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April 12, 2010
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Born from above
Born of the Spirit
We have a human nature
God gives us a sharing in His life
through baptism
God has called us to be perfect
as our heavenly Father
is perfect —
We are to be holy
Sing: Holy Is His Name
Sing: A Song from Jesus
Jesus: I call you to holiness —
I call you to see yourselves
as growing in My image
and likeness —
I am your Savior —
I call you to carry out
the work I began in
your lives of holiness
Matthew 5: 48
...You must therefore be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.’
R. Dear God — help me to be holy —
help me to not give into old
destructive habits I know
displease You and hurt
my relationship with you and others
Sing: Holy, Holy from Mass
From Fr. Carter's Spirituality Handbook
Consecration to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
(2)We have already spoken of how we are incorporated into Christ at Baptism. Now we shall speak of the life which comes to us in Baptism in terms of consecration:
"To consecrate means to make sacred, to make holy. Only God can make a being holy. So to speak of our consecration is to speak of God's activity in making us holy, His activity of giving us a share in His own holiness. At Baptism we receive a share in God's life, a share in His holiness. Christ is the Mediator of this grace life. We are baptized into Christ, into His death and resurrection. In Baptism we become holy by sharing in the holiness of Christ. We become consecrated, sealed with the divine holiness. We belong to the Father, through Christ, in the Holy Spirit.
"On our part, we must respond to God's consecration of us. We must live out the consecration of Baptism. We must realize what God has done for us in Christ and live according to this awareness. We need to live the life of holiness and grow in it. In other words, we must develop the life of grace, the Christ-life.
"What God has done for us in Christ involves Mary. God has given us a Christ-life, our life of grace, and Mary is the Mother of this Christ-life. Consequently, living out our life of consecration to God—living out the Christ-life—includes allowing Mary to increasingly be the Mother of our Christ-life.
"Consecration to Mary, therefore, is an aspect of our consecration to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is entrusting ourselves entirely to her maternal love so that she can bring us ever closer to Jesus, so that we can increasingly live out our consecration to God in Christ.
"At Fatima, Our Lady asked that we consecrate ourselves to her Immaculate Heart. Mary shows us her heart as a symbol of her love for God and us. She asks us to make a return of love to her, to consecrate ourselves to her, to give ourselves to her completely. She wants us to entrust ourselves to her completely so that she may help us love God and neighbor.
"As stated above, consecration to Mary is an aspect of our consecration to God in Christ and she has asked for consecration to her Heart so that she may assist us. Christ, in turn, invites us to live out this consecration to Him through consecration to His Sacred Heart. We see the divine symmetry: consecration to the Immaculate Heart helps us to live out consecration to Christ Who reveals His Heart as symbol of His life of love in all its aspects, including His tremendous love for each of us individually. His Heart also asks for our love in return, a return which ideally is summed up in consecration to Jesus' Heart. Through this consecration we give ourselves completely to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart. In this consecration to Jesus, we promise to strive to live according to His Father's will in all things."
2. Edward Carter, S.J., Mother at Our Side, Faith Publishing, Milford, Ohio, 1993, pp. 15-17.
To be holy —
To be changed —
To control oneself
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
We pray united to the Mass
We pray for sins to be forgiven
We contemplate the mystery of
faith
Christ has died, Christ has risen —
Christ will come again —
We contemplate the mystery of God's
love —
John 3: 16
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.
Sing: Veni Sanctus Spiritus
Easter Sequence
Christians, to the Paschal Victim
offer sacrifice and praise.The sheep are ransomed by the Lamb;
and Christ, the undefiled,
hath sinners
to his Father reconciled.Death with life contended:
combat strangely ended!
Life's own Champion, slain,
yet lives to reign.Tell us, Mary:
say what thou didst see upon the way.The tomb the Living did enclose;
I saw Christ's glory as He rose!The angels there attesting;
shroud with grave-clothes resting.Christ, my hope, has risen:
He goes before you into Galilee.That Christ is truly risen
from the dead we know.
Victorious King, Thy mercy show!
Amen. Alleluia.
Pray Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.
We pray for Peace —
We pray for this Era of Peace
We pray to spread the devotion
to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary
Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!
"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."
Jesus is truly present in the Blessed Sacrament
Jesus gives us His Body and Blood —
Jesus feeds us with Himself
Lamb of God
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
We pray for peace —
We pray for kindness —
We pray to understand more the Easter
mysteries —
Sing: This is the Feast of Victory
Jesus: Take and Eat all of you
This is My Body —
This is My Blood
R: May the Blood of Christ bring me
to everlasting life
Sing: This is the Feast of Victory
Let us ask for forgiveness of
all our sins
Let us tell God we are sorry —
Let us walk humbly —
Lord have mercy on me
Christ have mercy on me
Lord have mercy on me
Let us pray — Dear God Almighty
Help us — Help us to be
filled with the Spirit
of love
Acts 4: 23-31
As soon as they were released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard it they lifted up their voice to God with one heart. ‘Master,’ they prayed, ‘it is you who made sky and earth and sea, and everything in them; it is you who said through the Holy Spirit and speaking through our ancestor David, your servant:The apostles’ prayer under persecution
Why this uproar among the nations,
‘This is what has come true: in this very city Herod and Pontius Pilate plotted together with the gentile nations and the peoples of Israel, against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed, to bring about the very thing that you in your strength and your wisdom had predetermined should happen. And now, Lord, take note of their threats and help your servants to proclaim your message with all fearlessness, by stretching out your hand to heal and to work miracles and marvels through the name of your holy servant Jesus.’ As they prayed, the house where they were assembled rocked. From this time they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God fearlessly.
As they prayed the place shook —
Oh Holy Spirit fill our hearts —
Oh God let us be healed of iniquity —
Oh God You are our King
Oh God that You would Reign
in the Hearts of all on
this earth —
Sing: Alleluia, Alleluia
John 3: 3
Jesus answered:
In all truth I tell you,
no one can see the kingdom of God
without being born from above.
We need to have courage —
We need to be humble — we
need to speak out, we have
been baptized —
We share in His life —
Not be afraid of what people
think
To follow the example of
the Apostles —
Say yes to being a member
of the body of Christ
Say yes to our calling
in baptism —
Do what God wants —
See through His eyes
Don't focus on what men think of us.
Help us not to be lethargic
about our faith —
We are called to spread the
good news —
Divine Mercy Chaplet
Begin with:
Our Father..., Hail Mary..., The Creed.
On the five large beads:
Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity
of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement
for our sins and those of the whole world.On the ten small beads:
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion have mercy on us
and on the whole world.Conclude with repeating three times:
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One,
have mercy on us and on the whole world.
Let us make a spiritual communion
R. Dear Jesus — we want to make a spiritual
communion, we cannot receive You
now, but we want to know Your
presence deep in our heart —
deep in our soul — Oh God fill us
with Your presence that we can
just focus on You and Your love
for us now — Love deep in us —
Oneness with You —
Quite surrender to be alone in
this moment with You in our heart
in deep love —
We love You so much our beloved
God —
An old barn was full of
junk — one of the members
of the family came home and
needed to stay in the
old dwelling — once
used for extra guests
They went to the edge of the land
where the old building was and
they opened the door secured
with a horizontal board —
Oh my goodness — the son
said —
Nobody could get in there to
sleep or even dwell —
Oh Savior our hearts are overrun
with old clamor — old
tapes — old furniture —
a clamor of junk —
Jesus: Clean out your old barns —
lest I have no room in
your heart filled with
debris —
Live simply with those things
that lead you to a more
perfected life in God —
Clean away the old habits, the
old vices — the survival —
tactics learned for dysfunctional
homes of the past —
Live by the rule —
Love God and love one another —
Do not manipulate situations,
people because of
jealousy — old wounds —
greed, lust, slothfulness —
Live in harmony —
Live in unity —
Clean your attics
Clear your cellars
R. Jesus is the Teacher
John 3: 1-8
There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.’ Jesus answered:The conversation with Nicodemus
In all truth I tell you,
no one can see the kingdom of God
without being born from above.
Nicodemus said, ‘How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the womb again and be born?’ Jesus replied:
In all truth I tell you,
no one can enter the kingdom of God
without being born
through water and the Spirit;
what is born of human nature is human;
what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not be surprised when I say:
You must be born from above.
The wind blows where it pleases;
you can hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it comes from
or where it is going.
So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit
Jesus: Do My Work
Jesus:
Let the Holy Spirit fill you —
Admit your faults —
Ask for forgiveness —
Forgive others
Let your hearts be holy —
Sing: Holy Is His Name
Sing: This is the Feast of Victory —
Let the Holy Spirit IN —
R: In baptism we receive a sharing
in His life —
The Father, Son and Holy Spirit dwell
in a special way in the
graced baptized soul —
God is Love —
Jesus: Rid yourself of hate —
anger, pride, jealousy
Do God's will —
Be glad when others are doing
God's will and building His Kingdom
Don't block others doing
God's will because of
evil in yourself —
Pray to do God's will
Pray others do God's will
R. God has a Plan —
Don't block it because
of possessive, selfishness
God doesn't like it —
Be in harmony with God and others —
Jesus: Empty your hearts so I can
dwell in you abundantly —
R. A shoe box is made for shoes —
You were made for God — to
love and serve Him — here and in eternity
Oh God with the beautiful
river and the trees budding
reflecting in it we
see what reflection is
We are to be showing the world —
the beauty of the God who
dwells in you —
We as members of the body of
Christ are to be more and more
likened to Christ —
We are God's sons and daughters —
We are to be so beautiful —
We are becoming more and more
perfected — living more
in the image of Christ
Love that radiates to others —
Hearts of love that go around
the world —
LIKE RIPPLES on A POND
Faith, Hope and Love —
We love God and others — this is
God's command to us —
God created us —
We are His creatures —
We are to obey God —
We are to be lights in the
world —
Showing all the Christ who
lives in us
We are His
Why would we rebel against
our Master —
Our lives lived in holiness
please our God —
This is a very little book —
Jesus gave us a message to publish
it Right Away April 10, 2010
From Tell My People
"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.
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