Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing

December 3, 2015

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                December 3, 2015

Psalm 25: 4-5, 8-9, 10, 14

33rd Sunday

                R. We are to be ready at all times
                    the Lord is coming

                Read Mark 13: 24-32

                Matthew 24: 42, 44

                    Be watchful and ready
                    You know not when the Son of Man
                    is coming.

                    We are to be prepared – this is the
                message –
                    prepared always to die and to
                    meet our God –
                    prepared for when God calls us

                Even in the Third Sunday of Advent –
                    the Sunday of joy –
                    in the Gospel of Luke it says:
                    "Do not bully anyone"

                Jesus: Let not the sun go down on
                    your anger for you know not
                    the day nor the hour –
                    Let your hearts be open for
                    love – for how can you who
                    have been given - so much -
                    from Me –
                    smite Me with Your unholy
                    rivalry that you nurture
                    day and night –

                I have grown tired with your hardness
                    of heart and throwing back in
                    My face the grace and gifts I
                    have given to you –
                    You take the title I give and
                    you scorn Me with your
                    actions and how you hold out.

                There was a man who was dying and
                    a passer-by ignored him
                    because he didn't want to
                    get his hands dirty

                Another saw an angel and knew
                    he was responsible to God
                    for doing as he was called,
                    but instead did nothing, but denied,
                    invalidating the calling, the
                    office and all that God expected
                    of him –

                What hardness of heart a man
                    who refuses to give love
                    and nurtures his hate –

                When he, who was so loved, was
                    sent the messages to change
                    instead of good works he
                    was filled with more violence
                    anger and abuse.

                My dear ones, there is one lesson
                    to be learned: Anger is a
                    deadly sin and it hurts
                    the heart of the angry man first of all,
                    if he remains in darkness is he
                    not like any man in darkness who
                    can't see –
                    he walks in the darkness and
                    allows the devil to guide him
                    to deeper darkness, deeper
                    anger, deeper violence in
                    his hardened heart –

                When I give him grace, he is so
                    gripped with his old, old
                    habitual anger and darkness,
                    he can target an innocent
                    other and all his memories
                    are used – memories of anger
                    he held in like gold coins in a sack –

                    Now why would a foolish man
                    hold onto this darkness all day
                    when the sun is up –
                    the sun comes up, the light of
                        day and he puts his head
                        in a gunny-sack all
                        day – his comfort comes
                        in the darkness of the night.

                A man of love reaches for the sun
                    and knows - really knows
                    his Father in heaven –
                    who is love and life

                A man of love lives every day to
                    love and his cup is full.

                A man of love seeks first the Kingdom of
                    God and his heart is open like a
                    child living under the father's
                    care –
                    he is carefree for his delight
                    is in pleasing his Heavenly
                    Father –
                    his life is lived under God.

                Wise men – are not wise at all
                    when they walk in darkness
                    and hard hearts –

                Do they not know that they are
                    to be prepared for the day
                    to come –

                You have been told and I give you
                    My Word in the scriptures –

                To man walking in darkness he
                    doesn't hear the Word –
                    he is too busy recreating
                    his glory, contemplating
                    his wisdom and hating
                    the person of love sent to
                    him.

                The man cannot hate and love
                    at the same time –
                    loving with a generous heart
                    comes from loving with a
                    generous heart –

                A man planted stones in the garden and
                    there was no growth –

                Another man planted beets and
                    his harvest was great –

                So what you sow, so shall
                    you reap –

                Do you want the reaper to come
                    and turn you under –

                Remember man that you were
                    dirt –

                And I have given you a
                        sharing in My life –

                So if you plant stones and hatred and
                    anger and you are so focused
                    on hating –
                    you will hate,
                    no one will come to lift you
                        out of your stubbornness
                    who could turn your hard heart
                        resisting the light
                    and those who see you - know
                        your ways –

                Love is like a bubbling brook –
                    it moves – it sparkles –
                    it shows the glimmer of
                    the sun and reflects light
                    as it dances with vigor –

                Life is beautiful –

                A man enclosed in darkness doesn't
                    see –

                My people pray for the grace to be
                    holy – to have greater faith
                    and hope and love –
                    give and it will be given unto you –

                A man kept hording everything –
                    he horded his gifts and
                    wouldn't share freely –
                    he always wanted others
                    to give to him –
                    he expected it –
                    he should receive glory he
                        thought –

                At the expense of every good thing around
                    him he used them for his
                    personal glory –
                    his mind was atrophied with
                        what he should have been
                        given –

                Little did he see –
                    he was so frozen and locked –
                    his heart was hard –
                    like a frozen wheel in a deep
                        snow storm –
                    he could not move, he
                        did not give –

                Give and it will be given unto you –

                I will not be out-done in
                    generosity and love –

                A man filled his house with trophies
                    for himself – he bought them
                    and set up his own monument –

                The sad thing was nobody came to give
                    him honor –

                First to thine own self be true –

                You are to put God first – not your
                    glory – silly one –

                When God is first in your life –
                    You will experience a joy
                    unsurpassed by any
                    darkness and hording
                    and fear –

                I am love

                Give and it will be given unto you –

                Give love with a generous heart –
                    no strings attached –

                Don't let the sun go down on
                    your anger or you will
                    put a sack over your head
                    when the light shines the
                    next day and the next day
                    and the next year and the
                    anger is like
                    "hungry dogs in the cellar"

                Why do you sit and count your
                    money like a scrooge when
                    so much has been given to you –

                The story of scrooge is an old one
                    to you –

                But do you hold back your talents,
                    your days of service like
                    an old scrooge when God
                    has been knocking on your
                    door to report for your
                    calling –

                Scrooge, what does that mean to
                    the man whose heart is
                    cold and closed down waiting
                    for men to come and see his trophies
                    to himself –

                These are the days of your lives –
                    to live –
                    to be in the light –
                    to work with others I called you to
                        love in the building of My Kingdom.

                    Will you sit in the darkness
                        and stay fixed in the
                        blind eye, satan wants
                        you to have?

                Life is for loving –

                Life is for giving yourself –
                    to God and to others and
                        caring for your health
                        to be an instrument to
                       serve God as He desires –                   

                R. Lord help us to love.

                Lord help our hearts to be hearts of love –
                    Help us to give generously and not
                        to count the cost –

                    Lead us to Your altar that we
                        will drink from Your
                        fountain of love –

                    Let us walk among men
                        and be Your instrument
                        of love and peace and give
                        witness to You, Lord –

                Lord help us to give and not to
                    count the cost –

                Lord help us to love –

                Dear Father, you are all powerful and
                    we want to serve You as a little
                    child –
                    Help us to see through Your
                        eyes and grow in maturity
                        to be wise in our actions
                        and operate in love of
                        God and our fellow-men –

                Dear Father,
                    Help us to see the big picture,
                        and never to horn down
                        to such self-enclosures
                        of remorse and self-pity,
                        but live our lives to
                        give – to give love – to
                        love to give in service
                        of You, Heavenly Father,
                        doing Your will in love –

                Free us from attachments to not cling
                    to things in ways unpleasing
                    to You.

                Every day we live, we must take
                    in food and drink to help
                    our bodies to operate
                    properly and we must discard
                    what is waste –
                    This is how we live – day in
                        and day out –

                Why can't a person see that we
                    take in so much in our
                    hearts and some we
                    keep and some we must discard –

                We ask God to fill us with light

                We ask God to come and dwell
                    in us –

                We must discard anger held out
                    like a target against our
                    brother –
                    We must examine our
                        conscience to see where
                        we need to ask for forgiveness –

                    We work in relationship with
                        others – knowing what
                        we do to others – we do
                        to Jesus –

                    We are accountable and
                        responsible for what
                        we do –

                    Sins of omission, when God called
                        us to do something, are still
                        sins –

                    God has created us in His image
                        and likeness –

                    We are to die to the ways – not
                        likened to God and

                    Rise to new life in Him –

                Lord, fill our cup with Your love
                    and help us to give generously
                    of our hearts to others

                Jesus: Come out of the darkness of self-enclosure –

                    Come into the light –

                    Life is so beautiful –

                    Your life is to grow in love!

                Die to your selfish ways –

                Give and it will be given to you –

                Life in Me is so beautiful –

                R. Dear God –

                    Lift our minds to You –

                    Let Your Word live in us!

                    I place my life in Your service.

                    Holy Spirit come and fill me with
                        knowledge and wisdom
                        and love.

                    St. Joseph had a dream and he
                knew God called him to give –
                to be the foster-father of Jesus!
                St. Joseph pray for us –

                R. Mary needed Joseph –
                God called Joseph too –
                And Joseph said "yes" and
                    gave himself to God's plan.

                God called men –
                    David
                    Paul
                    Peter
                    Mother Teresa
                    Pope John Paul II

                God calls us to our particular
                    vocation in the building
                    of the Kingdom –

Hebrews 10: 5-10

and that is why he said, on coming into the world:

 

You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering,
but you gave me a body.
You took no pleasure in burnt offering'
   or sacrifice for sin;
then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming,'
in the scroll of the book it is written of me,
to do your will, God.

He says first You did not want what the Law lays down as the things to be offered, that is: the sacrifices, the cereal offerings, the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for sin, and you took no pleasure in them; and then he says: Here I am! I am coming to do your will. He is abolishing the first sort to establish the second. And this will was for us to be made holy by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ made once and for all.

Luke 1: 38

Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’

                R. The incarnation goes on in us.

                God calls us to live by His Plan!

                God has called us to live in
                    brotherhood.

                We are commanded to love
                    one another because
                    Christ loved us!

                Song: A Song from Jesus

                Song: I Love You Jesus

                R. We see in the scriptures the
                    captivity of Jerusalem
                    and we see that it needed
                    to be restored after
                    it was under captivity.

                Jesus wants to be the Spouse
                    of us.

                R. Jesus gives us Himself in the
                    Eucharist –

                    We eat His body and drink His blood –

                Jesus gives to us!

                Jesus gives Himself!

                Jesus has taught us to give!

Isaiah 9: 2, 6

You have enlarged the nation, 
    you have increased its joy; 
they rejoice before you 
    as people rejoice at harvest time, 
as they exult 
    when they are dividing the spoils. 

to extend his dominion 
    in boundless peace, 
over the throne of David 
    and over his kingdom 
to make it secure and sustain it 
in fair judgement and integrity. 
From this time onwards and for ever, 
the jealous love of Yahweh Sabaoth 
    will do this.

Luke 1: 33

he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’

   

                R. Jesus is the Light of the World –

Titus 3: 4-7

But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour for humanity were revealed, it was not because of any upright actions we had done ourselves; it was for no reason except his own faithful love that he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our Saviour; so that, justified by his grace, we should become heirs in hope of eternal life. This is doctrine that you can rely on.

Colossians 3: 12-21

As the chosen of God, then, the holy people whom he loves, you are to be clothed in heartfelt compassion, in generosity and humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another; forgive each other if one of you has a complaint against another. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same. Over all these clothes, put on love, the perfect bond. And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it is for this that you were called together in one body. Always be thankful.

Let the Word of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you. Teach each other, and advise each other, in all wisdom. With gratitude in your hearts sing psalms and hymns and inspired songs to God; and whatever you say or do, let it be in the name of the Lord Jesus, in thanksgiving to God the Father through him.

The morals of the home and household

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as you should in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be sharp with them. Children, be obedient to your parents always, because that is what will please the Lord. Parents, do not irritate your children or they will lose heart.

                Excerpt from Blue Book 7

May 14, 1995 (excerpt)

My Army of Love

Jesus: The Shepherds of Christ Associates must read the Blue Book messages and know My ardent on fire love.

I am using the Shepherds of Christ Associates to go into the world and pread the love of My Sacred Heart and Mary’s Immaculate Heart.

This is a present for all mothers, that I send to their children My love.

I am forming My soldiers of love in the Shepherds of Christ Associates Meetings.

I beg you to circulate the 1st and 2nd Blue Book to all members and encourage their daily use of these messages. Also encourage their use at the meetings and rosary meditation used at the meetings.

My army will be fortified with My love. The members of the Chapters need to read these letters of My love.

They will turn their hearts to deep love of Me. Their hearts will burn with the fire of My love when you circulate these messages.

The power is in My Eucharistic Heart. Members will go to schools and nursing homes, prisons and tell all of My burning love.

I beg you to not hold back. Sufferings are at hand, you must spread My love.

I am Jesus, My Heart is on fire for love of My children. This is My gift to all mothers of this world. Spread My love letters to your chapters.

Circulate the rosary meditations from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and publish a book. A small book will spread them faster. Put together all you have received and the children’s rosary and a few others. Do not delay. The rosary is a strong tool to fight off satan’s attacks.

I beg you to publish the tapes of songs, of rosary meditations, the stations, messages and songs recorded by Rita and others.

You will receive funds when you begin circulating these messages. You receive such support from the Chapter Members at the Center. They are being fed with My love.

Feed the hungry souls. I beg you. Feed My Lambs, Feed My Sheep, Feed the hungry with these letters. I am Jesus, on fire for love of souls.

May 14, 1995 (excerpt)

Jesus’ Birth

Jesus: There is a soul at this moment on the edge of death, will you

offer this suffering up for them?

R. Jesus came into this world a helpless infant, in all His power and glory, God is born an infant.

Simplicity, Hidden life

Cold night

Nothing extraordinary is seen to other eyes

Knew as a little child His sufferings

Birth of Our Lord — no room for Him in the Inn, Many humans refuse Him.

Fear not for I bring you good tidings.

Luke 2:11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

R. Many humans refuse Him, Jesus came amongst the beasts of the earth.

We are brothers. Christ is our brother. God is our Father. We are elevated to such high levels in Him. Such dignity and honor for man.

Let us be sensitive to the touch of His grace.

Jesus was in Mary’s womb. Jesus now is in the tabernacle. Jesus stands at the door of our hearts knocking.

Every grace is a visit from Jesus. Let us clothe our souls in virtue for Him.

Adore Thy holy presence under the veil of the Blessed Sacrament.

Make our souls sensitive to the touch of Your grace.

Faith

Oh God, Thou hast visited the earth and have plentifully watered it.

May 15, 1995

Being One With Christ

R. When we are one with Christ we experience great freedom from bondage.

It is in being one with Christ that true freedom lies. We can go into this life powered by the hand of God. We need to let go of the attachments of the world.

We talk about such incidental things — Why do we not talk so much about pure love — love like Jesus!

Pray for the fearlessness of the Apostles —

God gives married couples such a great gift to help bring children into the world.

To be rooted deeply in Him — to have a deep oneness with God —

depth in the interior life we must let go of the debris in our hearts —

We have to rid ourselves of clutter and dirt in our hearts to let Jesus fill us —

Vision

I saw 2 angels kneeling around the tabernacle —

We should see Jesus in our priests — especially at Mass. Why do we not show others how we love Jesus.

JESUS — Say it with emotion and love —

Sing: Bread of Life

Dear Rita:

You are playing the Song

of My Love for the world.

(He referred to A Song from Jesus)

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