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April 2, 2008

April 3rd Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 5 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries  
for April 3rd are Luminous.

    
     

The April 3, 2008 Prayer Service

will be from 12:00 noon - 4:00pm.

 

April 5, 2008  6:20

Usual 5th service
Rita will do rosary Florida building

 

China Retreat  Rita
April 10, 11, 12, 13
Mass April 10, 11, 12

 

 

April 1, 2008

16 years ago

October 5, 1992 - 3:30am

Messenger:  Dear Jesus, Give me Your hand to write this book for you. I am your servant. I want to be Your hand to this world. If you, Lord Jesus, would write a book, what would you say?

Jesus:   My dear children,

   Today I come to deliver a message to each of you. I want to tell you of each person's dignity, of their beauty and their self-worth. Each child is, oh, so uniquely precious to My Most Sacred Heart. Each child is full of the talents I have given to them. Each person is divinely created by God and given all these gifts to be happy and love one another.

   The problem comes when you feel you will be left out. That you will be left by another who has trodden on you and will do it again. I see you all as My most precious children. I watch your every move and know all pain and anguish in your heart. My Heart aches, you have insecure feelings about yourself. I came to this earth I died for you. I felt cold, hungry, lonely on this earth. You need not worry that no one knows the pain and anguish in your heart. God created you with such special gifts and talents. It is important for you to raise above your wound and forgive those who hurt you.

   You need only turn your will and your life over to Me and I will guide you in all your ways. I have all the Power. Many are not of My ways. The key to life is to recognize your faults, but still know you are this precious gift of My Father a gift to this world. This world is in need of your strength. Running yourself down, blaming others hurting them can cause you misery and pain. At this very moment, you are the precious creation of God!! You must operate with Me in your heart.

   You need not run yourself down. I am with you every day guiding your ways, lest your foot stumble and you lose your way. You will not wander far from your path if every day you keep bringing your focus back to Me. If you dare let Me be at the helm, if you dare to really let Me run your life, I will do with you such wonders that you yourself would be amazed. But you will know with such ease when you did these things that you did not do them alone. You will know My power, moving the mountain, My power chipping at the stone, My power working on your hardest problem and you will be set free.

   Oh yes, you will be set free and know a serenity that only comes from letting go and letting Me run your life. To you, My child, I have given all that is good. I made you My holy soldier, My warrior in a world of pain and hatred. You are the light that shines in the darkness, you are the coat to a cold child, you are the smile that warms a troubled and lonely heart. You are the comfort for everyone you meet, because My most precious Heart powers you, smiles through you, understands and loves through you.

   Love your fellows for Me. There are so many troubled hearts that need to know My love. I can love through you if you let Me, I can be their friend through you if you let Me. I am He who comforts you and you are he who comforts them. My power is endless, it never runs out, there is not a power failure EVER. In your darkest hour, My light shines in the darkness and I say to you, "Oh blessed of My Father, look at yourself with awe, you are My creation, you are indeed so precious to Me, you are My light to this world, you are My hands and My feet and most of all My Heart."

   Oh, you are My loving Heart, to those who are bowed down, to those who are lost in the darkness, you carry My smile and wear My armor in a world that is trying to tear one another down with hate and ugliness. There is gentleness, there is love, there is hope in you, if you open yourself up to Me. Be My knight to the world, wear My armor. I am your God and I will protect you from the darkness. Plug into My power, be not afraid, I go before you always and you can rest in My arms when you feel weary. You can put your head in My lap and weep, you will know, I am truly with you and you are My light to this world. I created you so special - to cast out fear in the darkness, to clothe the naked, to give hope to the oppressed, to be as I live in you and love through you and you are My smile and I touch My hurting ones through your love.

   You are he who loves this world. You must stay plugged into My power-source. This world is hungry for My love. It needs My love, I give to them through you. I am your God and I made you as a gift to the world. You are filled.

    Focus on Me and your life will be abundant and whole, joy in suffering, freedom — but  you can take the knocks because you will know you do not go it alone, but with Me. I love you My precious child.

end of October 5, 1992

   

14 1/2 Years Ago

   

December 26, 1993 - Sunday (excerpt)

Whatsoever You Do to Your Brother, You Have Done unto Me

Jesus:  My child,

    It is with a bleeding heart I come to you this day — the day after My special day! I know all about the trials and you withstood them very well. When you are suffering, I am the closest. Try to feel Me right with you always. If someone is being smart to you, know, My little one, they are being smart to Me. Whatever others do to you they do it first to Me. It is easy for satan to use someone to attack you and for them to think you are weak and I can do anything to push this one's buttons. No, little ones, you may think I can do whatever I want and get away with it because this person doesn't fight and forgives. I say to you, "Woe to you who push your brothers with your ugly speech. You do it to Me first. Woe to he whose tongue is as a rattlesnake: you rattle roll to your brother, but you rattle to Me. All those who sit and watch such an episode or hear are affected."

  

  

                    Again I want to talk about the Agony
                in the garden. Think of how it would
                be to know the formula for something and
                sit amongst people who are seeking it and
                no one will listen or even let you talk.
                Think of paying for someone's bills — all they
                spend and they just keep using your money
                and never even recognize it or say thanks.
                Think of knowing all things — of knowing God
                the Father's Plan, of the creation of man, the
                intention of God for man's destiny — how God
                created man for a purpose that some men ignore
                and some men do evil things — greedy, jealous,
                hateful, angry, pushing ahead stepping on
                the authority. Man has tendencies that are
                not nice from the garden — man must control his
                evil tendencies.

                    Jesus is God, Jesus is a Divine Person, Jesus
                came to die, to pay the price for man's sin —
                man is blind — God is all knowing — "Learn and
                be taught, but first you must listen." I
                remember when Mary appeared at Clearwater
                and people would say — "Oh that is Mary" then they
                would turn away because they didn't want
                to change and hear her message —

                    Did you ever see something like this

 

 

                    God knows everything
                    God sees everything

   

John 3: 7-15

    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.

    'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus. Jesus replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!

    'In all truth I tell you,
    we speak only about what we know
    and witness only to what we have seen
    and yet you people reject our evidence.
    If you do not believe me
    when I speak to you about earthly things,
    how will you believe me
    when I speak to you about heavenly things?
    No one has gone up to heaven
    except the one
        who came down from heaven,
    the Son of man;
    as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert,
    so must the Son of man be lifted up
    so that everyone who believes
        may have eternal life in him.

   

                    I have tried to deliver the message God has
                given to me for 17 years now. People don't like
                me getting ahead of them. Even when Mary appeared
                after no one would listen at the old seminary and
                the corner fell off — in minutes

 

 

                Then Mary appeared in Clearwater 2 1/2 years after
                we officially began the Shepherds of Christ Movement
                over 14 years ago.

                    There are three Persons in one and the same God
                and that is a mystery.

                    This is a quote from St. Thomas' writings.

 

Goal of human life

In Aquinas's thought, the goal of human existence is union and eternal fellowship with God. Specifically, this goal is achieved through the beatific vision, an event in which a person experiences perfect, unending happiness by comprehending the very essence of God. This vision, which occurs after death, is a gift from God given to those who have experienced salvation and redemption through Christ while living on earth.
This ultimate goal carries implications for one's present life on earth. Aquinas stated that an individual's will must be ordered toward right things, such as charity, peace, and holiness. He sees this as the way to happiness. Aquinas orders his treatment of the moral life around the idea of happiness. The relationship between will and goal is antecedent in nature "because rectitude of the will consists in being duly ordered to the last end [that is, the beatific vision]." Those who truly seek to understand and see God will necessarily love what God loves. Such love requires morality and bears fruit in everyday human choices.

Peter Kreeft, Summa of the Summa (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1990), pp. 74-77, 86-87, 97-99, 105, 111-112.  Kreeft, p. 383 Kreeft, p. 383
 

                If one talks and another won't listen — there is
                no communication.

                Mary appeared at Fatima to deliver an important message.
                Our Lady appeared at Clearwater to give the message
                    about spreading the Consecration, Prayer Chapters,
                    Priestly Newsletter, Blue Books.

 

 

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2 days after Mary Appeared

 

December 19, 1996
Message from Mary, Received by Rita Ring.

Mary: My dear children, I give to you, my Son, Jesus, born in a stable in Bethlehem on Christmas morn. He is the Almighty God, the Light of the World.

I appear to you, my children, on a (former) bank in Florida. You have made money your god! Do you know how cold are your hearts? You turn away from my Son, Jesus, for your money. Your money is your god.

I am Mary, your Mother. I do not appear as I once appeared to you. I am asking you today to circulate my message given on a tape on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12, 1996. Please circulate this tape now. Give it to as many people as you can. I am Mary, your Mother. Please circulate my Rosary Book.

   

                In the Agony in the Garden I meditate on how Christ
                    teaches us so much and gives us gifts, but we do
                    not listen.

                Jesus sweat blood — He knew of the souls that would be
                    lost —
                    The motive here is to pray for the priests, the Church
                    and the world and to preserve the building in
                    Clearwater as a sign of the Shepherds of Christ mission —
                    2 1/2 years after Fr. Carter began the Priestly Newsletter
                    and Prayer Chapters to spread the consecration of
                    the 2 Hearts — love for the Catholic Church —
                    devotion for the Eucharist and praying for the priests,
                    the Church and the world.

                Jesus, the Son of God, out of love for us sweat His
                    precious Blood in the garden — isn't it time
                    to listen to Jesus —

  

                Scourging at the Pillar

                Jesus stood tied to the pillar and they beat Him
                    they tore His flesh — because of division and
                    hurt in some men's hearts — they, because
                    of wounds, may try to control others and
                    impose division on them so they can
                    have power over them.
                    The mission of the Shepherds of Christ is oneness.
                    God has given to me messages, ecstasies, apparitions,
                    revelations about oneness for 17 years.

   

John 17: 21-23

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.

   

                The Trinity is the most perfect community.

                By the Blessed Trinity we mean one and the same
                    God in three Divine Persons.

                In Eternity we are to be wrapped in the embrace of the
                    Trinity — the goal of our lives is the
                    beatific vision.

                People who are wounded may want to hurt others
                    by misuse of power, creating division
                    with others for the sake of acting out
                    their own wounded division felt inside
                    of them —

                To please God we are to work in accord.
                    The men beat the Son of God at the pillar —
                    How can men hurt others like that —

                In life if one man hurts another enough and
                    imposes this hurt on them, the man
                    hurt can find another to try to control and
                    work out what is being done to him that
                    bleeds inside him — but this is darkness —
                    It's acting for the devil!!

                Beating Jesus at the pillar

                Beating the Son of God — came from men filled
                    with hatred that wanted to tie up Jesus,
                    beat Him — tear His flesh, laugh —
                    spit on Him
                    These men had hatred inside — They acted according —
                        to their wounded human nature
                    Talk about a wounded human nature —

                Well man gets wounded by other men
                Does he go to Jesus to heal and help others who
                    are wounded

                Or does he lie to hide his wounds and keep
                    acting them out on innocent others — trying to get power
                    over others so he really can inflict
                    punishment on them while he is
                    in control —
                    He lost his power here and is hurt
                    He seeks power to hurt another — Projection

                An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is
                    one against one

 

 

                In a man wounded and unable to get back at the
                    source who wounded them — it is basically
                    an 'eye for an eye', but using a surrogate
                    other they can inflict their wounds on an innocent other —
                    "I was wounded" the man says —
                    "I have lost power —
                    I will control another and impose my
                        unfinished business on them —
                        now I am in control"

                    Power lost —
                    Power gained —

                Jesus was beaten at the pillar
                Jesus came in pure love to pay for our sins —
                Jesus wasn't fighting back  one-on-one
                Jesus wasn't projecting His pain on others
                    to make them suffer like was done to Him.

                Jesus shows us pure love.

                Projection — punishing another for unhealed
                    wounds, happens especially in people who
                    have had trauma and want that unfinished
                    business resolved, but the unfinished
                    business and its truth they have buried
                    and they act out their hatred and anger
                    on others they seek to have power
                    over and make suffer — hoping their
                    pain will go away —

                But this may be done unconsciously —
                    they really think the new person is
                        deserving of combat — division —
                        but it is projection —

                        they have the hidden hate —

                        It is buried under the traumatic wound —
                        they hid and they hurt they want to make others hurt
                            they provoke sometimes to get others to cry.
                                "I'm right."
                                "You deserve it."

                Jesus was the scapegoat.
                The Son of God —
                The men were full of hatred — It was inside of them
                They wanted to hurt someone for their hatred
                They beat Jesus — God-made-man

                The devil works in this using people old unfinished wounds
                    as doors in which he enters — Some try to
                    punish others for their hidden rage from being
                    hurt and after repeated events doing this to a
                    partner — they have the sickness to point
                    a finger at the other's emotions —

                Trying to work up another to fury for hidden pain is wrong —
                    they may say "look at you"
                    words that they have used in the past over and over again
                    they failed to even recognize.
                    Christ was whipped for our sins.

                The important thing to see here —
                    is projection

                    All of us were wounded
                    All of us may do things to others that we
                        do not realize from past experiences

                    But unless the person with the big trauma
                        and unfinished business gets over his
                        pride — he will keep trying to hurt others
                        and himself like the men who
                        whipped Jesus —
                        the innocent Lamb led to the slaughter

                Jesus did this for our sins
                    Jesus paid the price for our sins

                    We are to look at ourselves and see we are
                        imperfect — we have hurt others —
                        whether intentionally or unintentionally —
                        because of ignorance or people who —
                        wounded us, but to be pure like Jesus —
                        We must act in truth —
                        We recognize that we are sinners and
                            want to build God's Kingdom —
                            not prove we have a superior
                            'face' of perfection —

                In the end we face the all knowing God —

 

 

                It is not our fault many times when we
                    are wounded —


                    pride, jealousy, envy, greed —
                    seeking power for dominance sake
                    is our fault


                We are all sinners —
                We were not perfect lovers in every situation
                Jesus was beaten at the pillar for our pride
                    and anger, lust, envy, greed —
                    We have sinned, we have hurt others
                    even if we weren't aware of it.

                We were put here to learn —
                    Do we write to God
                    "Oh God, I'm perfect — I needed no
                        training — my marriage failed,
                        my children lived in pain and I will
                        focus on my perfection, rather than
                        walk in truth — loving the truth,
                        embracing the truth — We have all
                        hurt someone —
                        lets get to the business of humility
                        helping to build God's Kingdom —
                            doing God's work
                        rather than proving our feet smell
                            better than anyone in the
                            world

                What does the Scourging at the Pillar
                    tell me
                    We were all wounded in some way.
                    We have hurt others too — consciously
                        or unconsciously
                    Quit hiding the big boudoir in
                        your dark room and running
                        into it bruising yourself and
                        others — get it out of the way

                    Jesus paid the price for our sins —

                Hatred filled men — that beat Jesus, and tore His
                    flesh

                    We beat Jesus when we hold onto
                        sins of pride that block God's
                        plan and say —
                        "I'm right"  "I'm right" —
                        let me make you cry to do a
                        simple task

                    Controlling others in division is
                        not going to build God's
                        Kingdom

                Remember this

                By the Blessed Trinity we mean
                    one and the same God in
                    three Divine Persons.

                The mission of the Shepherds of Christ is
                    listening to God —
                    the scriptures
                    the commandments
                    the Church

                and living in the truth —

                living deeply one as members of the
                    body of Christ —

                The Catholic Church is
                    ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC
                        AND APOSTOLIC

                ONE — forgiving
                            not projecting hate
                            loving one another
                            building the Kingdom of God
                                (not giving into the divisions of satan)
                                (not giving into our evil tendencies)

                Holy

                Trying to be like Jesus and Mary,
                        the New Adam and the New Eve
                        Jesus and Mary were sinless
                        Jesus is God
                        Mary all pure, full of grace
                    Jesus and Mary did God's will

 

Luke 1: 46-55

                The Magnificat

And Mary said:

My soul proclaims
    the greatness of the Lord
and my spirit rejoices
    in God my Saviour;
because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,
for the Almighty
    has done great things for me.
Holy is his name,
and his faithful love extends age after age
    to those who fear him.
He has used the power of his arm,
he has routed the arrogant of heart.
He has pulled down princes
    from their thrones
        and raised high the lowly.
He has filled the starving with good things,
    sent the rich away empty.
He has come to the help
    of Israel his servant,
        mindful of his faithful love
—according to the promise
    he made to our ancestors—
of his mercy to Abraham
    and to his descendants for ever.

    

                Catholic                Following the authority
                                                of the Catholic Church

 

UNIVERSAL
TRUE CHURCH

                Apostolic

                    We are His apostles in
                        the world today —
                    To go out and spread the good
                        News
                    We practice the Catholic faith as the
                        Church tells us.

                    We are under the authority of the
                        Church.

                    The hierarchy are above the laity.

  

                Crowning with Thorns

                    Who is our King?

                    Do we do things for our honor and glory —
                        So we look good for others —

                    Do we wear the crown?

                    Jesus wore a crown of thorns for our
                        pride, for how we have to
                        'save face' and block His
                        work while we worry about
                        how we look to others —
                        acting like we didn't get enough
                        or like we are always right.

                    Did Jesus do that as they spit on Him
                        and pounded the thorns in His
                        Head — as He was mocked for our
                        sins of pride and lying about how
                        we have hurt others

                    Lets be humble.
                    take a fearless inventory
                    *let some of the people you hurt — you ignore
                        tell you their side —

                    get off your 'high horse'
                    be instruments of unity,
                                            love
                                    and building the Kingdom of God

                    Be instruments of unity —
                        acting to do God's work
                        haven't you tried to lick the
                            wounds enough

                    We have so many years to be the
                        apostles we have been called
                        to be — to help build and
                        strengthen the Church

                A family is as sick as its members
                    hiding secrets, acting like they are
                    perfect — instead of acting to
                    do God's work —

                Should we be stiff ready to jump
                    like the dog in the street
                    that will bite because he is
                    wounded and he doesn't want
                    to be touched even by a doctor —

                Dark is dark

                Light is light

                Jesus was crowned with thorns
                    for our sins of pride —
                    our selfishness —
                    jealousy —
                    controlling —
                    wounding others with revengeful
                        deeds

                God deserves to be loved
                It is the greatest commandment
                God deserves adoration
                Our heart skips a beat
                    at the thought of our God
                God deserves our gratitude

                The devil wants us to hurt others —
                    lie to ourselves, keep our
                    hearts of hatred

    

                Jesus Carries His Cross

                They gave Jesus a heavy cross laden with
                    the sins of the world —
                    He didn't do any sins — Jesus was sinless
                    He carried the cross
                    He fell under the cross
                    He shed His Blood for our sins
                    Who are we kidding when we lie about
                        our faults —
                    Let's get about love
                                unity
                                communication
                                forgiveness

                    Seeing ourselves as we really are
                         sometimes prideful, angry, jealous,
                          envious

                    Let's really be holy —
                    Work for God because we love Him
                    Want His will — not punish somebody

                    Do we give of ourselves to get control
                        so we can punish them with
                        our work? (power - if somebody wants
                        something, work done, how can I manipulate
                        them before I give it to them)

                    How controlling are we to want
                        to use our gifts God gave
                        us to do His work to control
                        others to use them for our
                        slavishly dependent needs?

                Look at Jesus laying on the ground
                    the cross on His back — can't
                    you get off your 'high horse' —
                    Paul was knocked off his horse —
                    God showed him a light —
                    Get out of the blindness
                    Fear of Abandonment

                Live the Blue Book Writings of
                    love —
                    seeing things purely through
                    the eyes of God
                    not through our tainted eyes —
                    We see God through tainted vision
                    We see others through tainted vision
                    We see ourselves through tainted vision

                The Blue Books shows us pure vision —
                    see through God's eyes — loving
                    God purely as He deserves —
                    loving others purely
                    loving ourselves purely
                    through God's eyes

                Listen to the talk-shows —
                    arguing, judging

                We must pray — pray for purity —
                    pray for our leaders, pray
                    for ourselves —
                    pray for the media

  

                The Crucifixion

                Jesus surrendered
                    Jesus was hung by nails —
                    Nothing to hold Him in place
                    He gave His all
                    All His Blood
                    All ————

                The last beat of His Heart
                He gave His breath
                The Son of God sees all
                God knows our hearts
                God knows our past and how we
                    need to recognize how we
                    weren't perfect

                As long as we see ourselves as
                    perfect we are lying —
                    We are imperfect human
                    creatures

                God has called us to do this work which
                    can bring peace to the world —

                We are our own worst enemies sometimes

  

Mary by day
July 5, 2000

by night
July 5, 2000

   

                July 5, 2008 — we will be in the
                    building 10 years —
                    how did you waste the time
                    you could have helped —
                    blocking God's work —
                    All those days!! 10 years!!

                March 1, 2004

  

               

                   

   
Ezekiel Chapter 31

In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his throng of subjects:

“What can compare with you
    for greatness?
I know: a cedar tree in the Lebanon
with noble branches, dense foliage,
    lofty height.
Its top pierces the clouds.
The waters have made it grow,
    the deep has made it tall,
pouring its rivers round the place
    where it is planted,
sending rivulets to all the wild trees.
This is why its height was greater
    than that of other wild trees,
its branches increased in number,
    its boughs stretched wide,
because of the plentiful waters
    making it grow.
All the birds of heaven
    nested in its branches;
under its boughs all wild animals
    dropped their young;
in its shade sat many, many people.
It was beautiful in its size,
    in the span of its boughs;
for its roots were in plentiful waters.
There was no cedar like it
    in the garden of God,
no cypress had branches such as these,
no plane tree could match its boughs,
no tree in the garden of God
    could rival its beauty.
I had made it so lovely
    with its many branches
that it was the envy of every tree in Eden,
    in the garden of God.

    “Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this:
“Since it has raised itself to its full height, has lifted its top into the clouds, and has grown arrogant about its height, I have handed it over to the prince of the nations, for him to treat as its wickedness deserves; I have rejected it. Foreigners, the most barbarous of nations, have cut it down and deserted it. On the mountains, in all the valleys, lie its branches; its broken boughs are in every ravine throughout the country; everybody in the country has fled its shade and deserted it. On its wreckage perch all the birds of heaven; all the wild animals have advanced on its branches.

    So in future let no tree rear its height beside the waters, none push its top into the clouds, no watered tree stretch its height towards them. For all of them are doomed to death, to the depths of the underworld, with the common run of humanity, with those who sink into oblivion.

    The Lord Yahweh says this: The day it went down to Sheol, I imposed mourning, I closed the deep over it. I stopped its rivers and the plentiful waters dried up; I made Lebanon dark because of it, and all the wild trees wilted because of it. With the noise when it fell I made the nations quake, as I hurled it down to Sheol, with those who sink into oblivion. In the depths of the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort, the pick of the loveliest trees of the Lebanon, all irrigated by the waters And its offspring among the nations, once living in its shade, went down to Sheol with it, to those who have been slaughtered by the sword.

    Which of the trees of Eden compares with you for glory and greatness? Yet you have been hurled down with the trees of Eden, to the depths of the underworld, among the uncircumcised, and there you lie with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. So much for Pharaoh and all his throng–declares the Lord Yahweh."

 

                Song: Why Do We Hurt the Ones We Love

   

August 23, 1993

On His Passion

Jesus: My dear child,

I was condemned to death, death on a cross. They gave Me a big cross and made Me carry it. They stood around and glared at Me. It weighed on My shoulder and I pulled at it until it finally moved. Every step was almost impossible as I dragged it, weighing so heavily on My shoulders.

My shoulder felt as if the bones inside would crack and the cross would fall through to the ground. I couldn’t drag it any more. I tried, I fell. I fell and its weight fell on Me. A guard hit Me with something sharp. It really hurt because he wanted Me to move, and fast! People were watching — on with the show! How dare I fall in the middle of the show! He hit Me again and the blow really stung Me. I got up because it hurt so badly. I tried to walk on.

My Mother was in the crowd. She looked at Me and her face looked red and hurt. Tears rolled down her cheeks like rain and as her eyes met Mine, I was hurt so by her sorrow! She was always by My side, silent and loving. She was My Mother of love! She is always there next to you when you suffer.

I fell again and he (the guard) really hit Me. It (the cross) was so heavy that he and I together could barely move it. It seemed as I walked, heavier with the sins of the world heaped on it. My hands were bleeding. Blood ran from the wounds of My thorns and My head throbbed, seeming to make the wounds in My head bleed even more. Some of the Blood was dried, some of it running all over My Body. I had so many cuts and bruises — and people watched and laughed!

I am Jesus, Son of the Living God, and they laughed and mimicked Me! Oh, such hardened hearts! How vile can men’s hearts become? The devil’s grip is paralyzing and crippling.

The walk was so long up a hill and over rocks — the cross had to be lifted over the rocks. My Body was bleeding so badly! My Heart was pounding. I knew that the salvation of all men depended on My love. Therefore, I went through such agony.

I thought of My intense love for you — that many would go to heaven because of My suffering — and I continued to the top of the hill. At the top they laid Me on the cross and with a big hammer nailed My hands to it. It was the worst (suffering) yet. My hands were nailed with big nails and the big hammer. Then, as if that weren’t enough, with a big nail they nailed through both feet.

Then they lifted the cross and banged it into (a hole in) the ground. My shoulders ached from how I hung. My head bobbed and My neck ached and they laughed and said, "Now save Yourself." I hurt so much! I suffered this way for hours — which seemed like forever — and they glared at Me and laughed! My Mother watched in such agony.

For love of you, to My death I gave you My Body. My child, I shed My Blood and gave you My life that you might be with Me forever in heaven — not for a day, a month or a year, but forever with Me in heaven.

I am the true Bread come down from heaven. He who eats My Flesh will have life forever. For the drink I give you is My Blood and food you eat is My Body. Who would lay down his life for a friend? I did, for you. I love you this much, child. Forget about those who reject you. You have My life that I gave you and I give you life eternal.

I am the One true God. I am the Light of life. He who abides in Me will have life eternal, for the drink I give is My Blood and the food I give is My Body. Drink and eat and have everlasting life.

My child, that is all you need to know. Love one another and be good that you may enter into My Kingdom.

                End of August 23, 1993 message

 

 

Goal of human life

In Aquinas's thought, the goal of human existence is union and eternal fellowship with God. Specifically, this goal is achieved through the beatific vision, an event in which a person experiences perfect, unending happiness by comprehending the very essence of God. This vision, which occurs after death, is a gift from God given to those who have experienced salvation and redemption through Christ while living on earth.
This ultimate goal carries implications for one's present life on earth. Aquinas stated that an individual's will must be ordered toward right things, such as charity, peace, and holiness. He sees this as the way to happiness. Aquinas orders his treatment of the moral life around the idea of happiness. The relationship between will and goal is antecedent in nature "because rectitude of the will consists in being duly ordered to the last end [that is, the beatific vision]." Those who truly seek to understand and see God will necessarily love what God loves. Such love requires morality and bears fruit in everyday human choices.

Peter Kreeft, Summa of the Summa (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1990), pp. 74-77, 86-87, 97-99, 105, 111-112.  Kreeft, p. 383 Kreeft, p. 383
 

 

December 17, 1995

Excerpt from the Mass Book

THE EARTH STOPPED AND TOUCHED HEAVEN

    I long to unite in the deepest union with Him in the Eucharist. I long for the Mass. I long for Thee, oh God. My every moment, I join as I did to You December 15 under the cross, where I felt Your presence. You whisked me away, and I was totally absorbed in that moment of celestial union with You. For that time, I existed only in You, in the deepest union, and I was in this moment existing in You. The earth stopped, and I touched the heavens, all my bodily cares were existent in You. I existed in Your Divinity, my being was in You. There was no desire or wish or wanting, for in that moment, I had all I wanted in You. I was satisfied and wanted nothing but to remain in that embrace. You were the Being, and my being existed in You, but I was only as I was in You - merged in You, knowing and being in Your Divinity and being so full as to feel complete in myself.

    You are so enormous, and You surrounded me in a burning embrace, the presence of red fire. I was not little, or "nothing", but existed in this enormous power and being so complete!

    I touched eternity, and in that embrace, I knew all the waiting was worth the glory. You enveloped my being, and I was truly merged in the Divine Presence. I was merged in Your being. I existed IN You, with You, in the highest union with You, although I knew I was still distinct from You.

    I was fused and absorbed in You, feeling complete and satisfied. To describe this union is far beyond any work of my pen and paper. I pray for the reader of this page to receive the grace to share this experience with Him, I will now live for this union-to be forever merged In Him, to be One in Him, to reach higher perfection as I exist in Him, for He takes the lowly and gives to them a sharing in Himself. He merges with us and we exist in Him. The word "in" - I could write pages about. I long for the deepest union with Him, where I am swept up in the heavenly embrace of the Divine God, and I am IN Him.

    This is heaven on earth: to be merged as one with Divinity, although remaining distinct from God, to take our feeble hearts, our lowly status and to unite ourselves with the Divine, Almighty, powerful God and in this union to be meshed with Him, that His power dominates and our humanity reaches its heights of fulfillment in this union, in this oneness with Him.

    The word I have looked for is "oneness." I understand some of the meaning of the words "One in Him." Oneness is the word to describe this union of our humanity with His Divinity. The depth to which we could meditate on oneness with God is incomprehensible. In that moment, the earth stood still, and He, my Divine Lover, the Bridegroom of my soul, took me to Himself, and I knew the embrace of the Divine God.

    Nothing on the face of this earth can describe our union with Divinity. Oh, good God, that creatures are so ungrateful regarding Your divine love. I am so sorry. Let me help make reparation to Your adorable Heart. Please unite with me now that I may more deeply love Thee.

    Oh, Divine Lover of my soul, let me help make reparation to Your adorable Heart for the neglect and indifference against You.

Song from Jesus: I come to you with greatest love. I am your loving Savior. I am your God. I died for you. I come to you this day.

    He allowed me to experience such pain in my heart - wanting Him so badly, so many times-and then on Dec. 15, 1995 - He gave Himself to me in the deepest union.

    Nothing satisfies the soul but Him. He wants the nuns and priests to love Him. He chose them to spread His love.

    Souls are hungry. They will only be fed with His burning love. Priests need to talk about Jesus' love for us from the pulpit. Priests need hearts burning for love of Jesus. This will feed the hungry souls - lip service love doesn't do it.

    He is alive today. He is a Person. He wants us to love Him.

end of December 17, 1995 Mass Book entry

 

 

December 18, 1995

Excerpt from the Mass Book

IN THE DEEPEST RECESSES OF HIS HEART

    The place Jesus took me was into the deepest recesses of His Heart. I was enveloped in His burning love. It was a red room with heat and an intense glow. I was swept away in this embrace, and I only existed in Him. The power of the Almighty God enveloped me, and I only existed in Him. There was no fear, for I was existent in this Almighty Being. My heart was wrapped in the eternal embrace of this Supreme Being. The security, the power I know was His deep presence in which I existed.

    I knew the room was red and warm. I knew His immenseness, but I felt my own completeness in Him. I did not feel little, as a speck, but elevated and empowered for I existed then in Him in a most special way.

    I was overtaken by the love of God. The fire of the Holy Spirit filled me. I was absorbed by the love of the Father, and I existed IN Him and in the deepest recesses of the Heart of Jesus. Our heaven on earth is these inner chambers of His magnificent Heart - the Heart of the Almighty God, with all the power, with omnipotence, with the fire of the love of God. He took me to the deepest chamber of this fiery Heart, and in that moment, I touched eternity, for I knew what it was to be enveloped in the deep furnace of His love. I now want to exist in this chamber of His Heart, swept away in His burning love, absorbed in my every cell with His love.

    We do not understand the fire of His love. We do not understand what it is to be absorbed by love itself. He took me to the inner, deepest chamber of His Heart, and I felt the heat and knew the presence of love itself, and there was no fear, only a feeling of completeness, omnipotence, all-embracing, penetrating love - a power indescribable in words, a saturation of my being in the presence of God, and I was as I was created to be - living in Him!

    This is how I will forever live my life, saturated with His divine life and love deep within this inner chamber of His burning Heart, living in Him as He possesses my being, and I operate with His power in me.

    Little creatures though we are, we are His, His power, His life, flowing through us. In Him, we are as the Father intended: one in Him, each one of us, dwelling in this fiery furnace of His love. With our fears quieted and our hearts empowered by His life, we live forever in Him - in the Heart of Jesus.

    Let no man separate what God has joined together. I am wed in the deepest love with my beloved Spouse, wed to the Heart of Jesus. As I am, I am one in Him. I live and I breathe in Him. He, Who is love, He Who is our all, He Who is mighty and without limits, He Who is, He Who is God and as I live, He lives in me in this world.

    I am wed to Him, and I shall not fear for He is God - one, complete, loving, God. Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in Thee. As I live, I live in Your most adorable Heart, the furnace of God's love!

end of December 18, 1995 writing
 

John 20: 23

If you forgive anyone's sins,
they are forgiven;
if you retain anyone's sins,
they are retained.

           

 

 

Luke 3: 7-9

    He said, therefore, to the crowds who came to be baptised by him, ‘Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not start telling yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father,” because, I tell you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones. Yes, even now the axe is being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.’

 

Luke 15: 11-21

The lost son (the ‘prodigal’) and the dutiful son

Then he said, ‘There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, "Father, let me have the share of the estate that will come to me," So the father divided the property between them. A few days later, the younger son got together everything he had and left for a distant country where he squandered his money on a life of debauchery.

When he had spent it all, that country experienced a severe famine, and now he began to feel the pinch; so he hired himself out to one of the local inhabitants who put him on his farm to feed the pigs. And he would willingly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating but no one would let him have them. Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father’s hired men have all the food they want and more, and here am I dying of hunger! I will leave this place and go to my father and say: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired men." So he left the place and went back to his father.

‘While he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity. He ran to the boy, clasped him in his arms and kissed him. Then his son said, : "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son."

 

James 2: 8-13 

Well, the right thing to do is to keep the supreme Law of scripture: you will love your neighbour as yourself; but as soon as you make class distinctions, you are committing sin and under condemnation for breaking the Law.

    You see, anyone who keeps the whole of the Law but trips up on a single point, is still guilty of breaking it all. He who said, 'You must not commit adultery' said also, 'You must not kill.' Now if you commit murder, you need not commit adultery as well to become a breaker of the Law. Talk and behave like people who are going to be judged by the law of freedom.Whoever acts without mercy will be judged without mercy but mercy can afford to laugh at judgement.

   

                It is an act of love when we say the act of
                    contrition at least every night
                    Fr. Carter made his examine twice a day.

                Our motives for doing things are to be
                    to serve Him as He desires.

 

Exodus 24: 12-18

Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Come up to me on the mountain. Stay there, and I will give you the stone tablets—the law and the commandment—which I have written for their instruction.’ Moses made ready, with Joshua his assistant, and they went up the mountain of God. He said to the elders, ‘Wait here for us until we come back to you. You have Aaron and Hur with you; if anyone has any matter to settle, let him go to them.’ Moses then went up the mountain.

    Cloud covered the mountain. The glory of Yahweh rested on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day Yahweh called to Moses from inside the cloud. To the watching Israelites, the glory of Yahweh looked like a devouring fire on the mountain top. Moses went right into the cloud and went on up the mountain. Moses stayed on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.

 

 

The Ten Commandments
  1. I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.

  2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

  3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.

  4. Honor thy father and thy mother.

  5. Thou shalt not kill.

  6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  7. Thou shalt not steal.

  8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

  9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

  10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

   

                The first Mass ever said was by Jesus
                        Christ at the Last Supper

                Jesus is the High Priest

                The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary —
                    Sacramentally made present.

 

December 27, 1995Mass Book Cover

LET US LOVE THE TWO HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY
IN THE RECEPTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST.

HE GAVE HIMSELF TO US ON THE CROSS. HE GIVES HIMSELF TO US IN THE EUCHARIST.

How great was the act of love, God gave to this world, when He gave Himself and died on the cross. He gives Himself to us this day in the Holy Eucharist.

The greatest commandment is that we must love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being. This is a commandment. If we are to enter heaven, we must follow the commandments. They are commands given by God for us to follow.

The greatest act we can do on this earth is an act of loving God. The reason for our existence is to love God. In the sacrament of His greatest love, He gives Himself to us. This is an act of love on His part. We are called to respond by giving ourselves in love to Him.

This is the purpose of the Holy Eucharist: to unite in such oneness with our Holy, Loving God. Our all consuming passion should be that of loving God. How many go to the Eucharist with the sole purpose of giving great love to God? He wants us to love Him. He wants souls to tell Him how much they truly love Him. This is the most intimate act of love when Jesus gives Himself-Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity to man. If it is such an act of love, how are we receiving Him in Communion? We should beg God, in this most intimate union with Him, to help us to love Him with greatest love.

Jesus is a Person. He wants our love. The Holy Spirit wants such intimacy with us. Our Father wants us to love Him. In the Eucharist, we unite with God. In this intimate act of uniting with our beloved God, with Divinity, we must pour out our love to God. We must pour out our heart to the most adorable Heart of Jesus. Jesus is so unjustly treated by many of His beloved souls He loves so much. Let us help make reparation to the Almighty God by loving God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being in the sacrament of His greatest love. This is the Gift of Himself.

Think of how it is to love someone and give your all for that person, to pour out your heart to him or her and then be treated with coldness and neglect. It hurts our heart so much more when we deeply love someone to be rejected by that person. Jesus loves us with the deepest love. We cannot fully comprehend this love. Let us love Him with the deepest love. Let us love Mary and her Immaculate Heart. Let us love her as the Mother of God. Let us love her as the virgin who bore the Son of God. May we, in the reception of the Eucharist pour out our love to Him, to this adorable Heart. May we pour out our love to His Holy Mother.

Mary said at Fatima that Jesus wants His Heart venerated next to the heart of His Mother. Let us love these two Hearts as we receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Then we are so deeply united with God. We see Their two Hearts surrounded with thorns for the injustices against Their Hearts. Let us help make reparation daily as we receive Him in the Eucharist. This is a special time to help make reparation to Their wounded Hearts.

Let us remember how He poured His love out to us on the cross and how He pours out His love to us now when He gives us Himself in the Eucharist, the Eucharist which contains His Heart of burning love. His Heart was pierced with a lance. Her heart was invisibly pierced with a sword. As the wounds in Their Hearts are deep, so too is Their love so deep.

He does not want "surface love". He wants hearts filled with deep burning love.

 

A PRAYER BEFORE THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

Let me be a holy sacrifice and unite with God in the sacrament of His greatest love.

I want to be one in Him in this act of love, where He gives Himself to me and I give myself as a sacrifice to Him. Let me be a holy sacrifice as I become one with Him in this my act of greatest love to Him.

Let me unite with Him more, that I may more deeply love Him. May I help make reparation to His adorable Heart and the heart of His Mother, Mary. With greatest love, I offer myself to You and pray that You will accept my sacrifice of greatest love. I give myself to You and unite in Your gift of Yourself to me. Come and possess my soul.

Cleanse me, strengthen me, heal me. Dear Holy Spirit act in the heart of Mary to make me more and more like Jesus.

Father, I offer this my sacrifice, myself united to Jesus in the Holy Spirit to You. Help me to love God more deeply in this act of my greatest love.

Give me the grace to grow in my knowledge, love and service of You and for this to be my greatest participation in the Mass. Give me the greatest graces to love You so deeply in this Mass, You who are so worthy of my love.

end of December 27, 1995

 

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
p. 25

46. PRAYER.  In the preparatory prayer I will beg God
our Lord for grace that all my intentions, actions, 
and operations may be directed purely to the 
praise and service of His Divine Majesty. 

 

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

 

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
  p. 29-30

 55. SECOND EXERCISE

This is a meditation on our sins. After the prepara-
tory prayer and two preludes there are five points
and colloquy.

                                PRAYER.  The preparatory prayer will be the same.

                                FIRST PRELUDE.  This will be the same as in the First
                                Exercise.
                                S
ECOND PRELUDE.  This is to ask for what I desire.
                                Here it will be to ask for a growing and intense sorrow
                                and tears for my sins.

                                56. FIRST POINT.  This is the record of my sins. I will
                                call to mind all the sins of my life, reviewing year by
                                year, and period by period. Three things will help me
                                in this:  First, to consider the place where I lived;
                                secondly, my dealings with others; thirdly, the office I
                                have held.

57. SECOND POINT.  I will weigh the gravity of my sins,
and see the loathesomeness and malice which every
mortal sin I have committed has in itself, even though
it were not forbidden.

58. THIRD POINT.  I will consider who I am, and by
means of examples humble myself:

    1. What am I compared with all men?
    2. What are all men compared with the angels and
saints of paradise?
    3. Consider what all creation is in comparison with
God. Then I alone, what can I be?
    4. I will consider all the corruption and loathsome-
ness of my body.
    5. I will consider myself as a source of corruption
and contagion from which has issued countless sins and
evils and the most offensive poison.

59. FOURTH POINT.  I will consider who God is against
whom I have sinned, going through His attributes and
comparing them with their contraries in me: His wisdom
with my ignorance, His power with my weakness,
His justice with my iniquity, His goodness with my
wickedness.

60. FIFTH POINT.  This is a cry of wonder accom-
panied by surging emotion as I pass in review all
creatures. How is it that they have permitted me to
live, and have sustained me in life! Why have the
angels, though they are the sword of God's justice,
tolerated me, guarded me, and prayed for me! Why
have the saints interceded for me and asked favors for
me! And the heavens, sun, moon, stars, and the
elements; the fruits, birds, fishes, and other animals—why
have they all been at my service! How is it that the
earth did not open to swallow me up, and create new
hells in which I should be tormented forever!

61. COLLOQUY.  I will conclude with a colloquy,
extolling the mercy of God our Lord, pouring out my
thoughts to Him, and giving thanks to Him that up to
this very moment He has granted me life. I will
resolve with His grace to amend for the future. Close
with an Our Father.
 

 

        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 song: Take Lord Receive

 

From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
    by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 32-33

 65. FIFTH EXERCISE
  
        This is a meditation on hell. Besides the prepara-
        tory prayer and two preludes it contains five points
        and a colloquy
.

                                PRAYER.  The preparatory prayer will be as usual. 

                                FIRST PRELUDE.  This is a representation of the place.
                                Here it will be to see in imagination the length,
                                breadth, and depth of hell.

                                SECOND PRELUDE.  I should ask for what I desire. Here
                                it will be to beg for a deep sense of the pain which the
                                lost suffer, that if because of my faults I forget the love
                                of the eternal Lord, at least the fear of these punish-
                                ments will keep me from falling into sin.

                                66. FIRST POINT.  This will be to see in imagination
                                the vast fires, and the souls enclosed, as it were, in
                                bodies of fire.

67. SECOND POINT.  To hear the wailing, the howling,
cries, and blasphemies against Christ our Lord and
against His saints.

68. THIRD POINT.  With the sense of smell to perceive
the smoke, the sulphur, the filth, and corruption.

69. FOURTH POINT.  To taste the bitterness of tears,
sadness, and remorse of conscience.

70. FIFTH POINT.  With the sense of touch to feel the
flames which envelop and burn the souls.

71. COLLOQUY.  Enter into conversation with Christ
our Lord. Recall to memory that of those who are in
hell, some came there because they did not believe in the
coming of Christ; others, though they believed, because
they did not keep the Commandments. Divide them
all into three classes:

    1. Those who were lost before the coming of Christ;
    2. Those who were lost during His lifetime;
    3. Those who were lost after His life here on earth.

    Thereupon, I will give thanks to God our Lord that
He has not put an end to my life and permitted me
to fall into any of these three classes.
    I shall also thank Him for this, that up to this very
moment He has shown Himself so loving and merciful
to me.
    Close with an Our Father.

  

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.

 

                How is my motive?

                Do I do religious things for myself
                    for my honor and glory?

                Do I do religious things because
                    it is the Father's will for
                    His honor and glory?

 

Genesis 1: 27-28

.    God created man in the image of himself, 
    in the image of God he created him, 
    male and female he created them. 

      God blessed them, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven and all the living creatures that move on earth.’

   

 

                Paradise — Before the sin of Adam and Eve

                1) Sanctifying grace
                2) Great Knowledge
                3) Self-Control
                4) Never-Suffer
                5) Never-Die
                6) Happiness

 

Garden of Eden

 

The Fall of Man

Genesis 3: 1-7

Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?' The woman answered the snake, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death." ' Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will not die! God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.' The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths. 

 

 

                God told Adam and Eve not to eat of the
                    forbidden fruit of a certain tree.

                    Our first parents disobeyed.
                    God cast them out of the Garden
                        of Paradise.

                    God took away special gifts
                        He had given to Adam and Eve.

                    Since Adam sinned, the only
                        human person who has come
                        into the world preserved
                        from original sin is the
                        Blessed Virgin Mary.

                    Mary is full of grace.

                    Man has a wounded human nature
                        because of original sin.
                    Man then had tendencies toward evil because
                        of his wounded human nature.

                    The natural tendency in man to
                        evil is a result of the fall of
                        Adam and Eve —
                        The seven Capital sins are

                   

7 Capital Sins

Pride, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth

 

 

   

    

 

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!

 

 

Retreat in Florida

    1st Day of Retreat

                    Joyful Mysteries Meditate

                        (1) Annunciation to Our Lady
                                Luke 1: 26-38

                        (2) Visitation of Our Lady to Elizabeth
                                Luke 1: 39-56

                        (3) Birth of Jesus
                                Luke 2: 1-14

                        (4) Presentation of the Child Jesus
                                Luke 2: 22-39

                        (5) Jesus goes up to the Temple
                                at age of 12
                                Luke 2: 41-50

 

 

February 13, 1995
 

Joyful Mysteries

      

The Annunciation

1.  The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and asked Mary to be the Mother of Jesus.

2.  Mary always compiled to the will of the Father.

3.  Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.  Luke 1: 38

4.  We must see Jesus in our brothers that we encounter. We love the poorest beggar. We love all, the persons God created. Jesus came to save every soul. He shed His Blood for each and every soul.

5.  Jesus is in our children! Jesus is in our brothers! We must love every precious soul. Every soul is so precious to the Father.

6.  The Good News is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is in our midst this day! That the Father sent His only begotten Son into this world out of greatest love for us! Jesus remains with us this day!

7.  There was such intimacy between Jesus and His Mother from the first moment of conception. It was in her womb that the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus was formed.

8.   Mary carried Jesus in her womb. Now He remains with us this day in the Tabernacle, no less present than the day that He was carried in Mary's womb! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, remains in His Divinity and in His humanity out of greatest love for each of us!

9.  Song:  See the Eyes that Look at Mary

10.  Mary carried the child Jesus in her womb. The Son of God, in all His Majesty and Might was carried in Mary's body! Jesus is in the Tabernacle today — Jesus Christ, the Son of God, In all His Majesty.

Song between decades:  The Rosary Song - refrain & verse

   


 

The Visitation

1.  Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth. The angel had told Mary that Elizabeth had conceived a son in her old age.

2.  Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’  Luke 1: 41-45

3.  The servant usually goes to the Master. Jesus comes to us. Jesus calls us His friends! Jesus went to visit Elizabeth in Mary's womb. The Master goes to visit Elizabeth. Out of greatest love for us, Jesus comes to us! He is God!

4.  Out of greatest love for us, the Father created us. Who are we that He loves us so much?

5.  And look at the darkened world! God is so good to us! God outpours His gifts to us! Yet many people are not happy! They want to be gods themselves. Some want to be equal to God!

6.  Jesus commands that we put Him first above all things! In His goodness, the Father created us. He gives us so many gifts. We receive a sharing in His Divine Life through Baptism. Man is greedy and selfish many times. We must be thankful for the gift of Jesus in the Eucharist.

7.  The babe in Elizabeth's womb leapt for joy at the sight of Mary at the presence of Jesus in Mary's womb.

8.  John the Baptist jumped even before His birth in the womb of His Mother with greatest joy. Why do we not jump for joy to know that God is truly present with us, present the same as the day He was in Mary's womb when she visited her cousin Elizabeth?

9.  And Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit and cried out in a loud voice the Magnificat.

10.  because he has looked upon
    the humiliation of his servant.
Yes, from now onwards
    all generations will call me blessed,   Luke 1: 48

    Cry out the Good News! For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is truly in our midst this day! He comes to tell us that He calls us His soldiers, to go out into the world to spread His love. For this world is hurting and in deep pain. His love given to cure this hurting world, the love of His Most Sacred Heart! He is God. He loves souls so dearly, that He shed His Blood and died a brutal death on the cross to bring us new life! Let us shout the Good News from the roof tops.

Song between decades:  The Rosary Song - refrain & verse

    


 

The Birth of Jesus

1.  See a little baby! God does not come adorned in majesty. He comes as a little baby into this world. Jesus is the Son of God!

2.  Jesus is the mediator between the Father and us in all things. Jesus Christ came into the world. He was born a Son of Mary! Jesus Christ is the Son of God! Jesus, a Divine Person, has a human nature and a Divine nature.

3.  Jesus is our Savior. We share in His Divine Life in a special way through Baptism.

4.  Song:  O Come Let Us Adore Him

5.  Jesus loves us. Jesus is ignored and forgotten by many. His Heart is burning and on fire for His precious souls. Jesus was born in poverty in Bethlehem and Jesus died on the cross for love of us. He rose on the third day that we might share in His life.

6.  Many hearts are so dark with hate and anger. Many have forgotten God. We must try to grow in deeper oneness with Jesus that He will touch hearts through our love.

7.  Song:  Silent Night

8.  Song:  What Child is This

9.  Song:  A Song from Jesus

10.  Open our hearts and help us to grow in greater purity. We want to forever dwell in your Hearts, oh Jesus and Mary. May your love burn away the hardness of hearts in the world. May you operate in souls to spread your love to the world.

Song between decades:  The Rosary Song - refrain & verse

   


 

The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple

1.  And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord—observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first–born male must be consecrated to the Lord—and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeonsLuke 2: 22-24

2.  It is through the sacrament of Baptism that we are made children of God and heirs of Heaven.

Do you not realise that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you and whom you received from God?  1 Corinthians 6: 19

3.  We have a special sharing in His life through Baptism. Our human nature is elevated in baptism. We can love more deeply through the gift of Baptism!

Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’  Matthew 28: 19-20

4. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus is the greatest teacher. He imparts to us His truths as we sit before the tabernacle. He reveals insights into the Mysteries in the hearts of those who love Him. Great truths are revealed to the hearts after the reception of the Eucharist and when sitting before the tabernacle when we are most intimately united to Him.

5.  Now in Jerusalem there was a man named Simeon. He was an upright and devout man; he looked forward to the restoration of Israel and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had set eyes on the Christ of the Lord. Prompted by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the Law required, he took him into his arms and blessed God; and he said:

    Now, Master, you are letting
        your servant go in peace
    as you promised;
    for my eyes have seen the salvation
    which you have made ready
        in the sight of the nations; |
    a light of revelation for the gentiles
    and glory for your people Israel.

As the child’s father and mother were wondering at the things that were being said about him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, ‘Look, he is destined for the fall and for the rise of many in Israel, destined to be a sign that is opposed—and a sword will pierce your soul too—so that the secret thoughts of many may be laid bare.’  Luke 2: 25-35

Sing:  The Rosary Song

6.  It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies.  Luke 2: 46-47

Jesus is the greatest teacher. We pray to the Holy Spirit to give to us the gifts of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Open our eyes, oh Spirit of God, that where we were blind we will now see insights into the Divine Mysteries.

    God reveals Himself most intimately to us after Communion and before the tabernacle. He implants secrets of His intimate love into our hearts. He loves us so much.

7.  Although there is darkness on the earth the Light of Christ lives especially in the hearts of His faithful ones. He dwells in us in a special way when we are baptized and remain in the state of grace. We must keep our hearts ever pure.

8.  Mary suffered from this prophesy of Simeon. Whenever she looked at Jesus she remembered the prophecy of Simeon.

9.  And how she suffered! Especially through the Passion! We have no idea of the immense pain and heartache that she experienced! We see her immense love for us all through the Passion. She stood so close to Jesus! Mary is the Mediatrix of all grace! It is through Mary that we are led ever closer to the Heart of Jesus!

10.  The two Hearts of immense Love! Mary's was pierced with a sword! Jesus' was pierced with a lance. It is through this Heart pierced with a lance that the Church was born!

Song between decades:  The Rosary Song - refrain & verse

    

    
 

The Finding of Jesus in the Temple

1.  Jesus was taken up to the Temple when He was twelve years old for the feast of the Passover.

2.  And when Mary and Joseph left, they did not realize they had left Jesus behind.

3.  When they realized what had happened, they returned with their hearts in such sorrow to find the child Jesus.

4.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Jesus is the greatest teacher. He imparts to us His truths as we sit before the tabernacle. He reveals insights into the hidden mysteries in the hearts of those who love Him. Great truths are revealed to the heart after the reception of the Eucharist and when sitting before the tabernacle when we are most intimately united to Him.

5.  Jesus outpours His grace abundantly to those who love Him in the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Jesus outpours His grace to those who come and sit with Him in front of the tabernacle. He longs for us to love Him. He wants us to come to be so close to His Most Sacred Heart for He is burning and on fire for love of each precious soul.

6.  Jesus is the greatest teacher. We pray to the Holy Spirit to give us the gifts of wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and fear of the Lord. Open our eyes Oh Spirit of God that where we were blind we will now see insight into the Divine Mysteries. God reveals Himself most intimately to us after Communion and before the tabernacle. He implants secrets of His intimate love into our hearts. He loves us so much.

7.  Even though darkness may cover the earth, the Light of Christ is shining in the hearts of those who are most faithful to God. God is alive and lives in our hearts when we are baptized and remain in the state of grace. We must keep our hearts ever pure.

8.  The Virgin Mary always complied with the will of the Father. Help us to have a special relationship with Our Heavenly Father where we are one with Him, living according to His will.

9.  The Father's will. It is in doing the Father's will that we will find peace and joy.

10.  The Father has a plan for each of us. The Father created us with special gifts and talents to do His work. He intends us to live according to His will.

    It is in finding what He wants us to do that we will be most happy. We must surrender. We must go to the Heart of Jesus and dwell there. Jesus waits for us to share His love with us. Jesus waits for us to come in the Eucharist. Jesus wants us to tell Him we love Him.

Song between decades:  The Rosary Song - refrain & verse

 

This rosary was prayed before the Tabernacle in the Holy Spirit Chapel.

Rita and her children and Marty were present. Jesus appeared.

 

 

                2nd Day Retreat

                    Mysteries of Light

                        (1) Baptism of Christ
                                Matthew 3: 13-17

                        (2) Marriage at Cana
                                John 2: 1-11

                        (3) Kingdom of God
                                Matthew 17: 1-9

                        (4) Transfiguration
                                Matthew 17: 1-9

                        (5) Last Supper & Institution
                                Matthew 26: 20-30                               
                                John 13: 1-30
                                Mark 14: 22-26
                                John 6: 53-58

 

Mysteries of Light

     

Baptism of Jesus

1. Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus appeared: he came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptised by John.

2. Matthew 3: 17

And suddenly there was a voice from heaven, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’

3. Jesus is the Light of the World. Jesus loves us so much.
    Jesus wants us to love Him and talk to Him.

4. In the picture we see Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

5. We hear the voice from heaven.

...‘This is my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on him.’ 
                                                                                                                Matthew 3: 17

6.  There are Three Persons in one God.

7. This is the Trinity.

8. God the Father wants us to love Him, pray to Him 
    and obey Him.

9. We are children of God. God loves us so much.

10. God the Holy Spirit is a Person of the Trinity.
      The Holy Spirit wants us to pray to Him.

 


    

Marriage at Cana

1. Jesus worked miracles while on earth.

2. Jesus performed a miracle at the
    Marriage at Cana.

3. Jesus loves the youth.

4. Jesus wants the youth to pray.

5. Jesus gives us the Holy Scripture.

6. Jesus gives us the Holy Eucharist. 
    The Holy Eucharist is a sacrament.

7. There are 7 sacraments in the Church.

8. We can go to Confession. Confession is a sacrament.

9. There is the sacrament of Baptism.

10. There is the sacrament of marriage in the Church.

    


     

Kingdom of God

1. God wants us to help build His Kingdom.

2. All of us working together to do what God wants
    us to do will help build the Kingdom of God.

3. The Our Father is an important prayer to pray.

4. We should pray deeply to Our Father when we
    pray the prayer the Our Father and think about
    the words.

5. Jesus wants to be the center of our hearts.

6. Jesus wants us to pray to Him.
    Jesus wants us to talk to Him during the day.

7. Jesus shows us His Sacred Heart.

8. Jesus shows us His Heart because He loves us so
    much.

9. Jesus wants us to make Him the King of our homes.

10. Jesus wants us to put the image of the Sacred Heart
      and Immaculate Heart in our homes.   

    

      

Transfiguration

1. Matthew 17: 1

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain by themselves.  

2. Matthew 17: 2-3

There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as dazzling as light. And suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him. 

3. Jesus showed Himself to the Apostles in the brightest light.

4. God wants us to be good and loving to one another.

5. We must ask ourselves everyday before bed
    if we hurt anyone and tell God we are sorry.

6. God wants us to love our family, our neighbors.

7. Sometimes we are not nice.

8. Jesus showed Himself in this great light to the Apostles.
    We pray to God for grace to be good and holy
    more like Jesus.

9. We have a soul, God wants us to be good.

10. God wants us to be good. God wants us to serve Him. 
      God wants us to be with Him for all eternity.
      God has a special place for us in heaven, but
        we must serve Him.

    

  

Last Supper

1. Jesus washed the feet of the Apostles at the Last Supper.

2. Jesus changed bread and wine into His Body
    and Blood at the Last Supper.

3. Luke 22: 19-20

    Then he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ He did the same with the cup after supper, and said, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood poured out for you.

4. John 6: 51

I am the living bread 
    which has come down from heaven. 
Anyone who eats this bread 
    will live for ever; 
and the bread that I shall give 
is my flesh, for the life of the world.’

5. Today, Jesus gives us Himself in the Holy Eucharist.

6. Jesus wants us to come to Him in Holy
    Communion.

7. Jesus loves us so much.

8. Jesus loves little children to go to Mass.

9. Jesus is truly present in the consecrated host —
    no less present than the day He walked
    the earth.

10. We can visit Jesus at Church. He remains with
        us this day in the Blessed Sacrament.

 

 

                First Friday April 4, 2008
                      (12:00 - 3:00)

                3rd day of Retreat

                    Sorrowful Mysteries

                        (1) Agony in Garden
                            Mark 14: 10-11
                            Matthew 26: 36-46

                        (2) Scourging at the Pillar
                            Matthew 27: 19-26

                        (3) Crowning with Thorns
                            Matthew 27: 27-31

                        (4) The Way of the Cross
                                    February 22, 1995
                                    Red Rosary Book


Stations of the Cross

February 22, 1995

  1. Jesus Is Condemned to Death
    Jesus:
    My dear child, with angry hearts and hatred on their faces, they poked at Me and condemned Me to death. I stood so silent, My hands tied, in perfect peace, because I knew the Father's love. I knew the Father's Will. You too will stand your trials in perfect peace, the more you realize the immense love the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have for you. Pray to the Spirit to transform you more and more into My image and, through this transformation, you will be led ever closer to the Father. Oh, how I love you!
     

  2. They Give Jesus the Cross
    Jesus: They gave Me a heavy cross, laden with the sins of the world. They placed it on My shoulder. It was so heavy I felt as if My shoulder would break. I ask you to carry little crosses, to experience little pains. I could not remove this cross from My shoulder. The weight was unbearable. It is through My suffering and death that you receive new life. It is through your sufferings this day that you will grow in your life with Me. Oh, child, I loved you so much that I took up the cross of salvation. I love you. Please realize that I am talking to you here. To My death I loved you. Oh, how I love you!
     

  3. Jesus Falls the First Time
    Jesus: The cross was so heavy I could hardly walk. I held on to My cross for greatest love of you and in compliance with the Will of My Father. It became so hard to walk! The cross was so heavy! I fell. I fell and the cross fell on Me. They poked at Me, they struck Me, they demanded I get up. The pain from the instruments they used to poke Me and strike Me was so great! I somehow managed to get up.

    When you fall under the weight of your cross, come to My Eucharistic Heart. I am no less present in the tabernacle and in the Eucharist than on the day I carried My cross. I wait with the same love that I had for you when I carried this cross and suffered such agony. Oh, how I love you!
     

  4. Jesus and Mary Meet
    Jesus: I saw the face of My beautiful Mother. She was weak, her face reddened and full of tears. I saw her tender heart, her love, her anguish, her pain. I saw My dear Mother Mary. My Heart was comforted by the sight of her, but torn by her suffering.

    Mary: As I looked into the eyes of my beloved Son, I saw His love. His head, bleeding and wounded. His body weak. His clothes covered with blood. I looked into His eyes and I saw His love for you. I call out to you today. I appear today with a face full of anguish and tears. I appear to call you back to the love of my Son. See through my eyes, as I peer into His eyes, the love He has for you this day to give of Himself for you. Oh, He loves you so much, my little children. See through my eyes the love of my Son. Oh, how He loves you!
     

  5. Simon of Cyrene Is Forced to Help Jesus Carry His Cross
    Jesus: The cross was so heavy I could not move. My persecutors became angry and forced a man to help Me. The cross was so heavy the two of us could barely move it. How is your cross today? Does it seem so heavy you cannot go on? I am forever watching you. When you are suffering the greatest, I am very close to you. It is in immense suffering that you realize My great love for you. Pray for grace to do always the Father's Will. Pray for grace to grow in your knowledge and love of Me.
       

  6. Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus
    Jesus: My face was covered with blood. From the crowd Veronica came forward with a cloth to wipe My face. On the cloth I gave to you an imprint of My bloodied face. This, My children, remains with you this day as a sign of My immense love for you. But more than any cloth, look beyond the visible consecrated host. I, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, remain with you, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity, in the Eucharist this day, waiting and longing to be with you. Oh, how I love you!
     

  7. Jesus Falls the Second Time
    Jesus: Oh, dear ones, the road became harder and harder to walk. The cross was becoming heavier, My body weaker and weaker. My shoulders and arms hurt so much! My head throbbed as I walked. The blood came from My body, from My head to My feet. I was covered with open wounds. I could not go any farther. I stumbled and fell. Again they poked at Me, only harder, and with such hatred they kicked Me. Such vileness in the hearts of men! My greatest agony was not the agonies of My body, but the agonies of My heart for the love I have for all My precious souls. I loved them so dearly. I loved those who persecuted Me. Oh, how I love you!
     

  8. Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem
    Jesus: The women came to Me with their children, their tender hearts crying and wanting to comfort Me. I saw their love, their care. I saw the coldness of men's hearts for all time, the hatred, the anger, the sins, all the souls that, despite all of My sufferings and death, would be condemned to eternal damnation. I told the women to weep not for Me, but for themselves and their children. My greatest agonies were the agonies of My Most Sacred Heart. Oh, how I love you!
     

  9. Jesus Falls the Third Time
    Jesus: I fell hard the third time. I was so weakened I could not go on. My body collapsed under the cross from such exhaustion! My child, My child, My greatest agonies were not the wounds to the body. They were the wounds I experienced to My heart. Do you know a little more now how I love you? It is in meditating on My Passion and death that you will realize My immense love for you. When you fall, when you struggle, I give you the grace to get up. I never give you more than you can handle. Your strength will come from Me. Come to My Eucharistic Heart. I am waiting for you this day. Oh, how I love you!
     

  10. Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments
    Jesus: They took Me to the hill to crucify Me. They angrily stripped Me of My garments. They took off My clothes to whip Me. They had covered My bloody wounds with a dirty purple robe. Now, total surrender-they took off My clothes. I showed you the way to surrender, always complying with the Will of the Father. It is in living in His Will that you will have peace and joy, and life eternal some day. Oh, how I love you!
     

  11. They Nail Him to the Cross
    R. See Mary as she holds the little Baby Jesus. See her as she washes His tender hands and feet. See her now as she watches as they pound into those same hands and feet the gigantic nails that fix Jesus to the cross.

    Mary:
    Oh, my dear ones, my heart was torn in my chest as they nailed His hands and feet to the cross. I ask you this day to walk the Passion with me and see through my eyes the love He has for you. He truly was nailed to the cross.

    Jesus:
    They pounded the nails into My first hand, then they stretched My body and nailed My other hand. The blood poured from these wounds that went totally through My hands. My pain was so immense, but then they nailed My feet! You do not know what pain I suffered, My child. My children, My children, for each one of you I suffered this pain. Oh, how I loved you!
      
     

  12. Jesus Dies on the Cross

    (Silence.)

    R.
    He hung for three agonizing hours on the cross against the darkened sky. His greatest agonies were not the agonies of His body, but those of His Heart for the great love He has for each and every soul.

    Jesus:
    I gave Myself to you, My dear ones. I gave My all. I hung with My arms spread in total surrender. My head was punctured; My hands and feet were nailed to the cross. I gave Myself to you. I give Myself to you this day in the Eucharist. I give Myself to you. I, God, give you Myself! What more do you want?

    Song:
    Oh, burning Heart, oh, Love divine, etc.

    R.
    They pierced His Heart with a lance and what flowed forth was blood and water, the sacramental life of the Church, water for Baptism and blood for the Eucharist. His life, death and resurrection live on in the Church this day.
      

  13. Jesus Is Taken Down from the Cross and Placed in the Arms of His Mother
    R. His totally lifeless body was placed in the arms of His most loving Mother. As she had held the little baby body in her arms, she now received His bloodied, bruised body in her arms. This is how He obeyed the Father's Will. Jesus gave His life for us. The Father gave His only Son because He loves us so much. Mary, His Mother, our Mother and the Mother of the Church, is forever by His side. See Jesus in the arms of His loving Mother under the cross. This is love.

    Mary:
    I held His lifeless body in my arms. See through my eyes the love He has for you this day. He gives Himself to you today in the Eucharist. He loves you so much!
        

  14. Jesus Is Locked in the Tomb
    R. His enemies rolled the stone up to the tomb and were pleased to have buried Jesus. Mary, outside the tomb, wept bitterly. The cold reality that He was dead! But death has no power over Jesus for on the third day He rose, triumphant, from the tomb! We are partakers in His divine life. Death has no power over Jesus. He is with us this day. He comes to bring us life to the full. He loves us so much!
     

                        (5) Crucifixion
                           John 19: 23-37
                            Matthew 27: 35-52

 

                Rosary of April 1, 2008 - Do in the afternoon.

                Watch Passion Movie at night after 6:20 prayers on big screen.

 

                April 5, 2008

 

                4th day of Retreat

                    (1) Resurrection

 

                After the resurrection

                    I believe Jesus first appeared to Mary
                    Then to Mary Magdalene
                    The stone was removed

 

                Next Apparition

                   

Matthew 28: 9-10

And suddenly, coming to meet them, was Jesus. ‘Greetings,’ he said. And the women came up to him and, clasping his feet, they did him homage. Then Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers that they must leave for Galilee; there they will see me.’

  

                Next Apparition

 Luke 24: 34

who said to them, ‘The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon.’

 

                Next Apparition

                    Jesus appeared to the disciples
                        on the way to Emmaus and
                        He talked to them

 

                Next Apparition

                    Appeared to the disciples through
                        closed doors —
                        Thomas was not there

 

John 20: 19

 ... 'Peace be with you,'

John 20: 22-23

... Receive the Holy Spirit.
If you forgive anyone's sins,
they are forgiven;
if you retain anyone's sins,
they are retained.

   

                Next Apparition

John 20: 26-28

Eight days later the disciples were in the house again and Thomas was with them. The doors were closed, but Jesus came in and stood among them. ‘Peace be with you,’ he said. Then he spoke to Thomas, ‘Put your finger here; look, here are my hands. Give me your hand; put it into my side. Do not be unbelieving any more but believe.’ Thomas replied, ‘My Lord and my God!’

 

                Next Apparition

 

John 21: 1-19

Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples. It was by the Sea of Tiberias, and it happened like this: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and two more of his disciples were together. Simon Peter said, ‘I’m going fishing.’ They replied, ‘We’ll come with you.’ They went out and got into the boat but caught nothing that night.

When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus called out, ‘Haven’t you caught anything, friends?’ And when they answered, ‘No,’ he said, ‘Throw the net out to starboard and you’ll find something.’ So they threw the net out and could not haul it in because of the quantity of fish. The disciple who Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ At these words, ‘It is the Lord,’ Simon Peter tied his outer garment round him (for he had nothing on) and jumped into the water. The other disciples came on in the boat, towing the net with the fish; they were only about a hundred yards from land.

As soon as they came ashore they saw that there was some bread there and a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it. Jesus said, ‘Bring some of the fish you have just caught.’ Simon Peter went aboard and dragged the net ashore, full of big fish, one hundred and fifty-three of them; and in spite of there being so many the net was not broken. Jesus said to them ‘Come and have breakfast.’ None of the disciples was bold enough to ask, ‘Who are you?’ They knew quite well it was the Lord. Jesus then stepped forward, took the bread and gave it to them, and the same with the fish. This was the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after rising from the dead.

    When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these others do?’ He answered, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’ A second time he said to him, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ He replied, ‘Yes, Lord, you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Look after my sheep.’ Then he said to him a third time, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was hurt that he asked him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ and said, ‘Lord, you know everything; you know I love you.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Feed my sheep.

 

                Next Apparition

                                     

Matthew 28: 16-19

Meanwhile the eleven disciples set out for Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had arranged to meet them. When they saw him they fell down before him, though some hesitated. Jesus came up and spoke to them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, make disciples of all nations; baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  

                Next Apparition

1 Corinthians 15: 6

and next he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still with us, though some have fallen asleep;

  

                Next Apparition

1 Corinthians 15: 7

then he appeared to James, ...

 

                Next Apparition

                    May have appeared to
                    Joseph of Arimathaea

 

                Next Apparition

1 Corinthians 15: 8

Last of all he appeared to me too, as though I was a child born abnormally.

 

                      He also appeared in different
                        places to the disciples

 

December 31, 1994

Jesus Appearing as the Resurrected Lord, All White, Sitting Next to Where Mary Appeared.

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.

    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. Romans 6: 4, 9

And after this perishable nature has put on imperishability and this mortal nature has put on immortality, then will the words of scripture come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin comes from the Law. Thank God, then, for giving us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 15: 54 -58

Messenger:  I love my son so dearly, there is such a connection in my heart to him. He is ten years old. I know him in my heart from a little baby, when I carried him in my womb. His whole life is recorded in my memory.

    Mary's heart knew her Son. The anguish at losing Him in the temple, the anguish, how her heart was in such pain, it is inexpressible in words.

    As is the joy, inexpressible for me of the resurrected Lord to appear to me next to the Sorrowful Mother. It is such joy for me to meditate on this mystery to remember the vision, to see Him clothed in white, His body so beautiful. I saw Him so beautiful, sitting all in white next to where Mary appeared triumphant! Jesus rose from the dead. I cannot express this magnificent sight of Jesus in His resurrected beauty as I saw Him.

    Note today December 28, 2005: (I recalled the vision of December 5th, 96 when He appeared to me at the point of death hanging on the cross.)

    Death - Resurrection

    Why do we worry about so many things Jesus is with us. He shows us His death and resurrection.

    God took the nature of a slave, He put on a human body, He was born a baby, He died by crucifixion.

Jesus:  Do not fear, there is fear in your heart, I am with you, surrender totally to the will of the Father.

Messenger:  I see the risen Lord as He sits all in white in a chair, here, next to the Sorrowful Mother. When I saw Jesus in the parking lot He was wearing a white tunic looking like the resurrected Lord with His hands outstretched.

    I want to get in touch with Jesus. He took on a human body, He lived, He died, He rose.

    Jesus is God, He is Lord over all the earth and He took on a human form for greatest love of us. He was born a baby. He was carried in His Mother's womb. Oh Holy dwelling place of God, Mary's womb, Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God.

Sing: Oh Holy Mary

Philippians 2: 7-8

But he emptied himself, 
taking the form of a slave, 
becoming as human beings are; 
and being in every way 
    like a human being, 
he was humbler yet, 
even to accepting death, 
    death on a cross. 

 

Sing the Song of Jesus Christ

Now having met together, they asked him, ‘Lord, has the time come for you to restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know times or dates that the Father has decided by his own authority, but you will receive the power of the Holy Spirit which will come on you, and then you will be my witnesses not only in Jerusalem but throughout Judaea and Samaria, and indeed to earth’s remotest end.’ 

    As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky as he went, when suddenly two men in white were standing beside them, and they said, ‘Why are you Galileans standing here looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him go to heaven.’  Acts 1: 6-11

Messenger:  The Apostles' hearts were in such sorrow to see Jesus go, their eyes in awe to see Jesus go to heaven.

God the Father:  I am pleased, My daughter, with the work you are doing, how I love you, My beloved one.

    Do not focus on yourself, focus on the other, always the other, Jesus focused on the other.

Messenger:  Think of the love of the Trinity -- it is a mystery -- the love of the Trinity.
       

Excerpt from Response to God's Love Chapter 1   by Father Edward Carter, S.J.

   ...In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).

  

Messenger:  The more I realize the love of the Triune God, love of Mary, the love of the angels and saints -- I am in awe!!

    Jesus takes care of my needs. Why should I talk about myself or anyone else when we could be talking about the mystery of God.

    Why talk about incidentals when I could be talking about God.

    He is Divine, He is who I love, that is it, when people are discussing the napkins, I want to talk about Jesus.

    

Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles

When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves. Acts 2: 1-4

Messenger:  The Apostles were transformed from fear to fearlessness. 

Now there were devout men living in Jerusalem from every nation under heaven, and at this sound they all assembled, and each one was bewildered to hear these men speaking his own language. They were amazed and astonished. ‘Surely,’ they said, ‘all these men speaking are Galileans? How does it happen that each of us hears them in his own native language?  Acts 2: 5-8

 

Mary Went Up into Heaven

Sing:  Immaculate Mary

Sing:  On This Day Oh Beautiful Mother   

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.  Luke 1: 26-38

Now it happened that at this time Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be made of the whole inhabited world. This census—the first—took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria, and everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. So Joseph set out from the town of Nazareth in Galilee for Judaea, to David’s town called Bethlehem, since he was of David’s House and line, in order to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first–born. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger because there was no room for them in the living–space.  Luke 2:1-7

 

   

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.  John 19: 25-27

     

From the Glorious Rosary Aves

3.  R. Imagine her joy to hear the choirs of angelic voices! Imagine her joy to see the angels and saints praising God!

4.  R. She-who carried the baby Jesus in her womb, who held Him in her arms, who walked by His side during the Passion, who stood under His cross, who held His lifeless body and watched Him locked in the tomb-was now crowned Queen of Heaven, forever to reign in the court of heaven with her beloved Son.

   

 

        Mary is Crowned as Queen of Heaven and Earth

Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Revelation 12: 1 

        Sing:  Hail Holy Queen 

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; the first heaven and the first earth had disappeared now, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride dressed for her husband. Then I heard a loud voice call from the throne, 'Look, here God lives among human beings. He will make his home among them; they will be his people, and he will be their God, God-with-them. He will wipe away all tears from their eyes; there will be no more death, and no more mourning or sadness or pain. The world of the past has gone.'

Then the One sitting on the throne spoke. 'Look, I am making the whole of creation new. Write this, "What I am saying is trustworthy and will come true."' Then he said to me, 'It has already happened. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water from the well of life free to anybody who is thirsty; anyone who proves victorious will inherit these things; and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the legacy for cowards, for those who break their word, or worship obscenities, for murderers and the sexually immoral, and for sorcerers, worshippers of false gods or any other sort of liars, is the second death in the burning lake of sulphur.'

One of the seven angels that had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came to speak to me and said, 'Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.' In the spirit, he carried me to the top of a very high mountain, and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God.  Revelation 21: 1-10

The one who attests these things says: I am indeed coming soon. Amen; come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20

Sing: A Song from Jesus 
 

   

                Sing: Glory, Glory, Glory Lord

 

                    (2) Ascension of Christ into Heaven
                        Acts 1: 1-12

                    (3) Descent of Holy Spirit on Apostles —

Acts of the Apostles 2:1-4

When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.

 

                    (4) Assumption
                            Revelation 11: 19, 12: 1-6, 10
                            1 Corinthians 15: 20-27

                    (5) Coronation
                            It is a 5th Mystery - YEAH

                        Mary is crowned Queen

 

February 11, 1995
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes

    

This rosary was prayed before the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows. Rita, Cathy, Joe and Marty were present. Mary appeared — she was so beautiful, so gorgeous.

  

Glorious Mysteries

The Resurrection

1.  Jesus was locked in the tomb after His death and on the third day He
rose triumphant from the dead. Death has no power over Jesus!

2.  He came to give us life that we might have it to the full!

3. 

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.    John 3: 16

4.  It is in living in the Father's will that we will be the happiest.

5.  The Father sent His Son to this world. We are sons of the Father! The Father loves us with such immense love.

6.  They locked Jesus in the tomb and He rose on the third day. He rose triumphant. We live the Paschal Mystery of death/resurrection.

7.  The Church is the Body of Christ. We are living in communities. The Trinity is the most perfect community. God intends us to walk hand-in-hand with each other.

8.  We share in His life through the sacraments. He gave the Apostles the power to baptize and to forgive sins. In Baptism we are made children of God and heirs of Heaven.

9.  Our human nature is elevated through baptism.

10.  Our knowing and loving capacity is elevated.

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit

 

The Ascension

1.  Then he took them out as far as the outskirts of Bethany, and raising his hands he blessed them. Now as he blessed them, he withdrew from them and was carried up to heaven.  Luke 24: 50-51

2.  As he said this he was lifted up while they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. They were still staring into the sky as he went, when suddenly two men in white were standing beside them, and they said, ‘Why are you Galileans standing here looking into the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him go to heaven.’  Acts 1: 9-11

3.  The Apostles were fearful. They were so close to Jesus! They saw Jesus! They lived with Jesus! But they were so filled with fear that they went and locked themselves in the upper room. Think of Peter as he denied Jesus three times after he had just told Jesus how He would always be faithful to Him. When we stumble and when we fall and we feel that we are not faithful to Jesus, think of the Apostles and how close they were to Him and how they were still filled with fear and doubt! They were blind. We are human. We are blind. We do not see. Holy Spirit impart to us Your vision. Help us to see more clearly. Give us the gifts of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord to know more all that we need to know to be drawn ever closer to You and know more Your Divine Love.

4.  Jesus has not gone! He remains with us this day out of greatest love in the Eucharist.

Song:  I Love You Jesus

5.  Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist.

6.  How can we love and not love our brothers? For God is truly love and to know Him is to love! We are to love one another.

7.  He is the image of the unseen God, the first–born of all creation, for in him were created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything invisible, thrones, ruling forces, sovereignties, powers—all things were created through him and for him. He exists before all things and in him all things hold together, and he is the Head of the Body, that is, the Church. He is the Beginning, the first–born from the dead, so that he should be supreme in every way; because God wanted all fullness to be found in him and through him to reconcile all things to him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, by making peace through his death on the cross.  Colossians 1: 15-20

8.  These are truly the Glorious Mysteries. Jesus rose triumphantly from the dead and He ascended into Heaven!

9.  Jesus showed them His Power and His Might when He rose from the dead and then ascended into Heaven!

10.  Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to this earth a little baby. Out of greatest love for us, God comes into the world a little baby, He died on the cross, He rose from the dead and He ascended into Heaven.

Sing:  A Song From Jesus

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit

 

 

Descent of the Holy Spirit

1.  John 16: 12-17

    I still have many things to say to you
    but they would be too much for you 
        to bear now.
    However, when the Spirit of truth comes
    he will lead you to the complete truth,
    since he will not be speaking 
        of his own accord,
    but will say only what he has been told;
    and he will reveal to you
        the things to come.
    He will glorify me,
    since all he reveals to you
    will be taken from what is mine.
    Everything the Father has is mine;
    that is why I said:
    all he reveals to you 
    will be taken from what is mine.

    In a short time you will no longer see me,
    and then a short time later
        you will see me again.

         Then some of his disciples said to one another, ‘What does he mean, "In a short time you will no longer see me, and then a short time later you will see me again," and, "I am going to the Father"?

2.  John baptised with water but, not many days from now, you are going to be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’  Acts 1: 5

3.  "When Pentecost day came round, they had all met together, when suddenly there came from heaven a sound as of a violent wind which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and there appeared to them tongues as of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages as the Spirit gave them power to express themselves.   Acts 2: 1-4

4.  They were transformed from fear to fearlessness and they went out to preach the Gospel and all understood!

5.  The Father loves us so that He has created us in His own image and likeness. Dear Holy Spirit, through the Virgin Mary, transform us more into the image of Jesus. We want to be more one with You God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

6.     ...In reference to Christianity, God himself is the ultimate mystery. Radically, God is completely other and transcendent, hidden from man in his inner life, unless he chooses to reveal himself. Let us briefly look at this inner life of God.

    The Father, in a perfect act of self-expression, in a perfect act of knowing, generates his son. The Son, the Word, is, then, the immanent expression of God's fullness, the reflection of the Father. Likewise, from all eternity, the Father and the Son bring forth the Holy Spirit in a perfect act of loving.

    At the destined moment in human history, God's self-expression, the Word, immersed himself into man's world. God's inner self-expression now had also become God's outer self-expression. Consequently, the mystery of God becomes the mystery of Christ. In Christ, God tells us about himself, about his inner life, about his plan of creation and redemption. He tells us how Father, Son, and Holy Spirit desire to dwell within us in the most intimate fashion, how they wish to share with us their own life through grace. All this he has accomplished and does accomplish through Christ. St. Paul tells us: "I became a minister of this Church through the commission God gave me to preach among you his word in its fullness, that mystery hidden from ages and generations past but now revealed to his holy ones. God has willed to make known to them the glory beyond price which this mystery brings to the Gentiles—the mystery of Christ in you, your hope of glory. This is the Christ we proclaim while we admonish all men and teach them in the full measure of wisdom, hoping to make every man complete in Christ" (Col 1:25-28).

Excerpt from Response to God's Love, by Father Edward Carter, S.J.

7.  Mold us more and more into the image of Jesus. Jesus Christ became man, the mediator of God and man. Jesus has summarized Christian life as love.

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.    John 3: 16

8.  Jesus gives us Himself in the Eucharist.

Song:  I am the Bread of Life

9.  Song:  I Love You Jesus

10.  Song:  Come Holy Ghost

Song between decades:  Come Holy Spirit

    

 

The Assumption of Mary into Heaven 

1.  Mary is taken body and soul into heaven.

2.  Imagine the immense joy!

3.  It is through consecration to these two Most loving Hearts that we will be more able to do God's will and grow in greater holiness. We want to love the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit more and more.

4.  The most perfect community is the Trinity.

5.  It is in joining more and more to the love of the Trinity that we will be filled with love in our hearts.

6.  Jesus communicates to us His great love in the Eucharist and pours out His grace. Jesus gives Himself to us. Jesus takes us to the bosom of the Father.

7.  Father, we are Your little children! Help us to have this relationship with You as sons and daughters of God!

8.  Mary was born a human person conceived without sin. She is the most perfect disciple of Jesus. Dear Holy Spirit, transform us in the Heart of the Virgin Mary to be more like Jesus!

9.  God loves us so much that He created us in His own image and likeness.

10.  Outpour Your abundant grace to us that we may be more likened to you and live in deeper love.

Song:  Come Holy Ghost

  

The Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven and Earth

1.  Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman, robed with the sun, standing on the moon, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.  Revelation 12: 1

2.  Song:  Immaculate Mary

3.  Heaven is our true home! Jesus died so we could go to heaven someday if we love and serve God and keep His commands.

4.  Death has no power over Jesus.

5.  Dear Holy Spirit, remove the blinders from our eyes so that we may see. God runs the world and our every breath and our every heartbeat depends on God. Help us to see and know what is real.

6.  Song:  A Song from Jesus

7.  As she comes as Our Lady of Light, she comes to tell us that we will light the world through the love of her Most Precious Son.

8.  Jesus is the Light of the World! He is the source of Life and Love! God has all the power!

9.  And the light shone brightest in the darkest night! Look to the Light for the light!

10.  Song:  Hail Holy Queen

Song:  Come Holy Spirit

 

This rosary was prayed before the statue of Our Lady of Sorrows. Rita, Cathy, Joe and Marty were present. Mary appeared — she was so beautiful, so gorgeous.

 

 

Excerpt from Mother at Our Side

by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J.

twenty-three

Lourdes—And My Own
Marian Experience
 

    Since my first pilgrimage to Lourdes marked a very definitive stage in Mary's dealings with me—in her call to me— ...

    I walked from the Lourdes train station to the Shrine. It was a day in January, sunny and pleasant, but, as would be expected at that time of the year, there were less than 25 pilgrims at the grotto site. The atmosphere was very special. One realized this was a very holy place. I sat on one of the benches and began to pray. All of a sudden, I was deeply impressed with this thought: "I have finally come home." The thought seemed to come from outside of me, similar to an infused idea. I did not fully understand what this idea meant. I had not seriously strayed from God, so the idea of "coming home" did not mean I was returning as a prodigal son. Nor did the idea mean that I had finally found Mary, since, as I have stated above, I have always been blessed with a strong devotion to her. I was, then, somewhat puzzled at what the words "I have finally come home" meant. My experience, however, was a very profound one as I sat there before the grotto of Mary. I wept tears of peace and consolation. This was to be my first experience of the gift of tears at a Marian shrine. Later I would also experience this gift at Fatima, Guadalupe, and Medjugorje. The gift of tears on these occasions would always be in confirmation of a special interior enlightenment.

    In the months that followed, whenever I recalled these words impressed upon me at Lourdes, I was still not sure of their meaning. ... 

    From Fatima I went to Lourdes. This time, unlike my first visit, I was present along with thousands of other pilgrims. It is indeed a special experience to be at Lourdes with so many others for the impressive candlelight rosary procession at night and for other activities. Being personally present amidst all this gives one a sense of why Lourdes has been such an attraction for millions and millions of pilgrims over the years. Again, my experience at the grotto of Our Lady was very special, as was the making of the Way of the Cross on the hill high above the basilicas and the grotto.

end of excerpt from Mother at Our Side

 

 

                Mary appeared to me at Holy Cross-Immaculata
                    in the afternoons on the 5th.

                Saturday April 5, 2001 I got this picture.

 

April 5, 2001

                Saturday April 5, 2001 is First Saturday —
                   

First Saturday Paper

  • First Saturday Devotion
  • The Brown Scapular
  • Rosary Promises

    Tell everybody that God gives graces through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Tell them to ask graces from her, and that the Heart of Jesus wishes to be venerated together with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ask them to plead for peace from the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for the Lord has confided the peace of the world to her. (Our Lady of Fatima to Jacinta.)1

First Saturday Devotion

…The practice of the five first Saturdays involves: 1) Going to confession, which may be done from 8 days before to 8 days after the first Saturday. Of course, if a person is in the state of serious sin, the confession must be made before receiving communion. 2) Receiving Holy Communion. 3) Recitation of 5 decades of the rosary. 4) Meditating for 15 minutes on the mysteries of the rosary. All of the above (except confession) must be done on the first Saturday of 5 consecutive months with the intention of making reparation to the Immaculate Heart. For those who make the five first Saturdays, Our Lady of Fatima has promised to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for salvation.

The Brown Scapular and Consecration

…Another request of Our Lady of Fatima-one which includes all the others-is that we consecrate ourselves to her Immaculate Heart. What this consecration means we have stated earlier. Simply put, we can say that in consecrating ourselves to Mary we give and entrust ourselves to her so that she may bring us ever closer to the Heart of Christ, this Christ Who brings us to the Father in the Holy Spirit. This act of consecration obviously includes our willingness to observe the other requests of Our Lady of Fatima.

    A great sign of our consecration to the Immaculate Heart is the wearing of the Brown Scapular. Sister Lucia has said that all Catholics should wear the Brown Scapular as part of the Fatima message. She said, The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable…In 1251, when she gave the Scapular to St. Simon Stock and thereby to the world, the Queen of Heave stated: Whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire. Wearing the Scapular serves as a constant reminder of one’s personal consecration to Mary and of the necessity of imitating her virtues and heeding her requests.” Only priests properly authorized can validly enroll one in the Brown Scapular. 2

Promises of Our Lady to Those Who Pray the Rosary

Over the years, in various apparitions, Mary has stressed the importance of the rosary. She has promised great blessings to those who pray the rosary. To St. Dominic and to Blessed Alan she stated:

  1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive signal graces.

  2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

  3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armour against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.

  4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

  5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish.

  6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.

  7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.

  8. Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plenitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.

  9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

  10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in Heaven.

  11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary.

  12. All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

  13. I have obtained from my Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.3

Can we refuse our most loving Mother her request that we daily pray the rosary?

Notes:
1    Rev. Edward J. Carter, Mother at Our Side, 
      
Shepherds of Christ Publications, Morrow OH, 1993, p. 23.
2    Ibid., p. 21-22.
3    Ibid. p. 83-85.

 

 

 

 

        

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