, as St. Thomas says, is the true Church.15
The Church of this earth and the Church of purgatory are,
each in its own way, reaching out in loving hope for the heavenly Jerusalem.
Vatican II puts it very simply: "The Church, to which we are called in
Christ Jesus, and in which we acquire sanctity through the grace of God,
will attain her full perfection only in the glory of heaven."16
The
members of the heavenly Church can help us in living our life of grace until
we too share its fullness with them. Their power of intercession on our
behalf is but another ramification of the communal aspect of Christianity.
We are meant to help others grow in Christ. We, in turn, are intended by God
to receive aid from others—yes, from members of the heavenly Church, as
well as from those with whom we dwell here below.
Not
only can we be aided by the saints’ intercession, but the example of the
canonized saints can also be of great value to us. They have concretely
proved that full holiness is possible. Such an inspiration is of real worth
when we are tempted to think that Christian sanctity in its higher degrees
is impossible of attainment. Moreover, the canonized saints, in their
diversity, teach us that there are many authentic versions of Christian
holiness. They can be innovators in showing us that there are numerous
possibilities in assimilating the mystery of Christ, although the basic
assimilation remains the same for all Christians of all times. In the
opinion of Rahner this is one of the chief roles the canonized saints exert
in the life of the Church.17
NOTES:
14Karl Rahner,
Theological Investigations, Vol. III (Baltimore: Helicon, 1967), p. 44.
15 Cf. St. Thomas Aquinas, In Ad Ephes., c. 3, Lect. 3.
16Second Vatican Council, Constitution on the Church, No.
48.
17Cf. Karl Rahner, Op. cit., pp. 100-101.
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.
R. Relationships of our lives
need healing. It isn't
like we see only people
on earth. Those that have passed
if they are in purgatory we are
praying for them. Our mothers
and fathers, sisters, brothers,
good friends are still in
our hearts, in our past,
they are hopefully
in heaven or purgatory.
We love them, we are
always aware of heaven,
the angels and saints,
our heavenly Mother –
God the Father, Our Father,
Jesus, Our Beloved Sacred Heart,
and the Holy Spirit operating
in us, leading us, helping
us, guiding us, possessing
us in love to live more and
more deeply in God.
Think of the 3 stages of
the Church. It helps us
see the big picture. When
we pray the Shepherds of Christ prayers
we are praying for the priests,
the Church and the world.
We are praying for the souls
in purgatory, the Church
suffering too.
We must see the big
picture – see through the
Father's will, it is reality.
We must ask more and more
to be possessed by God, so
He is healing our hearts,
our relationships and helping
us to be the ideal self the
heavenly Father created us to be –
not the false self the devil wants
us to be.
The devil wants man blinded,
full of pride – like Adam and Eve
in the Garden who wanted
power – wanted to be equal to God –
thought they knew it all –
such pride, such jealousy
of God, and the devil in his
envy of them tempted Eve
to disobey God – to be so
prideful to not see things as
they really were, but Eve
wanted to be equal to God.
We surrender to God – we
give God our all – our hearts.
Prayer for Union
with Jesus
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.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to
use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all
that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to
die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw
my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling
within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my
life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to
put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as
You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me
from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus
off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the
promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear
to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me
now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994