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April 22, 2005
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April 22, 2005
Jesus speaks: I call you
to be the Apostles of My
Sacred Heart —
A person went through one superior
after the other —
I call you to understand I have given
you My Movement —
My Mother appeared over and over again
to the world.
I have given you writings in My Blue
Books since 1993.
I have taken you into the depth of
My Heart.
A priest got up on Sundays and focused
on the people who were not helping
the church by selfish behavior —
Soon nobody went to that church —
The devil can work through one to cause
conflict —
I come to tell you of My love and hold
you in My Heart —
I come to make you Apostles
of My Sacred Heart - to go
forth and spread My love —
Satan focuses on you —
he tempts you to be selfish,
prideful, looking at the glass
as half-empty —
He wants you to tear down
while others build up.
Satan is the devil —
He wants souls for hell —
I am your God.
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
136. THE FOURTH DAY
A MEDITATION ON TWO STANDARDS
The one of Christ, our supreme leader and lord,
the other of Lucifer, the deadly enemy of our
human naturePRAYER. The usual preparatory prayer.
window at a former Jesuit Seminary
137. FIRST PRELUDE. This is the history. Here it will be that Christ calls and wants all beneath His standard, and Lucifer, on the other hand, wants all under his.
138. SECOND PRELUDE. This is a mental representation of the place. It will be here to see a great plain, comprising the whole region about Jerusalem, where the sovereign Commander-in-Chief of all the good is Christ our Lord; and another plain about the region of Babylon, where the chief of the enemy is Lucifer.
139. THIRD PRELUDE. This is to ask for what I desire. Here it will be to ask for a knowledge of the deceits of the rebel chief and help to guard myself against them; and also to ask for a knowledge of the true life exemplified in the sovereign and true Commander, and the grace to imitate Him.
FIRST PART
THE STANDARD OF SATAN
140. FIRST POINT. Imagine you see the chief of all the enemy in the vast plain about Babylon, seated on a great throne of fire and smoke, his appearance inspiring horror and terror.
141. SECOND POINT. Consider how he summons innumerable demons, and scatters them, some to one city and some to another, throughout the whole world, so that no province, no place, no state of life, no individual is overlooked.
142. THIRD POINT. Consider the address he makes to them, how he goads them on to lay snares for men and bind them with chains. First they are to tempt them to covet riches (as Satan himself is accustomed to do in most cases) that they may the more easily attain the empty honors of this world, and then come to overweening pride.
The first step, then, will be riches, the second honor, the third pride. From these three steps the evil one leads to all other vices.
SECOND PART
THE STANDARD OF CHRIST
143. In a similar way, we are to picture to ourselves the sovereign and true Commander, Christ our Lord.
144. FIRST POINT. Consider Christ our Lord, standing in a lowly place in a great plain about the region of Jerusalem, His appearance beautiful and attractive.
145. SECOND POINT. Consider how the Lord of all the world chooses so many persons, apostles, disciples, etc., and sends them throughout the whole world to spread His sacred doctrine among all men, no matter what their state or condition.
146. THIRD POINT. . . .
end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. p. 1223. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.
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
April 22, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: I
called you to help Me spread My
love.
I give to you My Church.
My Church is My bride —
The Church has rules —
I give you the commandments —
I give you these rules —
I give you the priests —
I give you the structure of
the family.
I operate in structure.
You can set out to perform a task —
all may work diligently — satan
works through the weakest link
to tear down —
All the once energetic souls working
toward an end can then be left
like dragging rags as satan
comes through one to sap the
energy from the endeavor by
one who gives into satan, is
self-focused and causing trouble
I have given you My Heart in My writings —
I have given you My writings of
love.
I have written to you personal love
letters —
When few come do you take responsibility
how your lack of energy contributed
to this —
A man dragged a ball and chain every
where he went - at the end of a
long day he sat on the ground
and he cried —
"Oh, I am so tired"
Mary appeared to him and said
"Let go of the ball and chain"
He looked and he saw how heavy
it was and in that moment he
cut it loose —
Do you carry bags of garbage on your
back, and when you are tired
try to put them on somebody else's
back —
Do you ever look at your habits?
A man tried every boss that was sent
to the office of a big company ——
Finally after 4 bosses, the owner's
son showed up to see how
was the atmosphere of the
place because it was
constantly losing money and
could not support itself.
What he saw was one person
answering the phones growled
at everyone who called —
another man never did the job
of greeting the people who came —
he was so focused on himself —
wherever he was he caused
problems —
he didn't greet the people with
warmness and do the job —
He didn't do the things that the
management wanted —
another man caused disharmony
where ever he was —
As long as they were permitted to
live this way - 4 bosses
could not make any difference
to the center, unless the trouble makers
were fired.
I am the Lamb that was slain —
If you walk in My footprints
you act as I would act.
The blossoms come up every year.
The sun comes up every day.
I give you the sun
I give you the moon
2 men looked out prison bars
one saw mud, the other stars.
I have asked you to be an Apostle of
My Sacred Heart and spread
My Mission —
I give you My writings —
This is My Movement to help
renew the Church and the world.
I give you a writing from the
Bible
John 17: 20-23
I pray not only for these
but also for those
who through their teaching
will come to believe in me.
May they all be one,
just as, Father, you are in me
and I am in you,
so that they also may be in us,
so that the world may believe
it was you who sent me.
I have given them the glory
you gave to me,
that they may be one as we are one.
With me in them and you in me,
may they be so perfected in unity
that the world will recognise
that it was you who sent me
and that you have loved them
as you have loved me.
April 22, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks: I give you the Our Father
The 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.
April 22, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks:
how can you say three rosaries
a day and carry such bitterness
in your heart —
I want you to thank Me —
I want you to be an apostle —
Satan will try to get you to focus
on yourselves.
A man and woman got married —
he was very imperfect and wouldn't
change — he hurt the whole
family by forcing his dysfunctional
ways on others —
They functioned many years later
as a very unloving, unhappy
home.
It was because of the force,
the noise, the anger - others
finally gave into the angry man.
Satan is like that — the
mild may yield to the angry —
some people are in the community,
family still saying
"Nobody will ever tell me what to do"
they haven't changed since the
day they left home at 18 — they
force others to live with their
dysfunctional ways.
I have given you great gifts from heaven —
I have chosen you —
I have called you to be thankful —
I have called you to My site to
spread My love —
If you are unloving you don't
belong there —
You are to be a light —
You are to smile —
You are to be filled with
energy and love.
I am love ! !
You have been called to the site
to spread My Mission.
Until now you could have never
been able to handle pilgrims
of any number —
Now will you be My pilgrims of love
Now will you spread the message
of My Jesus water —
A bull dog guarded the fence
of a house filled with love —
A man came from afar and said —
"how can I learn of your message
when I come a bull dog bites
at my feet and chases me
away" —
Open your arms like mine when I
hung on the cross —
Smile My smiles and give love
and light —
I am God —
I am the Light of the World.
Be thankful for all the gifts I have given
you — some have treated My gift
so wrongfully — you suffer for them —
lack of gratitude —
lack of vision —
lack of really even understanding -
what it is to forgive —
How do you want Me to forgive
you?
You don't forgive anyone else and
you see yourself as
perfect —
I see all your faults and I died
for your sins —
I give you this commandment —
"Love one another as I have
loved you"
What if a man built a castle, but has a heart full of debris?
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