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May 31st Holy Spirit Novena
Scripture selection is Day 4 Period I.

The Novena Rosary Mysteries
for May 31st are Luminous.



May 25, 2026
A Few Thoughts

Mary Mother of the Church, 2026

Jesus came to us in Bethlehem.

We hear the angels, peace on earth
Good will to men.

Jesus came a baby in a stable, not
a high and mighty King.

Jesus came and Mary carried Him
in her womb.
A womb of a human person,
conceived without sin.

God has gifted us in so many ways.

Do we thank God for all the gifts
He gives us?

If we meditate on the gift of Jesus
coming, our Redeemer, our Savior in
Bethlehem,
how that moment changed things for
man.

Oh God gifts are to be received, and
opened and recognized with gratitude.

The evil one is division, noisy, selfish,
hateful, mean, deceiving, lying.

Why would any one give themselves to
the evil one and carry out his work?

God is love, God is tender, God is all
good, all the time, God gives us patience,
mercy, love, understanding and gifts -
gifts and more gifts.

Jesus, the gift - our Savior!!!

Jesus, the sacrifice for our sins.
Jesus the greatest sacrifice.

Jesus gives glory to His Father.

Jesus is our Savior, God with us.

Jesus comes a little humble baby in a
stable in Bethlehem.

Oh my God, I truly love You!
I love to meditate on these mysteries
of the Rosary.

We could meditate on the Son of God
taking flesh a life time.

Gifts - gifts. Gifts

To be recognized, and gratitude shown
and given.

Gifts - gifts - gifts

Divine love given to man.
A sharing in Divine life in Baptism.

Jesus feeds us with Himself in the
Eucharist.

God gives us the priest in Holy Orders,
The sacrament of Confession,
The sacrament of Confirmation, Marriage,
the Sacrament of the Sick.

The Church, is the body of Christ with
Christ the head.

I meditate on Jesus in the Garden His
suffering so great to His Heart for all
who reject all He did as their Savior
and would lose their soul.
And in His love for them, can you imagine
His anguish, Jesus sweat blood?

Oh, think of the Heart of God, think of
John 17 where Jesus wants us to be one.
One in the Heart of God, on fire with
burning love!!!

I just want oneness and we can meditate
on that oneness of the Trinity, but 3 Persons.

That is so awesome!!

John 17

I love it so much -
Pure gift

The Word John 17: 8-19

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.

But this
“That all may be one as you, Father,
are in me, and I in you; I pray that they
may be one in us; that the world may
believe that you sent me, I have given
them the glory you gave me that they
may be one, as we are one -“ John 17:20-22

I keep pondering deeply the oneness of
the Trinity, but 3 Divine Persons, I want
to know that mystery in the Mass, in my
heart, in my soul…

Then Jesus wants us to be one like this,
I gasp to know that unity in life, in the
Church, in the world!!!

That unity among men.

The devil tears apart, destroys,
destructive relationships,
but we need God in us to know Him, to
know this unity, to know perfect love
and oneness.

I love thinking about oneness and unity -
though distinct persons -
The beauty of God,
I just love it

Like a tapestry.

An orchestra

Awesome

This is my desire this week to meditate
on oneness in the Trinity.

I love these words of Jesus in John 17.

So good - insight into the hidden
mystery of God’s love and oneness,
but we will know when we see Him
face to face!!!

Oh God I worship and adore You.

Jesus came to give glory to His Father
and peace to us on earth.

Sing: Angels we Have Heard on High!

Peace on earth - good will to men!!

Oh come let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord!!
Sing: Alleluia, sing!!!!
A baby - humbled!!! The Son of God.

Mary’s little boy child!

Jesus was a little boy, but she saw Him
a little boy in the finding in the temple -
He was doing His Father’s business -
He was the Son of God if 12 or 30.

A misunderstanding!!

Mary apeared in Clearwater 7 months later.

May 24, 2026

Joyful Mysteries

The Annunciation

1. The old Eve sinned and sin entered the world.
2. Mary was conceived without sin.
    Mary is the New Eve.
3. Mary is our spiritual Mother.
4. God wants unity for us with Him.
5. We want to spread devotion to the Two Hearts to help bring purity to the world.

6. Luke 1: 26-38

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, you who enjoy God’s favour! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Look! You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?’ The angel answered, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. And I tell you this too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ Mary said, ‘You see before you the Lord’s servant, let it happen to me as you have said.’ And the angel left her.

7. Adam sinned - Jesus came to redeem us.
    Jesus is the New Adam, Jesus is our Savior.
8. Think of Jesus being a little one in Mary’s womb.
9. Gentle, sweet Jesus is Son of God, Son of Mary.
10. You should do what pleases the Father.

The Visitation

1. Luke 1: 39-45

Mary set out at that time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah. She went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. Now it happened that as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. She gave a loud cry and said, ‘Of all women you are the most blessed, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Why should I be honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord? Look, the moment your greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy. Yes, blessed is she who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.’

2. Think of Mary, so beautiful to carry the child Jesus in her womb.
3. Prepare you a way for the coming of the Savior, for He has come to this world to shed His light.
4. Jesus is the Light of the world.
    The Light of life.
5. John the Baptist jumped for joy in Elizabeth’s womb.
6. Jesus is a light, a city set on a hill will shine its light to the world.
7. Mary said: Let the little children come to me. Teach your children how to pray. Teach them when they are young. Your children need to know about God.
8. The family that prays together stays together Mary said.
9. Mary cried out the Magnificat.
10. Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit.

The Birth of Jesus

1. Luke 2: 8-14

In the countryside close by there were shepherds out in the fields keeping guard over their sheep during the watches of the night. An angel of the Lord stood over them and the glory of the Lord shone round them. They were terrified, but the angel said, ‘Do not be afraid. Look, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. And here is a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger.’ And all at once with the angel there was a great throng of the hosts of heaven, praising God with the words:

    Glory to God in the highest heaven,

2. Mary: My dear little children, my Son was born in a stable in the town of Bethlehem in such poverty. He was God and He came to this earth in such poverty for greatest love of you. Can you not turn your mind and hearts to Jesus? Jesus truly died for love of you.
My dear little children, you are missing the greatest treasure of all. Jesus loves you so much.
3. Sing: Silent Night
4. The shepherds came.
5. The sheep kept Jesus warm.
6. The Kings came.
7. Mary is truly the Mother of Jesus.
8. Mary is our spiritual Mother.
9. Mary is Mother of the Eucharist.
10. Mary is spouse of the Holy Spirit.

The Presentation in the Temple

1. Luke 2: 21-24

When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception. And when the day came for them to be purified in keeping with the Law of Moses, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord—observing what is written in the Law of the Lord: Every first–born male must be consecrated to the Lord—and also to offer in sacrifice, in accordance with what is prescribed in the Law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.

2. Jesus came a tiny baby, Jesus is the all powerful omnipotent, Son of God.
3. There is an intimate connection between prayer and life.
4. We pray the rosary and meditate on this humility shown in Jesus coming a tiny baby.
5. The Christian is one graced person.
6. In Baptism we receive an elevated knowing and loving capacity.
7. Prayer shows us how to live.
8. Mary suffered the 7 sorrows -

1) The prophecy of Simeon
2) The flight into Egypt
3) The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple
4) Jesus and Mary meet on the way to the cross
5) Jesus died on the cross
6) Jesus is taken down from the cross and laid in Mary's arms
7) The burial of Jesus

9. Mary always did the Father’s will in love.
10. The deadly sin of pride is an enemy to one’s spiritual life.

The Finding in the Temple

1. Luke 2: 46-52

   It happened that, three days later, they found him in the Temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and asking them questions; and all those who heard him were astounded at his intelligence and his replies. They were overcome when they saw him, and his mother said to him, ‘My child, why have you done this to us? See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you.’ He replied, ‘Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?’ But they did not understand what he meant. He went down with them then and came to Nazareth and lived under their authority. His mother stored up all these things in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, in stature, and in favour with God and with people.

2. Jesus was perfectly aligned to His Father’s will.

3. 1 John 4:20
If anyone says, "my love is fixed on God,”
Yet hates his brother, He is a liar.
One who has no no love for the brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.

4. The greatest Commandment is to love God with our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole being
and to love our neighbor as our ourselves.
5. Prayer leads me to seek life, and life leads me to seek prayer.
6. Father Carter says: the Christian is meant to undergo an ongoing conversion.
7. The Christian achieves this authentic selfhood the more he dies to his selfish ego, to his non-Christic self, and increasingly becomes Christ, becomes more assimilated to Jesus.
8. As he grows in Christ, he achieves a greater freedom to become what he is meant to be.
9. Death / Resurrection.
10. Jesus always obeyed the Father’s will.
We were created to know, love, and serve God, and thereby attain our eternal salvation.
Only one thing is important, eternal salvation
Sin takes us from eternal salvation.

God is good all the time.
Jesus was a little boy he shows us humanity.

We are a temple of the Holy Spirit.

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