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May 20, 2005
May 21st Holy Spirit Novena
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The Novena Rosary Mysteries
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From May 18, 2005 message
Prayer for these 17 days —
Dear God help me to be other focused —
Help me to be a source of joy.
Help me to thank You for the gifts
You have given me.
Help me not be block the work
you have called us to do by
focusing on myself —
When pilgrims come, help me
to have grace to spread
the message You have
called me to spread.
Dear God help me to be holy — to see
I am a little link in the big
chain, a single link to help
lead the world into oneness
and love. When I focus on
myself and do not do the work
of being a light and I am
to talk to pilgrims I can
miss an opportunity to spread
your love, through the materials,
prayers, letters of love, consecration,
morning offering You have asked
me to spread.
Dear God thank You for calling me to
be an apostle, (handmaid, servant
etc.) help me to do Your will.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks: On
this third day I write to you
about death - resurrection —
I write to you of the heights of heaven —
of the love I have for you.
I gave to them the great gifts in the
garden and they sinned and you
say — Oh we do not sin —
but you do sin, it is not right
to deny your wrong doing.
Genesis Chapter 3
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.
The man and his wife heard the
sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they
hid from Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. But Yahweh God called to
the man. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the
garden,’ he replied. ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’
‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked. ‘Have you been eating
from the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman
you put with me; she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’ Then
Yahweh God said to the woman, ‘Why did you do that?’ The woman replied,
‘The snake tempted me and I ate.’
Then Yahweh God said to the
snake, ‘Because you have done this,
Accursed be you of
all animals wild and tame!
On your belly you will go
and on dust you will feed
as long as you live.
I shall put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
it will bruise your head
and you will strike its heel.’
To the woman he
said:
I shall give you
intense pain
in childbearing,
you will give birth to your children
in pain.
Your yearning will be for your husband,
and he will dominate you.
To the man he said, ‘Because
you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I had
forbidden you to eat,
Accursed be the soil
because of you!
Painfully will you get your food from it
as long as you live.
It will yield you brambles and thistles,
as you eat the produce of the land.
By the sweat of your face
will you earn your food,
until you return to the ground,
as you were taken from it.
For dust you are
and to dust you shall return.’
The man named his wife ‘Eve’
because she was the mother of all those who live. Yahweh God made tunics of
skins for the man and his wife and clothed them. Then Yahweh God said,
‘Now that the man has become like one of us in knowing good from evil, he
must not be allowed to reach out his hand and pick from the tree of life
too, and eat and live for ever!’ So Yahweh God expelled him from the
garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been taken. He banished
the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the great winged
creatures and the fiery flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of
life.
1 John 2: 1-15
My children, I am writing this
to prevent you from sinning;
but if anyone does sin,
we have an advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the upright.
He is the sacrifice to expiate our sins,
and not only ours,
but also those of the whole world.
In this way we know
that we have come to know him,
if we keep his commandments.
Whoever says, ‘I know him’
without keeping his commandments,
is a liar,
and truth has no place in him.
But anyone who does keep his word,
in such a one
God’s love truly reaches its perfection.
This is the proof
that we are in God.
Whoever claims
to remain in him
must act as he acted.
My dear friends,
this is not a new commandment
I am writing for you,
but an old commandment
that you have had from the beginning;
the old commandment
is the message you have heard.
Yet in another way, I am writing
a new commandment for you
—and this is true for you,
just as much as for him—
for darkness is passing away
and the true light is already shining.
Whoever claims to be in light
but hates his brother
is still in darkness.
Anyone who loves his brother
remains in light
and there is in him
nothing to make him fall away.
But whoever hates his brother
is in darkness
and is walking about in darkness
not knowing where he is going,
because darkness has blinded him.
I am writing to you, children,
because your sins have been forgiven
through his name.
I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the One who has existed
since the beginning.
I am writing to you, young people,
because you have overcome the Evil One.
I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know
the Father.
I have written to you, parents,
because you have come to know
the One who has existed
since the beginning.
I have written to you, young people,
because you are strong,
and God’s word remains in you,
and you have overcome the Evil One.
Do not love the world
or what is in the world.
If anyone does love the world,
the love of the Father
finds no place in him,
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 nature
PRAYER. The usual preparatory prayer.
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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
1 John 2: 18-23
Children, this is the final hour;
you have heard
that the Antichrist is coming,
and now many Antichrists
have already come;
from this we know
that it is the final hour.
They have gone from among us,
but they never really belonged to us;
if they had belonged to us,
they would have stayed with us.
But this was to prove
that not one of them belonged to us.
But you have been anointed
by the Holy One,
and have all received knowledge.
I have written to you
not because you are ignorant of the truth,
but because you are well aware of it,
and because no lie
can come from the truth.
Who is the liar,
if not one who claims
that Jesus is not the Christ?
This is the Antichrist,
who denies both the Father and the Son.
Whoever denies the Son
cannot have the Father either;
whoever acknowledges the Son
has the Father too.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
between 12 and 3
Jesus speaks:
Oh little lost ones
I long to hold you so close to Me,
but you close your eyes and
you look away.
A man had 30 pieces of silver and
he sold it and bought
something —
Oh you say it was a fair exchange —
Oh you of little faith —
I shed My Blood for your sins —
My Body was beaten for your
transgressions —
I give you Myself in the Eucharist
and many ignore this Precious
Gift.
Money is spent abundantly for
rock stars and few come to
the tabernacle to worship
Me and give Me their love
and I am there in the
Blessed Sacrament.
I am the way, the truth and the
life and I speak in these letters
and you ignore Me.
Oh I cry bloody tears for I want
My young men to answer My cry
to be priests, but satan
blinds you more and more and you
will not listen to the gifts
I am giving when you pray
My prayers in the prayer
manual for the priests,
the Church and the world.
English
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
If you follow Me you will know
peace, love and joy.
Satan is pressing on My holy ones and you
give into him.
I carried My cross for your sins.
A man was jealous he could then
go and hurt the person he
wanted to possess or let go
and live doing God's will.
The sin is in acting on the jealousy
you may begin to feel, the
temptation to be envious and
act on it, ——
It is not in doing the wrong work
the boss may give you that
is the problem —
it is the pride, when one comes
and says — that is the boss —
"this is not the way it should
be done" and the person
doing the wrong work (not
caring about the real job
of pleasing the boss) is
angry and unavailable for
three weeks —
What boss would put up with that —
The person could have peaceably
corrected the wrong work —
easily, but the evil exists
when they become angry and
unavailable so the process
set in action cannot be
completed.
The error may be a problem, but the
evil is in giving into jealousy,
anger, bitterness in trying to
hurt someone else.
Peace will be found in forgiving and
loving and following My Word
and the Commandments.
A young child disobeying their parents will
not find peace.
It is the disposition of the heart which
acts in evil ways that
opens the door to evil.
A company was all working hard
for the good of all —
one man lied and was very
secretive about it.
Look at Judas — although all the
Apostles were imperfect —
Judas came and he lied —
he was sneaky.
The devil is sneaky — he wants things
to be hidden
1 John 4: 12-16
No one has ever seen God,
but as long as we love one another
God remains in us
and his love comes to its perfection in us.
This is the proof that we remain in him
and he in us,
that he has given us a share in his Spirit.
We ourselves have seen and testify
that the Father sent his Son
as Saviour of the world.
Anyone who acknowledges
that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in him and he in God.
We have recognised for ourselves,
and put our faith in,
the love God has for us.
God is love,
and whoever remains in love
remains in God
and God in him.
1 John 4: 19-21
Let us love, then,
because he first loved us.
Anyone who says ‘I love God’
and hates his brother,
is a liar,
since whoever does not love the brother
whom he can see
cannot love God whom he has not seen.
Indeed this is the commandment
we have received from him,
that whoever loves God,
must also love his brother.
1 John 5: 5-12
Who can overcome the world
but the one who believes
that Jesus is the Son of God?
He it is who came by water and blood,
Jesus Christ,
not with water alone
but with water and blood,
and it is the Spirit that bears witness,
for the Spirit is Truth.
So there are three witnesses,
the Spirit, water and blood;
and the three of them coincide.
If we accept
the testimony of human witnesses,
God’s testimony is greater,
for this is God’s testimony
which he gave about his Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God
has this testimony within him,
and whoever does not believe
is making God a liar,
because he has not believed
the testimony
God has given about his Son.
This is the testimony:
God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
Whoever has the Son has life,
and whoever has not the Son of God
has not life.
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J. pp. 141-146
313. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
I
Rules for understanding to some extent the
different movements produced in the soul and for recognizing those that
are good to admit them, and those that are bad, to reject them. These
rules are more suited to the first week
314. I.
In the case of those who go from one mortal sin to another, the enemy is
ordinarily accustomed to propose apparent pleasures. He fills their
imagination with sensual delights and gratifications, the more readily to
keep them in their vices and increase the number of their sins.
With such persons the good spirit uses
a method which is the reverse of the above. Making use of the light of
reason, he will rouse the sting of conscience and fill them with remorse.
315. 2. In the case of those who go on
earnestly striving to cleanse their souls from sin and who seek to rise in
the service of God our Lord to greater perfection, the method pursued is the
opposite of that mentioned in the first rule.
Then it is characteristic of the evil
spirit to harass with anxiety, to afflict with sadness, to raise obstacles
backed by fallacious reasonings that disturb the soul. Thus he seeks to
prevent the soul from advancing.
It is characteristic of the good
spirit, however, to give courage and strength, consolations, tears,
inspirations, and peace. This He does by making all easy, by removing all
obstacles so that the soul goes forward in doing good.
316. 3. SPIRITUAL
CONSOLATION. I call it
consolation when an interior movement is aroused in the soul, by which it is
inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord, and as a consequence, can love
no creature on the face of the earth for its own sake, but only in the
Creator of them all. It is likewise consolation when one sheds tears that
move to the love of God, whether it be because of sorrow for sins, or
because of the sufferings of Christ our Lord, or for any other reason that
is immediately directed to the praise and service of God. Finally, I call
consolation every increase of faith, hope, and love, and all interior joy
that invites and attracts to what is heavenly and to the salvation of one's
soul by filling it with peace and quiet in its Creator and Lord.
317. 4. SPIRITUAL
DESOLATION. I call
desolation what is entirely the opposite of what is described in the third
rule, as darkness of soul, turmoil of spirit, inclination to what is low and
earthly, restlessness rising from many disturbances and temptations which
lead to want of faith, want of hope, want of love. The soul is wholly
slothful, tepid, sad, and separated, as it were, from its Creator and Lord.
For just as consolation is the opposite of desolation, so the thoughts that
spring from consolation are the opposite of those that spring from
desolation.
318. 5. In time of desolation we should never
make any change, but remain firm and constant in the resolution and decision
which guided us the day before the desolation, or in the decision to which
we adhered in the preceding consolation. For just as in consolation the good
spirit guides and counsels us, so in desolation the evil spirit guides and
counsels. Following his counsels we can never find the way to a right
decision.
319. 6. Though in desolation we must never
change our former resolutions, it will be very advantageous to intensify our
activity against the desolation. We can insist more upon prayer, upon
meditation, and on much examination of ourselves. We can make an effort in a
suitable way to do some penance.
320. 7. When one is in desolation, he should
be mindful that God has left him to his natural powers to resist the
different agitations and temptations of the enemy in order to try him. He
can resist with the help of God, which always remains, though he may not
clearly perceive it. For though God has taken from him the abundance of
fervor and overflowing love and the intensity of His favors, nevertheless,
he has sufficient grace for eternal salvation.
321. 8. When one is in desolation, he should
strive to persevere in patience. This reacts against the vexations that have
overtaken him. Let him consider, too, that consolation will soon return, and
in the meantime, he must diligently use the means against desolation which
have been given in the sixth rule.
322. 9. The principal reasons why we suffer
from desolation are three:
The first is because we have been tepid
and slothful or negligent in our exercises of piety, and so through our own
fault spiritual consolation has been taken away from us.
The second reason is because God wishes
to try us, to see how much we are worth, and how much we will advance in His
service and praise when left without the generous reward of consolations and
signal favors.
The third reason is because God wishes
to give us a true knowledge and understanding of ourselves, so that we may
have an intimate perception of the fact that it is not within our power to
acquire and attain great devotion, intense love, tears, or any other
spiritual consolation; but that all this is the gift and grace of God our
Lord. God does not wish us to build on the property of another, to rise up
in spirit in a certain pride and vainglory and attribute to ourselves the
devotion and other effects of spiritual consolation.
323. 10. When one enjoys consolation, let him
consider how he will conduct himself during the time of ensuing desolation,
and store up a supply of strength as defense against that day.
324. 11. He who enjoys consolation should take
care to humble himself and lower himself as much as possible. Let him recall
how little he is able to do in time of desolation, when he is left without
such grace or consolation.
On the other hand, one who suffers
desolation should remember that by making use of the sufficient grace
offered him, he can do much to withstand all his enemies. Let him find his
strength in his Creator and Lord.
325. 12. The enemy conducts himself as a
woman. He is a weakling before a show of strength, and a tyrant if he has
his will. It is characteristic of a woman in a quarrel with a man to lose
courage and take to flight if the man shows that he is determined and
fearless. However, if the man loses courage and begins to flee, the anger,
vindictiveness, and rage of the woman surge up and know no bounds. In the
same way, the enemy becomes weak, loses courage, and turns to flight with
his seductions as soon as one leading a spiritual life faces his temptations
boldly, and does exactly the opposite of what he suggests. However, if one
begins to be afraid and to lose courage in temptations, no wild animal on
earth can be more fierce than the enemy of our human nature. He will carry
out his perverse intentions with consummate malice.
326. 13. Our enemy may also be compared in his
manner of acting to a false lover. He seeks to remain hidden and does not
want to be discovered. If such a lover speaks with evil intention to the
daughter of a good father, or to the wife of a good husband, and seeks to
seduce them, he wants his words and solicitations kept secret. He is greatly
displeased if his evil suggestions and depraved intentions are revealed by
the daughter to her father, or by the wife to her husband. Then he readily
sees he will not succeed in what he has begun. In the same way, when the
enemy of our human nature tempts a just soul with his wiles and seductions,
he earnestly desires that they be received secretly and kept secret. But if
one manifests them to a confessor, or to some other spiritual person who
understands his deceits and malicious designs, the evil one is very much
vexed. For he knows that he cannot succeed in his evil undertaking, once his
evident deceits have been revealed.
327. 14. The conduct of our enemy may also be
compared to the tactics of a leader intent upon seizing and plundering a
position he desires. A commander and leader of an army will encamp, explore
the fortifications and defenses of the stronghold, and attack at the weakest
point. In the same way, the enemy of our human nature investigates from
every side all our virtues, theological, cardinal, and moral. Where he finds
the defenses of eternal salvation weakest and most deficient, there he
attacks and tries to take us by storm.
end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius
Excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius, by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
328. RULES FOR DISCERNMENT OF SPIRITS
II
Further rules for understanding the different
movements produced in the soul. They serve for a more accurate discernment
of spirits and are more suitable for the second week
329. 1. It is characteristic of God and His
Angels, when they act upon the soul, to give true happiness and spiritual
joy, and to banish all the sadness and disturbances which are caused by the
enemy.
It is characteristic of the evil one to
fight against such happiness and consolation by proposing fallacious
reasonings, subtilties, and continual deceptions.
330. 2. God alone can give consolation to the
soul without any previous cause. It belongs solely to the Creator to come
into a soul, to leave it, to act upon it, to draw it wholly to the love of
His Divine Majesty. I said without previous cause, that is, without any
preceding perception or knowledge of any subject by which a soul might be
led to such a consolation through its own acts of intellect and will.
331. 3. If a cause precedes, both the good
angel and the evil spirit can give consolation to a soul, but for a quite
different purpose. The good angel consoles for the progress of the soul,
that it may advance and rise to what is more perfect. The evil spirit
consoles for purposes that are the contrary, and that afterwards he might
draw the soul to his own perverse intentions and wickedness.
332. 4. It is a mark of the evil spirit to
assume the appearance of an angel of light. He begins by suggesting thoughts
that are suited to a devout soul, and ends by suggesting his own. For
example, he will suggest holy and pious thoughts that are wholly in
conformity with the sanctity of the soul. Afterwards, he will endeavor
little by little to end by drawing the soul into his hidden snares and evil
designs.
333. 5. We must carefully observe the whole
course of our thoughts. If the beginning and middle and end of the course of
thoughts are wholly good and directed to what is entirely right, it is a
sign that they are from the good angel. But the course of thoughts suggested
to us may terminate in something evil, or distracting, or less good than the
soul had formerly proposed to do. Again, it may end in what weakens the
soul, or disquiets it; or by destroying the peace, tranquility, and quiet
which it had before, it may cause disturbance to the soul. These things are
a clear sign that the thoughts are proceeding from the evil spirit, the
enemy of our progress and eternal salvation.
334. 6. When the enemy of our human nature has
been detected and recognized by the trail of evil marking his course and by
the wicked end to which he leads us, it will be profitable for one who has
been tempted to review immediately the whole course of the temptation. Let
him consider the series of good thoughts, how they arose, how the evil one
gradually attempted to make him step down from the state of spiritual
delight and joy in which he was, till finally he drew him to his wicked
designs. The purpose of this review is that once such an experience has been
understood and carefully observed, we may guard ourselves for the future
against the customary deceits of the enemy.
335. 7. In souls that are progressing to
greater perfection, the action of the good angel is delicate, gentle,
delightful. It may be compared to a drop of water penetrating a sponge.
The action of the evil spirit upon
such souls is violent, noisy, and disturbing. It may be compared to a drop
of water falling upon a stone.
In souls that are going from bad to worse, the action of
the spirits mentioned above is just the reverse. The reason for this is to
be sought in the opposition or similarity of these souls to the different
kinds of spirits. When the disposition is contrary to that of the spirits,
they enter with noise and commotion that are easily perceived. When the
disposition is similar to that of the spirits, they enter silently, as one
coming into his own house when the doors are open.
336. 8. When consolation is without previous
cause, as was said, there can be no deception in it, since it can proceed
from God our Lord only. But a spiritual person who has received such a
consolation must consider it very attentively, and must cautiously
distinguish the actual time of the consolation from the period which follows
it. At such a time the soul is still fervent and favored with the grace and
aftereffects of the consolation which has passed. In this second period the
soul frequently forms various resolutions and plans which are not granted
directly by God our Lord. They may come from our own reasoning on the
relations of our concepts and on the consequences of our judgments, or they
may come from the good or evil spirit. Hence, they must be carefully
examined before they are given full approval and put into execution.
end of excerpt of The Spiritual Exercises of St.
Ignatius
Revelation 1: 4-8
John, to the seven churches of Asia: grace and peace to you from him who is, who was, and who is to come, from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the First–born from the dead, the highest of earthly kings. He loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood, and made us a Kingdom of Priests to serve his God and Father; to him, then, be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen. Look, he is coming on the clouds; everyone will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the races of the earth will mourn over him. Indeed this shall be so. Amen. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Revelation 2: 7
Let anyone who can hear, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches: those who prove victorious I will feed from the tree of life set in God's paradise.
Revelation 4: 1
Then, in my vision, I saw a door open in
heaven and heard the same voice speaking to me, the voice like a trumpet,
saying, ‘Come up here: I will show you what is to take place in
the future.’
Excerpt from September 24, 1998
Messenger: Some time between Ascension Thursday, May 21, 1998 and Pentecost, May 31, 1998.
I saw a vision of an open door, the light within it resembled the light of the vision of March 26, 1996 that can be found in the Apostles Manual (p. 34-36).
The open door was glistening with this reflective golden color mirror-like light. I cannot describe, as I could not describe concerning the 3 main visions, the first being March 26, 1996.
The closest light I can describe to this is the sun reflecting on the water at Tom's Farm but this too leaves an emptiness to its description.
There was a little white sheep at the bottom of the open, glistening door and the little sheep hobbled over a small threshold and went in.
The door was rounded on the top, no corners, like a semi-circle on the top, and the wall surrounding this door was black. The light I describe was within this door and peered out to me in the vision.
I heard our Lord over and over again cry out during this period, "Come out of your tombs, dead, dead, dead, you are dead."
I heard the words similar to the message of May 21, 1998.
I was walled in on all sides – BARS – a prison of my own making. I turned and there was a wall missing and I gaily walked into the free night and the sun followed me as I walked.
I hear Jesus speak: "I am the gateway that leads to freedom."
I know the sea of glass from the vision of March 26, 1996. I know the open door from the vision.
I know the Power, I know the Intimate Burning Heart of Jesus in the Mass.
End of excerpt from September 24, 1998
Revelation 5: 6-14
Then I saw, in the middle of the throne with its four living creatures and the circle of elders, a Lamb standing that seemed to have been sacrificed; it had seven horns, and it had seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits that God has sent out over the whole world,
The Lamb came forward to take the scroll from the right hand of
the One sitting on the throne, and when he took it, the four living
creatures prostrated themselves before him and with them the twenty–four
elders; each one of them was holding a harp and had a golden bowl full of
incense which are the prayers of the saints. They sang a new hymn:
You are worthy to take the scroll
and to break its seals,
because you were sacrificed,
and with your blood
you bought people for God
of every race, language, people and nation
and made them
a line of kings and priests for God,
to rule the world.
In my vision, I heard the sound of an immense number of angels gathered round the throne and the living creatures and the elders; there were ten thousand times ten thousand of them and thousands upon thousands loudly chanting:
Worthy is the Lamb that was sacrificed
to receive power, riches, wisdom,
strength, honour, glory and blessing.
Then I heard all the living things in creation - everything that lives in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and in the sea, crying:
To the One seated on the throne
and to the Lamb,
be all praise, honour, glory and power,
for ever and ever.
And the four living creatures said, 'Amen'; and the elders prostrated themselves to worship.
Mary by day
July 5, 2000
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Revelation 12: 1-2
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. She was pregnant, and in labour, crying aloud in the pangs of childbirth.
Revelation
Chapter 12 click
Revelation 19: 5-9
Then a voice came from the throne; it said 'Praise our God, you servants of his and those who fear him, small and great alike.' And I heard what seemed to be the voices of a huge crowd, like the sound of the ocean or the great roar of thunder, answering, 'Alleluia! The reign of the Lord our God Almighty has begun; let us be glad and joyful and give glory to God, because this is the time for the marriage of the Lamb. His bride is ready, and she has been able to dress herself in dazzling white linen, because her linen is made of the goods deeds of the saints.' The angel said, 'Write this, "Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb,"' and he added, 'These words of God are true.'
Revelation 21: 1-4
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.'
Revelation 22: 6-7
The angel said to me, ‘All that you have
written is sure and will come true: the Lord God who inspires the prophets
has sent his angel to reveal to his servants what is soon to take place. I
am coming soon!’ Blessed are those who keep the prophetic message of this
book.
Revelation 22: 12-13
Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with
me, to repay everyone as their deeds deserve. I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Revelation 22: 20
The one who attests these things says: I am indeed coming soon.
Amen; come, Lord Jesus.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks: I
call you to grow to be
more perfect as your
heavenly Father is perfect.
How you spend your time
maturing spiritually
will effect your life
for all eternity.
I put you on
earth to grow in
greater perfection.
The more perfectly you love —
the more perfectly you will
love for all eternity.
The more perfectly you love
here the greater your
real joy.
The more you learn to love like Me
the greater your capacity to love.
Many people make their own
misery.
A child disobeying their parents,
tipping the scales operating
not in the structure designated
by God for the family —
teaches themselves in every
situation — in relationships
to cause division to get
power.
Carrying imperfect behavior,
bad patterns of behavior
make you and everyone around
you unhappy.
Happiness is found in doing
what is God's will.
There may be suffering, but
there is happiness in
suffering.
You are developing to be
great lovers here
below if you try to
do God's will loving Me
and all others.
You will have a greater capacity
to love here below and
will also in heaven, if
you live to learn to love
like Me and stay rooted
in Me.
Pray 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.
Everybody in a certain family
tried to do the right thing —
a son of about 18 used drugs
and continually lied —
he opened a certain door to evil
in the home —
A man cheated on the books in
the company — he effected
every one there — his dishonesty
opened a certain door to
evil —
Sex out of marriage can open
a door that can be
a bad end ——
Live by the commandments
Live by My Word
Sing: Take Lord Receive
From May 18, 2005 message
Prayer for these 17 days —
Dear God help me to be other focused —
Help me to be a source of joy.
Help me to thank You for the gifts
You have given me.
Help me not be block the work
you have called us to do by
focusing on myself —
When pilgrims come, help me
to have grace to spread
the message You have
called me to spread.
Dear God help me to be holy — to see
I am a little link in the big
chain, a single link to help
lead the world into oneness
and love. When I focus on
myself and do not do the work
of being a light and I am
to talk to pilgrims I can
miss an opportunity to spread
your love, through the materials,
prayers, letters of love, consecration,
morning offering You have asked
me to spread.
Dear God thank You for calling me to
be an apostle, (handmaid, servant
etc.) help me to do Your will.
Study My Passion
November 20, 1993 10:00a.m.
Jesus speaks: ...Come to Me. See Me in their hearts
and their eyes. Your looking into their eyes will shed My glare of light
into them. Look into the eyes of your brothers. I taught them through your
look of love. It is My love and My light I cast into their dark souls. Your
eyes touch, as your hands. People may not want your touching them, but your
eyes touch very deeply the souls of mankind. Strive for perfection and
holiness. Do not give in to yourself and think about how you have been hurt
and violated. Never cry to any man. Come to Me and cry.
I will rid you of yourself and you will know no man has
any power to harm you. The more selfless you become, the more you live
entirely for Me, the more you realize that I am all that matters. The more
you rid yourself of you and let Me in, the less power your brothers will
have over you. You give them power. You think they are important to your
being okay. You are okay. You are perfect as God created you. You are My
child. You do not need your brother's approval. You are above the ground.
You realize your worth and your job is defined. It is to let Me use you,
body and soul, to do My work. This takes total submission.
Whom you touch is being touched by Me. This is your work,
to live for Me so I can live in you and operate from you, so I can love My
people through you. Open wide your gates and let Me penetrate your soul. For
I was hungry and you gave Me to eat, I was naked and you clothed Me.
"When, Lord, did I do these things...?" When you did them to your
brothers, you did them to Me. Amen.
end of November 20, 1993
Song: 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.
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.
(refrain)
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.
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. (refrain)
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.
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.
(refrain)
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.
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. (refrain)
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. (refrain)
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Messenger: When I attend Mass Jesus, I ask
for pardon and strength.
Jesus speaks: Many do not examine their conscience.
Being honest to oneself will help a soul be
closer to me.
I want purity of heart.
I want My bride to wear a white
dress, but many think they
are perfect, they lie to
themselves about the truth.
Many use passive-aggressive
behavior.
I am God
I am Perfect
To be close to Me you are always
striving to look at your
sins and be forgiven.
Examining your conscience at least
once a day is very important.
Respecting authority is an important
part of living in peace for
yourself —
A man wanted to win a race, he
gave all he could to the race —
he was committed and he won.
A person without giving oneself
to the mission will not win
the race.
What good does it do you to give
and to hurt others in the process?
It becomes a very tainted work
when the purity of the heart
for performing the action
is missing.
When I wanted to look into your
eyes and tell you I love you —
you look away —
your heart may be always
whining — seeing yourself as unloved
trying to make yourself feel okay —
You don't even see Me before you
giving you the strength and love you
need, you take your eyes off
of Me — you look like a blind-
man at Me and you do not see
Me — you focus on the negative
words satan is trying to plant
in your hearts —
Division is division — a person
under authority, just like a
child ignoring their parents
will not be happy.
Happiness is found in this —
Your focus is always on Me —
Your love for others is real —
I give you structure
A child must obey their parents
Some men will not answer their
call to the priesthood because
they do not want to be under
a Bishop —
Some when they left the house
at 18 said to themselves
"Nobody will ever tell me
what to do again"
There cannot be a community
of religious if structure
with a superior is not
present.
A sign the world is not wanting
this leadership is that
very few convents exist today.
There are very few convents, fewer and
fewer priests because people are
reflecting the attitude in
the world.
At a common college — all can be
one, concerned with the overall
development of the students.
If the teachers come and all see
only themselves, see themselves
as excelling, are in competition
with the other teachers, rather
then being united for a common
purpose — the students
suffer from self-centered
teachers.
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.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks: A
selfish person - in a family, in
a group — sees themselves as
the end — they really fail to
operate for the over all oneness
of the mission.
What can happen when the community
being built is self centered —
they work against building
a community.
The Trinity is One —
The 3 Persons of the Trinity are One.
The perfect community —
The model for all communities
Here is a power cycle —
ALL WORKING AS ONE
when the action is given —
it is carried out as
the runner of a race —
when one is divided —
one is selfish —
one working against the others —
they can drain the energy from
the action in process and
the devil can use them to
try to drive it into the
ground.
Satan works on the weakest link —
The one being "pressed one" to act
adversely — to cry and whine
and think only of themselves
when the big day comes for
the event.
They try to take all the attention —
satan presses on them and
they give in,
They do not have the sense of real
community, of working for the
mission —
they may harbor secrets of discontent
and misery in their hearts —
when others are giving attention to
launching the boat on the day
of the big race —
their thoughts are always on
discontent and self focus —
then in a quantum leap forward
on the day of the big race —
they see it as an opportunity
to get all the attention —
they have not been focused on
the boat race and winning it —
they were only focused on themselves.
Many bricks make up a wall —
with every brick laid a man
prayed for the mission and
all the people that would
come and receive grace
from God and blessings —
another brick layer, cursed
the place, reviewed his
life of being made a
victim and once again
pinned his discontent inside
of him on some innocent
other —
The wall was built quicker by
a pure heart of love —
Every day is a day to choose happiness
or misery —
A teacher went to class every day —
Every day the same student
caused trouble, dividing
the class and distracting
everyone —
She (the student) was so self-focused — all
she saw was herself —
she wanted so much attention
she tried to be the lead
clown in the class —
The teacher struggled day after
day — after talking
to the student — she could
not stop the abrupt
conduct of the selfish student —
The teacher went to those above
and they did not help —
The problem was inside of the
student — she was selfish —
she did not think of the other
31 students trying to learn —
she tried to get the floor —
talked out and over the class —
she was an adult about 18 or 19
but she wanted the floor.
In community those acting like this
can take the life from the
community and the seeds of division
they plant and wanting attention
can take over at Church.
When one went to a certain Church
the love was felt —
they were all working for a
common goal —
they operated as a glove —
The love and oneness they had was
felt, it was an atmosphere
of love.
In going into a class room with
an unruly student as previously
mentioned — there was tension —
it was not fair to the teacher or
others, but the girl had the
problem and was blind to her
selfishness and unwilling to listen
or to change.
The Trinity is One —
The Trinity is the Most Perfect
Community —
Satan comes and works in a group
on the weakest link —
the problem is in the individual
most times
Selfishness
Self focus
Not wanting to be under anyone
Not willing to take directions —
Competition for the leadership
Passive-Aggressive measures —
emotional control to be above
I have asked you to be holy —
ask yourselves —
why are most of the convents
closing or have only a
few members —
people are taught by the world to
be self-centered
Where children were taught to obey
parents — now the parents
many times are made wrong and
the children in schools can
have parents checked out
when it is not right (some
parents may be unjustfully
treating children)
Parents are not taught to be respected
today as they should be as the
4th commandment states
4. Honor your father and your mother.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
The sex scandal in the Church
hurt the respect for good priests
and the Church.
I have watched people emotionally
try to control others. They
seek the top — they are not
the leader so they cause
conflict beneath — like the
girl in the classroom to
get emotional control —
These people never see themselves
as doing anything wrong —
I tell you this a community of
individuals that does not honestly examine
their conscience will have
those who use patterned
selfish behavior to deal with
habitually.
When everyone in the group is
happy and working together and
you don't like it because
you are not the superior and
not getting the attention and then
press day after day after day
on the superior — your motives
are selfish and self focused
and you are not the runner
running to win the race, but one only
giving into the devil who is
telling you with envy — you
should be in charge and no
body else laughing, because
you aren't in charge.
Excerpt from Response to God's Love,
by Father Edward Carter, S.J.
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The Mystery of Christ and
Christian Existence
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...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).
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
Today is the third day
I call you to love —
I call you to admit your sins —
to give into jealousy and envy is
wrong.
To be prideful is wrong.
A little girl was taught to play
one against the other.
When she was home she played
up to dad and tried to
make her mom envious.
She was causing division for
power.
Rightfully the parents were
over her —
she should have been
under the parents.
The dad had the top place —
the mom should have
had the 2nd place —
She was under them.
She was cute —
she caused division constantly
in the home trying to
get the 2nd spot
And she did.
They lived a life of constant
tension instead of love —
because she manipulated
the authority structure
given by God.
There was seeds of envy and
jealousy that reigned
in these relationships
and suffering and lack of
happiness occurred.
The Trinity is One.
There is perfect love.
When you do not operate in the
structure designated by God
there is unhappiness.
I operate in structure.
Parents are to be over children.
Children are to obey their parents.
When the little girl grew up
she caused imbalance in all
the relationships she was in,
because she learned to be
above her mother — she
caused division and unhappiness
She set up these little situations
like this to get emotional
control and dominance.
Now there was a mother and father
and the children.
The dad supported the mom —
the mom and dad were over
the children.
There was not a little girl
that could compete for
mom's 2nd place in
the family —
The family lived in happiness
because the structure
was lived as God intended.
4th Commandment
Honor your father and your mother.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
I give you the Commandments
and the Word that you
will live as you should.
The Trinity is One.
John 17
After saying this, Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and
said:
Father, the hour has come:
glorify your Son
so that your Son may glorify you;
so that, just as you have given him
power over all humanity,
he may give eternal life
to all those you have entrusted to him.
And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
I have glorified you on earth
by finishing the work
that you gave me to do.
Now, Father, glorify me
with that glory I had with you
before ever the world existed.
I have revealed your name
to those whom you took from the world
to give me.
They were yours
and you gave them to me,
and they have kept your word.
Now at last they have recognised
that all you have given me
comes from you
for I have given them
the teaching you gave to me,
and they have indeed accepted it
and know for certain
that I came from you,
and have believed
that it was you who sent me.
It is for them that I pray.
I am not praying for the world
but for those you have given me,
because they belong to you.
All I have is yours
and all you have is mine,
and in them I am glorified.
I am no longer in the world,
but they are in the world,
and I am coming to you.
Holy Father,
keep those you have given me
true to your name,
so that they may be one like us.
While I was with them,
I kept those you had given me
true to your name.
I have watched over them
and not one is lost
except one who was destined to be lost,
and this was to fulfil the scriptures.
But now I am coming to you
and I say these things in the world
to share my joy with them to the full.
I passed your word on to them,
and the world hated them,
because they belong to the world
no more than I belong to the world.
I am not asking you
to remove them from the world,
but to protect them from the Evil One.
They do not belong to the world
any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth;
your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
I have sent them into the world,
and for their sake I consecrate myself
so that they too
may be consecrated in truth.
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.
Father,
I want those you have given me
to be with me where I am,
so that they may always see my glory
which you have given me
because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
Father, Upright One,
the world has not known you,
but I have known you,
and these have known
that you have sent me.
I have made your name known to them
and will continue to make it known,
so that the love with which you loved me
may be in them,
and so that I may be in them.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
I am Head of the Church —
John the Baptist paved the way —
Mary's head in Florida was
knocked off.
A community cannot work without
structure.
If structure is not present they
will be tainted and unloving —
a person under another can
use emotional ways to try
to get emotional power if
they do not have the position.
Problems are caused —
division
jealousy
envy
pride
are found —
lies are present as people
fail to tell the truth to
cover up their dysfunction —
Mary is Mother of the Church
your Church will not operate
as it should if Mary is
not recognized as Mother
of the Church.
I am the Head.
Mary is the Mother.
Mary is all pure.
When Mary is not recognized as
she should be the Church
will not operate as it should.
When Mary is not recognized as
she should be the purity
of people's lives will not
be as it should.
I want you to put Mary in your hearts in her
rightful role as Mother of
Church.
I want you to go to Mary all pure.
Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven,
have mercy on us.
God, the Son, Redeemer of the world,
have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,
have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God,
have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us (repeat after each invocation).
Holy Mother of God,
Holy Virgin of virgins,
Mother of Christ,
Mother of the Church,
Mother of divine grace,
Mother most pure,
Mother most chaste,
Mother inviolate,
Mother undefiled,
Mother most amiable,
Mother most admirable,
Mother of good counsel,
Mother of our Creator,
Mother of our Savior,
Virgin most prudent,
Virgin most venerable,
Virgin most renowned,
Virgin most powerful,
Virgin most merciful,
Virgin most faithful,
Mirror of justice,
Seat of wisdom,
Cause of our joy,
Spiritual vessel,
Vessel of honor,
Singular vessel of devotion,
Mystical rose,
Tower of David,
Tower of ivory,
House of gold,
Ark of the Covenant,
Gate of heaven,
Morning star,
Health of the sick,
Refuge of sinners,
Comforter of the afflicted,
Help of Christians,
Queen of angels,
Queen of patriarchs,
Queen of prophets,
Queen of apostles,
Queen of martyrs,
Queen of confessors,
Queen of virgins,
Queen of all saints,
Queen conceived without original sin,
Queen assumed into heaven,
Queen of the most holy rosary,
Queen of the families,
Queen of peace,
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray: Grant, we beseech You, O Lord God, that we Your servants
may enjoy perpetual health of mind and body and, by the glorious
intercession of the Blessed Mary, ever virgin, be delivered from present
sorrow, and obtain eternal joy. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
We fly to your patronage, O holy Mother of God. Despise not our petitions in
our necessities, but deliver us always from all dangers, O glorious and
Blessed Virgin.
May 20, 2005 messages continues
Jesus speaks:
Mary is the singular vessel —
Mary is the door to deeper
union with the Trinity.
If Mary's role is a weak role
by her children — you will
not have the unity and love among
your members in the Church
Mary is model — she is the New Eve
I am the New Adam —
I am God —
Adam and Eve sinned —
You suffer from the effects of
original sin
tendencies toward
lust
jealousy
envy
pride
You cannot give into these
temptations.
You must do what is right.
You must forgive.
You must love God with your whole
heart, your whole soul, your
whole being.
You must love your neighbor
as yourself.
Go to Church.
Go to Confession
Examine your conscience everyday.
If the whole class obeys, but the
girl disrupts the whole class
if they are good and she is
not acting justly how this
effects others.
Why do you not have convents
like I desire?
I have asked you in the Shepherds of Christ
to form the Servants and
Handmaids of the Good Shepherd.
If you want centers of love then
people must do what is right.
Homes with dysfunction can be
homes of great pain, instead
of joy.
Children that do dysfunctional
things grow up and continue those
dysfunctional ways.
Satan tells you — you are perfect --
they are at fault —
You must examine your own
conscience or you will
NOT BE HAPPY.
People with secrets — that lie to
themselves about their faults
are not happy —
The world is in the state of becoming —
The world is imperfect —
Only in begging to know your faults
will you receive light to grow —
Pray to be holy say
Dear God,
I want to be one with You —
I want to be one with all others.
Imperfections that I deny drives
me from this oneness.
Help me God to love You by
admitting my faults —
saying I am sorry and
giving mercy to others.
Sing: Loving and Forgiving
Holy Spirit enlighten me to do
your will.
Holy Spirit help me to see
what I need to see.
Dear God help our families,
communities, Churches to
be places of love.
Jesus speaks:
There were two people wanting
to get married.
They both had many imperfections
but they loved each other and
wanted to be united forever.
At first the imperfections were
like pointing fingers poking
the sides of each other, but
with love and forgiveness and
committedness to the marriage
they grew in greater oneness
every day —
growing in greater perfection
takes the desire to
want to change and be
more perfected as your
heavenly Father is perfect —
Growing in oneness is a top
priority.
The Trinity has 3 Persons
and is One.
The Trinity operates in
Perfect love
I am God and I am love —
You are imperfect —
Much of your patterned
imperfections you are
blind to — only through
prayer and grace can you
change
Others never change because
they think they are perfect —
They do not forgive
They do not want to really
take the chance to get
close to others.
Loving means you take
the chance to get hurt,
to be misunderstood —
to grow through trials
to a greater understanding.
The person that will not open
themselves is really unhappy —
They are longing for the love
they desire — the oneness
they were created for
but they never take the
chance to even look at
any imperfections so they
really remain closed —
they won't change their
patterned ways, they may
never forgive —
if something is wrong —
they always reason its
your fault and they always
walk away with
a white dress they think —
Anyone not living in the truth —
thinking they are perfect —
having bitterness
envy, hatred inside
is miserable —
They are locked up like
an onion with the
skin on it —
a garlic with skin —
they are dressed like a
locked vault and
their spontaneity is
dampened —
You cannot be divided and
one at the same time —
You cannot lie and tell
the truth at the
same time —
You cannot commit sin
and not commit sin
at the same time —
You cannot hate and love
at the same time —
Give me your heart and let
go — quit your games —
pray hourly
pray to the Holy Spirit
The Retreat in June 10-13
will change your life —
great grace is given for
healing —
you can see the places where
big furniture is in your
dark room that you keep
bumping into
you can learn about
your sins
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
p.29
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.
SECOND
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.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
p. 32
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.
From The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius,
by Louis J. Puhl, S.J.
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
p. 12
23. FIRST PRINCIPLE AND FOUNDATION
Man is created to praise, reverence and serve God
our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.
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.
May 20, 2005 message continues
Jesus speaks:
Sunday is Trinity Sunday
(1) Pray for Newsletter
(2) Pray Mary is accepted
by all children of
this earth as
their Mother
(3) Pray for holiness
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