Mass on April 14th at 11:00 a.m.

Package for the month of Mary and First Communion     

The Song of Bernadette DVD       OR	The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima DVD	11" Fatima Statue with image glass	Blue Book 12	8x10 and 4x6 pictures of Our Lady of Clearwater

                April 13, 2014

                R. We celebrate the mystery of the
                Resurrection for 50 days.

                The Ascension and Pentecost are the
                final days.

1 Corinthians 5: 6-8

                       "Christ has become our paschal sacrifice, let us feat with joy in  the Lord"
 

                It is indeed time for renewal –

                Having gone through the days of Lent
                    we are ready to be changed - to
                    live more deeply our life in Him.

                In Holy Week we identify with His Passion and
                    death – dying to those things we have
                    been shown in Lent that are
                    stumbling blocks in the spiritual
                    life.

                It is made clear to me before Mary
                    appeared at Clearwater, Mary's role
                    as Mother of our Spiritual life.

                It is made clear this Lent we are to
                    discipline our thoughts, focusing
                    on Jesus, loving God first in all
                    we do and loving our neighbor
                    as ourselves.

                It is further made clear we must pray for
                    healing of the family tree, those that
                    went before us, our children, even
                    children not born yet.

                We pray for all of these ways to be as God
                    wants us to be –
                    the individual Christian, the Church
                    and the world is in the state of
                    becoming.

                Jesus told Fr. Carter to start these prayer
                    chapters all over the world –
                    centered in the Hearts of greatest
                    love of Mary and Jesus and loving the
                    Father's will as Mary did.

                Love, Love, Love   God is love –
                    He is the Creator, we are the
                    creatures, we are under God –

                He is worthy of our love –

                Jesus loved us to His death on the cross.
                Jesus rose the 3rd day –

                We have been taught in Lent that grace
                    permeates nature and thus to
                    seek God's grace.

                To pray for an increase of faith, hope
                    and love –

                Our thoughts are the doorway to our
                    heart and we think all day –
                    so we therefore must realize
                    God lives in us. Father, Son and Holy
                    Spirit dwell in our graced baptized soul.
 

                From the Apostles Manual and Blue Book 13 Excerpt 

December 7, 1996 First Saturday -
Revelations on the Light

Adam and Eve are given great gifts and insights into God. They sin, the light of knowing God is dimmed because of their sin. They do not know God as they did before the sin.

Christ comes, He is the Light of the World. He dies, He gives Himself. He shares His life with us through sanctifying grace.

Through Baptism we receive this sharing in His divine life. The more He shares His life, the more we are saturated with His life, the more we know Him. He reveals Himself to us--we see the light.

end of excerpt

                In the Easter Vigil we have

                I. The Service of Light

                The lights in the Church on Holy Saturday are
                    dimmed.

                A fire is prepared outside the Church.
                There is a procession too.

                This is a holy night – the priest says.
                The priest blesses the fire.
                The priest lights the candle from the new fire.

                The priest sings
                    "Christ our light"
                    And the people answer
                    "Thanks be to God."

                The deacon lifts the candle high at
                    the doors of the Church and
                    sings a second time
                    "Christ our light"
                    And the people answer
                    "Thanks be to God"

                The people in the pews have candles
                    they are lighted from the rear
                    of the Church from the light
                    of the Easter candle –

                The deacon arrives at the altar
                    and faces the people and
                    sings a third time
                    "Christ our light"
                    And the people answer
                    "Thanks be to God" and

                The Exultant (Easter Proclamation is
                    sung)

                The people stand with lighted
                    candles and the Exultant is sung.

                After the Exultant the candles are put down.

                II. The Liturgy of the Word –

                    9 readings are given
                    7 from the Old Testament
                    2 from the New Testament

                All Old Testament Readings do not have to be done.

               Old Testament Readings

        First Reading – Creation
                   Psalm 104 – "Lord send out Your Spirit"
                   or Psalm 33
                   "The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord"

                 Second Reading – Genesis about the Sacrifice of
                           Abraham of Isaac. Abraham is faithful he receives
                           the promise that Abraham's descendants
                           will be so numerous.
                           Psalm 16
                           Keep me safe, O God, you are my hope.

                Third Reading - Exodus –
                           The dividing of the Red Sea
                           (this prefigures baptism)
                           Psalm is Exodus 15
                           "Let us sing to the Lord, he has
                           covered himself in glory"

                Fourth Reading - Isaiah 54: 5-14
                           Baptism is a special covenant with God.
                           We should not be unfaithful to God.
                           God is our husband, we are not
                            to be an unfaithful wife.
                            God takes us back –
                            In Easter we renew our baptismal vows –
                            Psalm 30
                            "I will praise you, Lord, for you
                             have rescued me."

                Fifth Reading - Isaiah 56: 1-11
                           Come to the Water
                           Psalm - Isaiah 12
                           "You will draw water joyfully from
                             the springs of salvation."

                Sixth Reading - Baruch
                           We must guard our relationship
                            with God –
                           Keep it alive –
                           God calls the stars - they respond –
                           How foolish for us to not respond
                            to God's call.
                           Call - Response
                           Psalm 19
                           "Lord you have the words
                             of everlasting life"

                Seventh Reading
                           The Jews in Ezekiel defiled
                            themselves –
                           We must repent –
                           God will sprinkle us with water –
                           Tonight the priest sprinkles us with
                           blessed water after we renew
                           our baptismal vows –
                           Response Psalm 42
                           "Like a deer that longs for running
                             streams, my souls longs for
                             you, my God"
                           Or Psalm 51
                           "Create a clean heart in
                             me, O God"

                We are to die with Christ and rise to new life in Christ!

                We renew our baptism vows tonight.

                New Testament Readings

You cannot have forgotten that all of us, when we were baptised into Christ Jesus, were baptised into his death. So by our baptism into his death we were buried with him, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the Father’s glorious power, we too should begin living a new life. If we have been joined to him by dying a death like his, so we shall be by a resurrection like his; realising that our former self was crucified with him, so that the self which belonged to sin should be destroyed and we should be freed from the slavery of sin. Someone who has died, of course, no longer has to answer for sin. 

    But we believe that, if we died with Christ, then we shall live with him too. We know that Christ has been raised from the dead and will never die again. Death has no power over him any more. For by dying, he is dead to sin once and for all, and now the life that he lives is life with God. In the same way, you must see yourselves as being dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus.

                           R. Psalm 118
                                 "I shall not die, but live and declare
                                 the works of the Lord"

                         Gospel:

                R. Christ has risen! Peace,
                    Do not be afraid!

                III. Liturgy of Baptism –

                Some churches have candidates for
                    baptism –
                    they are baptized

                We renew our baptism vows –

                The priest sprinkles the people
                    with blessed water he
                    blessed!

                IV. Liturgy of the Eucharist

                Given March 21, 2014

                R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                2) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                3) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                4) People going to Florida and China.
                5) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                6) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                7) Pray for pope helping us.
                8) Blue Book 13 cover; Blue Book 12, Blue Book 13 - all involved.
                9) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
              10) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
              11) Donors and members and their families.
              12) Healing of the Family tree.
              13) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Tom's wife, Kerry.
              14) All who asked us to pray for them.
              15) All we promised to pray for.
              16) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Rosie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Jeff,
                    Louie, 2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us.
              17) 2 babies and moms.
              18) Funds and insurance.
              19) Special intentions.
              20) Jerry's garage.
              21) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
              22) Consecrate all hearts.
              23) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.