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November 4, 2013

                Today's Readings

  Isaiah 55: 10-11

 For, as the rain and the snow
    come down from the sky
 and do not return
    before having watered the earth,
 fertilising it and making it germinate
 to provide seed for the sower
    and food to eat,
 so it is with the word
    that goes from my mouth:
 it will not return to me unfulfilled
 or before having carried out
    my good pleasure
 and having achieved
    what it was sent to do.

   

Psalm 34: 4-7, 16-19

Dalet      I seek Yahweh and he answers me, 
              frees me from all my fears.

He         Fix your gaze on Yahweh and your face will grow bright, 
             you will never hang your head in shame.
Zain       A pauper calls out and Yahweh hears, 
             saves him from all his troubles.

Het       The angel of Yahweh encamps 
            around those who fear him, and rescues them.

Pe        But Yahweh’s face is set against those who do evil,
            to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

Zade    They cry in anguish and Yahweh hears,
            and rescues them from all their troubles.
Qoph   Yahweh is near to the broken–hearted,
            he helps those whose spirit is crushed.

Resh     Though hardships without number beset the upright,
            Yahweh brings rescue from them all.

 

Matthew 6: 7-15

How to pray. The Lord’s Prayer

‘In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard. Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So you should pray like this:

    Our Father in heaven,
    may your name be held holy,
    your kingdom come,
    your will be done,
    on earth as in heaven.
    Give us today our daily bread.
    And forgive us our debts,
    as we have forgiven those
      who are in debt to us.
    And do not put us to the test,
    but save us from the Evil One. 

‘Yes, if you forgive others their failings, your heavenly Father will forgive you yours; but if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive your failings either.

 

                R. God knows all things –

                We go to God to learn, for help in our lives,
                    We must be quiet and let Him come in
                    our hearts in that presence of knowing
                    He is with us.
                    I am quiet and I know a place where
                    all is calm and I focus only on
                    this place where my spirit exists
                    in Him – quiet – serene – peace

                I am the soul waiting His favors –

                This is our place of refuge –

                Being alone with Him –

                Knowing ourselves – asking for forgiveness
                    for all that is not pure –
                    all that is not of Him –

                Surrendering to the Holy Spirit and
                    asking Him to possess our soul.

                Come Holy Spirit Come – fill me –

                Inebriate me –

                Where do You want me to go –

                I am Yours Lord –

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

                R. I want to dwell in Thee, Lord –

                I want Your presence –

                I want to be quiet and alone with Thee.

                Come to me Lord and possess my soul.

                The body exists for the soul –

                We are the empty vessel ready to be filled by God.

Amos 5: 14

Seek good and not evil so that you may survive, and Yahweh, God Sabaoth, be with you as you claim he is.

Joel 2: 12-13

Ezekiel 33: 11

Say to them, "As I live — declares the Lord Yahweh — I do not take pleasure in the death of the wicked but in the conversion of the wicked who changes his ways and saves his life. Repent, turn back from your evil ways. Why die, House of Israel?"

                R. God calls us to holiness –

                God is truth –

                We cannot live in lies and be close to Him –

                Satan is the father of lies.

                We must seek justice and what is right.

                Be pure in heart – create in me a clean heart, oh God.

                We are commanded to love our brother –
                    the man who lives in pride, and anger,
                    jealousy and envy makes his brother,
                    who he is commanded by God to love,
                    his enemy.

                We are never to take revenge on our
                    brothers, but to cherish no
                    grudge against them.

                We are commanded by God to love
                    our neighbor as ourselves.

                We are to see Christ in one another.
                    What we do to our brother we
                    do to Jesus.

                Sheep follow –

                In the scripture it says He will
                    separate the sheep from the goats.

                We are to be like sheep and follow
                    the Good Shepherd –
                    follow Jesus –
                    hear His voice and follow Him –
                    Do what He commands –

                The devil tells a man to be independent,
                    do what he wants, don't be
                    docile and co-operate with his
                    brothers –

                The devil gives men energy to not go along –
                    to be in control –
                    to seek power where he is out of place –

                The devil says start a ruckus –
                    add confusion –
                    start chaos –
                    do something else –
                    argue –
                    cause a scene –
                    discredit authority –
                    be in the wrong place – doing your
                        own will –

                The devil doesn't want any work being
                    done – the devil wants a person
                    that stirs the pot –
                    doesn't cooperate with others –
                    brings down the house –

                From the moment you open the door the
                    man of high - maintenance (Jesus
                    calls it) –
                    You are sorry –
                    he acts injured – starting something
                    for discord –

                R. God wants us to be His instruments –
                    to follow Him like sheep –
                    to learn docility –
                    to live the Father's will in love –
                    to love God and want to please
                        Him –

                God is our God and
                    we are people of God –
                    God is love – so we love –

                A man who keeps giving into the deadly
                    sins walks in greater and greater
                    darkness and he doesn't even
                    know what the light looks like –
                    he becomes blinded and he
                    doesn't see, because he is
                    blinded walking in darkness –

                Jesus is the Light of the World –
                    the man who follows Jesus
                    follows the Light –

                    Knows the light –

                Jesus wants to dwell and operate
                    in our hearts –
                    to shed His light on others –

                In being in that quiet place we
                    can see ourselves clearly –
                    we can ask God to possess
                    our soul –
                    we want to be pure and
                    please our heavenly Father –
                    work His plan – be obedient to Him –
                    we are followers of Jesus –

                Eve listened to satan –
                Eve did not obey God –
                Eve had another plan – doing things
                    opposed to God's will –
                    she was in charge – opposing
                        God and what He wanted

                Eve made God a rival – she wanted
                    to be equal to God.

                God sends the rain to water the earth
                    and bear fruit –

                God sends His Word to us – we can
                    ignore the Word and listen
                    to satan.

                We can let the Word bear fruit
                    as we follow and obey God –

                We watched a movie "Saul"
                    Saul had Stephen killed because
                    he followed Jesus –

                Saul's eyes were crusted over and
                    he couldn't see –

                The more a man gives into satan and
                    serves satan in the deadly
                    sins – the more he is like
                    Saul before his eyes
                    crusted over – he is blinded –

                But Saul changed to Paul and
                    look at how he served
                    God and teaches us today –

                Christ is giving us His hand –

                We have before us life or death –

                We have a free will –
                    to follow Jesus –

                    to listen to satan and do his
                        evil works

                God calls us to holiness –
                    to live by the Word of God
                    The Word should come to
                        our hearts and we return
                        to God – good works –

                R. We are preparing our hearts for the
                    victory of Easter –

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

"What I say to you in the dark, tell in the day-
light; what you hear in whispers, proclaim
from the housetops." (Matthew 10:27)
  

Jesus Has Come to Give Us Life

Jesus: "This is the day celebrating My Resurrection (Easter). The day of newness of life. I am Lord and Master. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Tell My people to come to Me if they wish to experience life in abundance. I want to give all an ever greater share in the life of My Resurrection. Without Me you cannot be happy, nor have peace, nor have real joy. Tell My people to surrender to Me more and more. The more they do so, the more they will experience My love, wisdom, power, peace, joy, happiness, mercy, and goodness. Within My Heart My people will find these riches. I am Lord and Master! Please listen to My words."

Reflection: Through His life, death, and resurrection, Jesus has come to give us life, and to give us this life in abundance.

When we were baptized, we were incorporated into Christ and His Church. When we were baptized, we received the life of sanctifying grace. This life is a created sharing in the life of the Trinity. Truly, we are called to live a God-like existence according to the teaching and example of Jesus! It is our duty and our privilege to develop our life of grace—our Christ-life—through our participation in the Mass, through the reception of the sacraments, through prayer, and through all other good works. Indeed, we are called to love God and neighbor more and more.

What a glorious life has been given to us! In a spirit of thanksgiving, and together with Mary our Mother, let us always strive to know Christ more intimately, to love Him more ardently, and to follow Him more closely, so that He will always bring us to a closer union with the Father in the unity of the Holy Spirit.

Prayer: Father, we are profoundly grateful for the life You have given to us through Jesus and in the Holy Spirit. Through the constant intercession of Mary our Mother, we ask for the grace to always be Your worthy sons and daughters.  end of excerpt

                R. From Jesus – given to Fr. Carter we hear –
                We are to do penance for our
                    sins –

                We can fast from those things
                    that take us from God –
                    we must learn to control ourselves –
                    pray for strength of the Holy Spirit to
                        discipline our will –

                "Bend the stubborn heart and will –
                    melt the frozen –
                    warm the chill" –

                Hard hearts are dark unhappy
                    hearts –

                When we give into sin – we
                    are less and less masters
                    of ourselves –

                We are to deeply give our hearts
                    to God –

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

                        23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION

                            Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God 
                        our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.

                R. We are called to repent for our
                    sins –

                Jonah did not do what God asked
                    of him first –

                Are we uncooperative with
                    what God asks of us –
                    Do we flee like Jonah and
                    do our own independent
                    thing – then it is a habit –
                    we just always do something
                    else and don't give up until
                    we even try to stop everybody else
                    from doing what God wants –

                If Jonah didn't go back –
                    Nineveh would not have
                    repented –

                God called Jonah to put out
                    the message –
                    he refused and was punished –

                Jonah did, then, what he was
                    supposed to and
                    Nineveh converted –

                R. Those who committed sins in the
                    4th - 10th century were
                    to be put to shame
                    publicly for their sins if
                    found out –

                Thus Stephen was stoned because
                    they said he was wrong –

                This custom was from the
                    early times

                    "rite of exclusion"

                God has taught us in the Shepherds of Christ
                    how to pray.

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                ^{Given October 29, 2016}

                R. Please spread blessed holy water
                (You can also mix Jesus and Mary water
                with your blessed Holy Water if you have it.)
                in your yard, around your house,
                in the state you live in.