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Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

December 26th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 5 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for December 26th are Luminous.

December 25, 2019 - Christmas

R. Today is the ultimate gift –
    the beginning of Jesus'
    life on earth.

Jesus the gift of love –

Jesus is love –

Jesus is the gift of love –

The Father's gift to us –

Jesus, Our Savior,
and the world lay in
darkness – waiting the
birth of Jesus –

The gift of love –

The gift of Our Savior –

The Father's love for us –

And the light shown in
the darkness –

Our Father's love given
    to us –

How can we receive
    this gift?

In gratitude –

In love for Him –

Receiving such a gift and
    being satisfied with
    His generosity –

Fr. Frank said
    "Some people are
    never satisfied."

We give gifts because
We are walking in the
    footprints of God –

Love is giving, from the
    heart –

To give and not count
    the cost –

To give whatever we
    can because we
    are following Jesus –

Christmas is about love –
    Showing others what
    God means to us –

God is love –

Why do anything if it
    is not for love –

Even suffering, handling
    difficulties –
    must be done for
        love –

    We are created by Our Father
who is love –

    How are we growing
in love to be likened
to Him –

    The ultimate gift –
Love –

Jesus gives us Himself
    to His death on
    the cross –

Jesus gives us the Eucharist –
    We receive God – the
    ultimate gift –
    God comes to us –
    We eat His Body –
    We drink His Blood –

Giving love is being
    most like Jesus –

In giving – we receive –

In loving we are likened
    to God.

He is love –

The ultimate gift –
    God gives us Himself.

R. Our life is a breath here
we strut on the stage of
life –

    We have our day –
Have we walked in the
footprints of Jesus –

Have we given ourselves –

The Father so loved the
world He gave Himself –

Love is giving ourselves –

Love is not being afraid
    to give –

Love is giving for others
    because we love
    them –

We love God first –

The heart knows His
    love and love begs
    to be given by
    a generous heart –

Make this Christmas
    a Christmas to
    remember –
    I give God my love –

I love my neighbor as myself

Other focused –

I gave to you –

I gave to Jesus –

I loved Him in how
    I treated you –

We are called to love and
    to be Christ-like
    in what we do here –

He is our hands

He is our heart

He is our lives –

We live in Him –

Say "yes" to life –

Give of yourself as
    Christ lives in you –

    Give yourself in love
in your life –

    Christ lives in us –

Christ wants us to
    love –

Christ gives through us
    to others in our lives
    when we love –

We are instruments of
    His love –

Even in pain –
    He gave His
    all

R. The ultimate gift is the gift of Jesus giving Himself.

The ultimate gift
The Father gave His only Son
and gives Him today in the Eucharist.

Love is giving.

God gives Himself so we can live.

Life is in Him.

God is love.

We give ourselves when we love.

We are instruments of His love.

Jesus emptied Himself for us.

Jesus came to be our Savior.

Jesus gave the last drop of His blood, the last beat of His Heart.

God gives us a sharing in His life in baptism.

Love gives for the good of the other.

We were created in love.

Created in the image of God.

We are to put on Christ.

'This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.'

Love gives oneself.

The ultimate gift.

Jesus

We are incarnated in Him

The more Christ-like we become.

The birthing goes on in us through the power of the Holy Spirit.


           From Tell My People by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.

The Holy Spirit

Jesus: "My beloved friend, tell My people to pray daily to the Holy Spirit. They are to pray for an increase in His gifts. My people must realize that the Holy Spirit comes to transform them. The Spirit desires to transform you more and more according to My image. Those who are docile to His touch become increasingly shaped in My likeness. He performs this marvel within Mary's Immaculate Heart. The more one dwells in My Mother's Heart, the more active are the workings of the Spirit. The Spirit leads Mary to place you within My own Heart. In both Our Hearts, then, your transformation continues. The more you are formed after My own Heart, the more I lead you to the bosom of My Father. Tell My people all this. Tell them to pray daily for a greater appreciation of these wondrous gifts. I am Lord and Master. All who come to My Heart will be on fire to receive the gifts of the Spirit in ever greater measure! I love and bless My people!"

Reflection: The Holy Spirit is given to us to fashion us ever more according to the likeness of Jesus. And the more we are like Jesus, the more Jesus leads us to the Father. Do we, each day, pray to the Holy Spirit to be more open to His transforming influence? Do we strive each day to grow in union with Mary? The greater our union with our Mother, the spouse of the Holy Spirit, the greater is the transforming action of the Holy Spirit within us.

Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, fill us with your gifts of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety, and fear of the Lord. As we dwell in the Heart of Mary, Your spouse, fashion us more and more according to the Heart of Jesus. end of excerpt

^{^{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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R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
                    Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
                3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                6) People going to Florida and China.
                7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                9) Pray for pope helping us.
               10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
               11) Blue Book 19 and cover and all involved.
                    For our Publisher and all involved
               12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
               14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
                    2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                    Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) 2 babies and moms.
               22) Funds and insurance.
               23) Jerry's garage.
               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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