Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing |
April 20, 2009
April 20th Holy
Spirit Novena |
The Novena Rosary
Mysteries |
The church needs to have the stucco replaced
and also the community building.
It is about $38,000 to repair it.
People pray in the church 24 hours a day.
We have prayed in there for 11 years.
The archdiocese gave the church to us
for this purpose for a small price.
Can you help us?
Available for $10.00 plus postage
1-888-211-3041
April 20, 2009 - My Mom's birthday
John 3: 1-8
There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews, who came to Jesus by night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.’ Jesus answered:
In all truth I tell you,
no one can see the kingdom of God
without being born from above.Nicodemus said, ‘How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the womb again and be born?’ Jesus replied:
In all truth I tell you,
no one can enter the kingdom of God
without being born
through water and the Spirit;
what is born of human nature is human;
what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Do not be surprised when I say:
You must be born from above.
The wind blows where it pleases;
you can hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it comes from
or where it is going.
So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit
We are to walk as a "new man"
that is what Easter is all about —
to have the newness of life of living
more the life of resurrection and
bringing that life of resurrection to others —
To accomplish this we are to make
a change in our ways to walk in
the newness of life —
We may have gone to Church etc. —
but the condition and motive of the
heart is what matters.
When Jesus went to the cross — He
went purely — He did the Father's will
perfectly — He was consumed with conviction
as a runner running a race —
We pray God give us a willing spirit
to run the race for You — not to be
held back because of bitterness and
anger and self-pity, but to follow
in Your footsteps to love and serve
You for Your holy purpose —
What is the will of God for my vocation
today? How can I purely do the job?
What keeps me from doing the job with
a pure spirit of love and furthering
His Kingdom. What motive do I have
for serving God — My motive should be
for His honor and glory — for love of
My Master — how can I make recompense
to God for pitying myself and acting
bitter — avenging others when I should
have just served Him in my vocation —
with great love for Him and others as
He desires —
Do I realize only in serving Him, in
living our lives as a sacrifice, an
offering will I be happy —
Pope John Paul II said — know what
God wants and do it —
St. Therese showed us her little
way of love — We are to love God for
loving Him — We are to honor Him because
He is God — We are to be on fire for
love of Him as our best friend and when
we have a friend we love — we try to
give Him what He desires — Jesus wants
this personal love —
Loving the Father and giving to Him
as a good little child of the Father —
Being a person who thinks they control
everything may fail to see themselves
as a little child - created by the Father —
to love and serve God — to see themselves
under another in authority is a grace
which is necessary to grow in the
spiritual life.
We must live for the Father's will as
a small child pleasing daddy — we
seek it — we run our lives by
seeking the Father's will and living by
it — It is our ruling stick.
We see Jesus sweating Blood in
the garden —
"Not My will but Yours, Father"
We see Jesus beaten
"Not My will but Yours, Father"
We see Jesus crowned with thorns,
spit on, mocked
"Not My will but Yours, Father"
We see Jesus carry the cross on His
back — the cross with our sins —
the cross He fell under —
"Not My will, but Yours, Father"
We see Jesus stripped of His garments,
nailed — thru His hands and feet
and hanging on the cross 3 hours
to His death
"Not My will, but Yours, Father"
Well what about those who are angry
inside and act bitter punishing
others for their anger —
When we do not forgive and live with
an angry, hard heart — we
are miserable and nobody can
fix someone who is lashing out
in mean active or passive anger
for the anger in them
Jesus is love —
Jesus loved us so much — no matter what
the men did to Him —
He did the Father's will — not with
anger from the wounds of others —
but Jesus did the Father's will in
love.
Fr. Carter used to see himself as a
little child in Mary's arms —
he would say
"I am just a little child in
Mary's arms" — Fr. Carter loved —
Fr. Carter gave his life for
the Shepherds of Christ —
He was persecuted, but he delivered
the messages —
He did not worry about himself or
what others thought of him —
he supported every message and
he told people they must,
to be leaders, live by the rules
of the Shepherds of Christ.
The Blue Books were as much his as
mine and he discerned them — lived
by them and told the people in
the Movement they were to live
by them —
Fr. Carter loved —
Fr. Carter supported me as leader
and messenger.
Fr. Carter lived by the messages
Fr. Carter defended me and the
messages —
Fr. Carter spent time seeing what
Jesus wanted was carried out
And he stood behind the building,
the Red Rosary book — praying
for it every day
Fr. Carter was pure —
He did it for Jesus
He said Jesus told him
a little prayer
If we don't have the right spirit
and motive in us our
actions will not render ourselves
pleasing to what the Father
desires
Help me to see through your eyes God —
(not my distorted vision focusing
on my selfish ways)
Prayer for Union with Jesus
Come to me, Lord, and possess my soul. Come into my heart and permeate my soul. Help me to sit in silence with You and let You work in my heart.
I am Yours to possess. I am Yours to use. I want to be selfless and only exist in You. Help me to spoon out all that is me and be an empty vessel ready to be filled by You. Help me to die to myself and live only for You. Use me as You will. Let me never draw my attention back to myself. I only want to operate as You do, dwelling within me.
I am Yours, Lord. I want to have my life in You. I want to do the will of the Father. Give me the strength to put aside the world and let You operate my very being. Help me to act as You desire. Strengthen me against the distractions of the devil to take me from Your work.
When I worry, I have taken my focus off of You and placed it on myself. Help me not to give in to the promptings of others to change what in my heart You are making very clear to me. I worship You, I adore You and I love You. Come and dwell in me now.
-God's Blue Book, January 17, 1994
We are the children of the Father —
Father give us Your love
Holy Spirit make us holy —
not rebellious —
self-righteous
selfish
acting from our wounded selves
Help us to be pure
Help us to bring about the
Reign of the Sacred Heart
in this world —
The meek (not combattal and argumentative,
competitive) and tender Heart of
love of Jesus —
God help us to grow in love
to be with you in love
forever in heaven
This life is a work table to
learn to love and be holy
We must become people united to God —
We are not trying to prove we are over
others - in competition.
We see ourselves uniquely created
by God and only we can contribute to
the world as God intends — We uniquely
love God and others
We know we are special
We are the Divine Creation of the
Father with a purpose —
A person who does not recognize this may
be constantly trying to save - face
before people because of shame
and guilt from the past or negative
tapes they listen to which are
because of their distorted vision
of themselves, of others and of God —
We can pray
to see through the eyes of God
to know with the heart of God
and to act as God acts in us —
We were created for a purpose —
as servants of God
our whole life should be lived
to learn to love —
not to focus on making a name
and kingdom for our vain
purpose here below
Because of the effects of original sin
man seeks dominance for
dominance sake —
Jesus sweat blood in the garden for
our sins —
The person that lies to themselves
about their past offenses and never
took responsibility for this — lives
a life of wearing a mask —
A cover-up to themselves and
God
We can't cover-up anything
from God — He died for our sins —
We must thank Him for His gifts —
We can pray all through the day —
thanking God for all He has given
to us — Sincerely and humbly recognizing
our unworthiness and God's love and
generosity toward us
Dear God let me see the beauty
of the ordinary and usual —
a beautiful flowering tree —
a love coming from a child's heart as
they greet us
a baby communicating - patty cake —
peek-a-boo — turning their head —
a smile
the ocean — time just being with Jesus —
the exposed Eucharist
the Mass
Help me not to act like I'm on a
"pity-pot" for some injury
I believe someone is doing to
me because of past anger and old wounds —
We can ask God to help us — all
through the day —
We can pray for guidance to help
us recognize our blind spots
toward any evil we are acting
out in our lives —
think of the lepers — think of
dark spots on our soul
We beg God to help us — We recognize
humbly — we are not the Power —
We are imperfect —
We rely on God
Jesus came a helpless baby into
the world —
We can be stuck 'real bad' when we
think we are perfect or
think we are to fix ourselves —
We need to be willing and
let God work in us —
We seek peace, harmony love —
I am connected to God in my
heart — we live to spread
the consecration and I am
connected with God in all
my thoughts —
I am the little child of the Father
I am under God
We need to recognize our absolute
dependence on God —
We are dependent on God —
I seek understanding from the Holy Spirit —
I come with an open mind
I pray for my persecutors
Did you ever see the poem footprints —
Surrender to God's guidance
Don't try to control things I shouldn't
God is in control
We pray to be free — to put our
trust in God
We can be a prisoner of our
own making because of control
To be free — we learn to accept —
We pay a price to live in peace
and joy — we surrender our
mind and will to God and don't try to
control what we should be controlling —
We must give our mind and will to God —
It is a weakness of the human nature
to try to dominate for dominance
sake —
We can be filled with bitterness,
self-pity, lie to ourselves,
that make our vision of
ourselves and others and God
more distorted
Since we don't see real reality as
it actually is —
Reality is how God sees it —
Much of our suffering is because
of our own actions — Self-inflected
Negative — run on thinking — blaming
others — acting disharmoniously —
setting fires to control others
for our own power —
controlling money and things for power
to control people
We may be an enabler, who will
not see our control that
is majorly hurting others
lives —
that we are trying to enforce
dysfunction on them —
We may project pain of the past —
divorce, loss of control of
children — in transferring
that loss of power to trying to control others —
We can look with a magnifying
glass at others and skip the
boulder in our eye about ourselves.
We can think of how we suffer
at the hands of others and never
never recognize how we make
others suffer —
To much run on thinking — mulling
over can make our situation
seem worse —
I can control my own behavior —
I can recognize my faults —
I can change my reaction —
I cannot be envious and try
to be even with what others did to
me.
Many are blind
Pray for grace for them
Think about trying to grow in
greater holiness ourselves —
God help me to accept my powerlessness —
God help me to focus on my recovery —
We can make our life more
miserable by how we think —
We can always be feeling cheated —
thinking grass is greener elsewhere
Everybody is imperfect —
We are to love and work together
Our parents told us things —
I remember telling a child she would
be a doctor —
She is a doctor —
If our parents told us we would marry
and live happily ever after is
it true
Children need to cut the umbilical
cord to be independent and
live as God intends
If a child grows up and still has all
the thoughts about themselves
mommy and daddy had — they
can be wrong today
A child may be telling themselves
today — they need a rich husband
because mama told them that —
And if they aren't rich — they can be
having great unhappiness —
A person always accusing others
for their problems soon has
no friends —
projection —
A man expecting a woman to bow
or wait on them —
Resentment is a rebellion in a
sense against our own
way of life —
We either have to surrender to
our way of life —
or quit — because living
with resentment — anger
discord — hatred is HELL
Felix is coming to the site
next week —
Please come and get a
signed crucifix by
Felix and your picture
Betty is a handmaid who has prayed in the
China Church for 11 years. To get from her
house to the church she uses a walker and
must go over a creek and a little bridge.
We wanted a little place she could rest
by the Church. We need about $1,000 to
make this happen. Can you help us?
We are trying to get
Response to God's Love
and the Mass Book out.
Anybody who wants to help us
with a donation to get these 2 books
out in the Priestly/hierarchy mailing —
Please call Kathleen 1-888-211-3041
July 31, 1994
Words of Jesus to Members of
Shepherds of Christ Associates:"My beloved priest-companion, I intend to use the priestly newsletter, Shepherds of Christ, and the movement, Shepherds of Christ Associates, in a powerful way for the renewal of My Church and the world.
"I will use the newsletter and the chapters of Shepherds of Christ Associates as a powerful instrument for spreading devotion to My Heart and My Mother's Heart.
"I am calling many to become members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. To all of them I will give great blessings. I will use them as instruments to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart and the reign of My Sacred Heart. I will give great graces to the members of Shepherds of Christ Associates. I will call them to be deeply united to My Heart and to Mary's Heart as I lead them ever closer to My Father in the Holy Spirit."
- Message from Jesus to Father Edward J. Carter, S.J., Founder, as given on July 31, 1994,
feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)
The China Church is over 140 years old
and we pray in there 24 hours a day.
It needs stucco and so does
the community building.
Can you please help us?
Call Kathleen 1-888-211-3041
Likewise the priest house
is 150 years old.
Jesus told us to repair it
which we have been doing.
We need $13,000.00 for this work.
You can help put the Blue Book V
in the hands of 1,000 people
we need $1,200 postage for this
It is ready to go
Call Kathleen
1-888-211-3041
You can help put Fr. Joe's homily
book in the hands of
1,000 priests — it costs $1,100
This can help 1,000 parish priests
talk about Covenant for Lent
Please help us
It is ready to go
Call Kathleen 1-888-211-3041
Call Kathleen to Order any of the items below
1-888-211-3041