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R. Giving to others according to God's will.
Seeing out of oneself.
Seeing others as a gift from God.
Seeing Christ in others.
Mother Theresa saw Jesus in the dying and
in the poor.
A man who loves God has within himself
the joy of knowing God.
Loving God brings joy to a man's heart.
God calls us to love others.
Our whole life is like a lesson to learn
how to love God and love others.
When we read the scriptures and see Jesus
and what He did –
we see love –
we see loving all –
We know Jesus died on the cross for
all men –
Jesus shows us
compassion for the demonic
compassion for the leper
Jesus shows us how He ate with sinners –
Jesus loved –
God created us –
We are the creatures –
We are to be more and more in the image and
likeness of Jesus.
What have I learned in the school of life?
How have I learned from the example of
Jesus to love?
The Divine Almighty God, Jesus, took flesh to teach
us about Himself, to teach us about
love.
Prayer from
St. Ignatius
Lord,
teach me to be generous.
Teach me to serve you as you deserve;
To give and not to count the cost;
To fight and not to heed
the wounds;
To toil and not to seek for rest;
To labor and not to ask
for any reward,
Save that of knowing
that I am doing your will.
R. At first St. Ignatius lived a life where he
cared about himself, lords and
ladies –
St. Ignatius hurt his leg and he didn't like
the way they fixed it –
He thought he would recuperate reading about
lords and ladies and instead all that
was available was about holy things –
St. Ignatius changed.
St. Ignatius met Jesus.
St. Ignatius wrote the Spiritual Exercises
we believe that the Spiritual Mother
dictated to him.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 11
21. SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
Which have as their purpose the conquest of self
and the regulation of one's life in such a way that
no decision is made under the influence of any
inordinate attachment
From The Spiritual Exercises of
St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 12
23.
FIRST PRINCIPLE
AND FOUNDATION
an is created to praise, reverence and
serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his
soul.
The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius
meditation 2 (2nd exercise p.29)
This is a meditation on our sins...
meditation 3 (5th exercise p. 32)
This is a meditation on hell.
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
136. THE FOURTH DAY
A MEDITATION
ON TWO STANDARDS
The one of Christ, our
supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human nature
PRAYER. The usual preparatory prayer.
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137. FIRST PRELUDE. This is the
history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His
standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.
138. SECOND PRELUDE. This is a
mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great
plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the
sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and
another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the
enemy is Lucifer.
139. THIRD PRELUDE. This is to
ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the
deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them;
and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the
sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
FIRST PART
THE STANDARD OF SATAN
140. FIRST POINT. Imagine you
see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon,
seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring
horror and terror.
141. SECOND POINT. Consider how
he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city
and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no
province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.
142. THIRD POINT. Consider the
address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men
and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet
riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that
they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and
then come to overweening pride.
The first step, then, will be
riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps
the evil one leads to all other vices.
SECOND PART
THE STANDARD OF CHRIST
143. In a similar way, we are to
picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our
Lord.
144. FIRST POINT. Consider
Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about
the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.
145. SECOND POINT. Consider how
the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles,
disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread
His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or
condition.
146. THIRD POINT. . . .
end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of
St. Ignatius
R. In studying the saints we see men and
women who learned about Jesus, who
learned how to love, who disciplined
themselves for their King and Master.
Men and women that are saints show
us their lives living for others – like Pope John Paul II,
Mother Theresa, Padre Pio. Men whose
lives changed the lives of others –
I watched Fr. Carter, I read his books, I saw
his love for others, I saw him going out
and it is because of Fr. Carter we have the
Shepherds of Christ. Jesus chose him and gave him
His special message – He told him to write the
Priestly Newsletter the end of May – 21 years
ago and to send it to all the priests in the
United States and send it all over the world.
Jesus gave him this message July 31, 1994 –
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to
Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:
"My beloved
priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds
of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates,
in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter
and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful
instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to
become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them
I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help
bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My
Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of
Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart
and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy
Spirit."
- Message from
Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31,
1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus
(The Jesuits)
R. Jesus gave him the Shepherds of Christ Prayers
Fr. Carter had a dream.
Through Him, With Him, In Him
R. Our Blessed Lady appeared to me and she
continued to appear 2 1/2 years on the 5ths –
Mother's day May 14, 1995 Postcard
2 1/2 years later – Jesus appeared to me at the point
of death on the cross.
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R. Mary had appeared almost every 5th for
two and 1/2 years beginning July 5, 1994.
On December 5, 1996, instead of Mary appearing Jesus appeared
on the cross in utter anguish at the point of death at Holy Cross-Immaculata
Church.
He spoke not a word, but His mouth moved profusely. I was
horrified by the apparition.
He hung, all battered, greatly weakened. His mouth moved very
clearly. It seems that a man in His condition could not move His mouth to that
extent.
Later in the rosary that night, He gave messages and said:
"No one was listening."
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R. When Mary began to appear in July, 1994 –
Fr. Carter got the message about the
prayer chapters.
Jesus gave me the direction to put the Holy Spirit Novena
together.
R.
Mary appeared 7 1/2 years on the building in
Clearwater –
until a person broke the image head
with a sling shot
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From Blue Book 15
Excerpts from the Rosary of May 13, 1997
The Resurrection
1. Jesus: Open wide your hearts, My beloved ones, for I am with you in a special way
on this day. There are many changes that are occurring in your lives. You
must let go and surrender for I am separating the sheep from the goats and
you will be a strong body. You will be a body joined in one mind and one
heart to help carry the light into the darkness. Do not be afraid for I am
here and My Mother is here in a special way. I will guard you.
Song: "I will be with you."
10. . . .
Jesus:
Are you afraid? Are you afraid, My beloved ones, to march into battle?
How are your hearts, are they rooted in Me or are they fearful?
I am the Almighty God.
It is with My might that you will go forth into this world and there
will be victory, for I have won and many hearts will turn to hearts of love
as you march forth into the darkness and carry My flag of light and the
hearts will be lighted with the fire of My love.
Their hearts will be alive with My burning love.
Look at your world this day.
Look at the children, how many hearts are alive with God’s love?
How many children are being told about My love?
How many people this day are focused on so many things, but do not
even give Me a thought?
You are the soldiers I am sending.
Will you say “no” when it gets tough? I will weed out the strong
ones from those that are not truly committed.
And it will be with this small in number that the soldiers will march
forth into this world, and they will carry the flag of victory.
The Ascension
2.
Jesus: I
love you. I
love you. I
love you. I
am with you at this very moment. No matter how you feel in your heart give all your cares to Me and I
will bathe you in My precious love. I am the Almighty God. I give to you a sharing in My Divine life and My Divine love.
The Assumption
1.
Jesus: Are you afraid?
Are you afraid now? I am
telling you that you must pray to the Holy Spirit every day. Make a novena to the Holy Spirit continually. The Holy Spirit will transform your hearts from hearts of fear to
hearts that are fearless. I am
Jesus, your beloved Savior. Your
might is in Me. My sweet
wonderful loved ones, I give you My Heart on fire and burning for love of
you. Will you carry this love
into the world? Will you tell
those that are hurting, that are suffering, that are in pain that Jesus
loves you, that Jesus has given Himself for love of you?
The Coronation
6.
Jesus:
And so this is My message to you, My beloved ones, I ask you to carry
out this message to the world. I
ask you to begin the prayer chapters in churches, if possible.
If not, to start all prayer chapters that are possible in your homes
and other places. I have given
to you these prayers that will help bring about the renewal of the Church
and the world. You must pray
these prayers fervently. You
are My apostles. I am asking
you to help. I am not asking
you to be anxious and to worry. If
you are unable to do some of the prayers, I am asking you to spend an hour
with Me each day. In that hour,
I will instruct you on the ways of My Heart.
I will reveal to you the will of My Father for you.
I am Jesus. I have
called you here this day. This
will help bring about the completion of the Fatima message which began 80
years before.
8.
Jesus: How can you refuse the Mother that I gave to you? She is filled with
grace. My little ones, you must
give yourself to the heart of My Mother. She will take you to the depth of My Heart and you will know My
burning love. You must be
strong, for you will suffer. You
will suffer very many trials -- but…
10.
Jesus: I
am Jesus. I have called you
here this day to hear this message. I
am asking you to write a letter of intimacy to Me every day. I am asking you to live by the Blue Book messages for it will become
hard and you will suffer much. You
must go to the Blue Book for I will give you My answer to your trials. I
have written these love letters to you. You must use the Blue Books. You
will go through tremendous suffering and persecution. Do not lose heart. I am
strengthening you. You will be
strong soldiers. Many will be
left behind. You must pray
fervently for your leader Father Carter. He is a great gift to this world. He is writing the priestly newsletter in order to help renew the
Church and the world. You must
pray for Him and for His provincial and for all of the priests that are
involved. I am Jesus. Pray the novena hourly and unite as close to the hour as possible in
one mind, in one heart. Come,
My little ones, I will take you into My Heart.
You must go weekly to your chapter meeting for as you go deeper into
My Heart, you will suffer, for many will not understand.
You will be strengthened by those that have consecrated their heart
to Me. They will be your
family. You will be My beating
Heart in this world. This is
the core chapter I have called here. You
are the strong ones. You must
pray and do as I have told you. You
must live the messages and study the messages. It will become difficult unless you go to the weekly meeting and
unless you live the messages. You
will not be able to survive this calling for it will become more and more
difficult as you assume your role as a leader. I am Jesus. Will you
answer My call? Will you be a
leader? Will you live by the
messages that I give to you? Will
you pray fervently an hour every day and go to Mass and Communion whenever
possible, preferably daily? You
must consecrate your hearts. If
you at this time can not do all of these things, I am asking you to do as
many as you feel comfortable with, but to stay close to your chapter. I do not want you to be anxious and filled with fear. I want you to come to Me and I will comfort you. You must do only as you can. I
am not demanding that you do all of these things. I am asking you to study the messages and try more and more to live
the messages and to come closer to My Heart. I am giving to each of you a special grace to be My apostle. If you want to answer this call, I will give this grace to you now. I am Jesus. This is May
the 13th, 1997. What you do
here today will majorly help to renew the Church and the world and to help
bring about the completion of the Fatima message. Will you help? Will you
answer the call of My Mother and yours? Will you answer My call? Will
you answer the call of your Father? If
you say “no”, who will I call?
end of excerpt
R. And then the wind came up
R. Going out reaching the youth, the schools,
the nursing homes, the priests –
October 13, 1994
The Birth of the Full Ministries
of the Shepherds of Christ
"I wish to share with you part of a message which
Jesus gave us on October 13, 1994. The message tells us about the expansion of
the Shepherds of Christ movement:
'My
beloved priest-companion, today I come to you with another mission. I am
asking you to establish Shepherds of Christ Ministries. At My request you have
already begun the priestly newsletter, "Shepherds of Christ", and
the prayer chapters, Shepherds of Christ Associates...
'I am
giving you this message on this day, the 77th Anniversary of the Great
Apparition at Fatima, because of the close connection between the Shepherds of
Christ movement and the Fatima message. The Fatima message is centered in
devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart, especially in consecration to Our
Hearts. Shepherds of Christ Ministries is also centered in devotion to Our
Hearts. I will use Shepherds of Christ Ministries as a great instrument in
helping to bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My
Sacred Heart. When this occurs, My Church and the world will be experiencing
the great era of peace promised by My Mother at Fatima.
'Today, then, October 13, 1994, the 77th Anniversary of the Great Apparition
at Fatima, marks the birth of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I pour forth the
great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the
flock.'
"Jesus has told us that Shepherds of Christ
Ministries includes: the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ,
Shepherds of Christ Associates prayer chapters, various publications,
including books, whatever else Our Lord directs us to undertake.
"As members of Shepherds of Christ Associates, you
are an extremely important part of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. You have
given great joy to the Heart of Jesus by responding to His invitation to
become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. As He draws you closer to
His Heart and to His Mother's Heart as Associates members, He will fill you
with an ever-increasing experience of His love, peace, and joy."
- From In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Newsletter of Shepherds of Christ Associates
by Fr. Edward J. Carter S.J., Volume 1, No. 1, 1995. p. 2.
Apostles
of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
My dear fellow
Associate Members,
Jesus is calling special apostles to join a new division
of the Shepherds of Christ Movement. Here is a message from Jesus given to
Father Carter:
My beloved priest-companion, I am requesting that a new prayer movement be
started under the direction of Shepherds of Christ Ministries. I am asking
for volunteers who are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament for one
hour, twice-weekly. Members of the Shepherds of Christ prayer chapters, as
well as others, are to be invited to join this movement.
These apostles are to pray for the intentions I am giving you. For part of
the hour they are to use the prayers of the Shepherds of Christ Associates
Handbook. They may spend the rest of the hour as they so choose.
I will use this new prayer movement within My Shepherds of Christ Ministries
in a powerful way to help in the renewal of My Church and the world. I will
give great graces to those who join this movement. The name, Apostles of the
Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, is to be given to this movement.
I am inviting My beloved Rita Ring to be coordinator for this activity.
I pour out the great love of My Sacred Heart to all. I am Jesus, Chief
Shepherd of the flock.
This is indeed a special calling for us to unite in one heart with His
Eucharistic Heart and pray for the following intentions:
1. For the spread of the devotion to the Hearts of Jesus
and Mary culminating in the reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph
of the Immaculate Heart.
2. For the Pope.
3. For all bishops of the world.
4. For all priests.
5. For all sisters and brothers in the religious life.
6. For all members of the Shepherds of Christ Movement,
and for the spread of this movement to the world.
7. For all members of the Catholic Church.
8. For all members of the human family.
9. For all souls in purgatory.
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
2 Chronicles 36: 14-17, 19-23
Furthermore, all the leaders of Judah, the
priests and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity,
copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling
the Temple of Yahweh which he himself had consecrated in
Jerusalem. Yahweh, God of their ancestors, continuously sent
them word through his messengers because he felt sorry for his
people and his dwelling, but they ridiculed the messengers of
God, they despised his words, they laughed at his prophets,
until Yahweh's wrath with his people became so fierce that there
was no further remedy.
So against them he summoned the king of the
Chaldaeans and he put their young men to the sword within the
very building of their Temple, not sparing young man or girl, or
the old and infirm; he put them all at his mercy.
He burned down the temple of God, demolished the
walls of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces to the ground and
destroyed everything of value in it. And those who had escaped
the sword he deported to Babylon, where they were enslaved by
him and his descendants until the rise of the kingdom of Persia,
to fulfil Yahweh's prophecy through Jeremiah: Until the
country has paid off its Sabbaths, it will lie fallow for all
the days of its desolation–until the seventy years are complete.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia–to
fulfil the word of Yahweh through Jeremiah–Yahweh roused the
spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to issue a proclamation and to
have it publicly displayed throughout his kingdom: 'Cyrus king
of Persia says this, "Yahweh, the God of Heaven, has given me
all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him
a Temple in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among
you of all his people, may his God be with him! Let him go up."
Psalm 137: 1-6
By the rivers of Babylon
we sat and wept
at the memory of Zion.
On the poplars there
we had hung up our harps.
For there our gaolers had asked us
to sing them a song,
our captors to make merry,
‘Sing us one of the songs of Zion.’
How could we sing a song of Yahweh
on alien soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
may my right hand wither!
May my tongue remain stuck to my palate
if I do not keep you in mind,
if I do not count Jerusalem
the greatest of my joys.
Ephesians 2: 4-10
But God, being rich in faithful love, through
the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in
our sins, brought us to life with Christ—it is through grace
that you have been saved—and raised us up with him and gave us a
place with him in heaven, in Christ Jesus.
This was to show for all ages to come,
through his goodness towards us in Christ Jesus, how
extraordinarily rich he is in grace. Because it is by grace that
you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own,
but by a gift from God; not by anything that you have done, so
that nobody can claim the credit. We are God’s work of art,
created in Christ Jesus for the good works which God has already
designated to make up our way of life.
John 3: 14-21
as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,
so must the Son of man be lifted up
so that everyone who believes
may have eternal life in him.
For this is how God loved the world:
he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him
may not perish
but may have eternal life.
For God sent his Son into the world
not to judge the world,
but so that through him
the world might be saved.
No one who believes in him
will be judged;
but whoever does not believe
is judged already,
because that person does not believe
in the Name of God’s only Son.
And the judgement is this:
though the light has come into the world
people have preferred
darkness to the light
because their deeds were evil.
And indeed, everybody who does wrong
hates the light and avoids it,
to prevent his actions
from being shown up;
but whoever does the truth
comes out into the light,
so that what he is doing
may plainly appear as done in God.’
Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 26, 2006
INTRODUCTION – (2 Chronicles 36,
14-16.19-23; Eph. 2, 4-10; John 3, 14-21) Our first reading last
Sunday was about the covenant God made with his people as they were
traveling through the desert on their way from Egypt to the Promised
Land. In that covenant God promised his people liberty, land,
prosperity and he promised them they would be his special people.
What God demanded of his people in return was obedience to his
commandments, especially the ones we call "The Ten Commandments."
Our first reading this week skips over seven centuries, centuries
marked with religious fervor at times, but mostly characterized by
indifference to God and to his laws. This indifference took its toll
on their strength as a nation and when the powerful Babylonians came
against God’s people around 600 B.C. they were unable to defend
themselves. As a result their land was destroyed and those who
managed to survive the Babylonian invasion were enslaved and
deported to Babylon. Today’s first reading describes this calamity
and how God freed them from their Babylonian captivity almost two
generations later. Their liberation from Babylon took place when the
Persian king, Cyrus, conquered the Babylonians. Just to help you
visualize this, Persia was the land now occupied by Iran and
Babylonia was in modern day Iraq. One last thought: next week we
will hear Jeremiah promise that God would make a new covenant with
his people since the old one was so poorly kept. We celebrate and
renew God's new covenant as always as we celebrate the Eucharist
today.
HOMILY – One of the central
elements of our relationship with God is the idea of covenant. The
word "covenant" is not a word we use everyday. It is a solemn and
serious agreement, but it is more that that. It is a committed
relationship between two people or two groups of people. About the
only time we hear the word "covenant" today is in relation to
marriage. But in the Bible we hear the word a lot. Last Sunday, this
Sunday and next Sunday, in our first reading, we hear passages that
referred to the covenant God made with his people. The author of the
first reading tells us this covenant was broken more often than it
was observed. Instead of giving up on us, however, God offered us a
new covenant, sealed in the blood of his Son. It’s a covenant we
renew and God renews with us every time we come to Mass.
God offers this new covenant to all
people. As Jesus said: "God gave his only Son so that everyone who
believes in him might not perish, but might have eternal life." But
not all people want to enter into a covenant of love with this God
who sent his son. Again he tells us: "The light came into the world,
but people preferred the darkness to light…"
God is our creator who knows us better
than we know ourselves. He knows what is for our good, he knows what
will lead us to peace and life, eternal life, but he also gave us a
free will. He gave us a free will so we would be capable of
returning his love. Only a free person can love. But with our free
will we can also choose not to love. And making that choice not to
love our God points us in a direction that leads away from eternal
life and eternal happiness.
People with a concept of "covenant"
(even if they’ve never heard the word "covenant," but who know they
are in a relationship of love with God) know a God whom we can call
Father, lover, spouse, friend, protector or savior. Without a notion
of "covenant" we cannot really know God in a personal way. Without a
notion of "covenant" God is seen perhaps as indifferent, overly
punitive or overly permissive. I think most people today, who have
no notion of "covenant," see God as some kind of indulgent parent
who doesn’t know how to say "no" and who is so soft hearted he’s
going to get everyone into heaven no matter how evil they may have
been. Jesus did say "God did not send his son into the world to
condemn the world," but he also said that whoever does not believe
in him is already condemned because they preferred darkness to
light. Jesus has done all that is possible, even to the extent of
dying for us, so that we can discover the light, the life, the joy
that his love can bring, but he cannot force it on us if we are
closed to it.
I want to say something about baptism
because that’s when we begin to live a new life, when we receive the
light of Christ, when we enter into a covenant relationship with
God. Often I have asked people when they come for the baptism of
their child why they want their child baptized. The most common
answer is because it washes away original sin. Those who have a
deeper understanding of baptism tell me it is because baptism gives
their child a sharing in Christ’s life. But even that answer is
incomplete. Let me draw a comparison between baptism and natural
birth. When a child is born, we say they are given the gift of life
(although they had already received that gift at conception). But we
also know that there’s a lot more to being born than simply
receiving the gift of life. Natural birth is the beginning of a
lengthy, complex process of growth, development, learning and
maturation. So too is baptism the beginning of a process of growing
in God’s love, learning to recognize God as our Father, learning to
obey him, worship him, love him, pray to him. That describes a
loving relationship with our God that is meant to continue into
eternity. One word for that relationship is "covenant." When we come
to Mass each week, we come so we don’t forget our covenant, that we
are sharers in God’s life; so we don’t forget what Christ has done
for us and what he asks of us in this relationship of love. We all
know and God knows too how easily we forget things, so he gave us a
way to remember: "Do this in memory of me." Thank you for being here
today to hear once more of God’s love and to express your own love
in prayer and praise. Amen.
Jesus: Pray March 13, 2015 message
for the next 30 days –
Print it out – keep it
with you –
Given March 13, 2015
R. This is a prayer service to pray
with all of our hearts
united as one –
as never before –
We pray to the Father –
united to Jesus in the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass,
(the Sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present)
We pray in the Holy Spirit
with all the angels and saints and
the souls in purgatory –
through the powerful intercession
of Mary, Our Lady of Clearwater –
Pray with me, now, with all of your
heart –
Pray in deep unity before the
Exposed Eucharist here –
We pray for the pope, for all
cardinals, for all bishops,
all priests –
We pray for all of us, all members and
donors and all their families,
all our families.
We pray for anyone who touches
all these people –
We spread the Blood of Jesus on
all mentioned –
on China and the Florida site and
on the whole Church –
the whole world –
We cast the devil far, far from
this place, from all mentioned –
the whole Church and the
whole world –
We want to Consecrate to the Hearts
of Jesus and Mary in as far as
we are able
1) all mentioned people
2) the priests, the Church and
the world.
We beg for a special outpouring
of the Holy Spirit –
on all mentioned –
the Church and the world –
We love You God, we love You
so much.
We worship You God.
We adore You God.
We give You Our Hearts.
Amen.
In uniting ourselves as one this way –
we pray deeply for the Church and
for the world. We pray for all who
are receiving the Easter mailing –
Dear God – hear our prayer –
We love You –
We love You –
We love You –
Say the Morning Offering
everybody –
Say the Holy Spirit Novena
slowly –
everybody –
Pray the Shepherds of Christ Prayers
together – Everybody –
Today we focus on Jesus –
We focus on why there is a 5th
and a 13th –
We look at Jesus before us
exposed
We look at Jesus on the
crucifix here –
We focus on Jesus –
We see the bloodied face of Jesus –
close your eyes now and
envision a man on a cross,
His whole body stricken with
pain –
hanging as Jesus did –
full statue of a man –
Jesus' bloodied head crowned
with thorns –
He is hanging by His outstretched
arms –
See Jesus before You on the
Cross.
Hear Jesus say –
"I love you, I love you,
I love you"
Jesus: I am the Sacred Heart – the
Heart of pure and tender
love –
I love You so much –
Say the Prayer for Union –
R. Everybody
Sing: The Song from Jesus
with all your heart –
Sheila – Sing the Song from Jesus –
Three times –
in its entirety –
Sing and love Jesus who died
for all of us – love
Him –
Dear God – we want to give You love –
Dear God help us to love You so
deeply –
to praise You –
Beginning of the Rosary –
Our Father – we pray for the Holy
Father –
everybody doing adoration
today
We pray for an increase of
faith, hope and love –
We pray for those who do not believe,
do not hope, do not love
God and others.
3 Hail Marys
Glory Be
Oh my Jesus . . .
The Sorrowful Mysteries
The Agony in the Garden
(Begin tape now - fix camera on Jesus)
(1) R. Focus on Jesus –
We want to unite all our prayers to
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass going on
around the world.
Now listen –
The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present.
We pray for this grace
Now –
being outpoured on all our
intentions –
especially peace – all over
the world –
We want to help make reparation for
our sins and the sins of
the world.
(2) R. Jesus, we are so sorry for our
sins and the sins of this
world –
Jesus we want to pray to help
make reparation.
(3) R. Dear Holy Spirit fill our hearts
with the fire of God's love.
(4) R. See the Savior in the garden –
See Jesus shedding His Blood –
He sees before Him – all the
sins of all men –
Jesus' love is on fire for men –
Jesus wants them to turn from
sin and turn to Him –
today and always –
(5) R. Oh Jesus, we place our trust
in Thee –
We spread Your Blood
on this Church,
on the whole world –
on all the priests and people of
this world –
(6) R. Oh Jesus, we pray for our families,
Oh Jesus, everyone who touches
our families –
we pray for the priests,
the Church and the world
(7) Sing: Oh Lord hear our prayer –
Oh Lord hear our prayer –
When we call, answer us –
Oh Lord hear our prayer
Oh Lord hear our prayer
Come and harken to us –
(8) R. Oh God we want presence –
We want oneness with You now –
Oh God we pray for this troubled
world –
You shed Your blood – as
sweat – great drops
of blood in the Garden –
(9) R. Oh God help us, Oh God
hear our prayer –
please hear our prayer
(10) Mark 14: 32-44
They came to a
plot of land called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples,
‘Stay here while I pray.’ Then he took Peter and James and John
with him. And he began to feel terror and anguish. And he said to
them, ‘My soul is sorrowful to the point of death. Wait here, and
stay awake.’ And going on a little further he threw himself on the
ground and prayed that, if it were possible, this hour might pass
him by. ‘Abba, Father!’ he said, ‘For you
everything is possible. Take this cup away from me. But let it be as
you, not I, would have it.’ He came back and found them sleeping,
and he said to Peter, ‘Simon, are you asleep? Had you not the
strength to stay awake one hour? Stay awake and pray not to be put
to the test. The spirit is willing enough, but human nature is
weak.’ Again he went away and prayed, saying the same words. And
once more he came back and found them sleeping, their eyes were so
heavy; and they could find no answer for him. He came back a third
time and said to them, ‘You can sleep on now and have your rest.
It is all over. The hour has come. Now the Son of man is to be
betrayed into the hands of sinners. Get up! Let us go! My betrayer
is not far away.’
And at once, while
he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up and with
him a number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the traitor had arranged
a signal with them saying, ‘The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest
him, and see he is well guarded when you lead him away.’
Glory Be
Sing: A Song from Jesus
The Scourging at the Pillar
Sing: Oh Lord hear our prayer
R. Say Our Father
(1) Jesus was tied to the pillar –
Think of men enslaved to bad
habits in their lives –
Like enslaved to bad habits,
of anger, pride, jealousy,
envy, slothfulness, lust,
greed, gluttony –
(2) R. Oh God, please break the chains
in our lives that keep us
from doing Your will –
and these chains are the chains
of our own will opposed to You –
(3) R. Oh God we are so sorry for
our sins –
we ask to be forgiven and
we pray for the human race
that has offended You with
their sins –
Oh God - help us please –
(4) R. See Jesus now at the pillar –
See Jesus tied
See the men beating Him and
laughing –
See the men tearing His flesh
and laughing –
Hurting Jesus' body –
(5) R. Think of how we offend
Jesus with our sins –
Oh God - we are so sorry –
we are sorry for our
sins and the sins of the human race –
(6) R. Oh God, we are sorry for how we
made You suffer –
Oh God - we are sorry and we
want to help make reparation
for our sins and the sins
of the world –
(7) R. Oh God, we pray for healing for
ourselves –
healing in body, mind and
soul – for all of us –
Oh God, outpour Your
grace of healing to us – to the Church
and to the whole world –
(8) R. See Jesus now being whipped at
the pillar –
Jesus suffered for our sins –
Jesus loves us so much
Jesus allowed Himself to be
beaten for our sins.
(9) R. Oh God, we worship You, we love You
and we adore You –
Song: Give Me Your Heart of Jesus –
Give Me a heart like Yours –
(10) R. We pray to tell God we thank Him
for all He gave to us –
We thank Jesus for suffering
for our sins –
We are sorry God –
Oh God hear our prayer –
We spread the Blood of Jesus on
this place, on the Church,
on our families and on the
whole world –
We pray for Dan and Melanie, Margaret and Sonny,
Jack, Matthew, all the people
we have been praying for –
Oh God, help us and hear our prayers,
please God –
Sing Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love
Glory Be
Sing: A Song from Jesus
The Crowning with Thorns
(1) Matthew
27: 27-31
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus with them
into the Praetorium and collected the whole cohort round him. And
they stripped him and put a scarlet cloak round him, and
having twisted some thorns into a crown they put this on his head
and placed a reed in his right hand. To make fun of him they knelt
to him saying, ‘Hail, king of the Jews!’ And they
spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head with it. And
when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the cloak
and dressed him in his own clothes and led him away to crucifixion.
September 4, 2004
(2)
April 5, 2001
R. We pray all prayers to the Father,
in union with Jesus in the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass going on
around the world in the Holy Spirit –
through the powerful intercession
of Our Lady of Clearwater
with all the angels and saints
This is from the Rosary
March 5, 2015
transcribed from a live
recording.
(3) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary
R.
Dear God the Father, in the name of Your Son, Jesus, in the Holy Spirit,
with all the angels and saints and the souls in purgatory, we come in
one mind and one heart and we ask you to please help us in all of our
needs. We ask that the Blood of Jesus is spread on all these people,
consecrate their hearts, cast the devil, ask for a special outpouring of
the Holy Spirit. Pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, united to the
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, pray through the powerful intercession of
Our Lady of Clearwater, and we pray united with all the people that are
listening on the radio. I want to pray for some special people, for Eva,
for Sonny, especially for Melanie and Dan, and the people that ask us to
pray for them, a little boy named Jack, and another little boy named
Matthew, that are just like so heroic, in their sicknesses. Pray for
Amanda, and all the people that are suffering with that fear of their
health, and knowing that they are completely dependent on God, and we
pray, of course, for the priests, the Church and the world, and the
people, consecrate all their hearts, cast the devil far away, and ask
for a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We pray that we will be
united in body, mind and soul and that God will outpour His grace on all
of our members and donors and leaders, and all of their families, and
anybody that touches their families. You know that since July 5, 1994
that is 21 years, I have been doing the 5ths, it's a lot of years, and
doing them every month like this. And in all the years that God, has
called me to do these 5ths, I can say that He has said that He outpours
His grace, especially on the 5ths, and He gave us this building, it is a
great gift that He has given to us. And the Blessed Mother appeared on
this building for 7 1/2 years for everybody to see, and I don't think
ever in the history of the world, was there such a beautiful image of
the Blessed Mother like she appeared here. She would wear her different
little dresses, as the sun hit her in different ways. When we used to
pray the 5ths outside, there was just this, it was hard to explain, it
was just a presence that I knew out there. And even after her image head
got knocked off, then there was, the face of Jesus, that was out there.
I could really feel, you know that, that special gift how God was really
close to us, as we prayed. There has been a lot of prayers that have
gone out of Shepherds of Christ, the first 5th that Mary appeared to me,
which was July 5th, 1994, and I was a lot younger then, and so I have
kind of grown old with the 5ths. And today, of course, is no less
special in the mind of God. It stands for the 5 blasphemies and the 5
wounds of Christ, which is what They told me in the beginning. Now lets
all think about the 5 wounds of Christ because we are in Lent right now.
Why did God want us to venerate 5 wounds? Think of the wounds that were
all over the entire body of Christ, the wounds that were the bashing to
His head. You know we can hit our head on the wall in the dark, and if
we don't put some ice on it, we might end up having a knot on our head.
You know, there was nobody there to put ice on the head of Jesus, when
they pounded the thorns into His head. There was nobody there to hold
the hand of Jesus, as I'm sure, there was splinters all over His hands
and gashes, from the way that the men beat Him and made Him carry His
cross. How about the feet of Jesus, that carried this wounded, whipped,
bloodied body, with the cross on His back, ladden with our sins. When we
look in pride and we say to ourselves, 'I did nothing!' And we know in
our hearts, we must really look at ourselves honestly, if our pride is
growing more and more. We need humility. Humility needs to blossom so
people can see us as a witness for Christ. The 5 wounds of Christ, and
so they pounded into His head a crown of thorns. God has called us to be
more and more in His image and likeness, and to be more and more in His
image and likeness, God is love. God is the source of love, the Divine
Almighty God. How can we be unloving when God is so good to us. God has
given us all these years on this earth, to learn how to love Him and to
love others as ourselves. And if we pass that test, it's like going to
school, like I went to college and I taught college, and you end up
giving the people material and then at the end, then they have to take a
test, if they don't go to the classes, if they don't do the work, they
will fail the test. Well, the test that God is giving to us, is the
test, in the question that we will have on the day of judgment, which
is, did you love God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole
being and love your neighbor as yourselves. Have we reported for the
classes that God has given to us, day after day, in dealing with
ourselves and others in the world, in trying to be witnesses, that are
growing more and more, in the image and likeness of God. And I look at
the Blue Books that He has given to me, the writings that He has given
to me since 1991, when He first showed me His heart, which used to be on
the first cover on the Blue Book II. And it was a Heart that was
on fire for love of us. And the lessons that we need to learn in His
school, are the lessons of love. They are lessons of unity. They are the
lessons of having that imprint, more and more, of the Divine Creator on
our hearts, where He has given to us the Blessed Mother, who appeared in
this image on the building here, to teach us how important she is in our
spiritual life. What is the lesson that Mary, the Mother of God, is
teaching us, when she appears on this building, that her heart is a
heart that we can go to, because she was conceived without sin.
(4) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary continues
R.
And it says in John, if we go through our whole life and say, I'm not a
sinner, then we are liars. Lent is a time to go into the desert and to
say to ourselves – I am a sinner. I am prideful. God, give me the
increase of faith, of believing in You, not in myself – in believing in
You more, of imprinting Yourself on my soul, more and more, as I
increase in the virtues of faith, hope and love. There's work to be
done. This is the biggest school that there is, of our life, and many of
us, were given that entrance into His school as babies, in baptism. And
if it wasn't as babies in baptism, some where down the line, if we were
baptized, we were given such a gift in baptism, to share in His Divine
life, to be on our way, more and more, in knowing God, as God reveals
Himself to us, as God gives us this elevated capacity to know and to
love. And the world is always flinging before our eyes, their wares, and satan comes in and he wants us to think about ourselves, in pride, in
anger, and jealousy, and all this kind of stuff. And do you see Christ,
like I see Him, with a crown of thorns on His head, with blood running
down into His eyes and in His ears, because of our sins of pride,
because of our sins of trying to take what is wrong and tell us that it
is right, when it was just as easy, to be other focused, instead of
self-focused, and selfish, which led to division, rather than unity,
building relationship with others, so that the world would see our love
and they would know that we are Christians by our love. The choice is
ours, because we do have a free will. We can look at the 5 wounds of
Christ, and we look at His crowned head, and say to ourselves, 'Well, I
didn't know, I am without sin' or we can say 'Oh, my God I am sorry for
I have sinned.' This is what Lent is about, to look at the hands of
Christ, with the nails and to think of how many times we were grabbing
out for our selfish interest, rather than asking ourselves, what would
Jesus want me to do here. How is He calling me to give my hands, to open
up my heart to others? Where have our feet taken us, in serving our own
selfish interest, instead of seeing the feet of Jesus, on the cross? Can
you imagine how awful it was for Christ to hang on that Cross by two
nails, after being beaten?
(5) Excerpt from March 5, 2015 Rosary continues
R.
You know yesterday, we had a trying day and I was really worn out just
because we had to do a lot of stuff. Can you imagine how worn out Christ
was, after going through the whipping at the pillar, the crowning with
thorns, the carrying of the cross, and then for them to hang Him as a
spectacle in front of the world, and He endured it all. Because He wants
us to know how much He loves us and He has given us all these Blue Book
writings. He is calling us to be in the front of the class, saying 'I
report for class today, Jesus, to help build Your Kingdom, to love my
neighbor as myself. To have You in my heart day and night, Jesus. That
you are never far from my heart.' Because that is the 5th wound. It is
the piercing of the Heart of Jesus, because He said over and over again,
in Blue Book II, His greatest agony was not the agony that He
suffered on the cross, but the agony that He suffered for those that
treat Him so dishonorable, rejecting Him after all He has given. God is
Divine. God is Supreme. God gives us a sharing in His life in baptism
and our knowing and loving capacity is elevated.
(6) Jesus: My face was covered
with Blood for the sins of
those who persecute Me
and block My work today –
(7) R. Pray to the Father –
pray in union with Jesus in the Mass
in the Holy Spirit –
with all the angels and saints
and the souls in purgatory –
Pray for grace outpoured on the
hierarchy and all who
received the mailing.
Pray the Blood of Jesus is
spread on the leaders and
the China Church,
the Community building.
(8) Sing: Crown Him With Many Crowns
(9) Sing: To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King
(10) Song: A Song from Jesus
The Carrying of the Cross
(1) R. The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary,
sacramentally made present –
We pray to the Father, in union
with the Mass – so one with
Jesus in the Holy Spirit.
(2) R. We pray with all the angels and
saints and the souls in
purgatory, through the
powerful intercession of
Our Lady of Clearwater - that
the Blood of Jesus is spread
on us, on China, on the Virgin
Mary building, on all the leaders,
members, donors and all that
touch them, the Church and
the world.
(3) Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus
(For public or private use.)
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,
Have mercy on us.
God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on us.
Blood of Christ,
only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us.
Blood of Christ, Incarnate Word of God, save us.
Blood of Christ, of the New and Eternal Testament, save us.
Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us.
Blood of Christ, shed profusely in the Scourging, save us.
Blood of Christ, flowing forth in the Crowning with Thorns, save
us.
Blood of Christ, poured out on the Cross, save us.
Blood of Christ, Price of our salvation, save us.
Blood of Christ, without which there is no forgiveness, save us.
Blood of Christ, Eucharistic drink and refreshment of souls, save
us.
Blood of Christ, river of mercy, save us.
Blood of Christ, Victor over demons, save us.
Blood of Christ, Courage of martyrs, save us.
Blood of Christ, Strength of confessors, save us.
Blood of Christ, bringing forth virgins, save us.
Blood of Christ, Help of those in peril, save us.
Blood of Christ, Relief of the burdened, save us.
Blood of Christ, Solace in sorrow, save us.
Blood of Christ, Hope of the penitent, save us.
Blood of Christ, Consolation of the dying, save us.
Blood of Christ, Peace and Tenderness of hearts, save us.
Blood of Christ, Pledge of Eternal Life, save us.
Blood of Christ, freeing souls from Purgatory, save us.
Blood of Christ, most worthy of all glory and honor, save us.
Lamb of God, Who takest
away the sins of the world,
Spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world,
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Thou hast redeemed
us, O Lord, in Thy Blood,
R. And made of us a kingdom for our God.
Let Us Pray
Almighty and Eternal
God, Thou hast appointed Thine only-begotten Son the Redeemer of the
world, and willed to be appeased by His Blood. Grant, we beseech
Thee, that we may worthily adore this Price of our salvation, and
through its power be safeguarded from the evils of this present
life, so that we may rejoice in its fruits forever in Heaven.
Through the same Christ Our Lord. R. Amen.
(4) Soul of Christ
Soul of Christ, sanctify me
Body of Christ, save me
Blood of Christ, inebriate me
Water from the side of Christ wash me
Passion of Christ, strengthen me
O good Jesus, hear me
Within Thy wounds hide me
Permit me not to be separated from Thee
From the wicked foe defend me
at the hour of my death call me
and bid me come to Thee
That with Thy saints I may praise Thee
For ever and ever. Amen.
(5) R. There is such a gift in receiving
the precious Body and Blood of
Jesus.
There is such a gift in God giving
to us the Eucharist and
the presence of Jesus in the
Eucharist in China.
(6) Sing: Taste and See
(7) Sing: I Love You Jesus
(8) Sing: Your Presence Pervades My Soul
(9) Sing: Refrain "I am the Bread of Life"
(10) 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21
So for anyone who is in Christ,
there is a new creation: the old order is gone and a new being
is there to see. It is all God's work; he reconciled us to
himself through Christ and he gave us the ministry of
reconciliation. I mean, God was in Christ reconciling the world
to himself, not holding anyone's faults against them, but
entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
So we are ambassadors for
Christ; it is as though God were urging you through us, and in
the name of Christ we appeal to you to be reconciled to God. For
our sake he made the sinless one a victim for sin, so that in
him we might become the uprightness of God.
The Crucifixion
(1)
Luke 15: 1-3, 11-32
The tax collectors and sinners, however,
were all crowding round to listen to him, and the Pharisees
and scribes complained saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners
and eats with them.’ So he told them this parable:
Then he said, ‘There was a man who had two sons.
The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the
share of the estate that will come to me," So the father divided
the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got
together everything he had and left for a distant country where
he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.
When he had spent it all, that country
experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch;
so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put
him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have
filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one
would let him have them. Then he came to his senses and said,
"How many of my father’s hired men have all the food they want
and more, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place
and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against
heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your
son; treat me as one of your hired men." So he left the place
and went back to his father.
‘While he was still a long way off, his father
saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him
in his arms and kissed him. Then his son said, : "Father, I have
sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be
called your son." But the father said to his servants, "Quick!
Bring out the best robe and put it on him; put a ring on his
finger and sandals on his feet. Bring the calf we have been
fattening and kill it; we will celebrate by having a feast,
because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life; he
was lost and is found." And they began to celebrate.
‘Now the elder son was out in the fields, and on
his way back, as he drew near the house, he could hear music and
dancing. Calling one of the servants he asked what it was all
about. The servant told him, "Your brother has come, and your
father has killed the calf we had been fattening because he has
got him back safe and sound." He was angry then and refused to
go in, and His father came out and began to urge him to come in;
but he retorted to his father, "All these years I have slaved
for you and never once disobeyed any orders of yours, yet you
never offered me so much as a kid for me to celebrate with my
friends. But, for this son of yours, when he comes back after
swallowing up your property—he and his loose women—you kill the
calf we have been fattening.
‘The father said, "My son, you
are with me always and all I have is yours. But it was only
right we should celebrate and rejoice, because your brother here
was dead and has come to life; he was lost and is found.’
(2) Sing: China Song
(3) R. When the blood is on the
door –
he will pass over the home –
Exodus 12: 21-27
Injunctions relating to the Passover
Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to
them, ‘Go and choose a lamb or kid for your families, and kill the
Passover victim. Then take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood
that is in the basin, and with the blood from the basin touch the
lintel and both door–posts; then let none of you venture out of the
house till morning. Then, when Yahweh goes through Egypt to strike
it, and sees the blood on the lintel and on both door–posts, he will
pass over the door and not allow the Destroyer to enter your homes
and strike. You will observe this as a decree binding you and your
children for all time, and when you have entered the country which
Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, you will observe this
ritual. And when your children ask you, "What does this ritual
mean?" you will tell them, "It is the Passover sacrifice in honour
of Yahweh who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, and
struck Egypt but spared our houses." ’ And the people bowed in
worship. The Israelites then went away and did as Yahweh had ordered
Moses and Aaron.
(4) Exodus 24: 3-8
Moses went and told the people all Yahweh's words and all the
laws, and all the people answered with one voice, 'All the words
Yahweh has spoken we will carry out!' Moses put all Yahweh's
words into writing, and early next morning he built an altar at
the foot of the mountain, with twelve standing-stones for the
twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent certain young Israelites
to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice bullocks to Yahweh as
communion sacrifices. Moses then took half the blood and put it
into basins, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar. Then,
taking the Book of the Covenant, he read it to the listening
people, who then said, 'We shall do everything that Yahweh has
said; we shall obey.' Moses than took the blood and sprinkled it
over the people saying, 'This is the blood of the covenant which
Yahweh has made with you, entailing all these stipulations.'
(5) Hebrews 9: 11-15
But now Christ has
come, as the high priest of all the blessings which were to come. He
has passed through the greater, the more perfect tent, not made by
human hands, that is, not of this created order; and he has entered
the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of
goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal
redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkled on those who have incurred defilement, may restore their
bodily purity. How much more will the blood of Christ, who offered
himself, blameless as he was, to God through the eternal Spirit,
purify our conscience from dead actions so that we can worship the
living God.
Christ seals the new
covenant with his blood
This makes him the
mediator of a new covenant, so that, now that a death has occurred
to redeem the sins committed under an earlier covenant, those who
have been called to an eternal inheritance may receive the promise.
(6) 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
(7)
From the Holy Spirit Novena
Opening Prayer
In the name of the Father and of the Son and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Dear Father, we come to You in the name of
Jesus, in union with Him in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, in the Holy Spirit. We come to
You united to the Child Jesus of Good Health and the Infant of Prague. We come to You in
the perfect, sinless heart of Our Mother Mary, asking her powerful intercession, uniting
ourselves to her holy tears. We come to You united to all the angels and saints, and the
souls in purgatory.
(8)
From the Holy
Spirit Novena
Prayer for Holy Spirit
We pray for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit
on us, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, that He will descend mightily on us as He did on
the Apostles at Pentecost. That the Holy Spirit will transform us from fear to
fearlessness and that He will give us courage to do all the Father is asking of us to help
bring about the Reign of the Sacred Heart and the triumph of Mary's Immaculate Heart. We
pray for the Holy Spirit to descend mightily on the Jesuits and the Poor Clares on the
Shepherds of Christ leaders and members and on the whole Body of Christ and the world.
(9)
From the Holy
Spirit Novena
Protection by the Blood of Jesus
We pray that the Blood of Jesus will be
spread on us, everyone in our families, and the Shepherds of Christ Movement, that we will
be able to move steadfastly ahead and be protected from the evil one.
(10)
From the Holy
Spirit Novena
Healing
We pray for healing in body, mind, and soul
and generational healing in ourselves, in all members in our families, and in all members
of the Shepherds of Christ Movement, the Jesuit Community, the Poor Clares, the Body of
Christ, and the world.
Mary: Say 10 Hail Mary's for my
intentions.
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