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December 4, 2024
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Consecration Prayer for Peace
I consecrate Russia and the Ukraine to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I further consecrate the priests, the Church and the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I do this in the name of Jesus in as far as I am able, united to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, praying to the Father, in the Holy Spirit, with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory through the powerful intercession of Mary, Queen of Peace. Amen.
I further consecrate myself, all members of my family and ask the Holy Spirit to fill us. I spread the Blood of Jesus on all above, I cast the devil into hell away from all of us and consecrate all persons, in as far as I am able, to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart.
Prayer for Grace for Election and our Country
He has comforted them in their sorrowDear 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 president and leaders. We pray that we are united as one nation under God to work together in love as God wants.
Morning Offering
Dear Father,
I offer up all I do all day united to Jesus
in the Mass, in the Holy Spirit, through
the powerful intercession of Mary, our
spiritual Mother, with all the angels and
saints, and the souls in purgatory, for
the priest, the Church, and the world.
We love You God so much.
We thank You and adore You and
petition You for our needs. Amen.
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R.
The Lord has sent a light to His people
and pain and sent them His light and
given them a sharing in His life.
Jesus gives us Himself in the
Holy Eucharist – He fills us with His
life. We are saturated with His gifts.
Jesus is our rock and our fortress –
to those who love Him they will have
the light of life.
Jesus brings His love into our hearts –
We have the gift of the Mass.
Jesus says:
Pray constantly and know that I am
your God,
Oh you My child, blessed by
My Father, if I care for
the birds of the air do you think I would
not care for you and your children.
I will lead you out into a land flowing
with milk and honey. Cling to Me
and know that I am there every moment
I do not ever slumber or sleep or –
some days you do not have to wonder
for I am with you always.
You experience My presence with
you, that is not a drip to how
it really is.
Love one another –
do good to one another –
June 5, 1992
Jesus:
My dear child,Turn to Me – though you pass
through raging waters – I am with you –
I speak to you here – I love you –
I will not leave you orphaned –
I will always comfort you.
My child – hold on – to Me
I will show you your path at the time –
take no action – I will work in your
life – you are My precious child,
you are plugged into Me –
feel the gifts I give you now –
feel the intensity of My presence
with you, feel My love.
Today is the only day you can live –
tomorrow this day will be gone –
have the gifts of this day –
I am He who comforts you –
Lean on Me,
I am all powerful,
I want what is best for you –
You are never alone
I dwell in you.
Serenity Prayer
“God grant me the serenity to accept the
things I cannot change and the courage
to change the things I can and the
wisdom to know the difference.”
Let go to Me.
Do not be tense, or fearful –
Let go of fear
Everything in your life put in
My hands.
I love you, Jesus
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Jesus: I gave and I gave and I gave, but
many want Me to be more equal to them.
They do not recognize the authority and
omnipotence of God.
Unless you strive more and more to
understand God and His omnipotence, you
will not see reality as it truly is.
God is Almighty, All Powerful, the Alpha
and the Omega, the great "I Am" and yet
I love you to come a tiny baby, born of a
woman, to show you how I love you.
This is love. This is My Divine love. When
you realize your place and the depth of God’s
love for you, more and more, you will be
lifted up in understanding and faith in My
love, that you will operate more in what
the awesomeness of God’s love is.
This is really reality, I, Jesus, the Son of
God loves you with My burning on-fire
love and you as a creature of God are so
precious to God.
This is reality.
God is omnipotent. God loves you with
burning, Divine love.
Unless the messages of My love are
circulated in the world and the Church,
the bloodshed will continue.
You cannot grow in holiness and truth
without a deep union with God.
How I wish the fire of My Sacred Heart
was received by men so they would be
lovers in the Church and the world, more
like My own Heart.
I am love.
My Heart is a burning furnace of love for
men.
I died for My precious souls in love you
scarce can understand. I died to bring you
to new life in Me. I died because I want
you to be with Me forever in heaven. I am
Jesus, Savior of the world.
You cannot do the job God calls you to, to
help the Church and the world without an
intimate, personal, relationship with God,
where God is first in your life, where God
is all in all in your life.
Unless the messages of My on-fire love
are circulated in the Church and the world,
the bloodshed will continue.
God must be all in all in your lives.
R. A man can give himself, whole-heartily
to something he believes in.
Children come and must be nursed, fed,
prompted, etc.
So you can say: make me believe.
God calls us in Baptism to go out and
spread the Good News.
We have a commitment to
strive, to search, to be vibrant with
enthusiasm for our faith.
So many say - do more to prove I should
believe.
How can we have a strong Church build
on babies that are still expecting to be
spoon-fed in our Church?
People who really live in the life of Jesus
are committed, working in suffering in
that commitment, making God first,
seeking God’s will, living to know God’s
love more and more and be one in Him.
The first Blue Book message Blue Book 1,
I dictated to Cathy in the car.
She wrote it in the hand of a child: it said:
Jesus says:
“I want you to be one in Me and Me one in you.”
R. That is the answer - living the Christ-life,
all day every day.
How can you get to the stage of mature
Christianity, if you are living like a 2 years
old spiritually, that says, make me believe,
do it for me and maybe I might believe or
maybe not.
We were created to know, love and serve
God and thereby attain our eternal salvation.
That takes growing in our oneness with Jesus.
Not waiting for anyone to do it for us.
Look what Jesus did for you and me, God
must be all in all in our life - in all we do,
with all our heart, to be one in Him.
What happened to all the nuns that loved
Jesus so much, they lived their lives
praying before the Blessed Sacrament
for the Church and the world.
We have to have souls that really love
Jesus with their whole heart, their whole
soul, and their whole being,
God’s generosity can never be outdone.
In Confirmation we are made soldiers
for Christ.
What soldier would survive the battle
if they fought like a baby?
December 4, 2024
DYING TO SELF, TO RISE IN HIM
R. We ultimately die to our self-will to live
as completely as possible the Father’s will.
Death / Resurrection.
Vice is replaced by virtue, weakness by
strength in Him.
Living in Him.
Jesus shows us Death / Resurrection.
He must increase, I must decrease.
The motivating force in us, is the burning
love we have for Jesus,
We have a very personal relationship with
Jesus, Jesus is our all in all.
This takes Jesus in us,
it takes grace given to love like this.
It takes the supernatural grace God gives us.
The capacity we receive in Baptism, we love
in God’s loving activity.
We love because of God loving in us, we are
rooted in God, we are one in Him.
It takes life in the Holy Spirit, the spirit of
Divine Love.
Come to me Lord and possess my soul, come
into my heart and permeate my soul. Let me
have my life in you.
I worship you, I love you I live to know,
love and serve you with my whole heart.
Jesus emptied Himself and died for love of
men.
Three days later, He rose from the dead.
Death / Resurrection.
We can’t have a baby relationship with God.
We need to be on-fire with love for Him
and others.
Jesus emptied Himself He gave His all.
Jesus emptied Himself.
Jesus rose from the dead.
Our focus is living in the Father’s will, in love.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in Thee.
There is but one road,
To follow Jesus,
To listen to Jesus.
That is what the Father said at the Transfiguration.
We may feel we look like Jesus at the pillar,
exteriorly… we may be whipped, but inside
we become more one in Him -
I am yours Lord
I want to have my life in You.
Life is in Jesus.
Life is, being rooted in Jesus, Jesus is our
all in all.
This takes being united to the Mass, always,
going on around the world.
I am a member of the mystical body of Christ,
Jesus is the head of the body.
Oh God, I love You so!!!!!
Unless the messages of His burning love are
circulated around the world, the bloodshed
will continue.
This takes supernatural power.
This takes dying to one’s self-will and rising
in God.
He took me to a high mountain and asked me
what am I willing to give for him?
I heard the voice of the Father say "This is
my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased,
listen to him."
I give You myself, Lord! I love You, You
are my God.
And I knew the heat of His love, the constancy
that no one else can give me.
He must be all in all in our lives.
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 in 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. end of January 17, 1994
R. To know Him is to love Him.
The ultimate mystery the oneness of God.
May 14, 2024
R. Dear Holy Spirit come to me, possess
my soul, I love You, Holy Spirit.
When I am weak, I am strong in You.
Outpour Your precious love to me. Amen.
I love You, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Dear Holy Spirit infuse in my intellect
wisdom, knowledge and understanding.
Counsel me Holy Spirit from the mind of
God.
Help me, dear Holy Spirit to know the loving
embrace of God all the days of my life.
I turn to You. Amen.
When I find doing God's desire for my life
difficult give me the gift of fortitude, dear
Holy Spirit.
Sanctify my heart to act purely for the
honor and glory of God.
I may be willing, but I need Your gift to
give me courage to act as You desire.
Help me to know and love the heavenly
Father's will for me and to do it in love
for the honor and glory of God.
Help me to always put God first in my life,
in love for God in my heart.
Help me to walk realizing, I am the creature,
God is the Creator.
Help me to be patient and strong and
persevere in my life until I rest with Thee
forever in heaven.
Please Holy Spirit give me the gift of fear
of God that I do not offend you in sins
of unloving ways against God.
You are so good and deserving of all my
love.
I worship You and love You -
Help my interior disposition at Mass to be
that of purity in pleasing the Heavenly
Father, in my offering united to Jesus in
the Mass.
Dear Holy Spirit please help me in the gift
of piety to do that which pleases my Heavenly
Father with the tenderness as His little child.
Thank you God for all You give to me.
I pray this "All for the honor and Glory of
God". Amen.
Matthew 22: 36-40
'Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?' Jesus said to him, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets too.'
Dear Holy Spirit, strengthen our will and
move like a Divine breath in our soul, to
be docile sons and daughters of our
Heavenly Father. Amen.
Alleluia.
March 10, 2024
Novena to St. Joseph, Patron and Father (2024)
Begins March 11, 2024 - March 19, 2024
Dear Saint Joseph,
I turn to you, you who cared and
protected the child Jesus and the
Virgin Mary.
You taught men and women, the
love of God by your example in life,
and by your faithfulness of living
your calling in greatest commitment
and love.
You loved Mary and Jesus with the
most gentle, bonds of love.
You showed us how you
lived in loving conformity to the
Heavenly Father's will.
You guided Jesus and Mary's precious
lives with the Holy Spirit, Spouse of
the Virgin Mother of God.
Protect us and our family this day and
every day of our lives, like
you did the Holy Family of Nazareth.
We seek your powerful intercession.
How intimately you knew and loved
Jesus and Mary. You were so close to
them. You showed us love.
Your heart was pure and gentle and
yet you were strong in being their
manly protector on earth, intercede
for us to depend more and more on
God for all our needs, for when we
are weak we are strong in God.
St. Joseph please intercede for a
peaceful and holy death for us and
our sick loved ones.
Amen.
St. Joseph help us now in this nine
day novena to you.
Amen.
March 23, 2024
Prayer for Sick and Caregivers at Home
R. Dear God,
I pray Heavenly Father with all my heart,
in the Name of Jesus, united to the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and souls
in purgatory, through the powerful
intercession of Our Lady of Clearwater
to come to my aid now.
My loved one is very sick and he (she)
needs your help, God.
Outpour Your grace for me in this time
of need to have patience and wisdom to
deal with this now.
I give this sickness up to You, my God.
Please help me in dealing with this and
helping them in doing the right thing
and dealing with this.
I surrender this problem to You, my
Divine God.
Please send Your angels to help me.
Spread us all with the Precious Blood of
Jesus, cast the devil into the fires of hell,
dear Holy Spirit come to my aid.
I consecrate my home, ourselves to the
Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate
Heart of Mary, Thank You.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus I place my
trust in Thee.
Child Jesus of Good Health, help us.
St. Joseph, Patron of a Holy Death
come to our aid.
Amen.
July 29, 2024
R. Dear Mary,
My Mother, I love you so much.
Please take care of my needs in my family.
Ask your precious Son Jesus to help me
and my family.
You are the Mother of Jesus. You cared
so lovingly for Him in your life on earth.
You are His most perfect disciple.
Oh Mary, I love you so much, you are my
spiritual Mother.
There are many of my friends I ask you
to pray for, too.
I know your powerful intercession from
the wedding of Cana.
You stood beneath the cross on Calvary,
after you endured the bitter treatment of
your precious Son Jesus.
Oh Mary, you know so well the trials and
pains of life. Help me now, I turn to your
powerful intercession.
You stand by the altar at Mass and intercede
for Grace for us all day long, please never
abandon me, your little child.
Oh Mary I love you so, so much.
Oh Mary you are the Queen of Peace, please
help us in peace in the world, the Churchs,
the family, the work place for all your little
children of the world.
We need your help for peace now, hear our
pleas as we turn to your powerful intercession.
We pray especially for our beloved priests,
Oh Mother of the Eucharist we turn to you.
Amen.
God is love, please take us to your Immaculate
Heart of love and place us in the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, there to know the riches of God's love.
Amen. Alleluia
May 17, 2024
Prayer for procedures of the sick -
St Rita’s Feast - May 22
Dear Saint Rita,
My loved one is very sick.
You suffered much in your family, but your
faith comforted you through your life.
Please intercede for me for procedures soon
with my Husband (wife) and help my children
and family, with suffering the sickness of their
dad (mom).
Dear Mary, My heavenly Mother,
I give you my heart, and place the hearts of
my family in your Immaculate Heart,
please take us to the Heart of our beloved
Savior, Jesus, you, my heavenly mother had
such power of intercession at the Marriage of
Cana, you stood beneath the cross of Jesus on
Calvary, please intercede for us, now.
Please Place my family in your loving care in
your Immaculate Heart and take us to the
Heart of Your Son Jesus.
St. Joseph, Foster Father of the child Jesus,
we pray for a peaceful holy death for all of us,
when it comes.
Mary who promised to take care of our
children if we help you with yours, please
intercede, now, for these intensions for our
family, we pray for the priests, the Church
and the world, Mary’s children.
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place my
trust in Thee.
Hear our prayer.
Heavenly Father, we are your little children
in need of Your help.
We pray United to the Mass, to You, Father,
in the name of Jesus in the Holy Spirit,
through the intercession of Our Lady, with
all the angels and saints and souls in purgatory.
Amen.
October 4, 2024
Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
1. Matthew 26: 36-46
Then Jesus came with them to a plot of land called Gethsemane; and he said to his disciples, 'Stay here while I go over there to pray.' He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. And he began to feel sadness and anguish. Then he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here and stay awake with me.' And going on a little further he fell on his face and prayed. 'My Father,' he said, 'if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Nevertheless, let it be as you, not I, would have it.' He came back to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, 'So you had not the strength to stay awake with me for one hour? Stay awake, and pray not to be put to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is weak.' Again, a second time, he went away and prayed: 'My Father,' he said, 'if this cup cannot pass by, but I must drink it, your will be done!' And he came back again and found them sleeping, their eyes were so heavy. Leaving them there, he went away again and prayed for the third time, repeating the same words. Then he came back to the disciples and said to them, 'You can sleep on now and have your rest. Look, the hour has come when the Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up! Let us go! Look, my betrayer is not far away.'
2. Jesus knew all He would
go through in His Divine knowing.
3. Jesus knew all the sins from mankind and was
willing to suffer and die to pay for these sins.
4. No wonder the cross was so heavy, He fell
under it 3 times.
5. When I fall asleep in the chair after a long day,
it can be so hard to get up.
Can we even think of how Jesus suffered and
had to try to move with the cross on Him?
6. It was the weight of the sins of the world.
7. In Parkinson’s a person can fall, their legs give
out, or they just get frozen.
8. Can we ever imagine how Jesus suffered?
9. Jesus was suffering so much in the Garden,
He sweat blood.
10. Blood coming from sweat is deep, deep suffering.
The Scourging at the Pillar
1. Matthew
27: 24-26
Then Pilate saw that he was making no impression, that in fact a riot was imminent. So he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood. It is your concern.’ And the people, every one of them, shouted back, ‘Let his blood be on us and on our children!’ Then he released Barabbas for them. After having Jesus scourged he handed him over to be crucified.
2. We are free to come and go.
3. Can you imagine Jesus tied to a pillar with
His bare back?
4. Can you imagine tied to a pillar, bare skin and
men coming with whips to beat you?
5. Then the beating by the men Jesus loved so much.
6. Sin offends God.
Jesus paid like this!
7. God loves us so much, God wants us to love Him.
8. Jesus suffered because He wants us in heaven
with Him forever, He loves us so, so much - to His
death on the cross.
9. Oh Jesus, I am so sorry for my sins.
10. Oh Jesus, thank You for suffering for my sins.
Oh Jesus, I am so sorry.
The Crowning with Thorns
1. Hebrews 5:1-6
Every high priest is taken from among human beings and is appointed to act on their behalf in relationships with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or who have gone astray, because he too is subject to the limitations of weakness. That is why he has to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this honour on himself; it needs a call from God, as in Aaron’s case. And so it was not Christ who gave himself the glory of becoming high priest, but the one who said to him: You are my Son, today I have fathered you, and in another text: You are a priest for ever, of the order of Melchizedek.
2. The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary
sacramentally
made present.
3. Jesus was crowned with thorns because of our sins.
4. Think of sins of the head, especially how we can
put our will before God.
5. We live the life, death and resurrection in our lives.
6. We follow in the bloody footprints of Jesus.
7. Jesus never quit, He kept His eye on the goal.
8. Jesus’ love for us is a burning fire from His Sacred
Heart.
9. Devotion means - great love for the one loved.
Pray the Litany to the Sacred Heart.
10. Oh God, I love and worship You. Oh Jesus
You are my Lord and Savior.
Jesus, You are my King.
Sing : Crown Him with Many Crowns
The Carrying of the Cross
1.
Luke 23:26-31
As they were leading him away they seized on a man, Simon from Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and made him shoulder the cross and carry it behind Jesus. Large numbers of people followed him, and women too, who mourned and lamented for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, ‘Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves and for your children. For look, the days are surely coming when people will say, "Blessed are those who are barren, the wombs that have never borne children, the breasts that have never suckled!" Then they will begin to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!"; to the hills, "Cover us!" For if this is what is done to green wood, what will be done when the wood is dry?'
2. The Father said ”This is My beloved Son
in whom
I am well pleased, listen to Him.”
3. God gives us the Word, do we listen?
4. In Baptism we receive a sharing of Divine life.
5. God feeds this life with the Bread of life.
6. The bread of life is the Word and the Eucharist.
7. We follow Jesus. We live the Christ-life.
8. Mary our Mother walked as Jesus carried His cross.
9. Jesus suffered so much for our sins and the sins
of our brothers. Can we even imagine how much
Jesus suffered? Can we carry our crosses to help
as a prayer for the Church and the world, united
to the Mass?
10. Can you imagine Mary’s suffering watching Jesus
suffer? Can you even imagine her terrible pain?
The Crucifixion
1. Mark
15: 24-38
Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get. It was the third hour when they crucified him. The inscription giving the charge against him read, ‘The King of the Jews’. And they crucified two bandits with him, one on his right and one on his left.
The passers–by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, ‘Aha! So you would destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days! Then save yourself; come down from the cross!’ The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way with the words, ‘He saved others, he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.’ Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.
When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ When some of those who stood by heard this, they said, ‘Listen, he is calling on Elijah.’ Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and, putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink saying, ‘Wait! And see if Elijah will come to take him down.’ But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. And the veil of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.
2. Sing: A Song from Jesus
3. Mary stood beneath the cross and she
suffered
so much.
4. Mary’s heart was invisibly pierced.
5. Jesus’ Heart was pierced with a lance.
6. What came forth from Jesus’ pierced Heart on
the cross, was blood and water.
7. Blood a symbol of the Eucharist. Water a symbol
for Baptism.
8. 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
9. A Prayer for Intimacy with the Lamb the Bridegroom of the Soul
Oh Lamb of God, Who take away the sins of the world, come and act on my soul most intimately. I surrender myself, as I ask for the grace to let go, to just be as I exist in You and You act most intimately on my soul. You are the Initiator. I am the soul waiting Your favors as You act in me. I love You. I adore You. I worship You. Come and possess my soul with Your Divine Grace, as I experience You most intimately.
10. A Prayer Before the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest
love.
I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.
Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.
Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.
Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.
Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.
-Mass Book, December 27, 1995
Song: I love You Jesus
