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Shepherds of Christ
Daily Writing

April 10, 2007

April 11th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 7 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for April 11th are Glorious.

The monthly retreat will be at the
St. Anthony Shepherds of Christ Center
in China, Indiana from
April 10th through the 13th.

Those who came in March
had a marvelous retreat!

The Priesthood Newsletter is coming soon.

We need funds for postage.

Please, we need your help and support.

Come to China and please help with the mailing.

Taken on Easter

April 8, 2007

April 10, 2007

All the things that work

right —

I spilled a big hot cup of

spelt in my car and it

made such a mess —

My cup folded and I didn't

burn myself

but oh the mess.

Sin is like this —

Satan presses down and we

let go a big negative

bomb — it can be

passive-aggressive to make

someone else fall in a trap —

but we are at battle and God allows

us to be tested to be good

But the pressure to do

something because of impatience

anger —

can be really strong and we

give into that — or jealousy —

envy, bad habits —

love can be felt —

love burns and spreads

One person can start a

chain reaction to

- positive energy

- negative energy

Like snow that comes

unannounced — negative

or positive energy can

grip us

Some let satan work with

negative energy and innocent

others end up receiving

their baggage —

Passive-aggressive ways can

be used to provoke others

and then they can walk away

like they didn't start it

with the angry heart

There are some people

who change your lives

with hearts of love — quietly

They don't come with

a big fan fair — they just

are love —

Christ's love is transmitted

in their actions

They aren't wounding others

because they got wounded

Christ please be in my

heart and on my lips

give me grace

Help me God —

to not give into my fallen

human nature

Help me to spread love

A person spent days shining

a vase and no one cared —

in the process they were

so unloving

Should we write on a freshly

polished vase —

sparkling

UNLOVINGNESS

MADE

SHINY —

My step-mom was so good and sweet —

but when she had club

it was tense

Years ago I began teaching

at the University and

before class I was so

tense — I had to fight

getting mad at someone

in my family

A flag man was waving cars on

a busy highway —

Some people with angry hearts were

just mad

Some with loving hearts were thinking

of the poor guy flagging

out there on a busy highway

Some waved

Some sneered and shook fists —

Line us up and we all have wounds —

Christ suffered all those wounds for our

sins

Man can remember wounds —

Children get over things.

Some people harden their hearts and then

they lose things —

God has put people in our lives to love

and love us and

if we don't have the right love we

feel now —

God has given us enough in our lives

Maybe we are looking for too much

affection from others to heal

old wounds and we need to turn

more to God

In the end satan is a devil — if

he gets to us today — he can attack harder

when we are wounded — he wants us weak

so he can knock us down

We are at battle

If satan gains ground in the battle

He comes back with more reinforcements

He just keeps trying to advance

to stop holy work

He works through wounded souls

who give into him - whose

hearts need to be healed — who

need to purify their hearts

Satan works in unforgiveness in our

hearts —

We can be calm until somebody hits

that button and then wow —

The bigger our work for souls

the more satan wants us divided

and stopped, but he works to cause

division through unhealed wounds

in somebody's heart

We cannot hold onto unforgiveness

in our hearts — no matter how

we feel we were betrayed, we

must forgive and pray for them eventually

Unforgiveness keeps us locked in

a dark steel box — we must work through

a process of letting go and bring in light

He is risen

The tomb of Easter —

the stone was rolled back

the burial cloths dropped

Look at the wounds of Christ — glorified

Look at Veronica's cloth —

Blood stained for our sins with the

love of the face of Jesus

April 5, 2001

Wounds in our memory can be a problem —

We remember how it hurt

We remember how they did it over and over again

God gives us memory which is so wonderful —

we love

we remember

we establish relationships

we can tie past to present

It is a faculty

Some people have so much pain in their

memory — they can't face it —

they harden their hearts

They can cut off enjoyment, spontaneity —

We have to flush out our hearts

Hard experiences must be dealt with and healed

Or we allow satan to have a key to our

door —

A man with a key to a place — just gets

in real easy

Psalm 95

Come, let us cry out with joy to Yahweh,
acclaim the rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving,
acclaim him with music.

For Yahweh is a great God,
a king greater than all the gods.
In his power are the depths of the earth,
the peaks of the mountains are his;
the sea belongs to him, for he made it,
and the dry land, moulded by his hands.

Come, let us bow low and do reverence;
kneel before Yahweh who made us!
For he is our God,
and we the people of his sheepfold,
the flock of his hand.

If only you would listen to him today!
Do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,
as at the time of Massah in the desert,
when your ancestors challenged me,
put me to the test, and saw what I could do!

For forty years that generation sickened me,
and I said, *Always fickle hearts;
they cannot grasp my ways.*
Then in my anger I swore
they would never enter my place of rest.

Life is life rooted in Him

Christ's Heart was pure —

Through His pierced Heart the Church was

born

Fountain of life —

Creeks around China

From Christ's pierced heart

Blood and water poured out

Water for baptism

Blood for the Eucharist

John 19: 33-34

When they came to Jesus, they saw he was already dead, and so instead of breaking his legs one of the soldiers pierced his side with a lance; and immediately there came out blood and water.

From the high altar

I see the grace flow

in the creeks around

China —

Grace flows from the Mass —

Grace flows to the body of Christ

Grace flows to the world

Alleluia

Let us celebrate

Baptism and

sharing in His life!!

Alleluia

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