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April 10, 2011
April 11th Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 1 Period I.The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for April 11th are Joyful.
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R. Living and having life and fun
is doing as God wants
We never arrive
We are pilgrims on the journey
We need to change
Action from the heart
Fire
Going out
Motivation
You know what you are to
do and you do it in love
HAPPINESS
HAPPINESS IS AN INSIDE JOB
Getting heart purified for eternity
Working on our heart to be like Jesus.
Do God's will
Don't be a rival to God's will
We will be judged on how we loved
Heaven is for lovers
Motivated to be intimate with Jesus
Jesus is truth
Living in the truth
not distorted vision about God
not distorted vision about others
not distorted vision about ourselves
Motivated to please the Father
Pleasing God is loving
Being obedient
Being a servant
Preparing ourselves for heaven
We are tested
Like in school
When you flunk the life
test mortally it is
eternal damnation
When you pass the life
test with great victory
the reward is heaven!!
What a reward for loving!!
The devil wants our soul
What good does it do a man
to learn to deceive
himself and hurt others
in punishment
He sets up his own punishment
God created us with a Plan
Everything has brought us to
where we are today
To love God's plan for us
To be united with God's plan
NOT Rebel against it!!
Not be a rival to God's plan!
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R. Long range goals
ETERNAL LIFE
A Reward
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Heaven is for lovers
Attitudes
how do we see ourselves
empty
isolated
no goal
no energy
no connection
NO FUN
One person loves hugs and
being happy from their
family to now
Another person - hates hugs
wants to be safe
cold isolated
Jerry dances the chicken dance
he loves to dance
not to be stuffy
Jerry has a positive attitude
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It is a Free Choice
Goals and Attitudes
Motivation
Action
Success
Life
Doing God's will
focus on choosing living
in the moment
LIVING IN the moment
Going out
Motivated
Loving as God commands
Is your attitude positive?
Do you desire to be positive
because you love God
How are your choices
to love
to be more loving
to help others
to be pure
to be alive and excited for
the Shepherds of Christ
How did you work to
achieve the right attitude
DISCIPLINE
We control our thoughts
What is our history
Are we more negative than ever
Are we angry
Do we recognize our thoughts
are a product of our
choices
Do we want life to be a
positive experience?
Do we want oneness with others?
Do we love ourselves?
Do we love others?
Do we know our past is always in us?
Do we think about loving ourselves
as God's instruments?
Do we act because of
our negative thoughts and
lie when we make ourselves
a victim over and over and over
again
Abuse others so we can play
victim role
Do we want new images
love and forgiveness of others
we were divided with
Only we can change our
behavior, our thoughts
we have a free will
with God's grace
Create images of love
Pray for light
Pray for peace
Pray for healing
Work on our thoughts
We have a free will to make
choices and
changes and
choose life
Love never runs out
We are to have goal > to do God's will
Act as God wants
Be happy
Happy Attitude
Images in head should
reflect love and forgiveness
unity
not seek safeness in
isolating
fighting to put up walls
for others
Beautiful images of God
Beautiful images of love
Beautiful images of unity
Beautiful images of peace
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R. Memory focus on making
happy memories
then love and let go
Don't try to possess
others
times
Don't try to make others hurt so
you can hold them
at bay
Visualize yourself happy
laughing loving others
Don't see yourself as
afraid in a room
shame based
want to run
See yourself as so loved and
important to God's plan and
others help that plan and
they are important too
Love them
Don't be afraid
See as God sees with love
for yourself and love for others
Pray for God's will
Perfect love cast out fear
1 John 4:17-21
Love comes to its perfection in us when we can face the Day of Judgement fearlessly, because even in this world we have become as he is. In love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear implies punishment and no one who is afraid has come to perfection in love. Let us love, then, because he first loved us. Anyone who says 'I love God' and hates his brother, is a liar, since whoever does not love the brother whom he can see cannot love God whom he has not seen. Indeed this is the commandment we have received from him, that whoever loves God, must also love his brother.
R. Like Jesus who would die
for me and you He loves
He loves me
He loves you
No competition
This is reality
We see it distorted
We see and make pockets for
ourselves to be isolated
and safe
We are safe
God is with us
Be free and enjoy the moment
Quiet the old tired secluded,
unsafe, shaming, not
loving others
thoughts
How close are the thoughts we
have to reality
We can live and see others
succeeding and rejoice
because God wants us
to be all we can be and
He is helping us to be so
Jesus
Self-focused
Loved
Turning in
Going - out
Dead
Sin is not private
There were hundreds of seminarians
in 1929
Now not very many
God's Movement for us
to pray for
priests, the Church
and the world
To be holy like the
Virgin Mary
Handmaids
Servants for God
Jesus served the Father
No sin is private
generation
sins of parents
passed on to
children
3rd and 4th
generation
great grandma - grandma - mom - me
somewhere purgatory?
heaven?
They need prayers from me I love them
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Our loving capacity is elevated
by baptism
Purgatory is to learn how
to love for those
closed down
Motive
I do what I do for
LOVE
Love of God
Love of Souls
Opposed turned in
Love of self hatred
Being Bound up
by satan
Not doing God's will
IS MISERY
FOR How long
April 10, 2011
Matthew 8: 23-27
Then he got into the boat followed by his disciples. Suddenly a storm broke over the lake, so violent that the boat was being swamped by the waves. But he was asleep. So they went to him and woke him saying, Save us, Lord, we are lost! And he said to them, Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith? And then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. They were astounded and said, Whatever kind of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
R. Jesus falls asleep in boat
There is a storm in our life
we may think Jesus doesn't
listen like the apostles when
He is sleeping in the boat
Full of terror we continue through
the storm
Jesus can calm the storm in a moment
Let go to Him
Pray and wait on His time
He is the Almighty
When we have done all we can with
storms in our lives we
remember this scripture and
remember He can calm the
storm in an instant
We may feel like the Apostles
feel we can drown and
yet we know
God is with us
God has power over the storms
We can focus on God who is
almighty
In the miracles of Jesus when
on earth we see the power
of God
Be calm
Breathe in the name Jesus
Song: Jesus - Name above all names
Beautiful Redeemer
Beautiful God
Matthew 14: 22-33
And at once he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away. After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, while the boat, by now some furlongs from land, was hard pressed by rough waves, for there was a headwind. In the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea, and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. It is a ghost, they said, and cried out in fear. But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, Courage! Its me! Dont be afraid. It was Peter who answered. Lord, he said, if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water. Jesus said, Come. Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water, but then noticing the wind, he took fright and began to sink. Lord, he cried, save me! Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. You have so little faith, he said, why did you doubt? And as they got into the boat the wind dropped. The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, Truly, you are the Son of God.
R. We have to be faith-filled
We have to let go and know God
is with us
We focus on Your might, oh God
Pray to the Holy Spirit
Know God's presence
God has power over the spirits
Jesus shows us He cast out
demons
Meditating on the power of Jesus
Meditating on the power God gives the priest
Believing in this gift God gives us
Song: A Priest is a Gift from God
Reading Today
Ezekiel 37: 12-14
So, prophesy. Say to them, "The Lord Yahweh says this: I am now going to open your graves; I shall raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel. And you will know that I am Yahweh, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people, and put my spirit in you, and you revive, and I resettle you on your own soil. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken and done thisdeclares the Lord Yahweh."
From the depths I call to you, Yahweh:
Lord, hear my cry.
Listen attentively
to the sound of my pleading!
If you kept a record of our sins,
Lord, who could stand their ground?
But with you is forgiveness,I rely, my whole being relies,
Yahweh, on your promise.
My whole being hopes in the Lord,
more than watchmen for daybreak;
more than watchmen for daybreak
let Israel hope in Yahweh.
For with Yahweh is faithful love,
with him generous ransom;
and he will ransom Israel
from all its sins.
Romans 8: 8-11
and those who live by their natural inclinations can never be pleasing to God. You, however, live not by your natural inclinations, but by the Spirit, since the Spirit of God has made a home in you. Indeed, anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But when Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is alive because you have been justified; and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has made his home in you, then he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life to your own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
John 11: 1-45
There was a man named Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister, Martha, and he was ill. It was the same Mary, the sister of the sick man Lazarus, who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair. The sisters sent this message to Jesus, Lord, the man you love is ill. On receiving the message, Jesus said, This sickness will not end in death, but it is for Gods glory so that through it the Son of God may be glorified.
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, yet when he heard that he was ill he stayed where he was for two more days before saying to the disciples, Let us go back to Judaea. The disciples said, Rabbi, it is not long since the Jews were trying to stone you; are you going back there again? Jesus replied:
Are there not twelve hours
in the day?
No one who walks in the daytime stumbles,
having the light of this world to see by;
anyone who walks around at night stumbles,
having no light as a guide.
He said that and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest; I am going to wake him. The disciples said to him, Lord, if he is at rest he will be saved. Jesus was speaking of the death of Lazarus, but they thought that by rest he meant sleep; so Jesus put it plainly, Lazarus is dead; and for your sake I am glad I was not there because now you will believe. But let us go to him. Then Thomasknown as the Twinsaid to the other disciples, Let us also go to die with him.
On arriving, Jesus found that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days already. Bethany is only about two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house. Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died, but even now I know that God will grant whatever you ask of him. Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again. Martha said, I know he will rise again at the resurrection on the last day. Jesus said:
I am the resurrection.
Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies,
will live,
and whoever lives and believes in me
will never die.
Do you believe this?
Yes, Lord, she said, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.
When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in a low voice, The Master is here and wants to see you. Hearing this, Mary got up quickly and went to him. Jesus had not yet come into the village; he was still at the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who were in the house comforting Mary saw her get up so quickly and go out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Mary went to Jesus, and as soon as she saw him she threw herself at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. At the sight of her tears, and those of the Jews who had come with her, Jesus was greatly distressed, and with a profound sigh he said, Where have you put him? They said, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept; and the Jews said, See how much he loved him! But there were some who remarked, He opened the eyes of the blind man. Could he not have prevented this mans death? Sighing again, Jesus reached the tomb: it was a cave with a stone to close the opening. Jesus said, Take the stone away. Martha, the dead mans sister, said to him, Lord, by now he will smell; this is the fourth day since he died. Jesus replied, Have I not told you that if you believe you will see the glory of God? So they took the stone away. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said:
Father, I thank you for
hearing my prayer.
I myself knew that you hear me always,
but I speak
for the sake of all these who are standing around me,
so that they may believe it was you who sent me.
When he had said this, he cried in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of material, and a cloth over his face. Jesus said to them, Unbind him, let him go free.
Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what he did, believed in him,
R. As long as we are on this earth in sin
we can get forgiveness if we
go to Jesus
Do we really believe in Jesus
when we have a big cross
Do we believe in Jesus
Martha what took you so long
Don't lose hope
The miracles in the scriptures should
help strengthen our faith
God loves us so much locked in a tomb come out
Ascension Thursday May 21, 1998
Jesus: (with great emotion) COME OUT OF YOUR TOMBS, COME OUT I CALL YOU!!!! I have imparted to you knowledge of myself, transforming your heart and soul to be more likened to mine.
I give you messages after the reception of the Eucharist for it is then I am most one with you. Put aside the thoughts of burgers and what have you in your minds and listen to Me you earthly beings.
Come out of your tombs, come out I call to you who slumber and sleep and do not hear the voice of the Mighty One. Your are like the dead that need to be raised. A trumpet horn blaring would not waken a man who is blind from birth. Only the Lord will unlock the minds of the senseless men, so foolish, but oh how I do indeed love them so.
Come out I tell you, I call you, in your sleepy state with scales in your eyes you do not see. If these scales were removed and a fresh lense graphed on the already existing eye, the men may see then clearly that I speak in these messages to bring about the Reign of My Heart and the triumph of the wailing woman's Heart on the earth.
I came, I gave the gifts and the world slept. My little ones, the apostles slept in the garden when my hour was at hand.
Oh my shanty little town, you are stuck indeed, in your ways. You walk the streets as blindmen and I shout to you.
My earth, come out of your tombs, come out and live a life rooted deeply in My Heart.
R. I was in the cage, it was a prison held on all sides by bars, I cried, I screamed, I felt no way to escape and low and behold I turned and where I had thought I was totally enclosed, a whole wall was not even there and I gaily walked into the free night and the sun followed me as I walked.
Jesus: Your earth is enclosed in a wall of their own making. They have put up walls to enclose themselves. They have traveled around in their little boxes and spit at the freedom that I wished to give them.
Freedom is in living according to God's will. Freedom is in Me.
Talk of chains, for you have some. You have bars and are enclosed in your stone or brick houses. A mighty fortress is your dwelling, you think. A mighty fortress is in the walls of My Heart. I am the gateway that leads to freedom. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy One of the Virgin Israel. I am the gateway to heaven. I am God!
R. As I unite with Him in the most intimate experiences in the Eucharist, I become one in His desires and what He wants, I become more as He is. He is the life, He is the resurrection, He is God.
I become more in Him, His desires are my desires, the Father's Plan is imprinted in my soul during the Mass and the reception of the Eucharist and before the tabernacle. I am transformed immensely in those moments after Communion to being alive in Him.
God the Father: I am God, you are man, I have given My Son Jesus to you to unite your soul to Me. I am the Father, He is the First Born from the dead. Life will abound in heaven and on earth.
God has visited His people and now He Reigns. He has ransomed them with the Blood of the Lamb.
R. Some time between Ascension Thursday, May 21, 1998 and Pentecost, May 31, 1998.
I saw a vision of an open door, the light within it resembled the light of the vision of March 26, 1996 that can be found in the Apostles Manual (p. 34-36).
The open door was glistening with this reflective golden color mirror-like light. I cannot describe, as I could not describe concerning the 3 main visions, the first being March 26, 1996.
The closest light I can describe to this is the sun reflecting on the water at Tom's Farm but this too leaves an emptiness to its description.
There was a little white sheep at the bottom of the open, glistening door and the little sheep hobbled over a small threshold and went in.
The door was rounded on the top, no corners, like a semi-circle on the top, and the wall surrounding this door was black. The light I describe was within this door and peered out to me in the vision.
I heard our Lord over and over again cry out during this period, "Come out of your tombs, dead, dead, dead, you are dead."
I heard the words similar to the message of May 21, 1998.
I was walled in on all sides BARS a prison of my own making. I turned and there was a wall missing and I gaily walked into the free night and the sun followed me as I walked.
I hear Jesus speak: "I am the gateway that leads to freedom."
I know the sea of glass from the vision of March 26, 1996. I know the open door from the vision.
I know the Power, I know the Intimate Burning Heart of Jesus in the Mass.
Jesus: (Ascension Day May 21, 1998)
Your earth is enclosed in a wall of their own making. They have put up walls to enclose themselves. They have traveled around in their little boxes and spit at the freedom that I wish to give them.
Freedom is in living according to God's will, Freedom is in Me.
Talk of chains, for you have some. Your have bars and are enclosed in your stone or brick houses. A mighty fortress is your dwelling, you think. A mighty fortress is in the walls of My Heart.
I am the gateway that leads to Freedom. I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy One of the Virgin Israel. I am the gateway to heaven. I am God.
Come out of your tombs, I am alive, I am treated as a dead object.
Sing a new song, the dead shall be raised.
They conquered the devil with the Blood of the Lamb.
Pray to the Holy Spirit to come mightily on you.
end of May 21, 1998
Song: Jesus I adore you
Lay my life before you
How I love you
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. We are pilgrims on a journey
Jesus wants intimacy with us
Prayer of St Ignatius
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.
Sing: Take Lord Receive
R. We want to be filled with the Holy Spirit
Jesus who is perfect goodness
had enemies
We see yesterday in the scripture
of Jeremiah
Jeremiah had enemies for doing
God's will
Yesterday's Readings
Jeremiah 11:18-20
Yahweh informed me and I knew it; you then revealed their scheming to me. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughterhouse, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, Let us destroy the tree in its strength, let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may no longer be remembered!
Yahweh Sabaoth,
whose judgement is upright,
tester of motives and thoughts,
I shall see your vengeance on them,
for I have revealed my cause to you.
Psalm 7: 2-3, 9-12
or he will savage me like a lion,
carry me off with no one to rescue me.
Yahweh my God, if I have done this:
if injustice has stained my hands,Put an end to the malice of the wicked,
make the upright stand firm,
you who discern hearts and minds,
God the upright.God is a shield that protects me,
saving the honest of heart.
God is an upright judge,
slow to anger,
but a God at all times threatening
for those who will not repent.Let the enemy whet his sword,
draw his bow and make ready;
John 7:40-53
Some of the crowd who had been listening said, He is indeed the prophet, and some said, He is the Christ, but others said, Would the Christ come from Galilee? Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was? So the people could not agree about him. Some wanted to arrest him, but no one actually laid a hand on him. The guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees who said to them, Why havent you brought him? The guards replied, No one has ever spoken like this man. So, the Pharisees answered, you, too, have been led astray? Have any of the authorities come to believe in him? Any of the Pharisees? This rabble knows nothing about the Lawthey are damned. One of them, Nicodemusthe same man who had come to Jesus earliersaid to them, But surely our Law does not allow us to pass judgement on anyone without first giving him a hearing and discovering what he is doing? To this they answered, Are you a Galilean too? Go into the matter, and see for yourself: prophets do not arise in Galilee.
R. Jesus had enemies
We will die and hopefully go
to heaven
We see the wounds of Jesus
At the resurrection He appears
with glorified wounds
So we see we have wounds and
we want them healed
Love heals the wounds of the heart
We live to work through wounds and
respond in love
Jesus gives us love which heals
our wounds
We get sick in body and we need to be
healed
We are wounded
We need healing
We have a wounded human nature
We have been given the sacrament of baptism
but we have tendencies
toward the deadly sins
We need to live virtuously
The men rejected Jesus
They wanted to kill Him
Jesus said our enemies will be
of our own house
If we follow Jesus we will
have enemies
Mary gave me a message when I got
Blue Book 6B and she said they
will hate you
February 26, 1995 - Glorious Mysteries (excerpt)
The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth
6. Mary: And the world will hate you, My children. The world is cold and in darkness. They have lost their focus of God. Many have become godless. I call out to you, my beloved children, to come ever closer to me and let me lead you to close union with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Jesus, my Beloved Son, is ever with you, outpouring His love to you. If you realize the love of Jesus, you can not help but love others. You must focus more and more on the intensity of the love that He has for you for it is in realizing this intense love that you will spread this love to others.
R.
I always liked to think people should
like me
I work it out with them and they like me
Jesus said in the scriptures if I follow
Him they will hate me
Mary said in a message, they will hate me
So now I don't feel I have to think they
will like me
They threw Jeremiah in a cistern - a pit
They caged Jeremiah for delivering God's
message
If we follow Jesus, we will have enemies
Song: We have decided to follow Jesus
no turning back
no turning back
R. Jesus loved His enemies
Holiness
(1) To obey God
(2) To forgive and to love our
enemies
Jesus is the way
Jesus is the truth
We don't tell little white lies so
we worry about our self
image among men
Humility is truth
Humility not lying to make ourselves
look good when in fact we
should confess the truth to
strengthen the matter out
TRUE humility, like Mary, is
telling the truth
the truth will set you free
not lying because we don't
want to look bad
Not covering up the truth because
we care more about our image
than about the truth
Being holy means being humble
means telling the truth
not concerned with our image
before men that we lie to cover up
the truth
Peace is found in God
Living in the truth
Living the way of God
In Shepherds of Christ God has given us a
way of life
Being holy means respecting authority
over us
not trying to get above authority
but recognizing God blesses
us for obeying our superiors
Psalm 40: 6-8
You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering,
but you gave me an open ear,
you did not ask for burnt offering or sacrifice for sin;
then I said, 'Here I am, I am coming.'In the scroll of the book it is written of me,
my delight is to do your will;
your law, my God,
is deep in my heart.
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.
What is God's Plan for us?
What is God's will for us?
We see Jesus giving Himself on
Calvary giving Himself
on the cross
We know we must discern the spirits
to do the will of God
God called us to follow Him
God has a plan for us
God wants us to live His life,
death and resurrection in our lives
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 12
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 do all things for the glory
and honor of God
I know God has told me to follow
this vocation
Then I must accept this vocation
and I try to live my life in
saying "yes" eagerly and
with the intention of pleasing
God with all my heart
I don't want to operate out of fear
I don't want to put myself and
my will in the actions I do
When I choose God's will down
deep in my heart I have
joy and peace
I will have struggles and crosses,
but I know I must do this hard
thing because it is God's will.
God calls I respond
Look at how Jesus suffered for our sins
carrying the cross
whipping at the pillar
crowning of thorns
Christ wasn't worried about what
others thought of Him
some wanted Him dead!!!
He did the Father's will in peace
We are wounded soldiers
We need enlightenment
I am not as strong now I am older
people help me open bottles and
take off lids
The stronger I am spiritually the
more the lid to our heart can
be easily removed if I start to
shut down a little and not love as I should
We need to fill our hearts with
positive images of people loving
working together being humble
being obedient to God's will
If we see ourselves closed down
living without eye contact,
relating to others
we continue the shut down
ways and they get worse
Our hearts get harder
The lid to this stagnant heart corroded
and hard to take off
Set in our isolating, selfish, not
relating ways
All we do should be loving
Loving is doing God's will
Love is forgiving
Love is wanting unity doing
God's will
not blocking others doing God's will
Not giving into the deadly sins, not being
jealous and envious and angry and
seeking dominance for dominance
sake etc.
Ways to love
Start loving Jesus
Wanting to please Him, so much,
as the bridegroom of our soul
God is love
In heaven we must be loving
Our lives lived to prepare us for
heaven
Heaven is for lovers
The Passion and suffering of Jesus
helps us to know His love
for us
Song: A Song from Jesus
Song: God's Love
Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones we Love
Song: Teach Me to Love with Your Heart
R.
In religious communities one
has to keep the model of the
Trinity before them
A community is all working as one
They have a goal
They work for Jesus
The devil wants people to act like
married singles
The devil wants people to keep
working selfishly on themselves
doing old, deadly, isolated
habits
It's simple
It takes a lifetime of bending the stubborn will
As it says in the Holy Spirit Sequence
Bend the stubborn heart and will
Melt the frozen warm the chill
Fr. Mike says
They do it their way because they want
to
They don't want to change
They keep doing their will and fighting
to do it
Their will at all cost whatever
it takes to get their will
Look at Jesus on the cross who
lovingly suffered for YOU
Sing: Little Baby Hands and Feet
Sing: See the Eyes that Look at Mary
R. A bridge connects 2 sides
The devil wants to blow up all relationship
bridges
Selfishness, isolation, anger, temptations
of jealousy, envy
God wants us one united, faithful,
hopeful, loving, humble,
prudent
Jesus: I want communities united
your image for a community can
be single people do their
own work
These communities will only damage
the Church
The Church is My Body
You are to work, in love, as
a body
The devil presses on the weak link to
provoke, be slothful, sit
amongst others where unity
is to be warm hearted
I am the Sacred Heart of Jesus
This Movement I give you is
to make the love of My
Sacred heart on fire for the
souls I died for known on this
earth
Warm - hearted! ! ON FIRE
to know oneness
the white heat of My love
John 17: 20-23
I pray not only for these
but also for those
who through their teaching
will come to believe in me.
May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
as you have loved me.
Sing: One Bread, One Body
Jesus: People can put rules on a place
When I go to this place I know
everybody works together
I feel love
When I go to this place
everybody is angry and
they are fighting to do their own will
They fight for dominance
Little children need to learn to share and
work with each other
Some little ones bite to get their way
Some throw temper tantrums
You must learn to love
God the Father has a Plan
Using a job in the Church to act out anger
hurts everybody most of all
your soul
Dead Dead Deadly sins
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I am love
I
made Lazarus come forth from
Bound in sin
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I died for your sins
I want souls for heaven
I am merciful to those who
seek mercy
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Mass Book , by Rita Ring: Many of the entries in the Priestly Newsletter Volume II from a spiritual journal came from this book. These entries are to help people to be more deeply united to God in the Mass. This book is available in English and Spanish with the Churchs Imprimatur. $12 |
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Rosary Meditations for Parents and Children , by Rita Ring, Short Meditations for both parents and children to be used when praying the rosary. These meditations will help all to know the lives of Jesus and Mary alive in their Hearts. Available in both English and Spanish with the Churchs Imprimatur. $10 |
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God's Blue Book I by Rita Ring. Open Anywhere This book will change your life. These are beautiful love letters to us from Jesus. A million books have been printed and circulated. Jesus loves us so much He wants a personal relationship with us He wants us to go to the Eucharist and be with Him before the tabernacle. $10 |
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God's Blue Book II by Rita Ring. Letters from Jesus about His on fire love Jesus wants this great intimacy with us On fire love Personal love letters from Jesus about the love of His Heart A book on surrender Fr. Carter said! $10 |
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God's Blue Book III by Rita Ring. Fr. Carter's favorite book It is about loving and forgiving each other Being pure in heart A book for unity in family, community, in life!! $10 |
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God's Blue Book IV by Rita Ring. This book is about the love Jesus has for Mary and Mary has for Jesus and Jesus and Mary have for us It is truly the Love of the Two Hearts. Mary appeared every day at the Holy Spirit Center Fr. Carter was there. Mary's first apparition July 5, 1994. $5 |
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God's Blue Book V by Rita Ring. Jesus wants to be the bridegroom of our soul He is our beloved Jesus tells us about pure love how we are to be pure of heart and love God and love others. It is a must, to hear about love from Jesus Jesus is love $5 |
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God's Blue Book 6A by Rita Ring. Rosaries from Their Hearts during apparitions. Jesus and Mary appeared every day and I received rosaries from Them and They were transcribed from a tape. Also messages of love from Jesus on days of January, 1995 About Baptism writings from Fr. Carter and the Scriptures. $10 |
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God's Blue Book 6B by Rita Ring. Jesus and Mary appeared every day in February, 1995 So beautiful transcribed from a tape the Stations, 7 Sorrows, prayers in the Prayer Manual, the Holy Spirit Novena Book and the Song Book. Pure love loving and forgiving a book about Jesus' love, baptism, grace and Fr. Carter's Newsletter. $10 |
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Apostles Manual. About the Movement - the structure of the Movement All Ministries - from the time 3 months before Mary appeared in Clearwater and 3 months after. Rosaries of the 13ths, Fr. Carter's Newsletters. Messages from God the Father Reaching the priests, the Church, the schools and the world. $20 |
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Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 1. Mary appeared in Clearwater December 17, 1996 in rainbow color and these rosaries left the printer the same day from Apparitions of Jesus and Mary transcribed from a tape. $10 |
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Rosaries from the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Book 2. This is a book of so many rosaries - transcribed from a tape. So many beautiful rosaries. pages $12 |
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Messages for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This is a big book of loving messages for nursing home people and homebound from Jesus and Mary Their lives are so important united to the Mass offering up their suffering, their lives for the souls of this earth. $10 |
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Short Rosary Meditations for the Elderly, Ill and Homebound. This book is so important with pictures they can open it and lay it on their laps and pray the rosary. $10 |
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Songs from Jesus Songbook. These loving songs were given from Jesus. So beautiful Love Songs from Jesus of His love - helping us have pure and loving hearts. $3 |
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Daily Messages from Heaven. First book of Daily Messages. $10 |
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Color the Lives of Jesus and Mary. Volumes 1 through 7. Coloring books and meditations for grade school children and others on the mysteries of the rosary - really good. $5 each. |
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Response to Gods Love by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. In this book Fr. Carter speaks of God as the ultimate mystery. We can meditate on the interior life of the Trinity. Fr. Carter tells us about our uniqueness in the Father's Plan for us, how the individual Christian, the Church and the world are in the state of becoming. Imprimatur. $10 |
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Shepherds of Christ - Selected Writings on Spirituality for all People as Published in Shepherds of Christ Newsletter for Priests. Contains 12 issues of the newsletter from July/August 1994 to May/June 1996. $15 |
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Shepherds of Christ - Volume 2 : by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains issues 13-29 of the newsletter (September/October 1996 - Issue 5, 1999) $15 |
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Shepherds of Christ - Volume 3 by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. Contains Newsletter Issues 1 through 4 of 2000 including Fr. Carters tremendous Overview of the Spiritual Life $10 |
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Tell My People. Messages from Jesus and Mary (As given to Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.) One of Fr. Edward Carter, S.J.'s Synopsis of the Spiritual Life From Jesus to Fr. Carter "On Holy Saturday, 1994, Jesus told me that on the following day, Easter, I would also begin to receive messages for others. Our Lord also told me that some of these were eventually to be published in a bookand here is that book." $10 |
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The Spirituality of Fatima by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. The Fatima apparitions and messages received official Church approval in 1930. In giving her official approval to the Fatima event, the Church tells us that what took place at Fatima involving the three young visionaries is worthy of our belief. $5 |
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Shepherds of Christ , a book of Spirituality Newsletters, is a compilation of the first nine newsletters from Fr. John J. Pasquini begining in August 2006. The Newsletter has been circulated to the priests and hierarchy spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart, promoting love for the Eucharist, greater love for the Church, the Priesthood, Mary and the Holy Spirit, the Mass, Prayer, and greater intimate relationship with God. $35 |
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This book Light, Happiness and Peace is a journey into the spiritual life an awakening of deeper life IN HIM. Here are some of the comments we received from bishops and cardinals about the book. Cardinal Pontifical Council for Culture Vatican City I am sure that this book, Light, Happiness and Peace through a discussion on traditional Catholic Spirituality will contribute in bringing back prayer into the mainstream of life. $10 |
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In Imitation of Two Hearts - Prayers for Consolation, Renewal and Peace in Times of Suffering Fr. John J. Pasquini leads a suffering soul to the gentle Hearts of Jesus and Mary. In these most loving Hearts - the prayers by Fr. John Pasquini - help the person suffering to know more deeply the pascal mystery of death/resurrection. President of the Pontifical Council for Health $10 |
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Authenticity , the Yellow Book of prayers by Fr. John Pasquini, can lead the soul into deeper intimacy with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, can lead to greater love of Mary which leads to the unitive life and greater holiness. The book of prayers Authenticity by Fr. John J. Pasquini is to help one grow ever deeper in the Unitive life. Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Philippines With Authenticity, much is gained in prayer, and much is accomplished through prayer. More especially if prayer is directed in behalf of the Church. $10 |
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In Medicine of Immortality, Father John Pasquini offers his readers the richness of Catholic devotional prayer, the wisdom of the Fathers and, most of all, the fruits of his own prayer and meditation before the Blessed Sacrament. I recommend this book to all who wish to grow in their love for the Lord, who sustains the life of His Church through the precious gift of His Body and Blood. Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago $10 |
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Ecce Fides is a work dedicated to defending Catholic beliefs through reason, Scripture, and the life of the Holy Spirit. "It is important that we (as people of God) return to the source of life, our faith, which is usefully exposed in this volume, and take it out to our contemporaries, evangelizing them and their cultures and inculturating the Gospel." Cardinal Pontifical Council for Culture Vatican City $10 |
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Consolation by Fr. John J. Pasquini upon the passing of a loved one. Fr. Pasquini has done a beautiful gift of his most wonderful homily given when someone dear has died. It can be given as a tremendous gift. $10 |
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DVD - A beautiful Mass was done by Fr. John J. Pasquini for Nursing homes and assisted living. It was done at St. Joseph's magnificent chapel St. Joseph's assisted living in Jupiter, Florida. It last about 33 minutes. We call it the golden Nursing Home Mass from St. Joseph's. $10 |
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DVD - Prayers from the Authenticity Book read by Rita Ring on the ocean it is beautiful. 410 |
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Divine Mercy Chaplet CD. Prayed by Fr. John J. Pasquini $10 |
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Holy Spirit Novena CD. Prayers and scripture readings from the Holy Spirit Novena Booklet read by Rita Ring. $10 |
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Guiding Light homily series - Steadfast to the Son - Cycle A The sunflower is a great example of how we should be steadfastly guided by light. What a powerful thought that this exceptional plant is not stuck in one pose day in and day out, yet adaptable and magnetized to the sun. We feel the same about our Son. Our heads turns to face Christ as each day presents its challenges to find light. We join together like plants in a field and soak up the Son through the pulpit. We are a warm circle of strength using the wind of our breath to carry our priests' words, Christ's words, to new rich soil. $15 |
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Guiding Light - Focusing on the Word - Cycle B At times we may feel that our path to Christ is a bit "out of focus". Like the disciples in the Book of Mark, this ordinary life clouds our vision of Christ's Divinity. We may doubt the practicality or possibility of applying His teachings and example to our modern life. Cycle B's homilies are a "guiding light" to help us realize Jesus' Messianic greatness and His promise of better things to come. $15 |
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Guiding Light - Feed My Soul - Cycle C In a world rapidly advancing and encouraging personal gain, we are faced with modern problems. There is a challenge to find time in our busy schedules for Sunday Mass or a family meal. We are able to research, shop, bank and even work without hearing one human voice. It is no wonder that we may often feel disconnected and famished at our week's end. In Fr. Joe's third book of homilies from Cycle C, we are reminded of the charity that Christ intended us to show each other. We have a calling to turn the other cheek and be the Good Samaritan to others. We are rewarded with the Father's kingdom and love when we are not worthy. We are not left alone or hungry. $15 |
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Guiding Light - The Word Alive in Our Hearts. - Cycle A (partial) Homilies by the Reverend Joe Robinson given at St. Boniface Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is a tremendous honor Fr. Joe has allowed us to share these great gifts with you for greater holiness and knowing more and more about God. $10 |
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Shepherds of Christ Prayer Manual. The Shepherds of Christ has prayer chapters all over the world praying for the priests, the Church and the world. These prayers that Father Carter compiled in the summer of 1994 began this worldwide network of prayer. Currently the prayers are in eight languages with the Churchs Imprimatur. We have prayed daily for the priests, the Church, and the world since 1994. Associates are called to join prayer Chapters and help us circulate the newsletter centered on spreading devotion to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart and helping to renew the Church through greater holiness. Please form a Prayer Chapter & order a Prayer Manual. |
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Holy Spirit Novena Booklet. In four languages with the Imprimatur with 18 scripture readings for two complete novenas this very powerful Holy Spirit Novena has prayers for prayers for Protection by the Blood of Jesus, Healing, Strength and Light, To Be One with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, One with Jesus, To Dwell in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Prayer for the Holy Spirit and His Gifts, and the Word Alive in Our Hearts. All these prayers take about 10 minutes daily recited out loud. $1 |
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Spirituality Handbook. Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. did 3 synopsis of the spiritual life. The Spirituality Handbook, the Priestly Newsletter 2000 Issue 3 and the Tell My People book. The way of spiritual life proposed to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates is centered in consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary. All aspects of the spiritual life discussed below should be viewed as means to help members develop their lives in consecration to Christ, the Sacred Heart, and to Mary, the Immaculate Heart. $3 |
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Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #1 - CD. - Christ is Our Strength - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. It is so beautiful. "This brief passage contains one of the greatest lessons of the spiritual life. As we progress along our spiritual journey, we become increasingly aware of how weak we are in our-selves, but how strong we are in Christ. To experience our weakness involves suffering. The degree and kind of suffering can vary. The suffering can include the experience of the classical dark night of the spirit as described by St. John of the Cross. One of the main purposes of the dark night is to make a person keenly aware of his or her helplessness without God." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10 |
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Priestly Newsletter - 2000 #2 - CD. - Suffering: A Source of Life - Fr. Edward Carter, S.J. read it the year he died. Fr. Carter knew suffering that year. His voice is so powerful as he read each Newsletter from his heart and soul. "Every man has his own share in the redemption. Each one is also called to share in that suffering through which the redemption was accomplished. He is called to share in that suffering through which all human suffering has also been redeemed. In bringing about the redemption through suffering, Christ has also raised human suffering to the level of the redemption. Thus each man in his suffering can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ..." quote by Fr. Carter from the newsletter $10 |
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