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December 20, 2014

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                December 20, 2014 

21 Years Ago

Angels Will Read the Message

December 20, 1993 - 2:40 a.m.

Jesus: Who will read the message? Angels will read the message. I will be by their side. I want the messages out. I want them out, I tell you. I want My people to hear all I am telling you. I want, not a few, but all to hear these words. They are private revelations given by Me to My people. The souls are, oh, so hungry for this one. They need to get these messages.

I am one crying in the desert. Make ready the way of the Lord. Prepare ye a path for the Master. He comes as a child in a stable. His people are asleep. Where are they and what are they doing with their busy lives? The angels will read the messages. They will rock the heavens and all will know My love and My might. From the housetops, shout this. Proclaim, "The day of the Lord is approaching. Make ready a path for Him." Will you comply with this demand to deliver a message to My people?

Time, child, is so short. You must ready all with My words of love. They are half asleep and dazed. They walk this earth with blinders on their eyes. My day will rock them off their rockers and they will know it is I with Whom they deal. No mistake will be made as to what is happening. All will see My power and My might. From the heavens shall come a sign and all will know from whence it comes. And the days that follow will be days to prepare men's hearts for My coming. I will not come unannounced. I will come with My power and My might and you will know what you will behold. Men will turn their hearts to Me with these messages. Get them out, I tell you, for their need is very great. I am patient and yet I am demanding. Ready yourself for this day of the Lord. I come as a baby into your midst, the angels sing, the choirs of heaven rejoice and you will know soon that I am very close to you all. Indeed you will know!

What awaits those in their feeble hearts! They run after such useless things when I, God, am talking in these letters. They think their world is their end. What an awakening they will have-a wide awakening!

I knock to make ready for My coming. You hear Me knock on your door in the night. Make ready this path so My people will read these letters of love. I am mighty and worthy of such praise. My people must realize My love in My intense might. What sign do you need? Do you think these messages were for your ears alone? Such power and wisdom in Rita's purse? This is not the idea. They are for all! My ease goes with you in all your undertakings to get these messages out.

Slow, too slow, I tell you. Shout My message from the housetops, that I am Lord and I am coming in your midst as a baby, but, with such might! My time is at hand. You tarry too long, My little ones. Time you do not have. This world is crazy! People are so busy at the malls. Oh, what foolish ones. I come as a baby into your midst. This is My birthday and whom do you worship? You worship idols! It is all such a sick world. Make ready My path, My little ones. Time is so short and you must not tarry any longer for into your hands I place My words for the world. They are mighty, little ones. Read them! What do you do with these words? Do you want proof? Look at Me hanging on the cross. It is out of this love of you I died a brutal death! Do you think I would not go to this extent to save the souls of My loved ones? Why would I come to this earth, give My life for all My beautiful creatures, and then, at this stage of the game, not send some mighty medicine to cure My sick little ones? You possess the mighty medicine. I mixed it with such love and I hand-deliver each message to shake My people to My love. The heavens will rock and the Son of Man will appear on a cloud and the glory of the Lord will be shown on high!

Get busy, you little people. The angels declare My words are given here. This is My gift to My people-distinct, clear letters proclaiming My love. Are you listening? Do you think I would not try everything to save My beloved ones?

Oh, I will go to any extent to save these little ones, so ornery and so stupid in their ways, so sinful in this evil world, but so precious to Me. I will come in My glory and I want every last soul.

I am God. Why would I not speak to you? I wait for you. I wait, I wait, but you are all so blind and dense. What you do is so silly. Your ways here have become sick and your hearts have become hard. But shout it from the housetops! I loved you to My death! I love you all in your sickness. I want you united under the mantle of My mother, praying and honoring God.

America, turn yourselves around before it is too late. Come and heed My harkening. Come, come, My children. Time is so short and a lot of mending must be done in your hearts. You have hardened them and now they must come back to life. Only I can give you this life in your hearts.

Heed My words here. I am gentle and kind in heart. My heart is a heart of love. I have hand-delivered these messages to My people and you are My delivery boys. Get them going, little ones. You tarry too much.

My gift to My people is My love this Christmas. I am showering all at this Center with grace this season. The devotion there pleases Me, but more must flock and they will be changed from hardened hearts to hearts for God. I am God, little ones. I came and I died a brutal death. I am calling to you all to deliver this now. Make this your top priority so they will hear My message of love and know the love I have for them. Do not tarry. Do this today, little ones.

December 25, 1994

Joyful Mysteries
 

The Annunciation

1. The Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and asked Mary to be the Mother of Jesus.

2. Mary always complied with the will of the Father. She said "yes" to the angel.

3. She was filled with the Holy Spirit and the Word was made flesh.

4. Song: Come Holy Ghost

5. There was such intimacy between Mary and Jesus from the first moment of conception.

6. She felt the life of the Child Jesus grow within her womb.

7. It was in her womb that the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was formed through the Holy Spirit.

8. It is in realizing this connection between the Hearts of Jesus and Mary that we will grow in greater union with God.

9. The Holy Spirit forever transforms us more and more into the image of Jesus.

10. The womb of the Virgin Mary is the holy dwelling place of our beloved Savior.

 

The Visitation

1. Mary, being pregnant herself, heard through the angel that Elizabeth had conceived a child in her old age. She made haste to the hill country to be with her cousin, Elizabeth.

2. When she arrived, the child in Elizabeth's womb leapt for joy.

3. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice the Magnificat.

4. Mary said, " ...'My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior;' " (Lk. 1:46-47)

5. "...because he has looked upon the humiliation of his servant. Yes, from now onwards all generations will call me blessed," (Lk. 1:48)

6. "for the Almighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name," (Lk. 1:49)

7. Jesus is no less present this day in the Eucharist than He was in Mary's womb.

8. How He waits and yearns for us to come and to be with Him because He loves us so much!

9. If we realized how much He loves us, we would never fear.

10. Song: "O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appears. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to you O Israel."

 

The Birth of Jesus

1. Think of the glorious night when Jesus was born in a stable. The angels sang and the shepherds watched.

2. The cows and the sheep were there to keep them warm.

3. This is truly Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who humbled Himself to share in our humanity.

4. Song: "Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains. And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains."

5. Song: "Gloria in excelsis Deo, Gloria in excelsis Deo."

6. Song: "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, the little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay."

7. Song: "O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, O come let us adore Him, Christ the Lord."

8. Song: "What child is this who lay to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthem sweet, while shepherds watch are keeping."

9. See Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in the stable. See the tenderness in the eyes of Mary as she gazes on her newborn baby child, Who is truly God!

10. The birth of Jesus is at the heart of salvation history.

 

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Mary and Joseph took the Child Jesus to the Temple.

2. While they were there, the prophet Simeon prophesied the sufferings of Jesus and Mary to come.

3. Simeon said to Mary, "and a sword will pierce your soul too-so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare." (Lk. 2:35)

4. As he prophesied the sufferings of Jesus and Mary, he also prophesied how many souls would be saved through Jesus.

5. Mary gazes so tenderly on her precious child. From this moment on, every time she looked at Jesus, she remembered the prophesy of Simeon.

6. She had a constant ache in her heart since the prophecy of Simeon.

7. Song: See the Eyes that Look at Mary

8. She looked at the Baby Jesus. She held Him in her arms. All through their life together, she knew His Heart. There was such love from the moment of conception between her and her Son. There was such intimacy between the Heart of Jesus and the heart of Mary.

9. Dear Mary, you knew the Heart of your beloved Son Jesus. Please lead us to closer intimacy with Him. It is in loving Him through your pure and tender heart that I too will love Him more tenderly.

10. Let us love, through your heart, our beloved Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 

The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple

1. How the heart of Mary knew the Heart of Jesus! How the heart of Mary suffered at every sorrow. How she suffered when they lost the Child Jesus in the temple.

2. Mary wants us to pray for her little lost children of the world.

3. "It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies." (Lk. 2:46-47)

4. When His parents saw Him "...his mother said to him, 'My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.'" (Lk. 2:48)

5. "He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart." (Lk. 2:51)

6. She was His Mother. She took care of Him. She knew Him with a deep, motherly love in her heart.

7. We must pray to the Child Jesus. He will answer our prayers.

8. She begs us to pray for her lost children so that they will not be condemned to hell for their sinfulness and willfulness. Mary says at Fatima,

"I am the Lady of the Rosary. I have come to warn the faithful to amend their lives and to ask pardon for their sins. They must not offend Our Lord any more, for He is already too grievously offended by the sins of men. People must say the Rosary. Let them continue saying it every day." ²¹

9. We must spread the love of Jesus to the world and help spread the rosaries about the Hearts of Jesus and Mary to the children and the adults.

10. Hail Mary...

Fourth Sunday of Advent

December 18, 2011

INTRODUCTION – (2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16; Luke 1:26-38) For the past three weeks of Advent we have been hearing Isaiah, John the Baptist, and Jesus tell us to stay awake, to be prepared for Jesus’ coming, especially for his coming in the future. The last week before Christmas, our focus is primarily on the events that immediately preceded Jesus’ birth. Three weeks ago I said most of our gospels this year are from St. Mark. But Mark’s gospel begins with Jesus already an adult, so today we borrow from St. Luke’s gospel the beautiful story of the Annunciation to Mary that she will be Jesus’ mother. Our first reading today will help us have a greater understanding of the profound meaning in the Angel Gabriel’s message to Mary. Our first reading goes back almost 1000 years before Jesus was born to the time of King David. David had recently conquered Jerusalem from the Jebusites, he made it the capital of his kingdom and it was there that he built himself a palace. But the Arc of the Covenant, which was the special sign of God’s presence among God’s people, was still being kept in a tent. Ever since Moses had constructed it according to God’s command, 300 years before David, the Arc of the Covenant had been kept in a tent. David decided it deserved to be treated with greater honor so he told the prophet Nathan he would build a temple for God. The next day Nathan reports that God turned down David’s proposal. That’s where today’s first reading comes in. God said David’s son would build the Temple. However, God told David that he would build a house for David; i.e., God would establish David’s dynasty so that one of his descendants would always reign as king. Amazingly, even after the northern tribes broke away after Solomon’s death, David’s kingdom lasted for 400 years in Judea. In 587 BC, when the Babylonians conquered the Jews, it put an end to the Davidic dynasty. But the Jews never forgot God’s promise to David: “your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.” This is an extremely important prophecy. For centuries the Jews expected that someone from David’s descendants would rise up and re-establish the kingdom of David and rule once again in a free and independent Israel. In the gospel, we hear the Angel Gabriel announce to Mary that her son would fulfill this prophecy far beyond anyone’s expectations. Mary’s son would inherit “the throne of David his father, and he would rule over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there would be no end.”

HOMILY – When Jesus was born, Herod the Great had been king in Israel for almost 30 years. He would die about three years after Jesus’ birth – although he must have thought he would live forever with his cowardly attempt to eliminate the “new born king of the Jews.” Herod’s father was an Idumean, that is an Edomite. He came from a country southeast of Judah which was forced into conversion to Judaism. Herod’s mother was an Arabian princess, so he was half Jewish at best. Herod was half Jewish and half pagan in his religious observance too. Herod’s father was a good politician and he trained his son well. Their efforts to gain favor with the Roman Emperor gained for each of them positions of leadership over the Jews. (Remember everyone in the Mediterranean area was under the Roman Emperor at that time). Herod was not at all popular among the Jews nor did they see him as their king (after all he was not of the House of David). Let us consider another king now, whose crown was made of thorns, not of gold. Central to Jesus’ teaching and ministry was God’s kingdom, a kingdom that would eliminate suffering, sadness, injustice and even death. Jesus, without touting the fact that he was king and messiah, taught and acted in such manner as to show that he was the way into that kingdom. As Luke begins his gospel he tells us clearly, so we don’t have to guess, who Jesus is: “he will inherit the throne of David his father, he will rule over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Even more than a king who will reign forever, he will be Son of God. He will be conceived miraculously by God. Who would not want to listen to such a person and learn from him and follow him?

    The Credo we say each week is a theological formulation of what the angel says so beautifully and this might be a good occasion to examine the Creed more closely. The Apostles Creed, one of the earliest of creeds, expresses these truths briefly. The Nicene Creed, written in 325, expresses them at greater length. These truths are spelled out fully because by 325 the Church had to deal with many erroneous beliefs about Jesus. For example, some groups, who believed that everything in the material world was evil, believed Jesus was divine, but not really human (he just looked human); at the other extreme, many thought he was human, but not quite divine. This is why the Church was so precise in its creed as to what we are to believe about Christ. (I want to mention three changes to the creed). First off we say, “I believe.” This is still the faith of the Church, but it is the faith each of us individually professes. The expression parallels the Apostles Creed, the profession of faith each of us made at baptism or which someone made for us. A complaint I often hear is about the word “consubstantial.” This is a new word for many people. I think it’s a good thing to increase our vocabulary. It’s not a difficult word to figure out. “Con” means “together” or “with” and “substantial” is related to the word “substance” which means, “what an entity is.” So when we say Jesus is “not made” but is “consubstantial with the Father,” we are saying we believe Jesus is of the same divine substance, he has the same essential being as the Father. He is like the Father in every way (as he said to Philip at the Last Supper: “he who sees me, sees the Father.”) Yet Jesus is not the Father and that gets into the mystery of the Trinity (which we will explain some other time!). The word “consubstantial” is an attempt to describe something so unique: that Jesus is divine just as much as the Father is divine, and so we need a unique word to describe it. “Incarnate” is another word that is unusual for many people. Most of us are familiar with the word “reincarnation,” which means living life all over again. Literally it means becoming flesh again because “carnis” means “flesh.” We have that word in “carnal,” “carnivorous,” “carnage” and so on. So when we say “by the Holy Spirit (Jesus) was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,” we are saying Jesus took his human nature from Mary, a mystery that came about by the power of the Holy Spirit. From that very instant that he took on human flesh he was God’s Son. The Church opposes abortion for a similar reason. We argue that from the moment the spark of life begins in a mother-to-be, that life is human life and is worthy of being treated as a human being. At the very moment Jesus began to exist in Mary, he was divine Son of God as well as being human like us. We celebrate the incarnation of Jesus on March 25 – the feast of the Annunciation. Christmas is the result of Jesus taking on our human nature and of Mary’s saying, “may it be done to me according to your word.” It is an awesome mystery we believe in and which we are soon to celebrate. Amen.

 

 

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                Given March 21, 2014

                R. Pray for These Things

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                    Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
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               11) Blue Book 14 cover; Blue Book 13 – all involved.
                    For our Publisher and all involved
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               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
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                    2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                    Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) 2 babies and moms.
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               24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
               25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
               26) Consecrate all hearts.
               27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.

 

 

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