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The Novena Rosary Mysteries   for December 7th are Joyful.

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                December 6, 2011

From Blue Book 7

April 16, 1995 - Easter

Intimacy

Jesus: So many are going through motions,
    they do not have the depth of union I want.
    I want an intimate union with you.

Draw people in!! Tell them of My love.
    Many are doing their own things.

They will know My Power when they let
    go and are doing God's will. When they are
    about our love affair.

R. Jesus tells me - His deep love in these writings.

Jesus is speaking to us in the Blue Books —
    Mary is appearing.

Come to me Lord and possess my soul.

Jesus: I have given eight books and My Songs to you.

I want intimacy with you - Union.

    

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

 

    

April 17, 1995 - 6:45a.m.

R. I am wrapped by the warm arms of Mary, my
Mother, deep in my heart. Also I know the presence of
God within me. So deep is my rapture to be joined
in such a union with God.

No words can explain
Such peace and elation, joy, intensity,
    in the Sorrowful Mother chapel.

 

 

R. My gift from Him on the 17th's, Oh
    my God, how I love you, I love
    you, I love you.

   

April 17, 1995

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Dear God outpour your life to us.

2. Ascension

Jesus has commissioned us to help in the renewal of the Church and the world and pray for the priests.
Priests can baptize and forgive sins, say
       the Mass and administer the sacraments.

3. Descent of Holy Spirit on Apostles and the Blessed Virgin Mary

Dear Holy Spirit come and fill us. Come Holy Spirit fill our hearts
enkindle in us the fire of your love.

4. Assumption

Mary went up to heaven.

5. Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

May the saints and angels lead us into paradise.

Jesus gives us the Church -
God calls us to live the Christian existence,
the spiritual life, within the framework of
the Church, that Jesus has established.

 

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Jesus came forth from the tomb

Sing: Glory, Glory, Glory Lord.

2. Ascension

Christ ascended into heaven —
the apostles were full of  fear.

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and the Virgin Mary

There appeared over their heads tongues
          of fire.

The apostles were transformed from fear to
           to fearlessness

4. Assumption

Mary was taken into heaven body and soul.

Mary is still with us.
 

5. Mary is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

We are preparing ourselves here for
         heaven.

April 16, 1995, Easter

The Jews celebrated Passover with a lamb
    in memory of their release from bondage in Egypt.

Jesus was the Pascal lamb — He gave Himself
    as a sacrifice to lead us out of the
    bondage of sin.

Jesus paid the price with His blood.
The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary, Sacramentally made present.

 

 

Look at the gift Jesus gave to the Apostles —

   

Luke 22: 19

    Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ 

   

Slavery from Evil

 

Christ is Truly Present
in the Eucharist today in His Divinity and humanity.

Jesus offered Himself on Calvary to
    the Father —

He was the innocent Lamb led
    to the Slaughter —

Jesus — the Pascal Lamb —

Christ's body was broken for our
    sins —

We are, today, fed by His Body and
    Blood through the hands
    of the priest —

Jesus is Chief Priest and celebrant —

Jesus shed His precious blood on
    Calvary to set us free from
    our sins — slavery to sin —

The Jews celebrated passover as a
    memory of their redemption
    from bondage in Egypt —

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary
    sacramentally made present.

Jesus really died on the cross
    on Calvary —

Jesus rose on the third day to
    bring us new life —

Jesus' sacrifice was His offering
    to the Father —

There was the interior offering
    of Jesus Christ —

The priest offers himself to the
    Father in love for the purpose
        of . adoration
            . thanksgiving
            . petition
            . satisfaction for sin

 

Fr. Carter says in his book Response to God's Love

Liturgical Participation (excerpt)

       In Jesus' sacrifice, the same five elements occur, although not exactly in the same order. There is the interior offering; Christ as priest offers himself to the Father in love for the purpose of adoration, thanksgiving, petition, and satisfaction for sin. This interior offering is then externalized at the ritual of the Last Supper. The victim, Jesus himself, is immolated upon Calvary. The Father gives a miraculous sign that he accepts Jesus' sacrifice through the resurrection. Finally, there is the sacrificial meal at the Last Supper.

 

 

Joyful — Jesus came to the earth.

1. Annunciation

    The Incarnation - Awesome

   

John 1: 14

 

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Short Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the garden —

    "Thy will be done"

    The angel appears to Jesus.
    Jesus says, if it is possible please
            remove this cup from Me.

2. Scourging

    "Thy will be done"

     Jesus was whipped at the pillar for our
              sins

3.  Crowning with thorns

     See Him crowned
     See the King of Kings
 

4.  Carrying the cross

     See Him carry the cross —

     See the Lamb of God

5.  Crucifixion

      The Lamb is slain for our sins.

 

Short Glorious Mysteries

Resurrection

Jesus rose from the dead

Ascension

Jesus ascended into heaven and leaves the Apostles behind.

Descent of the Holy Spirit

The Father sent the Holy Spirit and they were filled with the Holy Spirit.

Assumption

Mary was taken body and soul into Heaven - but Mary is still our Mother of love.

Coronation

Mary is crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

 

Mysteries of the Rosary

Short Joyful Mysteries

Mysteries of God

1. Annunciation

The Father has a Plan, the Plan of salvation
for men. The angel announces the plan to Mary,
she complies to the Father's will, her life
is in harmony with the Father, a deep
awareness of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
How all revolves around His Plan.
Living in His will.

   

Luke 1: 38

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

 

Mary is filled with the Holy Spirit.

If we all live in this plan we live in harmony,
    love and peace. He is our loving Father who
    created us.

2.  Visitation

Mary goes to Her cousin Elizabeth. She is filled
    with the Holy Spirit, "My soul doth magnify
    the Lord, My Spirit rejoices in God my Savior"
    Elizabeth carries the child that will
    go before Christ to prepare the way for Jesus.

3.  Nativity

In the Nativity: All is quiet, Jesus is born in poverty —
    God is on the earth — the plan is
    unfolding - with the power of God
    there is no need to fear only to live
    according to the plan. The plan is for the
    salvation of the world.

4. Presentation

Mary takes Jesus to the temple, she is told of
    the suffering to come, the joy of
    the salvation of many souls.

5. Finding in the Temple

Jesus is found in the temple. He tells all, the
    most important thing, is to follow in
    the Father's will. He shows His
    Divinity in His wisdom and answers.
    For 12 years He has lived on the earth and
    has been quiet, He is God in His Majesty.
    He has been quiet - only following the
    Plan, the will of the Father.

See the quietness the surrender, the willingness
    to live by the Plan.

 

April 16, 1995

The Rosary Is Their Lives

These are the mysteries of the lives of Jesus
    and Mary. They followed the plan. They were
    not boastful, they quietly complied to the
    will of the Father.

His plan is unfolding for us. How are we
    living in His will?

 

Short Sorrowful Rosary

1. Agony in the Garden

The plan in the Garden
Jesus sees everything He will suffer.
Jesus sees all the sins of men.
Jesus says: Thy will be done

The plan, we must look at Him in the garden.
We have a free will. This is so hard.
He sees how He will suffer, He also
sees how souls will be condemned to
the fires of hell despite His sufferings.
He sees all the souls He loves and How some
will reject Him and He knows His
sufferings to come, but for love of us
and to please His Father - He complied
to His will.

2. Scourging at the Pillar

Jesus is the lamb, led to the slaughter, the
plan of salvation is at hand. Always the
Father's will.

3. Crowning with Thorns

Jesus is crowned not with a crown of glory.
He is crowned with a crown of thorns,
pounded into His head, always, quiet
surrender, beaten, bloodied, bruised,
spit on — Always the will of the Father.

4. Carrying of the Cross

Jesus carries the cross, the cross that He will be
slain on. He carries His cross. He
came to serve, to give His blood for the
salvation of many, always compliance
to the will of the Father.

Jesus gives to the Apostles the power to change
bread and wine into His body and blood.
The descendants of the Apostles,
the Bishops and the priests they ordain
celebrate Mass, the sacrifice
of Calvary, sacramentally made present.
Jesus was slain, He gave His life, He says, It
is finished — He gave to us His Mother,
She mother's us. She is Mother of the Church.
Mary brought Jesus into the world, Jesus was
born in her womb. The Church
was formed from Jesus pierced side. The
blood and water flowed from the
lamb, His pierced side,
who died on the cross for our sins.

5.  Crucifixion

     Jesus is the Lamb that was
              slain.

     The Mass is the sacrifice of
            Calvary, sacramentally
            made present.

 

Short Glorious Mysteries

1. Resurrection

Jesus is truly present in His Divinity and humanity
in the Eucharist through the hands of the priests.

Death has no power over Jesus.
Jesus rose from the tomb — Jesus came to give us a
sharing in His life. Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
We are given baptism
and nourished in the Eucharist.

2.  Ascension

Jesus ascended into heaven, Jesus gave to the Apostles
the mission to carry on His work. They are
awestruck and fearful. God the Father has a Plan.

The Apostles continue Jesus' work.
We are given the Church. Peter is the pope.

Jesus is the New Adam, Mary is the New Eve.

    

3. The Descent of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles

    The Holy Spirit descends on them and transforms
        them from fear to fearlessness.

    They go out now to carry out the mission,
        the plan of the Father, to spread
        the Good News.

    The Church is the bride of Christ. Jesus is with us.
        Mary is our Mother, Mary forms us in
        Her spiritual womb through the power of the Holy Spirit
          more and more into the image of Jesus

    The Church carries out the mystery of Christ today.

4. The Assumption

    Mary is taken Body and Soul into Heaven.
        The Apostles are now on their own.
        Jesus and Mary are still with us.

5.  Coronation

      Mary is crowned Queen
      of heaven and earth.

 

   

^{1 Corinthians 2: 9}

"What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, what the mind of man cannot visualise; all that God has prepared for those who love him;"

  

 

     

Excerpt from Response to God's Love by Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.

Chapter 7 - Liturgical Participation

                                                                           The Church's existence centers in her liturgy: "The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fount from which all her power flows" (Vatican II, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, no. 10). Furthermore, the Church's liturgical life is centered in the sacraments and, most especially, in the eucharistic sacrifice. We will briefly consider the sacraments in general, and then more extensively develop ideas about the Mass.

       In the previous chapter, we stated that the Church, in union with Christ, her head, helps continue the work of Jesus according to the pattern of Jesus. One aspect of Christ's existence, we stated, was that he was the primordial sacrament of God. We concluded, therefore, that the Church is also sacrament. The Church's sacramentality is then actualized in a special manner through the seven sacraments. In the same way that the Church in general is the visible continuation of Christ's Incarnation, so also can her individual sacraments be considered particular, visible extensions of Jesus.

       It is evident, therefore, why the sacraments are special encounters with Christ. Jesus unites himself with the sacramental sign as he offers his grace to the recipient. In this sense, Christ and his sacraments become one; the sacrament and its minister are merely instruments that Christ employs to give himself anew. The primary sacramental encounter is between Jesus and the recipient.

       Christ offers himself through the Church and her sacraments so that we might become ever more united to him. This incorporation into Christ begins at baptism, through which the Christian becomes a member of both Christ and the Church. What is more, this incorporation into the life of Christ means being incorporated into his paschal mystery because death-resurrection was the summary mystery of Christ's existence. Death-resurrection was the central mystery whereby Christ gave us life, and it is the central mystery that the Christian must relive in Christ.

       Each one of the sacraments deepens our incorporation into Jesus' death-resurrection; each one achieves this in a somewhat different manner according to its primary purpose; finally, and very importantly, each of the sacraments deepens this incorporation within an ecclesial framework. The sacraments, because they are realities of both Christ and his Church, intensify the Christian's relationship not only with Jesus, but also with the members of the Church and, ultimately, with all others.

       The death-resurrection of Jesus, which is encountered in a special way through the sacraments, is most especially renewed in the eucharistic sacrifice. Consequently, we can see the logical connection between the sacraments and the Mass. Indeed, all of the sacraments point to the Mass.

       The eucharistic sacrifice renews and summarizes the Christ-event, and likewise summarizes our participation in this mystery of Jesus. Obviously, then, the Eucharist is a multisplendored reality. All dimensions of the Eucharist are profoundly interlinked with one another; as a matter of fact, all are dimensions of the Eucharist as sacrifice because the sacrificial note is the fundamental characteristic. We say fundamental because we presuppose the idea of Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. These two aspects have always been stressed in Church teaching, as Richard McBrien has pointed out: "Catholic eucharistic doctrine has been focused on two issues: the sacrificial nature of the Mass and the real presence of Christ in the consecrated elements of bread and wine. It is official Catholic teaching . . . that the Mass is a true sacrifice . . . without diminishing the value of the sacrifice of Calvary. Christ is the same victim and priest in the Eucharist as he was on the cross, although the mode of offering is different at Mass. The sacrifice of the cross was a bloody sacrifice; the sacrifice of the Mass is unbloody" (Catholicism, vol. 2, p. 763). Because the idea of sacrifice is so fundamental to the understanding of the Mass, we will begin our discussion of the Eucharist from this perspective.

end of excerpt

 

 

Ephesians 4: 14-16

Then we shall no longer be children, or tossed one way and another, and carried hither and thither by every new gust of teaching, at the mercy of all the tricks people play and their unscrupulousness in deliberate deception. If we live by the truth and in love, we shall grow completely into Christ, who is the head by whom the whole Body is fitted and joined together, every joint adding its own strength, for each individual part to work according to its function. So the body grows until it has built itself up in love.

     

The Mass is the sacrifice of Calvary,
    sacramentally made present.

We live in faith.

 

Chapter 6 - The Christian and Church (excerpt)

                                  God calls us to live the Christian existence, the spiritual life, within the framework of the Church that Jesus has established. This Church is a many-splendored reality; it has many different names, images, and dimensions that variously attest to and manifest this multifaceted richness. All of them, however, speak of one and the same reality; each in its own way emphasizes now this, now that, particular truth or truths of the Church's existence. Each of these dimensions or concepts of the Church has something to say to the individual Christian about his or her spiritual life. Let us briefly consider some of these facets.

       The Church is the Body of Christ. One of the truths that is emphasized by this concept is the idea of community. The communion that binds the members of the Church together is, in turn, connected with that wider idea of community that embraces the whole of mankind.

 

April 18, 1995  

These are the Lives of Jesus and Mary lived in the rosary

R.  It is the story of our
    redemption of the great love of
    the Father to send His only begotten
    Son, Jesus, into this world. It is the great
    love that Jesus and Mary, His mother, have for
    us this day.

    The Symbol of this love is Their Two Hearts.
    Jesus' Heart was pierced with a lance,
    Mary's heart was pierced with a sword.

In modeling our lives after Their lives,
    in realizing the Father's Plan and
    living as little children pleasing
    always our beloved Father, we
    will have peace and joy.

Mary is our Mother, she was a human
person, the Father is our Father, He
is a Divine Person. Who are we that
He loves us so much that He created us
and that Jesus redeemed us with His
blood.

 

April 19, 1995 - 6:15a.m.

Be One with All

R. I offer myself as a little warm child wrapped
in a blanket on a platter to my Father.
I am your little baby Father, mold me, shape
me into the image of Your Son.

  

This rosary was delivered on Easter Sunday in the Sorrowful Mother Chapel. Jesus came alive in the large Sacred Heart picture. He came out of the picture. Marty saw clusters of angels around the Sorrowful Mother statue. Mary and Jesus moved their eyes.

The Resurrection

1. Jesus: It is in your suffering that you will have immense union with Me.

2. Jesus: As I died and rose on the third day, you, in your suffering, will rise to new life in Me.

3. Jesus: You have come to Me and I am here waiting for you to share this time alone with you. Put your minds at rest and unite ever so closely to My Most Sacred Heart.

4. R. Death has no power over Jesus! On the third day He rose victorious from the tomb, His body glistening in white. He truly rose to bring us new life. We are partakers in His divine life. The gift that we receive is far beyond our comprehension.

5. Jesus: You are as the Easter lily. You come from a narrow place and you grow more and more in this life with Me. You will bud and blossom forth and My life will radiate to this world as you become absorbed and saturated with the divine life that I impart to you.

6. Jesus: My power is endless for I am truly here and present in this room with you. Feel the vibrancy of My presence with you. I am Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, the resurrected Lord. I live and am present with you this very day.

7. Jesus: The world has closed off their hearts. They have come, their hearts are hardened, their faces are hard. I am life! You must go out to this world and give the message of My immense love. Tell this world that I am alive and I have risen, that I am in your midst this day, that I live in such an abundant fashion in the hearts of men who are in the state of grace. You, My children, are so blind! I am so present to you! God lives and is in your midst and you do not see. You run down useless roads and look for such foolish things. Oh, how I love you, My beloved. I call you to a state of urgency to spread My message to this world.

8. Jesus: As you are in your hearts, so shall you be in this world. I am Jesus, the risen Lord. I live on in the hearts of men this day. What you do here will affect the lives of so many souls. I beg you to preach the Gospel, to pray for fearlessness to carry this message to the hearts of all men.

9. Jesus: I am totally with you in this room. You do not realize the immense gifts that I give to you.

10. Jesus: In Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, I am present! The risen Lord is with you, My beloved souls, this very day!

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts. Enkindle in us the fire of Your love. Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts. Enkindle in us the fire of Your love.

The Ascension

1. Jesus: Before I ascended into heaven, I gave to the apostles the power to baptize and forgive sins. I give to My beloved priests this day this power through the Church. I give to each priest the power to change bread and wine into My most precious Body and Blood. How I love My Church and love My beloved priests-sons, for they are truly called. I live in this world today through My anointed ones.

2. R. See Jesus as He raises His arms and ascends into heaven and a cloud takes Him from our sight. We live on faith. We see the consecrated Host but we do not comprehend the great gift we have that He truly remains with us this day in the consecrated Host. God gives Himself to us! We become one in Him when we receive Him in the Eucharist. He gives us His Body.

3. Jesus: Do you see these mysteries, how glorious they truly are that I died and rose on the third day and then ascended into heaven?

4. Jesus: I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, come to this earth in such great love to save souls, to lead souls to heaven to be with Me forever and ever. How many souls will be lost because of their willfulness and their ways? Pray, My children, for the souls that are in darkness. They hold on to their foolish ways. They turn their backs and go their own way.

5. R. He went to heaven to prepare a place for us. Heaven is our true home!

6. R. He ascended into heaven and the gates of heaven were opened!

7. Jesus: I send you as missionaries into this world to spread the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

8. Jesus: You say: "For You, Lord, anything! For You, Lord, I will do anything!" And I call you to speak out in front of people and you say, "I can't do that, Lord!" I call you to pray to the Spirit for the courage to preach the Gospel for there are many who are suffering and in pain. Hear their words: "You helped me get to heaven"!

9. R. See the souls as they ascend into Heaven behind Jesus. See the souls as they are released from purgatory because of our prayers. See the great mercy of God that He loves souls. God the Father loves us so much that He sent His Son into this world so that we might be in heaven some day.

10. Jesus: See the souls of those living this day, and see them, as they die, being condemned to eternal damnation for their willfulness. For sin is sin and I came to give you life!

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

1. R. Jesus promised before He left the earth that He would send the Holy Spirit to baptize the apostles. Please, dear Holy Spirit, descend upon us so that we have the courage to do all that You are asking us to do. We are fearful and weak and we need Your grace. We need You to live in us, to operate in us, to help us be more and more like Jesus.

2. R. Who is our model? Whom do we model ourselves after?

3. R. Mary was joined in the Upper Room with the apostles and a gigantic wind came and there appeared over their heads parted tongues of fire.

4. R. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and transformed from fear to fearlessness. They went out to preach the Gospel and all understood!

5. R. Holy Spirit, descend upon us! Outpour all of your gifts and please give to us the courage to be able to carry out the mission that the Father has intended for us.

6. R. Where we are, as humans, weak and afraid, saturate us with the fire of God's love so that as we operate, we operate enlightened by You. We receive Your wisdom, Your understanding and Your knowledge to know exactly what the Father is calling us to do.

7. R. Mary, our Mother, help us to unite ever closer to the Holy Spirit that He can work and be active in our being, that we might feel this saturation and penetration of the presence of the Almighty God within our souls.

8. R. Holy Spirit, impart to us Your life so that we may be enlightened to do all that God is asking us to do. Fill us with such a brilliant light that we know the light of the Almighty God.

9. Jesus: I am the Way, I am the Truth, I am the Life! He who abides in Me will have the light of life!

10. R. May we be transformed more and more into the image of Jesus in the Heart of the Virgin Mary and led to the bosom of our Father.

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

The Assumption of Mary Into Heaven

1. Jesus: Model yourselves after Mary, My Mother. She was taken body and soul into heaven. You, too, some day will be taken into My kingdom.

2. Jesus: You must come to our Hearts. Pray from the heart, My beloved ones. As Mary was so united to My Heart, pray to Mary to unite yourselves closer and closer to My Heart.

3. Jesus: The more you live this rosary in your daily lives, the more you will pray from your heart. It is in understanding Our lives that you will be joined closer to Us.

4. Jesus: Our Hearts are a great symbol of Our love for you.

5. Jesus: How is your heart? Is your heart free of all debris to unite with My immense love? Purify your hearts and come ever closer to Me for a heart that is full of sin cannot unite with My Heart. My Heart is pure and filled with love. To unite closely with Me, your hearts must be forever pure.

6. Jesus: How I want to unite with each one of you in deepest love, to unite more deeply with you. The love that I have is immeasurable and the longings of your hearts are the longings to unite ever closer to My Heart. You will be satisfied in heaven, My beloved ones, for your hearts will be filled with My love.

7. R. Mary went to heaven and united closely with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in a most intense union.

8. Jesus: Your hearts crave this love that only I can give. Search you this barren desert and you will never satisfy the cravings in your hearts.

9. R. Mary mothers us as she mothered Jesus. Mary is the Mother of the Church. We pray to Mary to lead us to an ever deeper union with God.

10. R. We pray to Mary to lead this Church into deeper union with Her Son, to help the priests and the religious who are our ministers in this Church, to lead the souls to deep and longing love with Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

Mary Is Crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth

1. R. Mary reigns with her Son in the courts of heaven! The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign on this earth! The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph! There will be an era of peace, but many will suffer the loss of their souls for their own willfulness.
   Jesus: You are a big part of the Father's plan to help souls to know of the love of God. I beg you to pray fervently from the heart and to lead others to the love of My Heart.

2. R. How the Heart of Mary knows the Heart of Jesus. How she stands by our side and mothers with the most maternal love. How do we turn to Mary? Do we realize that she is here at every second waiting to take us to the Heart of her Son? She reigns in heaven with her Son Jesus. He loves His Mother so much. Ought we not put our faith and trust and love in His Mother so that she might lead us closer to His Sacred Heart?

3. R. We are the children of God. God is our Father. Let us realize how we must live in connection with the Father, that our every action is to please Him and to do His Will, that Mary is our Mother and by our side with love to lead us to greatest union with God.

4. Jesus: Do you want peace, joy and happiness, or do you want your own wills? Only in submitting to the Will of My Father will you have peace, joy and happiness.

5. R. Mary is there to lead us to the Heart of her Son.

6. R. The Heart of Jesus is waiting to be united with us in such deep love. Help us, Jesus, as little children being held by our loving mother, to realize the immense love that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit outpour to us. Help us to realize how Mary is our Mother who guards us and protects us under her mantle, how she watches over us and leads us ever closer to the Heart of her Son.

7. Jesus: The glory is in the resurrection! The glory is in the new life! I lead you into glory but you must submit your wills to the Will of the Father.

8. Jesus: This intense union that I want with each one of you far surpasses anything you could find on this earth. Come to Me and sit with Me in front of My tabernacle. Be joined in oneness as I give you My very Body and Blood as your food to eat. I nourish you with My own Flesh and Blood. I become one with you and you become one with Me. As we are united, you become united to the Father, for I am one with the Father and He is one with Me. My beloved ones, the great gifts that I give to you and you are so blind!

9. Jesus: Consecrate your lives to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary and pray fervently for your priests, for I live this day in the Church. Pray for the priests and the Church. I love you, My beloved ones, and I love My Church.

10. Jesus: Feed the hungry! My love is enough! People do not realize the immensity of My love. They scratch only the surface and I have such deep love to give. If you focus always on My love, you will be fed. You will know struggles and trials, but in all of these struggles, you will be brought to deeper life with Me. As you experience thorns, I give to you a bed of roses. I am Jesus, My beloved ones, and I have spoken directly to you of those things that I hold in My Heart and wish to share with you. Open up your hearts and your souls and ponder the words that I have spoken here. I truly long to be closely united to you, My precious chosen ones. Pray, pray, pray! Men have turned their backs. They have walked away and in their willfulness, they have forgotten God. I come to bring you new life that you might have it to the full.

Song: I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me shall not hunger and who believes in Me shall not thirst. No one can come to Me unless the Father beckons. And I will raise you up. And I will raise you up. And I will raise you up on the last day.

Jesus: Pray for My beloved priests and for the Church, My dear ones. Pray for the courage to go out into this world and be a witness of the love of God that you have within your hearts. It is fear that stops you from spreading this message. You, too, will be joined with Me forever and ever in heaven. I ask you to go out into the world and tell all you meet of My great love for them.

Locution Received After
Recitation of the Seven Sorrows

Jesus: I stand at the door of the hearts of mankind and knock. Many close their hearts and walk away. My beloved ones, pray for the souls of your brothers that they will open their hearts and let Me enter. Your prayers are so important for the salvation of many souls. Pray, My beloved ones! Pray as you have never prayed before. Unite ever more closely to My Most Sacred Heart. Pray always in union with Me and My Mother, the angels and saints, and the souls in purgatory. Pray to the Father, in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Spirit. Your prayers are so valuable to many souls. Do not underestimate the power of prayer. I call out to you this day to go as soldiers into this world.

- During Easter Sunday (April 16, 1995) Rosary
Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Center, Norwood, Ohio

 

R. A second rosary was
    April 26, 1995 in the
    Parents and Children's Rosary Book —
    This was received at a Shepherds of
        Christ Junior Prayer Service.

 

April 26, 1995

Glorious Mysteries
For Parents and Children

The Resurrection of Jesus

1. R. Jesus died and, as had been foretold, He rose on the third day. Death has no power over Jesus!

2. R. They had rolled a gigantic stone up to the tomb where Jesus had been buried. The stone was rolled away. Mary Magdalene and some of the other women came to put spices on Jesus.

3. R. There were two men and they said to the women at the tomb, "Why look among the dead for someone who is alive?" (Lk 24:5)

4. R. Mary was weeping and she saw a man she thought was the gardener and it was Jesus.

5. R. Jesus appeared to His beloved apostles and they did not recognize Him at first.

6. R. The apostles did not understand all that Jesus had told them.

7. R. We must pray to God to open up our minds and hearts so that we may understand Him more, for He is a mystery!

8. R. He gave to the apostles the power to baptize and to forgive sins. It is through Baptism that we are reborn into new life.

9. Jesus: My dear little children, you are chosen by Me to be My special, anointed ones. In Baptism, you were made children of God and heirs of heaven.

10. Jesus: My dear little children, how dearly I press each one of you close to My Heart.

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts. Enkindle in us the fire of Your love. Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts. Enkindle in us the fire of Your love.

The Ascension of Jesus into Heaven

1. R. See Jesus as He extends His arms and goes up to heaven. See the apostles below. They are filled with fear and confusion to see their beloved Jesus leave.

2. R. These are the Glorious Mysteries. Our hearts are filled with such immense joy to see Jesus rise from the dead and go up into the sky! Think of this!

3. R. God is a mystery! We can meditate on this mystery of Jesus rising from the dead, of His going up to heaven. He wants us to meditate on the mysteries of His life and His mother's life.

4. R. He wants us to live His life, death and resurrection in our lives this day.

5. R. God the Father loved us so much that He created us in His own image and likeness. It is in meditating on the mysteries of Jesus' and Mary's lives that we can model the way we live after Jesus and Mary.

6. R. Jesus gives us a special calling at baptism to go out and show others His immense love, to tell others about our good God Whom we love so much.

7. R. Jesus has not left. He remains with us, truly present, the same as the day He walked the earth. He remains in the Eucharist in His divinity and His humanity .

8. Jesus: My dear little ones, how I love you. When you are baptized, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit dwell inside of your Heart in a very, very special way. I am Jesus. I never leave you. I love you and remain with you in your heart.

9. Jesus: How I love my dear, little children. Bring the children to Me! Bring the children and sit in front of the tabernacle. Tell them that I am Jesus and how I love them.

10. Jesus: I wait for you, My little children, to come and tell Me that you love Me, too. I wait for you to come and to talk to Me, to share all those things that are in your heart with Me.

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

The Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and Mary

1. Jesus: I sent to the apostles the Holy Spirit to dwell within them. The Holy Spirit transforms you, My little children. so that you are not afraid. Pray to the Holy Spirit. Ask Him to help you to have the courage to talk about God in front of your friends.

2. Jesus: As you love your mother, your father and your friends, I love you and Mary loves you so much more than any earthly person could ever love you.

3. Jesus: The Father created each one of you so specially! He loves you so much!

4. Jesus: He gives you the special talents that you have this day. He loves you so much and wants you to use your talents to do the work of God.

5. Jesus: The Holy Spirit is such a dear friend! Pray to the Holy Spirit every day for He loves you so much.

6. Jesus: The Holy Spirit lifts your spirits. Satan is in this world and wants to keep you depressed. Pray to the Holy Spirit to lift your hearts high and to be filled with God's love.

7. Jesus: Let the little children come to Me! Bring them to Church and pray with your children. My dear, little children, pray the rosary.

8. R. Think about the stories of the lives of Jesus and Mary. Think about how Jesus died on the cross for love of you.

9. Song: Come Holy Ghost, Creator blest, and in our hearts take up Thy rest. Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, to fill the hearts which Thou hast made, to fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

10. R. Holy Spirit, set our hearts on fire with the fire of God's love!

Song between decades: Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

Mary Is Taken Up Into Heaven, Body and Soul

1. R. Mary is our beloved mother. She loves us so much! Jesus gave to us His very own mother!

2. R. She loves us far more than any earthly mother could ever love us.

3. R. Her love is a personal love.

4. R. The more we realize how close our mother really is to us, the more we will feel secure as she wraps her mantle about us and leads us ever closer to her beloved son, Jesus.

5. Mary: I wrap you, my beloved, dear, sweet children, in my arms. I hold you close to my Heart. I protect you from this world as any mother would protect her little child. You are my little child, my dear one. I am forever with you.

6. Song: Immaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in splendor with Jesus, our King. Ave, ave, ave, Maria. Ave, ave, Maria.

7. R. Jesus, when He ascended into Heaven, went to prepare a place for us. The gates of heaven were opened!

8. R. Now Mary, some twenty years after Jesus' death, was taken into heaven. But Jesus and Mary are here with us this day! Jesus dwells within us and remains in the tabernacle, truly present.

9. R. We, too, will be taken up into heaven. These are the Glorious Mysteries. If we love and serve the Lord, we will be given such glory in Heaven.

10. R. My dear, little ones, let the lives of Jesus and Mary grow in your hearts. Meditate on these mysteries and learn more about their lives. Always pray to the Spirit to lead you into deep meditation.

Song between decades: Come, Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…

Mary Is Crowned Queen of Heaven

1. R. The Immaculate Heart of Mary will triumph! The Sacred Heart of Jesus will reign! There will be an era of peace!

2. Mary: My beloved ones, you will have a period of struggle. Stay close to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

3. Mary: Our Hearts are a symbol of greatest love for you.

4. Mary: In your wildest imagination, you cannot image the deep and most tender love that my Son has for you. Pray to the Spirit to open your heart so you may feel more and more the great love that Jesus, my Son, has for you.

5. Mary: God wants you to be joined with Him forever and ever in the courts of heaven. You must, every minute of your life, seek after holiness. The devil goes about this earth prowling and aiming to trip men in their paths. My dear, little ones, Jesus, my Son, loves you with the deepest love. Focus on the love of Jesus.

6. Mary: I call to you! I call to you! I call to you! I am Mary, the mother of God, and I am your mother. My dear little ones, harken to my call, for you are my chosen ones.

7. Mary: You are commissioned through baptism to go out into this world and spread the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not hold back but let your hearts be forever open and the love of God will flow from you and radiate from your very being.

8. Mary: I am Mary, your mother! My beloved children, how I love you with the most maternal love. I love you! I love you! I am waiting for you to come closer to my Heart.

9. R. Help us to be more aware of the great gifts that you are giving to us this very day. Help us to be sensitive to the grace of the Lord, our God.

10. Song: Hail Holy Queen, enthroned above, O Maria. Hail Mother of Mercy and of Love, O Maria. Triumph all ye cherubim. Sing with us ye seraphim. Heaven and earth resound the hymn: Salve, salve, salve, Regina!

Song after last decade: Come Holy Spirit, fill our hearts…