May 28, 2010

                Today's Readings

1 Peter 4: 7-13

The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer. Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin. Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling. Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put it at the service of others. If anyone is a speaker, let it be as the words of God, if anyone serves, let it be as in strength granted by God; so that in everything God may receive the glory, through Jesus Christ, since to him alone belong all glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

My dear friends, do not be taken aback at the testing by fire which is taking place among you, as though something strange were happening to you; but in so far as you share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, so that you may enjoy a much greater gladness when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for bearing Christ's name, blessed are you, for on you rests the Spirit of God, the Spirit of glory.

Mark 11: 11-26

He entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple; and when he had surveyed it all, as it was late by now, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

Next day as they were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry. Seeing a fig tree in leaf some distance away, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it, but when he came up to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs. And he addressed the fig tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say this.

So they reached Jerusalem and he went into the Temple and began driving out the men selling and buying there; he upset the tables of the money changers and the seats of the dove sellers. Nor would he allow anyone to carry anything through the Temple. And he taught them and said, 'Does not scripture say: My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples? But you have turned it into a bandits' den.' This came to the ears of the chief priests and the scribes, and they tried to find some way of doing away with him; they were afraid of him because the people were carried away by his teaching. And when evening came he went out of the city.

Next morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered to the roots. Peter remembered. ‘Look, Rabbi,’ he said to Jesus, ‘the fig tree that you cursed has withered away.’ Jesus answered, ‘Have faith in God. In truth I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, "Be pulled up and thrown into the sea," with no doubt in his heart, but believing that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. I tell you, therefore, everything you ask and pray for, believe that you have it already, and it will be yours. And when you stand in prayer, forgive whatever you have against anybody, so your Father in heaven may forgive your failings too.’

                St. Peter was writing to those who were suffering
                    for their faith —

                Keep on loving, one another

                Be helpful to those you work with —
                St. Paul says — love covers a multitude
                    of sins
                Forgive if you want your heavenly
                    Father to forgive you

                People were changing money
                The fig tree message
                The people were not producing good fruit —
                Passage ends almost like the Our Father —

Mark 11: 25

                    And when you stand in prayer, forgive whatever you have against anybody, so your Father in heaven may forgive your failings too.’

                Rules, Rules, Rules

                We operate on rules.                

                Duke Energy has rules —
                Duke Energy has prices

                In church they couldn't run the air conditioner
                    it was hot — rules for cheaper schedule —
                    obey the rules — No place runs without
                    rules

                God operates in structure as we saw in
                    yesterday's message —

                Those in authority — report to those
                    over them —

                Priests must obey their bishops
                The Church is under the Holy Father —

                Satan wants people to disobey authority —
                    He attacks people to disobey
                        try to usurp power

                But the devil wants a person to give their power to him —

                We see the devil tempted Adam and Eve to disobey —
                    They wanted to be equal to God —
                    They thought they could disobey and God wouldn't
                        punish them —

                    God gave them a rule —

                    God gives us the 10 Commandments —     

The Ten Commandments

  1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
  3. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
  4. Honor your father and your mother.
  5. You shall not kill.
  6. You shall not commit adultery.
  7. You shall not steal.
  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
  10. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.

                    When we are angry and wish harm to our
                        brother we are sinning against
                        the commandment — thou shalt
                        not kill — hurting our innocent brother —
                        premeditated punishment for control
                        of others because of anger is wrong

                We are commanded to love God and love one another —
                    to do God's will in love — even in suffering —

                We have been called in baptism to spread the
                    Good News —

                    It was a calling by God — The fact we were given
                        baptism — many of us as babies given this gift of baptism —
                        Do we thank God for this gift —
                        God chose us, God gave us this sharing
                            in His life in baptism —
                        The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit live in the graced, baptized soul.
                        What a gift —

                    How would it be if we did not believe in Jesus
                        as children, what a gift God gave us —

                Jesus thank You for the gift of baptism —

                Dear God thank You for giving me the sacraments.

                Thank You for the Eucharist, Confession,
                    Confirmation —

                People who get great honors because of their
                    talents are to give their talents for
                    the honor and glory of God to build the Kingdom of God —

                We are given our talents to build the Kingdom
                    to do God's work —

                We see the message in the withered fig tree —

                It had green leaves, but was giving no fruit —
                    Christ cursed the fig tree —

                He threw out the money changers in the temple —
                    The temple was the Father's house and it was
                        a house of prayer —
                    We are to use things as God wants — for God's
                        honor and glory —
                    God created us and gave us our talents —
                    It is our response to God's love —
                    It is to develop our unique talents to serve Him —

                    Be good servants of the many gifts that God has
                        given us —

The Lord comes to judge the earth.

Psalm 96: 10-13

Say among the nations, ‘Yahweh is king.’ 
The world is set firm, it cannot be moved. 
He will judge the nations with justice.

Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad! 
Let the sea thunder, and all it holds! 
Let the countryside exult, and all that is in it, 
and all the trees of the forest cry out for joy, 

at Yahweh’s approach, for he is coming, 
coming to judge the earth; 
he will judge the world with saving justice, 
and the nations with constancy.

Jude 17-25

But remember, my dear friends, what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 'At the final point of time', they told you, 'there will be mockers who follow nothing but their own godless desires.' It is they who cause division, who live according to nature and do not possess the Spirit.

But you, my dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves within the love of God and wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to give you eternal life. To some you must be compassionate because they are wavering; others you must save by snatching them from the fire; to others again you must be compassionate but wary, hating even the tunic stained by their bodies.

To him who can keep you from falling and bring you safe to his glorious presence, innocent and joyful, to the only God, our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, authority and power, before all ages, now and for ever. Amen.

Mark 11: 27-33

They came to Jerusalem again, and as Jesus was walking in the Temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to him, and they said to him, 'What authority have you for acting like this? Or who gave you authority to act like this?' Jesus said to them, 'And I will ask you a question, just one; answer me and I will tell you my authority for acting like this. John's baptism, what was its origin, heavenly or human? Answer me that.' And they argued this way among themselves, 'If we say heavenly, he will say, "Then why did you refuse to believe him?" But dare we say human?' — they had the people to fear, for everyone held that John had been a real prophet. So their reply to Jesus was, 'We do not know.' And Jesus said to them, 'Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.'

                By what authority did Jesus do this?

                Who has the power —

                God has all the power be mindful of this
                    when you try to rebel against God's will.

                Christ showed us obedience —

                To die to the hate and anger inside of
                    us from past wounds —

                It is wrong to project anger from the past
                    on innocent others —

                In a book "Your Inner Child of the Past" the
                    author talks about problems in
                    childhood at home — in anger and
                    fighting and
                    so to survive the little child developed
                        an armored shell at home —

                    His wife reported that it was almost
                        unbearable how distant he was
                        at home and her life was miserable —
                    He was successful at work with others
                        and when he came home he
                        crawled into his armored shell
                        of his child of the past —
                    He could not experience intimacy
                        because of this hard shell —

                    He was operating in the world, friendly,
                        but at home he acted out what
                        the child of the past knew —

                    His child of the past controlled his
                        home life —
                        The commandments call us to
                            love God, love others —
                        Men are to love their wives as Christ
                            loved the Church —
                        But he was stuck —
                                        stuck —

                        He acted like he didn't want to, but
                            he could not bring himself to look
                            at how the child of the past ruled
                            his life —

                    The people in his family were robbed
                        of life while he operated with
                        his shell, shocked heart —

                In the spiritual life we recognize
                    our weaknesses, Fr. Carter called it the evil
                    within us and we ask God to remove
                    these defects of character and we are
                    willing for God to do this — so we are
                    living in love according to God's will —

                A person who does not parent his child of the
                    past properly allows this inner child of the past,
                    to act on its feelings which hurt others and to
                    demand their way. Demanding their way without
                    limitation — the child avoids boundaries
                    and just demands their way — doing
                    things that offend others and not
                    growing in the spiritual life dying
                    to those things not like Jesus and
                    growing more and more in the image
                    of Jesus —

                A person acting from their unruly child of
                    the past lives, as they please without being
                    parented by themselves — as the adult
                    parent inside of us - keeps the child in check.

                They as a child wanting affection
                    can be pouting, demanding
                    their way without limits —

                The book say — The little child of the
                    past is still in there and that
                    child is to be playful and full
                    of life, but parented by the adult —
                    inner - parent within us.

                How do we parent the child of the past?

                We must be as adults in the world —
                    with mature relationships —
                    giving love to others —
                    We live with boundaries —
                    We love others —
                    We learn to share —

                We do not throw a fit, act in rage, use
                    passive-aggressive ways to get
                    our way and games to get our way —
                    we work in love with others — we don't act out pain
                    on others today — We work in structure, obedience —

                We see we are growing as God wants in His
                    image and likeness

                God created us uniquely with a unique
                    purpose in life —

                We see that God gave us unique talents, but
                    from original sin — we have a fallen
                    human nature and tendencies toward
                    anger, jealousy, dominance for
                    dominance sake, envy, greed,
                    lust, pride

                God created us, but we are tainted — Jesus
                    came and showed us we are to reach
                    for the light — He is the Light of the
                    World — We are to be accountable
                    for our sins, acknowledge our
                    sins of pride, anger, control,
                    manipulation and unloving ways —

                Christ was bound at the pillar and whipped for
                    our sins of anger, unforgiveness,
                    pre-meditated ways in which we can,
                    take out revenge on others, by punishing
                    them for hatred and anger in us —

                Look at us bound by unforgiveness, not
                    admitting sins of pride, anger —
                    trying to prove - we are perfect —

                When we are physically bound up we don't feel good —

                Spiritually bound up is misery —

                The fight can be in us —

                Admit the truth — we are tainted and Christ
                    was bound at the pillar whipped for our sins —
                    or we can lie to ourselves and try to prove
                    to others we are perfect —
                    we were never wrong and we can
                    fight until we die, fight to prove
                    we are perfect

                    Thinking we are perfect is a lie — listen to John —

                We were chosen by God
                We were created by God
                We are the creature —
                We are to follow God's Plan —
                We are tainted in our human nature —
                Our fight can be in us — life long to prove
                    we are never wrong —

                This is our god: "proving we are perfect"

                We can see through the eyes of 'perfectionistic' parents —

                We can be totally consumed with projecting
                    the perfect image to others —
                    like parents demanded —
                    Now we do it to ourselves

                Christ showed us St. Peter denied Him
                    3 times and
                    Peter was sorry —
                    Christ made Peter the pope —

                What is your mask —

                The heart should reach out in love to
                    others being a power source
                    of love — plugged into the Heart of Jesus

1 Peter 4: 7-13

The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer. Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin. Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling. Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put it at the service of others. If anyone is a speaker, let it be as the words of God, if anyone serves, let it be as in strength granted by God; so that in everything God may receive the glory, through Jesus Christ, since to him alone belong all glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.

My dear friends, do not be taken aback at the testing by fire which is taking place among you, as though something strange were happening to you; but in so far as you share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, so that you may enjoy a much greater gladness when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for bearing Christ's name, blessed are you, for on you rests the Spirit of God, the Spirit of glory.

                In the Gospel today —

                The fig tree had leaves, but no fruit —
                When we die — God will ask us how we loved —

                Christ cursed the fruitless fig tree —
                Christ overturned the money changers

                The Temple was for worshipping God —
                Not their selfish whims —

                We are to be like Jesus

                Bishop Sheen says —

  Third Effect: Communion with the
Mystical Body of Christ

    No one was ever so wrong as the professor who said: "Religion is what a man does with his solitariness." If man is solitary, he is like a cell that is isolated from the body. The body can live without an individual cell, but the cell cannot live without the body. No man can live the divine life without some incorporation either in fact, or in desire, with the Mystical Body of Christ which is the Church. But the Mystical Body of Christ can live without an individual member. Our Blessed Lord described our union with Himself the night He gave the Eucharist, as that of the "vine and the branches." St. Paul speaks of us, too, as being many and yet one because we all eat the one bread. There is no autonomic individualism in the Scriptures or in humanity. The whole historical existence is transformed; that is to say, both humanity and the visible creation. The first was transformed through the Incarnation; the second, through the sacraments and its symbols which animate personality.

    As there is a lymph which passes through the human body, each cell drinking of that life; so too, the Eucharist is the Divine lymph of the Mystical Body of Christ on which every member feeds. The members of the Church as not little spiritual islands each cherishing its own isolation. What blood plasma is to the physical body, the Eucharist is to the Mystical Body—the bond of its unity: "The one bread makes us one body, though we are many in number" (1 Corinth. 10: 17).

  

                We are to be authentic — what goes on inside
                    of me should be the same thing we speak of —
                    the look on our face
                    Our heart, our face, our voice, our actions are to match —
                    being authentic in mind and heart —
                    Enduring hardship patiently not
                        projecting anger on others —
                        hurting others in pre-meditated actions of
                        built-up anger is wrong!!

                Wishing to hurt others is an offense against
                    the 5th commandment —

                    We are not to be jealous
                    We are not to use others as a scapegoat
                        for our anger —

                    We heaped their sins on the back
                        of Jesus —

                    Jesus is the innocent LAMB led
                        to the slaughter

                The Mass is the Sacrifice of Calvary
                    sacramentally made present —

                In baptism God gives us a sharing
                    in His life

                We want to go to heaven —
                We need to work on our friendship
                    with God so we die in His
                    friendship —

                So we are here with others — Jesus says
                    what we do to them, we do to
                    Him

                Our life is a time of letting go —

                    People who are wounded can have fear
                        of abandonment and
                        try to make others slavishly dependent
                        on them —
                        while they can wear a mask of
                            independence and control —

                Obedience in structure — following rules is shown
                    by Jesus on the cross —

                    Adam and Eve disobeyed God and how God
                        punished the whole human race for
                        their sin

                God works in structure
                God gave Moses the commandments on the mountain —
                God came in the burning bush —

                Jesus truly rose from the dead —

                This shows the miracle of God —
                This shows the acceptance of the Father —

                Jesus ascended into heaven
                    awesome

                Jesus truly ascended into heaven —
                    The Apostles were witnesses —

                People saw Jesus die

                The Apostles saw the empty tomb —
                    the stone rolled back

                Truly Jesus is the Son of God —
                Truly Jesus is the Messiah

                Song: A Song from Jesus

                Jesus has died and risen.

                We have been baptized into His death and resurrection.

                Each Christian act is characterized by this
                    Christ-like pattern.

                Whether we work or play, experience
                    success or failure, are admired or
                    ridiculed, taste ecstatic happiness or
                    feel especially afflicted by the sorrowful
                    aspect of human existence, we are
                    dying and rising with Jesus.

• Why should the world’s harsh dimension blind the Christian concerning its basic truth, goodness, and beauty? For to travel life’s journey with this friend Jesus is to share His vision, a vision which permits us to see the world’s Christlike image, which nothing—absolutely nothing—can destroy.

• Jesus loves each of us as precious, unique individuals. Allowing the realization of this simple but awesome truth to guide us is to walk the path which leads to the highest holiness.

• The committed Christian must consistently ask, “Is Jesus really the focal point of my existence?”

• “How many Christians really listen to Jesus’ message and live it?” is a question I can ask but cannot answer. “How do I listen to Jesus’ message and live it?” is a question I should ask and can answer.

• Jesus gathers up what are otherwise the all-too-fragmented pieces of my existence—the joy and the pain, the laughter and the tears, the success and the failure—and molds these into a Christlike unity.

• We are an enigma to ourselves when we seek happiness apart from the way of Jesus, knowing within the depths of our being that following such a path leads to hideous frustration.

• This or that person may not realize our present suffering. But Jesus knows—and He cares.

• The tender and reassuring touch of Jesus—we can vividly experience this in all sorts of situations, and sometimes when we least expect it.

• Jesus chose to lead much of His life in an obscure and disparaged place called Nazareth. This tells us something if we have ears with which to hear.

• It is sad but true that many Christians seem to have little or no desire for learning more about Jesus. Yet they eagerly pursue further knowledge concerning all sorts of other things. Let us pray for the grace never to be so blind.

• To grow in union with Jesus is to be increasingly possessed by His love. So possessed, we eagerly want to spend ourselves in love for God and neighbor, no matter what the cost.

• Jesus loved us and poured Himself out for us until there was no more to give. This is the poignant beauty of His life.

• How can we refuse to love anybody, since all have been touched by Jesus’ redemptive blood?

• Jesus looked at me, and His gaze was so attractive. Jesus has reached out and touched me, and brought me to His Heart. This has been by happiness.

• Jesus has left His indelible imprint upon the human condition by the way He loved—in laughter and in tears, in work and in relaxation, in suffering and in rejoicing.

• At times we can refuse the voice of Jesus—we do not respond, we do not give, we do not grow in selflessness, we simply do not live as we should. Is it because of fear, or laziness, or sensuality, or pride, or rationalization?

• The acclaimed and the unnoticed, the lettered and the uneducated, the old and the young, the laborer and the scholar, the comely and the homely—people from all classes and situations have, over the ages, been inspired by the One called Jesus.

• His enemies have tried to stamp out the memory of Jesus. Yet He and His message are still vitally present, so much so that for countless persons life is meaningless without Him.

• Our own enthusiasm for Jesus can be aided by recalling the fervor of those who have preceded us in the cause of Christ. One of these, St. Ignatius of Antioch, wrote during the first ages of Christianity: “Neither the kingdoms of this world nor the bounds of the universe have any use for me. I would rather die for Jesus Christ than rule the last reaches of the earth. My search is for Him Who died for us; my love is for Him who rose for our salvation.”²

• Jesus knows our weakness far better than we ourselves. Still He expects great things of us. Indeed, He has left us a unique formula, one that seems strange to the unbelieving: our weakness plus His strength can accomplish the marvelous, whether the marvelous be hidden or well-known, whether it appear to others as extremely important or seemingly insignificant.

• “My one hope and trust is that I shall never have to admit defeat, but that now as always I shall have the courage for Christ to be glorified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. Life to me, of course, is Christ, but then death would bring me something more…” (Ph 1:20-21).

1. 2. “St. Ignatius of Antioch, The Letters,” as in The Fathers of The Church, Fathers of the Church, Inc., p. 110.

                Song: Give Me Your Heart Oh Jesus

Act of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

"Lord Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock, I consecrate myself to Your most Sacred Heart. From Your pierced Heart the Church was born, the Church You have called me, as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, to serve in a most special way. You reveal Your Heart as a symbol of Your love in all its aspects, including Your most special love for me, whom You have chosen as Your companion in this most important work. Help me to always love You in return. Help me to give myself entirely to You. Help me always to pour out my life in love of God and neighbor! Heart of Jesus, I place my trust in You!

"Dear Blessed Virgin Mary, I consecrate myself to your maternal and Immaculate Heart, this Heart which is symbol of your life of love. You are the Mother of my Savior. You are also my Mother. You love me with a most special love as a member of Shepherds of Christ Associates, a movement created by your Son as a powerful instrument for the renewal of the Church and the world. In a return of love, I give myself entirely to your motherly love and protection. You followed Jesus perfectly. You are His first and perfect disciple. Teach me to imitate you in the putting on of Christ. Be my motherly intercessor so that, through your Immaculate Heart, I may be guided to an ever closer union with the pierced Heart of Jesus, Chief Shepherd of the flock."

Excerpt from Priestly Newsletter Book I by Fr. Edward J. Carter, S.J. p. 58

                Give thanks to God who called us to His Kingdom —
                Growth because of witness to God in their hearts
                    of love — in hearts of truth —
                    in witnessing to God and working to build
                    God's Kingdom — not with ulterior motives
                        for pride, affection, power —

Sorrowful Mysteries

                The Agony in the Garden

                (1) Luke 22: 41-46

                (2) Slavery to sin
                    Jesus sweat blood for our sins
                        in the garden

                (3) Jesus saw all who would be lost
                    despite His suffering and death —

                (4) Acts 13: 16-23

                (5) Hebrews 1: 1-3

                (6) Jesus Christ is the Mediator between
                        God and man —
                     Jesus Christ is God —

                (7) Jesus is the way, the truth and the life —

                (8) Matthew 28: 20

and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you. And look, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.’

                (9) Matthew 6: 19-21

‘Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and woodworm destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworm destroys them and thieves cannot break in and steal. For wherever your treasure is, there will your heart be too.

                (10) Sing: Lord Let Me Walk —

Mark 14: 43-46

And at once, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up and with him a number of men armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Now the traitor had arranged a signal with them saying, ‘The one I kiss, he is the man. Arrest him, and see he is well guarded when you lead him away.’ So when the traitor came, he went up to Jesus at once and said, 'Rabbi!' and kissed him. The others seized him and arrested him.

                Jesus is Scourged at the Pillar

                (1) One who is enslaved to sin is bound —

                (2) We see the Hebrews who were
                    enslaved by the Egyptians —
                    Only God to free them —
                    "Let My People go" Moses said to Pharaoh

                (3) God never abandons the faithful —

                (4) When one is jealous, angry, envious
                    they are bound up. If full of
                    hatred, unforgiveness we are bound up.
                    Jesus was bound at the pillar for our sins —

                (5) We were created in the image and likeness of God —
                    People who rebel against God's will are
                        attracted to sin —

                (6) There is a constant war with the
                        fallen human nature.

                (7) Hebrews 12: 4-7

                (8) Hebrews 12: 11-15

I Died For You

February 23, 1994

Jesus:  I want this emotion in the letter I told you to write. I, Jesus, Son of God, talk to you with such emotion! I am He Who died a brutal death for love of you. I died for you! I love you this much, to give My Life! Yet you couldn't even write when I asked you. You must do exactly as I say. I do not want you ever to say no to Me!

I have such emotion! I am telling you how I died a brutal death and you, My child, did not write for Me! What more can I do? What more do they want? You put others before Me or you would do as I command. I want you to do as I tell you every moment.

I am the Lord. I am the Son of God. Such emotion I let you feel for My death. I died. I am a person. I was human and I died for you. Think of yourself giving your life for someone and they do not care. What can I do to shake you? What more can I say? I am here and I am loving you and pleading with you to listen to Me with this emotion that God is telling you. I am Jesus. I died for you. I gave My life for you and do you even listen, My little sweet one? You didn't want to write it for My children. When I give you a command, you write. When I say do, you do. Selflessness! I am pushing you because I need your total surrender. Do not ever deny My writing to My loved ones. You have a responsibility. I don't care where you are when I talk. I am God and I talk to you. I am so present to you.

Listen. I need your selflessness. I need your surrender. I need your life, given for love of Me and Me alone. I need you to be the light that shines on the hill, that does not go in and out but is constant in My love. I need your commitment. I need your attention at every moment. I am feeding you My words every moment on paper and in your hand. You must obey Me exactly as I command. No questions, only action. I want action. Now! You write when I say write. I don't care where you are. You worry not for others. I am giving you the mighty medicine. Would you tell the doctor to wait? I am God and I do not ever want to wait while you play a safe game with Me. When I say do something, I want you to do it. You are My beloved and I am filling you with fire.

I am pushing you to do that which I need done. Do not ever stop to look around. Keep your focus on Me and My commands for you. I am using you every moment. I must be able to count on your constant consent to do My will immediately! I am calling you to this work and I want you to comply. I love you ardently. I am so full of love for you. Focus on this and this alone. I am Who am. I am God, child. Do not ever hesitate. Do not doubt or think. You must act as I act in you or My work will not be done.

Be selfless about My commands. You will do My work. You will spread My words of love and create emotion with My songs and I will use you to bring My flock to My love. I love every soul! You must spread My love.

Note: (Meditating on the Crucifixion) Going to Mass at the seminary at 8:00 a.m. was rushed. He said to me, "Where are you going, child. Do you not feel My presence with you?" A calm came over me. Then He started lamenting how He died for us, how He is a true person and He loves us so much. He said, "I died for you."

R. He gave His life for us. He is the little lamb led to the slaughter out of love for us. He said, "I need you to do this work now and I am pushing you." He was so upset! He died for us. He loves us so much as to give His life.

He begged me to spread His love, to tell others how He, bloodied, bruised and beaten, gave us His life.

Jesus: I am God. I am God. I died. Spread My love now! Now! Now! Now! Now! I am begging you not to hold back! Read these letters now, read and learn about My love. I beckon you to speak of My love. Shout it from the high roof. Proclaim it in the cities. Jesus Christ died for love of you and He is risen! I am He Who is God and I died for you!

Listen and preach My love and emotion here. Priests will create little cities, little cities in each church to spread the light of Christ to this sick world. Each priest can create his own little city, a powerhouse of God's love. God has all the power. His power is endless. It never runs out. It is might. You have no power except through Him. Churches filled with the intimate love of Jesus will be powerhouses.

I am God, My little ones. God can do all things. I can make your cities light up the darkness. I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. I am the light of life. I am God! I can do all things. I want to act in you. You need to be in constant union with Me. My priests, you need to be selfless. My soul and yours are one. I want to act in you.

Hold not back. Pray the Prayer for Union with Me.

end of February 23, 1994

From Stations of the Cross