Shepherds of Christ Daily Writing        

May 21, 2016

May 22nd Holy Spirit Novena
 Scripture selection is Day 6 Period II.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries 
for May 22nd are Joyful.


 

Please pray for Cole, a 4 year old,
who couldn't swim and lost
consciousness in the pool
and is in ICU.
Pray with all your heart,
spread the blood of Jesus
on all, consecrate all hearts,
pray for an outpouring of the
Holy Spirit on all involved,
cast devil far away.

 

Pray for special intentions.
  

Pray for Dan & Melanie, Jimmy,
Fr. Joe, Mary, Blue Book 17.

Please pray for funds & grace.    

 

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                May 21, 2016
 

Feast of the Holy Trinity

Proverbs 8: 22-31

‘Yahweh created me, first–fruits of his fashioning, 
    before the oldest of his works. 
From everlasting, I was firmly set, 
    from the beginning, before the earth came into being. 
The deep was not, when I was born, 
    nor were the springs with their abounding waters. 
Before the mountains were settled, 
    before the hills, I came to birth; 
before he had made the earth, the countryside, 
    and the first elements of the world. 
When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, 
    when he drew a circle on the surface of the deep, 
when he thickened the clouds above, 
    when the sources of the deep began to swell, 
when he assigned the sea its boundaries
    —and the waters will not encroach on the shore–
    when he traced the foundations of the earth, 
I was beside the master craftsman, 
    delighting him day after day, 
    ever at play in his presence, 
at play everywhere on his earth, 
    delighting to be with the children of men.

 

Psalm 8: 4-9

what are human beings that you spare a thought for them, 
or the child of Adam that you care for him? 

Yet you have made him little less than a god, 
you have crowned him with glory and beauty, 
made him lord of the works of your hands, 
put all things under his feet, 

sheep and cattle, all of them, 
and even the wild beasts, 
birds in the sky, fish in the sea, 
when he makes his way across the ocean. 

Yahweh our Lord, 
how majestic your name throughout the world!

   

Romans 5: 1-5

So then, now that we have been justified by faith, we are at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; it is through him, by faith, that we have been admitted into God’s favour in which we are living, and look forward exultantly to God’s glory. Not only that; let us exult, too, in our hardships, understanding that hardship develops perseverance, and perseverance develops a tested character, something that gives us hope, and a hope which will not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.

 

John 16:12-15

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.

 

Feast of the Holy Trinity

May 26, 2013

INTRODUCTION – (Prov. 8:22-31; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15) There are a number of books in the Old Testament called wisdom books. The books discuss topics such as the meaning of life or the meaning of suffering as well as practical ideas on how to raise children or how to handle your money. Sometimes wisdom is pictured as a person; for example, wisdom is often pictured as a woman who tirelessly tries to lead people away from foolishness and sin. In today’s reading from Proverbs, wisdom is described as a person who was with God before creation and who helped God create the world. This is not to be understood as a reference to the Trinity. It was Christ who revealed the mystery of the Trinity and the Book of Proverbs was composed about 500 years before Christ. With our present theology of the Trinity, however, we can see a vague foreshadowing of what was to be revealed at a later time in the teachings of Jesus.

HOMILY – I’m sure most people here have read a mystery novel or watched a movie about a murder mystery. As the story moves on, we keep getting information about the characters and we get clues that encourage us to try to figure out the mystery. Usually a good mystery, if it’s well done, never allows us to figure out the ending until the end – then it all fits together and makes sense.

    We are faced with several mysteries as a part of our faith. We are given various pieces of information about the mystery, but it doesn’t all fit together yet. Someday it will when we know God more fully and completely, but we’re still working on that.

    The one piece of information we have about God is that there is only one God. In a culture where people worshipped multiple gods, sometimes in the hundreds, God insisted on the Jews undivided loyalty. In those days, people believed that gods were local. For example, if you lived in Egypt, the Egyptian gods held power. If you lived in Babylon, the Babylonian gods held power. But for Israel, no matter where they traveled, their God was the God over all gods. God’s covenant with them was “I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have strange God’s before me.” Before the Babylonian exile (in 587 B.C.), the Jews may have believed that some of the other gods of other nations were real, even if not as powerful as their God. Eventually, the Jews became convinced that all the other gods were just a piece of wood or stone or metal and were nothing at all. It was a hard lesson for the Jews to learn, but they finally caught on after the Babylonian exile.

    The next piece of information we have about God is what Jesus revealed to us. He showed he had amazing power, he was an outstanding teacher, he had power over evil, he showed infinite love, he had authority to forgive sins and give an authoritative interpretation of God’s law, and he had this special relationship with God whom he called Father. All these things showed he was someone more than human. However, when he rose from the dead, ascended to heaven and was seated at the right hand of the Father, his followers recognized him as God and worshipped him as God. It was difficult for the early believers to understand how God could be one, yet they could not deny their experience of Jesus as Son of the Most High, the Son of God, the Savior whose kingdom would last forever as the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary, his mother. Moreover, the letters of Paul and the gospel of John spoke of a third divine personality who regularly descended upon the believers and brought to them marvelous spiritual gifts.

    Although the letters of Paul and the gospels were written in the first century and a simple creed, which we know as the Apostles Creed, took shape in those early years, it took many years of debate, anguish and even bloodshed before Christ’s followers were able to formally and officially define their faith in this mystery of the Trinity. The term “trinity” came about in the early 200’s, a word coined by Tertullian, but the final definition of our faith came about at the Council on Nicea in 325 and at the Council of Constantinople in 381. The profession of faith that came out of these two councils is prayed every Sunday in the Creed.

    So there you have the mystery of the Trinity. The Father is God, the Son is God, the Holy Spirit is God. Yet, there is only one God. If I tried to explain it to you, like some theologians have tried, you would walk out of here not knowing any more than when you came in. That’s not because you would not be smart enough, it’s because I would be incapable of explaining it. So, today I’ll spare you any attempt to explain the Trinity. Maybe next year I may attempt to explain it somewhat. If it’s so profound, I have been asked, why does God want us to know anything about it at all? I’m sure it’s for the same reason any lover reveals himself or herself to the person they love. God wants us to know him, to love him and to serve him. Our knowledge of the Trinity allows us to know him just a little better, even if we don’t fully understand him yet. Some day we shall see God as God is, St. Paul tells us. We shouldn’t be surprised that we don’t fully understand God, because there are many things in this universe that we are still discovering. It stands to reason then that the creator of all that is, the Ultimate Reality, is the greatest mystery of all. Amen.

 

 

  

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                R. Pray for These Things

                1) Pray for the Pope & hierarchy to help us start prayer chapters.
                2) Pray for Dan, Sally Jo, Richard, Carol, Margaret, Sue,
                    Jack, Jean, Amanda, Matthew, Special intentions.
                3) Pray for the priests, the Church and the world!
                4) Pray for the spread of prayer chapters,
                    also for the spread of priests doing prayer chapters.
                5) Pray for the spread of Blue Books.
                6) People going to Florida and China.
                7) Vocations to all 7 categories.
                8) Pray for spread of Consecration and Rosary.
                9) Pray for pope helping us.
               10) Pray for Jeff - sales & health. Pray for Nick.
               11) Blue Book 17 and cover and all involved.
                    For our Publisher and all involved
               12) All intentions on my list, Jerry's list.
               13) Priests getting Fr. Joe's book.
               14) Pray for Fr. Joe's new book, cover & funds for printing & postage.
               15) Donors and members and their families.
               16) Healing of the Family tree.
               17) Dan & Melanie, Catherine & mom, Gary, Mary Jo,
                    Jim & statues, Fr. Ken, Monsignor, Kerry, Tom & wife.
               18) All who asked us to pray for them.
               19) All we promised to pray for.
               20) Rita, John, Doris, Sheila, Jerry, Regina, Sanja,
                    Betty, Sophie, Lisa, Eileen, Fr. Mike, Louie, Laverne,
                    2 Dons, Mary Ellen, Fr. Joe, all priests helping us,
                    Ed, Jimmy, Steve, a special couple, Rosie & all involved.
               21) 2 babies and moms.
               22) Funds and insurance.
               23) Jerry's garage.
               24) In thanksgiving for gifts, graces, & blessings received.
               25) Spread the Blood of Jesus on all of us here.
               26) Consecrate all hearts.
               27) Cast the devil out of all of us here and all in Movement.

 

 

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